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[Jun 18 16:59:04] <GM_Manuel> new rule: dani & rob are not allowed to have sex right before the game

[Jun 18 16:59:26] <GM_Manuel> so, you all were on your way to camp for the night with the Red Cloaks.

[Jun 18 16:59:30] <Viollca> It took me 15 minutes to wake her up thorugh a method that did not involve sex

[Jun 18 16:59:47] * Gordon_Hamm is now known as Matrim_Argent

[Jun 18 16:59:51] <GM_Manuel> Aldo is the last to leave Anlir, lingering on the scene of carnage & the sad mass grave.

[Jun 18 16:59:59] * Nate_House is now known as The_Sherrif

[Jun 18 17:00:15] <GM_Manuel> He walks slowly behind you all, not saying much at all, being lead gently by a pair of Red Cloaks.

[Jun 18 17:00:54] <Viollca> are words said above the grave?

[Jun 18 17:01:01] <GM_Manuel> The rest of you are lead an hour or so from Anlir to a camp beside a stream.

[Jun 18 17:01:05] <GM_Manuel> yeah, that happened already.

[Jun 18 17:01:08] <Viollca> ok

[Jun 18 17:01:33] <GM_Manuel> They tell you where to go to bathe--downstream some ways.

[Jun 18 17:01:53] <The_Sherrif> good. I do so.

[Jun 18 17:02:10] <GM_Manuel> So do all of the Red Cloaks who were at the town.

[Jun 18 17:02:22] * arielturnip is now known as albert_

[Jun 18 17:02:38] <GM_Manuel> Magnus speaks briefly with Caradonna, who takes Viollca a short way off for more privacy.

[Jun 18 17:02:39] * Viollca is sullen on the way back, and anyone around her can roll read people or awareness

[Jun 18 17:02:42] <GM_Manuel> If she'll let her

[Jun 18 17:03:38] <GM_Manuel> Does Matrim shower?

[Jun 18 17:03:44] <GM_Manuel> err, bathe

[Jun 18 17:03:46] * Viollca brushes her nose with her face and nods in agreement, not looking up

[Jun 18 17:03:50] <Matrim_Argent> Yes.

[Jun 18 17:04:11] <albert_> r awareness14

[Jun 18 17:04:11] <Eklem> albert_ [awareness1: 4] 6 9 10

[Jun 18 17:04:29] <GM_Manuel> 19, not 9

[Jun 18 17:04:35] <albert_> I know

[Jun 18 17:04:53] <GM_Manuel> (just lettin' ya knwo there's no need to reroll)

[Jun 18 17:05:05] <albert_> (oh ok)

[Jun 18 17:05:07] <GM_Manuel> Albert, you notice nothing about Viollca but that she seems sullen.

[Jun 18 17:05:19] <GM_Manuel> Albert, do you bathe?

[Jun 18 17:05:24] <albert_> yes

[Jun 18 17:05:41] <GM_Manuel> Good. We'll assume Aldo does as well, as I will not kill a PC needlessly.

[Jun 18 17:05:46] <GM_Manuel> Soap is provided

[Jun 18 17:05:57] * albert_ has his own

[Jun 18 17:06:27] * Viollca tries to go to downstream of everyone else

[Jun 18 17:06:34] <GM_Manuel> Magnus bathes away from everyone else, & a general warning passes through the camp for no one to go down to where he is, lest they see him & suffer the effects of his power.

[Jun 18 17:06:49] <GM_Manuel> Actually, Viollca, Caradonna takes you /up/stream.

[Jun 18 17:07:00] * Viollca refuses

[Jun 18 17:07:21] <GM_Manuel> "If we go downstream, we'll be bathing in their filth."

[Jun 18 17:07:37] <Viollca> "No." she says emphatically. "It's not right."

[Jun 18 17:07:53] <GM_Manuel> "The water takes all their filth down stream. We can't go that way!"

[Jun 18 17:08:02] <Viollca> "It that case I'll bathe before they do, so they won't bathe in mine."

[Jun 18 17:08:02] * albert_ doesn't worry about bathing, considering it's nighttime

[Jun 18 17:08:27] <GM_Manuel> Hmm.

[Jun 18 17:08:47] <GM_Manuel> Essentially, is this taking place before everyone has gotten into the stream or not?

[Jun 18 17:09:03] <GM_Manuel> It's prolly right as everyone is going to the stream

[Jun 18 17:09:11] <GM_Manuel> "I don't think they'll wait on us."

[Jun 18 17:09:17] <Viollca> depends on how soon Caradonne brought it up.

[Jun 18 17:09:38] <Viollca> "Then I need to hurry. You're welcome to come along, but I must leave."

[Jun 18 17:09:45] <GM_Manuel> It only would have come up when everyone started going to the streams.

[Jun 18 17:09:53] <GM_Manuel> She probably grabs your arm.

[Jun 18 17:09:59] <GM_Manuel> DO you try to avoid it?

[Jun 18 17:10:16] <Viollca> yes, I'll try,

[Jun 18 17:10:20] <GM_Manuel> roll dodge

[Jun 18 17:11:00] <Viollca> r dodge 12

[Jun 18 17:11:01] <Eklem> Viollca [dodge: 12] 19 20 21

[Jun 18 17:11:12] <GM_Manuel> She grabs your arm. Roll strength if you want.

[Jun 18 17:11:24] <Viollca> not yet.

[Jun 18 17:11:52] <Viollca> "Let me go!" *squirm squirm*

[Jun 18 17:11:55] <GM_Manuel> "Wait. We're only two. They're dozens. We won't spoil their water in any way that they'll notice. Come up stream."

[Jun 18 17:12:29] <GM_Manuel> You begin to hear the noise of people splashing in the water.

[Jun 18 17:13:47] * Viollca looks into Caradonna's eyes. "You realize that I've had dead people in me. I'm a danger to all around me until I bathe. For your own good, please! Remove your arm!"

[Jun 18 17:13:59] * Viollca is crying openly now

[Jun 18 17:14:02] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna laughs

[Jun 18 17:14:17] <Viollca> r strength 10

[Jun 18 17:14:18] <Eklem> Viollca [strength: 10] 16 18 20

[Jun 18 17:14:27] <GM_Manuel> r str 16

[Jun 18 17:14:27] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [str: 16] 17 21 22

[Jun 18 17:14:44] <Viollca> "LET ME GO!!!"

[Jun 18 17:14:51] <GM_Manuel> "You're not a danger to anyone. But let's go look downstream now, shall we?"

[Jun 18 17:15:01] <The_Sherrif> I've been drafted for dinner. (would I hear the scream?)

[Jun 18 17:15:15] * Viollca twists and squirms

[Jun 18 17:15:22] <GM_Manuel> [prolly not over the noise of the bathing men]

[Jun 18 17:15:31] <GM_Manuel> [it's liek a swimming party, but with soap]

[Jun 18 17:15:35] <The_Sherrif> okay. I go now to cook. back in a bit. >_<

[Jun 18 17:15:39] <GM_Manuel> [*men & women, by the way]

[Jun 18 17:15:44] <GM_Manuel> hurry back!

[Jun 18 17:16:14] <albert_> (I thought thwomen went upstream)

[Jun 18 17:16:22] <GM_Manuel> [just caradonna & viollca]

[Jun 18 17:16:51] <Viollca> (sorry, its a cultural thing. No, they go as far downstream as possible, the more marhime they are.)

[Jun 18 17:18:25] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna takes you down stream & gestures to the water, not letting go of you.

[Jun 18 17:18:32] <GM_Manuel> "Do you really want to bathe in that?"

[Jun 18 17:18:41] <GM_Manuel> It's black. It stinks.

[Jun 18 17:18:57] <GM_Manuel> Bits of unidentifiable somethings float by in it.

[Jun 18 17:19:54] <Matrim_Argent> Eew.

[Jun 18 17:19:54] * Viollca looks at the river in her sobbing and just falls to her knees and cries

[Jun 18 17:21:18] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna lifts you into her arms & carries you upstream.

[Jun 18 17:22:41] <GM_Manuel> Do you let her?

[Jun 18 17:23:39] <GM_Manuel> the best time saving feature i can think of for eklem is one what makes him roleplay for missing players.

[Jun 18 17:24:13] * Viollca doesn't fight her anymore. When we get upstream Viollca waits until she thinks most (if not all) of the people downstream are finished. If Caradonna really pressures her she

will bathe

[Jun 18 17:24:20] <Viollca> before that

[Jun 18 17:24:32] <GM_Manuel> Before what?

[Jun 18 17:25:05] <GM_Manuel> oh, i follow

[Jun 18 17:25:16] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna just makes sure you bathe before the night is over.

[Jun 18 17:25:38] * Viollca takes her time, going over herself 2-3 times

[Jun 18 17:26:44] * HackerX (~asdf@18377e3c.4b89d8f.mi.charter.com) has joined #shem

[Jun 18 17:26:47] <HackerX> ::SPAM::

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[Jun 18 17:26:54] <HackerX> ::SPAM::

[Jun 18 17:26:55] * HackerX has quit (Excess Flood)

[Jun 18 17:27:07] * GM_Manuel sets ban on HackerX!*@*

[Jun 18 17:27:47] <Viollca> (that is a hungry man)

[Jun 18 17:27:55] <GM_Manuel> [that's an asshole]

[Jun 18 17:28:22] <GM_Manuel> So you guys finish bathing. There is much silliness going on in the main bathing area. Joking & suchnot. DO you guys join in?

[Jun 18 17:28:24] <Matrim_Argent> Didn't you see his nick? Clearly he was a great hacker )

[Jun 18 17:28:27] <The_Sherrif> back.

[Jun 18 17:28:30] <The_Sherrif> sure.

[Jun 18 17:28:40] <albert_> Albert does

[Jun 18 17:28:51] * The_Sherrif is now known as HackerX_squared_over_pi

[Jun 18 17:28:58] * HackerX_squared_over_pi is now known as The_Sherrif

[Jun 18 17:29:02] <albert_> he tries juggling soap

[Jun 18 17:29:04] <Matrim_Argent> Actually, I'd have waited till everyone else was done to bathe at all.

[Jun 18 17:29:26] <Matrim_Argent> I was not thinking before.

[Jun 18 17:29:51] <GM_Manuel> No one bothers you. Both you & Viollca notice that the muck seems to be much further along on your bodies than it was when you got to camp.

[Jun 18 17:30:06] <Matrim_Argent> Eew.

[Jun 18 17:31:42] * Viollca scrubs it vigorously when she notices that. She has scrape marks on her lower ankles when she is done

[Jun 18 17:31:48] <GM_Manuel> When finished bathing, most of the Red Cloaks sleep, eat, or take their positions at watch

[Jun 18 17:32:04] <The_Sherrif> I go to Wax's tent. is he still up?

[Jun 18 17:32:14] <GM_Manuel> He is.

[Jun 18 17:32:19] <The_Sherrif> I knock.

[Jun 18 17:32:29] <The_Sherrif> (on a tent.) or whatever is appropriate for tents.

[Jun 18 17:32:33] <GM_Manuel> "Yes?"

[Jun 18 17:32:34] * albert_ eats with Manuel and then falls almost comatose

[Jun 18 17:32:50] <GM_Manuel> Manuel does pretty mucht the same, Albert.

[Jun 18 17:32:53] <The_Sherrif> "It's me, Wax. Can I come in? I brought some field rations."

[Jun 18 17:33:33] <GM_Manuel> "Thanks, Sheriff." He lets you in. He looks pretty bad off. He's not crying anymore, but you can tell he's done a lot of it.

[Jun 18 17:33:52] <GM_Manuel> He takes what food you give him.

[Jun 18 17:34:04] <The_Sherrif> I hand him a packet of whatever. "How are you holding up?"

[Jun 18 17:34:27] <GM_Manuel> He looks at you a moment, then tears up. "I don't know what to do, Sheriff!"

[Jun 18 17:34:49] <The_Sherrif> "No one ever does when it hits this hard."

[Jun 18 17:34:59] <The_Sherrif> "I'll be honest, I'm a little confused myself."

[Jun 18 17:35:05] <The_Sherrif> "well...very."

[Jun 18 17:35:11] <GM_Manuel> "Sheriff... you think there's gonna be a war?"

[Jun 18 17:35:28] <The_Sherrif> Shrug. "There might be. I've had some worries about that."

[Jun 18 17:36:06] <The_Sherrif> "Listen, You know I look after you, just like you watch my back."

[Jun 18 17:36:17] <GM_Manuel> "Yes, sir"

[Jun 18 17:36:19] <The_Sherrif> "So I'm telling you this from the bottom of my heart."

[Jun 18 17:36:47] * The_Sherrif has quit (Quit: Leaving)

[Jun 18 17:36:51] <GM_Manuel> "Sir?"

[Jun 18 17:36:53] <GM_Manuel> shit

[Jun 18 17:37:17] <Matrim_Argent> Quck?

[Jun 18 17:37:39] <GM_Manuel> So, Matrim, what do you after bathing?

[Jun 18 17:37:56] <Matrim_Argent> Hmmm.

[Jun 18 17:38:21] <Matrim_Argent> I'm gonna go looking for Viollca.

[Jun 18 17:38:34] <Viollca> (In the morning, Paul realizes his heart is bottomless)

[Jun 18 17:38:57] <GM_Manuel> She is just finished with her bath, it seems, & you see her returning to camp with Caradonna.

[Jun 18 17:39:06] Usage: ME <action>, sends the action to the current channel (actions are written in the 3rd person, like /me jumps)

[Jun 18 17:39:22] * TheGM (nwebb@371cd19e.26866aa7.lbcktx.swbell.net) has joined #shem

[Jun 18 17:39:49] * TheGM is now known as The_fuckin_Sherrif_already

[Jun 18 17:40:07] * The_fuckin_Sherrif_already is now known as The_Sherrif

[Jun 18 17:40:10] * Matrim_Argent approaches the two of them, hesitates, looking away, takes a breath, steels his nerve, and looks at Viollca. "Madam, might I speak with you for a moment?"

[Jun 18 17:40:11] <GM_Manuel> Wax responds do your statement with a "Sir?"

[Jun 18 17:40:17] * Viollca 's eyes are puffy. She looks defeated.

[Jun 18 17:40:27] <The_Sherrif> (what was the last thing I said to him?)

[Jun 18 17:40:35] <GM_Manuel> "So I'm telling you this from the bottom of my heart."

[Jun 18 17:40:40] <Viollca> <The_Sherrif> "So I'm telling you this from the bottom of my heart."

[Jun 18 17:40:40] <Viollca> * The_Sherrif has quit (Quit: Leaving)

[Jun 18 17:40:55] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna excuses herself from you two, & heads off on her own.

[Jun 18 17:41:12] <GM_Manuel> [we'll see if i can handle two convos at once. pray, continue gentles all]

[Jun 18 17:41:38] <Matrim_Argent> "Er, if this is not a good time, it can wait."

[Jun 18 17:41:41] * Viollca looks after Caradonna, then looks roughly at your feet and sighs.

[Jun 18 17:42:13] <Viollca> "I'm sorry if I offended you Sir, I did not mean--"

[Jun 18 17:42:23] <The_Sherrif> "Whatever comes, the thing you don't have to worry about is those who have gone home."

[Jun 18 17:42:46] <The_Sherrif> "Right now, they've got the light on for _us._"

[Jun 18 17:42:57] * Matrim_Argent looks confused. "Offended me? What do you mean?"

[Jun 18 17:42:59] <GM_Manuel> Wax nods, tears rolling down his face. "I promised him I would be there for him, sir."

[Jun 18 17:43:12] <GM_Manuel> "I.. I wasn't there."

[Jun 18 17:43:25] <The_Sherrif> "And you will. Just not yet. We got a long way to go before we go home."

[Jun 18 17:43:38] <GM_Manuel> He gulps. "Yes, sir. Thank you, sir."

[Jun 18 17:43:42] <Viollca> "I owe these cloaks a great debt, and I will do what they ask of me. If you wish though, I'll go find company elsewhere. I can talk with Magnus tonight."

[Jun 18 17:44:11] * Viollca gulps and takes a slow breath while breathing in

[Jun 18 17:44:38] <The_Sherrif> "Whatever comes, it'll be alright."

[Jun 18 17:44:56] <GM_Manuel> "So.. what happens now, Sheriff?"

[Jun 18 17:45:07] * Matrim_Argent hesitates, having no idea what Viollca is talking about, then decides to just press on. "I must apologize to you. I have wronged you horribly."

[Jun 18 17:45:33] <The_Sherrif> "We move on. I'm going to do something...uh...a little rash. I can't give you details, but I'm in good company, and I'll be back when its over."

[Jun 18 17:46:01] <The_Sherrif> "Suffice it to say, I'm never walking away from my duties to <our town>."

[Jun 18 17:46:25] <The_Sherrif> "I'll be the sherrif of our town 'til my dying day, unless someone fires me, and there's no one left to do that."

[Jun 18 17:46:32] * Viollca blinks for a moment confused. "It was her choice, and I accepted her decision. You had no part in what happened."

[Jun 18 17:46:38] <The_Sherrif> "I intend to see this set right."

[Jun 18 17:47:03] <GM_Manuel> "You gonna go give it to the Insectoids, sir?"

[Jun 18 17:47:09] <Viollca> "And if I was able to help, I'm glad for it. It's what I came to do."

[Jun 18 17:47:20] * Matrim_Argent 's confusion worsens. "What was the choice of whom? I fear I don't understand."

[Jun 18 17:47:30] <The_Sherrif> "I doubt I can go that far,"

[Jun 18 17:47:39] <The_Sherrif> "my path isn't set yet."

[Jun 18 17:47:51] <The_Sherrif> "but I've got some ideas, and some people with me."

