The party is taken to Nightscree and meets Siran, who identifies Albrecht and Nikolai as followers of The Iron Triad. The Goblin High Priestess of Volos takes the other three party members to Tarpeian Rock to be tortured for information. They are put in a cell with Greek captives.
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Nikolai: oof
Nikolai: 8:07
Nikolai: I'm bad at this game
Nikolai: where's oliver
DM of Gaia: Good question
DM of Gaia: He's not on AIM
DM of Gaia: So I will call him
Nikolai: good plan
Nikolai: chris, you there?
DM of Gaia: Goes straight to voicemail
Sven: yes
DM of Gaia: I'm starting at 8:20 regardless of where he is
DM of Gaia: Now
DM of Gaia: Does anyone have any questions or comments
Sven: just one comment
Sven:
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Sven: that's all.
Boris: urns
Nikolai: agreed
Nikolai: ok so
Nikolai: chris
Nikolai: I'm reserving a room here
Nikolai: what are my dates
Sven: aug 7-10
Nikolai: k
DM of Gaia: Ok so
DM of Gaia: .
Nikolai: $249/night is correct?
Sven: yes
Boris: whats going down?
Albrecht: probably us.
Sven: forrizzle.
DM of Gaia: Yep
Nikolai: yeeeah
DM of Gaia: Here's what I need from you guys
Nikolai: we may get served.
DM of Gaia: I need you to PM me your equipment sections of your char
sheet
DM of Gaia: Armor, weapons, special crap
DM of Gaia: I don't care about your random mundane stuff or money or
anything
Nikolai: hey guess what oliver has
Nikolai: a sheet with all our loot on it
DM of Gaia: He sure does
DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: Chris and Flynn now
Boris: im on it
DM of Gaia: Let's go guys, we're starting as soon as you send me
that info
Sven: was culling the shit you don't care about.
DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: Alright whatever
DM of Gaia: While you're culling
DM of Gaia: We'll begin
Sven: oh I see what happened here.
Nikolai: bleh
Sven: you didn't get my PM
Nikolai: give oliver another call
Sven: because I sent it to the wrong DM.
Sven: bahhh.
DM of Gaia: Oliver is still unavailable.
DM of Gaia: So.
Nikolai: ugh
Nikolai: he will be scolded
Sven: did you get that one?
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Albrecht: so he will be
<<< jflynn is now known as Boris >>>
DM of Gaia: I did.
DM of Gaia: Now then.
DM of Gaia: As you guys will recall, last session ended with you
being unconscious.
Nikolai: I don't remember that, I was unconscious
DM of Gaia: Yep.
DM of Gaia: //Ian log an Oliver plz for the meantime
DM of Gaia: You all got beaten into submission at various points in
the fight
Boris: I remember
Albrecht: Vasilol
DM of Gaia: With Boris, as I recall, being last
Nikolai: //sigh
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DM of Gaia: Now
DM of Gaia: Some unspecified time later
DM of Gaia: You awaken
DM of Gaia: The first thing you are aware of is movement
DM of Gaia: Rough, but steady movement, as if you are being carried
somewhere
DM of Gaia: The next thing you notice is the smell.
DM of Gaia: An overpowering, repulsive stench of death and
decomposition assaults your senses.
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DM of Gaia: When you involuntarily twitch and move from that
sensation, you realize the third thing
DM of Gaia: Which is that you are tightly bound, hand and foot
Boris: what with?
DM of Gaia: The ropes are quite constricting and painful
DM of Gaia: Additionally, you feel yourselves firmly within the
grasp of some powerful arms
DM of Gaia: You are also blindfolded
Nikolai: additionally you sense that some burly guy did your
mother
DM of Gaia: Though your blindfolds seem to be more carelessly
applied than your bindings.
Albrecht: <searching for an appropriate game>
Albrecht: <not found>
Albrecht: <searching for a group of burly men>
DM of Gaia: Around you, you hear intermittent speech, in Goblin
Nikolai: you're not quite sure but you feel like you may have
been anally violated as well
Nikolai: either way, your butt hurts
DM of Gaia: The goblins are laughing and jeering
DM of Gaia: And occasionally, you hear deep grunting noises from
whatever powerful creature is carrying you
DM of Gaia: Though by the smell, you surmise it to be the undead
ogre-like thing that pummeled you into unconsciousness before
DM of Gaia: It is carrying all of you at once.
Nikolai: fucking undead ogre thing
Albrecht: <searching for a burly undead ogre thing...>
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Albrecht: <burly undead ogre thing found>
Boris: stupid undead
Nikolai: whose root is that
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DM of Gaia: What's root
Nikolai: well I know who THAT is
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Sven: ruh roh.
<<< oliver sucks is now known as A fly >>>
A fly: oh snap
*** A fly flee
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DM of Gaia: Ok.
DM of Gaia: Do any of you do anything while being carried?
Nikolai: because you know
Nikolai: so many options
Sven: how in the world would you suggest I go about doing
that.
DM of Gaia: Alright
DM of Gaia: So you're just carried
Albrecht: I uh... remember not to stop breathing.
DM of Gaia: If you ever make any sort of movement
DM of Gaia: Or look to be conscious in any way
DM of Gaia: The goblins just smack you with the butt ends of their
spears
DM of Gaia: Until you're unconscious again
Sven: great.
DM of Gaia: But eventually your blindfolds slide off a bit
Nikolai: fair enough
DM of Gaia: And you're able to kinda see
DM of Gaia: You're carried for several days
DM of Gaia: Deeper and deeper into the forest
DM of Gaia: The terrain becomes more mountainous
DM of Gaia: Your captors occasionally encounter other goblins,
patrolling the forest
DM of Gaia: Usually these contain goblins warriors, clerics, worg
riders, skeletons and zombies... various combinations of these
DM of Gaia: Occasionally another one of these two-headed undead ogre
creatures
DM of Gaia: You notice that the deeper you go into the forest, the
more undead there are in the goblin patrols
DM of Gaia: You pass through several small goblins camps and
settlements
DM of Gaia: Eventually, you're carried up a mountain
DM of Gaia: The trail passes along the shore of a long mountain lake
DM of Gaia: Steep cliffs overlook the other side of the lake, and
several imposing, wooden guard towers overlook it
DM of Gaia: Finally, the trail passes the lake, and takes you to the
edge of a steep drop
DM of Gaia: Here, on the wide, rocky ledge, the creature carrying
you sets you down
Nikolai: uh
Nikolai: fantastic
DM of Gaia: The goblins escorting you rummage through your taken
belongings, finding several healing potions
DM of Gaia: And pour one into the mouth of each of you
DM of Gaia: Your blindfolds are then taken off
DM of Gaia: Kneeling on the rocky ledge, you look out from it
DM of Gaia: And behold a vast, wide valley
Albrecht: //so what's that, a cure light out from each of us?
