Session Date: 04/Apr/2010 [17:05:21] Hmmmm all I remember from last time is... NINJAS! [17:05:25] so, does someone want to provide a recap? [17:05:41] I would but I don't have my notes here. [17:05:56] Too bad, I'm sure they were better than Mike notes. [17:06:28] well they are saved under my character on shivers site. I just don't have it bookmarked on my laptop. [17:06:36] sharna.aetherspoon.com [17:06:40] somewhere on there. :P [17:06:53] * Evil_EM is on the Win7 Tablet at the moment, thus ALSO doesn't have bookmarks [17:07:18] we walked into an ambush, escaped and returned to the hotel where we barely managed to save Ms. Lambert and Mr. Cuthrell, and teleported back to Fovoham. [17:07:29] http://sharna.aetherspoon.com/pmwiki.php/Meta/Livak-Notes [17:07:30] I don't remember if we had any plans beyond that, though. [17:07:35] that's about right. [17:07:41] yup that's it [17:07:58] this is starting immediately after you get back. Don't worry if you don't have your wounds written down or anything, nothing combat-related will happen for the rest of the game-day. [17:08:00] I found it pretty quickly from the recent changes page. [17:08:12] ah [17:08:48] So we've stratigically retreated. [17:09:01] yup [17:09:36] "That was intense. Not at all what I was expecting for a meeting with a librarian." [17:10:04] you still have an unconscious Hadrian Cuthrell and Yanthia in full armor (helmet and all) with a broken leg. [17:10:08] yeah. [17:10:19] Is there a hospital around in Fovoham? [17:10:26] I'm from here so hopefully I'd know [17:10:48] yes, but probably not the greatest of places. Someone with good skill in medical might be better. [17:10:53] "Now we'll miss the real meeting for sure. Which might be preferable to showing up covered in blood, anyway." [17:11:20] "If there really was a 'real' meeting" [17:11:36] which for us is probably Dancia as far as skilled medical goes [17:11:45] I'm only well practiced in the medical arts and have already done what I can for him - he's not bleeding to death anymore. [17:12:08] yeah I have no medical skills. [17:12:10] Hmmm do I know of a clinic or something with a reputable doctor then? [17:12:51] yes. [17:13:08] you can probably have a good doctor make a house visit - that'd be better than WP Medical at least. [17:13:15] Ok [17:13:21] "I'll go get a doctor." [17:13:30] "Be back as soon as I can." [17:13:44] "Unless any of you want to come along." [17:13:53] Danica, you can at least set a broken leg though; that probably only requires proficient with highish int. [17:14:08] (Is the doctor I know of Dr. Who? >_> <_< ) [17:14:14] heh [17:14:30] Dr. Graves - an unfortunately named local doctor. [17:14:35] yeah, if she'd let me. I remember from last time that she didn't want me to. [17:14:38] tee hee. [17:15:06] Alen, you'd know where he lives, so getting there won't be hard. [17:15:12] or was it just that she wanted Mr. Cuthrell treated first? [17:15:22] Danica/Livak, what are you two doing? [17:15:38] you think it might have been more the latter. [17:16:53] "Ms. Lambert, will you let me have a look at your leg now?" [17:17:07] Livak are you staying or coming along to get the doctor? [17:17:07] "... yes, I suppose." [17:17:43] * Alen leaves to go get Dr. Graves. [17:17:50] "Where does it hurt the most?" [17:17:51] I think she's peering. [17:17:57] Ah [17:18:10] * Quits: Livak (~Administr@52eef1c.2e01205d.asm.bellsouth.net) (Ping timeout: 360 seconds) [17:18:15] see? :P [17:18:28] (Yanthia): "The area where my armor is crumpled. Apparently it doesn't support my entire weight all that well." [17:18:59] roll medical for examination? [17:19:04] yes. [17:19:08] !roll d20+43 [17:19:14] ... [17:19:15] without diebot. [17:19:16] Diebot isn't here. [17:19:22] must have peered at one point. [17:20:13] ugh, stupid linux not wanting a static IP address. [17:20:20] * Evil_EM has to wait for the identD to fail to connect [17:20:25] * Joins: Diebot (~Diebot@307e4d48.fbb8a3c.wi.charter.com) [17:20:25] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Diebot Diebot [17:20:28] there. [17:20:49] !roll 7 d20 [17:20:50] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 19 4 4 16 14 14 16 [19 :: 4 :: 4 :: 16 :: 14 :: 14 :: 16]. [17:20:53] !roll d5 [17:20:54] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 5 [5]. [17:21:01] okay, we're good. [17:21:03] wow, high on the rolls. [17:21:06] !roll d20+43 [17:21:06] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 46 [3]. [17:21:15] at least he didn't give me a one. [17:21:39] you can easily see where it likely broke. That part would require an observation check DC 5 to see, as there is a giant dent in her armor. [17:22:00] right. but is the bone cleanly broken or fractured as hell or something in between? [17:22:09] I'm getting to that. :P [17:22:20] after taking off the leg part of the armor (I know, fancy terms here), you can see a clean break in the bone. [17:22:44] it is pretty obvious and somewhat messy too. [17:22:58] the medical skill was to tell you that it was a clean break and not fractured. [17:23:21] (I wonder when Lisa will re-join.) [17:23:34] I bet she invisipeered. [17:23:49] I was going to give her a couple more minutes before calling her. [17:25:27] I guess I'll call her now. :P [17:25:48] * Joins: Livak (~Administr@52eef1c.2e01205d.asm.bellsouth.net) [17:25:53] yo [17:25:59] * Evil_EM hangs up [17:26:00] welcome back. [17:26:00] yo. [17:26:15] Thanks. My family's internet is going insane [17:26:32] we're all familiar with bellsouth.net's lovely Intertubes. :P [17:26:37] Yes. [17:26:42] yes [17:26:55] I am sitting in the room with the router now. There shouldn't be an issue. [17:27:00] heh [17:27:16] anyway, Alen was going to leave to go to Dr. Graves, a local doctor. [17:27:23] Danica was working with Yanthia's broken leg. [17:27:25] what are you doing? [17:27:31] protecting her [17:27:44] standing guard then? [17:28:05] yup [17:28:25] k. [17:28:41] while Danica is inspecting Yanthia's leg... [17:28:43] Alen! [17:28:45] (to Yanthia) "You're lucky; it's a clean break.. not as bad as it looks. If you can spare the time to rest and let it heal up naturally, it might even grow back stronger than before." [17:29:06] I don't need to roll again to realign the bones, do I? [17:29:07] Dr. Grave's home isn't that far away from where you are right now; a few blocks at most. [17:29:14] * Alen walks over [17:29:18] Danica: Probably not, actually. [17:29:34] same operation, in my mind. [17:30:07] Alen: Dr. Graves (this time with proper pluralization) lives in an upscale home complete with gate. [17:30:32] But not so upscale that he imported a fancy door buzzer from Goug? [17:30:55] correct. This looks to be, well, about as in place as anything in the district you're in. [17:31:28] Does he have a separate clinic or does he expect people to come looking for him at home? [17:31:56] his clinic is his home. [17:32:00] Ah [17:32:22] So the gate there's no point in knocking on because no one could hear that far out I take it. [17:32:30] I'll go up to the clinic and see if the doctor is in. [17:32:30] correct. [17:32:33] gotcha. [17:32:44] you knock on the door and see an older man open it. [17:32:50] "Yes? Can I help you?" [17:33:16] "I'm looking for Dr. Graves. There is a bit of a medical emergency a couple blocks away." [17:33:33] "I see. I shall fetch Dr. Graves. [17:34:08] the older gentleman closes the door, and a