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Character Name Type
Status/Notes Sex<br>
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FH.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid
.Normal/Al.. Ma<br>
...Kevin
Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma<br>
--.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry..
Fe<br>
W3.Mark
Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
W2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat
Normal/Human ..Ma<br>
R4.Wout
Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe<br>
...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R3
Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R4.Alex
Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
R3.Fukishtu.Newsome......Npc...............Chief...Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R3.Lucria.Cegra..........Npc...............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
Fake-Kell/Raki........Npc...............Normal..Normal/Shaper...??<br>
Z'layha
..............Npc...............Normal..Normal/Shaman...Fe<br>
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra<br><br>
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Game Update #132 sequence (file #920)<br>
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Admin Notes: None<br>
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[Recap]<br><br>
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]<br>
Kiet is shaking a
bit at both the effort as well as near....<br><br>
"By Ben Nez's
tail feathers! That was too close!" He....<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Mae: [Re: Actions]<br>
Maelorna realizes
too late Z'leyra's intentions and...<br><br>
"For the love
of the Court, would you shut up for a ...<br>
GM: Ack. Wasn't knocked
out. But we can call it a second or<br>
two of
fainting if need be. ;)<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Z'leyra will urge
the party to keep climbing and help whoever<br>
needs assistance
in the climb up the stairs.<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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[New Stuff]<br><br>
[Febris 9th,
1635TH]<br>
[Time: 5:01
pm]<br><br>
The
group rushes to the dark stairs as the floor collapses<br>
behind them.
The last, Kiet is lucky to make it alive before<br>
the crystals zap
him. As Raki climbs the first set of stairs<br>
he looks almost
dismayed and home sick. But he recovers and<br>
carries Kell's
body up the flight of stairs with a ease of<br>
strength that some
admire.<br><br>
Kiet
is shaking a bit at both the effort as well as near<br>
death. At
least he's safe as are everyone else.<br><br>
"By Ben Nez's tail feathers! That was too close!"
He glances<br>
over to see if
Dorhak is not too ruffled then looks over to<br>
Raki.
"Raki! Are you OK?" Kiet's concern is obvious to
all.<br><br>
Raki
grows a finger from his shoulder and reaches up to<br>
wipe a dangling
piece of skin from his face. He tries to<br>
pat back in
place. "Heat is not our friend while we are at<br>
least trying to
shift. It will take time but I will recover<br>
yes. Thanks
me....no..wait what is the phrase. Oh. Thank
you."<br><br>
Fuk
looks to Kiet, "Nez?"<br><br>
Maelorna realizes too late Z'leyra's intentions and winds up<br>
getting dragged
unceremoniously and dumped landing in a heavy<br>
heap. She shakes
her head to clear the mental fog and rolls her<br>
eyes as the voice
is screaming obscenities at the indignity.<br><br>
"For the love of the Court, would you shut up for a minute!<br>
I don't care she
was helping me alright?" she yells out as she<br>
struggles to stand
up shakily, not caring how insane she already<br>
sounds.<br><br>
'I
swear, I wish you had never woken up, I don't care if I'm<br>
supposed to be one
of her daughters, but you're making it more<br>
than impossible to
concentrate on getting out of here.' she<br>
mentally screams
at the voice, which only manages to let her<br>
hear another
tirade.<br><br>
The
group stop hearing the ex-slave yell out. Everyone glances<br>
are stares at the
almost naked girl. It takes some long moments<br>
before Fremea
leads the group. Arawn skirts along the walls<br>
eyeing as well
everything. The Alfar tries to catch up to help<br>
take point with
Fremea.<br><br>
Fuk
stops Arawn as he passes by and whispers. "She ok?
Did<br>
she hit her head a
bit too hard?" Glancing down the stairs at<br>
Mae mumbling to
herself.<br><br>
At the
very bottom Z'layha comes along side Z'leyra. She<br>
whispers to her
sister. "Is that one a bit insane is she<br>
a danger to
us?"<br><br>
The
party climbs the stairs that wind like a helix straight<br>
up. There
are maybe 30 stone steps before a landing of flat<br>
stone is found as
support for the staircase. But it dark and<br>
dank with cobwebs
and dust all over the place. After 6<br>
flights and
landings the party notices a torch on the wall.<br><br>
The
Sidh do not detect magic but as they near the torch<br>
flares to light
giving the party some light But there is<br>
no indication of
magic on the torch.<br><br>
Each
landing after that has torches that are now lit and<br>
give good light to
the party.<br><br>
As the
party climb Z'layha looks nervous and uneasy. She<br>
finally speaks up.
"This is..wrong. If we are climbing up<br>
to the Moss
fortress this is a forbidden area. If this is a<br>
simple climb to
escape then I have no idea what will become<br>
of you all as
others find us. The bowels of the citadel are<br>
restricted at
best."<br><br>
Two
more flights and Fuk speaks up. "This was all to<br>
easy. First
we just by chance end up from the statue area<br>
to here. Then
dragged out by only 4 of those Shifters? Why<br>
didn't Zin call a
army to watch? You'd think he'd want to<br>
show his people
escape was near. We just happen to survive<br>
the fight with
just Kell dead. Why didn't a Shifter just<br>
flee to get
comrades?"<br><br>
Raki
shrugs as he climbs a human trait he learns from<br>
others.