DM of Gaia: //yes
DM of Gaia: Which is almost entirely covered with dense settlement
DM of Gaia: A huge array of squat, circular wooden dwellings
DM of Gaia: A multitude of guard towers ringing the edges of the
valley
DM of Gaia: Everywhere within this... city, as it were, there is
strange wooden construction connecting all of the buildings, planks,
vertical towers, strange frames
DM of Gaia: A number of large pits are dug throughout the goblin
city, and they are also filled with similar wooden construction
Sven: let's call it goblimmar
Nikolai: haha
Albrecht: I think it's called Nightscree.
DM of Gaia: And as you look down there, seeing movement everywhere,
you realize that this entire city is swarming with goblins
Albrecht: And it's probably Gobli'la, anyway :P
DM of Gaia: You cannot estimate their number, but you guess it must
be many thousands
Boris: wonderful
DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: You see three black dots in the sky
Nikolai: boo
DM of Gaia: They are approaching
Nikolai: boourns
DM of Gaia: As they come closer... you discern their shapes, and see
that they are three of the massive, black, vulture-like birds you saw
just before you were attacked and captured
DM of Gaia: The bird in the middle is mounted by the same horned,
demonic rider as before
DM of Gaia: As the birds approach, the goblin worg riders escorting
you back away from you slowly
DM of Gaia: You note with shock that there is terror in their eyes
DM of Gaia: The three birds, including the one with the demonic
rider, swoop down on you
DM of Gaia: The left bird grabs Boris and Nikolai, one in each claw
DM of Gaia: The right bird grabs Sven and Vasily
DM of Gaia: And the middle bird grabs Albrecht in both claws
DM of Gaia: With a massive down-sweep of their wings, the three
birds take off
Sven: what about my wolf
DM of Gaia: You've seen no evidence of your wolf since the battle.
Sven: :(
DM of Gaia: Plunging down into the valley, the birds carrying you
soar toward the middle of the city
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DM of Gaia: .
DM of Gaia: As they approach the haphazard arrangement of wooden
structures in the city's center, the birds begin circling downward
DM of Gaia: .
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DM of Gaia: And when they're about 10 feet up, they drop you
unceremoniously onto a flat platform attached to the side of a massive
structure, around which the surrounding ones seem to be built
DM of Gaia: The demonic rider of the middle bird jumps down from its
bird onto the same platform
DM of Gaia: Several goblin guards emerge from a doorway at the edge
of the platform
DM of Gaia: Pulling you roughly to your feet, they prod you to walk
inside.
DM of Gaia: The demon follows.
DM of Gaia: You are led into the bowels of the building, passing
through cramped, low hallways, and rooms and chambers whose purpose you
cannot begin to guess
DM of Gaia: You are eventually led down a number of stairways to a
vast hall which you figure must be below ground level
DM of Gaia: Along the two long walls, there are a number of wall
hangings which appear to be made... of skin
DM of Gaia: On each, drawn in blood, are illustrations of some sort
of undead creature
Boris: i do hlope they make me into a good one
DM of Gaia: From simple skeletons, zombies, ghouls, to strange
creatures of twisted bone and flesh that you have never even heard of
DM of Gaia: At the end of the hall is a high dais
DM of Gaia: On it sits an elaborate throne carved out of bones, on a
pedestal which is actually a mound of skulls
DM of Gaia: The horned demon walks to the end of the hall, ascends
the dais, and sits on the throne
DM of Gaia: It gestures to your guards, who untie your bonds and
leave, closing the hall's massive wooden doors behind them
DM of Gaia: And just then, looking closer at the demon as it passes
you, you realize that the demonic visage is in fact an elaborately
constructed suit of armor
DM of Gaia: Which makes its wearer appear to be a demon
DM of Gaia: And after the doors close, the creature on the throne
takes off its horned helmet, separating it from the rest of the armor
DM of Gaia: And reveals itself to be a relatively young, beautiful
human woman, in her mid to late twenties
Sven: wtfcharles.
DM of Gaia: She has long, black hair, and her facial features
indicate her to be of one of the southern peoples... Cuman, Abkhaz,
Seljuk... something like that
Nikolai: what.
Nikolai: srsly.
Sven: charlesy got mah head again.
DM of Gaia: She smiles with distinct satisfaction, saying "I am
Siran. Welcome... to Nightscree."
Nikolai: i like yo raincoat
*** Sven feels hit with his own pimp
<<< A spider is now known as Siran >>>
Nikolai: o i c
Sven: fucking spiders.
Siran: Well well well. What do we have here. Travelers? What
business do you have in these forests?
Albrecht: //language is?
Sven: //I assume not infernal again
DM of Gaia: Russian!
Nikolai: //russian would be nice
Nikolai: //hooray
DM of Gaia: .
Nikolai: Better question, what the hell is a human girl doing
consorting with goblins?
Siran: I'll ask the questions here.
Nikolai: I suppose you will.
Siran: And I did. now provide me with answers.
Sven: //hahaha
Siran: //:)
oliver still : //well then
Albrecht: The forest was in our path. We passed through.
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*** Vasily ahem
Boris: // did we ever actually enter it?
Sven: //we tried . . . then we got served.
Albrecht: // this time, we reached the edge
Siran: And where were you headed?
Vasily: We were only heading to Kiev
Albrecht: // but we've been all the way through and back, and then
poked around at Krivograd
Vasily: To do business.
