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[Exalted] Solar Circle of the West - whole slew of updates 3/8/09
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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 2819275" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Synopsis of 8/8/05 session - "We're so Screwed"</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 8/8/05 session</em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>“We’re so Screwed”</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Through quick thinking, A-dom held the door to the hut in Village A shut while Jahar and Luck discussed what to do with the body. A-dom, Gareth, and Bucket stayed behind while Jahar, Luck, and Tiger went off with the Witchdoctor’s body. </p><p></p><p>While Luck was torching the body, chaos erupted. It seems the death of the Witchdoctor put out the sacred flame in all three villages. Bucket got on top of another hut and looked around. He could see villagers marching. A band of women and children were heading from Village B to Village A while a band of men were headed from Village B to Village C. Luck activated Harmonious Presence around this point.</p><p></p><p>A-dom noticed that the hut was getting warm. He opened the door then quickly shut it again. Apparently, the hut was on fire and the people inside were all smiling.</p><p></p><p>A large fight ensued with Circle members running everywhere. Women and children were torching buildings in Village A while Jahar scattered them by flaring his banner. A good deal of the Circle didn’t worry about their animas and just let them flare. The people looked highly drugged out of their minds.</p><p></p><p>Lots of men in village B were knocked unconscious. Most of the men from village C were slaughtered, though I can’t remember by whom (probably fire). The women and children from Villages B and C met up and start killing each other. They pretty much all died. While Jahar and Tiger were trying to stop what was going on, a little girl flared up with a dark, black aura. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/sunshine.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Jahar got the rest of the Circle to the beach where this is happening. In the forest, Gareth was keeping watch over the tied up unconscious people and Luck & A-dom were taking care of the bodies. The little girl blamed the group for what happened, particularly Luck (the dark prophet). She swore vengeance and ran off across the ocean. Tiger could only keep pace with her. No one else had a chance.</p><p></p><p>About this time, it was noticed that the fires had spread from all three villages and the forest was burning down. The circle ran into the forest to save the living unconscious people. Gareth, Jahar, and Luck started picking up lots of people (# equal to strength score) to one side while A-dom, Tiger, and Bucket started bringing them to the other side. A-dom had a lot of strength charms activated, so he was only encumbered by how many arms he had. Tiger used lightening speed to quickly get people out. Bucket lazily dragged one person by the arm until the person died from the transport. He then dragged the evidence back into the fire. All in all, about fourteen people ended up on Tiger’s side and eleven ended up on Gareth’s.</p><p></p><p>It was noticed by A-dom that the ship was now sailing away. With the captain having a spyglass and people not being too picky about their animas, they had seen anathema and fled. Being asked to by Bucket, A-dom proceeded to throw him after the boat. He missed, but got close. As a bonus, he skipped Bucket four times. Bucket got onboard and tried to get the captain to go back to the island. He only succeeded in convincing him he wasn’t in league with the anathema, his traveling buddies. They sailed off.</p><p></p><p>A-dom saved several trees from being torched or mostly burnt by ripping them up and chucking them to the beach. When things died down, the group reassembled. Now stuck on the island, Gareth made a shelter and a few fishing poles while the villagers awoke. Assessing the damage, the villages were all torched and the only survivors were three members of village C and twenty-two members of village B. Cruddy canoes were found in the villages and it was decided that village C people should/could leave (since village C people didn’t want to die in the night by the other villagers). Village B people were happy, since they now ruled the island.</p><p></p><p>Bucket arrived at the harbor relatively easily three days after departure. He had stored all of the Circle’s stuff in ROB, minus the Jade. Since there was a blizzard outside, the captain didn’t want to stick around till morning and just wanted to leave. Bucket was forced to pay up for the passage and get off the boat. Harbor Master Dreary, who tried his best to help Bucket off the boat, greeted him. Bucket would have none of that and got led to the Inn. He told Dreary he was wandering about, seeing sites and sowing his oats. He decided to stick around the Inn until the Circle showed up and meet up with them then.