[2006-06-24 21:46:13] <<Dionysus>> Roll

[2006-06-24 21:46:15] <<Dionysus>> with it

[2006-06-24 21:46:43] <Viollca> what time of day/night is it?

[2006-06-24 21:46:56] <<Dionysus>> You've just had an exhausting day healing

[2006-06-24 21:47:05] <Viollca> right, ok

[2006-06-24 21:47:08] <<Dionysus>> And you go to sleep either in the local dream church or your train car?

[2006-06-24 21:47:52] <Viollca> she would have checked on Paul before she went anywhere, and would have tried to find somewhere safe to stay.

[2006-06-24 21:48:24] <<Dionysus>> Well, the whole city is safe at this point, assuming you trust the town guard & the local militia.

[2006-06-24 21:48:24] <Viollca> but, yes, probably the train car

[2006-06-24 21:48:40] <<Dionysus>> You dream.

[2006-06-24 21:48:47] <Viollca> since we probably have torches guarding it. OK

[2006-06-24 21:49:03] <<Dionysus>> In your dream, you awaken in a soft bed in a beautiful palace, everything adornedin silver

[2006-06-24 21:49:52] * Viollca sits up, smiles and stretches, and sets to making the bed.

[2006-06-24 21:50:11] <<Dionysus>> If you look out your window, you see a bustling city full of what appear to be angels & strange looking people you have never seen before

[2006-06-24 21:51:10] * Viollca looks out the window after setting up the pillows, and look curiously. She puts her elbows on the window and watches.

[2006-06-24 21:51:39] <<Dionysus>> A voice from behind you says, "Viollca." It is a gentle voice, reminiscent of your mother at her most tender & loving.

[2006-06-24 21:52:13] * Viollca begins to turn and look. "Yes? Is it breakfast already?"

[2006-06-24 21:52:56] <<Dionysus>> You see Ashariel. You know to your very soul that you are in the presence of the Mother of All Life on Shem. She appears to be a high elf of indeterminate years, beautiful beyon compare, with a fa

int silver aura.

[2006-06-24 21:53:42] <Viollca> "ah, um..."

[2006-06-24 21:54:09] <<Dionysus>> She sits down. "I have brought your consciousness here, Viollca, to speak with you."

[2006-06-24 21:54:14] * Viollca bows her head, closes her eyes, and looks up at Ashariel smiling."

[2006-06-24 21:54:38] <Viollca> "Yes, thank you my Goddess."

[2006-06-24 21:55:30] <<Dionysus>> "You recall our first visit, my dear, where I ensured you your power was pure."

[2006-06-24 21:56:55] <Viollca> "Yes, clearly. I carry it with me every day." She reaches up for her holy symbol.

[2006-06-24 21:58:10] <<Dionysus>> "I was able then, as I am now, to summon myself into your consciousness because you opened the door for me. You spoke my name. From that moment onward, you were my creature. Had I been a terrible

being, you would have been bound & chained to my will. But I am not, so I have let you be free. I have watched as your faith in me grew & I have felt the fire in your veins. You are a true gift to me."

[2006-06-24 22:00:06] * Viollca blushes. "It is you that have given me the gift. My life, on so many levels..."

[2006-06-24 22:00:25] <Viollca> "I--"

[2006-06-24 22:00:47] <Viollca> she hesitates,

[2006-06-24 22:00:50] <<Dionysus>> "But now you fear for the child within you."

[2006-06-24 22:01:09] <<Dionysus>> "I am here to offer you something. A trade."

[2006-06-24 22:01:20] * Viollca puts her hand over the stomach. "Yes. I do."

[2006-06-24 22:02:03] <Viollca> "A trade? My Goddess, I would gladly provide you with what you needed, what you wanted,"

[2006-06-24 22:03:01] <<Dionysus>> "Right now, your life is not your own. It belongs to me. Not only did your use of my name give it to me wholly & completely, you have come to follow the path I lay of your own will, by casting you

r belief on me. But more, within your blood is Blood that I created, Blood that has fully enamored your brother, Matrim. The trade I offer you I do not want you to accept blindly."

[2006-06-24 22:04:47] <<Dionysus>> "You see, Viollca, a lot depends on you & your friends. Most of my brethren are distracted, unattentive to the world we created, but I have stronger ties to the conflict before you than most of th

em do."

[2006-06-24 22:04:56] <<Dionysus>> "So I know your doubts, your fears."

[2006-06-24 22:05:07] <Viollca> ("Excuse me, but his name is Caspian" is what she doesn't say.)

[2006-06-24 22:05:29] <<Dionysus>> "I wish to alleviate you of one of the greatest fears you have, but within the bounds of the Law, I may only do so on certain conditions. So I must offer a trade."

[2006-06-24 22:07:13] * Viollca nods. "I'm not sure if I understand. I promise to listen and give your words the full weight of my thought."

