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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 2819332" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Synopsis of 11/07/05 session - "Candy From God"</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 11/07/05 session</em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>"Candy From God"</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Gareth, Tiger, A-dom, and Jade’s Luck spent majority of their time on Hoen-ba Island. Jahar was otherwise engaged at the moment and didn’t bring A-dom his stuff. This made A-dom sad. Now that Both Tiger and Gareth spoke the Hoen-ba barbarian language, conversations with the locals were much easier. They now had a third convert at their temple; a six year old. Jade’s Luck and Gareth took to handing out candy to the followers, which made them happier followers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong><em> The Unconquered Sun grants candy to good followers.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Paul:</strong> <em> Ooh. We might be able to get more children with this theory.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>There is going to be a problem. If we convert all of the children, the adults are going to get upset.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong><em> Bah. Tiger, A-dom. We’re going to need more candy.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>No. </em></p><p></p><p>And thus the candy and anti-candy sects of the church of the Unconquered Sun were formed.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> If we’re going to do this, we’re going to do this right. If you’re going to convert people to a religion, you don’t just get the children. It doesn’t work.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong><em> Why not? We’ve got time for them to grow into adults.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong><em> Get them while they’re young.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>The way we should really be doing it is by making their lives better and not by giving them round children. We should be impressing them and like giving them nice things and improving their life. Like making them a big well, which they have. But something they want, we give them, cause we’re nifty.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong><em> But, I’ve already given them canoes and I gave the chieftain a sea-worthy boat.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong><em> But if we convert them, they’ll grow up and convert their children and then we’ve got the island.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong><em> I don’t think we have to worry about round children from one bag of candy.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>But, in six months, we’ll have twelve children standing around going ‘Candy?’</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong><em> I gave three of them candy cause they’re children and they’re cute.</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom went on to try to pin the ‘candy from god’ concept on Jade’s Luck while Gareth fully admitted it was his idea. After all, Gareth was never good at the whole religion thing and seized what he thought was a profitable idea. A-dom made some good, intelligent points.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong><em> When did you get so smart?</em></p><p></p><p>*<em>A-dom holds up his black book</em>*</p><p></p><p>This devolved into Jade’s Luck saying this was just the evil necromancer talking. A-dom rebutted that there was no separate necromancer personality and it was just a hobby, anyway.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> (to Jade’s Luck) <em>He was just trying to annoy you. You do realize this, right?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> I did not spend all that time and experience just to annoy her.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em> No. When you said you were an evil necromancer. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> Oh. Yes. This is true.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong><em> So you’re a fluffy, puppy necromancer? Is this what I’m getting?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> If the puppy is fresh enough.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong><em> Like the one you stepped on?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>Yeah, well, after killing those dragon-bloods and smashing up their house, I was seeing a bit of red, but after you kill about thirty people, you try stopping. It’s really hard. Gotta kill them all.</em></p><p></p><p>They eventually got back to the topic at hand, which was giving candy for god. Jade’s Luck expressed a desire to send kids to the city to sell candy to raise money.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> Yeah, cause that will go well. Dragon-bloods will see them and go ‘Aww how cute! *Squish* No more Unconquered Sun.’</em></p><p></p><p>Conversation continued as it does with this group, meandering in strange directions. Jade’s Luck commented that she still needed to hit that necromancer that led her to Exalt.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> I did. A number of times. That was when he was all chained up and such. Was fun.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong><em> Huh?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em> She wasn’t there.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> Oh yeah. I got him for ya.</em></p><p></p><p>After a quick discussion about the fluffy, puppy death lord Bodhisattva, Jade’s Luck commented an how the Circle should go and try to find the book of all knowledge. It was funny to listen to her say Underworld Opec wasn’t dark and evil, but just really nice when A-dom had just used something very similar to describe the Bodhisattva. She went on to talk about the book and how it was really smart and could even talk.