['Tis morning! You've all woken up from a restful (or not-so- restful, as the case may be) night's sleep. You've been fed a very nice breakfast, and are now waiting in Neria's living room. She, Mela, and some of the other villagers are off in another room, planning tactics. You'll be called in shortly. For now, you can relax/work out nerves/whatever as you will.] [Session Start!] * Jinx sits up in his bed and leans back against the wall. He goes through a process of ritually inspecting his weapons, being sure that they aren't pointed at anyone even when not loaded. * Taki is sprawled across a comfy chair and is currently rebraiding her hair, "right, next time I'm bringing my brush." * Shinrethryn peeks out at the living room and glares wickedly at the now-cold fireplace. She eyes it critically for a moment before maturely sticking her tongue out at it and sighing, sitting up on the thin air. "Shows you." * Isaac hops forward a little and brings his sword across Ao's mid- section, easily avoiding hitting any of the other objects or people in the room. * Isaac and Ao-Lang have been going at it very steadily for a while now. It's quite an interesting display of their abilities, even though they never land a solid blow on the other. * Ao-Lang jumps to one side and rolls in the small area provided for her, narrowly avoiding the sword, which nearly slices through a braid. She snaps a closed fan to the back of his knee and stands, bringing the other up toward his head. * Shinrethryn looks at them and tries to appear interested but the huge yawn and rubbing of her eyes tells a different story. "It's sooooo eaaaaaarly. Whatcha doin'?" * Taki continues to work on her hair as the first five or so minutes of the Ao-Isaac not actualy trying to kill eachother (much) was interesting, but now... * Jinx finishes up with his shotgun and glances up to Ao-Lang and Isaac. "Very impressive, I get the feeling if any of my current compatriats sparred like that, one of them would end up dead." [Mela walks down the stairs. "Hey, guys? Neri wants to talk to you."] * Isaac easily backflips in the space provided, effortlessly moving away from the fan swings. He lands in a crouch and conducts a very swift strike at Ao's ankles. * Jinx grins at Mela. "Good morning." He then grabs his weapons, and heads down. Revolver at his side and naginata and shotgun on his back. * Ao-Lang jumps over the sword. "Now? Aww, but I almost got 'im." ( Jinx: Hey! ) * Taki blinks and ties off her braid at about 3/4 done, "I'll be right there." ~Oh? I was going to get her soon though!~ ^_^ [Mela laughs, then walks back up, trusting that the group will follow. Hopefully her trust is not misplaced. ^_~] ( I didn't say you'd be bad, I said someone would probably get killed. Tell me I'm wrong.) ( You're wrong. ) * Ao-Lang flicks the fans back into her sleeves, then walks up to Taki. "Lemme finish that," she says, grabbing the braid. "You're too slow." * Shinrethryn looks over at Mela and blinks, setting herself back on the floor. "Huh." She follows curiously. ( Her training's in dance, including duet dance. ^^ She could do it. ) * Taki grins, "Sorry, I've never had to do this in a hurry before." ( Could her partner? ) (If her partner's Ao, sure!) * Jinx tries to find a comfy chair again. * Isaac gets up from the crouch and puts his sword behind him, the weapon vanishing. He glances around and smiles. ~Well, it's time, isn't it?~ ^_^; ( Sorry, myself and/or any pair of my compatriats. So no fanfan and Ao. Alright, maybe Fanfan and Mikoto. ) * Taki sits and waits for Ao to finish. * Ao-Lang snickers. "You don't need to sound so nervous, Isaac." She finishes braiding Taki's hair without trouble. "It's not like we're not gonna win." [There are plenty of comfy chairs. However, they're all downstairs. Mela is upstairs. There's a slight problem here.] ~We're not not going to win? I was just afraid you'd run off without me.~ * Taki pushes herself out of the chair, "If we're going to win, we should at least find out how." * Jinx goes up stairs, commenting in an amused tone. "Should be doing our planning in the room with the comfy chairs." ~Absolutely.~ (They didn't feel like carrying the table downstairs. ;p) * Isaac nods sagely, but starts walking up the stairs. I'll grab one for you if there's room. * Ao-Lang giggles and ties Taki's hair. "Yup. You tell 'em when we get up there." She heads up. [Mela is waiting on the second floor. There's actually a third floor, too. It's a surprisingly nice house.] * Taki walks after Ao. [Once you've all gotten up the stairs, Mela leads you into another large room. There's a big table, with lots of not-quite-as- comfy but still decent chairs around it. Half of them are empty. The other half contain various villagers, all of whom look quite capable of defending themselves. A map of the village and surrounding area is spread out on the table.] [Neria stands up as you all enter the room. "Good morning." She nods politely.] * Ao-Lang waves when they walk in, along with a half-smirk, half-smile. "Hey Neria." * Jinx nods back. "Morning." He then goes to find a chair with a reasonable view of the map. * Taki stops and gives Neria a small bow as she enters the room, "Good morning." * Isaac smiles. ~'morning.~ ^_^ [The other villagers all nod and give polite greetings. Mela goes to join Neria at the head of the table.] * Shinrethryn peeks in as she enters into the doorway then her form collapses into a watery puddle, dispersing in the air. She reforms next to Neria, peering over her shoulder. "Whatcha dooooin'?" [Neria smiles at Shinny. "We are planning how today's battle shall go."] * Ao-Lang grabs a chair, turns it around, and kneels on it backwards, looking at the map. * Taki nods and looks at the map. * Shinrethryn puts her hands behind her head and gives a wide grin. "Easy. We win!" * Jinx leans back slightly in his chair while everyone moves into position and comments whistfully . "A living room with comfortable chairs, other people to make the battle plans, I'm in heaven." [Neria looks at the group and addresses you all. "We have discovered where Delinara plans to lead her main attack forces." She points to a spot on the map near the Fire Stone. "Although they will be unable to penetrate the shield physically, they can still send magic through it. And Delinara herself will be able to cross. We want to keep her from crossing."] * Isaac hops into one of the chairs, leaning it back on it's two rear feet. * Jinx drops the easy going expression leans forward intently to get a better view of where she's pointing. * Taki leans on the table as she tries to see where Neria is pointing. ["We will have fighters stationed all along the perimeter of the shield, in case her plans change."] * Jinx nods. "Wise." ["But we would like to send you to defend this area and stop Delinara."] * Taki nods. All right, sure. We kick her ass when she tries to walk in. * Jinx smiles. "Sounds good." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6+2) and gets 13. (ker fail!) * Shinrethryn grins at Isaac and subtly gestures her fingers but nothing quite happens. She pouts a little and goes back to paying attention. [Mela grins. "Definitely." She stretches idly.] * Isaac nods. * Isaac leans forward and smiles, looking over the map. [Neria walks over to a side table and pulls something out of a chest. She brings it to the table. "This will allow one of you to keep in contact with me and the other villages here who have them. But I only have one." She holds it out. It's a small necklace with a charm shaped like a golden compass. "Choose who should take it."] ...That's a usefull thing to have around. * Ao-Lang laughs. "Who else's got one?" I'd suggest Isaac. Might be most helpful on a telepath. ["I have one, Mela does, Deryk does, and several of the other better fighters. And no, Ao-Lang, you may not use it to taunt Deryk."] Damnit! Can *I* use it to taunt Deryk then? * Taki grins at Ao, "we'll just have to bring him along so you can taunt him in person." * Isaac looks interestingly at it. ~That's really cool, you know that?~ ^_^ * Ao-Lang shakes her head. "Nah, he's stationed in another area, remember? I'd guess..." She points at the farthest place from them that'd seem reasonable. "Right here." ["Close, but not quite." Neria points at a spot on the map that's slightly closer, near the Lightning Pillar. "We are not expecting to see much happen there. He is stationed there so he can learn some patience."] * Isaac grins and a small giggle can be 'heard' in your heads. * Ao-Lang snickers. * Taki continues to grin and shrugs, "Ah well, best of luck to him then." [Neria holds the necklace out to Isaac. "Take it, then. It works like a form of telepathy anyway. Just concentrate on who you wish to speak to."] * Shinrethryn hmmpphs at being ignored and folds her arms across her chest, getting quite pouty. Old fuddy duddy needs to get his head soaked. ["Later," Mela says with a grin. Neria simply shakes her head.] * Isaac takes it and puts it on. ~Thanks!.. Does this make me look fat?~ Tonight would be good. * Jinx looks back to the map. "Alright, anything else we need to worry about?" * Shinrethryn looks at Isaac oddly and tilts her head. "What's 'fat'?" ~The opposite of skinny!~ [Neria looks at Taki. "There is a favor I would like to ask of you, actually."] ... * Shinrethryn blinks. "Huh?" Go ahead Neria. Isaac, dearest. * Taki shakes her head at Shinny and then looks at Neria, "What can I do for you?" Anything makes you look fat. * Shinrethryn looks down at herself. "Am I 'skinny'?" ~It does? Oh well.~ * Isaac smiles and tries to use the compass thingie. ["I will be remaining here to coordinate our defenses. If anyone in your group is severely injured in the fight and is in need of healing, would you be willing to come here and get me, and bring me to them?"] In a heartbeat. ~'kay!~ * Ao-Lang sets her chin on the back of her chair, looking at the map, more thoughtfully now. "So, who's our most likely backup? Deryk?" * Shinrethryn frowns. "There's no...uh...there's no fire yet, is there?" [One of the villagers, a fairly plain woman with a battleaxe resting on the floor next to her, stands up. "Me. Name's Rikan. Me 'n my group'll be stationed just south of you, and I've got a compass as well."] * Taki nods. * Ao-Lang nods at Rikan. "Cool, though we shouldn't need you." She grins. [Neria shakes her head. "No fire yet. If you wish to be away from the battle when Delinara arrives, I am sure we can arrange that."] ~Yup! Ass kicking is the name of the game, and we doo it good.~ ^_^ If ya want an ass kicked, gotta do it right. * Jinx tips his hat. "Pleasure to meet you Rikan." I... I really don't know. [Rikan grins back at Ao. "We'd like to see a little action ourselves, though."] * Taki pushes back on the table so she has some room and then bows to Rikan, "Nice to meet you." (KOMPRESSOR DOES NOT DANCE!) * Shinrethryn blinks and whips her head towards Ao-Lang. Her bells jingle as she does so. "Uh...why would you want to put your foot there?" ~'cuz.~ ^^ (::steals Ze's candy::) (*breaks Taki's glowstick) (*releases ants) [Rikan grins and waves at both Jinx and Taki. "So. We're ready to head out." The other villagers nod and say things along the lines of "Yep, sure are."] * Ao-Lang grins at Isaac, then looks back to Rikan. "Well, if you really *want*, I bet we can arrange to make things nice and dire until you come in and save the day." ["Nah, nah. Quick 'n easy is fine. We'll just have to go looking for trouble later."] * Isaac grins back at Ao-Lang. * Shinrethryn considers that for a few moments. Why go looking? It seems to be good at finding us. ~Trouble finds us?~ Well me anyway. ["With your leave, Fearless Leader." Rikan looks over at Neria, who smiles ever-so-slightly and nods. "Good luck to you."] [Rikan and the other villagers head out. Neria turns to all of you. "Are you ready?"] * Jinx grins at Rikan and Neria's interaction. "Professionalism and a sense of humour, beautiful. Yeah, I'm good." I am, do the rest of you want to take the long way or the short way? * Isaac stands up. ~I'm ready to go.~ ^_^ [Mela, who's been oddly silent, grins back at Jinx. "We try. Short way's fine by me."] * Jinx grins. "Short way I suppose. Done enough walking in my day." I'm tired of being cooped up... [Suddenly, Neria staggers.] * Ao-Lang nods. "Warmed up and ready to go." She spins off the chair, then blinks at Neria. * Taki blinks, "What's wrong?" * Isaac looks over at Neria with a little concern, his eyes flashing red briefly. * Jinx looks over to Neria and takes few steps towards her, ready to catch her if she falls. [Neria puts a hand to her head, and speaks in a trembling voice. "Impossible..."] ["The shield... has fallen!"] * Jinx draws his shotgun and looks to Taki. "Let's teleport." [Mela blinks. "What?" Then she tilts her head slightly. "You're right!"] ... Where? The whole thing? * Isaac nods. ~Let's get going.~ He looks around anxoiusly. o/~Doom doom became the room as all became faced with certain gloom~/o We go. Now. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 7. Hurry up or I'm runnin' there myself. * Isaac nods. ~Let's goooooo!