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/harbor_master_dreary.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Circle eventually left the island on two crappy canoes, heading for the Swiftstone Archipelago. It was a crappy six-day journey. Sea was rough, it snowed, and everyone was cramped and didn’t sleep. Especially Gareth, cause he was steering. The group was hungry and very thirsty and generally ill tempered. They landed on a small inlet and dragged the boats ashore. Gareth and A-dom took the time to find/make a sheltered place and a fire before passing out. After rest, A-dom tore up a chunk of ground and hid Gareth’s armor and sword under it. It took a little convincing to get Tiger to just get back in the canoe to sail around to the docks, since walking could lead people back to Gareth’s stuff.</p><p></p><p>They were each greeted by Dreary and he helped them out of their boats. They all went up to the Inn. It turned out Dreary was the cousin of Gareth’s friend back in Atlantis. Gareth & Jahar discussed contract terms while the others chatted with the bartender and met up with Bucket. Once terms were agreed upon and the contract was altered, Gareth signed and shook on it. Dreary’s anima flared and a bloody caste mark appeared on his forehead, which looked just like Tiger’s. Luck fled the Inn while Gareth commented, <em>“That was certainly interesting.”</em></p><p></p><p>A conversation between Dreary and the others ensued, though Jahar was the principle speaker. It turned out Dreary was a Death knight, though he felt the name was a bit of a misnomer. He was a nice enough chap and rather helpful with informing the Circle of things. A-dom partook of lots of beers. Turns out he was a rather happy and friendly drunk. He let it slip what he was.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dreary: </strong> <em>Are you a Solar?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> I’m an Anathema.</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom also let it slip that Tiger was a Solar. This led to Dreary finding out the whole Circle was, pretty much. This, in turn, led to a long discussion about Solars and the order of things (which seemed fairly reasonable). Seemed they <strong>REALLY</strong> dislike Dragon-bloods, but that’s because they’ve mucked up the world. Dragon-bloods weren’t allowed in Onyx and were only allowed on the island if they were highly supervised. No one pointed out Bucket was a dragon-blood.</p><p></p><p>Dreary was a very insightful and perceptive fellow. He knew a fair amount about things pertaining to the group, though without letting on whether he knew it was the group or not. He also was very good at picking out when someone lied or told a half-truth. He didn’t really seem to care when people did, but he did point it out. It turns out the little girl had arrived on the island and was now under the tutelage of his lord, the Silver Prince. She wouldn’t be let out for a couple months, so the Circle was safe-ish. Seems dragon-blood assassins kept killing off the craftsmen. One of the more recent reasons why they weren’t liked. Also, found out that the islands were now called the Skullstone Archipelago and were, in fact, a shadow land. They found out that if you left the lands by night, you entered the Underworld and got stuck there (poor sailors, but that solved a problem for the Circle). Now, if you left by day, you would go into Creation. Oh, and ‘evil’ undead bad and must be squished or subverted by a necromancer. Controlled undead ‘good’.</p><p></p><p>Gareth went out to talk to Luck and was unsuccessful in calming her down. He did stress no squishing of ‘good’ undead and no leaving at night. He then returned to the Inn while Luck headed to the docks to sit in one of the boats. A-dom partook of even more beer and got to meet the zombie in the basement making it, along with Jahar. Seems zombies could deal with simple instructions like beer making. Things were much safer for all involved that Luck was freaked out in the canoe.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, Transport was arranged to head to Onyx. The chest for Gareth’s stuff was brought outside by Gareth and Jahar, who headed back to the docks to talk with Luck. More stressing of the ‘don’t leave at night’ thing was done and Jahar did a better job of explaining things, though she was still freaked. Gareth summoned his stuff and stuck it in the chest for transport. Everyone loaded onto the newly arrived carriage for transport and away they went (Bucket paid for passage, as he ‘tagged along).