moment or seven later an even older gentlemen walks out, complete with Doctor's bag. [17:34:20] (Dr. Graves): "You said there was an emergency?" [17:34:50] "Yes Doctor. There is a victim of a ninja attack resting nearby. Our medic stopped the bleeding but that was all she could do for him." [17:35:19] "It might not be safe to move him any further. If you don't mind I'll show you the way. He's only a couple blocks away." [17:35:46] "Lead me to him, and can you give me a medical history of the man? Is he from here? Are the Ninjas still around?" [17:35:53] he walks with you. [17:36:01] he isn't very fast, but you're also not very far away. [17:36:05] "The ninjas are not nearby. We escaped via teleportation." [17:36:36] "I don't know any medical history of this patient unfortunatly. Someone else present might know more though." [17:36:43] * Alen leads him back to the group [17:37:11] back to Danica. [17:37:12] Upon entering I'll quickly introduce him after pointing out the injured folks. [17:37:41] Danica, you're about to re-set the leg. [17:39:37] giving any warning or anything before doing so? [17:40:10] oh.. yeah, I guess I should do that. [17:40:27] "All right, this is going to hurt a bit initially. Are you ready?" [17:40:51] "As ready as I'm going to be." [17:41:35] and.. I do what I do. [17:41:40] roll anything? [17:41:43] no need. [17:41:55] Alen, you walk in just as you hear a yelp of pain from Yanthia. [17:42:22] "Dr. The man laying right here is the most injured." [17:42:39] "My goodness, this is Hadrian Cuthrell!" [17:42:44] "Yes it is." [17:43:08] "Everyone this is Dr. Graves. He has a very good reputation here in Fovoham as a great doctor." [17:43:12] "I was expecting some young adventurer given the nature of the attack, not one of my patients." [17:43:43] he immediately starts checking up on Hadrian, giving a nod to Danica as he walks in. [17:44:03] * Danica nods back at him [17:45:03] after awhile... [17:45:45] "Mr. Cuthrell seems to have been affected with some light poison. It is mostly out of his system already, probably something short acting. He should be conscious again within an hour." [17:46:45] "He needs a lot of rest, but he should be fine; it looks like he was dangerously close to death earlier though." [17:46:56] (read: -27 HP) [17:47:37] "Yes, this was a totally unexpected occurance and we were unprepared. We were just going to meet a librarian. We had no idea ninja were waiting to attack." [17:48:12] "Given the nature of the attack from what you have said, I would say less "ninja" and more "assassin"." [17:48:44] "Sadly, such attacks are common enough for me to know a little bit about them." [17:48:48] "Assassins. Why would assassins be after us?" [17:49:05] "Who knows if they were after us specifically. They were everywhere in the city." [17:49:29] "I'd suspect them of being after Mr. Curthrell more than us." [17:49:45] "Do we know that? I mean they were at our meeting place and our hotel. We never stopped to check if they were at other places?" [17:50:18] "True. They might not have been in too many other places. It's hard to have time to check on that sort of thing during a crisis." [17:50:27] "I agree." [17:50:51] (Dr. Graves): "I shall take my leave at this point. His assistant Yanthia should be able to contact me if anything is needed. Speaking of, I don't see her here; do you happen to know where she is?" [17:51:00] "I wonder if there is any way for us to find out about Mr. Upton." [17:51:07] Is she invisible again or something? [17:51:11] nope. [17:51:19] she's in armor. [17:51:20] she's lying on the ground, but she's also in full armor including helm. [17:51:26] "Over here, Doctor." [17:51:51] "... Yanthia? Oh dear, are you okay?" [17:52:35] (Yanthia): "I've been better, but I'll heal. I'll make sure Mr. Cuthrell sends you his payment and send word tomorrow for a checkup to make sure the poison is completely out of his system." [17:53:36] (Mr. Graves): "Well, since I know you won't let me check you over anyway, may you rest and heal well. Good day Ms. Lambert. Good day to the rest of you as well." [17:53:43] he puts back on his hat and leaves [17:54:10] "Good day, Doctor." [17:55:30] "So it seems he'll be alright." [17:55:38] (Yanthia): "Poison...I didn't even see poison on any of their blades." [17:56:23] "Well, these ninja were skilled assassins it seems. But why are there any such involved?" [17:56:55] "And why the summoned monsters at the train station?" [17:57:16] (Yanthia): "I can try to make educated guesses, but I'm thinking only Mr. Cuthrell knows the answer to that." [17:57:58] "Are we certain to be safe here? It seems like keeping a watch might be prudent until we know more at least." [17:58:20] "I didn't exactly think we were unsafe where we were, so obviously my opinion doesn't have much merit." [17:58:24] "Those ninja must be smart enought to figure out where we might have gone if they were after us specifically." [17:58:25] "Might be a good idea." [17:59:00] "Don't beat yourself up about this. I had no idea there was any chance of ninja. We all fell for that fake note and allowed ourselves to get separated." [17:59:43] "It looked genuine. Whoever is behind it must be very familiar with Mr. Cuthrell to make such a convincing forgery." [17:59:45] "I for one didn't expect treachery of this kind. I expect more paperwork and endless beurocratic nonsense." [18:00:18] "I know Mr. Cuthrell has had his fair share of run-ins with certain unsavory types, but nothing has even come close to this." [18:00:49] "Ugh. I can't even stand." [18:00:53] "The attackers would be risking more by attacking here in Fovoham, but if they were stealthly they'd have several minutes before they'd be discovered." [18:01:02] (it looks like she's trying to get up - even just sitting up - and is having problems) [18:01:08] "You shouldn't even try. You need to keep your weight off that leg." [18:01:32] where are we? [18:01:41] in the back area of the museum. [18:01:56] any windows or doors? [18:01:58] "At the very least I need to get my sword off the table before someone accidentally rubs up against it." [18:02:04] doors yes, windows no. [18:02:12] I'm assuming Alen picked a relatively secure spot. [18:02:30] Yeah [18:02:45] I didn't want an injured man appearing in the street and getting run over by a carrage. [18:02:54] Ok. then it is defensible from attacks. [18:03:14] probably the best spot in the museum for that. [18:03:27] and you could probably use your traps skill to rig up some sort of alarm system for us. [18:03:41] Do we have neighbors close enough to the museum to hear the sounds of combat? [18:03:47] yes. [18:03:48] Ok [18:04:21] "If we could hold out for long enough someone nearby would call the guards. Unlike where we were Fovoham is well guarded." [18:04:22] I'd draw a quick diagram of the area, but basically the museum is in the area between the upper class housing and the start of the more upscale parts of a merchant district. [18:04:26] I will do that. [18:04:43] "The Imp Dark knights in particular have a nasty reputation for dealing harshly with invaders." [18:05:09] "I will set up an alarm that will let us know someone is coming." [18:05:51] k. [18:06:19] (Yanthia): "Are you all okay? I just remembered that you said that you had been in a fight before finding us, but I was too busy to ask earlier." [18:06:24] "Are there any materials you need for this alarm