[Nexus] Outside XXIII

[Reinholdt]

This place is just as it sounds. It's outside.
Want a change of scenery? Go outside.
Always wanted to visit the beach? Come outside.
Looking to have a climatic fight on clifftops? Attempt outside.
Secret meetings being held where there's no cameras? Try outside.
Want an ambush without nasty base defenses? Yep. Outside.

Any and all are welcome here. There are no NPCs unless you bring them in. The major exception is the creepy eyed squirrel. The creepy eyed squirrel does not interfere with anyone. The creepy eyed squirrel is everywhere outside. The creepy eyed squirrel is always watching. The creepy eyed squirrel never sleeps. The creepy eyed squirrel can not be damaged, manipulated, or killed by anyone. The creepy eyed squirrel will eat anyone's very being who attempts to do so. Anyone can god-mode the creepy eyed squirrel. You may pet the creepy eyed squirrel at your own risk.

Other NPCs currently include:
The menacing crabs. These intimidating creatures are usually found by the shore.
The non-existant duck. You'll miss every time you shoot at it.

There is very little you can't do outside. However, like always, please follow the forum rules and general rules of conduct. Private conversations can be held outside. If it seems like a private (secret) conversation, please respect that. Those having such a conversation should do their best to indicate it as such. Otherwise, other characters may stumble upon you. Those desiring to spy in on private conversations should first PM those holding the private conversation, more out of courtesy than anything else.

There are many areas outside, and people can be in multiple places outside. In order to keep areas outside separated so there's no confusion, consider bolding your outside location at the start of each of your posts, like so:


The Fields

Reinholdt sets up various targets and practices his sharpshooting. All these events recently has made him a bit rusty. To his left, he notes the creepy eyed squirrel. Giving him the heebie-jeebies, Reinholdt decides to head somewhere else.


The Cliffside

Calublufiok broods over his latest scheme as he flies over the cliffs. The creepy eyed squirrel is watching him again. He finds occasionally landing and telling the creepy eyed squirrel his plans helps him find holes in his plotting.

Note Reinholdt and Calublufiok do not interact because they are in different areas outside. They could interact, if Reinholdt moves to the cliffside. Of course, various things like telepathy help bypass this. Also, please note outside has no major buildings, though minor ones crop up from time to time.

And most importantly, enjoy outside. That's what this is all about. :smallsmile:

Outside now contains various Outside locations! Such as...
[Dead Pine Lake]
This lake lies in the middle of the forest. On the eastern shore, woodpeckers feast on the dead pines that give the lake its name. Sometimes one can find Lady Death here, the Aspect of Eve also known as The Grandmother, or Jedwiga.

(Please PM happyturtle if you wish to interact with Jedwiga.)

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[The Islands]

An island cluster forms an archipelago along the coast. Some of the islands are settled, some not, but most are at least occasionally visited by the fishermen who work these waters.

[Gersemi's Island]

Gersemi the seighkona lives on a small island in the archipelago with a single hut and a few sheep. Inside the hut, there is a single room, and a fireplace. A loom rests in one corner.

(Please PM happyturtle if you wish to interact with Gersemi.)

[Redbrick Falls]

A mountainous, cliffy region with a prominent waterfall. A large quarry once was worked in these cliffs. Now, only a few scattered villages and solitary dwellings remain.


[Norosa, Great City of the Elves]
A Lawful Evil city with an incredibly strong military and a very charismatic leader (Archmage Tyrion Lannister). It has a few CG resisters, but, otherwise, it is a city of peace and law, despite its evil nature.

[Brillian's Baneful Bestiary]
A secret series of caves where a mad scientist lives. A mad scientist who creates mutant attack creatures. These can be purchased for the right price.

[Auxiliary MagCave]

A relic from the days of the Age of Apocalypse, this abandoned cavern was once used by the infamous cyborg Magtok as a back-up laboratory and underground fortress, should Calublufiok have ever stormed the primary MagCave.


[The Katz Motel]
Located in the middle of Nowhere, our roadside motel is the only decent place for miles near the Taverna that has a bed. Run by a suave anthropomorphic cat, there is a strict No Dogs policy.
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A bellhop by the name of Bates is always ready to assist in carrying your luggage. Please ignore his constant mutterings about his mother. Other more unsavory employees can occasionally be found. Please try to avoid eye contact with them.

We at the Katz Motel wish to ensure you have a splendid stay. Any inconvenience due to randomly locking doors, giant spiders, secret passages, vampires, creepy paintings, and the occasional possession and subsequent exorcism are incredibly rare. Just look at our complaint cards! Not a single one mentions dying horribly in their sleep or becoming food for the monster in the basement.

And if you get bored, the owner will always be up for a game of sport, old boy.

((The Katz Motel is a horror filled place with the highest casualty rate of any motel in the Nexus area. Checking in is usually pretty easy and pleasant. Checking out is rare. Anyone can play the Motel and the NPCs within, free to invent their own horror. The NPCs within that can die usually only suffer death temporarily, the supernatural force causing the disturbances bringing them back to life for its own nefarious purposes. PCs get no benefit from this.))

[The Troll Cave]
A cave in a craggy hill. The undergrowth outside is trampled completely flat, and there's not much wildlife. There's a burned patch where a fire is sometimes there. Inside are a few large caves, linked by surprisingly smooth tunnels that look like something big has been regularly pushing through them.

[Blind Cat's Bluff]
A sheer cliff dropoff that travels straight down into the water, this is a favored point of people who commit suicide, romantics wanting to watch the sunset and anyone looking to get rid of evidence. The drop is pretty far and there are rocks at the bottom that spell almost certain doom, so watch your step.


PM Whoever's posted the current Outside thread if you wish to add locations to Outside.

[Shadowcaller]

Rebecca continues casting as Esther reads the book out to her.

She finishes her spell part-way through, and grants herself the ability to see magic as light. She starts looking over the doorway and the pool with it, unless she's suddenly blinded or something like that.


[Strange Room 2.0]

Ordo listens apprehensively to the information provided before diving. Upon spotting these new things, he returns to the surface, hissing raucously at Esther and Rebecca. Gesturing at the keyhole, then down under the water with his head. Keyhole, down. Key down.


[Strange Room 2.0]

Eshter suddenly gains god-like charades ability to save us another round of posting. She could probably ascend right now if she felt like it.

Using her amazing charades powers, she correctly guesses what Ordo means and reaches out with her magic to grab at one of the fish. If one happens to be older than the rest and have a broken fin, she'll grab that one. Then proceed to berate SC for being unoriginal.

[Strange Room 2.0]

The fish all look different actually. They are keys with scales and gills. Even some sort of mouth which opens and closes from time to time. One is black, one is white, one is red, one is green, one is purple and one yellow.

Rebecca will feel magic coming from the seal and the keys as well. But there appears to be coming light from the bottom of the lake as well for some reason.

[billtodamax]

There's something at the bottom of the lake. Ordo, can you go get a closer look at it? Rebecca asks, not willing to try and split her concentration between the bubble and magic sight.

[Rae Artemi]

Lots. Rae can probably feel the hope.

"Well then, Char, how would you like to see the future?" Rae asks.

[lord pringle]

that would be awesome.

[Rae Artemi]

[Villa]

"Alright, Char, just close your eyes and hope. Hope for the future." Rae says, and then he takes his ring off, whispers into it, and tries to place it on Char's finger. If he's successful, she should see two visions of the future, one where she chose to keep on unable to see magic, and one where she got fixed. They aren't clear, but she should get a vague impression of how she likes each life. "Right now, there are two paths your life could take. You're going to have to choose one. I won't hold either of the choices against you, and neither will anyone else. It's all what you want, Char, so it's all your choice."

[Gullara]

[Strange Room 2.0]

Eshter can't actually see the fish. In fact, she is quite surprised when there is suddenly a fish floating in front of her.

Regardless of the strangeness of the key, Eshter tries to float it into the lock and turn.

[The Bushranger]

Outside Trog's


Actually, the thunderbolt was moving much, much faster than the elemental, around three thousand seven hundred miles per second, so if Patty waited till the last second to dodge the fire elemental, she would probably get struck by the lightning. Especially as, due to to the fog, how fast the bolt is traveling, and the thunder being slower then the actual lightning, chances are she won't even spot the lightning bolt until it hits.

Yes, but that's assuming the lightning bolt and the elemental were 'launched' at the same time.

Either way, Patty, behing the High Priestess of a Goddess, dodges the lightning bolt. Might make her hair stand on end.

[lord pringle]

[Villa]

"Alright, Char, just close your eyes and hope. Hope for the future." Rae says, and then he takes his ring off, whispers into it, and tries to place it on Char's finger. If he's successful, she should see two visions of the future, one where she chose to keep on unable to see magic, and one where she got fixed. They aren't clear, but she should get a vague impression of how she likes each life. "Right now, there are two paths your life could take. You're going to have to choose one. I won't hold either of the choices against you, and neither will anyone else. It's all what you want, Char, so it's all your choice."

I-I want to be Fixed.

[Rae Artemi]

[Villa]

And Rae smiles, slowly taking his ring back. "Alright then, Char, that's the first step. Now, we should probably get you to GLoG, shouldn't we?" Rae stands, and offers Char his hand to help her up. "Now, how do you wanna get there, Char?"

[lord pringle]

Car- NO! I want to teleport.

[iElf]

Outside the hermitage of Dalachrech

in a flash of green light, Din teleports near the premises of the Hermitage, wearing clothing to help her bland in with the forest . she slowly approaches the place slowly.

[Rae Artemi]

Car- NO! I want to teleport.

"I can't teleport, but I know someone who can." And then he turns to the Emily clone thingy that he came here with and asks her to teleport all of them, that is, him, Char, Crae and herself, to GLoG. As real Rae goes off to poke Lix!

[Lix Lorn]

"I can't teleport, but I know someone who can." And then he turns to the Emily clone thingy that he came here with and asks her to teleport all of them, that is, him, Char, Crae and herself, to GLoG. As real Rae goes off to poke Lix!
Poke successful! Emily casts Greater Teleport on them all!

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

With one last thump of a book hitting the pile, the Encyclopede starts climbing down. Something worrying about the book on top; it's bound in humanoid skin, with the stitched up eyelids, nostrils and mouth on the front cover.

Hermitage of Dalachrech

The Hermitage and surrounding forest are warded against teleportation, except in a single summoning room in the basement where the wards can be temporarily lifted easily. So, Din winds up outside the forest, looking at a thick, formidable-looking woodland with very little gaps between the trees; this makes it rather dark inside, especially with the spider webs in the trees.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech

The Hermitage and surrounding forest are warded against teleportation, except in a single summoning room in the basement where the wards can be temporarily lifted easily. So, Din winds up outside the forest, looking at a thick, formidable-looking woodland with very little gaps between the trees; this makes it rather dark inside, especially with the spider webs in the trees.