</p><p></p><p>Along the way, the group stopped at a couple inns and ate lots of fungus (the only ‘safe ‘ food most places). A conversation was struck up with a ghostly bar matron by Jahar and tried to engage Luck in it. She would have none of it. At one place, the Circle had steak as the only cow was butchered while the Circle watched. <em>Here Bessy. Good girl. *wham wham wham with a sledgehammer*</em> A ghostly moo could be heard out back a bit later.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, they got to Onyx. The city wall was a skeleton, which Gareth remembered was a bitch to kill. Entering the city, they were taken to the Necropolis and led into a waiting room. Luck and Bucket decided they didn’t want to meet the Silver Prince and booked. Half an hour later, Gareth, Jahar, A-dom, and Tiger were led into a large chamber. There were lots of shadowy people around it. Up ahead sat/stood the Bodhisattva Anointed by the Dark Waters. Chained and footless at his feet was a man both Jahar and A-dom recognized as the cook from the barge.</p><p></p><p>The Bodhisattva said he’d deal with the cook later and greeted the group. A-dom said he wouldn’t mind waiting and watching the punishment. He and Jahar acknowledged they had met the individual and A-dom even kicked Feety McNowalk a few times, at the Bodhisattva’s insistence. A-dom was always happy to oblige in torture, it seemed. A rather nasty flail was brought out, but Jahar forestalled this by striking up a conversation with the Bodhisattva. </p><p></p><p>It was found out that the cook did not work for him, or so he said. He had no interest in taking over the world or killing everyone and disliked those Deathlords that did. He just wanted to see people do their jobs properly.</p><p></p><p>They discussed lots of things, like the proper order of things and how everything would be easier if everyone did their proper jobs. Lots of discussion about how the Circle needed someone to properly teach them about what they were and the like. Opec was mentioned, along with Solar domains in the Underworld. It seemed you could take it with you. Also, there was a small discussion about a ghost from the First Age who blamed his master for killing him. Seemed the master liked to build Monoliths and was named Evening Tide of Autumn. It was brought up several times that, for some reason, no one ever wanted to trade with them.</p><p></p><p>After a while, the others were introduced. Before they left, the Bodhisattva and A-dom discussed a little more about the Cook's fate. He was to die, but he needed to be punished. A-dom gleefully offered to help with the punishment. The Bodhisattva just smiled. A-dom happily told the Deathlord, <em>"I like you!"</em> He inquired if A-dom just had the two artifacts. When A-dom answered affirmatively, the Deathlord gave him a red rock.</p><p></p><p>Gareth was then shown to his shop. Over the next month, there were dinners with the Bodhisattva and Jahar received several books on occultism. Luck was still seriously wigged out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 2819275, member: 9758"] [b]Synopsis of 8/8/05 session - "We're so Screwed"[/b] [i]Synopsis of 8/8/05 session[/i] [size=5][b]“We’re so Screwed”[/b][/size] Through quick thinking, A-dom held the door to the hut in Village A shut while Jahar and Luck discussed what to do with the body. A-dom, Gareth, and Bucket stayed behind while Jahar, Luck, and Tiger went off with the Witchdoctor’s body. While Luck was torching the body, chaos erupted. It seems the death of the Witchdoctor put out the sacred flame in all three villages. Bucket got on top of another hut and looked around. He could see villagers marching. A band of women and children were heading from Village B to Village A while a band of men were headed from Village B to Village C. Luck activated Harmonious Presence around this point. A-dom noticed that the hut was getting warm. He opened the door then quickly shut it again. Apparently, the hut was on fire and the people inside were all smiling. A large fight ensued with Circle members running everywhere. Women and children were torching buildings in Village A while Jahar scattered them by flaring his banner. A good deal of the Circle didn’t worry about their animas and just let them flare. The people looked highly drugged out of their minds. Lots of men in village B were knocked unconscious. Most of the men from village C were slaughtered, though I can’t remember by whom (probably fire). The women and children from Villages B and C met up and start killing each other. They pretty much all died. While Jahar and Tiger were trying to stop what was going on, a little girl flared up with a dark, black aura. [img]http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/sunshine.jpg[/img] Jahar got the rest of the Circle to the beach where this is happening. In the forest, Gareth was keeping watch over the tied up unconscious people and Luck & A-dom were taking care of the bodies. The little girl blamed the group for what happened, particularly Luck (the dark prophet). She swore vengeance and ran off across the