lass?" [18:06:59] "I'm uninjured myself. But low on energy for the moment. A hour or two of rest and I'll be back to normal." [18:07:08] "I only have some light injuries. Nothing a good night of sleep won't cure." [18:07:25] I don't know about materials. I've never done this part of my trap skill [18:07:38] like wire and small bells or whatever [18:07:56] and do I have or can find something I can use to make a splint for Yanthia's leg? [18:08:11] that depends if you ask Alen for something or not. >_> [18:08:15] heh [18:08:32] "I could use some wires and bells if you have any, Alen." [18:08:47] * Alen hands out some thin wire and small bells [18:09:21] all right. [18:10:09] Yanthia is still lying down, Danica is making a splint, Livak is making a Trap, and Alen is providing materials. [18:10:18] yup [18:10:26] just keeping track of who is where. [18:10:53] "I have no idea how adventurers can handle wearing armor all day. This is already all smelly and I've only been in it for less than an hour." [18:11:14] "I don't wear armor as heavy as what you have on myself." [18:11:27] "Neither do I." [18:11:27] "Simple leather is enough for me. Not much worse than normal clothing." [18:12:29] * Alen unloads and cleans his shotgun. [18:12:33] in that order [18:12:40] heh [18:12:56] "How did you even get into the armor in time to fight? Somehow I don't imagine the ninjas waiting while you put it on.." [18:13:36] "The armor is lightly magical. It lets you don it in an instant, but that's about all that it helps with." [18:14:12] Livak, you have a nice alarm system set up. [18:14:19] "If you want to take the armor off I can leave the room for awhile while they help you with that." [18:14:20] I don't have to roll? [18:14:28] you can roll if it comes up. [18:14:33] oh ok [18:14:58] cool because that is my bestest skill (misspelling intended) [18:15:05] "Uh No. I'd ... I don't like taking off my armor around other people." [18:15:24] (Determine Intent isn't even needed; if you aren't gullible, it is very obvious she's hiding something) [18:16:27] heh [18:16:38] * Alen refrains from asking [18:17:19] * Livak looks sideways at Yanthria but says nothing. [18:17:48] anything else happening, or shall I skip to the next event? [18:17:55] next event I think [18:18:04] I think so too. [18:18:13] * Danica hopes the next event is Hadrian waking up. [18:18:21] after around half an hour, you start hearing Hadrian stirring. [18:19:07] (Mr. Cuthrell, slightly slurred): "What is the license number of that sledgehammer that hit me?" [18:19:16] * Alen gets out a glass of water and hands it to him. [18:19:26] "Have some water. We'll explain what we know." [18:19:40] "Why... why are we back at the Museum?" [18:19:52] "We were attacked and we had to retreat. You were nearly killed." [18:20:15] "And Yanthria is hurt." [18:20:48] he turns his head toward Yanthia, also lying there on the ground [18:21:09] "Wow. I don't think I've ever seen her like that." [18:21:39] "She normally tries to get out of that armor as fast as possible." He smiles a bit. [18:22:21] (Yanthia): "Yeah, it is pretty hideous, isn't it?" [18:22:44] "Could someone help me over into another room? I think it is time to change out of this armor." [18:22:58] "I will." [18:23:46] "Careful, don't put any weight on that leg." [18:23:58] * Livak moves to help Yanthria to another room. [18:24:04] (Mr. Cuthrell): "I don't remember much other than my morning breakfast, but judging from Yanthia's injuries I'm assuming that the attackers weren't exactly weak or slow." [18:24:07] (maybe we should be two to help her move) [18:24:19] yeah, you think you're going to need to help her as well. [18:24:22] (if you want.) [18:24:25] if only because this is Team 20 Strength. :P [18:24:28] * Danica also helps Yanthia move. [18:24:31] yeah! [18:24:55] "They were powerful compared to us. We barily excaped without any of us being killed." [18:24:55] the two of you help her into the next room. [18:25:23] "Any symbols on them? Did they say anything, make any menacing threats, anything?" [18:25:53] (I don't recall, but I think there were no symbols right?) [18:25:56] (I don't remember them saying even a single word.. anyone?) [18:25:58] (I know they said nothing) [18:26:08] they didn't say anything and you all didn't find any symbols at least. [18:26:15] (they didn't talk and they were all in black I believe. Classic ninja.) [18:26:21] * Evil_EM nods [18:26:25] "Nothing. We saw no symbols and they didn't speak a word. They appeared and attacked." [18:26:41] "Assassins. Great, just what we needed." (obvious sarcasm, of course) [18:26:54] "They did go to some trouble to separate our group beforehand with a false note from you." [18:27:14] "Someone trying to scare us off would have at least said something, so I'm guessing someone really wanted us dead. Probably me." [18:27:50] "Do you know why someone would want you dead?" [18:28:01] Dani/Livak, you set Yanthia down in a chair in another room. Walking back? [18:28:20] She's probably going to need help to get out of that armor unless that's part of its magic too. [18:28:22] "Need any help removing the armor?" [18:28:49] (Yanthia): "... probably, but I really don't want other people to be around." [18:29:18] "Why is that so important to you?" [18:29:39] (Mr. Cuthrell): "I have a couple of theories, but I should probably wait until the rest of us are together." [18:29:52] (Yanthia): "I have my reasons." [18:29:58] observation, Dani/Livak. [18:30:12] she is secretly a man. That's why she's so tall. >_> [18:30:17] !drop1 2d20+93 [18:30:18] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 102 [9 8]. [18:30:19] !roll d20+63 [18:30:19] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 81 [18]. [18:30:23] modeate [18:30:24] major support on mine. [18:31:09] you both realize that she's directing her statement toward Livak for some reason. [18:31:16] probably unconsciously doing it. [18:32:23] (Danica: She's secretly Samus from Metroid. :P) [18:32:51] "What if only one of us helps you out of your armor? I'm sure the sister wouldn't mind." [18:33:31] "Well, I guess we'll just have to do it. Clips are around the left seams..." [18:34:00] you start helping her take off armor. She has a simple set of clothing on underneath, so it obviously isn't that. [18:34:29] And here I was thinking the armor magically replaced her clothing so that she'd be naked under it and that was why she didn't want to take it off around people. :P [18:34:30] but she seems to not want to take off her helmet. [18:35:15] * Livak gets agitated. "Ok. This is silly. We have seen your face. Why won't you remove your helmet?" [18:35:41] "Do you really think that whatever your deep dark secret is would bother anyone?" [18:36:11] (Mr. Cuthrell, speaking from the other room): "Yanthia, don't bother hiding. Given that we've been targetted for assassination already, I'm pretty sure your association with me is far more dangerous than what is under that helmet." [18:36:34] (Yanthia): "... yes Mr. Cuthrell." [18:36:39] * Danica is confused. [18:36:53] * Alen pretends not to be confused [18:37:31] she takes off her helmet, and you see Yanthia's face... and two very long pointed ears. [18:38:12] "But.. Those weren't there before.. were they?" [18:38:23] "I hide them under my headband." [18:38:28] she's a mirage elf? [18:38:33] "Why?" [18:39:00] now, this is a point for me to explain