[Jun 18 17:48:12] <The_Sherrif> "What I need from you is to be the overt, public face of our town."

[Jun 18 17:48:30] <The_Sherrif> "and to that end...Well..." I remove my badge.

[Jun 18 17:48:50] <GM_Manuel> He looks at you blankly, not quite getting it. "You're resigning?"

[Jun 18 17:48:56] <The_Sherrif> I hate to part with it, but I hand it to him. "Do you swear to (appropriate oath of office for a Sherrif)?"

[Jun 18 17:49:14] * Viollca gulps again. "Madam Rensch, she wanted to speak to you directly. She asked, and I accepted."

[Jun 18 17:49:31] <Viollca> (awww nathan...)

[Jun 18 17:49:31] <GM_Manuel> He chokes up. "Y... yes, sir. I was gonna go join the infantry, sir, but if you think I'd... I'd make a good sheriff, sir. Yes, sir."

[Jun 18 17:50:03] <The_Sherrif> "Good. When we get where we're going, do what you can. raise a stink. get our town all the attention it deserves."

[Jun 18 17:50:17] <The_Sherrif> "And I'll be working in my own way."

[Jun 18 17:50:28] * Matrim_Argent blinks. "Oh? Oh! No, it was strong of her to remain to pass on the message, and I am very grateful to you for having aided her."

[Jun 18 17:50:35] <GM_Manuel> "Yes, sir. I'll set out for Malladin in the morning, sir."

[Jun 18 17:50:51] <GM_Manuel> "You can't tell me where you're going?"

[Jun 18 17:51:18] <The_Sherrif> "Be sure to coordinate with (what was the redcloak leader's name again?). He knows things, and can help you. I'll talk to him tonight to let him know what's up."

[Jun 18 17:51:57] <The_Sherrif> "No. I can't. And if anyone asks, I stayed behind to fulfil my duties and died at the hands of a demented jester, as told to you by (redcloak leader.)"

[Jun 18 17:51:57] * Viollca adverts her eyes and looks like you just slapped her on the back.

[Jun 18 17:52:01] <GM_Manuel> [Magnus. your town was called Anlir, by the way]

[Jun 18 17:52:09] <The_Sherrif> (thanks.)

[Jun 18 17:52:21] <GM_Manuel> "Uhh. Yes, sir."

[Jun 18 17:52:27] <GM_Manuel> "Demented jester, sir?"

[Jun 18 17:52:33] <GM_Manuel> Wax looks very confused.

[Jun 18 17:52:34] <Viollca> "I thought, that, " "I was ashamed. I apologize. I misunderstood."

[Jun 18 17:52:40] <The_Sherrif> "Magnus will explain. it's uh...not happy."

[Jun 18 17:53:21] * Matrim_Argent smiles uncertainly, trying for reassuring. "It's quite alright. I should have expressed my gratitude more clearly at the time."

[Jun 18 17:53:25] <The_Sherrif> "Now, if the spirit moves you to join the infantry, follow your heart, but you'll be helping me out a lot to take on the office of Sherrif while I'm gone."

[Jun 18 17:53:29] <GM_Manuel> He doesn't look less confused, but he says, "Yes, sir."

[Jun 18 17:54:17] <GM_Manuel> "Sir, I'd be honored."

[Jun 18 17:54:17] <The_Sherrif> Smile. "You're a good man for the job, and a good man anyway besides. I'm glad you'll be watching my back."

[Jun 18 17:54:22] * Viollca shakes her head and furrows her brow. "No, no, its fine, its, " *weak smile* "not normal."

[Jun 18 17:54:24] <GM_Manuel> "I'm glad you're on the case, sir."

[Jun 18 17:54:46] <The_Sherrif> "Alright. I need to go talk to Magnus. This business has my head spinning. I hate hard cases."

[Jun 18 17:54:54] <Viollca> "I'm sorry for any discomfort I caused you, Sir."

[Jun 18 17:55:03] <The_Sherrif> I wave a salute and go find Magnus, if he's up.

[Jun 18 17:55:48] <GM_Manuel> Wax shakes your hand, if you'll let him

[Jun 18 17:55:58] <The_Sherrif> I clasp hands with him.

[Jun 18 17:56:01] * Matrim_Argent shakes his head and takes a deep breath. "No, the discomfort was of my own making. I wronged you. Last night I came to your tent and stole from you. I must apologize and

make reparations."

[Jun 18 17:56:40] <Viollca> "Ha!"

[Jun 18 17:57:03] * Viollca laughs aloud once and looks at you directly

[Jun 18 17:57:16] * Matrim_Argent blinks, having expected pretty much anything but that.

[Jun 18 17:57:47] <The_Sherrif> Is Magnus up>

[Jun 18 17:57:48] <Viollca> "Me? I have nothing, Sir. Is this a jest?"

[Jun 18 17:58:05] <GM_Manuel> Yes, Magnus is up.

[Jun 18 17:58:12] <GM_Manuel> He's talking with someone you don't know.

[Jun 18 17:58:31] <The_Sherrif> I notice this and step back a little out of hearing range so as to allow them to finish.

[Jun 18 17:58:44] * Matrim_Argent blinks again, then shakes his head. "No. I took your dreams. I felt that, of all in the camp, you would miss them least, but that does not change that it was theft, and a grievous offense."

[Jun 18 17:59:07] <GM_Manuel> It's only a moment before the man takes his leave of Magnus, who then looks about & notices you. "Yes, Sheriff?"

[Jun 18 17:59:34] <The_Sherrif> I inform him of what I told Wax, and what Wax is going to do to distract from me whilst undercover.

[Jun 18 17:59:59] <The_Sherrif> I also tell him about the lie Wax is to tell about my "death."

[Jun 18 18:00:33] <GM_Manuel> Magnus nods appreciatively. "Not a bad idea, Sheriff. I was worried that your Deputy might be tempted to try something rash, but this will give him purpose."

[Jun 18 18:00:59] * Viollca looks at you confused. "My dreams? I-" she looks perplexed. "I don't understand."

[Jun 18 18:01:00] <The_Sherrif> "That was one hope." Sigh. "To be honest though...I'm feeling some old instincts surface and I wish I wasn't."

[Jun 18 18:01:35] <GM_Manuel> "Instincts, Sheriff?"

[Jun 18 18:02:10] <GM_Manuel> "What do you mean?"

[Jun 18 18:02:12] <The_Sherrif> "Well...I'm a peacekeeper, but I wasn't always. I used to be less peaceful. I've forgotten most of it, thank the Gods,"

[Jun 18 18:02:20] * Matrim_Argent hesitates again over how to explain. "I... suffered a slight mishap with my power, and I must for the moment take nourishment from the dreams of others."

[Jun 18 18:02:27] <GM_Manuel> "Ahh. You fear the violence in yourself?"

[Jun 18 18:02:32] <The_Sherrif> "but that Jester really called some old books off the shelf if you know what I mean."

[Jun 18 18:02:44] <The_Sherrif> "Yeah. I mean, I wasn't a real hardcase or anything,"

[Jun 18 18:03:06] <The_Sherrif> "but some angers I'd rather just let die."

[Jun 18 18:03:37] <Matrim_Argent> "I was ashamed of this liability, and did not wish others to see it, but that does not excuse theft in the night."

[Jun 18 18:03:38] <GM_Manuel> "Sheriff, I cannot think of a more appropriate target for anger than that jester at the moment."

[Jun 18 18:03:50] * Viollca looks confused for a moment. Then she looks you up and down, and then gets a look of realization, followed by surprise

[Jun 18 18:04:05] <The_Sherrif> Nods. "Well...I'll try to do right by the mission, and that's my word on it one way or the other."

[Jun 18 18:04:13] <Viollca> "You--"

[Jun 18 18:04:19] * Viollca stops

[Jun 18 18:04:42] <GM_Manuel> "Thank you, Sheriff. Tomorrow morning, we'll discuss the best way for you all to perform this mission. But now, I think you should rest."

[Jun 18 18:05:01] <The_Sherrif> "Yes sir." I bow once, and turn to go to my tent.

[Jun 18 18:05:23] * Matrim_Argent bows. "Yes. I apologize sincerly for the transgression, and will do anything in my power to make amends."

[Jun 18 18:06:48] <Viollca> "Your apology humbles me, Sir. I bear you no ill will."

[Jun 18 18:07:29] <Viollca> "--just, please, ask before you take my dreams agian..."

[Jun 18 18:07:44] * Matrim_Argent seems deeply relieved. "I, ah, thank you. I swear to you that I will do so."

[Jun 18 18:07:58] <Viollca> "Tell me please, did you see what I dreamt?"

[Jun 18 18:08:27] <Matrim_Argent> "No, I could only feel that it was terrible."

[Jun 18 18:09:01] <Viollca> (is that right billy? Should I roll read people?)

[Jun 18 18:09:07] <GM_Manuel> [i forget if that;s what i decided or not--neal?]

[Jun 18 18:09:41] <Matrim_Argent> ( You ruled that on a special or exceptional I could see pieces, I think, but I haven't rolled that high yet. )

[Jun 18 18:09:53] <GM_Manuel> [noted]

[Jun 18 18:10:01] <Viollca> (ok)

[Jun 18 18:10:22] * Viollca nods and covers herself up a bit.

[Jun 18 18:10:34] <Matrim_Argent> ( So as far as Matrim knows, it's entirely true. Up to Viollca if she wants to try to see if he's lying or not. )

[Jun 18 18:11:04] <Viollca> (its fine.)

[Jun 18 18:11:17] <Matrim_Argent> "Ah, thank you again for your generosity. If there is anything you need, tell me."

[Jun 18 18:11:24] * Matrim_Argent turns to return to camp.

[Jun 18 18:11:47] <Viollca> "Thank--" as he walks away. "...you."

[Jun 18 18:12:50] * Matrim_Argent turns back at the words and smiles shyly, then continues on.

[Jun 18 18:14:13] * Viollca smiles and goes back to camp with her head down

[Jun 18 18:14:29] <GM_Manuel> so you two go to sleep?

[Jun 18 18:14:36] <Viollca> mmhmm

[Jun 18 18:14:47] <Matrim_Argent> Yeah.

[Jun 18 18:29:00] <The_Sherrif> "...and that, your honor, was how I got my dick stuck in her mail-slot."

[Jun 18 18:29:25] <GM_Manuel> "Tell it again, leaving out the parts about the paper cuts."

[Jun 18 18:29:56] <Matrim_Argent> ("Hello, 911? Yeah, it's Quagmire. Yeah. Got it stuck in a window this time.")

[Jun 18 18:30:55] <GM_Manuel> so every one wakes up around 9 in the morning

[Jun 18 18:31:40] * albert_ looks like hell at breakfast

[Jun 18 18:31:48] <The_Sherrif> I get up and help with breakfast.

[Jun 18 18:32:09] <GM_Manuel> It's stewed rabbit, fried dog, cooked sparrow.

[Jun 18 18:32:14] <GM_Manuel> No, not really

[Jun 18 18:32:40] <GM_Manuel> It's normal field rations

[Jun 18 18:32:40] <albert_> mmmmm sparrow is a delicacy

[Jun 18 18:32:53] <The_Sherrif> "Pass the dog."

[Jun 18 18:32:59] <GM_Manuel> It's very foggy out.

[Jun 18 18:33:03] * Matrim_Argent stumbles to breakfast.

[Jun 18 18:33:09] <GM_Manuel> Fog so thick you could almost walk on it.

[Jun 18 18:33:20] * Viollca eats sparingly

[Jun 18 18:33:31] <Viollca> (me without my cloud walk)

[Jun 18 18:33:33] <GM_Manuel> Manuel eats lightly.

[Jun 18 18:33:49] * The_Sherrif eats gingerly.

[Jun 18 18:33:51] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna seems to have already eaten, & waits patiently for you all to finish.

[Jun 18 18:34:11] <The_Sherrif> (sorry. couldn't think of an adjective that hadn't been used.)

[Jun 18 18:34:28] <GM_Manuel> [that's fine]

[Jun 18 18:35:02] <The_Sherrif> brb

[Jun 18 18:35:20] <GM_Manuel> Magnus is attending to other things about camp.

[Jun 18 18:35:34] <GM_Manuel> Gas is looking worriedly about & approaching breakfast warily, but heaping the food on his plate.

[Jun 18 18:35:46] <GM_Manuel> Wax is preparing a horse.

[Jun 18 18:36:05] * Viollca looks groggy, but grins off into the distance while chewing.

[Jun 18 18:36:10] * Matrim_Argent eats a lot.

[Jun 18 18:36:17] <GM_Manuel> Marg is eating a lot.

[Jun 18 18:36:22] <albert_> as does Albert

[Jun 18 18:36:37] <albert_> but he doesn't seem to pay attention to what he eats

[Jun 18 18:37:21] <GM_Manuel> ...so ben is nearly 3 hours late. does anyone wish to try to call him?

[Jun 18 18:37:34] <GM_Manuel> [rob? do ye have his number?]

[Jun 18 18:37:46] * Matrim_Argent doesn't either. He just seems very hungry.

[Jun 18 18:38:12] <Viollca> (calling)

[Jun 18 18:38:55] <The_Sherrif> I'm a go talk to Gas.

[Jun 18 18:54:13] <GM_Manuel> does VIollca do anything special during breakfast?

[Jun 18 18:54:17] <albert_> but....it's not my fault

[Jun 18 18:54:30] <Viollca> I was thinking, to no avail.

[Jun 18 18:54:36] <GM_Manuel> a'ight

[Jun 18 18:54:39] * Viollca doesn't do anything special

[Jun 18 18:54:59] <GM_Manuel> i'm kinda stuck. i have to resolve Gas & Paul before moving on.

[Jun 18 18:55:46] <GM_Manuel> rob, i've an idea. give neal ben's number. when nathan gets back, we'll give him ben's number. then, all three of you call at the same time. maybe the triple ring will wake him[Jun 18 18:55:47] <Matrim_Argent> We could throw a party.

[Jun 18 18:55:47] <Viollca> and we can't set off on an epic adventure without ben

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[Jun 18 18:56:03] <Aldo_Murgen> that's better

[Jun 18 18:56:09] <GM_Manuel> benm?!?!

[Jun 18 18:56:13] <Viollca> youre good at that neal

[Jun 18 18:56:39] <Aldo_Murgen> i had to wait for the cable tech to finish before i could leave

[Jun 18 18:56:39] <Matrim_Argent> Damn straight.

[Jun 18 18:56:40] <Viollca> you are officially the party summoner

[Jun 18 18:56:53] <Aldo_Murgen> but i now have internet at home, theoretically

[Jun 18 18:56:58] <GM_Manuel> well, now i can resolve what has happened with aldo while we wait on nathan

[Jun 18 18:57:15] <Matrim_Argent> I'll summon Nathan soon.

[Jun 18 18:57:19] <Aldo_Murgen> does Nathan know about netsplits? i'm thinking he doesn't.

[Jun 18 18:57:45] <GM_Manuel> the problem is he went off AIM, too

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[Jun 18 18:58:31] <Matrim_Argent> Haha.

[Jun 18 18:58:39] * Viollca sets mode +r Viollca

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[Jun 18 18:59:59] <Viollca> hi

[Jun 18 18:59:59] <Eklem> Viollca: hola

[Jun 18 19:00:11] * GM_Manuel is now known as liamtheruiner

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[Jun 18 19:00:27] * liamtheruiner is now known as GM_Manuel

[Jun 18 19:01:32] <GM_Manuel> r gm GM_Manuel

[Jun 18 19:01:33] <Eklem> GM is now set as GM_Manuel

[Jun 18 19:02:22] <GM_Manuel> Aldo is now awake

[Jun 18 19:02:50] <GM_Manuel> does he get breakfast, join the others, do anything special?

[Jun 18 19:05:00] <GM_Manuel> ?

[Jun 18 19:05:13] * GM_Manuel sobs

[Jun 18 19:05:25] <Matrim_Argent> There there.

[Jun 18 19:06:09] <GM_Manuel> when nathan gets back, we're gonna find out if there's a better time for this

[Jun 18 19:06:42] <albert_> better time for what?

[Jun 18 19:06:47] <GM_Manuel> roleplaying

[Jun 18 19:06:58] <Viollca> the game has been kind of choppy

[Jun 18 19:07:08] <Viollca> I tried calling nathan to no avail

[Jun 18 19:07:17] <Viollca> I hope his house didn't explode

[Jun 18 19:07:22] <GM_Manuel> did it ring or is his phone off?

[Jun 18 19:07:44] <Viollca> it rang until I got his machine

[Jun 18 19:07:50] <GM_Manuel> a'ight.

[Jun 18 19:08:10] <Matrim_Argent> Might have the ringer off.

[Jun 18 19:08:22] <GM_Manuel> i hereby invoke the five minute rule on ben

[Jun 18 19:08:29] <GM_Manuel> & will feast upon his children

[Jun 18 19:08:43] * Aldo_Murgen jumps straight up out of whatever he was sleeping in, throws his robe around him, and bounces over to find something to eat. He's singing something in dwarvish.

[Jun 18 19:08:57] <GM_Manuel> he has redeemed himself

[Jun 18 19:09:05] <GM_Manuel> we're going to work around Paul for now

[Jun 18 19:09:09] <Aldo_Murgen> was reading, then typing

[Jun 18 19:09:51] <GM_Manuel> basically, Aldo comes out cheerfully to the breakfast circle. Any responses to this sudden cheerful explosion of dwarfish singing?

[Jun 18 19:10:12] <GM_Manuel> [does Aldo sing well?]

[Jun 18 19:10:16] * Matrim_Argent looks up and nods respectfully.