Vasily: We swear me meant no harm to you or... *glancing around*
Siran: What kind of business?
Vasily: Your people.
Sven: //hooray beer - err, business
Vasily: We convey goods and services between Kiev and parts
south.
Vasily: A bit of odd jobs here and there.
Vasily: We were on our way back to Kiev to report to our
employer... nothing more.
Siran: Who is your employer?
Vasily: //what's the dude's name
Vasily: //I forgot
Albrecht: //Arkadiy?
Sven: //arkadiy norkin or some shit?
Vasily: //sure
Vasily: A merchant by the name of Arkadiy.
Vasily: Arkadiy Norkin, I believe?
Vasily: But please, miss, tell us why we have been captured and
brought here.
Siran: Well, I don't really take too kindly to people entering
and wandering about MY forest. And you did mean harm, as you have
already killed some of my people. So if you hope to make it out of this
alive, maybe we should get to know each other a little better.
Nikolai: We were attacked.
Albrecht: If you don't want people entering your forest, perhaps
you should put up a sign?
Siran: I don't care who attacked. THEY are dead.
*** Siran picks Albrecht up by his shirt and throws him into a wall
Sven: //well damn.
Siran: Anyone else have any smart comments?
Boris: // has too high of an int score for that
Siran: I assure you I can do much better than simple violence
*** Albrecht staggers back to his feet
Siran: So, who do you all follow for guidance?
*** Sven is confused by the question
*** Nikolai same
*** Siran waves her hands and causes bones to fly all over the room,
hitting everyone in it
Siran: Well?
*** Nikolai wonders if he's unconscious
*** Albrecht same
Sven: I . . . don't think we know what you mean.
Siran: We can do this the easy way, or I can kill you. Decide.
Siran: Well, who do you follow, pray to, that sort of thing.
*** Nikolai snorts
Nikolai: No one.
*** Boris is agnostic
Albrecht: No god has my allegiance.
Sven: My faith, if you can call it that, is nature itself.
Siran: Riiiiiiight, so what is your actual mission. I'm growing
somewhat impatient with all of your lies. I know you're not simple
merchants.
Nikolai: We've told you why we're here.
Nikolai: You can believe us or not, it makes no difference to me.
Siran: makes a hand gesture and causes a skull to rise into the
air and smack Nikolai unconscious
Siran: //with the option key :P
Siran: You all really don't value your lives
Sven: //haha, siran fails at hotline
Siran: //die
DM of Gaia: //LOL, you guys are going to fail at living pretty soon
Boris: Now that wasn't very nice.
Nikolai: //guess we'll have to reroll then
Boris: I suppose you found some sort of box then?
*** Vasily looks over at Nikolai
Siran: I have found many boxes in my life. Which do you speak
of?
*** Vasily looks at Boris
*** Vasily sigh
Vasily: We are delivering a box. There is some sort of payment
in it.
Vasily: What I told you before is the truth, I swear it.
Vasily: It was among our possessions when you had your minions
kidnap us.
Siran: You all bore me. I'm through here.
*** Siran begins to walk away
Nikolai: //*goes back to playing rumble roses*
DM of Gaia: As she turns away, Siran stops
Sven: //did we ever open the box?
DM of Gaia: //no
Albrecht: // we were going to do that in Kiev
DM of Gaia: She removes the right gauntlet of her armor, throwing it
to the floor
DM of Gaia: With her bare hand, she reaches for her neck
DM of Gaia: Turning around, she takes off a chain of iron links
around her neck
Sven: We were told not to open the box, so we haven't.
Sven: //you and your rumble roses :-P
DM of Gaia: Siran approaches you once more
DM of Gaia: You see that hanging on the chain is a small triangle of
wrought iron
Sven: //does it look like anything familiar to anyone?
DM of Gaia: Its corners are cut off, and the edges are curled in to
create a rounded edge
Albrecht: // probably, if sandy had ever described any of the
imagery of the iron triad
Sven: //the what?
DM of Gaia: //I never did
Nikolai: //I wouldn't know, being unconscious
DM of Gaia: On the surface of the triangle are a number of deep
grooves
DM of Gaia: The grooves form a pattern of three inscribed triangles
DM of Gaia: Like so:
DM of Gaia:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/triangle.png
Nikolai: // now that looks familiar
Sven: //does it?
Albrecht: // Ian, did we ever establish that both of us have
knowledge of arakel?
DM of Gaia: //It does?
Albrecht: // also is it familiar to me?
Nikolai: //between us? no
Nikolai: //doesn't matter cause nikolai is unconscious
Albrecht: // triforce inside triforce? :P
DM of Gaia: //It is not familiar to any of you
Nikolai: //k whatever
Nikolai: //it's definitely familiar to mE
Nikolai: //maybe not nikolai
DM of Gaia: //How sos
DM of Gaia: -s
Nikolai: //dunno
Nikolai: //just is
Nikolai: //feel like I've seen this in a previous character
creation.
DM of Gaia: Siran approaches Sven first
DM of Gaia: She holds out the iron pendant, dangling it in front of
him
DM of Gaia: Concentrating for several seconds, she furrows her
brow... and shakes her head
DM of Gaia: She then walks over to Boris, repeating this same
procedure
*** Sven raises an eyebrow
Boris: I furrow my brow back
DM of Gaia: Then, Siran approaches Albrecht
DM of Gaia: When she dangles the triangle pendant in front of you,
you feel your eyes drawn to the inscribed image
DM of Gaia: And as you watch, the grooves within the iron begin to
fill with... darkness
DM of Gaia: As if jet-black water was being poured into them
DM of Gaia: Just for a second, you see an image in your mind
DM of Gaia: A tall, perfectly formed humanoid being
DM of Gaia: He is powerfully muscled, with dark skin and black hair
DM of Gaia: A pair of massive, black feathered wings stretch out
behind his back, and in his hands is a tremendous greathammer
Boris: // perfectly formed but "he"?
DM of Gaia: //what does that mean
Sven: // so it would seem.