~ (And everybody in the room is there?) (Everyone but Neria is going.) (er dr first ^^;) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 1. (NOW! Everybody is at the fire pillar ^^;;;;;) ( Otherwise you'd be going...IN PIECES! Ahahahahaha. ) (So helpful.) [Taki teleports you all to the Pillar of Fire! At the moment, no one is there. But give me an awareness roll!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ao-Lang (2d6) and gets 3. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6) and gets 6. (I be clueless!) (I think not quite) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." (Go Jinxy!) * Isaac concentrates intensly for a few moments upon arriving. * Taki looks around, as soon as she arrives, but doesn't see anything. [Everyone but Isaac hears movement coming from the west. Jinx estimates that it's about thirty people.] * Ao-Lang perks at that, grinning madly. "Here we go. Hope you guys let everyone else know the shield fell over." * Jinx looks towards the west and aims his gun there, "We got thirty some people coming." * Taki evedently hears pretty well though, "S'what we've got the necklass things for." ["Neri'll take care of that," Mela says. She falls into a fighting stance.] * Isaac looks around. ~They know already. Which way are they comming from?~ * Taki looks at Mela, "She need me to move anybody else around?" [Mela shakes her head.] So, there's just one thing to do now... * Shinrethryn hovers in the air and looks towards the west, holding her hands outward, closing her eyes and taking deep breaths. "Almost..." * Taki nods and takes a deep breath as she looks west. * Jinx keeps his eyes to the west, watching for opponents. "So Ao, what do you want to bet on? Who gets most kills?" (Okay, roll init, and tell me if you're going to be fighting melee or ranged.) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 10. * Isaac looks west and reaches behind him, pulling out his sword with one hand. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (d6+6) and gets 12. (Taki's a melee fighter, but she's not going to be doing much fighting ^^;) d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (d6+5) and gets 10. (Ranged) * Ao-Lang laughs. "Me and Isaac against the rest of you mooks. Sure." d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ao-Lang (d6+6) and gets 9. (Melee all the way!) (Melee, though I can manage some ranged.) Heeey! We're here too! (Likewise. Everyone needs a ranged attack in BH!) I said the rest of you! * Isaac grins. ~Like the lambs to the slaughter.~ It's a bit creepy hearing it come that way from his mind. But I'm not in this like that! * Shinrethryn furrows her lip and rrrrrs. Then I guess Jinx's just gonna lose, isn't he? [Order: Isaac, Mela, Taki, Shinny, Some Mooks, Ao, Jinx, More Mooks. But you guys get a free round, 'cause they're just arriving. They're mostly visible through the trees.] [Isaac, go!] I'll pass on the getting beatin like a mook bit, thanks. Lose what? * Jinx nods and grins. "Sounds good, and since you're so confident, 2:1 in favor of you and Isaac?" * Isaac assumes a defensive stance and smiles. ~Let them come first.~ ^_^ (Hold action until some mooks come in to a closer position for smackdown) [Mela stays in her defensive stance. She appears to be waiting as well.] Deal. [Taki!] * Taki goes on the defensive and hopes that Isaac and Ao are a lot better than the people coming. [Shinny!] 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6-5) and gets 1. * Shinrethryn looks up at them and grins a little. "Sorry." She flings her hands forward and spins. With each spin and flick of her wrist, cold water flies out through the air and compacts as it heads straight at the mook's faces. ["Ow!" cry the mooks, as the five visible ones all get smacked in the face with water. They halt their march to try and regain use of their eyes. It stings!] [Ao!] (How close are they?) (If they're close enough to beat up, I'll run in along side Ao.) (We're *all* about beating people up.) (We'll say ten meters. They don't seem to have noticed you yet.) (Oh, that's easily close enough. ^^) (We can easily cover that in one round. ^_^) Not looking? Too bad! * Ao-Lang runs forward with a grin, snapping both fans out of her sleeves and slicing crossways at the poor boys in front, a strangely beautiful nexus of water and lightning forming where they meet, and we all know what that turns into. "Chaos Stream!" 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ao-Lang (2d6-4) and gets 0. [Three of the blinded mooks go down, smacked by the strangely beautiful nexus. From behind them comes a yell. "We're under attack! Forward!"] [Isaac, are you taking your held action?] (Yup!) [Go for it, then!] * Shinrethryn lets out a hummph and comments out of the side of her mouth. "Don't you usually go AWAY from the attack if you're going to yell that?" * Isaac charges forward onto the two that Ao-Lang missed. He strikes the ground quickly once, amassing that green spark and going straight for the mooks. Just before he reaches them, though, he jumps up and brings it down in a vertical slash, the spark flying torwards the goons with a visible sonic tail. ~Sonic Stream!~ 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6-4) and gets 6. (Made it. ^_^) [Ze mook, he is hit, and down he goes. The other is still standing, and seems to have almost gotten the water out of his eyes. And another group of five is coming into view. Jinx, go!] * Taki is impressed and it shows in her voice, "...Remind me to never ever get on their bad sides..." * Jinx grins as he adjusts his aim towards the group of five, he seems to be doing it almost haphazardly. "Welcome to the party." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-4) and gets 3. (That's a double hit with the shotgun. And get as many as he can via spreading.) ('kay, hang on one sec.) [One mook goes down, and two more seem severely wounded. Isaac, go again!] * Jinx scowls. "Damn.. gonna have to do better than that." * Taki flinches at the shotgun blast and looks a little ill, but she stays in place. They're beating yooooooou~ * Jinx grins a little. "Have some pride shinny, strictly speaking, they're beating us." (Sorry, make that three wounded mooks.) * Isaac spins and slices upwards with a green-glowing sword in a short uppercut at one of the wounded mooks. ~Lambda Strike!~ 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6-5) and gets 1. (Woot!) Hey, *I* didn't make the bet. Besides, Ao got the first strike because of meeeee-eee. [Mook be gone! Mela!] (Shinny's throwing the fight. She cares not for your money.) ( Ao offered me a shiiiiiiny. *_*) ( ^_^_v) ( I knew there was a reason I didn't bet on this.) [Mela dashes forward at one of the wounded mooks, bringing a fire-sheathed hand towards him.] ( ~We win!