Din sighs, and uses her survival sill to silently run through the forest, trying to get to the hermittage

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

With one last thump of a book hitting the pile, the Encyclopede starts climbing down. Something worrying about the book on top; it's bound in humanoid skin, with the stitched up eyelids, nostrils and mouth on the front cover.

Reinholdt eyes the book.
"Do you get a lot of these living books? What's this one do?" :smallconfused:

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"That one's not alive, just bound in human skin. Why the face was chosen we do not know; it's nonmagical as far as we can determine so it was presumably an aesthetic choice." So, it's just disturbing.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Surrounding Forest

If Din is not careful, she may run into a web spun the trees; the web is very large, and quite strong. The spider which spun it is the size of a small horse, and the web is scaled appropriately.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Surrounding Forest


Din however has experience in spider filled forests (as every 3d zelda game has at least one...) and will avoid the webs like the plague

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"That one's not alive, just bound in human skin. Why the face was chosen we do not know; it's nonmagical as far as we can determine so it was presumably an aesthetic choice." So, it's just disturbing.

"... Right. Well... that's... umm... good. I guess."
Reinholdt is disturbed! But glad it doesn't wheeze at least.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"How fast can you read?" The Encyclopedes can read very fast; the Wikipede link enables lots of computing power to go behind interpreting the words.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Aranea Village

In a forest clearing is a small collection of simple wooden huts; the people in the village wear crude, woodcutter clothes. They all appear to be human, and when Din appears, they hail and look cheeful. They probably don't get many visitors this deep in a spider-infested forest.

[iElf]

Din frowns. she's not fond of wood cutters and stays clear of them, heading towards the hermitage

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Ummm... slowly. A page every five to ten minutes?" Reading isn't a particular hobby of his, nor skill he had to truly work on.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"Please, stand back." The Encyclopede will direct the robot to hold a book up in front of her and she will flick through the pages very quickly; despite seeming to only skim, she is actually reading it.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Aranea Village

The villagers, when it is clear that Din isn't stopping, shift. They physically alter their form, becoming spider-like creatures that start to throw their webs at her. They look frail; they might not be able to stand up well in a fight.

[iElf]

Din smiply breaks into a run, trying to out run the spider creatures, flinging a few spells at them

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Umm... sure, ok." Reinholdt stands back a bit, wondering what the Encyclopede is looking for.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

Reinholdt may also note that a lower pair of arms is scribbling madly, writing down some of what it reads. When that book is finished, another will be picked up and notes will be made from it too.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Aranea Village

When Din starts slinging spells, the Aranea respond in kind, flinging balls of force in her direction, with the occasional weak ray of cold or ball of acid. Plus more of the webs, thrown like nets. They also chase after her; they're really quite fast in the open terrain.

[iElf]

Din will avoid all she can, but eventually she will be caught in a web, trip, and struggle to get up

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"That's, errr... very efficient."
Stop talking you stupid cat. You'll only cause distraction!

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"Yes, and I have a limited ability to perform other tasks as well, though I am unable to spare my eyes." Encyclopedes have a single very large brain running down their bodies, this is linked with the Wikipede which is a mega-super-computer hosting the collected knowledge of every Encyclopede ever and utilising many different technologies and magics; its link to every Encyclopede enables it to use those for added computational power, so every Encyclopede has instantaneous access to the brainpower of every other Encyclopede.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Aranea Village

The aranea will swarm to Din and unless she escapes in time, they'll try to wrap her up in the web and add more webs to cocoon her properly. If she manages to draw a knife she might be able to cut her way out, though spider silk strands are ten times stronger than steel wire of the same thickness and these are thick strands of silk.

[iElf]

Din tries to cut herself out with her adimatie knife, cursing those damn spider things!

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Yes, and I have a limited ability to perform other tasks as well, though I am unable to spare my eyes." Encyclopedes have a single very large brain running down their bodies, this is linked with the Wikipede which is a mega-super-computer hosting the collected knowledge of every Encyclopede ever and utilising many different technologies and magics; its link to every Encyclopede enables it to use those for added computational power, so every Encyclopede has instantaneous access to the brainpower of every other Encyclopede.

"I see." Reinholdt says, kind of frightened of these things. At least they're only peaceful knowledge seekers.
... Right? :smalleek:

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

They are immoral, unethical and merciless seekers of knowledge bound by no rules, laws or codes of practice. They might dissect Reinholdt if they saw a way not to be caught and also thought he might not cause more loss than gain in the attempt to capture him. So yes, peaceful knowledge seekers. The Encyclopede, meanwhile, has moved on to the next book.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Aranea Village

With a bit of effort, Din can free herself. Coincidently whilst the aranea aren't paying too much attention to her, discussing whether they should take her to the Hermitage immediately, wait until tomorrow, eat her, trade her to the ettercaps for cave mushrooms, leave her dangling from the invertebrates of the forest or dump her in the midden. Should she creep carefully, they might not notice; should she run, they might not be able to recapture her; should she charge, she might be able to kill them.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

When in doubt, the best defense is ensuring that you're more trouble than it's worth. >>

Reinholdt waits patiently. As patiently as a kitty can be anyways, his eyes wandering and looking around.

[iElf]

Din tries her best to sneak away from the place...

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

Another defence is that the only bit they really want to dissect is his brain. Whilst much information could be hidden in the anatomy of a talking, sentient kitty's brain, the rest of the body is probably already on file (apart from the thumbs) and therefore all a dissection is likely to do is confirm that. The Encyclopede's really fast at writing. She'll probably be finished next post. The robot is changing colours, and some of the books seem very intriguing, disturbing, interesting, curious, yellow or a mixture thereof.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Aranea Village-Back Into The Forest

Din is successful! Unless she does something stupid or obvious, anyway. She'd nearly made it, so the nearest edge of the clearing is also the closest to the Hermitage.

[iElf]

Din will try to sneak out od earshot, and then run to the hermitage if she can!

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

Another defence is that the only bit they really want to dissect is his brain. Whilst much information could be hidden in the anatomy of a talking, sentient kitty's brain, the rest of the body is probably already on file (apart from the thumbs) and therefore all a dissection is likely to do is confirm that. The Encyclopede's really fast at writing. She'll probably be finished next post. The robot is changing colours, and some of the books seem very intriguing, disturbing, interesting, curious, yellow or a mixture thereof.

"Why do you change colours?" Reinholdt asks the robot. He doesn't see the purpose of it. Yet. It's certainly not a defense mechanism.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"To give you something to look at whilst I copy these notes. The fact you have commented upon it proves its effectiveness." That could possibly have done with a bit more tact.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Forest Edge

There is a large area around the castle that is used for the Hermitage which has been cleared of trees and shrubs. The Hermitage itself can be seen quite easily; Din is probably just outside of bowshot from the Hermitage. The windows are thin arrow slits, and they are all very high up. There's a large gate in the south-facing wall; it is currently closed, though when open two ogres could march through with a foot's gap between them, and another gap between them and the walls. There may be other ways in, however.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"To give you something to look at whilst I copy these notes. The fact you have commented upon it proves its effectiveness." That could possibly have done with a bit more tact.


Reinholdt stares at the Encyclopede for a while.
"....... Right."

Couldn't at least given him pictures of hawt female cats instead?
Don't answer that.

"You're done already?"

And deadtime for a while for me.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Forest Edge

There is a large area around the castle that is used for the Hermitage which has been cleared of trees and shrubs. The Hermitage itself can be seen quite easily; Din is probably just outside of bowshot from the Hermitage. The windows are thin arrow slits, and they are all very high up. There's a large gate in the south-facing wall; it is currently closed, though when open two ogres could march through with a foot's gap between them, and another gap between them and the walls. There may be other ways in, however.
Din decides to lay low till morning, waiting for the gate to open!

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"One more." I won't answer that.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Lurking Outside

It takes a long time for the gates to open. Din might occasionally glimpse faces at some of the windows, though they are rather thin windows, quite high up the building and quite a distance horizontally away as well. The gates will open, just not this post.

[iElf]

Din tries to stay hidden and out of sight , waiting until the gates do open

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Lurking Outside

Eventually, about midday, the doors do open. Twenty men with spears and studded leather armour come out, and rustles from behind Din indicate that others are headed towards the Hermitage from the Aranea Village. There is no cover between where Din is and the door, and the twenty spearmen look very alert. Din might be able to dash sideways or climb a tree to avoid those approaching from behind, though.

[iElf]

Din uses an illusion spell to turn herself invisible, and tries to run into the gate, being careful to be quiet near the spear men

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Front Gate

Well, that works. Din best be careful; the spearmen and not staying as still as spearmen normally do, and one may bump into her. Inside, there's a corridor leading off both left and right, and two doors ahead; a large, ornate one and a smaller, unobtrusive one immediately to its left.

[iElf]

Din immediately takes the smaller one , keeping to one side of the passage

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech

I fear you may have misunderstood; the passageways are the same, right and left, but in front of Din, opposite the main entrance, are two doors, one of which is larger than the other.

[iElf]

Din will then still take the smaller door ahead of her, after swiftly glancing both left and right

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Sacrifice Preparation Chamber

This chamber is quite small, with a bin containing some cut off clothes and old rope, as well as a table and a selection of knives, each blade stamped with a magical rune.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"One more." I won't answer that.

"Alright." Reinholdt says, choosing to look at the pretty robot lights.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

The Encyclopede puts the last book down, the one with the face, and walks towards Reinholdt, using the wavelike motion of the legs used by millipedes. "This notebook contains all that I could find in those books about transfering a soul from an object into a person. There is not much, I am afraid; most are more focussed on the other way around in an attempt to find immortality or at the least neverending death. Whether it is of use to you we do not know; if whatever you wish to do works, please come back and inform us of the results; we shall reward you greatly for that." Especially if it works. Actually, Reinholdt might be able to persuade the Encyclopedes to part with the secret of transmutation of metals.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Sure. I'll let you know." Reinholdt has plenty of gold! What does he need to transmute it into?

He takes the notes. "Guess that just leaves the trickster gods."

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"That is in the Religions Wing, rather than the Magic (General) Wing. Please, follow me to the transporter." The Encyclopede heads past Reinholdt, heading along an aisle that is very narrow. The robot stops flashing and flies up somewhere else, possibly to help another Encyclopede researcher.

((Now, though, I Deadtime))

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Bye Rainbow Bot." Reinholdt says before following the Encyclopede.

[Murkus]

[Strange Room 2.0]

Eshter can't actually see the fish. In fact, she is quite surprised when there is suddenly a fish floating in front of her.

Regardless of the strangeness of the key, Eshter tries to float it into the lock and turn.

Ordo fish hisses. And watches.

Yeah. That's about it.

[Shadowcaller]

There's something at the bottom of the lake. Ordo, can you go get a closer look at it? Rebecca asks, not willing to try and split her concentration between the bubble and magic sight.


[Strange Room 2.0]

Eshter can't actually see the fish. In fact, she is quite surprised when there is suddenly a fish floating in front of her.

Regardless of the strangeness of the key, Eshter tries to float it into the lock and turn.


Ordo fish hisses. And watches.