DM of Gaia: Siran lowers the pendant, nodding with satisfaction
Albrecht: // only women can be perfectly formed, because breasts
are required for perfection?
Siran: //i want him
Sven: // that seems to be the conclusion
Sven: //fucking spiders.
DM of Gaia: She walks over to Vasily, holding out the pendant in
front of him, with the same lack of effect as with Boris and Sven
DM of Gaia: Finally, she kneels before the unconscious Nikolai
DM of Gaia: Holding the iron pendant above him
Nikolai: //lol?
DM of Gaia: And as with Albrecht, the grooves in the iron begin to
fill with darkness
DM of Gaia: Nikolai, you awaken with a start
Siran: //what i did was far less terrible than some of the
stuff Sandy suggested..so...be happy with unconsciousness
Nikolai: //meh?
Sven: //lol
DM of Gaia: And as you do, just for a moment, a vision flashes into
your mind
Nikolai: //doesn't matter to me really
Siran: //cause ebola was one of em
Sven: //. . . ebola?
Nikolai: //heh
Siran: //lol
Nikolai: //fort save or die slowly?
Sven: //how about the herp
Siran: //no save
Nikolai: //the HIV!
Sven: //there's an idea.
Siran: //hahaha cause the hiv
Sven: //die in 10 years, no save
Nikolai: //pool closed due to AIDS
Siran: //aw!!!! now i have great ideas!!! let's redo that
scene!!!
Sven: //hahahaha
DM of Gaia: A beautiful woman, massively tall, with greenish skin
Nikolai: //whatever this is medieval russia, nikolai probably
doesn't have 10 years left in him
DM of Gaia: Her features are almost angelic
Sven: //guess you better ascend to godhood soon, eh
Nikolai: //guess so
Sven: //better get on that.
DM of Gaia: But there is something about her gaze that seems to
radiate evil intent
Nikolai: //working on it
Siran: //your penis is suddenly covered in huge red welts
before it shrivels up and falls off
Sven: //well that's a damn shame.
Nikolai: //isn't it though
DM of Gaia: A pair of crimson, feathered wings stretch out behind
her
Nikolai: Hey, I know you.
DM of Gaia: And in her hand is a flaming longsword.
Nikolai: can I has Ur-Priest levels?
Siran: //"hey babeh!"
Sven: I'm glad somebody knows something around here.
DM of Gaia: Siran, once again, nods with satisfaction.
DM of Gaia: She opens her mouth to speak...
DM of Gaia: But just as that happens, the massive wooden doors to
the chamber burst open
DM of Gaia: And through them storms a retinue of goblins
Nikolai: uh
DM of Gaia: Leading it is a very old, stooped cleric in elaborate
robes
DM of Gaia: A holy symbol of Volos, intricately carved out of
darkwood, hangs around her neck
DM of Gaia: She is escorted by several younger clerics, as well as a
number of warriors
Nikolai: //bitches pinned me
Nikolai: //goddamnit
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Siran: Oh, you. What do you want?
DM of Gaia: Looking around at her entourage, the cleric speaks, in
the low, harsh tones of Infernal
*** Albrecht understands
DM of Gaia: Her voice is hoarse with age
*** Sven boggles
*** Old Cleric gestures with a bony finger at the prisoners
Old Cleric: .
DM of Gaia: .
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Sven: .
DM of Gaia: Chat buffer bug ftl
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Old Cleric: I want... these.
Old Cleric: They will come with me.
*** Sven sighs
Nikolai: //moar undead plzkthx
Siran: These are my toys. They were brought to me.
Siran: Go find your own.
*** Old Cleric scowls, revealing a toothless mouth
*** Siran rolls her eyes
Old Cleric: All prisoners who could have knowledge that might
benefit our goals are to be interrogated at Tarpeian Rock, not here.
Old Cleric: That is the rule.
Sven: //where was that again?
Old Cleric: Do you believe you are now powerful enough to defy what
is established?
Siran: And I have determined that they are useless. Now If
you'll excuse me, I was about to have fun.
DM of Gaia: //That was the goblin fortress near Krivograd
Sven: //ok
Old Cleric: Then you are a fool! Give them to me, and I will have my
minions question them.
Old Cleric: After all, can a human woman know the arts of torture as
well as those of the One Race?
Siran: Fine, you know what. you can have those 3 (pointing at
Sven, Boris, and Vasily). I'm keeping the other 2.
Old Cleric: They have told you nothing because they do not fear you.
*** Old Cleric narrows her eyes
*** Sven sighs
Nikolai: k bye
Siran: And never question my ability to torture.
*** Old Cleric gestures to her warriors, who step forward and grab the
three aforementioned PCs
*** Sven has been passed around like some sort of cheap ho
Old Cleric: Don't think that you've won, girl. Korelek will hear of
this when he returns from his raid.
Siran: Fine. Tell him. Take your things and leave please.
*** Old Cleric turns around and storms out, her retinue and prisoners
in tow
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Sven: :/
*** Nikolai coughs up a bit of blood
*** Nikolai struggles to rise to his feet
*** Siran laughs
*** Nikolai narrows his eyes at Siran
Sven: //that's an old-ass man right there.
Nikolai: // truth
Nikolai: //my brittle old man hip
Sven: //probably even crotchety.
Siran: So.
Nikolai: What do you know of Zorayan the Magnificent?
Siran: You two know what this is. (holds out the necklace)
Siran: And but of course.
Nikolai: I'm beginning to have some idea.
Siran: I've known that you would be coming here.
Nikolai: *snorts* Well, now I feel like those questions earlier
were for show...
Siran: So? Regardless...
Siran: I suggest that you help me, or rather, we help each
other. Join me, and together we can achieve power. Those who serve the
Iron Triad should work together.
*** Nikolai looks over at Albrecht
Nikolai: You were a part of this too?
Albrecht: My great great uncle Johann introduced me to Arakel the
Mighty years ago.
Nikolai: Hmph. How convenient for you.
Sven: //feel that crotchety goodness.
Albrecht: You?
Nikolai: Are you familiar with Ragnarok?
Nikolai: The end of the world?
Nikolai: The death of the Gods themselves?