~) * Shinrethryn yelps and hops back at that. "She's scary!" Taking down people I wounded, that's dirty pool. ::he grins:: Man after my own heart. [She gets him, and she gets him good. Taki!] * Jinx gestures towards Mela. "Just so we're all clear, she's on my team." ~No problem here!~ ^_^ * Taki runs up and throws a punch at the remaining wounded mook. (Man Taki is outclassed here.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Taki swings valiantly! But misses. Good effort, though. Shinny!] (How many mooks are showing?) ...Remind me to just stand behind Jinx... (Two visible. Five more on their way.) Wasn't bad form, really! Can't say you're helping his side of the bet, though. [Mela just grins. "They're here. I'm here. They go down."] * Jinx watches the swing. "You want a pistol Taki?" Nah, I've never held a gun before my life, and the middle of a fight isn't the best place to start." * Jinx grins. "Where I started, but your call." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6) and gets 6. * Shinrethryn looks at the two wounded mooks and her form drips down into a puddle, vanishing with the crashing of a wave. She reappears behind them and holds her hands upward. "Yoooou...." She brings her hands down and a torrent of water comes from above to smash them downward. "..stay down!" She'd probably shoot herself in the foot. I know *I'd* do it. Yea..er No. * Taki would add more but bantering and fighting at the same time is a level up from where she is. The trick is to point it at the other guy. Simple really. ~Violence is not the answer... It sure comes close, though!~ [And the mooks are down! Yay!] [Five more mooks come into view. They all draw swords and rush at you, because they finally figured out where you were.] [Three miss. One may have hit Ao, and the other maybe Isaac. Defend, guys!] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6-3) and gets 4. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ao-Lang (2d6-3) and gets 6. (Yup!) (Curses!) * Taki is attacked by people who are more incompetent that she is...Yay? * Shinrethryn grins at the rest of them and hovers in the air, putting a v-sign in the air, though it's probably counting to two. "Two more for me." [Isaac dodges! Ao is sliced by mooksword. Kinda embarassing, isn't it?] * Ao-Lang growls as the sword cuts her side. "Then again." She changes it into a pretty smile. "You'll be sorry you did that." ~Someone did a baaaaaaaaaaaaad thing.~ [And guess whose turn it is? Show that mook who's boss, Ao! Show his friends who's boss, too!] * Shinrethryn looks at Isaac and blinks curiously. "They did?" They hurt Ao, that's what! ~Oooh yeah.~ * Shinrethryn points to Isaac, obviously confused. "But...he uses a sword too." And he tried to cut her this morning. ~We were just sparring.~ Sparring? Practicing...which is something I evedently need more of. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6) and gets 5. [The mooks, pleased that they've actually hit someone, move closer together, preparing for the next charge. This might be a mistake.] Oh. Were you trying to learn how to float too? * Ao-Lang twirls around the mook, but instead of hitting him, she rolls forward, coming to her feet with both tessen crossed. "Sorry, Jinx!" she yells with a laugh as they snap open, electricity arcing over the right and water the left. The sky seems to darken, and one breath later, she screams, "Eye of the Storm!" and releases her tessen, sending them spiraling around her with the accompanying thunderclap. [Ao gets that mook. And the guy with him, and the guy with him, and... uh. She just took out ten guys. That'd be a third of the total opposing forces, for those who were keeping count.] [And everyone gets wet. You may or my not be annoyed.] [You may be more annoyed that she got that many mooks. ^_~] No, I was trying to learn how to hiii......yeah.. * Jinx grins widely as he gets soaked. "Well fuck..." * Taki gets sogged, but she's getting used to it seening as how it's been raining a lot in Tokyo recently. * Isaac is soaked too. H2Oh YEAH! ( Sorry!) ~Hee! I love it when ya do that Ao.~ (I don't think this Taki knows it's her yet ^^;) (Right, sorry. Sorry!) * Ao-Lang doesn't respond, arms outstretched as the vortex of water and electricity begins to die down. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6-1) and gets 4. * Shinrethryn giggles at the water coming at her and some of it starts to swirl around her to avoid her. A few gets through and she gets sprinkled lightly instead of soaked. She seems even more giggly as it does though. [The next wave of mooks seems very hesitant to come forward. There's some mumbling from their rather depleted ranks.] [But Jinx can see them well enough, and so, he goes!] * Jinx steps forward, reloading his shotgun as he go. He smiles widely as we walks up to the group, looking quite confident. "You all may wanna run, or we might just stop holding back." (Can I get an intimdate roll on that? :P) (Sure thing.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Shinrethryn grins, her light blue locks dripping with water as she looks over them. "Ooo, they're getting scaaaared. Scaredy cats were wasted flat and all the kiddies laughed at that, they ran away and could not stay but this little nymph still wants to play." She smiles oddly at the last line. [The others look at Jinx. "Err," you can hear one say. "For the glory of Delinara?"] * Taki doesn't taunt the poor mooks, she just moves back twords jinx. * Ao-Lang catches the tessen and smiles, viciously. "Then you'd better run for her glory." * Isaac grins. ~Or we might get serious.~ * Jinx glances over to Ao-Lang. "I didn't quite hear that. DId he say for the glory of the grave?" Oh yes. I think he did. ~Delinara's up where Deryk is. Let's hurry up!~ * Ao-Lang frowns. "Gotcha." What about them? How many left? * Taki nods at where the remaining mookish types are hiding. ~Rikan's crew will clean up here. We need to get up there *now*.~ * Ao-Lang nods and backs to Taki. "Hey, human travel service!" I know, I know, gather round, and we'll be off. [Mela looks torn, then says, "I'll stay here and take care of things. Hurry!"] * Jinx keeps grinning as he finishes reloaidng. "I'm out of patience..." He points it at them. "Scat!" (Them being mooks) [The mooks scatter.] * Jinx walks back to Taki. "Alright, let's go. And they count." ~Com'on people! Let's go!~ * Ao-Lang snickers. "Doesn't matter. We won it anyway. Beam us up, Taki!" Concider us there. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 4. * Shinrethryn pouts and looks torn too. "Ooo...fine." [You're at the Lightning Stone! Deryk lies unconscious on the ground, clutching his compass in his hands. Sedge is standing near the stone, his spear in a guard position. A strange young man with a scimitar is standing near him. And in the middle of the path, surrounded by eight of her guards, is Delinara herself.] * Ciara sets mode: +v Amir Hey, I see we missed the party. Tell me Sparky went down fighting. * Shinrethryn shivers and points a shaky finger down at Delinara. "Didn't....quite...miss it." * Amir looks at people. "If you mean the unconscious man...well, he came close." He grins. ... * Ao-Lang beams a smile at Amir, taking a step forward and completely ignoring Delinara (likely to her annoyance). "And who the hell are you?" * Amir is an Arabic-looking young man with a long scar down the left side of his face, a long but once-broken nose, a mop of raggedly-cut black hair, dark eyes, and a smile that goes *ting*. * Amir smiles at Ao-Lang, going *ting* and bowing from where he sits on his Arabian horse. "My name is Amir Saif-al Kadar. And you are?" [Sedge blinks. "Um, I dunno his name, but he's fighting against the bad guys, so I guess he's on our side."] Works for me. [Delinara clears her throat. "A-*hem*."] * Amir looks up innocently at the sorceress. "Oh, are we neglecting you?: * Jinx aims his shotgun trying to get Delinara and a guard or two in one shot. He holds his fire for the moment, but plans to attack if she looks like she's casting a spell or something. Say, Ao...could I ask you to help me beat her up...You, know revenge for the whole kidnapping thing? ["Oh, no. Please, go on about your business. I'll just make my way in." She raises a hand towards the group.] * Shinrethryn eeps and jumps behind Ao, putting her arms on her shoulders. * Jinx fires as soon as he can. * Isaac assumes a defensive stance, gripping his sword with two hands. His eyes flash red. (Roll, Jinx.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-4) and gets 2. (Double hit. :P) * Amir sighs and brings his scimitar into position, grabbing something from his left hip with his other hand. (Margin of 5) Ao-Lang Shen- hey! [Delinara doesn't move an inch as the shot somehow misses her. On the other hand, four of her guards go down. * Ao-Lang staggers forward as Shinny jumps onto her. "What the hell, girl?" S-she. She... * Shinrethryn gulps as she looks at Delinara. Very pleased to meet you, Ao-Lang Shenhey. I'd like to make all of your acquaintances too, *nods cordially at the rest* but it seems we have other business to attend to. ["How rude, really. My men were just standing there."] * Jinx grins. "That's the idea, it'd be harder if they were dodging." * Jinx casually gets on reloading his gun. May as well make good use of banter time. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6) and gets 5. [Delinara gestures, and a wall of flames surrounds her. She takes a step forward. "Oh no, am I scaring the little one?"] No, not the 'hey'. Damnit. Oh, my apologies. * Isaac is simply concentrating on her for the time being. ( So tempted to say, "Oh, so your name is not Ao-Lang Shenhey, but Ao-Lang Shendamnit." *resists* ) * Ao-Lang snickers. "Guess I'll forgive ya. Are you up for fighting, Shin? 'Cause if you're not, you'd better get to hiding." * Shinrethryn screams and disappears, leaving her form as a wet shell. It probably splashes on Ao's back and gives her a cold chill. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6) and gets 4. * Taki walks over to Ao and Shinny, "come on, I'll protect you from the evil lady and Ao can be herself." And off my- ARGH COLD! ~... Something's up. Either she's not the real Delinara, or she let down whatever her mind shield was...~ ...Or not. * Jinx keeps reloading, and tries to think loudly. ~I'll focus on the rest of the goons for now, save your good stuff for her.~ [Delinara keeps advancing towards you. And she's smiling. It's disturbing.] ~She's dead.~ [Okay! Order: Isaac, Delinara, Amir, Sedge, Taki, Shinny, Ao, Jinx, Remaning Mooks] * Ao-Lang lets out a sigh of frustration. "I knew that." What? [Isaac, go!] (There are four remaining mooks, by the way.) * Isaac steps forward with one step, pulsating a blue aura as he then dashes torwards Delinara at full-tilt. ~I don't care if you're an illusion, or if you're real. Don't do that!~ He strikes to one side with the green-sheathed blade. ~Lambda strike!~ He then spins on a dime uppercutting her, his sword elongating with pink energy as he brings it up. ~Siphon Soul!~ At the arc of his jump he brings the sword down with a cry of ~Time Gash!~... (Rolling the attacks.) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6-5) and gets 6. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6-5) and gets 2. 2d6-9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6-9) and gets -5. (First hit, second hit, third AF hit by... 11.) (Ow?) (Don't mess with us, punk.) (Hyeah) (Okay. Remember Patrick vs. Ganache?) (Hehehe.) (Can't say as I do.) (No, but this is going to be messy) * Isaac is absorbing a visible trail as his sword's energy changes a sickly color of purple as time slows to a standstill as Isaac goes into a literal *flurry* of strikes against her, each one splicing into her and leaving a bloody trail flying in the air. After the last hit he strikes straight *through* her and ends on the other side, time jerking to its normal speed again in one instant. (absorbing?) [Isaac's first hit is absorbed by her flame wall. His second strike misses. But the rest... the first one takes out the wall of flames. The rest hit her. And when he said he went *through* her? He meant it.] (I rerolled her defense. It failed again, by the same amount. It's fate.) ( FATE! ) (Teh Wheel! It controlls your life!) [The mooks look at Isaac. And then they scream, and they run.] ( *throws Anders at Delinara* ) * Taki boggles. * Ao-Lang raises an eyebrow. "God *damn*, Isaac. They're not kidding when they said we're too powerful to run around and mess with most people at full-force." She spins, almost absent-mindedly throwing her tessen at the mooks. (Shall I roll for that?) (Sure.) ( Gawd DAYAM. ) * Jinx blinks. He then blinks again. "Okay, that's just one kill." ( You guys are WAY to powerful to be mixing with other campaigns. :P ) * Isaac 's eyes glare red as he watches them flee in terror. ~Nobody messes with my friends...~ 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ao-Lang (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ao-Lang (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Amir raises an eyebrow. "Impressive." [Ao takes out two mooks. The remaining two run faster!] (how many CP were the BH crew built on?) (35.) (o.O;;) (It is Z. Need I say more.) (I tease because I love, Z. ^_~) (Well, Ao does 86 damage with Eye of the Storm. ^_~) * Jinx looks over to the group, casually firing his shotgun in the direction of the survivors as he speaks. "Well, good show." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-4) and gets 3. ( Note that they've gotten like, 20 CP since they started. ^_~ ) * Isaac lets the blue aura fade and he looks at the rest of the group, smiling. He's sweating heavily and looks a bit tired, but not a single scratch on him. (Remember, the Battle High kids were designed to take out *other* player characters. They know every dirty trick in the book.) [They're gone, too.] (Naaaah, I only got eight!) (Note that Isaac's one of the weakest of the BH crew.) [Delinara is dead. Very, very dead.] (And... Isaac's got 6 was it?) ( And they ARE designed to take out other PCs. ) (They do so well.) ( Because I've used every bit of twinkage I can pull off to build the NPCs. ^_^ ) * Shinrethryn forms out of a puddle on the ground behind Taki, shivering and cowering, tugging on her uniform. "Is she...is she gone?" * Amir shrugs and resheathes his whip and scimitar. * Taki pulls herself back together, "Yeah...very gone. Not coming back again ever." * Ao-Lang catches her tessen and walks over to Isaac, looking him over. "Y'okay? You look like you need to sit down. Uh, away from the corpse." Well unless she reincarnates or something... * Isaac idly walks back to Ao, mistakinly stepping in one of the pools of blood. He concentrates briefly. G-go-- * Jinx reloads his shotgun and then stretches. "Well, we'll find out how many Rikan and the rest of my people killed, and then settle up." * Shinrethryn gives Taki a fearful look then screams again, leaving her drenched. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6) and gets 7. * Taki gets sogged again. d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (d5) and gets 5. * Taki wipes the water out of her eyes, "It's allright now." * Shinrethryn reappears back behind Taki, clutching her own thumb in between her lips. "S-sorry." * Ao-Lang grabs Isaac by the arm and just pulls him away, yanking him out of the blood. "Geez, man." * Isaac lets himself be yanked, but he doesn't seem to be all there. * Jinx then walks over to Delinara and sets about looting the corpse. Making sure the heads off, taking a shot at the head after it's off, usual drill. Hey, Jinx! How much did she count for? Because I know I won, but I wanna know the margin. * Ao-Lang grins. * Amir dismounts and starts "taking care of" the other downed mooks, relieving them of the burdens of their mortal life. <.< It's allright. So don't worry about it. * Isaac blinks. ~Did I just kill someone? Did I just kill a lot of people?..~ You saw her head, kid. Did she count as a person? [Delinara has no loot.] * Jinx is fairly careful not to look at Ao, he comments in an amused tone. "Well, she went down in a single attack, how tough she could been?" Damn... (Damn high CR low loot monsters.) (Boo! Jinx should play more Diablo.) ( What about me? Do I get loot from the mooksters? XD ) * Taki tries to ignore the peoples talking behind her. The question is, how tough is Isaac? ( Merry Christmas, bitch. ) * Ao-Lang grins, then looks at Isaac and waves her hand in front of his face. N-no. She couldn't be. She can't be? Why not? * Shinrethryn looks over at Isaac, concerned. "Is he okay?" * Taki looks at Shinny with a worried expression. [Mooks have no loot. It is sad.] * Jinx then finishes up making sure the corpse won't be getting up and then rejoins the group. "Anyways, barring a high kill total from Rekin, here you go." He hands $100 over to Ao-Lang. [Isaac is holding the compass.] * Isaac shakes his head and blinks. ~I, um... Let's go back now, okay? Deryk needs medical attention.~ * Amir looks philosophical at the lack of mook lootness, but shrugs. * Shinrethryn looks over at Delinara's body. She looks fearful, but it's not the death that seems to bother her. She actually looks sort of curious. "So this is what it looks like to see a breather evaporate?" We don't Evaporate... Oh... [Sedge smiles vacantly and walks over to Deryk. He pokes him once with the non-sharp end of his spear. "Get up, get up!" he singsongs.] Uhm, anybody mind if I take Deryk back now and then come back for the rest of you? * Shinrethryn teleports over next to Delinara's body and kneels next to it, poking at her with her finger. Usually it's not so spectacular. And you heard the man Taki, teleport us and Deryk home. Or just take everybody. * Ao-Lang takes the money and counts it. "Yeah, okay." She looks at Isaac for a moment, then shakes her head. This is followed by her staring at Sedge. "You're makin' it worse." * Jinx shrugs. "Uh.. whatever is easiest." * Amir mounts his Trusty Unnamed Steed again, and looks curiously at the group. "May I ask where you are going?" To Sick Bay. You wanna come with, or what? [Delinara is still dead.] * Amir shrugs. "I have just arrived. Why not?" * Shinrethryn hops back with each poke tentatively, then looks at Isaac. She blinks and splashes his face with a little agua. * Isaac just looks sick. ~Can we go? I don't feel too good.~ He is then promptly splashed with water. Oh Isaac, check with Neria if we should take the body with us. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Isaac (2d6) and gets 7. * Taki walks over to where Deryk is, "Can do both...I'm...not feeling very well right...yeah." I've never actualy seen...well there was that one time when Saki ate... * Shinrethryn watches Isaac, seeming slowly less bothered. * Taki turns pale green for a second but holds onto her breakfast, "Going back now would be good." * Isaac looks paniced. ~Get us to the fire stone now. I think we've been had.~ * Ao-Lang calmly doesn't look at Delinara. * Jinx reloads his shotgun again. Right Fire stone. * Shinrethryn almost shrieks out. "What?? There's another one???" * Ao-Lang puts a hand on Shin's shoulder. "Rock, paper, scissors. Water beats fire. All you need to do is get over thinking it can't. ~Neria just got cut off, and Mela never responded... But she always talks to me!~ * Taki steadies herself, "gather 'round and we'll go there, and then I'll drop of Deryk." * Shinrethryn blinks and looks up at Ao-Lang. "Y-yeah. But fire makes me evaporate...it..hurts." She frowns and looks down. * Ao-Lang scowls. "Port us! Comin', Lawrence of Arabia?" * Jinx gathers around Taki. ~Eh, wait. Take us to the village. Neria's there.~ * Taki glares at Isaac, "Make up your mind." * Amir shrugs and rides close to the group. "Why not? And it's Amir, by the way." * Isaac looks genuinely worried. ~I-a-The village?