Yeah. That's about it.

[Strange Room 2.0]

Ordo will be able to see that the floor at the bottom of the late is covered in mud, but it's also strangely flat and Rebecca will be able to tell that it's energy pattern is similar to the one of the seal.

As Esher tries to living fish key, she will find that it doesn't fit. In fact, none of the key's seems to fit. No matter how many she tries.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Sacrifice Preparation Chamber

This chamber is quite small, with a bin containing some cut off clothes and old rope, as well as a table and a selection of knives, each blade stamped with a magical rune.

Din eeps, and will leave the room, heading down the left path

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

The robot beeps. Possibly because the Wikipede told it to. After a fifteen minute walk, they'll reach the transporter. The Encyclopede will stand on the left of two circles on the floor. "Please, join me in this circle. It will take us to where we go." I should make a note of which side the teleporter is going and which arriving.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Left Corridor

The passageway bends around several corners in the outside of the building and finally to some stairs upwards.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

Reinholdt follows the instructions and stands on the circle! Lest he end up turned inside out.

[iElf]

Din silently heads upstairs, looking kind of nervous. she is looking for places she remembers

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

Actually, standing on the righthand circle won't result in turning inside out. What it might result in is an Encyclopede appearing suddenly in the space in which Reinholdt is currently taking up. That would hurt, explosively so.

With a flash of light, nothing seems to have changed, save he and the Encyclopede are now on the right-hand circle. The Encyclopede leaves the circle rather hurriedly, and open the transporter room door, revealing an area very similar to the one they left, only some of the shelves are carved from white, unveined marble, others are made of unpolished basalt, and others from metal or limestone. They seem to blend seamlessly into one another at various points along the shelves.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Upstairs

To start with, there's a corridor with eight doors on the left, and on the right is the outside wall, and there's candles on sconces upon the walls. It bend around the corner after the doors, rather than ending.

[iElf]

Bronze Pyramid
Hermitage of Dalachrech- Upstairs

To start with, there's a corridor with eight doors on the left, and on the right is the outside wall, and there's candles on sconces upon the walls. It bend around the corner after the doors, rather than ending.

Din will head to the left, her invisibility starting to fade again

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

Reinholdt hurriedly follows!
"So you guys build all this?"

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"When our Great Library-Museum was created for us, it was filled with shelves and bordered with bronze walls. We have since increased the size of the Great Library-Museum, adding what we feel it needs. You have stood in the place that was the first part of the Great Library-Museum; we turned it into the foyer. The shelves here, however, started as wood like the others, but the inherent religious energy in the books kept here has altered their basic nature into what you see now." Marble represents good gods, basalt evil gods, metal lawful gods and limestone chaos gods.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

I fear I wasn't clear, sorry; the corridor goes straight ahead, the doors are on the left of the corridor and the outside wall is on the right of the corridor.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

I fear I wasn't clear, sorry; the corridor goes straight ahead, the doors are on the left of the corridor and the outside wall is on the right of the corridor.

Din will check some of the doors subtly, looking inside each of them in turn

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Scary stuff." The power of BELIEF has changed wood to stone.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale River]

The Pale River is a moderately sized, fairly slow paced trail of water moving in from the lower regions of the mountains.
It feeds into the Pale Lake, some distance away from the mountains.

The names of these two water-bodies originate not from them, themselves, but from the inordinately large present of birch trees along their banks.
The rather unusual section of forest, consequently, is largely a pale white, from ground level. Local traveler's felt that their naming was rather practical, if not original, and when they returned to their villages, the names stuck.

Why not? They were accurate descriptions, no one would mistake the place.

It is here, that Galinai has led Eadin, sometime after their Carnival trip.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"Something similar would have occured in the Magic (General) Wing, though we warded it against wild magic quite well since the effects would have been more unpredictable. Though there are some effects, regardless." The wood types changed. Druidic magic sections started growing (although that's a problem the books have, too), the Necromancy sections turned to ebony.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The first four doors are larders, and it looks like the Hermitage is ready for an extensive seige. The fifth door is the dining room where meals happened and Din was fed Elezibethele's scraps. The sixth door is the kitchen where Din taught the elf-slaves how to cook and the final two doors lead to more store rooms, these stacked high with arrows, bolts, slingstones and other weaponry.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"It does seem kind of dangerous to gather all that magic into one location." Reinholdt has to admit. Looking around a bit more worriedly now.

[Eadin]

[Pale River]


"You sure know how to pick out beautiful places."Eadin says, remembering the beach.

She'll walk up to the lake, touching the water with her toe.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The first four doors are larders, and it looks like the Hermitage is ready for an extensive seige. The fifth door is the dining room where meals happened and Din was fed Elezibethele's scraps. The sixth door is the kitchen where Din taught the elf-slaves how to cook and the final two doors lead to more store rooms, these stacked high with arrows, bolts, slingstones and other weaponry.

Din giggles, summoning some plants to try ruin the bolts and arrows, while heading on along the corridor

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"Don't worry, it takes prolonged contact for the level of alteration to occur due to the religious energy in this chamber. And even then, it is generally benign. Trickster deity named Reynard, yes? Follow me. Other names Coyote, Loki, and others." Which the Encyclopede's player forgot to note down.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

How will the plants affect the arrows and bolts? Is Din warping them and bending them out of shape, or summoning moulds and fungi to rot them?

Regardless, around the corner are another eight doors, again on the left side of the corridor, and door at the end just before the corner.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale River]

"After wandering around enough, you see some pretty nifty places. Why not share them with someone else?"
Galinai smiles as Eadin moves over to the lake, not feeling particularly surprised.
Little water nymph and her water.

For the moment, he simply leans up against one of the many birches and watches her poke at the water.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

She'll turn around, smiling at him." Glad you're sharing this one with me."
She'll play around with the water for another minute before sitting down next to Galinai.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Don't worry, it takes prolonged contact for the level of alteration to occur due to the religious energy in this chamber. And even then, it is generally benign. Trickster deity named Reynard, yes? Follow me. Other names Coyote, Loki, and others." Which the Encyclopede's player forgot to note down.

"Right. Anansi, Bugs Bunny, and just about every other name he could think of he used." There were quite a few. Probably should just stick with the major ones.

Deadtime.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"I'm glad to be able to."
Perhaps he would have joined her at the water, rather than having her perhaps feel awkward enough to come back over to sit next to him, but he sounds and looks rather tired.

Perhaps the Carnival antics were a bit much.
"Decent day so far?"

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

How will the plants affect the arrows and bolts? Is Din warping them and bending them out of shape, or summoning moulds and fungi to rot them?

Regardless, around the corner are another eight doors, again on the left side of the corridor, and door at the end just before the corner.

animated vines to snap them, moulds and ivy to rot them.

Din will have a look at the next couple of doors, treading silently

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"It sounds as though we should stick to the limestone shelves. Would you say he has more good, or evil tendencies? The name Loki suggests more information may found where limestone transforms into basalt, yet the others mean more information may be closer to marble." Should be noted that marble doesn't blend directly with basalt, and metal doesn't blend directly with limestone.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"I'm glad to be able to."
Perhaps he would have joined her at the water, rather than having her perhaps feel awkward enough to come back over to sit next to him, but he sounds and looks rather tired.

Perhaps the Carnival antics were a bit much.
"Decent day so far?"

"Yeah, pretty decent."
She seems to be a bit tired herself, hence the sitting down.

"Shame about the maze though.."
Kind of ruined a perfect moment to get to know each other better.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Ah, the maze was just there to keep the day from being too good. Hard to shoot for even better days if you end up with something perfect somewhere."
Day wasn't quite perfect, no, there were other littler snags...though the opportunity for properly learning about each other was nice.
Even if it had a few uglier moments potentially available.

Galinai slides down next to Eadin, from his previously standing position, splaying his legs out lazily in front of himself.
Cross-legged sitting can get uncomfortable.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"Myeah, but it can't keep getting better though. One day it will be perfect."
Stupid tiger interrupting them, now she's curious about what else she could have learned about him. And it's so much easier than asking.

"So, did you enjoy yourself?"

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Asking is part of the bond-growing process, in many ways.
The mirrors are a short-cut. Perhaps, in that regard, they are better seen as a catalyst for questioning, as opposed to the means for specifically learning...

"Hm...not quite sure what a perfect day would be like, actually. Well, other than obviously pretty good."
He tilts his head a bit at that, pondering. Maybe it'll involve a cupcake storm?

"For the most part I enjoyed myself, yeah. Couple concerning moments here and there. I was a bit worried when you vanished through that window..."
The possibility of being shunted over to a different location in sepia-land was a perturbing one, as he's not entirely sure he could have found her again if that had happened.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

It takes courage to ask such questions though.
"I think that's what makes it perfect. The surprise. The unexpectedness."
She shrugs, it's her guess anyway.

She frowns when thinking about the moment they got separated.
"I was worried too."
She quietly adds."Thought I had lost you."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale lake]

Courage can be found, over time...
"That certainly has an appeal of its own, I'd agree. Some surprises are always welcome."
Which twitches at a few thoughts in his head, that are politely pushed aside.

He frowns slightly, of the concerned variety, at her last admission and lightly reaches a hand for one of hers.
"Can't get rid of me that easily...I would have found you."
He had been mildly afraid of that as well, but that does not necessarily help one cheer someone.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

She chuckles. "I like surprises. And you falling from Trog's ceiling certainly was a pleasant one." Although probably not so much for him, being on fire and all.

Her frown will dissapear and will be replaced by a small smile once grabs her hand.
"I sure hope so. And I'm not sure you would have. It was a pretty strange plane."
She'l say, absent-mindedly leaning a bit closer to him.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Glad to hear my showmanship isn't too terrible."
Falling out of ceilings is definitely the best way to surprise a date, yep, silly blackfire or no.

Her hand receives a little squeeze, to perhaps refute her fear, while Galinai turns to look at her.
"I brought you there, so I certainly wasn't going to lose you there, odd mirror-trap or no...where would that have left me then?"
He seems fairly sure on this point, that he couldn't allow that to happen.

[Gullara]

[Strange Room 2.0]

Ordo will be able to see that the floor at the bottom of the late is covered in mud, but it's also strangely flat and Rebecca will be able to tell that it's energy pattern is similar to the one of the seal.

As Esher tries to living fish key, she will find that it doesn't fit. In fact, none of the key's seems to fit. No matter how many she tries.

Eshter remembers the words in the book. "It seems that these fish are no the answer." She looks at Ordo expectantly. "You should investigate what Rebecca saw at the bottom of the water."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"It's fine, don't worry. Just be careful you don't hurt yourself with that showing off."

She'll blush just a little because of the squeeze and , after a moment of debating, will try to entwine their fingers. If he lets her.

"Sure, but lost is lost. It might have transported me to another reality."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Well, I can promise to try..."
Not really a promise he can keep as is, because...hey, accidents happen. Usually at the worst times.