Albrecht: Only tangentially.
Albrecht: But it was part of why I came to Russia
Nikolai: Maybe some day I'll tell you about it. But now is not
the time.
Siran: This is all very cute, but let's get down to it. I want
power. You two undoubtedly want power. You don't think I came to this
position I am in now by traveling around with a bunch of unenlightened
nobodies do you? We could be so powerful.
*** Nikolai nods
Nikolai: It is as you say...
Nikolai: If you serve the Iron Triad, then it would be foolish to
reject your offer.
Albrecht: Indeed.
Nikolai: But... I would request that our travelling party be
spared.
Nikolai: Though I wonder if it is within your power to spare
them... the politics of your goblin tribe seem rather tangled.
*** Nikolai snickers
*** Nikolai looking meaningfully to where the goblin cleric exited
Siran: Insulting my tribe is not the way to get me to help your
friends.
Albrecht: You should see the politicking in the Empire.
Albrecht: At least this hostility is overt.
Siran: Now if you WANT my help, you will stop with your
attitude and work with me, or I will turn my head the other way and
allow your friends to be tortured and killed.
Nikolai: Fair enough.
Nikolai: What do you need?
Siran: I need information.
Albrecht: About?
Siran: You all have obviously seen many nations. I need to know
the military and political situation of all of them, especially Kiev.
*** Nikolai shrugs
Nikolai: //i see no reason not to share whatever I know
Albrecht: // same
Nikolai: //what little there is of it
DM of Gaia: //ok
DM of Gaia: //in that case
DM of Gaia: CUT!
Albrecht: // I suspect others of our party know more of some areas
DM of Gaia: PAN
Nikolai: //given that nikolai has no actual skill in said
knowledge
Nikolai: lol
Nikolai: cut cut cut!
Albrecht: // which gives added incentive to keep them alive
DM of Gaia: DISSOLVE
Sven: //ruh roh, cinematography
DM of Gaia: Etc.
Nikolai: hahaha
Nikolai: SLOW!
Albrecht: brb
Nikolai: MACH SPEED!
DM of Gaia: And now, we look at what happens with Boris, Sven, and
Vasily.
Nikolai: ZOOM IN!
Sven: red hot kick
Nikolai: Red Hot One Hundred!
DM of Gaia: Once outside Siran's throne room, as it were
DM of Gaia: Your hands are tied once again
Sven: mais bien sur.
DM of Gaia: .
Sven: _
Nikolai: Henshin a go go, baby!
Nikolai: .
Nikolai: haha
Nikolai: I typed that maybe 3 minutes ago
DM of Gaia: Anyway
DM of Gaia: You are led with the retinue of the aged goblin cleric
DM of Gaia: Through the twisting alleys and tunnels of Nightscree
DM of Gaia: Around you, you see goblins constantly building
something
DM of Gaia: Working on buildings and various structures
DM of Gaia: Assembling strange mechanical contraptions
Sven: work work
DM of Gaia: Finally you leave Nightscree
Boris: oy
DM of Gaia: And are led through the forest
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DM of Gaia: Along a treacherous, rocky path, up the mountain you
were carried down from
DM of Gaia: ...
DM of Gaia: Oliver.
#143: Am so sorry guys. My schedule got fubared.
Albrecht: ./golfclap.
Nikolai: ahahahah
DM of Gaia: So what happened to calling someone
Nikolai: also rofl
Nikolai: also
Nikolai: right the hell now
DM of Gaia: Or perhaps even responding to phone calls to you
Nikolai: email me your character sheet
#143: The term started, and shit started happening.
<<< #143 is now known as Vasily >>>
Nikolai: you could have fired off a one line IM
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Nikolai: in any case just in case this happens again
DM of Gaia: Or text message
DM of Gaia: Whatever
Nikolai: send me your char sheet and the loot sheet
DM of Gaia: You're here now
Vasily: Yeah, I didn't have computer access 'til now, and my
cellphone was out of batteries.
DM of Gaia: lol
Nikolai: the cell being out of batteries part we noticed...
Boris: oh, Oliver's here now?
Nikolai: heh
Nikolai: he is
DM of Gaia: So anyways
Nikolai: good to have you back mr. kennedy
Vasily: yo
Nikolai: we are all captured and shit
Nikolai: enjoy
Vasily: Yay!
Vasily: Can someone PM me a log of today's events so far, I'll
start parsing through it.
Nikolai: i can summarize it pretty quickly for you.
Nikolai: We were captured by goblins. They took us to their
leader. Their leader is a young woman.
Nikolai: She speaks russian.
Nikolai: She's not very nice.
*** Vasily whistles
Nikolai: You've been thrown away to the Goblin Cleric leader
Albrecht: Then their other leader took you three away.
Albrecht: Because Nikolai and I are more evil than the rest of you
in a single important way.
Nikolai: And that brings us to the present
DM of Gaia: Ok
Sven: I prefer to think of it as differently evil
Sven: separate but equal
Sven: except without black people.
Nikolai: Apartheid!
DM of Gaia: When you reach the mountain lake again
DM of Gaia: The old cleric waves her hand in the general direction
of her minions
Albrecht: Right, we're more equal in some ways and less equal in
other ways
Sven: exactly :-P
DM of Gaia: And two of them produce short staves of carved bone from
their robes
DM of Gaia: The staves are inscribed with sigils you do not
recognize
DM of Gaia: And they seem to shimmer and waver, as if not entirely
there
DM of Gaia: The two subordinate clerics concentrate, and the sigils
on the bone staves glow
Boris: well, this can't end well
DM of Gaia: They they start touching other people in the entourage
with the staves
DM of Gaia: After everyone, including the three of you, have been
touched once
DM of Gaia: The world around you instantly changes
DM of Gaia: The shadows cast by you, the trees, everything, lengthen
and darken
DM of Gaia: And the sun seems to retreat into the sky
DM of Gaia: The world plunges into darkness, turning into a shadowy,
vaguely defined version of itself
Sven: ahh, that shadow walk thingy.
DM of Gaia: And a path of shadow-stuff stretches out before you
DM of Gaia: You feel yourself being pulled along it.