something. [18:39:06] as the player in this case knows less than the character. [18:39:15] yeah [18:39:24] she's a High Elf. [18:39:42] sounds like I should retract my why. [18:39:45] they don't grow that tall, though. [18:39:52] (normally) [18:40:06] they live in the lands to the South of the Mountain Elven country, and the two races... well... [18:40:19] they don't get along very well. [18:40:26] Livak has history skill, right? [18:40:53] (and yes, high elves are normally nowhere near that tall) [18:42:55] yes [18:43:00] sorry family distraction [18:43:08] basically, the high elves were the cause of mountain elves going from a normally populated elven subrace to being on the endangered species list and having an average lifespan below that of humanity for awhile. While that was 3000 years ago, to an elf that isn't all that long. She's probably WAY overreacting to your reaction given that you're a human immigrant, but still. [18:43:39] think Soviet/American cold war that lasted 3000 years. [18:43:44] ah [18:44:22] ok still confused. [18:44:23] Yanthia puts on her headband and brushes her hair back over it; you can't even tell anymore that she's an elf. [18:44:40] she's thinking you'll hate her because she's a high elf and you're from an area that at least supposedly hates them. [18:45:03] oh ok [18:45:08] again, she's overreacting by a large margin most likely. [18:45:23] true. [18:46:21] http://sharna.aetherspoon.com/pmwiki.php/Race/HighElf <- read the Negative Stereotypes section and some of it might make sense. [18:46:39] (Yanthia): "... I guess we can go back in now." [18:47:09] (to Yanthria)"Look, I have nothing against you. I try to judge people based on who they are and not what race they come from. " [18:47:42] * Livak heads back in to the other room [18:48:05] "I don't see what the big deal is. You never said you were human, we just assumed.." [18:48:14] how much of that was able to be heard from the next room over? [18:48:59] all of it. [18:49:01] the door was open. [18:49:05] ah [18:49:24] Yanthia comes hobbling back in. [18:49:30] (aided by others) [18:49:39] Would people from Fovoham get the feud between mountain and high elves at all? [18:50:09] nope. [18:50:13] they're all elves, right? [18:50:33] "Hmmm why does it matter if you are an elf? We even have the statue of an elf who was some kind of hero here in the city." [18:50:57] * Alen totally doesn't get it. [18:51:44] "It... it is a long story." [18:52:07] "And not pertinant to the current crisis I take it." [18:52:22] "Nope. Not at all." [18:52:28] (Mr. Cuthrell): "Yanthia has a lot of skeletons in her past; mostly issues of her own choosing, and I doubt most people even realize what she is, so I'm assuming it has nothing to do with this." [18:52:35] "We should continue filling in Mr. Cuthrell." [18:53:06] "I don't think there is much else to say actually. We were attacked and were lucky to escape. But we've missed the meeting entirely." [18:53:19] "I'd rather have people safe than attend that meeting." [18:53:39] "I'm sure Upton has already heard about the attack, meaning he's probably scared away. Or even more interested; I can never tell with that guy." [18:53:58] "Hopefully he was not targetted as well." [18:54:10] "We have no idea if it was just us or if others were also attacked." [18:54:16] "I believe someone didn't want us to continue with our work." [18:54:43] "How could what we are doing be attracking this much attention? Who would care enough to want to stop us this badly?" [18:54:57] "Someone that doesn't want history to be uncovered." [18:55:16] "Meaning someone who has a good idea of what we could uncover." [18:55:26] "Some religious group that isn't as nice as the one miss Danica comes from?" [18:56:05] "Rival museums." [18:56:18] "It could be any number of people." [18:56:27] "I'm thinking that might be what it is - not the rivals part, but more a religious group." [18:56:42] "I don't know for sure, but I do know where I was planning on us going next." [18:56:51] "If there is a group that did terrible things to people in the past they might not want it known." [18:56:58] "Where is that?" [18:56:59] "Going there might give us clues as to who attacked, but would also put us in danger." [18:57:27] "I think we are in danger no matter where we are. I think from now on we will have to be on guard for anything." [18:57:53] "There is a small island a bit to the West of the northwestern coast of Fovoham. I was planning on going there next if we could get a guarantee of funding from Upton." [18:58:17] "It was some place I could still afford us to go while we wait for funding, but still an interesting set of ruins." [18:58:21] "Is there any way to contact Upton and ask for a meeting here?" [18:58:48] "From what I've heard this Upton will want us to dance to his scedule and won't be that accomidating." [18:59:07] "It's too bad we can't do a teleconference." [18:59:16] "A what?" [18:59:25] "What's that?" [19:00:40] "It is where you can have a meeting over long distances. It is used often in Cencilia. [19:01:12] "How does it work?" [19:01:14] "If we can set up something similar here, we might be able to do this. Goug has a similar level of technology, so they'd have similar equipment." [19:01:44] "Hmm...maybe. I do have my laptop but I don't know if I can get a connection." [19:02:33] "Well, we can start trying to find a way of doing this tomorrow. It sounds like the best idea on how to do this without having to do the Upton Dance. No one likes the Upton Dance anyway." [19:03:17] (Yanthia): "I can try to arrange for things delivered; well, the more unusual stuff at least." [19:03:22] "True but it is a way to meet with him and stay in a secure location." [19:04:11] "Would it be best to tell or not tell Upton we suspsect someone really doesn't want our work to continue?" [19:04:48] "So, how about this - tomorrow you [Livak] and Alen start trying to rig something together to do this. Danica, I want you to look over my notes on this island and see if you might be able to figure out something about it that I couldn't; if it is a religious place, you'd be far more likely to know something about it than I would." [19:04:50] "Depends on if he has gone into hiding or is more interested." [19:04:52] "Would telling him that make him deem it too dangerous for him to have any involvement or would pure contrariness make him want us to go ahead because he knows someone wants it stopped.?" [19:05:03] "Honestly, I think you have a 50/50 chance on that one." [19:05:24] "Then I think we should tell him. If he heard about the attack he may have guessed as much already." [19:05:26] "I think we shall have to wait and see on that one." [19:05:33] "He'll like honesty more than us trying to hide it." [19:05:36] "He definitely doesn't like the smell of danger or adventure, but he's easily contrarian enough to do what you had said." [19:05:52] "I agree. No one likes being deceived." [19:06:25] "We could also spin this as proof there is something worth finding out." [19:06:33] "In a way it is." [19:07:22] "Sounds good to me. You know what else sounds good? Sleep. I'm really tired, and I bet the rest of you aren't exactly wide awake yourselves by this point." [19:07:53] "We should rest. But I don't feel totally secure here either. They must know this is where we hail from." [19:08:06] "We could always set something up so that his funding of our