~ I'll...I'll go to the village. [Sedge joins your group too, dragging Deryk's unconscious self over.] You can go to check the fire stone. If... * Taki teleports to the village as soon as everybody is close enough. * Isaac gets up and gets within port range. ~Hurry up!~ 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 3. (pause for desc) [You arrive back in the village, right outside Neria's house! Where are you going?] (okay, it was briefer than I realized. Never mind. ;p) * Isaac runs straight into the house, heedless of any other's objections. * Jinx follows the telepath. [The living room is empty.] * Isaac runs up the stairs, even. * Jinx heads upstairs. * Ao-Lang looks around, then dashes in and after Isaac. * Shinrethryn ports into the house and frantically looks around. * Taki babbles out a quick "hiwelcometotruenorthvillage" and chases after the other people headend twords the house. * Amir blinks, tethers Trusty Unnamed Steed to any convenient safe-ish looking tethering place, and wanders inside the house curiously, following people. [Isaac reaches the upstairs room first and pushes open the door. What he, and then Jinx, and then any of the others who follow, see, is Neria, slumped over the map table. And Mela, standing behind her, holding a bloody dagger. She looks at your group and smiles. "Hello there."] * Jinx makes a running tackle towards Mela. "Tell me if she's not possessed." * Isaac is almost in tears at this point. ~I can't tell!~ [Mela disappears in a burst of flame, and reappears one step to the side. "Nice try."] ...This...is bad. * Ao-Lang 's eyes widen, and she looks *furious*. "Then we'll fucking find out later, won't we?" She snaps a tessen into one hand, opening it and throwing it, spinning, at Mela. * Shinrethryn shimmers a bit as she blinks at Mela, her thumb going to her mouth again. "I knew no one who uses fi-fire was any good. It's...she's gotta be an illusion." ~She...~ [She dodges this, too. "Now, now. Aren't we being hasty?"] * Jinx puts his shotguun down. "Not good enough, can't count on luck of the draw." He pounds a fist on the table. * Ao-Lang throws the other right into the path Mela jumped into. * Amir blinks. "Well..." [Mela pulls another dagger out of nowhere and tosses it at the tessen. It deflects it harmlessly out of the way. And then she puts up a wall of fire.] Well yes, I think things are kinda, you know, Obvious at this point? ["Really, dear Neria ought to be more careful who she sends out on early morning recon missions."] * Shinrethryn shivers and inches away from Mela. * Ao-Lang catches both tessen as they wing back her way, unfazed. A wavering blue, gold-flecked aura springs to life around her. Shinny! Bring that shield down! * Amir uncoils his whip and looks at the wall of fire, seeming a tad bit discomfited. [She eyes Ao-Lang. "Do you really want to do that?"] I... ["Don't you want to know what really happened?"] * Jinx drops into a bit of a crouch. "Don't kill her, just soak the shield!" * Isaac places the tip of his sword on the ground in a guard position. ~I- I'm not scared. Not scared...~ * Shinrethryn gulps. "Right." She puts her hand on the ground and closes her eyes, concentrating. You're probibly going to tell us we killd the wrong person. [The fire flares up brightly, and when it subsides, Delinara stands there. "Oh, no, you killed the right person. It was a noble sacrifice.] * Taki glaces at Isaac. * Amir narrows his eyes. "Now, that's just cruel." (About now is when I wish I had more attacks I could throw.) ["And the real Mela isn't dead, either. You can only kill someone once. It's far less fun."] * Jinx looks a bit confused, he keeps in a crouch. "C'mon Shinny..." (She will once the GM gets back to me ^^;) ["Now, I can tell you're just dying to fight me."] 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shinrethryn (2d6-5) and gets 3. * Amir reaches into a pouch on his hip and pulls out some thing (things?) small and shiny, holding them ready. (Okay. Delinara has made her last four defense rolls. One was a crit. ^^;) * Shinrethryn opens her eyes and they flash deeper blue for a moment. A thin bubble surrounds Delinara's shield for a moment before it pops, cascading inward in a crash of water. [Shinny's water takes out the shield. Delinara is surrounded by steam. Her voice comes out. "But you'll have to find me, first. Too bad the only ones who know where my temple is are... indisposed at the moment."] * Isaac gulps. * Jinx rushes rushes into the steam, spinning slightly at the last minute. ["But you're resourceful. I'm sure you'll find a way. I look forward to it."] * Taki grits her teath. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 8. (dr1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6) and gets 7. * Shinrethryn puts all her hands down on the floor and huffs a little hard, her eyes flickering between solid blue and her normal blue. Her arms waver a bit and looks slightly shimmery for a second before it subsides. [Jinx swings and misses. Delinara laughs. And then the steam clears, and she's gone.] * Ao-Lang stares. The aura drops, and she stares a bit longer. * Amir sighs and tosses whatever he pulled out back into his pouch. "Thoroughly unpleasant character, that woman. Whoever she is." * Jinx kicks a chair into a wall, he then goes to check on Neria. * Taki vents her current emotions by punching the wall and teleporting outside. [Neria's pulse is weak. She's bleeding from a deep wound in the chest.] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 3. * Ao-Lang lets out a scream of frustration, throwing one of her tessen at the table, heedless of property damage. She's still alive! Any of you lot a doctor? * Taki starts calling for healers as soon as she gets there. [The table is cracked, but not broken.] * Isaac collapses against the wall, tears streaming down his cheeks. He curls up, and... Fuck no! Isaac? You got the- aww. * Shinrethryn curls up onto her knees and cradles her arms around her. Tears stream a bit down her cheeks. "I feel so---so.." * Amir puts the whip back and walks toward Neria. "Not a doctor, but I have some medical skills...shall I see what I can do, if anything?" [Trance-like, Sedge walks over to Neria. He places a hand on her shoulder, and it glows with white light.] * Isaac blinks, rubbing some of the tears away. ~Uh, I kinda know how to do that kinda stuff kinda?