[Jun 18 19:10:29] <Aldo_Murgen> r singing 7

[Jun 18 19:10:29] <Eklem> Aldo_Murgen [singing: 7] 11 13 13

[Jun 18 19:10:38] <Viollca> (ep)

[Jun 18 19:10:40] <Aldo_Murgen> [eh, it's recognizable as a song]

[Jun 18 19:10:52] * albert_ seems to snap out of his reverie and grins broadly, and tries to sing along if there is some sort of recoginiseable chorus

[Jun 18 19:11:47] * Viollca looks up and smiles shyly

[Jun 18 19:11:49] <albert_> either way, he is much more aware of his surroundings and meal then he was before

[Jun 18 19:12:07] <GM_Manuel> Albert sings along with what he thinsk is the choruss. It probably is, but his dwarfish is as bad as Aldo's singing

[Jun 18 19:12:20] * Aldo_Murgen stops singing as soon as he has something to put in his mouth, then says. "Nothing like a good rest tae put the past behind ye!"

[Jun 18 19:12:28] <albert_> r showmanship 14

[Jun 18 19:12:28] <Eklem> albert_ [showmanship: 14] 16 16 23

[Jun 18 19:12:44] <Aldo_Murgen> "Now then, where are we off tae next?"

[Jun 18 19:12:47] <GM_Manuel> But Albert's singing is very animated & entertaining.

[Jun 18 19:13:11] <albert_> "Magnus hasn't told us yet Reverend."

[Jun 18 19:13:19] <GM_Manuel> Magnus says, "Well, I was going to wait until Paul had finished his business with the boy & his Deputy, but I suppose we can start now."

[Jun 18 19:13:27] * Matrim_Argent looks around incredulously.

[Jun 18 19:13:55] <GM_Manuel> Magnus comes up to the camp, "You are to attempt to catch up with the Green Cloaks."

[Jun 18 19:14:21] <GM_Manuel> "The majority of them are scattered over the central Empire. Originally, they were to converge near to here, but we upset their plans the other night."

[Jun 18 19:14:51] * Viollca finishes what she was eating and is careful collect up all the crumbs

[Jun 18 19:14:52] <GM_Manuel> "Now, it is likely they will move back to their center of power, near Namarc." Namarc is the capital of the Archduchy, second biggest port city in the Empire.

[Jun 18 19:15:31] <GM_Manuel> "Each of you will have a different set of instructions as members of a unit of the slavers."

[Jun 18 19:16:01] * Viollca will wait until he is done talking to ask questions

[Jun 18 19:16:17] <GM_Manuel> "Reverend, you're to serve the following purposes:"

[Jun 18 19:16:31] * Aldo_Murgen snaps his sausage-link fingers and points. "Aye! I know the best inn in Namarc, the keeper puts some spice or other in all the ales, ye'll love it." Then he listens.

[Jun 18 19:17:18] * Aldo_Murgen eats a roll or biscuit of some sort while listening.

[Jun 18 19:17:49] <GM_Manuel> "You're to serve your normal function as a Father of the Life Church, but do not reveal this to the Green Cloaks, as it is an unlikely even that one of the Cloth would be a member of their group. You are also to serve as the brute strength fo the slaver unit. If you are ever in possession of slaves in front of other slavers, you musst be the one to herd them & push them about."

[Jun 18 19:18:14] <GM_Manuel> "But only the male slaves, & not too rough--they must be suitable for market, after all." He says this last ironically.

[Jun 18 19:19:04] * Aldo_Murgen chuckles. "Just like herding goats at my uncle's ranch, no doubt."

[Jun 18 19:19:16] * albert_ pays rapt attention

[Jun 18 19:19:27] <GM_Manuel> "Unfortunately, that is exactly the sort of behavior expected of you."

[Jun 18 19:20:41] <GM_Manuel> To Viollca, "Miss, you are to be the Caretaker of the female slaves. This means you are to see to their needs & keep their Herder, which will be Caradonna, from over-abusing them. Some abuse is expected, but too much will ruin the price. You will also see to it that no males come near the female slaves. Since you won't likely have any slaves with you for the most part, your job will be domestic chores around the camp & being rude & distrusti

[Jun 18 19:20:50] <GM_Manuel> "I apologize for the difficulties that will cause."

[Jun 18 19:21:16] <Aldo_Murgen> [cut off after "being rude & distrusti"]

[Jun 18 19:21:33] <GM_Manuel> [you cut him off or the text in your screen cut off?]

[Jun 18 19:21:40] <albert_> the text

[Jun 18 19:21:43] <GM_Manuel> distrusting of the males."

[Jun 18 19:21:46] <Aldo_Murgen> [your client sucks]

[Jun 18 19:21:55] <GM_Manuel> my client shows it all.

[Jun 18 19:22:05] <Aldo_Murgen> [that's because you sent it]

[Jun 18 19:22:19] <GM_Manuel> [fair enough. anyway, game on]

[Jun 18 19:22:52] * Viollca nods with conviction. "It is an easier job than I expected."

[Jun 18 19:24:04] <GM_Manuel> "Sir Argent, you will be Caretaker for the male slaves. This means you see to their minimal needs & make sure they don't get abused too much, much like her job. While it seems

you have less work than her, though, in a real slaving situation, yours would be more dangerous--most male slaves that get kept for market are huge, powerful hulking warriors. You'd have to keep them from escaping as well."

[Jun 18 19:24:11] <GM_Manuel> [did all that transfer?]

[Jun 18 19:24:15] <Aldo_Murgen> [yup]

[Jun 18 19:24:29] <Aldo_Murgen> [we'll tell you where it gets cut off, if it does]

[Jun 18 19:24:39] <GM_Manuel> "Mostly, Sir Argent, you will need to keep your mouth shut & keep your eyes peeled."

[Jun 18 19:24:46] * Matrim_Argent nods uncertainly. "I, er, I shall try."

[Jun 18 19:25:35] <GM_Manuel> "Manuel & Paul will be the main guards for this unit. They're the ones who cut up anyone who messes with you, while you all stick close to the slaves & keep them 'safe' for market."

[Jun 18 19:25:39] <GM_Manuel> "Albert..."

[Jun 18 19:25:44] <albert_> at the mention of his name, Albert leans forward even more eager than before, nodding enthusiastically to his tasks

[Jun 18 19:25:47] <GM_Manuel> "You are to be the slaving captain."

[Jun 18 19:26:02] <albert_> "Me?"

[Jun 18 19:26:03] <GM_Manuel> "You will do the talking for the group."

[Jun 18 19:26:21] * albert_ nods quickly 'Yes Magnus."

[Jun 18 19:26:53] <GM_Manuel> "When you do the talking, have Paul near to you, but see to it he keeps quiet. He'll need to hear what you hear, as he's the one with experience solving cases."

[Jun 18 19:27:42] * albert_ continues with his enthusiastic nodding

[Jun 18 19:28:02] <albert_> (Nathan's power is out)

[Jun 18 19:28:03] <GM_Manuel> "You're to meet up with the main body of the Green Cloaks & find as much information out as you can. Their leaders, their locations, the extent of this deal with the Atanaxans, & anything at all about Anlir, or this jester that appeared there."

[Jun 18 19:28:17] <GM_Manuel> [well, damn]

[Jun 18 19:29:06] <albert_> "What's our story?"

[Jun 18 19:29:09] <GM_Manuel> "While you're there, find out what you can about their alliances with the other smuggling groups, if any, & any news or rumors you can."

[Jun 18 19:29:26] * Matrim_Argent nods slowly.

[Jun 18 19:29:47] <GM_Manuel> "You're story is that you ran into a group of Red Cloaks on the way to the meeting, & you lost several of your men. You also lost the few slaves you had, but they were old & not worth much."

[Jun 18 19:30:25] * Viollca shudders

[Jun 18 19:30:26] <albert_> "All right. We'lll do our best Magnus."

[Jun 18 19:30:40] <GM_Manuel> ""You've been out of contact for a while, working up north--Sir Argent & the young lady can tell you what you need to know about the northern Empire."

[Jun 18 19:31:06] * albert_ looks to those two before turning and nodding again

[Jun 18 19:31:13] <GM_Manuel> "Like most smuggling outfits, the right hand rarely knows what the left hand is doing, so your ignorance will not draw much attention."

[Jun 18 19:31:33] <GM_Manuel> "Do you all understand?"

[Jun 18 19:31:42] <Matrim_Argent> "Yes."

[Jun 18 19:31:43] <Viollca> "Yes Magnus."

[Jun 18 19:31:43] <albert_> "Yes."

[Jun 18 19:32:00] <GM_Manuel> "Any questions?"

[Jun 18 19:32:27] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna & Manuel replied in the afffirmative to his first question, & indicate negatively to having questions of their own.

[Jun 18 19:32:54] <albert_> "How do other slavers treat each other in general?"

[Jun 18 19:33:11] <albert_> "Is rank all that important to them?"

[Jun 18 19:33:22] <GM_Manuel> "With distrust, unless they know each other."

[Jun 18 19:33:51] * Viollca frowns

[Jun 18 19:33:52] <albert_> "All right."

[Jun 18 19:34:16] <GM_Manuel> "You'll be expected to follow orders from one of the Slaver Generals or the Master of the Guild, but other than that, all slaver units are equal. You don't follow the orders of a captain not your own."

[Jun 18 19:34:20] * Aldo_Murgen gives Magnus a firm nod of understanding, but appears to be focused on putting something in his cup from a small flask.

[Jun 18 19:34:31] <GM_Manuel> "We'll show you the rank insignia in a moment."

[Jun 18 19:34:44] <GM_Manuel> [there's a fish in the perc--flask?]

[Jun 18 19:34:53] <albert_> (haha)

[Jun 18 19:36:09] <GM_Manuel> "If you claim to be from up north & someone else claims to be as well, don't panic. There're plenty of places up north, & it is unlikely you'll stumble onto someone from the same area. North Cannis is probably the best place to claim to be from--it's far enough away that you'd be out of the loop & relatively alone."

[Jun 18 19:36:30] * Matrim_Argent nods again.

[Jun 18 19:37:05] * TheGM (nwebb@28a85a1b.26866aa7.lbcktx.swbell.net) has joined #shem

[Jun 18 19:37:08] * TheGM has quit (Client exited)

[Jun 18 19:37:10] * TheGM (nwebb@28a85a1b.26866aa7.lbcktx.swbell.net) has joined #shem

[Jun 18 19:37:11] <Aldo_Murgen> [yay! boo!]

[Jun 18 19:37:13] <Aldo_Murgen> [yay!]

[Jun 18 19:37:14] <albert_> Nathan!

[Jun 18 19:37:26] * TheGM is now known as not_The_Sherrif_anymore

[Jun 18 19:37:36] <albert_> awwww

[Jun 18 19:37:39] <Viollca> "What should we do with the knowledge we obtain?"

[Jun 18 19:37:51] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> somebody brief me.

[Jun 18 19:37:57] <GM_Manuel> one sc nathan

[Jun 18 19:37:59] <GM_Manuel> sec

[Jun 18 19:38:45] <Aldo_Murgen> [i'd do it, but i was split off for a while]

[Jun 18 19:39:08] <GM_Manuel> "That depends on the knowledge. If it is damning enough--clear evidence that will destroy the Green Cloaks or links them to the attack on Anlir--put it in the hands of the authorities. If it is simply information that helps us fight them, give it to me & we'll decide what next then."

[Jun 18 19:39:23] <GM_Manuel> Paul was about to talk to Gas

[Jun 18 19:39:36] <GM_Manuel> Let's clear that up.

[Jun 18 19:39:37] <albert_> "How do we reach you again?"

[Jun 18 19:39:51] <GM_Manuel> [i'm-a get the sheriff caught up first]

[Jun 18 19:40:07] <GM_Manuel> Paul was approaching Gas around the breakfast circle. Gas looks to the Sheriff.

[Jun 18 19:41:26] <GM_Manuel> [?]

[Jun 18 19:42:30] <GM_Manuel> [ping?]

[Jun 18 19:42:45] <Matrim_Argent> ( Pong )

[Jun 18 19:42:53] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> no. I aborted talking to Gas.

[Jun 18 19:42:54] <Viollca> (pung)

[Jun 18 19:43:02] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> the power must have cut out before I did so.

[Jun 18 19:43:12] <GM_Manuel> Oh, okay. What did ye do instead?

[Jun 18 19:43:12] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> I said, "no. nevermind."

[Jun 18 19:43:40] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> I suppose I waited to hear from Magnus and made myself useful in the meantime.

[Jun 18 19:44:27] <GM_Manuel> A'ight, then, we'll say this--Wax called you away to say goodbye to you before he headed out & thus, you missed the start of Magnus's talk wit the PCs.

[Jun 18 19:44:46] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> Okay. "Have you talked to Magnus?"

[Jun 18 19:45:13] <GM_Manuel> "Yes, sir. He told me what to say, & explained what happened with Reverend Tove's place."

[Jun 18 19:45:28] <GM_Manuel> "I'll do what I can to get help back to Anlir."

[Jun 18 19:45:38] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "Okay. Gods be with you then, and leave a light on for me."

[Jun 18 19:45:50] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "I plan to come home when this is over."

[Jun 18 19:45:57] <GM_Manuel> "Will do, Sheriff. And thank you, sir."

[Jun 18 19:46:11] <GM_Manuel> "Yes, sir." He grins & mounts up & heads out

[Jun 18 19:46:36] <GM_Manuel> You go back to the group?

[Jun 18 19:46:39] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> yes.

[Jun 18 19:47:07] <GM_Manuel> As you return, Albert is asking, "How do we reach you again?"

[Jun 18 19:47:38] <GM_Manuel> Magnus responds, "Find the Red Cloaks & you'll find me. Caradonna & Manuel will know how & tell you."

[Jun 18 19:47:59] <GM_Manuel> Magnus looks over when you approach, & says, "Sheriff. I've just been briefing everyone."

[Jun 18 19:48:13] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "I've missed something important then."

[Jun 18 19:48:51] * Viollca looks at Paul as he enters the circle

[Jun 18 19:49:02] <GM_Manuel> "While posing as a Green Cloak, it wouldd be best if you act as a guard--Albert will be the Slaver Captain, & he shall do all the talking, but you're the one with the experience solving cases, so you'll need to be present for most of that. You're to act his personal guard, giving you reason to stick close."

[Jun 18 19:49:21] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> nods. "I can do that."

[Jun 18 19:50:23] <GM_Manuel> "Keep your eyes & ears opeen & try to find out all you can. Find out about the Green Cloaks' alliances & anything that would link them to this attack. The higher up on the cian of Green Cloaks, the more likely you will be to finding information that's useful."

[Jun 18 19:50:39] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> nods.

[Jun 18 19:51:12] <GM_Manuel> "Essentially, your job will be to keep your mouth shut for the most part, but don't be afraid to ask some questions. Just be careful how & when you ask them."

[Jun 18 19:51:24] <GM_Manuel> "If it comes down to it, feed the questions to Albert & have him ask them."

[Jun 18 19:51:41] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "Good idea."

[Jun 18 19:51:42] <GM_Manuel> "Any questions?"

[Jun 18 19:51:57] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "Do we have cover stories?"

[Jun 18 19:52:33] <GM_Manuel> "You were a group attacked by Red Cloaks on your way to the meeting. You lost what slaves you had, but they were old & not worth much. You're from way up north, so you don't know much fo the current situation."

[Jun 18 19:52:51] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> Nods.

[Jun 18 19:53:01] <albert_> "we were last stationed North Cannis."

[Jun 18 19:53:03] <GM_Manuel> "Does anyone have any more questions?"

[Jun 18 19:53:38] <GM_Manuel> [north cannis would be sorta like claiming to be from montana or something--not unpopulated or anything, but pretty remote]

[Jun 18 19:54:06] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> ah.

[Jun 18 19:54:23] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "And if they ask who we were stationed under?"

[Jun 18 19:55:15] <GM_Manuel> "Slaver units are self-sufficient. Technically, they answer to Slaver Generals, but those pretty much live in the big cities & just pass down broad commands. Essentially, you were stationed under Albert here."

[Jun 18 19:55:37] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "Got it."

[Jun 18 19:55:38] * albert_ smiles and ducks his head in a nod

[Jun 18 19:55:47] * Matrim_Argent frowns.

[Jun 18 19:55:51] <GM_Manuel> "Get used to calling him 'Captain'."

[Jun 18 19:56:26] * Viollca nods

[Jun 18 19:56:32] <albert_> "Oh yes, and I better get your names, Reverend, sherrif, ma'am." he nods at Aldo, paul and viollca

[Jun 18 19:56:50] <not_The_Sherrif_anymore> "Axel Murray."

[Jun 18 19:57:10] <GM_Manuel> Magnus signals for a few Red Cloaks to approach. They carry over Green Cloaks, clothes, a few weapons, whips, some shackles, other supplies.

[Jun 18 19:57:18] <albert_> "Axel." he nods as you give it

[Jun 18 19:57:27] * not_The_Sherrif_anymore is now known as Axel

[Jun 18 19:57:41] <Axel> wtf

[Jun 18 19:57:46] <GM_Manuel> "Ahh, speaking of names--Sir Argent, perhaps you should come up with a pseudonym yourself."

[Jun 18 19:57:59] <GM_Manuel> [wtf?]

[Jun 18 19:58:12] <Axel> I got a bunch of stuff in italian or spanish when I switched my nick.

[Jun 18 19:58:23] <Axel> from nickserv.

[Jun 18 19:58:26] <GM_Manuel> [can't help you there]

[Jun 18 19:58:27] * Axel is now known as Guest6190218

[Jun 18 19:58:27] <albert_> (weird)

[Jun 18 19:58:38] <albert_> it's a reserved name I think

[Jun 18 19:58:44] <GM_Manuel> [apparently, you were using a registered nick. choose Axel_Murray

[Jun 18 19:58:46] <GM_Manuel> ]

[Jun 18 19:58:47] <albert_> try Axel_

[Jun 18 19:58:49] * Guest6190218 is now known as Axel_Murray

[Jun 18 19:58:59] * Matrim_Argent blinks. "What? Ah. If you believe it would be best..."