missions are anonymous to minimize the danger to him." [19:09:20] "Where do you suggest we go, Alen?" [19:09:30] !roll d20+86 [19:09:30] * !Diebot sees that Evil_EM rolled 96 [10]. [19:09:42] "I'm just saying we should stick together and keep a watch." [19:09:47] "No need to go overboard." [19:10:05] "If we are together we can last long enough for the guard to get here." [19:10:21] "Alright. We should split the watches up between us three and let Yanthria and Cuthrell rest." [19:10:56] (Yanthia): "Fovoham City is quite a bit more secure than Bervinia; we actually HAVE a government that extends outside of the city and actual knights for guards. I think as long as we're vigilant, we should be fine." [19:11:16] "Oh, and don't get any closer to the table; my sword is sitting there." [19:11:26] "Good to know." [19:11:39] "I agree this is safer, but those assassins were good at being hidden right up until they attacked." [19:11:56] "I'm just saying since we don't know how badly they want us we don't know if they'll risk coming here or not." [19:12:15] "I agree. I can take the first watch if you two want to get some sleep. I'm still a bit wired." [19:12:18] "The guard isn't all seeing. They'll need time to be alerted and respond. So if we are together we should be safe." [19:12:24] "Should we go to an inn to rest, then? That's far less likely to have ninjas waiting for us than Mr. Cuthrell's bedroom" [19:13:59] *back room. You're in the museum, no beds here. :P [19:14:20] Right. I'm saying, going to an inn instead of taking him to his home. [19:14:36] "Yes, I think they'd have expected their attack back there to have succeeded so most likely no ninja waiting for us at inns here." [19:15:42] "Alright Alen, since this is your town. Which inn would be the best for us?" [19:16:54] "There is the lion inn which isn't too far from here." [19:17:40] spending the night there? [19:17:51] yeah [19:17:55] yeah [19:18:03] yes. [19:18:18] k. [19:18:35] out of character, I already told you that there won't be any fighting until after you've rested, so don't worry about the details. [19:18:43] morning! [19:19:01] kk [19:19:06] Hooray we lives. ;) [19:19:09] "Good morning." [19:19:13] no attacks, nothing. [19:19:20] "Mornin'" [19:19:30] everyone had rooms on the same floor this time, and you've all met back up again. [19:20:06] Yanthia is limping, but seems to be doing quite a bit better. Nowhere near the huge difference in Hadrian though. [19:20:12] he looks to be perfectly fine again. [19:20:41] "You seem to be a quick healer Mr. Cuthrell." [19:21:38] "A night's rest does the body quite a bit of good, and I didn't have too many injuries. I'll just need to take things easy for the next couple of days." [19:22:03] "Ms. Yanthia would you like me to aquire some crutches or other walking aid for you to use today?" [19:22:26] "That would be great." [19:22:44] * Alen goes off and comes back with cruches that are the right size for her height. [19:23:40] (Mr. Cuthrell): "So, the plan for today is to try Livak's plan for a teleconference." [19:24:05] "I'm afraid I won't be of any help on this plan. I still don't understand how this is going to work." [19:24:41] "Ah, but you are from this city; you might be able to help out with other aspects of the plan." [19:24:43] (P.S. if my character doesn't even know what something is he isn't carring it around even with his ability.) [19:25:11] "True." [19:26:11] "Danica, I'll give you access to my notes on the island. You might be able to find more background information at a local cartographer's shop close by; he has a collection of older maps." [19:26:34] * Danica nods [19:26:35] "Hmmm maps eh. Those I'd be interested to see." [19:27:00] * Livak pulls out her laptop. "Basically, my laptop needs to connect to the internet. I need to find a someway to get access to the internet here." [19:27:08] "Internet?" [19:27:21] * Alen shakes his head [19:27:32] (Yanthia): "Think of it like a Telegraph line, only lots of them going everywhere." [19:27:41] "I have no idea what you be speaking about lass, but I'll look for the most advanced person in the city to see if they can help." [19:27:50] "And for the most part instantaneous." [19:27:57] "If no one else knows perhaps we can ask Bob for help." [19:28:11] "Though I don't know him personally or anything I hear he is a likeable fellow." [19:28:42] "Bob?" [19:29:06] "He is the leader of the wearwolves. And often elected leader of the city." [19:29:19] (someone from Cencilia would probably have heard of King Bob.. he helped them in the last war) [19:29:27] (ah whoops.) [19:29:35] (Bob is a common enough name though that who knows what he was referring to) [19:29:44] "Oh King Bob." [19:30:04] "It sounds like we need to go shopping." [19:30:12] "Indeed. Asking for help couldn't hurt. Worst case I won't get in to see him." [19:31:12] "Shopping for what lass? No one sells the fancy things like you have here. We will have to find someone in the know who has been abroad if we want to find these things here." [19:31:26] (Yanthia): "Will you need anything else? A room to do this in, any other setup that I can have arranged for you?" [19:31:30] "Shopping for information." [19:32:13] "Ah I see. Yes that we shall. Though we can try just asking before we offer paying. If you let them know how much it is worth to you too early you get overcharged." [19:32:28] * Alen has streetwise skill [19:32:30] "Hmm...for this first one lets keep things simple. Besides the special equipment, we just need a table and chairs." [19:33:18] all right. We're splitting the party for a bit, it appears. [19:33:29] at least we aren't in a dungeon [19:33:30] want to start with Livak/Alen or with Danica? [19:33:43] in other words, do Alen/Livak need some time to think about how best to do this first? [19:34:09] hmm [19:34:39] My plan is pretty simple. Ask around on the streets for who sells fancy gagets from goug campus and if that fails try to get in and ask Bob for help. [19:34:51] yeah [19:35:09] also I think Alen was interested in going with Danica to see the maps. [19:35:34] I do want to see the maps as well. But does anyone else have streetwise skill at all? [19:36:01] I only have it basic level, it is actually the free skill for being from Fovoham. [19:36:01] not surprisingly, I do not have streetwise. [19:36:05] heh [19:36:16] the secretly street-knowing nun! [19:36:25] She could be a nun on the run! [19:36:26] I don't know [19:37:05] so, how about this: [19:37:28] Alen initially goes with Livak to establish the 'connections' while Danica reads over Hadrian's notes. [19:37:57] After he's got that taken care of, he'll meet Danica at the Cartographer's shop. [19:38:00] True, after we find the person to buy from Livak won't need any help from Alen. I don't have diplomacy and my charm is not high. [19:38:26] sounds good to me [19:38:40] in that case, I'm actually going to start with Dani. [19:38:44] Livak needs no help bargining from me. Especially since you are more likely to know the actual value of anything we find. [19:38:56] true [19:39:27] Dani, you head off with Yanthia to Hadrian's note archive. [19:39:34] yay. [19:40:26] (Yanthia): "Before I started working with Mr. Cuthrell, he had what I like to call the 'throw it on the ground' style of organization. I've gone back to organize the notes and ended up rewriting a lot of them." [19:40:45] "But I don't know about this