He certainly doesn't stop her, smiling at bit himself, now.
Some of that determination to reassure is being replaced by a little bit of enjoying the moment.

Simple taking a measure of happiness in relaxing right here, next to Eadin, enjoying a small degree of closeness.
"Just means it would have taken a little longer, is all. What's lost is always found."
Not necessarily the way you intended, but that's also not necessarily a particularly comforting wording for it.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

She shrugs. "Trying is good."
Shouldn't make promises he can't keep.

She'll take the smile as encouragement, moving another bit closer to him so that their shoulders barely touch.

"I don't know, I think some lost things stay lost."
Not everything has a happy ending after all.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"If it's worth it, always try for it."
Generally a good life rule to live by, he's found. Keeps life at least somewhat interesting.

As Eadin does her little move, Galinai offers one more bit of encouragement, in the form of moving their hands a bit so that he may lightly kiss hers, before settling back against the tree and closing his eyes.
Yes...this was a comfortable moment.

"Only what was meant to be lost, is lost..."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"One should always try not to get hurt. Getting hurt too often or too bad results in death. And that's not fun."

The kiss will turn her face completely red.
As he closes his eyes, she'll lay her head on his shoulder.
The moment almost seems perfect to her.

"You never know that until you do lose it."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"I would see both dying and losing the present company as rather bad things..."
This moment certainly seems close to perfect, for what the day had presented to them earlier.

Galinai relaxes further, content with Eadin lightly against him.
As a matter of fact, he seems to be relaxing so much that it's entirely possible he's asleep.
His breathing has changed a little and he certainly seems slightly less conscious, at least.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"Yeah, I agree."
She'll close her eyes for a moment, only to notice his hand is lying limp in hers.
"Gal, are you okay?"
She'll give him a light shake, a worried expression on her face.

[Chaotic Bob]

[B][Pale Lake][/B

He stirs faintly, at her shaking, although he seems a touch out of it. His drowsiness apparently having overtaken him and refusing to properly release him yet.
"Mizabit..."
Mostly a mumble of perhaps minimal meaning.
That may be an implication of the answer "no" to her question.

The somewhat dampening side of his shirt against her may also hint at this.
Oh hey, that looks like blood. Kinda feels like it too.
How'd that get there?

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"It sounds as though we should stick to the limestone shelves. Would you say he has more good, or evil tendencies? The name Loki suggests more information may found where limestone transforms into basalt, yet the others mean more information may be closer to marble." Should be noted that marble doesn't blend directly with basalt, and metal doesn't blend directly with limestone.

"Ummm... pretty chaotic neutral if you ask me. I couldn't tell a leaning one way or the other." Reinholdt shakes his head, a little at a loss.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Well he's not dead yet, but certainly not okay.

She'll look him over for any sign of-

Blood.
His side is bleeding apparently. She'll pull up his shirt, revealing the wound.

"Don't worry, I'm going to heal you. Okay?"

She'll get right to that, the skin will slowly knit back together.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Icky, that wound under his shirt doesn't look like he get it from tripping and getting a paper-cut.
Four, wide, somewhat deep gouges have been carved into his side, by either claws or rather large teeth.

It's really a wonder he didn't bleed out far sooner than this, but the fading wisps of what appears to be shadowy substance around the wounds may have had a hand in preserving him.
Had, past tense.

It appears to be Eadin that's getting that job now, with her healing magic.
Wonder if it supplies extra blood to go with what has decided to live in his shirt instead, in addition to sewing the skin back together?

There was probably another mumble at some point during this, but evidentally he decided to sleep again.
It just seemed so inviting...

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

The Encyclopede will walk to a limestone bookshelf and begin to climb up it, pulling out various books partway, much like before. Two human skulls engraved with many names float over, using eye-based traction beams to move the books down. They appear to be books on mythology, detailing the myths and legends surrounding Coyote, Loki, Azeban, Lilith, Set, Veles, Kokopelli and many others. "I'm wondering if it would be appropriate if we visited the Folklore Wing and Fae Wing, as there may be more information on this being there. Did he claim to be divine?" Since that won't actually change anything.

Hermitage of Dalachrech

The first three doors lead into armouries, though these ones focus on melee weapons like swords, spears, axes and so on. The fifth door leads back into the Dining Room. The last three doors lead into more larders, filled with foods with long shelf lives, such as fruit cake, honey, pickled onions, salted meat, tinned food, and so on.

[happyturtle]

Slaver Plawt

Arriving here from the Srs Plawts thread, the slaver caravan is slowly moving along, at the speed of oxen, into the Nexus. It's still some miles out from Riverside and Inside, but close enough to be interacted with if people choose.

*sucks at plawts, sorry*

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech

The first three doors lead into armouries, though these ones focus on melee weapons like swords, spears, axes and so on. The fifth door leads back into the Dining Room. The last three doors lead into more larders, filled with foods with long shelf lives, such as fruit cake, honey, pickled onions, salted meat, tinned food, and so on.

Din will just close the doors again ,and continue on, maybe scrounging a bit of fruitcake for a quick snack

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

She cringes at the gashes, this won't be easy.

Closing her eyes to concentrate, she'll lay her hands on the wounds.
Muscle and skin grow back, cuts, close and some blood is resupplied.

It'll take a moment before she'll open her eyes. Red stripes could still be visible , but the gashes should have healed.

"Gal, can you hear me? Wake up."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

It undoubtedly goes very far in ensuring that Galinai doesn't, you know, die that the wounds are healed up.
Adding in some extra blood-filler goes a ways towards ensuring further shock doesn't settle in and the current point fixes itself.

More scars for his collection, it seems.

As she speaks to him, his lips move faintly.
Perhaps another mumble? Perhaps he's just settling into a proper sleep instead of a bleeding-out one.

Physical poking or gentle shaking may be required.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The next door, unopened, is the door near the corner. A spell has been cast upon the doorframe, aimed at blasting those who go through without a two-tailed scorpion upon it. The door is also closed, and might be locked; possibly even trapped.

((Deadtime from me, now. Goodnight!))

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Relief will wash over her when the wounds heal properly.

"Hey, wake up." She'll shake him a little.

If he won't reply, she'll shake harder until he does

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai stirs as she shakes him, blinking his eyes open and apparently taking his time being at least mildly functionable.
Even then, he still looks drowsy. Less...dangerously so like earlier, and more just lazy-sleepy.
"Mlerh? Wazzit? Oh, hey good lookin'."

He's probably still very drowsy.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"Oh you silly human" She'll say, laughing a bit.
She'll conjure up some water and splash it in his face.

"Come on, Gal, time to wake up."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai undoubtedly had some sleepily not-clever response to this, but instead, he ends up spluttering and looking rather surprised.
"Hey! Aw, all wet...what was that for?"

These clothes take forever to dry! That wet collar thing...not fun.
Noooot fun.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"It's for almost dying." She says, giving him a sad look before evaporating the water.

"You should be a bit more grateful, you know."
She only just saved his life and all

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Eh? Oh, did that..."
Galinai peers down at his side, pulling at his shirt a bit.

He looks mildly concerned at that and a bit of apologetic creeps onto his face.
"Ah...kind of...forgot about it..."
She was so...relaxing. Eadin kept his mind very easily away from the temporarily taken-care-of wound, although that obviously became less the case after a point.

"Sorry..."

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"I took care of it."

The sad look stays though
. "You should have said something."
She'll sigh at his apology, throw her arms around him and hug him tightly.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Well, I was going to...but you kind of distracted me..."
Galinai sighs a little, feeling guilty now, before moving to wrap her up in his own arms and pull her into his lap.

Perhaps a few moments of good hugging can be the start of a proper apology.
He is thankful for being kept alive, though...

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"Distract you from dying?How?" Her head is buried in his shoulder, else he'd see her confused expression

She'll snuggle up against him as he pulls her into his lap, relaxing a bit.

It's a start.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Just felt too...at peace, I guess."
Eadin had been a bit too pacifying for her own good, it seems.

He glances down at her head, before lightly rubbing her back and glancing out at the lake.
Perhaps there's another idea to help her cheer up a bit...

Thinking about his almost accidentally dying isn't particularly conducive to that, so he ponders a distraction.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"Please, if this happens again just tell me, okay? I can heal, but I can't bring you back to life."

She'll sigh when his hand strokes her back, relaxing a bit more.
She'll loosen her grip on him.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai will leave out that she was never really supposed to know, since he had hoped it would be all fixed up by the time his bandages faded out.
Though that didn't happen.
"Of course...I'll make sure this doesn't happen again..."

He smiles a bit as Eadin relaxes, already feeling the small beginnings of success.
They may just sit there, in that position for a good several moments longer, before he carefully begins to finagle himself up to his feet, fully intending to still be holding/carrying her.

[Murkus]

Slaver Plawt


Slaver Plawt

Arriving here from the Srs Plawts thread, the slaver caravan is slowly moving along, at the speed of oxen, into the Nexus. It's still some miles out from Riverside and Inside, but close enough to be interacted with if people choose.

*sucks at plawts, sorry*


[Slaver Plot]

Keld pats the side of the lizard's neck affectionately.
"She's been with me for a long time. And yes, I have. Both above and below ground."


[Slaver Plot]

Never done it myself, Darkadzaka says. I'm just here as security.

"Ever been to this Inside place before?" Nayir asks as they grow closer and closer to the aforementioned city. The Glasshead twirls his staff 'idly', studying the pair of them all the while from behind his domed face.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

The Encyclopede will walk to a limestone bookshelf and begin to climb up it, pulling out various books partway, much like before. Two human skulls engraved with many names float over, using eye-based traction beams to move the books down. They appear to be books on mythology, detailing the myths and legends surrounding Coyote, Loki, Azeban, Lilith, Set, Veles, Kokopelli and many others. "I'm wondering if it would be appropriate if we visited the Folklore Wing and Fae Wing, as there may be more information on this being there. Did he claim to be divine?" Since that won't actually change anything.

"No, no such claims were made. Though he had to have some great amount of power from what I saw. Unless all of that was illusions..." Reinholdt shakes his head and sighs. Frustrating.

[billtodamax]

Eshter remembers the words in the book. "It seems that these fish are no the answer." She looks at Ordo expectantly. "You should investigate what Rebecca saw at the bottom of the water."


[Strange Room 2.0]

Ordo will be able to see that the floor at the bottom of the late is covered in mud, but it's also strangely flat and Rebecca will be able to tell that it's energy pattern is similar to the one of the seal.

As Esher tries to living fish key, she will find that it doesn't fit. In fact, none of the key's seems to fit. No matter how many she tries.


Ordo fish hisses. And watches.

Yeah. That's about it.

Rebecca turns her gaze upon the mushrooms. They were probably just poisonous, but it's good to check if they were magical or not.

[Ashen Lilies]

[Slaver Plot]

"I have, some months ago." Answers the lizard-riding drow. "It is an interesting place."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai will leave out that she was never really supposed to know, since he had hoped it would be all fixed up by the time his bandages faded out.
Though that didn't happen.
"Of course...I'll make sure this doesn't happen again..."