[Jun 18 19:59:03] <Aldo_Murgen> "Aldo Murgen. And for a pseudonym? Hmm."

[Jun 18 19:59:20] <GM_Manuel> "Some higher ranking Slavers might recognize your name, as they themselves might be nobles."

[Jun 18 19:59:27] <albert_> "Nice to meet you Aldo."

[Jun 18 19:59:32] * Matrim_Argent is not happy with the idea.

[Jun 18 19:59:39] <GM_Manuel> "Reverend, you should be fine, unless you want to keep your real name out of it."

[Jun 18 20:00:25] * albert_ offers his hand to Aldo

[Jun 18 20:00:46] * Viollca pauses, finally saying: "Viollca to friends, Violet to everyone else."

[Jun 18 20:01:00] <GM_Manuel> Aldo, you now have Albert's hand. It wiggles, sputs blood, & goes cold.

[Jun 18 20:01:01] * Axel_Murray picks through slavers equipment and attempts to decide how they are worn and carried.

[Jun 18 20:01:03] <GM_Manuel> Not really.

[Jun 18 20:01:07] * Aldo_Murgen shrugs. "Well, I was just about to suggest Dalo Gunmur."

[Jun 18 20:01:16] <GM_Manuel> Magnus chuckles.

[Jun 18 20:01:18] * Aldo_Murgen shakes the hand vigorously.

[Jun 18 20:01:29] <GM_Manuel> "As you please, Reverend."

[Jun 18 20:01:31] <Aldo_Murgen> s/mur/mer/

[Jun 18 20:01:48] <albert_> "Dalo." he nods. THen turns to Viollca. "Violet." He smiles and nods

[Jun 18 20:02:54] <Axel_Murray> "just out of curiosity, did you already know my real name?" to Albert.

[Jun 18 20:02:55] <GM_Manuel> 'Axel,' the slaver equipment is pretty easy to figure out. Most of the shackles & such are just like the kind used on prisoners that were being moved.

[Jun 18 20:03:11] <Axel_Murray> k. I outfit myself.

[Jun 18 20:03:14] <albert_> "No, it isn't Axel?"

[Jun 18 20:03:30] <Axel_Murray> "Well...Paul Driver, really. I thought you were asking for cover names."

[Jun 18 20:03:39] * Aldo_Murgen dons the cloak and takes a short polearm or other implement suitable for herding men.

[Jun 18 20:03:43] * Axel_Murray looks embarrassed.

[Jun 18 20:03:53] <albert_> "either works. Nice to meet you Paul." He offers his hand and grins.

[Jun 18 20:03:53] <GM_Manuel> The 'Herders' need to take the whips

[Jun 18 20:03:54] <Viollca> "It's nice to meet you Paul." Viollca smiles

[Jun 18 20:04:00] <GM_Manuel> The 'Caretakers' should laso have whipss

[Jun 18 20:04:08] <GM_Manuel> The Guards should just take weapons & suchnot

[Jun 18 20:04:20] <GM_Manuel> Albert should have a special pin for his Cloak, but otherwise, is just a guard

[Jun 18 20:04:23] * Axel_Murray shakes hands

[Jun 18 20:04:23] * albert_ will get outfitted as needed

[Jun 18 20:04:33] <Axel_Murray> is there a polearm appropriate for me to take?

[Jun 18 20:04:43] * Aldo_Murgen takes a whip if he's instructed to, but raises an eyebrow and mutters, "Hmph, never needed them for the goats."

[Jun 18 20:04:49] <GM_Manuel> Do you still have your staff?

[Jun 18 20:04:53] <Axel_Murray> yes.

[Jun 18 20:04:58] <GM_Manuel> That will suffice

[Jun 18 20:05:03] <GM_Manuel> Slaver weapons are pretty mixed

[Jun 18 20:05:05] <Axel_Murray> okay. so can I carry my usual gear with the outfit?

[Jun 18 20:05:08] * Viollca takes a cloak and holds the whip up skeptically

[Jun 18 20:05:09] <GM_Manuel> Yeah

[Jun 18 20:05:17] <albert_> what kind of weapons are there? do I need one?

[Jun 18 20:05:26] <GM_Manuel> If you have no weapon, you have to take one

[Jun 18 20:05:32] <Axel_Murray> "Will they think I'm strange if I fight in my usual style? nonlethal first?"

[Jun 18 20:05:38] <GM_Manuel> Swords, clubs, spears, halbreds, etc.

[Jun 18 20:05:53] * Matrim_Argent hesitates, then frowns and offers his sword to Magnus. "Please see to it that this is returned to my family."

[Jun 18 20:05:53] <GM_Manuel> "Most wouldn't recognize it, anyway."

[Jun 18 20:06:02] <albert_> while looking down at the pile, "What do you think Manuel?"

[Jun 18 20:06:04] <Axel_Murray> "Okay."

[Jun 18 20:06:17] <GM_Manuel> "A sssword will be sssuffissshient."

[Jun 18 20:06:19] <Viollca> "Nonleathal makes sense for a slaver."

[Jun 18 20:06:33] <Axel_Murray> "right...have to preserve the merchandise..."

[Jun 18 20:06:37] <GM_Manuel> Magnus nods at that. "True."

[Jun 18 20:06:37] <albert_> "all right." and he reaches in and grabs one.

[Jun 18 20:07:02] <Matrim_Argent> ( Which was Magnus's recognition comment about? )

[Jun 18 20:07:19] <GM_Manuel> ["Nonlethal makles sense for slavers"

[Jun 18 20:07:21] <GM_Manuel> ]

[Jun 18 20:07:36] <GM_Manuel> [did not notice yours, Matrim]

[Jun 18 20:07:47] <GM_Manuel> Magnus looks ot you, Mat, then eyes the sword you hand to him.

[Jun 18 20:07:51] <GM_Manuel> He seems to be hesitating.

[Jun 18 20:08:07] <Matrim_Argent> ( ... Nonlethal makes sense came after the line I meant. Anyway. )

[Jun 18 20:08:18] <Matrim_Argent> ( The offered sword is Matrim's, not his fathers. )

[Jun 18 20:08:33] <GM_Manuel> [ahh]

[Jun 18 20:08:37] <GM_Manuel> "You have another?"

[Jun 18 20:09:12] * Matrim_Argent nods. "My father's. I cannot carry both, and while mine is of less value, it remains a family weapon."

[Jun 18 20:09:45] <GM_Manuel> "Ahh, I will see to it it is taken care of, then."

[Jun 18 20:09:54] <Matrim_Argent> "Thank you."

[Jun 18 20:10:16] * Matrim_Argent sees to the rest of his outfitting.

[Jun 18 20:10:26] * albert_ folds up his red cloak and puts it beneath his shirt, discreetly if possible

[Jun 18 20:10:30] <GM_Manuel> [did Mat choose a pseudonym?]

[Jun 18 20:11:12] <Matrim_Argent> ( No. He's thinking about it. )

[Jun 18 20:11:15] <GM_Manuel> When Albert, Manuel, & Caradonna are in Green Cloaks, they look distinctly odd, due to the fact that they've been in red this whole time

[Jun 18 20:11:23] <GM_Manuel> [jus' making sure i didn't miss it]

[Jun 18 20:12:18] <GM_Manuel> "It is two weeks or so to the surrounds of Namarc, where the Green Cloaks will likely be gathering. Try to find a larger group of Slavers before then & attach to them. "

[Jun 18 20:12:37] * albert_ nods

[Jun 18 20:12:38] <GM_Manuel> Magnus says

[Jun 18 20:13:18] * Viollca looks to the others to see if they are putting on their cloaks before putting on hers

[Jun 18 20:13:26] <GM_Manuel> You're also given horses. Essentially, unless you have other questions or issues ot address, it is time to set off.

[Jun 18 20:13:37] <GM_Manuel> Manuel & Caradonna have theirs on

[Jun 18 20:13:44] <albert_> we leave I think

[Jun 18 20:13:50] * albert_ has his cloak on

[Jun 18 20:14:14] <GM_Manuel> You all set off?

[Jun 18 20:14:17] <albert_> yup

[Jun 18 20:14:20] <Aldo_Murgen> sure

[Jun 18 20:14:23] <Viollca> wait

[Jun 18 20:14:32] <GM_Manuel> yes?

[Jun 18 20:14:34] <Matrim_Argent> Wait?

[Jun 18 20:14:52] * Matrim_Argent wants to talk to Magnus alone, briefly, before leaving.

[Jun 18 20:14:56] <Viollca> "Magnus, I have a request."

[Jun 18 20:15:40] <GM_Manuel> "yes?"

[Jun 18 20:15:43] <GM_Manuel> He asks

[Jun 18 20:15:48] <Viollca> "The boy Marg, who was captured along with us. Can you see that he is taken care of?"

[Jun 18 20:16:15] <Viollca> "I promised to help."

[Jun 18 20:16:16] <GM_Manuel> "Of course. I was intending to see to the freed ones later this morning."

[Jun 18 20:16:43] <GM_Manuel> "Once we gind out where they wish to go, we're going to get them there safely & do what we can for them."

[Jun 18 20:16:54] <GM_Manuel> *find

[Jun 18 20:16:59] * Viollca smiles broadly and hides her head. "Thank you, Magnus."

[Jun 18 20:17:08] <GM_Manuel> "I will also do what I can for Gas." He says to 'Axel'

[Jun 18 20:17:26] <Axel_Murray> "Thank you."

[Jun 18 20:17:36] <GM_Manuel> [by the way, Nathan, you are now feeling the urge to flap your arms & believe you are flying]

[Jun 18 20:17:50] <Axel_Murray> (I do so.)

[Jun 18 20:17:58] <albert_> (hehe)

[Jun 18 20:17:59] <GM_Manuel> [a cart appears]

[Jun 18 20:18:04] <GM_Manuel> [anyway...]

[Jun 18 20:18:04] <Axel_Murray> (Oooh! I forgot that character's name was Axel!)

[Jun 18 20:18:11] <Matrim_Argent> ( Teehee. )

[Jun 18 20:18:30] <GM_Manuel> So, Matrim, you speak to Magnus?

[Jun 18 20:18:35] <GM_Manuel> is this for PM?

[Jun 18 20:18:42] <Matrim_Argent> Actually, nevermind.

[Jun 18 20:18:43] <Matrim_Argent> I don't.

[Jun 18 20:18:45] <GM_Manuel> okay

[Jun 18 20:18:53] <GM_Manuel> in that case, setting off?

[Jun 18 20:19:04] * Matrim_Argent starts to approach Magnus, but turns away.

[Jun 18 20:19:05] <Matrim_Argent> Aye.

[Jun 18 20:20:09] <GM_Manuel> It's still thickly foggy as you set out.

[Jun 18 20:20:18] <Viollca> (do we all get horses?)

[Jun 18 20:20:21] <GM_Manuel> [yes]

[Jun 18 20:20:49] <GM_Manuel> The going is easy. Those who can't ride have plenty of time to learn on the way.

[Jun 18 20:20:53] <Viollca> (I hearby declare that Viollca scores -3 to riding because of that dog.)

[Jun 18 20:21:17] <albert_> albert isn't too hot on a horse

[Jun 18 20:21:21] <albert_> but he manages

[Jun 18 20:22:11] <GM_Manuel> Being in the thick woods, the horses don't move all that quickly, despite the trails.

[Jun 18 20:22:16] <Axel_Murray> I didn't give Paul a riding score, but I should have. 13?

[Jun 18 20:22:30] <GM_Manuel> 13 is fine

[Jun 18 20:22:47] <GM_Manuel> Being Slavers, you're to avoid the main roads & big cities for the most part.

[Jun 18 20:23:16] <GM_Manuel> & you're not to wear the Cloaks into town all together (one or two is a coincidence, six isn't]

[Jun 18 20:23:47] <Axel_Murray> makes sense to me.

[Jun 18 20:23:52] <albert_> yup

[Jun 18 20:24:14] <albert_> Albert will wear his, in case other slavers are in the area

[Jun 18 20:24:25] <GM_Manuel> You don't come across anyone much in the woods at first, & after the first two days, the fog clears up rather suddenly.

[Jun 18 20:24:35] <Matrim_Argent> Do we have non-green cloaks as well?

[Jun 18 20:24:47] <GM_Manuel> If you brought one with you.

[Jun 18 20:24:58] <albert_> I don't anymore, I gave my brown one to an ex-slave

[Jun 18 20:25:32] <Matrim_Argent> Ok.

[Jun 18 20:25:56] * Viollca listens to small talk on the way up, and when no one else is talking, she tells stories from her memories about the North.

[Jun 18 20:25:59] <GM_Manuel> It's typical fall weather at this point. Everyone roll awareness.

[Jun 18 20:26:06] <GM_Manuel> r rog 14

[Jun 18 20:26:06] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [rog: 14] 16 19 24

[Jun 18 20:26:13] <Viollca> r awa 13

[Jun 18 20:26:14] <Eklem> Viollca [awa: 13] 14 22 23

[Jun 18 20:26:24] <GM_Manuel> r awa 12

[Jun 18 20:26:24] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [awa: 12] 15 18 20

[Jun 18 20:26:30] <albert_> r awareness 14

[Jun 18 20:26:30] <Eklem> albert_ [awareness: 14] 16 19 24

[Jun 18 20:26:36] <Matrim_Argent> r awa 13

[Jun 18 20:26:36] <Eklem> Matrim_Argent [awa: 13] 20 20 22

[Jun 18 20:26:39] <Axel_Murray> r awa 13

[Jun 18 20:26:39] <Eklem> Axel_Murray [awa: 13] 20 20 21

[Jun 18 20:26:43] <Aldo_Murgen> r awareness 9

[Jun 18 20:26:43] <Eklem> Aldo_Murgen [awareness: 9] 12 17 19

[Jun 18 20:27:01] <GM_Manuel> Viollca, Paul, & Matrim notice that someone is following the group.

[Jun 18 20:27:11] <GM_Manuel> Albert thinks he notices something behind.

[Jun 18 20:27:23] <Axel_Murray> as the guard, I figure the following is appropriate:

[Jun 18 20:27:24] <Matrim_Argent> Actually, I might should be at penalties at this point if I'm not doing anything about the dreams.

[Jun 18 20:27:41] <Axel_Murray> I turn my horese to let the others get ahead,

[Jun 18 20:27:52] <Axel_Murray> and watch for the follower.

[Jun 18 20:28:02] * albert_ will turn his head if he thinks he saw something

[Jun 18 20:28:06] * Viollca looks back nervously every so often

[Jun 18 20:28:38] * albert_ notices Axel and nods slightly to him as he continues forward

[Jun 18 20:29:12] <Matrim_Argent> ( Yes? No? )

[Jun 18 20:29:37] <GM_Manuel> [decide first if ye've done anything about the dreams]

[Jun 18 20:29:57] <Matrim_Argent> ( I haven't. )

[Jun 18 20:30:52] <GM_Manuel> [you're suffering a -4 at this point, feeling famished, have a splitting headache)

[Jun 18 20:31:05] <Matrim_Argent> ( Aight. )

[Jun 18 20:31:23] <albert_> is it obvious he's not doing so hot?

[Jun 18 20:31:50] <GM_Manuel> with his rogue? probably. he can roll if he's trying to hide it

[Jun 18 20:31:52] * Matrim_Argent has been moody since leaving, and become progressively less responsive.

[Jun 18 20:32:03] <Matrim_Argent> r rog 10

[Jun 18 20:32:03] <Eklem> Matrim_Argent [rog: 10] 11 15 16

[Jun 18 20:32:07] <Matrim_Argent> Hahaaaa.

[Jun 18 20:32:17] <albert_> r awareness 14

[Jun 18 20:32:17] <Eklem> albert_ [awareness: 14] 15 16 16

[Jun 18 20:32:23] <Viollca> r awa 13

[Jun 18 20:32:23] <Eklem> Viollca [awa: 13] 14 17 18

[Jun 18 20:32:46] <GM_Manuel> well, since Matrim is at -4 right now, he actually got an 11

[Jun 18 20:32:52] <Matrim_Argent> Right.

[Jun 18 20:32:54] <GM_Manuel> only Aldo can fail that

[Jun 18 20:33:20] * albert_ would've asked him if he's ok

[Jun 18 20:33:23] <GM_Manuel> So the follower: you smell him before you see him.

[Jun 18 20:33:27] <albert_> ok

[Jun 18 20:33:38] <Axel_Murray> all of us?

[Jun 18 20:33:41] * Matrim_Argent responded that he was fine.

[Jun 18 20:33:59] <GM_Manuel> Eventually, yeah, you all smell him. Paul, you smell him first.

[Jun 18 20:34:07] <Axel_Murray> what do I smell?

[Jun 18 20:34:15] <GM_Manuel> Gas.

[Jun 18 20:34:26] <albert_> (I also would've asked your name, before this point too)

[Jun 18 20:34:38] <Axel_Murray> sigh heavily. I spur toward him.

[Jun 18 20:35:07] <GM_Manuel> There's a rustle, then sudden stillness.

[Jun 18 20:35:20] <GM_Manuel> Like he realized you saw him & tried to stop making noise.

[Jun 18 20:35:23] <Axel_Murray> "Gas, you know I know you're there. Come on out."

[Jun 18 20:35:26] <Matrim_Argent> ( Real name, or pseudonym? )

[Jun 18 20:35:33] <albert_> (pseudonym)

[Jun 18 20:35:47] * albert_ stops his horse upon hearing paul'

[Jun 18 20:36:07] <GM_Manuel> "Damn the Sneaking God's ill graces."