island he was talking about, so I'm guessing it is in a stash of notes that I haven't transcribed yet." [19:41:27] "So this is going to take a while.." [19:41:43] "Oh, it should be organized. I just haven't transcribed it." [19:42:05] "You'll see why I transcribe his notes pretty quickly. Ah, here it is." [19:42:12] you've walked to a warehouse. [19:42:49] she pulls out some keys and opens the door. [19:43:00] "Kind of dark in here. I don't suppose you have a lantern with you, do you?" [19:43:11] "I have a glow stone." [19:43:47] "That should work." [19:44:03] this is a big warehouse. Mostly empty though. [19:44:32] while there are tons of notes, it isn't "floor to ceiling of the entire building" style. [19:44:51] * Quits: Alen (~Lost@307e4d48.fbb8a3c.wi.charter.com) (Ping timeout: 360 seconds) [19:45:26] "At one time, this place was filled with notes. The entire building with notes strewn everywhere." [19:45:31] * Joins: Alen (~Lost@307e4d48.fbb8a3c.wi.charter.com) [19:45:42] Hmm weird. [19:45:58] "Ah, here's the rack. This rack should contain all information about islands around Fovoham." [19:46:14] think small bookshelf unit for the size of the rack. [19:47:48] it is pretty easy to find what you're looking for; it seems to be organized by geographical position, and you find a binder full of handwritten notes. A very thick and large binder. [19:48:01] I'm going to need some rolls. What lores do you have? [19:48:53] magic, spirit, undead, religion, geography and herbs. [19:49:04] roll ... actually, roll them all. [19:49:15] okay.. [19:49:17] Holy cow! Lore city! [19:50:11] magic lore, herbs and geography are all at basic, so.. [19:50:22] !roll 3 d20+38 [19:50:23] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 55 53 56 [17 :: 15 :: 18]. [19:50:46] so is undead lore, actually. [19:50:51] !roll d20+38 [19:50:52] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 50 [12]. [19:51:39] while spirit lore is at well practiced, along with knowledge: religion. [19:51:52] !roll 2 d20+43 [19:51:53] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 62 52 [19 :: 9]. [19:52:02] but add +1 to the last since I have weak support on it. [19:52:15] So 50 on undead lore is the lowest roll [19:52:43] got it. [19:52:52] this is generally what you find: [19:52:58] and yes, I have both spirit and undead lore. Undead lore is more for those with physical bodies. [19:53:14] (give me a bit, need to look up a couple of things that the EM knows less than the character on) [19:53:49] (that's okay, I need to go to the little nun's room anyway) [19:55:25] the reason why his notes covered the warehouse is that Hadrian's handwriting is huge. There are thousands of pages of notes that would probably fit in a small notebook for anyone with a sane size of handwriting. [19:57:53] Bransto Island is the island in question. It is located just out of sight of the NW coastline of Fovoham, along some really rough currents. [19:58:39] it is considered to be a haunted island that is crammed full of spirits, ghosts, and rumored to be a hangout of Necromancers. Hadrian's notes seem to indicate that it isn't so much a *current* hangout of Necromancers so much as a former hangout. [19:59:29] the entire island is said to be charged with some form of magic, to the point where regular magic apparently fails to function properly. Hadrian's notes indicate needing a group of people that do not use normal magic to be able to explore the island. [20:00:01] The parts of the island that have been seen/explored are just the parts one can see from a boat going around the island. [20:00:25] the descriptions of the sights around it sound familiar, but you can't quite put your finger on how you know about them. [20:00:55] in any case, the island is a ruined fortification that has no normal inhabitants and relatively unexplored. [20:01:08] (back and caught up on backlog) [20:01:16] that sounds very interesting. [20:01:44] that's probably about all you can get from his notes. [20:02:16] after reading through them, you've already noticed Yanthia get to work transcribing a different section of notes. [20:04:19] (Yanthia): "You can head back to the others now if you're done; I'll just stay here for awhile transcribing. At least it is something I can do without walking." [20:05:09] going to ask Yanthia anything, or should I bounce back to Livak/Alen? [20:05:23] yeah, I have a few things to ask. [20:06:17] "There's a lot I'd like to ask you, if you don't mind.." [20:06:24] "Ask away." [20:06:47] "But it really isn't any of my business. I'm just wondering how you met Mr. Cuthrell and how long you've been working for him." [20:08:11] "Oh, I pretty much met him how you'd expect. I was looking for work as a scribe in this area. A lot of people won't accept female scribes around here, so it took awhile before I found someone that was willing to take me in. Mr. Cuthrell was looking for someone that could keep him organized and had some matter between their ears, sort to speak, so he could bounce ideas off of." [20:08:22] "We've been working together for ... hrm, must be around a year and a half now." [20:10:01] "Anything else?" [20:10:33] "well.. for now, I shan't pry deeper into your past, though I admit I am curious. If you feel like sharing, I'd love to listen." [20:11:09] "It isn't something I like talking about. Nothing earth shattering or anything, just not very pleasant, so perhaps another time." [20:11:58] "We'll just leave it my parents didn't appreciate my lack of magical aptitude." [20:12:36] in the interest of saving time, I'm switching back to Alen/Livak. If you have any more questions for Yanthia, just PM them to me Dani. [20:12:44] "Really? You seem pretty good at it to me, but I don't know all that much about it." [20:12:50] nah, I'm leaving now. [20:13:48] So to us then? [20:14:15] yep. [20:14:25] Alen/Livak, how are you going about this? [20:14:29] Oh and vote in for Dancia asking personal questions when she's the only one there to hear. Most people are more likely to answer with less listeners. [20:14:41] Livak is going to help me describe what we are looking for. [20:14:53] And I'll be asking around on the streets for who might be selling what we need. [20:15:18] not too concerned if it is official or black market myself, but if there is both I'll go to official first. [20:15:25] k. [20:15:30] give me a streetwise check to start out. [20:15:38] !roll d20+38 [20:15:39] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 41 [3]. [20:15:43] of course [20:15:53] this happened last time I used the skill as well [20:17:42] the best you can get is that maybe one of the random tourists from Goug might have something. There was a college group visiting here at least as of a day ago, so they're probably still here. [20:18:09] worth a try. Livak might be popular with that kind of crowd. [20:18:14] lol [20:18:48] I guess we head over to the college kids. [20:18:50] "I'll let you handle talking to them. You know what we need and they'll probably respond better to you." [20:19:02] "Alright. Lead the way." [20:19:14] I'll try to find out more precisely where they are. [20:20:07] well, they're in one of two spots. [20:20:17] 1) Touristy style places. Only a couple around. [20:20:20] 2) Drinking. [20:20:38] Probably way too many of number 2 spots around. [20:20:44] We'll try the touristy spots first [20:20:44] let's try the tourist spots. [20:20:58] jinx