DM of Gaia: You are pulled along the shadowy path for several hours
DM of Gaia: And finally, you tumble off the path
DM of Gaia: And the shadows pull back, revealing a world in twilight
- the sun is just setting
DM of Gaia: You're in yet another stretch of unextraordinary forest
DM of Gaia: Rising behind you is a tall, single mountain peak
DM of Gaia: You are currently in the foothills of said mountain
Sven: is there a big fucking eyeball, while we're at it?
DM of Gaia: Negative
Vasily: dark whispering of some evil entity?
Boris: I have a ring...
DM of Gaia: The old cleric coughs and leads the way up a narrow path
Boris: it's precious...
Vasily: More importantly, in this strange place, are there any
others?
DM of Gaia: There is nobody else so far
DM of Gaia: But after about a half hour of walking up the winding
path, you come to a guard tower
DM of Gaia: Goblin sentries aim crossbows in your direction, then,
seeing who it is, nod and lower them
DM of Gaia: You continue walking, passing three more guard towers
DM of Gaia: Finally you come to a wide ledge in front of a sheer
rock wall
DM of Gaia: It stretches straight up quite far
DM of Gaia: The old cleric waves her hand vaguely once more
DM of Gaia: And the rock wall parts
DM of Gaia: Its two halves sliding out from a central vertical line
DM of Gaia: But strangely, when you look past it, you see...
absolutely nothing
Boris: weird
DM of Gaia: Not darkness...
DM of Gaia: But it is like your eyes are failing to report anything
at all
DM of Gaia: You're led forward
DM of Gaia: And as you walk past where the edge of the rock wall
should be...
DM of Gaia: You plunge into darkness
DM of Gaia: You're led forward some more
Nikolai: this sounds pretty bad
Sven: word
Boris: we're hosed
DM of Gaia: You sense, due to bumping into the walls, that you are
in a cramped, narrow tunnel
DM of Gaia: But you still see nothing
DM of Gaia: You're led through an endless maze of tunnels
DM of Gaia: So long and twisting that you lose track of time and
direction
Boris: //brb
DM of Gaia: Finally, you see faint light ahead
DM of Gaia: And you are led to a fairly chamber, past some iron bars
DM of Gaia: One of the goblin warriors open the heavy iron door, and
shoves you all in
DM of Gaia: *fairly large chamber
DM of Gaia: The goblins then leave
DM of Gaia: A single, faint lantern hangs from the rock ceiling
Boris: // we see a long room with jars of souls and a litch at
the other end?
Vasily: // We're gonna need all the paladins to cast divine
sacrifice on the mages.
DM of Gaia: You see that a number of other humans are sitting around
the cavern
DM of Gaia: They look thin, beaten, and bloody
DM of Gaia: As if they have all endured varying amounts of tortured
DM of Gaia: torture
DM of Gaia: Let's see
DM of Gaia: Sven, Boris and Vasily...
DM of Gaia: Ok
Sven: :/
DM of Gaia: Boris and Vasily, you recognize that all of these people
are dressed in Greek attire
DM of Gaia: Most of them appear to be Greek merchant sailors
DM of Gaia: Several, of middle to old age, have more elaborate robes
DM of Gaia: Like some sort of high-ranking officials or scholars
from the Byzantine Empire
DM of Gaia: And one of them wears a Byzantine military uniform
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Boris: interesting
Sven: //yarr, bitches?
DM of Gaia: One of the sailors, a stout, muscular man with a grizzly
beard, gets up and approaches you, limping somewhat
DM of Gaia: He greets you in Greek
DM of Gaia: Anyone speak Greek?
Boris: yo
Vasily: can't say's I do.
Sven: nop
Boris: well, at least we have ligustic diversity
*** Greek Sailor sees that only one of the newcomers understands
DM of Gaia: .
Greek Sailor: Russian, perhaps? Do we all have that in common?
Sven: yes
Vasily: Da.
*** Boris nods
Greek Sailor: Good, then. I'm Heracles, former captain of the equally
former Apollo's Lyre, a merchant ship out of Byzantium.
Sven: //rofl
<<< Greek Sailor is now known as Heracles >>>
DM of Gaia: As he introduces himself, the man in military garb
snorts
DM of Gaia: Making, however, no motion to rise or approach
Vasily: Former?
*** Heracles smiles ruefully
Boris: he has no more ship
Vasily: The same sea monster troubles we had?
Heracles: I don't know about any sea monster, friend. Goblins got
me and my ship. Flew overhead in the night and rained Greek fire down
upon us.
Vasily: Although, a sea monster dwells upon the sea. What we
had trouble with would more aptly be termed river monster.
Heracles: My poor ship burned as we rushed to get to shore, and we
were ambushed there.
Vasily: Little buggers then.
Vasily: // are we still in the twi... err, shadow realm?
DM of Gaia: //Nah you exited the shadow realm when you got the
mountain
Sven: //not that I can tell
Vasily: // just checking
DM of Gaia: At this point, one of the older men, dressed in more
expensive garb, rises and hobbles over
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Vasily: Well, I'm Vasily, and these would be my partners in
crime Boris and Sven.
Greek Dignita: Ah, excuse me, my good captain, but I must correct you
*** Sven nods
Greek Dignita: Your use of the term "Greek fire" can no longer be
termed appropriate... the Empire has not commanded exclusive knowledge
of that alchemical substance in quite some decades.
DM of Gaia: At this speech, the Greek soldier begins laughing
hysterically
DM of Gaia: He stops abruptly and rises
Vasily: Clearly true, for would the goblins have it were it
still thus? The name however, is still of meaning.
Greek Dignita: Ah, but...
Byzantine Sol: Enough!
Byzantine Sol: This is not the place nor the time.
*** Vasily tests the door
Vasily: Any thoughts on how we're going to get out of this
place?
Vasily: // how many spells have I cast today/do I still have my
spellbook?
Vasily: // my cleverly concealed spellbook of a trickster?
Sven: now that is a good question.
Byzantine Sol: Finally, someone who thinks rationally.