[Jun 18 20:36:25] <Axel_Murray> laugh, dismount. "What's up Gas?"

[Jun 18 20:36:37] <GM_Manuel> "Hi, Sheriff. Ho, Rev!"

[Jun 18 20:36:51] <GM_Manuel> "I thought you might need some help."

[Jun 18 20:37:03] <Axel_Murray> "Welllllllll...I do."

[Jun 18 20:37:12] <GM_Manuel> "Good. Let's get going, then."

[Jun 18 20:37:19] <GM_Manuel> He grins & walks toward your horse.

[Jun 18 20:37:19] <Axel_Murray> "Gas...I can't tell you what I'm doing,"

[Jun 18 20:37:26] <Axel_Murray> "Hey hey. hold up."

[Jun 18 20:37:27] <Matrim_Argent> ( Martin.... something )

[Jun 18 20:37:51] <albert_> (thanks)

[Jun 18 20:37:58] <GM_Manuel> "Oh, I know what you're doing. You're going to infiltrate the Green Cloaks & get the ones who destroyed Anlir."

[Jun 18 20:38:04] <Axel_Murray> "I can't tell you what I'm doing, but I need you to have seen something you didn't actually see."

[Jun 18 20:38:05] <GM_Manuel> "I ain't deaf, Sheriff."

[Jun 18 20:38:14] <Axel_Murray> "Okay. good. can you be mute about that?"

[Jun 18 20:38:32] <GM_Manuel> "No need to even tattoo me about it"

[Jun 18 20:38:43] <Axel_Murray> "Good. Then here's what you saw."

[Jun 18 20:39:02] <Axel_Murray> "Sherrif Driver died in the ruins of Anlir fighting that jester that destroyed the death church."

[Jun 18 20:39:13] <Axel_Murray> "Was is now the Sherrif of Anlir."

[Jun 18 20:39:22] <Axel_Murray> "He took over when news came back that Paul died."

[Jun 18 20:39:35] <Axel_Murray> "Right now, he's going to make a fuss at the capital."

[Jun 18 20:39:37] <GM_Manuel> "Not sure what good that will do me, what with you being next to me, but if you say so, Paul."

[Jun 18 20:39:58] <Axel_Murray> "If you can have seen all that, you can be a great help to him at the capital."

[Jun 18 20:40:05] <Axel_Murray> "and therefore, to me."

[Jun 18 20:40:14] <GM_Manuel> "But you ain't going to the capital!"

[Jun 18 20:40:25] <Axel_Murray> "No. But Sherrif Wax is."

[Jun 18 20:40:35] <GM_Manuel> "Good for him. I'm going with you!"

[Jun 18 20:40:41] <Axel_Murray> Sigh.

[Jun 18 20:40:48] <Axel_Murray> "no. No you're not."

[Jun 18 20:41:06] <GM_Manuel> "And why not?"

[Jun 18 20:41:27] <Axel_Murray> "Wax, I have to pretend to be slaver. It's not even going to be pretty to me. I'd rather not have you watching when I do it too."

[Jun 18 20:41:45] <Axel_Murray> *gas

[Jun 18 20:41:46] <Axel_Murray> sorry.

[Jun 18 20:41:53] <GM_Manuel> "What? I've seen bad acting before, Sheriff. It won't bother me that much."

[Jun 18 20:42:22] <Aldo_Murgen> "Ye'll look oot of place. Slavers don't bring their nephews along wi' them."

[Jun 18 20:42:28] <Axel_Murray> "Anlir needs you, and right now, the other half of the surviving population of Anlir is going to the Capital."

[Jun 18 20:42:40] <Axel_Murray> "It's you and Sherrif Wax now."

[Jun 18 20:42:48] <Axel_Murray> "Paul Driver died in Anlir."

[Jun 18 20:43:02] <albert_> "The only reason you'd be with us, is as merchandise."

[Jun 18 20:43:06] <GM_Manuel> "So Marg & the Rev are chopped liver, eh?"

[Jun 18 20:43:07] <Axel_Murray> "and I need that illusion to hold."

[Jun 18 20:43:16] <GM_Manuel> "Yeah! I can be a slave!"

[Jun 18 20:43:22] <GM_Manuel> "See? Perfect disguise!"

[Jun 18 20:43:23] <Axel_Murray> "Marg. I forgot about Marg. And the Reverend is with me."

[Jun 18 20:43:37] * Aldo_Murgen shakes his head at Albert.

[Jun 18 20:43:37] <Axel_Murray> "Marg needs you."

[Jun 18 20:43:56] <Axel_Murray> "Sherrif Wax needs you."

[Jun 18 20:44:02] <GM_Manuel> "Oh, hell. Marg needs a Knowledge Priest to pray him up some brains. I can't perform miracles."

[Jun 18 20:44:12] <Axel_Murray> "and I need you to help them help me."

[Jun 18 20:44:13] <GM_Manuel> "Wax can get on by himself!"

[Jun 18 20:44:19] * albert_ nods and looks helpless at Aldo

[Jun 18 20:44:52] <albert_> in an undervoice "I thought it would deter him."

[Jun 18 20:44:52] <Axel_Murray> "Okay. Gas? You know how I opperate. I've tried to reason with you. Don't make me order you."

[Jun 18 20:45:06] * Aldo_Murgen hmms and says, "Gas, why are ye so set on coming wi' us?"

[Jun 18 20:45:12] <GM_Manuel> "Order me? You ain;t a Sheriff anymore, Paul."

[Jun 18 20:45:22] <Axel_Murray> "Axel. and I'm still older than you."

[Jun 18 20:45:31] <GM_Manuel> "Rev, I gotta! I can help! I got nowhere else, Rev!"

[Jun 18 20:45:49] <Axel_Murray> "You got the other two thirds of Anlir, with Marg and Sherrif Wax!"

[Jun 18 20:46:05] <Axel_Murray> "It isn't dead! I haven't given up, and neither should you!"

[Jun 18 20:46:08] <GM_Manuel> "Bugger that! I can't avenge my mates there."

[Jun 18 20:46:20] <Axel_Murray> "It's not about vengeance! it's about setting it right!"

[Jun 18 20:46:36] <GM_Manuel> "Same thing, Axel, and you know it."

[Jun 18 20:46:46] <Axel_Murray> "No. It's not. I used to think so.:

[Jun 18 20:46:47] <Axel_Murray> "

[Jun 18 20:46:59] <Axel_Murray> "Vengeance is for you. setting it right is for the world."

[Jun 18 20:47:15] <Axel_Murray> "So be real clear on what you want with this."

[Jun 18 20:47:23] <GM_Manuel> He's actually looking a bit upset at this point.

[Jun 18 20:47:40] <Axel_Murray> "If vengeance is on your mind, you'll make mistakes."

[Jun 18 20:47:46] <Axel_Murray> "you'll give us away."

[Jun 18 20:47:48] <GM_Manuel> "You mean to tell me you'll turn me back to walk alone through days & days of wilderness after I spent all that time finding you?"

[Jun 18 20:48:06] <Axel_Murray> "you got here, you can get back."

[Jun 18 20:48:33] <Axel_Murray> "But don't do anything about this for vengeance. Do it because you want to help me and Wax set this right."

[Jun 18 20:48:40] <GM_Manuel> [heh. technically, he's closer to Malladin now than he was days ago]

[Jun 18 20:49:09] <GM_Manuel> "You want me gone, too, Rev?" Tears are standing in his eyes.

[Jun 18 20:49:26] * Aldo_Murgen frowns. He doesn't have Paul's resolve in this matter. "Maybe we can just take him tae the next town."

[Jun 18 20:49:43] <Axel_Murray> well there goes Paul's resolve. "Guys?"

[Jun 18 20:50:03] <GM_Manuel> [haha. i didn't expect that to work... oh well]

[Jun 18 20:50:17] <Aldo_Murgen> [Aldo is an incurable softy]

[Jun 18 20:50:30] <Axel_Murray> (Paul is curable, he's just fargone.)

[Jun 18 20:50:37] <albert_> "Well, I don't want to leave him out here. But I don't think he should act as one of our slaves. I think the next town is ok."

[Jun 18 20:50:40] * Matrim_Argent stares at the back of his horse's neck.

[Jun 18 20:50:43] <Matrim_Argent> ( Sorry all. )

[Jun 18 20:50:54] <albert_> (it's cool)

[Jun 18 20:50:56] <GM_Manuel> Manuel says, "He'ss disgusting. He'll fit right in witht he slaves. Might even make a profit."

[Jun 18 20:51:18] <Axel_Murray> "Okay, Gas. To the next town. And please, consider what I said about vengeance."

[Jun 18 20:51:20] <GM_Manuel> "Being sso young."

[Jun 18 20:51:25] * albert_ raises an eyebrow at his partner

[Jun 18 20:51:27] <Viollca> to Manuel, "Do you think everything is ok back there?"

[Jun 18 20:51:29] <GM_Manuel> "Sure thing, Axel."

[Jun 18 20:51:39] <Axel_Murray> smiles, mounts up.

[Jun 18 20:51:44] <GM_Manuel> "I even took a cloak with me, just in case."

[Jun 18 20:51:51] <GM_Manuel> He puts on a ragged green cloak

[Jun 18 20:51:56] <GM_Manuel> from his pack

[Jun 18 20:51:58] <Axel_Murray> "Uh..."

[Jun 18 20:52:06] <Axel_Murray> "I'd advise against that."

[Jun 18 20:52:13] <Viollca> (strike my comment, I thought they were physically removed from us.)

[Jun 18 20:52:15] <GM_Manuel> "You mean I really gotta be a slave?"

[Jun 18 20:52:16] <albert_> "As would I."

[Jun 18 20:52:42] <Axel_Murray> "Just to the next town. Then you gotta head to the capital and help Sherrif Wax."

[Jun 18 20:53:03] <GM_Manuel> He looks at you for a moment, then sighs & says, "Well, I got to the next town, then..."

[Jun 18 20:53:35] <Axel_Murray> "For what?"

[Jun 18 20:53:45] <GM_Manuel> "Til I have to go, of course."

[Jun 18 20:53:53] <Axel_Murray> nods.

[Jun 18 20:54:07] <GM_Manuel> So you move on?

[Jun 18 20:54:14] * Axel_Murray rides back up to Captain Albert's side.

[Jun 18 20:54:42] <albert_> we continue I think

[Jun 18 20:55:25] <GM_Manuel> For the next day or so, Gas, tries to convince you he will be indispensible to you & that you should keep him with you after the next town.

[Jun 18 20:55:38] <Viollca> (sorry all, I thought the conversation was taking place way behind us.)

[Jun 18 20:55:48] * Aldo_Murgen will tell Gas about all the cool stuff in the capital.

[Jun 18 20:56:11] <Axel_Murray> I hope to make him see the light of helping Wax.

[Jun 18 20:56:14] <GM_Manuel> Gas will tell you all about what he's done in the past to help you

[Jun 18 20:56:14] * Aldo_Murgen exaggerates slightly.

[Jun 18 20:56:19] <GM_Manuel> How good he is at finding things out

[Jun 18 20:56:32] <GM_Manuel> Etc.

[Jun 18 20:56:56] <Aldo_Murgen> "And the streets, in the nice parts of town, are lined wi' gold. The slums only have silver, though."

[Jun 18 20:57:09] <Aldo_Murgen> (etc)

[Jun 18 20:57:39] <GM_Manuel> [he doesn't believe a word of that sorta tale]

[Jun 18 20:57:40] * albert_ is uncomfortable about the whole situation

[Jun 18 20:58:01] * Matrim_Argent goes to sleep immediately on camp being set up the night after Gas shows up, eats too much the next morning, and withdraws further, riding without paying attention to anything.

[Jun 18 20:58:21] <GM_Manuel> Gas sticks ot bugging Paul & Aldo

[Jun 18 20:58:47] * albert_ is going to try and talk to him at camp the next night

[Jun 18 20:59:03] * Viollca cooks as best as she is able every night

[Jun 18 20:59:09] <GM_Manuel> Well, in the middle of the next day

[Jun 18 20:59:13] <GM_Manuel> You come to a town

[Jun 18 20:59:23] * Aldo_Murgen doesn't try to convince Gas, but gets a kick out of the fabrications.

[Jun 18 20:59:57] <GM_Manuel> It is on the main road, about a day or two northeast of Malladin, the local capital where Wax was headed

[Jun 18 21:00:20] <GM_Manuel> Your path lies north west of here, Gas would have to turn southwest.

[Jun 18 21:00:36] <GM_Manuel> It also has a railroad that heads to Malladin.

[Jun 18 21:01:24] <Axel_Murray> we set him on his way.

[Jun 18 21:01:32] <GM_Manuel> He tries to refuse

[Jun 18 21:01:38] <GM_Manuel> He gets desperate again.

[Jun 18 21:02:04] <GM_Manuel> Tears in his eyes, begging, "Please, please, by the Great Fat Mama, please, let me stay!"

[Jun 18 21:02:18] <Aldo_Murgen> [the what now?]

[Jun 18 21:02:22] <GM_Manuel> *Great Fat Mama=Goddess of Harvest, rudely put

[Jun 18 21:02:22] <Axel_Murray> "I can't, Gas. final word."

[Jun 18 21:02:30] <albert_> (is he starting to make a scene?)

[Jun 18 21:02:45] <GM_Manuel> It might come to that, yeah

[Jun 18 21:02:48] <GM_Manuel> "But... but..."

[Jun 18 21:02:49] * The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm (~delirious@4b89d8f.3d7ab5b6.elpstx.swbell.net) has joined #Shem

[Jun 18 21:02:49] * ChanServ sets mode +a #shem The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm

[Jun 18 21:02:49] * ChanServ gives channel operator status to The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm

[Jun 18 21:02:59] <GM_Manuel> [what was the last thing ye saw?]

[Jun 18 21:03:21] <Axel_Murray> (I'd say there's one too many sherrifs around here, but there ain't since I left office...)

[Jun 18 21:03:21] <The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm> Not sure. My computer crashed right after the last thing I sent.

[Jun 18 21:04:30] <GM_Manuel> [are we skippy?]

[Jun 18 21:05:16] <The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm> ( With which? )

[Jun 18 21:06:12] * Matrim_Argent has quit (SVSKilled: GHOST command used by The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm)

[Jun 18 21:06:17] * The_Sheriff_of_Gordonhamm is now known as Matrim_Argent

[Jun 18 21:06:19] <GM_Manuel> [err, are ye caught up?]

[Jun 18 21:06:35] <Matrim_Argent> ( Uh, no one's sent anything to catch up on. )

[Jun 18 21:06:42] <GM_Manuel> [? i sent... hold don...]

[Jun 18 21:07:29] <GM_Manuel> Anyway

[Jun 18 21:07:31] <GM_Manuel> You're in the town of Dezzuk, on the railroad & main highway, & Gas is causing a scene, trying to ge to stay.

[Jun 18 21:08:04] <Matrim_Argent> Now I'm caught up, I think.

[Jun 18 21:08:07] <Axel_Murray> "Gas, quiet down. now."

[Jun 18 21:08:18] <GM_Manuel> "Will you take me with you?"

[Jun 18 21:08:25] * albert_ is getting nervous

[Jun 18 21:08:34] <Axel_Murray> "Why are you asking what's been answered?"

[Jun 18 21:08:48] <GM_Manuel> "Because I think you'll change your mind."

[Jun 18 21:08:53] * Viollca watches this exchange

[Jun 18 21:09:00] <Axel_Murray> "But you're drawing attention to us, and you know we don't need that."

[Jun 18 21:09:36] <GM_Manuel> "Damn you. Fine. I'll go find Wax. When you get yourselves killed, it's not my fault!"

[Jun 18 21:09:43] <GM_Manuel> He storms off, giving you a rude gesture as he goes.

[Jun 18 21:09:58] <Axel_Murray> "You all go on. I'll make sure he doesn't follow."

[Jun 18 21:10:13] <GM_Manuel> One or two people look at him sternly as he does so, but no one seems to do more than that.

[Jun 18 21:10:18] * albert_ nods and moves his horse off

[Jun 18 21:10:30] <albert_> (is there a doctor in this town?)

[Jun 18 21:10:35] <GM_Manuel> [yes]

[Jun 18 21:11:01] <GM_Manuel> So, what do you guys do now?

[Jun 18 21:11:13] <albert_> When we pass it, I'll ask Matrim if he needs to go to one.

[Jun 18 21:11:40] <albert_> "You look terrible."

[Jun 18 21:11:41] * Matrim_Argent doesn't respond at first, and shakes his head if the question is repeated.

[Jun 18 21:12:14] * albert_ frowns and shrugs

[Jun 18 21:12:31] <Axel_Murray> I'll watch the most likely nexus from which Gas might deign to follow us.

[Jun 18 21:12:48] <Axel_Murray> I'll give it half a day, then ride to catch up.

[Jun 18 21:13:23] <GM_Manuel> He never reappears

[Jun 18 21:13:25] <albert_> Unless we need anything, I'm heading northwest.

[Jun 18 21:13:41] <Viollca> to Aldo: "Reverend, I know it's not my place, but why is he so dead set against Gas coming with us?"

[Jun 18 21:13:59] * Aldo_Murgen smiles. "Aside from the smell?"

[Jun 18 21:14:08] <Axel_Murray> (LOL)

[Jun 18 21:14:22] * Viollca puts her hand to her mouth to stifle a laugh

[Jun 18 21:14:45] <Aldo_Murgen> "He figures he'll be safer in the capital, and he's probably right."

[Jun 18 21:16:16] <Viollca> "I suppose that's right. I just know how it feels to be alone."