ocean. Tiger could only keep pace with her. No one else had a chance. About this time, it was noticed that the fires had spread from all three villages and the forest was burning down. The circle ran into the forest to save the living unconscious people. Gareth, Jahar, and Luck started picking up lots of people (# equal to strength score) to one side while A-dom, Tiger, and Bucket started bringing them to the other side. A-dom had a lot of strength charms activated, so he was only encumbered by how many arms he had. Tiger used lightening speed to quickly get people out. Bucket lazily dragged one person by the arm until the person died from the transport. He then dragged the evidence back into the fire. All in all, about fourteen people ended up on Tiger’s side and eleven ended up on Gareth’s. It was noticed by A-dom that the ship was now sailing away. With the captain having a spyglass and people not being too picky about their animas, they had seen anathema and fled. Being asked to by Bucket, A-dom proceeded to throw him after the boat. He missed, but got close. As a bonus, he skipped Bucket four times. Bucket got onboard and tried to get the captain to go back to the island. He only succeeded in convincing him he wasn’t in league with the anathema, his traveling buddies. They sailed off. A-dom saved several trees from being torched or mostly burnt by ripping them up and chucking them to the beach. When things died down, the group reassembled. Now stuck on the island, Gareth made a shelter and a few fishing poles while the villagers awoke. Assessing the damage, the villages were all torched and the only survivors were three members of village C and twenty-two members of village B. Cruddy canoes were found in the villages and it was decided that village C people should/could leave (since village C people didn’t want to die in the night by the other villagers). Village B people were happy, since they now ruled the island. Bucket arrived at the harbor relatively easily three days after departure. He had stored all of the Circle’s stuff in ROB, minus the Jade. Since there was a blizzard outside, the captain didn’t want to stick around till morning and just wanted to leave. Bucket was forced to pay up for the passage and get off the boat. Harbor Master Dreary, who tried his best to help Bucket off the boat, greeted him. Bucket would have none of that and got led to the Inn. He told Dreary he was wandering about, seeing sites and sowing his oats. He decided to stick around the Inn until the Circle showed up and meet up with them then. [img]http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/harbor_master_dreary.jpg[/img] The Circle eventually left the island on two crappy canoes, heading for the Swiftstone Archipelago. It was a crappy six-day journey. Sea was rough, it snowed, and everyone was cramped and didn’t sleep. Especially Gareth, cause he was steering. The group was hungry and very thirsty and generally ill tempered. They landed on a small inlet and dragged the boats ashore. Gareth and A-dom took the time to find/make a sheltered place and a fire before passing out. After rest, A-dom tore up a chunk of ground and hid Gareth’s armor and sword under it. It took a little convincing to get Tiger to just get back in the canoe to sail around to the docks, since walking could lead people back to Gareth’s stuff. They were each greeted by Dreary and he helped them out of their boats. They all went up to the Inn. It turned out Dreary was the cousin of Gareth’s friend back in Atlantis. Gareth & Jahar discussed contract terms while the others chatted with the bartender and met up with Bucket. Once terms were agreed upon and the contract was altered, Gareth signed and shook on it. Dreary’s anima flared and a bloody caste mark appeared on his forehead, which looked just like Tiger’s. Luck fled the Inn while Gareth commented, [i]“That was certainly interesting.”[/i] A conversation between Dreary and the others ensued, though Jahar was the principle speaker. It turned out Dreary was a Death knight, though he felt the name was a bit of a misnomer. He was a nice enough chap and rather helpful with informing the Circle of things. A-dom partook of lots of beers. Turns out he was a rather happy and friendly drunk. He let it slip what he was. [b]Dreary: [/b] [i]Are you a Solar?[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] I’m an Anathema.