*** Vasily nods
*** Boris examines the door
Vasily: // hmm... what roll would it be to unblock the door,
disable device?
DM of Gaia: You can see, now, that despite his beaten and roughed-up
look, this man is of noble descent
Nikolai: //you have: some L0 spells
Nikolai: //you have; no gear
Boris: any checks to make on this door?
DM of Gaia: He is very tall, with close-cropped black hair
Vasily: // do I have my clothing?
Byzantine Sol: Let me introduce myself.
Vasily: // if so, can I make a slight of hand to keep my
spellbook?
Byzantine Sol: I am Decarch Ariston of the Emperor's army.
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DM of Gaia: //No you can't keep your spellbook
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*** Greek Dignitary sighs and goes back to sit on the cave floor with
the others
*** Heracles frowns
DM of Gaia: Lagtastic...
DM of Gaia: .
*** Vasily bows in greeting
Vasily: gak
DM of Gaia: And now I wait while chat from the other client goes
through
Nikolai: yay
Heracles: .
DM of Gaia: Wow
DM of Gaia: Weird
Heracles: And though I applaud your initiative, I have already
tested the door.
DM of Gaia: er
*** Ariston said that
Vasily: // was idly testing it
DM of Gaia: The door appears to be quite secure
DM of Gaia: The bars are set directly into the rock.
Vasily: // so, I've got 2 acid splashes prepped... any chance
those might be useful?
DM of Gaia: //Not useful enough
Sven: //hang on a sec
Vasily: // hmm... mastery of shaping + acid splash = Zorro's
calling card?
Nikolai: //rofl?
Sven: //hmm, I don't suppose numbing sphere would make the
lock or the bars brittle enough to shatter.
DM of Gaia: //Negative
*** Vasily wonders what Nick and Al are up to
Ariston: Our only option, I believe, is waiting until the goblins
come to take one of us for further interrogation.
Vasily: Then try to overpower them?
Ariston: Indeed.
Ariston: Did any of you recall how you got to this cave from the
outside?
Sven: //do I?
Vasily: Well, I'm only a frail old man... but I've a few tricks
up my sleeve.
DM of Gaia: //Nope.
Sven: //not even with a +15 survival check? aww.
Vasily: Well, there was this dark hole...
Sven: that there was.
Vasily: And a lot of twilight.
Vasily: They got us here by magic.
Vasily: Several spells I couldn't identify.
Vasily: // I couldn't, right?
DM of Gaia: //Nope
Vasily: //there's a L0 spell for pathfinding, isn't there.
DM of Gaia: //There is?
Sven: know direction?
Nikolai: doubtful
Vasily: //not that useful then.
Sven: //I guess I do have that prepared . . . but I don't know
how useful that will be . . . let's look it up.
Sven: //"you discern north"
Nikolai: it tells you where north is
Nikolai: right
Nikolai: it's a compass
DM of Gaia: Now, Heracles, who meanwhile has been listening and
frowning while you are discussing escape plans with Ariston...
Boris: also, guidance could maybe be used as part of, say, a
survival check
Heracles: And have you once considered what they'll do if they
catch us escaping?
Vasily: Kill us most like.
Heracles: No! Not just kill us!
Vasily: I don't do well in closed spaces though.
Heracles: They've told us what will happen.
Vasily: Have they? That was kind of them.
*** Sven is very knowledge-free at this point
Vasily: Kind of like revealing the ending to a book. It spoils
the surprise.
Heracles: If we try anything, we are all - ALL, even those who've
tried nothing - tortured more!
Vasily: Then may I suggest you come with us.
*** Heracles points in the direction of the other people in the cave
Boris: might as well have some fun between getting tortured
Heracles: Some of them are old men, Ariston! They've already
killed ten of my men for the last time.
*** Ariston walks up to Heracles, towering over him
Ariston: Firstly, you will address me by my proper title...
commoner.
Vasily: And you don't think you're going to die here anyway?
You think they'll just release you? For gods sakes man, these are
goblins we're talking about.
Heracles: We can bargain for our freedom. They want something from
us, and we can give it to them.
*** Ariston sneers
Vasily: Do you know what they want?
Vasily: Have you asked them?
Ariston: They want information.
Sven: I know I haven't known what anyone wants from me all
day.
Vasily: Information is plentiful.
Ariston: They ask us about the Empire. Our military strength. Our
strategies, our tactics. Our politics.
Vasily: Easily duplicated. And of little value once it's given.
Ariston: And this... this... fool... would betray his Emperor by
revealing his knowledge to these subhuman monsters.
Vasily: Do you know how difficult it must be for them to get us
out of here secretly?
*** Ariston narrows his eyes
Ariston: What are you implying?
Vasily: If I were a goblin, I wouldn't bother sending a prisoner
back once I was through with him.
Vasily: We know of their base. Why expend the effort of sending
us back when we might come back and seek vengeance.
DM of Gaia: A look of understanding crosses Ariston's face
Ariston: Yes, that is exactly what I've been trying to say.
Vasily: Goblins, much like Spaniards are not known to be men of
their word.
DM of Gaia: ... lol
Ariston: Now, are you with me?
*** Vasily nods
Nikolai: ...
Nikolai: hahaha
Sven: //hahaha
Nikolai: damn those spaniards
Nikolai: and their deceit
Sven: //now there's some inspired shit right there.
Boris: hah
Vasily: //well, I mean... if they swore on the soul of their
dead father...
Sven: //thank you, william wallace
Vasily: //who?
Sven: //braveheart guy
DM of Gaia: Now, at this point
DM of Gaia: You hear footsteps
*** Vasily hides
DM of Gaia: Where
Vasily: It's dark. There are shadows.
Nikolai: vasily gained like 6 levels of shadow dancer while you
weren't looking
Sven: hawt.
Vasily: <.<
Vasily: Hmm... wait a minute. I don't have ranks in that. NM
DM of Gaia: LOL
DM of Gaia: No ranks in Hide
DM of Gaia: Wtf rogue?!?!
DM of Gaia: Anyways
Nikolai: wow
Vasily: I'm a trickster!
Sven: ahahahaha
DM of Gaia: Four goblins approach
Albrecht: .