[Jun 18 21:16:23] * Viollca trails off

[Jun 18 21:17:18] <Aldo_Murgen> "Aye, that's why I wanted tae take him wi' us for a bit."

[Jun 18 21:17:29] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna says, "The boy would also be a liability. We couldn't disguise him as a slaver, & as a slave, we might be expected to sell him."

[Jun 18 21:18:28] * Axel_Murray probably cries when he has to ride off after the group.

[Jun 18 21:18:29] <GM_Manuel> [any other convo?]

[Jun 18 21:19:12] <Matrim_Argent> ( Nyet. )

[Jun 18 21:19:30] <Axel_Murray> let me know when I catch up.

[Jun 18 21:19:31] <Viollca> (nope) [Jun 18 21:19:41] <GM_Manuel> You cross the main highway & railroad & continue on. Axel catches up later that night.

[Jun 18 21:19:58] <Axel_Murray> when I arrive I look put out.

[Jun 18 21:20:09] <Axel_Murray> angry, frustrated, etc.

[Jun 18 21:20:45] * Viollca gauges your mood

[Jun 18 21:20:47] <Axel_Murray> "You know, I was just starting to get relaxed in the role when he showed up. He doesn't realize how much energy it takes."

[Jun 18 21:21:09] * Viollca comes up behid you. "Here, I saved you some dinner."

[Jun 18 21:21:37] * Axel_Murray stops mid sentence and smiles. "Oh. Thanks. Hey, smells good."

[Jun 18 21:21:46] * Axel_Murray then continues to rant over dinner.

[Jun 18 21:21:50] <Viollca> r cooking 10

[Jun 18 21:21:51] <Eklem> Viollca [cooking: 10] 12 14 16

[Jun 18 21:22:06] <Viollca> what does he rant about?

[Jun 18 21:22:08] <GM_Manuel> Not bad. Better than Mrs. Rensch's worst nights, but doesn't touch her best nights.

[Jun 18 21:22:34] <Axel_Murray> how scared he is to be doing this, and how terrified he was when he thought Gas might try to come with them,

[Jun 18 21:22:39] * Matrim_Argent passed out immediately after stopping again.

[Jun 18 21:22:52] <Viollca> did matrim eat?

[Jun 18 21:22:54] * Aldo_Murgen responds to Paul. "He's too young tae understand. Boys that age always feel invincible before the gods themselves."

[Jun 18 21:22:54] <Axel_Murray> how he doesn't want to be doing this himself, and he'd rather people not be involved that don't have to be.

[Jun 18 21:23:00] <Matrim_Argent> No.

[Jun 18 21:23:05] <Axel_Murray> "I remember."

[Jun 18 21:23:47] * Aldo_Murgen listens to Paul, with a lot of "Aye," and "well, ye should be," as he goes on.

[Jun 18 21:23:48] <Axel_Murray> "He wants to fight the good fight. He doesn't realize that the good fight is lighting a candle, not raging against the darkness."

[Jun 18 21:24:29] <albert_> "He'll be okay when he gets to Wax."

[Jun 18 21:24:39] <Viollca> "Then why accept this mission? Why aren't you there with him, Paul?"

[Jun 18 21:25:05] * Viollca is sitting across from you, around the fire

[Jun 18 21:25:09] <Axel_Murray> he looks as if he's thinking.

[Jun 18 21:26:15] <Axel_Murray> sigh. "Yesterday I could have answered that."

[Jun 18 21:26:52] <Aldo_Murgen> "Someone has tae do this work, and better the old men than a young boy."

[Jun 18 21:27:05] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna says, "We have another problem."

[Jun 18 21:27:13] <Axel_Murray> "I could come up with all kinds of good reasons, but...oh?"

[Jun 18 21:27:24] * Viollca looks at Caradonna

[Jun 18 21:27:31] <GM_Manuel> She points at Matrim's unconscious form. "What is wrong with him?"

[Jun 18 21:27:55] <albert_> "He eats like he hasn't eaten in days, but he looks worse every day."

[Jun 18 21:27:58] <Viollca> "He didn't eat tonight, I don't think he ate last night either,"

[Jun 18 21:28:08] <Viollca> "I wasn't paying attention."

[Jun 18 21:28:27] <albert_> "Well, int he mornings he eats like that anyway."

[Jun 18 21:28:51] <GM_Manuel> "Tapeworm?"

[Jun 18 21:29:14] <Matrim_Argent> ( Teehee. Tapeworm. )

[Jun 18 21:29:16] <albert_> "He didn't want to go to the doctor this afternoon."

[Jun 18 21:29:23] <Aldo_Murgen> [can I use faith to sense his liveliness? e.g., whether or not he is dying, etc]

[Jun 18 21:29:30] <GM_Manuel> yes, you can do that

[Jun 18 21:29:34] <Viollca> "He's noble, right? Does anyone know what his power is?"

[Jun 18 21:29:34] <GM_Manuel> r diff 10

[Jun 18 21:29:34] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [diff: 10] 13 16 18

[Jun 18 21:29:50] * albert_ nods no

[Jun 18 21:30:26] * Aldo_Murgen digs out a holy symbol and begins to pray, something like, "Silver Mother, show your servant the measure of this man's life."

[Jun 18 21:30:34] <Aldo_Murgen> r life faith 13+1

[Jun 18 21:30:34] <Eklem> Aldo_Murgen [life faith: 13+1=14] 20 23 24

[Jun 18 21:31:06] <Matrim_Argent> ( Now there's a faith roll. )

[Jun 18 21:31:38] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna & Manuel indicate they don't know what his power is

[Jun 18 21:32:54] <GM_Manuel> [?]

[Jun 18 21:33:01] <Viollca> "If he dies on our watch, his family will blame us for it. Maybe even hunt us down one by one..."

[Jun 18 21:33:12] <Matrim_Argent> ( I think we're waiting for the verdict on Aldo's roll. )

[Jun 18 21:33:18] <GM_Manuel> [PM'd it to him]

[Jun 18 21:33:23] * Viollca waits to see if others know what is power is

[Jun 18 21:33:28] * Aldo_Murgen closes his eyes for a while, then opens them. They grow wide. He rushes over to Matrim and starts to check for pulse, breath, temperature.

[Jun 18 21:33:48] <Matrim_Argent> ( His reaction still applies to that. )

[Jun 18 21:33:54] <Aldo_Murgen> Hushed and fearful, "He's dying."

[Jun 18 21:34:11] <Matrim_Argent> Do you take the cloak off for that?

[Jun 18 21:34:13] <GM_Manuel> aldo, roll awareness

[Jun 18 21:34:20] <Aldo_Murgen> r awareness 9

[Jun 18 21:34:20] <Eklem> Aldo_Murgen [awareness: 9] 11 18 18

[Jun 18 21:34:22] <GM_Manuel> r diff 12

[Jun 18 21:34:22] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [diff: 12] 15 21 22

[Jun 18 21:34:28] * Viollca looks startled

[Jun 18 21:34:31] <GM_Manuel> Do you take his cloak off?

[Jun 18 21:34:41] <Aldo_Murgen> If it is in any sense in the way, then yes.

[Jun 18 21:34:50] <GM_Manuel> You prolly do, then

[Jun 18 21:34:58] <GM_Manuel> He has great big black wings.

[Jun 18 21:35:00] * albert_ moves over to Matrim and Aldo

[Jun 18 21:35:03] <Aldo_Murgen> He doesn't especially try to keep him from waking up, either.

[Jun 18 21:35:09] <GM_Manuel> He doesn't wake

[Jun 18 21:35:32] <albert_> "How can I help?"

[Jun 18 21:35:36] * Aldo_Murgen straightens up when the wings are visible, pausing for a pregant moment, and then goes back to checking him.

[Jun 18 21:35:36] <GM_Manuel> In short, you'd swear by looking at him that he was an aberration.

[Jun 18 21:35:44] * Viollca takes a step back

[Jun 18 21:36:07] <Aldo_Murgen> "Did any of ye know aboot this?"

[Jun 18 21:36:35] <albert_> "THe first time I saw him, I noticed something funny about his back, but other than that, no."

[Jun 18 21:36:39] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna laughs.

[Jun 18 21:36:40] <Axel_Murray> "I didn't."

[Jun 18 21:36:40] <Viollca> "He mentioned something about using his power on me by accident, I never suspected..."

[Jun 18 21:36:47] <GM_Manuel> Manuel looks on with disinterest

[Jun 18 21:36:58] <GM_Manuel> "How the hell did he hide those from the Empire?"

[Jun 18 21:37:00] <Viollca> "What is funny?"

[Jun 18 21:37:11] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna asked

[Jun 18 21:37:26] <Aldo_Murgen> Does he appear to be sick?

[Jun 18 21:37:27] <GM_Manuel> She says to Viollca, "That's truly something."

[Jun 18 21:37:34] <GM_Manuel> He looks sick, yeah. pale. Weak

[Jun 18 21:37:53] <Axel_Murray> "What was the power he said he accidentally used on you?"

[Jun 18 21:38:17] <Viollca> "I don't know, something about my dreams,"

[Jun 18 21:38:46] * albert_ ha kneeled on the other side of Matrim from Aldo "Should we wake him?"

[Jun 18 21:38:52] <Viollca> "He said he could tell I was having bad dreams."

[Jun 18 21:38:55] <Viollca> (one sec)

[Jun 18 21:38:59] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna, "Well, his sister is the one who absorbs all the dreams for fifty miles around her."

[Jun 18 21:39:12] * Aldo_Murgen glares at empty space for a moment, then replaces the cloak. "Aye. And shut up aboot the wings until he decides tae tell us himself."

[Jun 18 21:39:43] * albert_ nods and tries to help wake Matrim

[Jun 18 21:39:54] * Aldo_Murgen will shake him until he wakes up.

[Jun 18 21:40:14] <Aldo_Murgen> Or until it looks like he can't wake up.

[Jun 18 21:40:28] <GM_Manuel> He ain't gonna wake for hours

[Jun 18 21:41:12] <GM_Manuel> [i assume you don't shake him for hours?]

[Jun 18 21:41:39] <Aldo_Murgen> [correct]

[Jun 18 21:41:46] <Viollca> "he said he stole my dreams. I didn't really understand it at the time, but it makes sense now."

[Jun 18 21:42:15] * Aldo_Murgen stands up. "Paul, how long --" he cuts off after Viollca's statement. "By the mother!"

[Jun 18 21:42:37] <Aldo_Murgen> "He's the ... er, the dream-eater?"

[Jun 18 21:42:38] <albert_> "What is it?!"

[Jun 18 21:42:48] <albert_> scratch that

[Jun 18 21:42:54] <albert_> "The what?"

[Jun 18 21:42:58] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna asks, "Dream-eater? Aren't they all female?"

[Jun 18 21:43:27] * Viollca 's eyes go wide

[Jun 18 21:43:35] <Aldo_Murgen> "Aye, I don't know the right names. [noble who absorbs nightmares] is the dream-eater."

[Jun 18 21:43:50] <GM_Manuel> "Oh, you mean his power is dream-eating."

[Jun 18 21:44:11] <Aldo_Murgen> "But she has tae have a servant tae help her, err, digest the dreams."

[Jun 18 21:44:28] <albert_> "And that's what he does?"

[Jun 18 21:44:30] <GM_Manuel> [her name was Contessa Datuna den Loch-0-she ruled the area Anlir was in--her home is in Malladin, but she is reported to have left, hence all the nightmares]

[Jun 18 21:44:47] <Aldo_Murgen> "They told me aboot it at the dream church. Aye, that must be the problem."

[Jun 18 21:44:48] <GM_Manuel> s/0//

[Jun 18 21:45:10] * Ping reply from Axel_Murray: 0.21 second(s)

[Jun 18 21:46:07] <Axel_Murray> Paul just listens.

[Jun 18 21:46:08] * Aldo_Murgen rubs his beard in worry. "We can wait until morning for him tae wake up. If he doesn't wake, we're going back tae the doctor."

[Jun 18 21:46:09] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna says, "So... he eats dreams? That's what he needs?"

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[Jun 18 21:46:29] * Aldo_Murgen shakes his head. "No, he's been eating /bad/ dreams."

[Jun 18 21:46:49] <albert_> "He needs good ones?"

[Jun 18 21:46:57] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna seems to understand. "Oh. Like bad meat!"

[Jun 18 21:47:03] <Aldo_Murgen> "He just needs to stop."

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[Jun 18 21:47:26] * Viollca looks scared and embarrassed

[Jun 18 21:47:47] <Aldo_Murgen> "The contessa and her servant always handled nightmares for us in Anlir. We still had other dreams."

[Jun 18 21:48:19] <albert_> "Hey, it's ok." to Viollca. "I have lots of bad ones too."

[Jun 18 21:48:51] * Viollca turns and smiles weakly. "Yours didn't poison him."

[Jun 18 21:49:35] * albert_ is shocked and at a loss for words. "I-I'm... sure that's not what happened."

[Jun 18 21:50:16] <Aldo_Murgen> "He must have done it intentionally. My nightmares haven't stopped. We'll just convince him tae let yours run their course."

[Jun 18 21:50:46] <GM_Manuel> Actually, you guys haven't had nightmares since the last time I said you had them

[Jun 18 21:50:52] <GM_Manuel> Except for Viollca

[Jun 18 21:51:06] <GM_Manuel> Who has had one a night or so

[Jun 18 21:51:12] <Aldo_Murgen> [okay, scratch the second sentence then]

[Jun 18 21:51:39] * Viollca smiles grimly. "So I have to dream of something good for a change?"

[Jun 18 21:51:51] <Viollca> "Or the noble dies?"

[Jun 18 21:52:20] * Viollca sits down and grabs a handful of hair.

[Jun 18 21:52:55] * albert_ looks embarassed and avoids looking at Viollca

[Jun 18 21:53:05] <Axel_Murray> considers the nightmares and this new twist

[Jun 18 21:53:23] <GM_Manuel> [i keep seeing your name as 'anne murray'.]

[Jun 18 21:53:38] <Axel_Murray> (whodat?)

[Jun 18 21:53:39] <GM_Manuel> [more convo?]

[Jun 18 21:53:45] <Matrim_Argent> ( The female talking pirate skull? )

[Jun 18 21:53:46] <GM_Manuel> [a singer. don't worry about it]

[Jun 18 21:54:21] <Viollca> (I love how we are so wrong about all of this.)

[Jun 18 21:54:32] <albert_> to Aldo, "Should we watch him tonight, in case he gets worse?"

[Jun 18 21:54:38] * Aldo_Murgen frowns. Softly, "Ye can't be held accountable for what ye dream."

[Jun 18 21:55:15] * Aldo_Murgen nods. "Aye. I'll stay up and watch over him."

[Jun 18 21:55:46] <albert_> "Wake me, if you need some rest."

[Jun 18 21:55:52] <Viollca> "I'll sleep right next door. Amaro baxt."

[Jun 18 21:56:25] <GM_Manuel> [is /that/ the end of the convo?]

[Jun 18 21:56:34] <Aldo_Murgen> [sure, i guess]

[Jun 18 21:56:42] <Axel_Murray> I go to sleep.

[Jun 18 21:56:46] <GM_Manuel> [i ain't rushin' ya, jus' checkin' to see when i need to step in]

[Jun 18 21:57:08] * Viollca gets up and starts looking for things, asks Caradonna for a bit of string, sets up wards and charms to keep away the bad dreams and the bad spirits."

[Jun 18 21:57:19] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna gives you what you ask for

[Jun 18 21:57:31] <GM_Manuel> She goes ot bed, as does Manuel

[Jun 18 21:57:34] <Viollca> then she goes to bed.

[Jun 18 21:57:49] * albert_ sleeps

[Jun 18 21:58:35] <Viollca> to Paul efore he sleeps: "It'll be ok." *smile*

[Jun 18 21:58:55] * Aldo_Murgen sits up with a bottle of something he got from the last town and quietly recites as much of the book of life as he can currently remember.

[Jun 18 21:59:28] <Axel_Murray> nods. "I know. That's the only thing I'm sure of."

[Jun 18 22:00:18] * Viollca smiles again before going into her tent

[Jun 18 22:00:28] <Axel_Murray> "Hey uh..."

[Jun 18 22:01:09] <Axel_Murray> but if she's safely in her tent, he'll let the matter go, and go to sleep.

[Jun 18 22:01:13] <Viollca> "--Yes?"

[Jun 18 22:01:23] <Axel_Murray> "I remembered why I took the mission."

[Jun 18 22:01:37] * Viollca raises her eyebrows

[Jun 18 22:01:38] <Axel_Murray> "Part of setting this right is finding out what's going on. solving the case."

[Jun 18 22:01:44] <Axel_Murray> "I owe my old home that."

[Jun 18 22:02:09] <Axel_Murray> "Some part of me feels the need for vengeance, but if I do this right, it won't be about vengeance."

[Jun 18 22:02:15] <Axel_Murray> "We'll see if I can do this right."

[Jun 18 22:02:24] <Axel_Murray> "I'

[Jun 18 22:02:43] <Axel_Murray> d hate to have sent Gas away on hypocrisy."

[Jun 18 22:03:52] <Viollca> "Caradonna was right. He is better off away. And a firm good-bye is better for him in the long run."

[Jun 18 22:04:06] <Axel_Murray> "I agree. he still has his safety as a concern."

[Jun 18 22:04:15] <GM_Manuel> Aldo, you manage to stay up all night. You can roll faith to see how much of the book you remember.

[Jun 18 22:04:26] <Aldo_Murgen> [doesn't matter]

[Jun 18 22:04:41] <Viollca> "You're a good man Paul, and I'm glad you're with us."

[Jun 18 22:04:53] <Viollca> "um, goodnight..."