He smiles a bit as Eadin relaxes, already feeling the small beginnings of success.
They may just sit there, in that position for a good several moments longer, before he carefully begins to finagle himself up to his feet, fully intending to still be holding/carrying her.

And already he's keeping secrets.
"You better."She mumbles against his shoulder.
She'll sigh and enjoy the moment, until Galinai suddely pick her up.
"Hey, what are you doing?"

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The next door, unopened, is the door near the corner. A spell has been cast upon the doorframe, aimed at blasting those who go through without a two-tailed scorpion upon it. The door is also closed, and might be locked; possibly even trapped.

((Deadtime from me, now. Goodnight!))

Din takes out the two tailed scorpion that she took from madam De la moy, and will try opening the door

[happyturtle]

[Nexus] tag needed

Slaver Plawt

"I just hope they're willing to pay well," Ezra grumbles as he trots alongside. "We've got a nice inventory here. I'm hoping to turn a tidy profit."

[Ashen Lilies]

[Slaver Plot]

Keld frowns.
"Who are you planning to sell to, if I may ask?"
He didn't know of any buyers for slaves in Inside. What with it being, you know, ILLEGAL, but he assumes Ezra already knows that.

[happyturtle]

Slavers Plawt

"Whoever wants to buy," Ezra says, looking at Keld like he's a simpleton. Seems Ezra failed his Knowledge(Inside) check.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]


And already he's keeping secrets.
"You better."She mumbles against his shoulder.
She'll sigh and enjoy the moment, until Galinai suddely pick her up.
"Hey, what are you doing?"

Everyone keeps secrets...
He was simply keeping one so he did not worry her. It backfired...but it was the original thought that counted, right?

There's a bit of a smile as on his face, whether at Eadin's sudden questioning or from the past several moments is irrelevant, as he begins walking over to the lake with her.
"Bringing us over to the water."

It would seem, that for all his joking previously and even his weakness a moment ago, he has at least a little strength to him if he's doing this.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

That's true. But his secret keeping almost got him killed.So no. He got her more worried than if he just told her.

Raising an eyebrow, she asks: "Why are you walking us to the lake? Want to swim?"
That might be a bad idea in his state. Although he does seem to feel better.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

No one has accused Galinai of thinking most his choices through very well, so far.
His choice of secrets just continues this, it seems.

"There's something else relaxing, about being in the water. We don't have to swim."
He's simply intending to walk into the shallows, his shoes having somehow detached along the way, then simply...sitting in the water.
Floop.

It appears they'll get over the wet clothes, though perhaps he's basing this choice partially from her ability to speed-dry things.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Humans and their secrets.Not that Eadin doesn't have them.
She just doesn't see any reason to tell him about them.

She'll mumble something about ruining her dress as Galinai puts them down into the shallow water.
"Water has a calming effect on most people. Guess I do to." She'll grin, heating the water. Warm water is even more relaxing.

He'll have to ask nicely if he wants speed dry.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

The largest reason for hoarding information, and possibly the most bothersome one; "you didn't ask" or "it wasn't important".

Unless her dress starts to disintegrate in the water, Galinai's not going to be too concerned about it, putting it over in the "speed dry" thought category.
Oh look, she's grinning! This plan was already a success, which brings a few pleased thoughts to the man's head.
"You're both fairly cozy. Though I think I'll try to avoid dozing off again."

[Ashen Lilies]

Slavers Plawt

"Whoever wants to buy," Ezra says, looking at Keld like he's a simpleton. Seems Ezra failed his Knowledge(Inside) check.

"I see." Says Keld coldly, noticing the attitude behind the look.
"I merely thought you would have some contacts within the city."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"I'll make sure you won't." A cold splash will wake him up right away if needed.

She'll look at her legs, more scales start to appear. She won't let them change though.

"So what happened?" She asks, referring to his gashes.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

There's an amused thought in Galinai's head as it ponders along precisely what Eadin would intend to do. Cold water seems somewhat obvious, given the location, and it would probably end up with a lot of spluttering from him.

His gaze follows hers, to her legs, as the scales begin to crop up and the curious look from last time reappears.
"May I?"
Judging by the hand he holds up slightly, it appears he wants to feel them or something similar.

"Didn't quite dodge as well as I'd have liked, when I got jumped heading over to the tavern. Got nicked a bit by the offender."
If one looks at the size of the claws on the monster he fled from, "nicked" is in fact the correct word.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"Go ahead." She remembers his curiousity from earlier. A little touching wouldn't hurt, right?


She frowns. "That shadow stuff isn't safe at all,then." Guess they'll be walking back.

"You never told me where you got it from." The shadow tricks, that is.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Scale investigation thusly occurs!
He'll be careful about it, simply tracing a finger across a scale or two, rather intrigued by the possible texture foremost.
They're always so different from skin itself, so it seems fair that he'd be curious about that.

"Eh...it can be, if you're careful. I was a bit sloppy, so it's probably more my fault than anything else."
Silly Galinai, singing in the Shadow Plane is never helpful for being stealthy.

"Well, I started with a little bit of it, I guess. As a kid I could sometimes touch shadows, like they were some kind of odd gel. As I grew up I fiddled with it more, eventually discovered that I could go inside of them a bit. Uleryu's helped me figure out most of the other tricks."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

Her cheeks will tint the tiniest bit red when he gently touches the scales.

They're very smooth and feel flexible, not hard.
Green with a blueish shine to them.
If he didn't focus on them, he wouldn't have felt they were really there.

"Just don't get yourself killed with it." She sighs.


"Hmm, never heard of shadow tricks before. Can your sister do it too?"

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"These are quite pretty..."
A very intriguing color scheme.

Galinai gets to miss this little blush, it seems, in favor of looking quite taken by the scales. They're not precisely the most common trait to find on a woman, so perhaps it is that odd taste for the exotic that has struck him here.
Why, perhaps, is unimportant, in favor of the fact that he likes them in the first place.
So he's happy to offer them some attention, for his curiosity.
Little trace here, little stroke there.

He offers a little absent head-shake in part-response to her other two questions.
"I've decided lately to pay more attention to living, as opposed to dying."
Something about almost doing the latter against a tree and freaking someone out.
"I don't know if she can. She's hidden it pretty well, if it's there, but she mostly just plays with her axes."

[happyturtle]

Slaver Plawt


"I see." Says Keld coldly, noticing the attitude behind the look.
"I merely thought you would have some contacts within the city."

"Why? Do you have contacts?" Ezra says, feeling a bit nettled at the drow's sensible reply.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"Heh, thanks. Glad you like them."
His touch will make her shiver a bit, the hairs on her legs standing up straight.


"You better.Being dead is so boring and ... dead." She says, giving him a gentle poke.

"Axes can be fun, I guess."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai tilts his head a bit, pondering the little contrast between hair, skin, and scale.
For some reason, he is briefly reminded of birds, balancing their scales and feathers. A natural elegance, in a way.
"I think you could get some nice photo opportunities with these."
Referring back to their old conversation at the beach, he imagines a few people would be similar intrigued by the scales.
Mermaids have to be popular for a reason, right?

At the poke, he shakes his head a bit and looks back up at her face, with a silly little grin.
"But there's plenty of exciting dead people! What about zombies and ghosts?"
They can be very exciting.

"Axes aren't really my cup of tea, but to each their own."

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"Maybe, would make some easy money." She grins.
They're so popular because they're so pretty*cough*.

She can't help but find his silly grin incredibly cute, but stops herself before saying it out loud.

"Zombies are ugly and ghost don't even have a body. Both move around and annoy people."She shrugs before leaning against him and whispering in his ear." I like you much better alive with a living body."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Pretty goes well with photo shoots!
"Hehe, not too hard to stand around while people stare at you."
Although, it could be awkward depending on your mindset.

"Well, hrm...what about the more sociable vampires?"
They usually try not to be too ugly or bothersome to people. At least not to the ones they aren't eating.

The scale investigation stalls, at some point after her final comment, in favor of more solidly holding her and giving a bit of a hug.
"Well that makes two of us then."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"All for money." she winks.

She laughs. "Vampires kill people. I prefer not to die myself either. Plus they burn up in sunlight."

A content smile will appear on her face as she lightly leans into him.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"So how much do I owe you then?"
Although she hasn't been standing, while he was investigating those legs, so perhaps a loophole...

And the return of the peaceful, tranquil moment returns, this time to not be marred by one of them abruptly almost-dying.
Slightly rumpled up by the humorous air, but that's primarily because Galinai is making an effort to make up for a few moments ago.
"There's a couple odd kinds that are fine in the sun. And there's always magic to protect them, right? Can't speak for the killing...possibly a blood bank."

[happyturtle]

Slaver Plawt

Purna approaches the group of men... well, males anyway. Not sure a hobgoblin, drow, centaur, and glass whatever count as a group of 'men'. But however one would classify them, Purna approaches them.

"The boy says there's a woman not far from here, injured and alone. When you go and 'rescue' her, give her this." She offers a potion and directions to the first PC in the plot to post next.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"Hmmm, I don't know. What do you think is a good trade?"
She shrugs, something in return might be nice..

"I don't know much about vampires. You stay human. Humans are cute."
The short lifespan is a shame though.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

"Well, it's your body, I think you get price-setting rights..."
He's more interested in seeing what she wants, than in what he could offer.
Otherwise he'd do something silly, like dump a bucket of flowers into her lap.

"D'aw, we're on the same level as puppies. I feel so honored."
Puppies don't stay around for very long either.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"I'm not experienced with selling my body. You humans on the other hand..." She grins. Teasing, of course." Mmmmm maybe... Nah..I don't know."
Her blush worsens, she's probably to shy to ask.

She giggles."Puppies are great? But I don't see you as a puppy, don't worry."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai grins right back, offering a little poke somewhere in there.
"Hey, just because humans can be a bit free now and then...no wait, that seems pretty fair. Continue."
No denying your silly thoughts!

"Does that mean I'm inferior to a puppy?"
Drat! Downgraded so fast...

[Morty]

[Slaver Plawt]

Darkardzaka takes the potion and nods. On it. He follows the directions, moving very quietly.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

She'll grab his hand before he can deliver the poke.
"No poking."
She thinks for a moment before leaning close to his ear and whisper, barely audible:""How about a kiss." Before quickly pulling back with a silly grin on her face.

"You're way better than a puppy."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Aw, his poke got foiled, but at least he can turn that around to holding her hand.
Which, conveniently, transitions to the next part pretty well.

She seemed fairly serious at first, which gave him a bit of considerate pause, but then the silly grin came out.
No way he can break that little train of thought.
"Well certainly."
Up comes the hand, for a teasingly longer kiss.

"Hm...even if I'm not as fuzzy?"

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

The colour of Eadin's face matches that of a tomato as he kisses her hand,.
"T.. t..thanks.." she stammers. Didn't expect that, really.