"Zin was arrogant. My...ex allies like to play<br>
with their
prisoners. I suspect he wanted to do that with<br>
Arawn and the
others."<br><br>
Fuk
shakes his head, "but he didn't..much. Arawn seemed<br>
to have broke free
which I have no idea how and free the<br>
others. It
just seems all coincidence. I am a investigator<br>
and I must think
of such things."<br><br>
Another 5 sets of landings Arawn suddenly appears from the<br>
landing
center. "Your journey is over, in progress and you<br>
have much to do
going forward. Sadly, the wards below may<br>
in theory could be
destroyed. The chances are slim the lava<br>
will pile up in
that area to get to the crystals. That could<br>
allow the shifters
to move forward. But I suspect it may not<br>
happen at
all. This is why those wise among us set up other<br>
wards to prevent
further progress. Each of you will have too<br>
answer to yourself
and others. You will be tested and challenged.<br>
Based on our
mental scans this is how the divine have decided<br>
to move forward
with planned situations. Good luck to everyone."<br>
With that the
Guardian Projection of Arawn dissolves.<br><br>
Arawn
had hoped to ask questions but it is a bit odd to<br>
ask questions of
himself.<br><br>
But
the Sidh are a bit surprised to find no traces of<br>
magic.
Either the wards are so cleverly disguised or<br>
shielded they
can't be sensed.<br><br>
Finally after two more flights the screams of the shifter<br>
finally ebb.
They must've continued to try to advance regardless<br>
of the risk.
Now as the party climb it is a very quiet place<br>
aside from boots
on steps.<br><br>
Pyan
is midway in the group climbing. While he is still<br>
wounded he is
slowly regaining his strength with help from<br>
others as
needed. But as he climbs and steps onto the<br>
next landing
things suddenly change around him. At least<br>
the 5 others in
front of him just fade away. Pyan looks<br>
back and sees the
others including Mae, Z'leyra and Z'layha<br>
also just fade
away.<br><br>
Pyan
then notices the stairs and wall melt away. Suddenly<br>
he finds himself
stepping on crisp green grass. Pyan finds<br>
himself in a
forest and it is still cold maybe winter again.<br>
He draws in his
coat and feels his wounds all gone. All around<br>
him the woods are
thick and there is a light blanket of snow<br>
but not enough to
cover every inch of terrain. Pyan steps on<br>
a patch of snow
crunching under foot as he looks around.<br><br>
"Thank you again for helping me cousin."<br><br>
Pyan
turns to the right to see a medium height boy in<br>
his late
teens. Pyan recognizes him though. That is<br>
Orto. A
cousin from a village some 10 miles from his own<br>
village.<br><br>
Orto
holds a bow in his hand and smiles. "As you know<br>
we've not ate well
in almost a full month. Our people can't<br>
live on roots and
winter bugs. We needs fresh game and you<br>
said you could
help us. I do appreciate it Pyandalgor."<br><br>
Pyan
is confused how could he back home? Where are the<br>
others. What
kind of trickery is this?<br><br>
"There!" Orto points to the ground some 5 meters
away.<br>
Pyan sees the sign
of deer track. "You were right cousin!<br>
Let's go find this
buck!"<br><br>
Pyan
steps forward and feels his own bow in his hand.<br>
Then a memory
comes to him. Orto died two years before?<br>
A bear attack some
say. But he was found in pieces in<br>
the woods.
How could this be?<br><br>
Pyan
begins to track the deer using the prints and other<br>
signs of movement
like broken limbs. It seems like 25 minutes<br>
pass and then
suddenly Pyan spots the large buck. It could<br>
feed a good sized
village for weeks.<br><br>
The
buck is about 220 odd feet away in the trees to the<br>
left. Pyan
tries to move close. If they can fire they<br>
might have one
chance to kill the buck. But deer can flee<br>
and then it'll be
too late.<br><br>
"No!" Orto suddenly reaches over to Pyan's arm and<br>
points to the far
right. Pyan sees a man on horse riding<br>
through the woods
away from them some 120 or so feet away.<br>
"It can't be
him! Can't be." Orto looks at the confused<br>
face of
Pyan. "Don't you recognize that red ponytail and<br>
those two shoulder
spikes on his coat?"<br><br>
Pyan
tries to watch the man ride away. The rider is<br>
oblivious to the
two hunters. It doesn't ring a bell.<br><br>
"That is Bolm! He killed 8 in the village to the west.<br>
He slaughtered
three kids without even blinking! We've<br>
been looking for
him for a long time."<br><br>
Pyan
glances at the buck. His ears are perking up as<br>
if smelling the
horse and looks like about to flee. Pyan<br>
glances at the
rider now 150 feet away among the various<br>
trees.<br><br>
"Do we let that murderer die here with your bow or do<br>
we
eat?" Orto looks to Pyan for hope.<br><br>
Back
at the stairs the party has noticed Pyan is gone.<br>
Those who were
ahead of him come back down to the current<br>
landing.
Then as one the party gathers on both flights<br>
up and down to
stare at the wall. It shows a forest with<br>
Pyan and another
man moving about. Confused the party<br>
hear them
talking.<br><br>
Fuk
looks to Raki and Arawn. "What is going on
here?"<br><br>
Actions?
Comments??<br><br>
Next
Update....Wednesday...<br><br>
GM: Sorry for
delay. With storms raging in Florida for this<br>
old pc I turn it off for safety. That delays things.<br>
For the last few days I've also been working on files that<br>
will be emails sent to each person. I had originally<br>
planned to do one challenge per update. But that would<br>
take 2-3 more months. So I'll email each person and will<br>
do it all at once. Then collect and post them as needed.<br><br>
Pyan you should react here. Updates may be slow as I<br>
await reactions to the updates.<br><br>
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