[Jun 18 22:04:59] <Axel_Murray> "goodnight."

[Jun 18 22:05:05] * Viollca ducks into her tent quickly

[Jun 18 22:05:16] <Axel_Murray> now goes to sleep.

[Jun 18 22:05:20] <GM_Manuel> The night passes without incident, unless one of you do something.

[Jun 18 22:05:42] <albert_> nope

[Jun 18 22:05:45] * Matrim_Argent plunges the world into war and chaos.

[Jun 18 22:06:01] * Viollca sleeps

[Jun 18 22:06:08] <GM_Manuel> In the morning, Matrim sleeps late unless you guys wake him.

[Jun 18 22:06:29] * Aldo_Murgen will try to wake him once everyone else is awake.

[Jun 18 22:06:33] <GM_Manuel> He wakes

[Jun 18 22:06:42] <Viollca> r wake 0

[Jun 18 22:06:42] <Eklem> Viollca [wake: 0] 3 8 10

[Jun 18 22:06:49] * albert_ looks concerned

[Jun 18 22:06:50] * Viollca wakes up early

[Jun 18 22:06:52] * Matrim_Argent groans.

[Jun 18 22:07:35] <Aldo_Murgen> "So, I hear ye've been absorbing bad dreams."

[Jun 18 22:07:39] * Viollca smiles when she wakes up, and looks hopefully towards Matrim

[Jun 18 22:07:52] <GM_Manuel> By the end of the night, he started looking a bit better, but not nearly good enough. He still looks like someone on their last legs.

[Jun 18 22:08:31] * Matrim_Argent manages a moment of weak panic, then just nods.

[Jun 18 22:08:47] <Aldo_Murgen> "It needs to stop. Ye're dying."

[Jun 18 22:09:19] * Viollca peeks into the tent

[Jun 18 22:10:14] * Matrim_Argent seems confused. "Stop..? Did..."

[Jun 18 22:10:36] * Aldo_Murgen waits for Matrim to collect himself.

[Jun 18 22:12:06] <Matrim_Argent> "I stopped. Won't steal dreams again..."

[Jun 18 22:12:24] * Aldo_Murgen blinks. "Then ... why are ye dying?"

[Jun 18 22:12:50] <Viollca> "I'm sorry if I hurt you, Sir..."

[Jun 18 22:13:44] * Matrim_Argent looks at Viollca. "Hurt? You didn't hurt me..."

[Jun 18 22:14:01] <Viollca> "My dreams, they're poisoning you..."

[Jun 18 22:14:38] * Aldo_Murgen holds an open palm up to Viollca. "Never mind the dreams. Ye're dying, it's as plain as day. Why?"

[Jun 18 22:15:13] * Viollca hangs her head

[Jun 18 22:15:19] * Matrim_Argent seems confused again, then shakes his head. "No. I stopped taking them from anyone..."

[Jun 18 22:15:49] * Matrim_Argent hesitates to answer Aldo. "Because... of stopping..."

[Jun 18 22:17:12] <Aldo_Murgen> "Ye need tae take them, then? Ye'll get better if ye do?"

[Jun 18 22:17:45] * Matrim_Argent nods slowly.

[Jun 18 22:18:13] <Matrim_Argent> "I won't. A knight does not steal..."

[Jun 18 22:18:53] <Viollca> "I-- I didn't know, Sir, I wouldn't-- You should have asked!"

[Jun 18 22:19:07] <Aldo_Murgen> "I give mine tae ye freely, then. Just don't die under my care. It makes me look bad."

[Jun 18 22:20:25] <Matrim_Argent> "I... I can't. I have to be stronger than my power, or... or..."

[Jun 18 22:20:27] * Matrim_Argent stops.

[Jun 18 22:20:58] * Viollca starts to speak but waits for him to finish

[Jun 18 22:21:16] * Matrim_Argent doesn't look like he's going to continue.

[Jun 18 22:21:33] <Aldo_Murgen> "Go on."

[Jun 18 22:21:34] <Viollca> "We're trusting you with our lives on this trip, you should trust us with yours."

[Jun 18 22:23:06] * Matrim_Argent whispers miserably, "Or the officials are right. I've become an aberration. A slave to my power. If I have to feed on others I don't deserve to live."

[Jun 18 22:24:42] <Aldo_Murgen> "Everyone deserves to live."

[Jun 18 22:24:47] * Viollca nods

[Jun 18 22:25:56] * Matrim_Argent doesn't answer.

[Jun 18 22:26:08] <Aldo_Murgen> "And no one can live without others. Do you grow your own grain? Mill your flour? Bake your bread? Hmm?"

[Jun 18 22:26:13] <Viollca> "I'd rather have you take my dreams in this life than haunt me in the next. Please reconsider..."

[Jun 18 22:26:32] <Viollca> s/haunt me/haunt them/

[Jun 18 22:26:37] <Matrim_Argent> "That's... not the same..."

[Jun 18 22:26:47] <Aldo_Murgen> "Nae. Ye hire others tae do it for ye. And ye'll hire us to feed you dreams."

[Jun 18 22:27:15] * Matrim_Argent hesitates, arguing with himself, but clearly wanting to accept.

[Jun 18 22:28:28] * Aldo_Murgen strokes his beard. "Now, as tae the economics of the situation, I don't consider my dreams particularly valuable, so one penny a week ought tae cover it."

[Jun 18 22:29:23] * Matrim_Argent finally nods, then immediately shakes his head. "I will owe more than that..."

[Jun 18 22:30:09] <Viollca> "Fine. I'll charge an act of kindness towards my people for every dream."

[Jun 18 22:31:02] * Matrim_Argent whispers, "I swear to it."

[Jun 18 22:31:49] * Viollca looks teary eyed and happy

[Jun 18 22:32:28] * Aldo_Murgen shrugs. "A crown per week, then? Ye can donate it tae the church."

[Jun 18 22:32:56] * Matrim_Argent nods.

[Jun 18 22:33:49] * Aldo_Murgen takes and shakes Matrim's hand and then looks back toward the rest of the group.

[Jun 18 22:34:03] <albert_> (we're outside the tent I think)

[Jun 18 22:34:13] <GM_Manuel> [everyone else is outside the tent, yeah]

[Jun 18 22:34:23] * Matrim_Argent shakes weakly.

[Jun 18 22:34:23] * Aldo_Murgen comes outside, then and explains the situation thus far.

[Jun 18 22:34:56] <albert_> "So he'll be okay?"

[Jun 18 22:34:59] <Axel_Murray> Paul nods. "Wow."

[Jun 18 22:36:01] <Aldo_Murgen> "Aye, but his pride won't let him take his medicine. Ye'll have to sell it to him first."

[Jun 18 22:36:43] * albert_ frowns "Sell my dreams?"

[Jun 18 22:37:43] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna says, "Well, I'm keeping mine."

[Jun 18 22:37:43] <albert_> he shrugs

[Jun 18 22:37:54] <GM_Manuel> Manuel says, "I don't dream."

[Jun 18 22:38:02] <albert_> "He's welcome to mine. But I don't want any money."

[Jun 18 22:38:25] <Axel_Murray> "Hey, if he can find a good one up there, he's welcome to it."

[Jun 18 22:38:26] <albert_> "You don't?"

[Jun 18 22:38:35] <GM_Manuel> Manuel says, "No."

[Jun 18 22:38:46] <Aldo_Murgen> "I don't want any money either, but he's not going tae take them for free."

[Jun 18 22:39:12] * albert_ nods

[Jun 18 22:39:33] <Aldo_Murgen> "And not for a token, either. He made me take a crown per week."

[Jun 18 22:40:03] * Aldo_Murgen says this as though he feels cheated, but smiles at the irony.

[Jun 18 22:40:15] * albert_ eyes widen

[Jun 18 22:40:36] <albert_> "I'll tlakt o him." He moves into the tent.

[Jun 18 22:41:07] <GM_Manuel> Matrim, you have a visitor.

[Jun 18 22:41:20] <GM_Manuel> Albert, you are visiting Matrim.

[Jun 18 22:41:29] <albert_> "Matrim, if you need my dreams you're welcome to them."

[Jun 18 22:41:29] <GM_Manuel> [i like to feel involved]

[Jun 18 22:42:11] <Axel_Murray> "Wow. I guess...maybe if he needs mine, or if he can find any good ones from me, I'd take...a lump sum contribution to Anlir, once we start reconstruction?"

[Jun 18 22:42:55] * Viollca grins at Paul warmly when he says that

[Jun 18 22:43:23] * Matrim_Argent smiles a little. "Thanks. Already bargained, but... I can help still, if you're having problems, with nightmares..."

[Jun 18 22:43:56] <Axel_Murray> grins. "Hey. You're up."

[Jun 18 22:44:03] <albert_> "Not lately." He grins.

[Jun 18 22:44:27] <albert_> "Will regular dreams bo ok?" still smiling.

[Jun 18 22:44:30] <Viollca> (you're up?)

[Jun 18 22:44:43] <Viollca> (nevermind)

[Jun 18 22:44:45] <GM_Manuel> [Albert & Matrim are in the tent, Mr. Paul]

[Jun 18 22:45:08] <Axel_Murray> (sorry. got my wires crossed.)

[Jun 18 22:45:14] * Matrim_Argent shakes his head. "Even paying, I prefer to take bad dreams."

[Jun 18 22:45:15] <GM_Manuel> [it's cool. i blame rob anyway. he smells]

[Jun 18 22:45:55] <albert_> "Well, if you want any of mine, you're welcome to them, good or bad."

[Jun 18 22:46:58] * Matrim_Argent nods slowly. "I will take the worst of those who make the offer. I will pay, though."

[Jun 18 22:47:19] * albert_ nods 'Do you need anything now?"

[Jun 18 22:48:03] * Matrim_Argent wars with himself again, then whispers, "Yes."

[Jun 18 22:48:17] <albert_> "What is it?"

[Jun 18 22:49:30] <Matrim_Argent> "Dreams. I haven't... eaten... in a week."

[Jun 18 22:50:15] * albert_ nods. I think the reverend hasn't slept yet. We can stop till your feeling a bit better."

[Jun 18 22:50:39] * albert_ leaves the tent and tells the others about Matrim's hunger

[Jun 18 22:50:46] * Matrim_Argent whispers, "Thank you. I apologize for the delay."

[Jun 18 22:50:53] <Matrim_Argent> Or not.

[Jun 18 22:51:03] <albert_> he would nod and then meave

[Jun 18 22:51:05] <albert_> leave

[Jun 18 22:51:11] <GM_Manuel> [no meaving!]

[Jun 18 22:51:12] <Matrim_Argent> Aight.

[Jun 18 22:51:24] <Axel_Murray> "Well, hey, that's a good sign, right? Isn't it good when the patient's hungry?"

[Jun 18 22:51:40] * Aldo_Murgen laughs. "I was afraid I wouldn't get any sleep until tonight."

[Jun 18 22:51:40] <Matrim_Argent> ( *smuck* )

[Jun 18 22:51:52] * albert_ smiles, "Yeah."

[Jun 18 22:52:00] * Aldo_Murgen finds a spot and crashes.

[Jun 18 22:52:03] <GM_Manuel> [bastard]

[Jun 18 22:52:20] <albert_> (meave!)

[Jun 18 22:52:25] <GM_Manuel> So you suck the dreams from Aldo's head?

[Jun 18 22:52:51] * Matrim_Argent crouches weavingly next to Aldo and puts his fingers to the Reverend's temples.

[Jun 18 22:52:53] <Matrim_Argent> Yeah.

[Jun 18 22:53:01] <GM_Manuel> go ahead & roll.

[Jun 18 22:53:19] <Matrim_Argent> How does the penalty work with this?

[Jun 18 22:53:24] <GM_Manuel> same as with anything

[Jun 18 22:53:31] <Matrim_Argent> Ok.

[Jun 18 22:53:33] * albert_ turns away from Matrim and Aldo

[Jun 18 22:53:47] <Matrim_Argent> r de 7

[Jun 18 22:53:47] <Eklem> Matrim_Argent [de: 7] 9 10 12

[Jun 18 22:54:04] <GM_Manuel> It takes a while, but you do in fact get some dream sustenance

[Jun 18 22:54:19] <Matrim_Argent> Aight.

[Jun 18 22:54:35] <GM_Manuel> You have to hit the weak dreams, & you don't have any clue what they're about, but you do get them

[Jun 18 22:55:01] <GM_Manuel> After a few hours, you feel exceedingly refreshed.

[Jun 18 22:55:52] <Matrim_Argent> Sweet. I voice when I feel sure I can ride till night.

[Jun 18 22:56:09] <GM_Manuel> It's about noon when that happens, I'd say.

[Jun 18 22:56:13] <GM_Manuel> You guys move on?

[Jun 18 22:56:24] * Viollca packs up camp

[Jun 18 22:56:25] <albert_> yes, after making sure Aldo can also ride

[Jun 18 22:56:39] <albert_> as in he's sufficiently rested to ride

[Jun 18 22:56:46] * Aldo_Murgen will probably be asleep on his horse for a while, but it's happened before.

[Jun 18 22:57:01] <GM_Manuel> Aldo's aces & spades if he can cop a nap on his horse

[Jun 18 22:57:16] <Matrim_Argent> A walking horse isn't at all hard to stay on.

[Jun 18 22:57:58] <GM_Manuel> All right, Matrim, it is up to you to keep track of how many dreams you take & from whom, please.

[Jun 18 22:58:07] <GM_Manuel> mark down 2 for aldo.

[Jun 18 22:58:33] <Matrim_Argent> Aight.

[Jun 18 22:59:45] <Viollca> (we travel on?)

[Jun 18 23:00:02] <GM_Manuel> [yes?]

[Jun 18 23:00:07] <Matrim_Argent> Yes.

[Jun 18 23:00:16] * Viollca tries to make conversation with the others along the way, figure out about their past

[Jun 18 23:00:16] <albert_> yes

[Jun 18 23:00:32] <Aldo_Murgen> [work]

[Jun 18 23:00:41] <GM_Manuel> [a'ight, i'll work around you for a bit]

[Jun 18 23:00:54] <albert_> if you get albert talking you'll hear all about his political views, you can gaurantee it

[Jun 18 23:00:59] <GM_Manuel> [err, you have to do work or you havbe to go to work?]

[Jun 18 23:01:46] <GM_Manuel> Anyway.

[Jun 18 23:01:51] <GM_Manuel> You guys continue traveling.

[Jun 18 23:02:10] * Matrim_Argent is still weak, but is in a much better mood than previously.

[Jun 18 23:02:22] <albert_> (yay!)

[Jun 18 23:02:36] * Viollca will talk to him interested until he starts to repeat himself, then she'll be polite

[Jun 18 23:02:42] <GM_Manuel> The day's travel is easy.

[Jun 18 23:02:51] <Viollca> she'll politely listen*

[Jun 18 23:02:51] <GM_Manuel> By night, you have reached the River Namarus

[Jun 18 23:03:16] <GM_Manuel> Which flows northwest to Namarc.

[Jun 18 23:03:44] <albert_> he'll babble on about the opression. "In fact-" he reaches into his shirt and pulls out a pamphlet "here, you can read all about the oppression that's been going on."

[Jun 18 23:04:07] <albert_> "And we need to end this!"

[Jun 18 23:04:26] <Viollca> "she turns down the pamphlet. "That's alright, I've never had much use for words."

[Jun 18 23:05:02] <albert_> "Oh. Umm.. well." he grins sheepishly and stops babbling.

[Jun 18 23:05:29] <GM_Manuel> Do you make camp for the night?

[Jun 18 23:05:31] <albert_> he puts the pamphlet back underneath his shirt

[Jun 18 23:05:33] <albert_> yes

[Jun 18 23:05:35] <Matrim_Argent> Yes.

[Jun 18 23:05:42] <Viollca> "Im, im sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I just can't read it."

[Jun 18 23:06:08] <Viollca> yes, we make camp

[Jun 18 23:06:09] <albert_> "Oh. Sorry." He smiles a bit shyly.

[Jun 18 23:06:22] <Viollca> "Its ok." She smiles back.

[Jun 18 23:06:35] <albert_> He resumes his talk with slightly less enthusiasm, but still excited.

[Jun 18 23:06:40] <GM_Manuel> Aldo, having gotten only a few hours sleep earlier, goes to bed early.

[Jun 18 23:07:33] * albert_ will try to help Viollca with the cooking so he can continue to talk to her. He probably succeeds in messing up a dish or two.

[Jun 18 23:07:40] * Matrim_Argent follows Aldo.

[Jun 18 23:07:42] <Matrim_Argent> ( brb )

[Jun 18 23:07:44] <albert_> or at least getting in her way

[Jun 18 23:07:45] <GM_Manuel> [okay]

[Jun 18 23:07:51] <GM_Manuel> Paul? Do anything special?

[Jun 18 23:07:52] * Viollca does the cooking

[Jun 18 23:08:13] <Viollca> r cook 10-2

[Jun 18 23:08:13] <Eklem> Viollca [cook: 10-2=8] 11 17 17

[Jun 18 23:08:26] <GM_Manuel> Pretty good meal, all things considered.

[Jun 18 23:08:50] <Axel_Murray> not really. it's kinda hurry up and wait in his mind.

[Jun 18 23:09:00] <GM_Manuel> noted.

[Jun 18 23:09:12] * Viollca is only bossy when it comes to getting things clean for cooking

[Jun 18 23:09:26] <Axel_Murray> I might tell a story from town.

[Jun 18 23:09:36] <Viollca> if anyone asks to take it over she'll say she prefers to do it herself

[Jun 18 23:09:41] <GM_Manuel> Caradonna says, "We're getting close to the area where we'll start meeting other Green Cloaks. Everyone feel prepared?"