buy me a coke. :) [20:21:04] heh [20:21:12] It'll be in the mail :P [20:21:17] ok. [20:21:36] let's go to the closest tourist spot. [20:22:12] Observation to spot people dressed like they are students from goug campus? [20:22:54] there are two major ones. The closest to where you are is the Three Statues Place, the seat of government and the place where the three ridiculously oversized statues signifying which district you are in face. [20:23:10] yes, observation from you both. [20:23:12] !roll d20+63 [20:23:12] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 68 [5]. [20:23:20] "It also occurs to me that if we do meet these students this might be a good chance to find out more about Mr. Upton since they might know him." [20:23:25] !roll d20+77 [20:23:26] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 90 [13]. [20:23:28] major support [20:23:31] "Good point." [20:23:34] mod for me [20:25:17] Livak, you see tourists, but no one that would match the look of a college student. [20:25:44] Alen, you see a group of people that are wearing VERY stereotypical clothing for this area that are obviously tourists in disguise. They also look college aged. [20:25:57] "I don't see anyone that fits the college student look. Maybe we should move on." [20:25:57] * Alen points out this group to Livak. [20:25:57] (benefit of being from this place, of course) [20:26:19] "Good catch." [20:26:21] "Try asking this group if they are from goug." [20:26:41] * Livak walks up to them. "Hi. Do y'all happen to be from Goug by any chance?" [20:27:04] !roll d100 [20:27:04] * !Diebot sees that Evil_EM rolled 31 [31]. [20:27:52] "No! I'm from Fovoham of course! I eat Fovoham food, I drink Fovoham water, and my name is Mister Fovoham!" [20:28:01] his friends all sigh and look away. [20:29:01] * Alen chuckles. [20:29:40] * Livak sighs and says "Thank you for your time Mr. Fovoham. I was looking for some students from Goug because I need to get my hands on some technology that isn't around here. I was hoping they could help me out." [20:30:16] one of his friends literally shoves him out of the way. [20:30:48] Livak is still dressed in her leathers and short shorts. :) [20:31:00] (Female Neko - Cat-person) "Ignore the idiot there. What can I do for you? The name is Daisy." [20:31:37] "Hi Daisy. I am looking for a cell phone modem. I need to connect to the internet. Would you guys have an extra one I could buy from you?" [20:32:56] "Maybe, for the right price. I know we're not supposed to sell this stuff, but I could really use the cash. Mr. Dumbass over here spent all of our money on these ridiculous costumes." [20:33:29] ("Mr. Fovoham"): "They let us blend in with the natives!" [20:33:33] (random friend): "Shut up." [20:33:55] "What are you guys studying at the University?" [20:35:07] (Daisy): "Genetics." (Random Friends): "History. Geography. Forensics." ("Mr. Fovoham"): "Acting!" [20:36:01] (To Mr. Fovoham) "You've got some work to do lad. Your costumes are good but your acting gave it away." [20:36:56] what is the dollar to gil conversion? [20:37:00] ("Mr. Fovoham"): "It is just... Avant-Gardy!" (yes, I know how to spell that) [20:37:13] 10 gil = 3 dollars. [20:37:16] thanks [20:37:41] "I pay 12 gil for it." [20:38:18] (um.. that's the kind of money you find in people's couches) [20:38:21] ... so you're offering them three dollars? [20:38:27] whoops wrong way [20:38:28] sorry [20:38:36] *40 gil [20:38:42] wrong way again. [20:38:46] my head hurts. [20:39:02] just say it in dollars. [20:39:04] I can convert. :P [20:39:09] *120 gil. [20:39:11] got now. [20:39:35] If the item you want is worth a couple hundred dollars I don't know that this is going to work out. [20:39:43] (Daisy): "How about 1000?" [20:39:44] (OOC of course) [20:40:50] * Livak considers the price. "How about 750?" [20:41:21] "Did you see the shoes he got us? They're LAVENDER with GEARS on them." [20:42:03] * Livak turns to Alen "What do you think of their shoes? Any resell value in them?" [20:42:30] "Only if they sell them to other tourists." [20:42:49] "Alright I will pay the 1000. Do you have it with you?" [20:43:12] "Right here." [20:43:21] she pulls out a netbook and takes out the cell phone modem. [20:43:43] * Livak gives her the 100 gil and takes the modem and places it in her backpack. [20:43:48] 1000? :P [20:43:48] *1000 [20:43:57] k. You now have a proper satillite cell phone modem. [20:44:06] "Oh by the way, do you guys know a Mr. Upton?" [20:44:17] "The librarian? Sure." [20:45:04] "Everyone on campus knows him, or knows of him." [20:45:09] "I was wondering if you guys could tell me a bit more about him." [20:45:37] (random friend #1): "He's a royal asshole that pisses people off just because he wants to!" [20:45:51] (Daisy): "I wouldn't quite go that far...." [20:46:21] (RF1): "He failed me out of his Library Studies class because I had an electric pencil sharpener with me. I didn't even USE it in the library!" [20:46:40] "Wow. That is strict." [20:47:02] "He's always like that. If he doesn't like you, he'll go out of his way to make your life hell. Really, if he doesn't like anyone he'll do that." [20:48:00] (Daisy): "He's never had a problem with me... but that might be because I hate someone he hates too." [20:48:14] "Really?" [20:49:04] "Yeah. My ex - he was one of those bad boy types that apparently ran into the library with a car. He gets really angry if people meddle in the affairs of his library." [20:49:27] lightbulb time [20:49:35] "I bet. Most librarians are like that." [20:49:48] Ninja were waiting to attack us in the library. We totally need to mention this to him when we talk. [20:49:56] yup [20:50:00] they also damaged it [20:50:04] alot [20:50:05] I'mgoing to wrap things up. [20:50:07] yes they did. [20:50:17] you wrap things up and leave. [20:50:37] Alen/Dani, in the interest of time (needing to stop in ten minutes), we'll do the cartographer after this. [20:50:38] I just hope he doesn't blame us for that. WE ran away within two rounds or so. [20:50:48] as in after today. [20:50:49] "Thanks for the help Alen. I have what we need to contact Mr. Upton. Also we can stay in touch with him no matter where we are." [20:51:24] "Good and it seems if we can get him angry about the ninja attack damaging one of his libraries we might get him to agree out of pure spite." [20:51:47] "As long as he dosn't blame us for it." [20:52:13] "Yes. I think that will definitely work. We should also point out that we left quickly so as to minimize the damage done." [20:52:34] "We tried to anyways. We aren't as fast as ninja." [20:52:47] heading back together? [20:52:52] Yeah [20:53:07] all right. Back at the museum, Yanthia has had a table and some chairs set up. [20:53:20] she also not-so-discretely put in book shelves behind the table. [20:53:34] I vote in Dancia for asking personal questions. Livak for lowballing at first, and me for thinking to ask them about Mr Upton. [20:53:52] it is literally sitting in the middle of the room. [20:53:54] Just wanted to get those noted before I forget. [20:54:02] * Evil_EM nods [20:54:05] we're almost done anyway. :) [20:54:51] * Livak heads to the table and sets up the laptop. [20:55:10] (Mr. Cuthrell): "Which one of us should do the talking?" [20:55:27] "The most scholarly person I'd think." [20:55:39] (Yanthia): "I'd rather not be on that end of the conversation, so I'll stand back. By the way, here