DM of Gaia: Three of them stand back, and one comes forward to
unlock the iron door
*** Ariston whispers
Sven: what do we have in the way of hit points? (I also assume
we have no stuff)
Ariston: Now!
DM of Gaia: You have absolutely no stuff
DM of Gaia: And...
Boris: no armor even?
DM of Gaia: /roll 3d6
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Gaia: 3d6 < 5 3 2 = 10 > = 10
DM of Gaia: Sven has 5 hp, Boris has 3 hp, Vasily has 2 hp
DM of Gaia: No armor, no weapons, just the clothes on your back
DM of Gaia: Er
Sven: and I assume the mundane shit was taken too?
DM of Gaia: As Adam has just pointed out, you are technically at
full health, but have enough nonlethal damage to place you at that much
away from unconscious
DM of Gaia: And yes, mundane shit was also taken
DM of Gaia: Everything was taken
Sven: ahh
Vasily: Including concealed items?
DM of Gaia: Specifically?
*** Ariston tenses to strike
Vasily: As stated, a spellbook and 2 daggers.
Boris: he asked about a spellbook a while back
DM of Gaia: Hm
DM of Gaia: Ok
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DM of Gaia: It's Sleight of Hand vs Search, right?
Vasily: Aye.
DM of Gaia: Ok roll
Vasily: + something for daggers.
DM of Gaia: +2 for daggers
Vasily: /try 5;spellbook 7;dagger 7;dagger
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM (spellbook) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 5 = 21
*** DM (dagger) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 7 = 9
*** DM (dagger) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 7 = 9
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: if that succeeds somehow
Nikolai: which it won't
Albrecht: the book might
Nikolai: you have a bunch of slots you could reprepare
DM of Gaia: /try 6 6 6
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Gaia :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 6 = 16
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 6 = 7
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 6 = 9
Vasily: baha
Nikolai: because they didn't take twnty
Nikolai: because they are dumb
Albrecht: wow
DM of Gaia: Oh wait
DM of Gaia: Taking 20
DM of Gaia: Makes sense
Nikolai: hahaha
Boris: hah
DM of Gaia: Good call
Nikolai: sorry
Vasily: >.<
Vasily: :P
Boris: as long as they all missed anyway
Albrecht: Bad Ian :P
Nikolai: I should have just kept my mouth shut
Boris: wouldnt an organization really concerned just change our
clothes?
DM of Gaia: Though technically
DM of Gaia: Wait
Sven: lol
Boris: then there's no possible way
Nikolai: to be fair
Boris: unless.....
Nikolai: they carried us straight off
Nikolai: right?
DM of Gaia: Yeah I was going to say
Nikolai: would they have taken the time?
DM of Gaia: No
*** Nikolai throws Oliver some bone shaped item
Vasily: ?
Sven: they took my divine focus :(
DM of Gaia: Yeah, they couldn't have searched you thoroughly
Nikolai: I threw you a bone, enjoy
Vasily: Hehe.
Sven: hah.
DM of Gaia: So yeah
Vasily: Well, that leaves me with a dagger
DM of Gaia: You have a spellbook and dagger
Sven: haha, I will be extra worthless.
Vasily: Boris, you're mr dagger hereabouts.
Vasily: Enjoy.
Boris: w00t?
Vasily: (the trick to concealing weapons is to carry a lot of
them)
DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: You want to try to escape right now?
DM of Gaia: Or wait until a subsequent opportunity
DM of Gaia: So you can prep spells and such
Vasily: Yeah, I ask him to delay a bit.
DM of Gaia: Ok
Vasily: before the gobbos show.
DM of Gaia: In that case
Sven: since you have a spellbook now and such.
Nikolai: all your slots are open btw
DM of Gaia: Well
DM of Gaia: You don't really have time to prepare spells
Vasily: Standard prep. Do these look like above average
goblins?
Nikolai: oh
Vasily: damn.
Nikolai: then you're fucked
DM of Gaia: Basically you can:
DM of Gaia: Jump them now
DM of Gaia: Or
DM of Gaia: Let them do whatever it is
DM of Gaia: And the NEXT time they come
DM of Gaia: Be prepared
DM of Gaia: And strike
Vasily: Yeah, that was my thinking.
DM of Gaia: Ok
Sven: fair enough
DM of Gaia: The goblin points
DM of Gaia: At Sven.
DM of Gaia: And beckons.
Sven: of course he does.
*** Sven shrugs and follows
DM of Gaia: Ok.
Vasily: // Do these look like standard issue goblins?
DM of Gaia: // Yep
Vasily: // the bulk of the ones we've seen that is.
DM of Gaia: //The only nonstandard ones you've seen are the old
cleric and her retinue
DM of Gaia: Alright
DM of Gaia: Sven
Vasily: ok. Standard prep, Swapping Shield for Sleep.
DM of Gaia: You're led down the dark tunnel
DM of Gaia: As you get away from the poorly lighted cave, there is
no lighting anywhere else
DM of Gaia: You can't see in front of you
DM of Gaia: But you are eventually led to a chamber of worked stone
DM of Gaia: The goblins push you in roughly and leave
DM of Gaia: Suddenly, the chamber is flooded with light
DM of Gaia: You see that it is a cell about 10 feet square
DM of Gaia: Bright, blinding light radiates from every wall, floor,
and ceiling
DM of Gaia: A single, female goblin, apparently a cleric, stands
near one wall
DM of Gaia: A short table, really nothing more than a large slab of
stone, stands next to her
DM of Gaia: On it is a wide array of various metallic implements
DM of Gaia: And strange devices
DM of Gaia: She picks up a metallic cylinder, from one end of which
hangs a flexible tube of an unknown material
Nikolai: this, does not look good... for the homestar runner
DM of Gaia: And, with an evil smile on her face, comes toward you.
Vasily: //eek
DM of Gaia: And here is where we end for the night.
Sven: k.
Boris: nip the tip
DM of Gaia: Any questions or comments?
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Sven: not really.
Nikolai: :(
Vasily: How much wood could a wood chuck chuck...
Vasily: if he had no teeth?