"I'm not into fuzzy."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai acquires a rather large grin as he lightly sets her hand back down, returning his full attention back to looking at her.
"Oh it was no problem at all."
Her blush and subsequent reaction made it very worth it, as evidenced in that look he wears.

"...drat. There goes my plans for werewolfing then."

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

She returns his grin, looking into his eyes.
She'll give his hand a soft squeeze.

"Why would you want to be a werewolf? What's wrong with humans?"
Mermaids always have a thing for humans, it seems.

[Ashen Lilies]

Slaver Plawt



"Why? Do you have contacts?" Ezra says, feeling a bit nettled at the drow's sensible reply.


Slaver Plawt

Purna approaches the group of men... well, males anyway. Not sure a hobgoblin, drow, centaur, and glass whatever count as a group of 'men'. But however one would classify them, Purna approaches them.

"The boy says there's a woman not far from here, injured and alone. When you go and 'rescue' her, give her this." She offers a potion and directions to the first PC in the plot to post next.


[Slaver Plawt]

Darkardzaka takes the potion and nods. On it. He follows the directions, moving very quietly.

"I do not. Are you sure it is wise to head to Inside, then? Slavery there is-"
And then Purna interrupts!
After the males get their directions, Keld will head with the group, but then circle around some, in case the woman bolts.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Oh dear. That's never a particularly healthy position for heads and gazes to be in, if personal space is to be preserved.
Not...that there's really a whole lot there in the first place, with her being held in his lap. Which, honestly, probably makes it a whole lot worse.

"Just something that seemed like a decent idea at the time. A bit like this."
With the grin he wears, those words are a bit ominous, probably a horribly evil prank, like tossing her further into the lake or so- no wait, he's just going to kick personal space some more and kiss her.

[happyturtle]

Slaver Plawt

The directions lead up a steep hill, covered with deciduous forest and lots of large boulders. There may be some tracking skills needed, though if either Keld or Darkard have special senses, now would be the time to mention it.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Eadin doesn't seem to be bothered by her head's position, seemingly quite content to stare into his eyes. Nor does she mind sharing her personal space with him.
She frown a tiny bit.He's being confusing.Men
"Like wha-?" She'll probably won't be able to finish that sentence.

[Ashen Lilies]

[Slaver Plawt]

Keld has superawesome elven hearing. If it's dark, or at least dim, he'll have pretty good eyesight as well. If it's bright though, he'll have to put his smoked lenses on, which cloud his vision somewhat. He's decent at tracking, if needed.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

The interrupt kiss is always a staple, rather fun to do.
Galinai sure feels absolutely no qualms about pulling one right here.
The little touch of surprise, in the other person, always makes it worth it.

A temptation, to make a proper kiss, flickers through Galinai's head, but is replaced by a slightly more amusing idea instead.
Instead, he'll simply seek to snare a little peck from Eadin, a second at most, before leaning back a little.
Possibly also humming and looking off at the lake, still with his silly grin.
Aand wait.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

The kiss is over before she knows it.
That's it?

After the first confusion, a smirk will appear on her face.
That bastard.

She'll lean next to his ear, whispering: "You tease." Before Galinai is hit by a wave of cold water.

[Morty]

[Slaver Plawt]

Darkardzaka has very keen hearing and good eyesight, but no darkvision. He can track very well, too.

[happyturtle]

Slaver Plawt

It's daylight, so no darkvision needed, and the spring growth probably keeps the sunlight from being too uncomfortable for Keld.



The woman is curled up in the midst of a flowering briar shrub, too weak to move, and barely conscious. The last water she had was the dew she lapped off the leaves at dawn. Her only hope was rain, she thought. Otherwise, she would die here.

Darkard will probably be the first to find signs of her, either hearing her laboured breathing or perhaps seeing disturbed plants. No blood trail though. She's managed to avoid leaving that, at least.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Reaction #3 of the four he expected.

As such, he squinches his eyes and mouth shut as the wave falls in on him.
Rather than give her more spluttering, he blows off the water on his mouth and wipes the area over his eyes with one hand.

His grin almost grows.
"No idea what you're talking about."

[Shadowcaller]

Slaver Plawt

Keld and Darkard might hear how something is closing in on the nearly passed out woman as they approaches her. Whatever it is, it's not putting much effort into moving silently. Twigs break and leaves rustles, not only in one direction, but two.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]


"Awww, that's not fun."She says, pouting.
She'll grin at him for a moment, leaning closer to him."I can do that too." she says, followed by a small peck on the lips.

She pulls away, silly grin on her face, before she runs off to the deeper part of the lake.

[Morty]

[Slaver Plawt]

Well, looks like easy pickings. Just get to her and give her that po- what in the twin-headed raven was this? The hobgoblin puts an arrow on the bowstring and hops behind the nearest cover.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

And there's #1.
The hoped for reaction. The more entertaining one.

There's some color to his face after her own little kiss, he won't hide that.
Galinai will allow her a moment of fleeing, instead plucking away at his water-heavy shirt and the somehow pristinely dry scarf.

If there's to be chasing, he sees the need to lose the heavier weight here and so they are tossed over to the shore.

And then he's up, quickly, ignoring a bit of protest from his recently-healed side.
He doesn't have time to worry about that silly problem if he's going to be chasing a hydriad...

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"Certain types of fae are rather trickster-ish as well, as are certain folkloric beings." More books thud onto the pile.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The door is unlocked, and on the other side is a guard room, containing a small table, two chairs, a chess board with insectoid pieces (beetles for pawns, centipedes for knights, snails for rooks, etc). Also two men in chainmail and pot helmets sitting on the chairs at the table playing chess. They are wearing sheathed swords and two spears are propped against the table. They haven't noticed Din yet, though; too engrossed in their game of chess.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

Eadin smiles to herself when she sees his blush. Finally.

She allows herself to take another peek at him has he drops some clothes on the shore. When he's done, she'll be gone. Only her dress can be seen lying on the grass next to where she was before.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The door is unlocked, and on the other side is a guard room, containing a small table, two chairs, a chess board with insectoid pieces (beetles for pawns, centipedes for knights, snails for rooks, etc). Also two men in chainmail and pot helmets sitting on the chairs at the table playing chess. They are wearing sheathed swords and two spears are propped against the table. They haven't noticed Din yet, though; too engrossed in their game of chess.

Din will refresh her invisiility, and try sneaking past the guards silently

[Ashen Lilies]

[Slavers Plawt]

Keld similarly melds into the shadows, pulling his drow cloak around him, signaling his mount to dart silently up the nearest tree.

[Murkus]

Slaver Plawt


[Slaver Plawt]

Well, looks like easy pickings. Just get to her and give her that po- what in the twin-headed raven was this? The hobgoblin puts an arrow on the bowstring and hops behind the nearest cover.


Slaver Plawt

Keld and Darkard might hear how something is closing in on the nearly passed out woman as they approaches her. Whatever it is, it's not putting much effort into moving silently. Twigs break and leaves rustles, not only in one direction, but two.


Slaver Plawt

It's daylight, so no darkvision needed, and the spring growth probably keeps the sunlight from being too uncomfortable for Keld.



The woman is curled up in the midst of a flowering briar shrub, too weak to move, and barely conscious. The last water she had was the dew she lapped off the leaves at dawn. Her only hope was rain, she thought. Otherwise, she would die here.

Darkard will probably be the first to find signs of her, either hearing her laboured breathing or perhaps seeing disturbed plants. No blood trail though. She's managed to avoid leaving that, at least.


[Slaver Plawt]

Keld has superawesome elven hearing. If it's dark, or at least dim, he'll have pretty good eyesight as well. If it's bright though, he'll have to put his smoked lenses on, which cloud his vision somewhat. He's decent at tracking, if needed.

Nayir is definitely somewhere nearby. Probably bending light to make himself less noticeable amidst the trees and speckled sunlight.

Yup. Still tapping his staff against the forest floor. Though it might be hard to pinpoint the source of the sound.

[Creepy Room 2.0]

I... think Ordo's still here? Still watching. Swimming in circles, too.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai peers over the lake, considering how best to do this.
There's always the just blindly chasing after, although he's at a rather severe disadvantage in that area, since he's fairly sure she'll be pulling out her tail by now.

There's always cheating, which could either take all of the fun out of it, or make things more amusing.
And trickery, naturally, is never a bad choice.
That one seems more immediately interesting, so he goes with that, running out a bit before diving into the lake for a proper swim, aiming down to keep with the bottom for a little while.

The lake is deep, towards the middle, but he's not going out that far, yet.

[Shadowcaller]

[Slavers Plawt]

Taking cover, the two slaver guards doesn't have to wait long before they can see a large creature emerge from a nearby bush, slowly making it's way towards the woman.

It's about the size of a large horse and moves very much like a cat despite it's very dog-like appearance. The creature head is skull-shaped, like it had some sort of white exo-skeleton covering it. Which also seems to lock it's teeth in a permanent hideous grin with all it's razor sharp teeth showing.

The rest of the body seems to be a mix of canine strength and feline grace. Every muscle moving underneath the brightly crimson colored exo-skeleton that seems to covering much of it's body as it moves.

The creature have no tail but it's claws that currently appears to be drawn into the exo-skeleton appears to shimmer with an unnatural sharpness.

It's eyes glow with a sinister red glow as it appears to be looking for the woman's scent. Then as it get's closer you can see yet another one the creatures. This one appears to be missing one of it's four legs but yet keeps moving somehow, like the loss of an appendage meant nothing to it.

It also has other signs of battle like minor injuries all over it's exo-skeleton that slowly but surely appears to be healing even now.

You get the impression know the hunt is over and are just moving slowly in a sadistic attempt to make the woman keep running until she would die of exhaustion.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Galinai has guessed correctly, she got her tail out.

Having already swam down deeper, she sees him dive before swimming out of sight.

She'll reappear behind him, giving him an air bubble before swimming off again.

[Morty]

[Slaver Plawt]

Well, Darkardzaka isn't about to let some demonic freak steal his employers' slave. He fires his arrow at the thing's eye, then nocks another one and fires it at the other eye.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor Guard Room

The door to the next corridor is closed. Both of the guards are positioned so that if either looks sideways, they could look out of it. Will Din open the door or try to incapacitate the guards first? The door's hinges look to be poorly maintained, and may creak.

[iElf]

Din covers her mouth, and lets a flower grow in her hand. she blows the pollen towards the gaurds quickly, which will hopefully knock them out

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Well that was awfully nice of her.
Galinai would say something akin to a "thanks dear" here, but figures he should probably take advantage of the bubble and save some of the air.

For now, he grins and drifts further down into the lake, before flopping over onto his back and just laying down on the bottom.
He'd probably drift upwards, normally, but for whatever reason is sitting rather sturdily on the bottom.
Just laaaazily plopped down there, staring up at the lake surface, enjoying his bubble.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor Guard Room

One of the guards nods off first, causing consternation from his partner until he, too, falls asleep, knocking chesspieces everywhere. The white queen, shaped like a queen termite with a large eggsack, rolls to Din's feet before stopping.