[2006-06-24 22:08:02] <<Dionysus>> "If you allow me to transfer my ownership of you to your child, I will ensure you that until the day your chil is born, nothing in this world will hurt it, not even your death. Not your magic, not your fear of being marhime, not even another god." [2006-06-24 22:11:35] * Viollca listens. "That would please me, yes, but in the interest of fairness, I feel that my child should be party to this decision."

[2006-06-24 22:12:03] <<Dionysus>> Wow.

[2006-06-24 22:12:09] <<Dionysus>> Lemme think of how to work with that one.

[2006-06-24 22:12:51] <Viollca> "Ownership under you is something I choose and cherish. But I would not force it onto my child unwillingly."

[2006-06-24 22:13:17] <Viollca> "One day, she will grow into her own woman, and make her own choices."

[2006-06-24 22:14:29] <<Dionysus>> "If you cannot agree to the trade, then I am afraid I cannot continue. And I cannot relinquish my hold on you."

[2006-06-24 22:15:04] <Viollca> (Viollca has seen her child in dream before, she thinks its easy to call up for a Goddess.)

[2006-06-24 22:16:01] <<Dionysus>> [that's not the point. this has to be your choice]

[2006-06-24 22:17:26] <Viollca> "May I try and call my daughter?"

[2006-06-24 22:17:57] <<Dionysus>> You wkae up.

[2006-06-24 22:18:17] <Viollca> oh no.

[2006-06-24 22:18:26] <<Dionysus>> what did i just do?

[2006-06-24 22:18:26] <<Dionysus>> what did i just do?

[2006-06-24 22:18:32] <Viollca> Viollca will spend all night crying.

[2006-06-24 22:18:47] <<Dionysus>> It's morning

[2006-06-24 22:18:58] <Viollca> all day. 24 hours.

[2006-06-24 22:19:07] <<Dionysus>> that will be next session

[2006-06-24 22:19:22] <Viollca> what would you do if you just failed your Goddess and one of your reasons for living?

[2006-06-24 22:19:55] <<Dionysus>> well, you didn't fail exactly

[2006-06-24 22:20:01] <<Dionysus>> you just said "no"

[2006-06-24 22:20:55] <Viollca> she didn't understand

[2006-06-24 22:22:00] <Viollca> keep in mind the heavy value that Roma place on freedom, she didn't even think that the Goddess would try to take the will of another without their consent.

[2006-06-24 22:22:30] <<Dionysus>> she already has yours any time she wants it, actually

[2006-06-24 22:22:38] <<Dionysus>> & now that you rejected her deal

[2006-06-24 22:22:49] <<Dionysus>> she might take it if you do anything that displeases her

[2006-06-24 22:22:57] <Viollca> so this was a test of devotion, and one that she failed.

[2006-06-24 22:23:17] <<Dionysus>> heh. i guess so.

[2006-06-24 22:23:25] <Viollca> yeah.

[2006-06-24 22:23:35] <Viollca> wow.

[2006-06-24 22:24:07] <Viollca> until further notice, I'm taking her will down 2 points.

[2006-06-24 22:24:09] <<Dionysus>> whoops. well, i hope i didn't break your character

[2006-06-24 22:24:13] <<Dionysus>> why?

[2006-06-24 22:24:51] <Viollca> this is going to fuck with her. She's lost her convictions about who and what she is, somewhat.

[2006-06-24 22:25:49] <<Dionysus>> i don't think that would affect her will in most cases

[2006-06-24 22:26:15] <Viollca> and there will always be that voice in the back of her head saying that she's failed her Goddess and her child. If she weren't life faithful, she'd be comtemplating suicide.

[2006-06-24 22:27:17] <<Dionysus>> i think my job as a gm here is done, then. i mean...

[2006-06-24 22:27:23] <Viollca>

[2006-06-24 22:27:31] <<Dionysus>> anyway, don't take down the will.

[2006-06-24 22:27:44] <<Dionysus>> i think this is not an affect on her will so much as her decisiveness

[2006-06-24 22:28:04] <<Dionysus>> so once she has decided upon something, even if she doubts, her will will be basiclaly the same

[2006-06-24 22:28:33] <Viollca> no, I see will as emotional and mental strength. And this will weaken her.

[2006-06-24 22:29:05] <Viollca> she's more likely to give in if failure is possible.

[2006-06-24 22:30:32] <<Dionysus>> hmm

[2006-06-24 22:30:40] <Viollca> under the right circumstances, the change would reverse itself. But for now, she's in the throws of depression.

[2006-06-24 22:31:01] <Viollca> and I don't know how it's going to turn out.

[2006-06-24 22:50:32] <Viollca> Viollca's opinion on the conversation with Ashariel. "I cannot give you anyone's soul but my own."

[2006-06-24 22:52:38] <<Dionysus>> post the log of this convo to the wiki

[2006-06-24 22:52:43] <<Dionysus>> the one between viollca & ashariel

[2006-06-24 22:52:53] <Viollca> I will

[2006-06-24 22:53:30] <<Dionysus>> good