~ * Ao-Lang sighs, reaching into her pocket. She walks over to Isaac and throws a small packet of tissues at him. * Jinx looks over to Isaac. "Then get to it." ( Thanks, Jinx. :P ) * Jinx steps back. * Amir shrugs and stands back, then, watching worriedly. [Sedge closes his eyes and hums softly as he continues to hold Neria's shoulder. The glow subsides after a minute.] * Shinrethryn looks at Isaac for a second and slowly her form disappates before she appears behind him, wrapping her arms around from behind, giving him a hug. * Jinx looks over at Amir. "I didn't say you should stop." ["I brought her back," he says.] * Isaac brushes his eyes dry with some kleenex. [Neria sits up and opens her eyes.] (/me gets nosold and shamefacedly walks back to the group ^^;;;;) * Amir gestures to Sedge. "He seems to have everything well in hand." * Isaac hugs Shinrethryn back. (Sorry, Taki. Most of the villagers are still out defending.) * Jinx looks over at Sedge and blinks. "Well... good work." * Ao-Lang kneels in front of Isaac. "Figures someone like you would start crying." She smiles a little. "Feel better?" There's nobody here at alllll.....What happened? [Neira looks around at the group. She blinks. "Delinara?" she asks.] * Isaac sniffles. ~Not a lot better...~ * Ao-Lang looks over her shoulder to Neria. "We've been had." * Shinrethryn looks up at Ao-Lang slowly, her eyelids drooping a little. "You look after him, don't you?" Huh? * Jinx scowls. "Escaped... We killed someone in her form out there. Apparently she's at some secret temple now." ["She took Mela's place after I sent her out to scout this morning. That must be it."] ~I- I should have known!~ * Taki nods and tries to catch up again.. That's what she said, and that Mela was still alive. * Ao-Lang stands, looking down at Shinny. "No. I just... sometimes I know where he's coming from. That's all." She goes to snatch her tessen. Uh-huh. * Shinrethryn doesn't sound too convinced but lets it drop, slowly letting go of Isaac. It seems I have stepped into some sort of adventure. Yeah... * Isaac lets go of Shinny and forces a smile. ~Thanks.~ * Jinx walks over to his shotgun at an angry clip, but calms down a little before he picks it up. making sure it's not pointed at anyone as he does so. [Neria stands up. She walks over to Isaac and hugs him. "Isaac... Delinara fooled us all. That is her skill."] ["But we will not let her win. We will go to her temple, and we shall find Mela, and we will defeat her."] * Ao-Lang turns, grinning suddenly at the water elemental. "Besides, if he goes and gets himself killed out here, imagine what a mess my team's gonna be in. Kairi can't fight worth jack by himself." * Jinx nods at Neria's comment. * Isaac slams his fist into the wall, the pommel of his weapon going *through* part of the wall. ~But I should have known! I should have known...~ Where is it? * Shinrethryn smiles weakly back at Isaac. "Silly boy. You're supposed to keep your water *inside*" She pokes him on the nose. ~The clues were all there.~ * Shinrethryn then startles and teleports out of there at the fist- slam. Isaac. Isaac! Relax. Mela's still alive. She's no fun if she's dead. ["I should have noticed it too. But we will make this right. Listen to Ao-Lang."] * Shinrethryn peeks her head up through the wooden floor below. She looks slightly drippy as she does so and pouty. "Don't scare me.." She pulls herself up the rest of the way through. * Ao-Lang nods. "Damn straight you should. It's like one of those mystery novels you read all the way through. You never know what the clues mean until they spoil it at the end." But if you read another one, with some of the same twists? She can't pull that on you again. * Taki nods at Ao. * Isaac slumps on the ground. ~But I had all the clues! In my face! Mela not saying anything to me, the clone up there thinking it's going according to plan...~ ~The diversion, I should have seen it...~ Do I have to *kick* you in your face to get you to snap out of it? Because I will. Enough complaining, let's go wrap up any forces they have left and maybe take some prisoners. * Jinx seems to be consistently scowling at this point, he glances over at Neria. "Where are we needed?" * Taki looks between Jinx, and Isaac and Neria. * Isaac looks up at Ao-Lang and gulps. ~Uh, no thanks. I, um... I'll be fine.~ He gets up. [Neria looks back at Jinx. "I am not sure. Let me ask Rikan." She puts her hand on the compass. A moment later, she says, "All her forces are defeated or on the run."] * Ao-Lang absently fingers at the gash in her side. She's been very good at ignoring it. ["We shall regroup, and plan. And then... I have a score to settle with Delinara for taking my closest friend."] * Jinx nods. "Alright, Taki can catch us up to some of them, get us a lead on this temple." * Isaac yawns silently. ~I'm kinda tired too...~ Uhm...unless you've got some realy good way to tell me where they are... (I think you're just projecting. PCs never really get tired!) * Amir leans against a wall, taking all of this in. (Isaac gets tired. A lot. He burned 26 energy in that one round.) (That's it?) (Yup.) (Considering he has around... 60, that's a lot.) (Although next session there's gonna have to be a "Amir finds out what the shiznat is going on" bit. Or a mini ro something. ) (Shinny used over 50% of her EP this session ^^:) [Neria looks at Taki. "Sadly, we shall have to walk. Or ride."] (So did Isaac. ^^;) * Taki nods, "Well, getting back will be a short trip." ["And I think some of us must rest first."] ...So. In the morning. * Shinrethryn nods and yawns, looking around. "Does this town have a fountain?" [Neria looks angry for a moment, then nods. "Yes. In the morning."] ["And there is a fountain in the square."] * Isaac sighs. ~I still should have seen it... I'm supposed to be the person that spots these things. The plan was flawed and I didn't see it...~ ["Now, if you will excuse me..." Neria heads out of the room.] * Jinx looks over to Neria and comments in a fairly determined tone. "I'm not tired at all, anything you need done before we set off, I'll do it." * Shinrethryn nods and closes her eyes, putting her hands together. There's a tingling from her ribbon bells before she vanishes in a crest of water. Probably teleporting outside. * Taki sits down next to Isaac, "She got us once...You have to stop, and help make sure she doesn't do it again." * Amir looks around and walks over to Ao-Lang, since she's the only one whose name he knows. "I am afraid I am going to have to ask you what is going on here, Miss Shen." * Isaac walks out the door. ~There's never a second chance in war. Just missed opportunities.~ * Amir smiles a little bashfully at her. *mini-ting!* * Ao-Lang turns her attention from Isaac to Amir. She smiles back at him. "Sure. I'll tell you all about it." (But that shall wait for a minisession.) [Session End!]