[/i] A-dom also let it slip that Tiger was a Solar. This led to Dreary finding out the whole Circle was, pretty much. This, in turn, led to a long discussion about Solars and the order of things (which seemed fairly reasonable). Seemed they [b]REALLY[/b] dislike Dragon-bloods, but that’s because they’ve mucked up the world. Dragon-bloods weren’t allowed in Onyx and were only allowed on the island if they were highly supervised. No one pointed out Bucket was a dragon-blood. Dreary was a very insightful and perceptive fellow. He knew a fair amount about things pertaining to the group, though without letting on whether he knew it was the group or not. He also was very good at picking out when someone lied or told a half-truth. He didn’t really seem to care when people did, but he did point it out. It turns out the little girl had arrived on the island and was now under the tutelage of his lord, the Silver Prince. She wouldn’t be let out for a couple months, so the Circle was safe-ish. Seems dragon-blood assassins kept killing off the craftsmen. One of the more recent reasons why they weren’t liked. Also, found out that the islands were now called the Skullstone Archipelago and were, in fact, a shadow land. They found out that if you left the lands by night, you entered the Underworld and got stuck there (poor sailors, but that solved a problem for the Circle). Now, if you left by day, you would go into Creation. Oh, and ‘evil’ undead bad and must be squished or subverted by a necromancer. Controlled undead ‘good’. Gareth went out to talk to Luck and was unsuccessful in calming her down. He did stress no squishing of ‘good’ undead and no leaving at night. He then returned to the Inn while Luck headed to the docks to sit in one of the boats. A-dom partook of even more beer and got to meet the zombie in the basement making it, along with Jahar. Seems zombies could deal with simple instructions like beer making. Things were much safer for all involved that Luck was freaked out in the canoe. Eventually, Transport was arranged to head to Onyx. The chest for Gareth’s stuff was brought outside by Gareth and Jahar, who headed back to the docks to talk with Luck. More stressing of the ‘don’t leave at night’ thing was done and Jahar did a better job of explaining things, though she was still freaked. Gareth summoned his stuff and stuck it in the chest for transport. Everyone loaded onto the newly arrived carriage for transport and away they went (Bucket paid for passage, as he ‘tagged along). Along the way, the group stopped at a couple inns and ate lots of fungus (the only ‘safe ‘ food most places). A conversation was struck up with a ghostly bar matron by Jahar and tried to engage Luck in it. She would have none of it. At one place, the Circle had steak as the only cow was butchered while the Circle watched. [i]Here Bessy. Good girl. *wham wham wham with a sledgehammer*[/i] A ghostly moo could be heard out back a bit later. Eventually, they got to Onyx. The city wall was a skeleton, which Gareth remembered was a bitch to kill. Entering the city, they were taken to the Necropolis and led into a waiting room. Luck and Bucket decided they didn’t want to meet the Silver Prince and booked. Half an hour later, Gareth, Jahar, A-dom, and Tiger were led into a large chamber. There were lots of shadowy people around it. Up ahead sat/stood the Bodhisattva Anointed by the Dark Waters. Chained and footless at his feet was a man both Jahar and A-dom recognized as the cook from the barge. The Bodhisattva said he’d deal with the cook later and greeted the group. A-dom said he wouldn’t mind waiting and watching the punishment. He and Jahar acknowledged they had met the individual and A-dom even kicked Feety McNowalk a few times, at the Bodhisattva’s insistence. A-dom was always happy to oblige in torture, it seemed. A rather nasty flail was brought out, but Jahar forestalled this by striking up a conversation with the Bodhisattva. It was found out that the cook did not work for him, or so he said. He had no interest in taking over the world or killing everyone and disliked those Deathlords that did. He just wanted to see people do their jobs properly. They discussed lots of things, like the proper order of things and how everything would be easier if everyone did their proper jobs. Lots of discussion about how the Circle needed someone to properly teach them about what they were and the like. Opec was mentioned, along with Solar domains in the Underworld. It seemed you could take it with you. Also, there was a small discussion about a ghost from the First Age who blamed his master for killing him. Seemed the master liked to build Monoliths and was named Evening Tide of Autumn. It was brought up several times that, for some reason, no one ever wanted to trade with them. After a while, the others were introduced. Before they left, the Bodhisattva and A-dom discussed a little more about the Cook's fate. He was to die, but he needed to be punished. A-dom gleefully offered to help with the punishment. The Bodhisattva just smiled. A-dom happily told the Deathlord, [i]"I like you!"[/i] He inquired if A-dom just had the two artifacts. When A-dom answered affirmatively, the Deathlord gave him a red rock. Gareth was then shown to his shop. Over the next month, there were dinners with the Bodhisattva and Jahar received several books on occultism. Luck was still seriously wigged out. [/QUOTE]
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