[Jun 18 23:09:53] * Viollca listens to paul

[Jun 18 23:09:58] <Axel_Murray> "As much as I'll get."

[Jun 18 23:10:04] <Viollca> 's story, and anyone else's

[Jun 18 23:10:07] <GM_Manuel> "Captain?"

[Jun 18 23:10:08] <Axel_Murray> it was a story about the mayor actually doing the right thing once.

[Jun 18 23:10:18] * albert_ will pipe down when the story starts and happily eat dinner

[Jun 18 23:10:23] <albert_> "Yes?"

[Jun 18 23:10:31] <Matrim_Argent> ( backish )

[Jun 18 23:10:32] <GM_Manuel> it was only by chance that he did the right hting, but you can decide if paul mentions that

[Jun 18 23:10:45] <Axel_Murray> he mentions the possibility.

[Jun 18 23:10:50] <Axel_Murray> as in "now some say..."

[Jun 18 23:10:50] <GM_Manuel> Caradonan says to Albert, "You feel prepared?"

[Jun 18 23:11:05] <Viollca> more like the mayor did good despite himself?

[Jun 18 23:11:19] <GM_Manuel> pretty much.

[Jun 18 23:11:20] <albert_> "Hmmm? Oh, yes."

[Jun 18 23:11:45] <GM_Manuel> She nods. "Good."

[Jun 18 23:11:54] <albert_> He grins at her.

[Jun 18 23:12:14] <GM_Manuel> She smiles back.

[Jun 18 23:14:03] <GM_Manuel> So dinner is eaten, stories told, beds are slept in?

[Jun 18 23:14:11] <Aldo_Murgen> [i've been at work this whole time. despite having internet, i have no computer at the moment]

[Jun 18 23:14:20] <Axel_Murray> yes in deed.

[Jun 18 23:14:28] <GM_Manuel> [noted[

[Jun 18 23:14:28] <Viollca> yeppers

[Jun 18 23:14:33] <Axel_Murray> and I must go in 40 minutes.

[Jun 18 23:14:39] <Viollca>

[Jun 18 23:14:55] <albert_> yes

[Jun 18 23:15:32] <GM_Manuel> The next morning, you set out?

[Jun 18 23:15:47] <Axel_Murray> I follow the captain's lead.

[Jun 18 23:15:57] <Axel_Murray> but I ride at his side, like a guard.

[Jun 18 23:16:09] * albert_ heads out

[Jun 18 23:16:22] * Viollca rides in the back with a grim expression

[Jun 18 23:16:24] <Axel_Murray> I also double check my outfit that morning,

[Jun 18 23:16:36] <Axel_Murray> expecting to meet the greencloaks soon.

[Jun 18 23:16:48] <Axel_Murray> I'm squared away like a marine.

[Jun 18 23:17:24] <GM_Manuel> About midmorning, you notice ahead of you a group off people moving through the forest.

[Jun 18 23:17:38] <Axel_Murray> "Should I check it out?"

[Jun 18 23:17:43] <albert_> "Yes."

[Jun 18 23:17:50] <Axel_Murray> I ride ahead to check it out.

[Jun 18 23:18:02] <GM_Manuel> As you approach, you see their cloaks are as green as yours.

[Jun 18 23:18:13] <Axel_Murray> how many? what's their take?

[Jun 18 23:18:25] <GM_Manuel> 8 Green Cloaks, 4 slaves

[Jun 18 23:18:36] <Axel_Murray> nod. I ride back.

[Jun 18 23:18:57] <Axel_Murray> and relay what I saw. "8 of us, 4 cargo."

[Jun 18 23:19:26] <albert_> "We'll go and see if they don't mind us joining them as we go toward (city)"

[Jun 18 23:19:38] <Axel_Murray> "Yes sir!"

[Jun 18 23:20:02] <albert_> we approach them

[Jun 18 23:20:09] <GM_Manuel> As you approach, one of them notices your group. He says something to his captain, who is the thinnest troll you've ever seen.

[Jun 18 23:20:39] <albert_> I ride up towards the captain.

[Jun 18 23:20:42] <GM_Manuel> The troll is about 8 feet tall, hunched. He has rocky grayish-black skin. He's a rock troll. He looks gaunt, for a troll, but still huge.

[Jun 18 23:20:58] <albert_> I nod to him.

[Jun 18 23:21:36] <GM_Manuel> "He nods back.

[Jun 18 23:21:40] <GM_Manuel> "No slaves?"

[Jun 18 23:21:42] <albert_> "Albert Renkarr."

[Jun 18 23:21:52] <GM_Manuel> "Francesco"

[Jun 18 23:21:59] <albert_> "We were attacked by red cloaks about a week ago."

[Jun 18 23:22:12] <GM_Manuel> He grunts, scans your group.

[Jun 18 23:22:17] <GM_Manuel> "Many losses?"

[Jun 18 23:22:20] <albert_> "Although the ones we had were a pitiful bunch. Hardly worth selling."

[Jun 18 23:22:37] <albert_> "Harder and harder to find good merchandise."

[Jun 18 23:22:51] <GM_Manuel> He grunts, gestures towards his pull. "Not much worth it here, either, but we ain't met any Red Cloaks."

[Jun 18 23:22:55] <albert_> (what are there's like?)

[Jun 18 23:23:20] <albert_> "You're lucky. They seem to be crawling out of everywhere." I spit.

[Jun 18 23:23:22] <GM_Manuel> [mix of human & animalman, looks like. all unhealthy, oldish]

[Jun 18 23:23:43] <albert_> (Albert's really getting into it)

[Jun 18 23:24:16] <GM_Manuel> "Meet any Blue Cloaks out there?"

[Jun 18 23:24:44] <albert_> r read people 14

[Jun 18 23:24:44] <Eklem> albert_ [read people: 14] 16 17 19

[Jun 18 23:24:52] <GM_Manuel> r rog 12

[Jun 18 23:24:52] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [rog: 12] 14 17 19

[Jun 18 23:25:16] <GM_Manuel> What were you looking for?

[Jun 18 23:25:34] <albert_> are they good or bad? Do they exist?

[Jun 18 23:25:48] <GM_Manuel> [didn't soemone tell you about them yet?]

[Jun 18 23:25:53] <albert_> (no)

[Jun 18 23:26:27] <Viollca> (not blue, we've heard of red, yellow, green, silver)

[Jun 18 23:26:35] <albert_> (I've only seen silver cloaks before, but I have no idea what their affiliations are. And I haven't heard of any others.)

[Jun 18 23:26:37] <GM_Manuel> [oops. that would have been part of the debriefing. i forgot. blue cloaks are drug runners. you don't know if they are allied with the greens, but you know they're not allied with the reds]

[Jun 18 23:26:42] <GM_Manuel> [you have too heard of blue]

[Jun 18 23:26:58] <GM_Manuel> [blue & black were amongst the first ones mentoned]

[Jun 18 23:27:15] <GM_Manuel> [anyway]

[Jun 18 23:27:21] <albert_> "Not lately. You." (they were never mentioned to Albert and I have no recollection of them at all)

[Jun 18 23:27:33] <albert_> You?

[Jun 18 23:27:42] <GM_Manuel> "Killed a few two days ago for snooping too close."

[Jun 18 23:27:55] <GM_Manuel> "I think they are edging in on our business."

[Jun 18 23:27:57] <albert_> "They do have a bad habit of that at times."

[Jun 18 23:28:08] * albert_ scowls

[Jun 18 23:28:40] <Viollca> (Criten-#shem.log:Apr 30 23:12:30 liamthegm [& those with black cloaks are with the assassin's guild])

[Jun 18 23:28:42] <albert_> "Greedy sons-of-bitches..." etc.

[Jun 18 23:29:07] <Viollca> (i think that was just for aldo though)

[Jun 18 23:29:25] <GM_Manuel> [prolly. that wasn't my point.]

[Jun 18 23:29:39] <GM_Manuel> [game the fuck on]

[Jun 18 23:29:53] <GM_Manuel> He just nods in agreement with you as you talk a piece.

[Jun 18 23:30:09] <albert_> 'You heading to (city)?"

[Jun 18 23:30:11] <GM_Manuel> Meanwhile, his men are eyeing your men.

[Jun 18 23:30:28] * Matrim_Argent clenches his teeth.

[Jun 18 23:30:41] <GM_Manuel> He looks at you funny. "You mean to the Gathering?"

[Jun 18 23:30:47] <albert_> (eyeing them maliciously?)

[Jun 18 23:30:52] <albert_> "Yes."

[Jun 18 23:30:53] <GM_Manuel> [sizing them up]

[Jun 18 23:31:03] <GM_Manuel> "Huh. Yeah. Where else?"

[Jun 18 23:31:47] * Viollca will glare back at any men that stay too long on her. Tell me if I should roll evil eye.

[Jun 18 23:31:57] <GM_Manuel> [no need]

[Jun 18 23:32:08] <albert_> "Where else!" laughs as if it's quite funny

[Jun 18 23:32:31] <GM_Manuel> He looks at you confusedly. "Yeah."

[Jun 18 23:33:13] <GM_Manuel> Actualy, if it's a staring contest, the only one any of them even come close to eyeing for any good period of time are Paul or Manueel, & then not too long.

[Jun 18 23:33:21] <GM_Manuel> *ones

[Jun 18 23:34:24] <GM_Manuel> Franceso grunts, eyeing you warily all of a sudden. "I've got the ear of the Master of the Guild, Boy-Captain. Don't even /think/ of taking my slaves as your own."

[Jun 18 23:34:49] <albert_> "Wasn't even a thought."

[Jun 18 23:34:49] <GM_Manuel> He cracks his knuckles.

[Jun 18 23:35:04] <GM_Manuel> He grunts suspiciously. "I thought not. C'mon, men."

[Jun 18 23:35:09] <GM_Manuel> They start moving again.

[Jun 18 23:35:15] <albert_> (I fucked that one up)

[Jun 18 23:35:22] <GM_Manuel> [that you did]

[Jun 18 23:35:40] <GM_Manuel> [but not near as bad as it could be]

[Jun 18 23:35:53] <GM_Manuel> Do you follow them?

[Jun 18 23:36:04] <albert_> ummmm....

[Jun 18 23:36:29] <albert_> sure, I don't think albert realizes what he did

[Jun 18 23:36:41] <GM_Manuel> How closely?

[Jun 18 23:37:02] <albert_> I just start riding when they do

[Jun 18 23:37:07] <GM_Manuel> [haha]

[Jun 18 23:37:17] <GM_Manuel> At first, they keep watching you, obviously warily.

[Jun 18 23:37:17] <albert_> (I'm sorry)

[Jun 18 23:37:27] <GM_Manuel> Then, it turns to bafflement.

[Jun 18 23:37:34] <Viollca> (its ok dani)

[Jun 18 23:38:14] <GM_Manuel> Unless you do anything, eventually, Francesco gives an order for hard riding & his men basically drag the slaves along as they gallop.

[Jun 18 23:38:44] <Viollca> (are they trying to get away from us?)

[Jun 18 23:39:01] <GM_Manuel> umm. roll read people.

[Jun 18 23:39:04] <GM_Manuel> r rog 12

[Jun 18 23:39:05] <Eklem> GM_Manuel [rog: 12] 14 20 20

[Jun 18 23:39:12] <Viollca> r read ppl 13

[Jun 18 23:39:12] <Eklem> Viollca [read ppl: 13] 14 15 20

[Jun 18 23:39:12] <albert_> r read 14

[Jun 18 23:39:12] <Eklem> albert_ [read: 14] 19 20 24

[Jun 18 23:39:21] <GM_Manuel> anyone else?

[Jun 18 23:40:08] <GM_Manuel> righ thten

[Jun 18 23:40:21] <GM_Manuel> Al;bert, you can tell they seemed upset.

[Jun 18 23:40:43] * albert_ doesn't pursue and looks baffled himself

[Jun 18 23:41:10] <albert_> he looks to Manuel

[Jun 18 23:41:16] <GM_Manuel> Manuel shrugs.

[Jun 18 23:41:26] <GM_Manuel> "Let's jusst find this Gathering he mentioned."

[Jun 18 23:41:33] <albert_> "Yeah."

[Jun 18 23:42:16] * Ping reply from Axel_Murray: 0.40 second(s)

[Jun 18 23:42:29] <Viollca> (ping?)

[Jun 18 23:42:33] <Axel_Murray> (I have acquired ping)

[Jun 18 23:42:37] <GM_Manuel> Basically, if you continue to follow the river for the next three days, you'll come to a spot that has clear signs of use.

[Jun 18 23:42:52] <GM_Manuel> Indicating large numbers of someones moving off from that point to the south into the woods there.

[Jun 18 23:43:09] <albert_> we follow the trail as it were

[Jun 18 23:43:23] <Matrim_Argent> Viollca, Aldo, Aldo for those three nights.

[Jun 18 23:43:30] <Axel_Murray> I have ten minutes.

[Jun 18 23:43:33] <GM_Manuel> how many a piece?

[Jun 18 23:43:50] <Matrim_Argent> 2

[Jun 18 23:44:05] <GM_Manuel> As you follow the trail, you hear people & animals, & soon come to a large clearing full of Green Cloaks of every size & shape you can imagine

[Jun 18 23:44:22] <GM_Manuel> Tents are set up, fires burning, & a huge slave pen is erected on one end

[Jun 18 23:44:49] <GM_Manuel> Two Green Cloaks stop you as you arrive, glance at your outfits, then nod you in.

[Jun 18 23:45:04] <GM_Manuel> Those two have guns.

[Jun 18 23:45:10] <GM_Manuel> We can stop there for tonight.

[Jun 18 23:45:13] <albert_> I give an order for someone to set up our camp.

[Jun 18 23:45:14] <albert_> ok

[Jun 18 23:45:16] <Viollca> ok

[Jun 18 23:46:16] <GM_Manuel> how'd ye all like the session?

[Jun 18 23:46:26] <Axel_Murray> it was fun.

[Jun 18 23:46:38] <albert_> it was good.

[Jun 18 23:46:41] <Axel_Murray> I'm not certain I was completely in character for it.

[Jun 18 23:46:45] <Matrim_Argent> Good. Sorry for being difficult.

[Jun 18 23:46:47] <albert_> I feel really stupid

[Jun 18 23:46:50] <GM_Manuel> that's okay, to both of ye

[Jun 18 23:46:52] <GM_Manuel> all of ye

[Jun 18 23:46:57] <GM_Manuel> i think this session was brilliant

[Jun 18 23:47:00] <Viollca> fun, slow in the beginning due to technical issues

[Jun 18 23:47:07] <GM_Manuel> when it got rolling

[Jun 18 23:47:14] <Viollca> I had alot of fun, and I LOVE Viollca

[Jun 18 23:47:27] <Axel_Murray> I'm sorry about my utter absence in the middle there.

[Jun 18 23:47:36] <albert_> not your fault

[Jun 18 23:47:41] <GM_Manuel> i dunno about all of ye, but it looked like you guys were definitely forming a real team

[Jun 18 23:47:58] <Axel_Murray> yeah. I saw that too.

[Jun 18 23:48:33] <Viollca> I felt out of character in the middle, but I fell back in

[Jun 18 23:48:47] <Viollca> yes, we're bonding, slowly but surely

[Jun 18 23:49:06] <GM_Manuel> next session, i'll give you plot aadvancement!

[Jun 18 23:49:13] <Axel_Murray> yay!

[Jun 18 23:49:15] <Viollca> ironically, the people Viollca trusts the least are the NPCs

[Jun 18 23:49:24] <GM_Manuel> well.

[Jun 18 23:49:28] <GM_Manuel> Manuel is a creepy fuck

[Jun 18 23:49:35] <Axel_Murray> okay. goodnight all.

[Jun 18 23:49:37] <GM_Manuel> & Caradonna is a Sergeant, thus, a hard ass

[Jun 18 23:49:39] <GM_Manuel> 'night nathan

[Jun 18 23:49:44] <Viollca> night nathan

[Jun 18 23:49:47] <Matrim_Argent> Goodnight.

[Jun 18 23:49:59] * Axel_Murray has quit (Quit: Leaving)

[Jun 18 23:51:14] * GM_Manuel is now known as AnneBonny

[Jun 18 23:51:16] <AnneBonny> neal

[Jun 18 23:51:20] * AnneBonny has changed the topic to: friday - nathan's game | saturday - neal's game | rusty del conte is a jazz singer for no man!

[Jun 18 23:51:31] * Matrim_Argent is now known as Bartholomew_Tuck

[Jun 18 23:51:34] <Bartholomew_Tuck> Billy?

[Jun 18 23:51:49] <AnneBonny> i typed in the wrong box--meant to be changing the topic

[Jun 18 23:52:11] * albert_ is now known as arielturnip

[Jun 18 23:52:15] <Viollca> what did you think Neal?

[Jun 18 23:52:40] <Viollca> what does Matrim think of the NPCs?

[Jun 18 23:53:05] <Bartholomew_Tuck> I'm not sure. He's had very little IC contact with them.

[Jun 18 23:54:17] <AnneBonny> any new or interesting theories?

[Jun 18 23:54:47] <Viollca> so if the yellow cloaks are so rare, how did Garu get one?

[Jun 18 23:55:04] <AnneBonny> ...he was a member of their guild

[Jun 18 23:55:09] <AnneBonny> same way he got the rest

[Jun 18 23:56:03] <AnneBonny> how the hell else would he get one?

[Jun 18 23:56:12] <Bartholomew_Tuck> Kill someone who had one?

[Jun 18 23:56:47] <AnneBonny> sure, it's possible.

[Jun 18 23:57:24] <AnneBonny> he had what? seven cloaks? six? he was obviously a resourceful fellow