[Murkus]

[Slaver Plawt]

Seeing Darkard attack the lead creature, Nayir slips up behind the wounded demon. There's a bright flash as he sends a bolt of energy towards one of the creature's legs. Perhaps having it encased in glass will cause some delay.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

Eadin's a nice girl.

She frowns when she sees him lie down on the bottom of the lake.
How did he do that?

She'll swim up to him.
"Nice trick, how do you do that?"

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Galinai gives a little finger wave to Eadin, accompanied by his wide grin from earlier.
"Magic. Possibly bribing a few flounders."
But he's most certainly doing mostly the former. Probably.

As light from the surface passes through towards the bottom, it is broken up, distorted, splaying a complicated dance of light and dark across the bottom.

And as one of these patches of dark swings across him, a shadow perhaps from a fish swimming above, the man is gone, vanished rather suddenly.

Somewhere above, about twenty feet or so and ploddingly doggy-paddling through the water, Galinai is cheerfully humming to himself.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor Guard Room

One of the guards nods off first, causing consternation from his partner until he, too, falls asleep, knocking chesspieces everywhere. The white queen, shaped like a queen termite with a large eggsack, rolls to Din's feet before stopping.

Din will look at it nervously, and then just proceed onwards...Din knows symbolism when she sees it, and will try to not think about the small white figure

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

There are only four doors on the left side of the corridor beyond the guard room. There isn't a door at the end of this corridor.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

She grins at him

"You and your shadow magic..."

And then he's gone.
She frown, looking to see where he went.

Oh there he is.
She'll swim up before wrapping her arm around him from behind and swimming down as fast as she can. Which is pretty fast.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

And suddenly, going down.
Galinai blinks a bit, not entirely expecting this action in particular, but willing to go with it.
Mostly because he's wondering why they're going back down.

He'll also offer another little wave.
"Well hey there."

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

It's warmer at the bottom. And privacy. Not that anyone else is there.
She'll turn him around so he's facing her again.

"Hey..."
She hasn't let go of him though.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

There are only four doors on the left side of the corridor beyond the guard room. There isn't a door at the end of this corridor.

Din sighs, and will take a peak in each of them

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The first door leads to a room with four webs in it and four wardrobes, as well; in two of the webs are aranea- the humany spidery things that live in the village outside. Propped up near each is a spear, and a swordbelt is poking out of the bottom of a wardrobe. Luckily for Din, the aranea sleep.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

It's a good thing they're not in the deepest portions of the lake, or it'd be rather entirely dark, cold, and probably uncomfortable for Galinai.
The rapid descent from Eadin's super-swimming had a pop or two in there, but that's just the way things go.

And now it appears they've cozied up at the bottom of the effectively giant puddle.
The ear ache will fade, so he can't really complain about that.

His grin fizzles a little, into a slightly more...sane smile.
"How goes?"

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The first door leads to a room with four webs in it and four wardrobes, as well; in two of the webs are aranea- the humany spidery things that live in the village outside. Propped up near each is a spear, and a swordbelt is poking out of the bottom of a wardrobe. Luckily for Din, the aranea sleep.

Din sneaks out again, heading to cheek the next room

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The next door along leads to another store room, filled with random rubbish and the occasional odd item, like a three-foot-long granite statue of an earthworm, a hatstand made of aged bronze consisting of four poles twisting around each other in a way that doesn't quite make sense and five inch diameter green discs spilling out of an old sack.

[iElf]

Din doesn't particularly take notice, and moves to the next door

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

She'd make sure he wouldn't feel uncomfortable at all.

She'll look into his eyes for a moment before smiling."Doing great."

She'll heat the water around them a bit more, for more comfort.
A light hug makes it all the more comfy.

"How about you?"

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The next door leads back into the dining room. The door after that is filled with cages of small mammals; they look to be in good condition and well looked after. Predominantly the animals are mice, rabbits, gerbils, and other rodents or lagomorphs. Hamsters are absent, however.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Despite periodic flashes of shadow from the shifting light in their part of the lake, Galinai's eyes always seem to remain precisely the same shade of green, as they peer back.
It's an odd effect, one that he never figured out, but it's there.

Searching for his thoughts in there may be hard, beyond the fact that he seems to be enjoying himself.
He even joins in the hugging, or maybe that was just an excuse to hold her some more.

"A little wet, but having difficulty thinking of somewhere I'd prefer to be."

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The next door leads back into the dining room. The door after that is filled with cages of small mammals; they look to be in good condition and well looked after. Predominantly the animals are mice, rabbits, gerbils, and other rodents or lagomorphs. Hamsters are absent, however.

Din sighs...these were obviously insect food(hamsters missing because they eat insects?) . she decides to open the cages, and let the animals run free, going to open the last door

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

"You have nice eyes."
Might be sappy, but she just doesn't care.

His comment makes her smile so big her mouth might rip. It doesn't though.

"Same here." she says, before snuggling up against him.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

Hamsters missing because my mother worked in a pet shop before feeding live vertebrates to other animals was illegalised, and a man came in every so often to feed his python and hamsters fight back. Mice, rats, gerbils and other rodents eat insects occasionally.

The animals bound out of the cages, generally rather glad to have some free time. They are seemingly unaware of their fate, though are slightly worried when one is taken away and doesn't come back. They're not illtreated, however, and are generally reluctant to leave.

That was the next door; around the bend are five doors on the left and one on the end. All the doors are closed.

[iElf]

Din groans, and tries all the other door as well , trying to remember where her room was

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

Third floor, a small room with a bed, shackles attached to the wall and a bucket, the only way in is through Elezibethele's bedroom.

The first door is another store room, lit by glowing lumps of crystal lying on broken furniture and wedged into torch brackets; there's several chests and large clothes lying over furniture. The second door opens on to a room with vivariums on every side and beetles scuttling around in most of them. The beetles are large, black, and carnivorous judging by the bones in their cages. The third door leads into the dining room. The fourth door is locked. The fifth door leads into a bedroom with four webs, two occupied by Aranea. Other furnishings include four wardrobes.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Clearly it was sappy enough to get Galinai to smile a bit more.
This appears to be another personal space situation, with the snuggling, but he's finding it altogether enjoyable.

Unusual, since they're snuggling at the bottom of a lake, and he suspects eventually his air bubble is going to pop, but other than that, pretty nice.
Very unique, for him, so he'll take the moment to enjoy it, give Eadin a little back rub maybe.

And yet, there's still an element of silly that hasn't quite slipped out yet, that has to make a pass before it vacates his mind for a little while.
"Come to this lake bed often?"

[iElf]

Din frowns, and tries to get up to the third floor, looking for some stairs

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Unusual people make unusual moments.

Eadin sighs, feeling quite at peace in his arms."Silly, you brought me here."

So comfortable, in fact, that she doesn't notice it when his bubble pops.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The only door left to check is the one at the end of the corridor. There should be stairs there as there is nowhere else for the stairs upwards to be.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The only door left to check is the one at the end of the corridor. There should be stairs there as there is nowhere else for the stairs upwards to be.

Din heads towards it, and tries to open the door

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Well that's rather inconvenient.
Galinai's also noticing a slight trend here, a correlation between "Snuggly Comfort Levels" and the "Risk of Something Bad Happening to Him".

It's not a very safe correlation, he's noticing.
Should probably look into that.

But! He has a solution here, that he thinks can make work.
Perhaps, have a little bit of shadow come over here and wisk them back to shore, still all snuggled up...

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

"Hmm?"
Oh, his bubble is gone.
And he's not swimming up.
He's holding his breath, but for what...
She decides to see what happens.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The final room has a staircase in the middle. It also has two guards wearing chainmail and holding spears; one was watching the door. When the door opens, if Din is invisible, he shouts 'Hey!' and starts casting a spell enabling him to see magical auras and fields, such as the invisibility spell Din used. He can't see through it, but everything effected by the spell glows with magic giving him a rough idea. Any particularly powerful magical artefacts or objects can be seen better as they glow more, as well.

The other guard stands in front of the stairs and braces themselves, holding his spear ready for an attack.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

It only takes him a few moments to decide that he really likes that shadow idea. So he's definitely going with that one, just have to wait for a shadow to come by, so he can...

Take advantage of their close proximity and her staring at him, to give her a proper kiss. They've danced by two mostly-joking ones, so by now he figures he owes her an actual kiss.
A hand will maneuver to her cheek there, while the other remains at her back, to help his little move along...
So that's what he'll be doing, when the shadow comes by, to place them on the shore.

A pleasant distraction for the move, or a move to help the pleasant action last?

[Eadin]

[Pale lake.]
He's not turning blue yet. That's good.
She's impressed, he can hold his breath fairly long.

She notices he's touching her cheek.Before she has a chance to question it he's kissing her, taking her with him into the shadow.
Not that she notices the shadow.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

From the rather airless depths, to the slight ripples of the shore, Galinai will call this a success.
His nose has found air, so that whole suffocating thing is gone, and he's busily treating Eadin to that proper kiss he denied her earlier.

Close and happy.
Perhaps these two words are the most appropriate for this moment.
And possibly the next few.

[Eadin]

[Pale lake]

Suddenly, there's air instead of water.

She'll let her tail transform back to her legs.

Taking advantage of the kind of perfect moment, she wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him close.

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

Each holding the other closer, each enjoying the kiss rather completely.
Time is slower, brought to a brief pause in this rare moment of complete peace.

Perhaps not that long in reality, but quite some time for Galinai, at least, when he finally releases her lips.
That expression he wears is one of rather sincere happiness.

[Reinholdt]

Bronze Pyramid

"Certain types of fae are rather trickster-ish as well, as are certain folkloric beings." More books thud onto the pile.

"I thought Coyote and Anansi and stuff were fokloric beings?" Reinholdt asks.

[BladeofOblivion]

[Ancient Forge]

War. Blood. Souls. War. Blood. Souls...

Oblivion looked around the place where it had awoken. Decrepit. Dusty. Worthless. Souls must be found. A worthy opponent must be found. Or this Nexus must be destroyed completely, if no worthy opponent exists.

It walked toward the city of Inside, visible on the horizon. It would take a while to get there by foot, but then the citizens would stand no chance without the aid of a champion.

"May your champions protect you, citizens of Reality. Because there is a new power in this place. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust. This Nexus shall crumble."

The Bringer of Destruction was coming.
The Knight of Madness was coming.
And there would be a reckoning to come.

All of the Nexus could feel the sheer presence of the entity, this thing that so desired to fight their greatest champions.

[Halae]

[Outside the Ancient Forge]

Harnel is here, wearing his armor and all his weaponry. He had a dream last night - A dream he can't remember. Something had happened in it, visions of darkness and fire being the only things he remembers from it. And it left with him a vague feeling of horror. Of wrongness.

And a direction. That direction led him straight here.

He waits outside the building which houses the Forge, All his weaponry sheathed for now, that feeling of destruction rising. He waits for something to happen. He waits for something to come out.