is Upton's conferencing information." [20:55:51] Yanthia hands Livak a scrap of paper. [20:55:55] "Thank you, Yanthria." [20:56:04] * Livak enters the info and sets up the conference. [20:56:21] "I guess Mr. Cuthrell and I will talk. Feel free to jump in whenever you guys want." [20:56:25] "Hmmm I might want to stand out of the picture. I look too much like an adventurur." [20:56:55] heh. [20:56:59] "Hey Alen do you have a nice shirt in that coat of yours?" [20:57:01] (Mr. Cuthrell): "I'll be in, of course, to discuss some of the details, but I have a feeling you all are better prepared. I saw Alen's grin the moment we entered." [20:57:20] "Hmm true I can just change first." [20:57:29] "Give me a few minutes." [20:57:52] * Danica turns away from Alen. :P [20:58:04] I'll go to another room [20:58:10] we have a whole buiding to ourselves [20:58:29] done, and you return. [20:58:38] I'll change into Fovoham style business casual [20:59:07] Livak, you connect up the conference. [20:59:20] ok [20:59:22] Dani, in or out of the picture for this? [20:59:26] my weapon no where to be seen [20:59:30] of course. [20:59:44] I'm in. [20:59:49] my swords are on the floor by feet just in case. [20:59:55] k. [21:00:17] the conference is connected, and you see an older skinny man turn toward the camera. [21:00:24] (Upton): "Yeeeeeeesssssssss?" [21:01:05] "Good afternoon, Mr. Upton. I am Livak and I'm here with Mr. Cuthrell. We were supposed to meet you yesterday but unfortunately we were detained. I was wondering if you have time to meet now?" [21:01:30] "Of course... one moment." [21:01:39] he turns around and SHHHHes someone. [21:01:48] you swear they're no longer able to speak. [21:01:53] "Go ahead." [21:01:53] wow [21:02:53] "We were wondering if you were interesting in funding our research. We are currently investigating historical sites and bringing back any relics and documents that we find to put on display in the museum here in Forvoham." [21:03:07] "That sounds suspiciously like... adventuring." [21:04:05] "I will admit there is a bit of exploration needed to obtain these artifacts but we are really out to learn more about history and add more to the knowledge of important scholars like yourself." [21:04:13] "... go on..." [21:05:05] damn I should have asked how much we would need. [21:05:14] Cuthrell can handle that [21:05:15] from cuthrelll before we started this. [21:05:17] yeah [21:05:36] But don't forget we had stuff we were going to show him that we won't be able to show much in video confrence. [21:06:13] did you tell him your plan before the conference? [21:06:16] him being Hadrian. [21:06:22] "We have some preliminary results from a site we just returned from. We were going to present these to you during our meeting but we can show them to the camera for you to look at." [21:06:46] I'm making it up right now. I just know that we were going to use the ninja's as a last resort. [21:06:51] I would have if we'd been given much real time to do stuff before you said the conference connected. [21:07:00] I know we are in a hurry in real time. [21:07:03] That is my fault I have to get going. [21:07:11] (Mr. Cuthrell): "We're requesting a small sum of one million gil in order to continue these pursuits of knowledge; it is but a small sum of money for the betterment of our library system, which is in a bit of disarray as I'm sure you're aware." [21:07:18] "What with the incident and all." [21:07:47] (Upton): "Incident? What incident?" [21:08:47] (Mr. Cuthrell silently gestures toward you three) [21:08:58] "When we left to meet you at the library you are currently renovating, we were beset upon by a group of ninjas. They attacked us and started to cause the damage I'm sure you are already aware of. We ran out of the library as quickly as we could to avoid damage to us and to the libarary." [21:08:58] "Ninjas, sir." [21:09:09] ". . ." [21:09:20] roll leadership checks. [21:09:26] me or danica? [21:09:30] all three of you. [21:09:30] just those speaking? [21:09:37] !roll d20+18 [21:09:37] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 31 [13]. [21:09:46] !roll d20+15 [21:09:46] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 32 [17]. [21:09:52] !roll d20+20 [21:09:52] * !Diebot sees that Evil_EM rolled 40 [20]. [21:09:56] good thing I rolled high. [21:09:56] (Mr. Cuthrell) [21:10:00] Is your leadership 15 or 25 Livak? [21:10:05] 15 [21:10:09] your check is only +5 then [21:10:10] it is my lowest stat [21:10:11] d10+5 then. [21:10:13] whoops [21:10:13] *d20 [21:10:13] d20 [21:10:23] !roll d20+5 [21:10:23] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 25 [20]. [21:10:23] so 22 instead of 32 [21:10:26] or 25 [21:10:29] that works. [21:10:30] Alen? [21:10:41] you never answered if I needed to roll since I"m not speaking [21:10:50] [15:09:30] all three of you. [21:10:59] !roll d20+6 [21:10:59] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 25 [19]. [21:11:02] all right. [21:11:16] you start visibly noticing Upton being upset... which morphs into anger... then to rage. [21:11:25] does wearing business casual give a leadership bonus? [21:12:04] when Upton starts to speak, the four of you are all very, very intimidated. [21:12:09] "Those miscreants! WE SHALL MAKE THEM PAY FOR DEFILING MY LIBRARY! One billion you say sir. Consider it done. Good day!" [21:12:15] and he hangs up. [21:12:28] "He's scary when he's angry.." [21:12:31] "Well good idea Alen. Although I am a little scared of him." [21:12:34] (Mr. Cuthrell): ". . . did he just say Billion?" [21:12:50] (I have to go. I will leave the window open. :) I had fun.) [21:12:56] "That he did, sir." [21:13:50] Have fun Lisa [21:13:52] "... well, I guess we got what we wanted. Sort of. I've never seen him so angry." [21:13:58] I vote us in for that plan. [21:14:18] and carring it out successfully [21:14:47] we did pretty well, I'd say. [21:14:55] that's the end of this adventure, if it wasn't obvious. [21:15:12] we'll continue the other half of the research next adventure. [21:15:28] I have... a lot of vote-ins. [21:15:32] any more? :P [21:15:36] * Alen is now known as Antimerus [21:15:39] I said all mine already [21:15:56] * Danica is now known as Ragnhild [21:16:15] <%Ragnhild> the idea of mentioning the structural damage was great. That was Alen's, wasn't it? [21:17:11] Alen's idea, Livak's implementation (not just mentioning it, but also getting the crucial bit of info needed to get to that point). [21:25:06] 25 XP for Dani, 27 for Livak, 29 XP for Alen. [21:25:46] <%Ragnhild> That puts me at 3.97 :) [21:27:31] * Evil_EM is now known as aetherspoon [21:27:57] as one can tell, I don't have anything logged for how much XP people have. [21:28:10] I think Livak might be level 4 now but both you and Alen are barely still 3. [21:28:13] but I'm unsure. [21:31:13] I'm at 3.96 XP [21:37:32] <%Ragnhild> "Mr. Fovoham" kind of reminded me of the good old Loman. ^_^ [21:41:41] nope I'm at 292 for xp [21:42:12] dinner is over but dessert is coming soon then I have to head back to Knoxville. ;) [21:43:04] <%Ragnhild> ah, so we're all the same level. Good. [21:47:02] <%Ragnhild> by the way, we don't bother counting XP over 100. At 100 it resets to zero and you level. So you are level 3 with 92 XP, or level 3.92 as we commonly call it. [21:49:19] ok. [21:49:21] I will fix it. [21:50:00] * Parts: Livak (~Administr@52eef1c.2e01205d.asm.bellsouth.net)