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

Each holding the other closer, each enjoying the kiss rather completely.
Time is slower, brought to a brief pause in this rare moment of complete peace.

Perhaps not that long in reality, but quite some time for Galinai, at least, when he finally releases her lips.
That expression he wears is one of rather sincere happiness.

Almost all the thoughts that were occupying Eadin's head suddenly vanish.
All except one.This moment is perfect.

A sigh escapes her lips when he releases them.
A few thoughts reappear in her mind, one a bit sad it is over.
However, instead of a sad expression, a fond smile appears on her face.
She's at a loss of words at the moment, content with just looking at him.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The final room has a staircase in the middle. It also has two guards wearing chainmail and holding spears; one was watching the door. When the door opens, if Din is invisible, he shouts 'Hey!' and starts casting a spell enabling him to see magical auras and fields, such as the invisibility spell Din used. He can't see through it, but everything effected by the spell glows with magic giving him a rough idea. Any particularly powerful magical artefacts or objects can be seen better as they glow more, as well.

The other guard stands in front of the stairs and braces themselves, holding his spear ready for an attack.

Din sighs, and will use the same flower trick again, drawing her sword just in case it fails.she has a few potent talismans around her neck though, so the one may see her

[BladeofOblivion]

[Outside the Ancient Forge]

Harnel is here, wearing his armor and all his weaponry. He had a dream last night - A dream he can't remember. Something had happened in it, visions of darkness and fire being the only things he remembers from it. And it left with him a vague feeling of horror. Of wrongness.

And a direction. That direction led him straight here.

He waits outside the building which houses the Forge, All his weaponry sheathed for now, that feeling of destruction rising. He waits for something to happen. He waits for something to come out.

[Opening of the Ancient Forge]

For several long seconds, nothing happened at all. The wind washed over the ruin silently.

Then, a faint burst of malevolent energy erupted from the entrance. Clouds of dust whipped out of the egress like a billow of fog, and a figure could be faintly seen. As the dust began to move in a series of rings rather than a formless cloud, the figure of a nine-foot tall suit of armor black as the void rose from the depths of the forge, walking slowly but surely in the direction of the city of Inside.

The Bringer of Destruction had arisen in the Nexus, and it would not be stopped by trifling things such as Nature, Death, and even the force of the Nexus itself trying to slow the thing down. It pulsed with malevolent energy, at a degree never before seen. It turned its gaze upon Harnel, bathing him in the yellow glow of its eyes.

"Are you a champion? If not, get out of my way."

[Chaotic Bob]

[Pale Lake]

For once, Galinai seems rather content to stay quiet, allowing his mind a little rest from mental laps he's constantly putting it through.
The mood seems one that prefers peace and simply enjoying the other's company.

But, he can't stay quiet forever, the urge for something arising after a time...
"I think this day's going pretty well..."

[Halae]

[Outside the Ancient Forge]

"What would you do if I said I was?" Harnel takes a ready stance, his hand going to the hilt of his Thunder Hammer, currentl his best melee weapon. It's a stance that favors reach, and will let him attack outside the range of most normal sized individuals. Too bad the black knight here isn't normal sized, "What are you here for?"

[BladeofOblivion]

[Outside the Ancient Forge]

I am known only as Oblivion. My purpose is to test the denizens of this plane. I am to fight those who have the power to defend this place and the force of will to stand against a far superior foe.

I sense that you may be challenging me to a duel. If this is so, allow me to limit myself to a rough estimate of your strength.

A red aura pulses around the suit, and it is reduced in size to roughly that of Harnel. The Dark Knight draws a longsword, and its free hand gathers a cloud of dust.

[Halae]

[Outside The Ancient Forge]

So, he's here to destroy it if we're not strong enough, he thinks. Certainly something for WATCHTOWER to take care of.

He takes the hammer off his back and says, "Then I challenge you. I can't let you destroy my home. Seilor dout kulti - Set your rules for the match."

[BladeofOblivion]

[Outside the Ancient Forge]

Very well then. Unconsciousness, Surrender, or Flight results in loss. Destruction of the body results in opposing victory. Magic is permitted, though I shall not use it. Interference is not permitted. No other terms.

[Halae]

[Outside the Ancient Forge]

"Before the light of Suugan, this duel has been confirmed," Harnel places a hand over his chest and bows in a salute, then gets himself ready, following the dueling traditions of his homeland. He doesn't activate the disruption field on his hammer, wanting to conserve energy as well as to be fair. The rules of the duel weren't unreasonable, and he didn't want to cheat in any way.

Within the next moment, he'll charge forward. He'll swing his hammer, testing the destroyer's defense.

[Earl of Purple]

Bronze Pyramid

"Some blur the lines, and more information may be found there." I was sent a Wikipedia link that didn't make it clear; I assumed and shouldn't have. My fault.

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Second Floor

The guard charging at Din does spot her magic, but falls to the floor and starts snoring before he can do anything about it. The other also collapses, but he doesn't snore. It might be difficult getting past him up the stairs without touching him, though, and he might wake easily.

[iElf]

Din tries to leap over the gaurd, and head up the stairs

[Shadowcaller]

[Creepy Room 2.0]

I... think Ordo's still here? Still watching. Swimming in circles, too.


Rebecca turns her gaze upon the mushrooms. They were probably just poisonous, but it's good to check if they were magical or not.


Eshter remembers the words in the book. "It seems that these fish are no the answer." She looks at Ordo expectantly. "You should investigate what Rebecca saw at the bottom of the water."

[Creepy room 2.0]

The mushrooms doesn't appear to be magical at all.

And... nothing else really happens as Ordo doesn't react to what Esther just said. <.<

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

There's another guard room, and two more guards in chainmail. These guys have crossbows, and look out of arrow slits to observe the front wall and the wall with the drain entrance, or as much of it as they can. There's also a small table with two pewter flagons and a jug of the same material on it; the jug is filled with honeyed mead.

[iElf]

Din simply treis to sneak past these two, and continue on

[Murkus]

[Creepy Room 2.0]

Totally missed that post. >.> Also, SC, I sorta had my character for the Slaver Plawt attack your demon thingies.

Anywho, Ordo gives a cosy hiss and dives back down, searching the murky water for the source of the magic.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

There are four doors on the right hand side of the corridor, not the left hand side like previously, though the door gives access to a different corridor. Can Din see through illusions?

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

There are four doors on the right hand side of the corridor, not the left hand side like previously, though the door gives access to a different corridor. Can Din see through illusions?

I think one of her talismans helps her with that, yes....but she notices that these doors can't really be there...they would lead outside....

[Eadin]

[Pale Lake]

For once, Galinai seems rather content to stay quiet, allowing his mind a little rest from mental laps he's constantly putting it through.
The mood seems one that prefers peace and simply enjoying the other's company.

But, he can't stay quiet forever, the urge for something arising after a time...
"I think this day's going pretty well..."
She giggles a little, he just can't keep quiet.

She'll lay her head against his shoulder first, snuggling up against him before answering.

"I think..." She pauses for a moment. Dramatic pause.
"I think it's going just perfect."

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

Din might realise she's facing the other way. Sorry; didn't mean to confuse you. Din might also spot the fifth door hidden behind an illusion of a wall. To add to the disguise, there's a torch bracket mounted on the door, much as there's torch brackets on the walls, and like most torch brackets here it contains a glowing stone wedged into it.

[iElf]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

Din might realise she's facing the other way. Sorry; didn't mean to confuse you. Din might also spot the fifth door hidden behind an illusion of a wall. To add to the disguise, there's a torch bracket mounted on the door, much as there's torch brackets on the walls, and like most torch brackets here it contains a glowing stone wedged into it.

Din skips straight to the last door, and will try to open it by tuning the bracket, or pulling it

[Shadowcaller]

[Slaver Plawt]

Well, Darkardzaka isn't about to let some demonic freak steal his employers' slave. He fires his arrow at the thing's eye, then nocks another one and fires it at the other eye.


[Slaver Plawt]

Seeing Darkard attack the lead creature, Nayir slips up behind the wounded demon. There's a bright flash as he sends a bolt of energy towards one of the creature's legs. Perhaps having it encased in glass will cause some delay.

((I was originally waiting for KK but I realize that might have been a mistake...))

[Slaver Plawt]

As the skull-dog-cat-thing approaches the woman it suddenly get an arrow in it's right eye...

ROAGHRH!!!

Nearby leaves falls to the ground as the creature howls in pain and start running, first right into a tree that is felled by the beings sheer strength. Needless to say, the other arrow misses as the monster reacts very quickly to the pain as it suddenly runs right into forest. It goes completely out of sight for the slaver guards even if they still can hear it trashing around.

The second demon doesn't react nearly as wildly by having it's leg encased in glass. Instead it turns to Nayir, it's skeletal grin giving him the impression that the monster is somehow amused by the situation.

It opens it mouth... and speaks.

"Our prisoner."

Then it start to smash it's glass encased leg against the ground to break free as it uses it's wounded leg for support, apparently not bothered that a part of it is still missing.

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

The torch bracket isn't very well attached, and falls off. The door does have a handle, however. Assuming the handle is used, inside is a small room containing a font of water and some large crates.

[iElf]

Din stares at the water, and decides to look through the crates, after testing to see if the water is good

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

The water is decidely not good. It has been converted into unholy water, making it poisonous for drinking purposes, especially to the celestial. Inside the crates are boxes of incense of varying scents.

Why was this room hidden when the brainbeetles weren't?

[iElf]

Din immediately spits the water out, using positive energy to counteract it ...Din frowns....this doesn't make any sense... she has a closer look at the incense

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

The incense seems perfectly normal on first examination, though magical methods show that the incense increases concentration and relaxation in those that burn it, making it very handy in rituals requiring a clear mind, intense focus and no tenseness. Such as scrying; in fact, that font of water would be a very good focus.

The positive energy has to fight the inherent negative energy in the unholy water, though not much negative energy goes into creating unholy water and most of the reason it's poisonous are the other ingredients.

[iElf]

Din frowns ...every one who uses magic can scry...why hide this then? she goes to cheek the middle door in the passage way

[Earl of Purple]

Hermitage of Dalachrech- Third Floor

Some don't need anything to aid concentration; and the font may help in other ways, too.

The middle door, Door 3, leads to a small room filled with more weaponry, predominantly crossbow bolts and spears. One shelf is given over to knives and knuckledusters, however, and there's a barrel of swords.

[Chaotic Bob]

She giggles a little, he just can't keep quiet.

She'll lay her head against his shoulder first, snuggling up against him before answering.

"I think..." She pauses for a moment. Dramatic pause.
"I think it's going just perfect."

More snuggling is happening.
Something at the back of Galinai's mind prods him about this, desperately trying to inform him that current trends indicate a 95% chance of something possibly-lethal occurring in the next 13 seconds.

It goes mostly ignored, in favor of the snuggling that is happening.
Snuggling that involves much wrapping of arms around a she-fey and holding her close.
And more babbling, of course.
"Gonna mark Day 2 down as a smashing success, if you don't mind..."