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Probably has a condescending attitude. Cause, you know, things that know everything usually do. Cause they’re all with the knowledge and you aren’t. They like to lord it over you. At least, I think that would be the fun part of making an all-knowing book. The condescending attitude. Cause then you key it to only be not condescending to you.</em></p><p></p><p>The group wasn’t latching onto the book idea, mostly because they had no clue where to look. Tiger expressed a desire to go and find a Manse. He wasn’t sure exactly how they gave you back essence faster, but knew they did and he wanted one. Taking Jahar’s dad’s manse was very briefly discussed, but discarded. Mostly because Tiger said the only way to keep a manse involved killing the dragon-blood and its family and they weren’t sure how Jahar felt about his father. So, they set about trying to make a magical compass to find a manse. A-dom, Luck, and Tiger went to Opec’s island to ask him some questions about Manse and finding them. Gareth stayed behind and gave children candy. They found out they’d need a perfect crystal as part of a divining device for magical energy. Tiger suggested just going back to Atlantis to buy a crystal. Jade’s Luck suggested picking up Gareth first.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Who cares about Gareth? He’s busy spending time handing out candy to children. Do you really want to interrupt that? That’s important work. In bizarro world.</em></p><p></p><p>They decided to go back to Hoen-ba instead. Jade’s Luck wanted to find the interpreter guy to go talk to Hoen-ba-ba-den.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em>Oh, uh, I can actually talk to these people now. In their own language.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>TELL THEM TO STOP EATING THE CANDY!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em>But it’s magic candy...</em></p><p></p><p>Talking to Hoen-ba-ba-den, Gareth bartered a nicer hut in exchange for a pure crystal.</p><p></p><p>He asked A-dom if he would get him some wood for the hut.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>What’ll you give me?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em>…candy… </em></p><p></p><p> A-dom fetched some trees and flared around the villagers. They thought it was neat (ooh, shiny). A couple children tried to roast candy in it. A couple of ladies tried to bake some dough near him. They were disappointed when it didn’t work. A couple more asked him if he could come by in a couple weeks for a festival at night, to save then on bonfire expenses. Some more women held up laundry to dry by him.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>This is a power granted to me by my god, goddamn it! I am not a light source!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em>umm, actually… </em></p><p></p><p>A-dom grabbed some corral out of the sea to use for the fireplace. With his newfound architecture knowledge, Gareth whipped up a perfect excellent hut in thirty hours. He glowed a lot. Villagers thought it was neat. The hut ended up having a waterfall, rock garden, koi pond, guest rooms, two levels, and a fireplace with smokestack. Hoen-ba-ba-den really liked it, so gave him two crystals. Gareth gave one crystal to Jade’s Luck and one to A-dom.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck decided to try and tie the crystal onto her hair without detaching it from her head. A-dom distracted a kid with candy while Tiger lopped of a chunk of hair discretely. A-dom made a very good divining crystal (he got the long range special edition). Jade’s Luck’s was kinda sad in comparison.</p><p></p><p>They got on the boat and followed A-dom’s crystal. After three or four days, they got to a large island (several hundred miles) covered in dark rain clouds. They sailed around the island and found three settlements along the coastline. One of them was large enough to be called a town. A-dom’s and Luck’s crystals both pointed towards the center of the island, which was between two volcanoes. They sunk the anchor and went ashore at the town.</p><p></p><p><strong>Random Villager:</strong> <em>Hey. How’s it going? Here to trade?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Master Gareth here is a tradesperson. He is excellent at repairing all manner of things. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Random Villager:</strong> <em>Do you know how to rainproof huts?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Sure.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Does it ever stop raining here?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Random Villager:</strong> <em>Last time it stopped raining was twelve years ago. It stopped for an afternoon.</em></p><p></p><p>Some people thought it had rained for fifty years, but most people didn’t know. When asked why, the random villager responded cause he thought the rain gods hated them.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>You know what they need here? Sun!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Sure.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>But no candy. No candy is needed here. Do you need candy? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Random Villager:</strong> <em>Uhh… No?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>See. No candy.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth went off to discuss his rates. It was pretty simple. They had jade and were willing to pay.</p><p></p><p>A-dom, Tiger, and Luck went off to the inn to pass the time. It was cold, muddy, and rain was leaking through the roof in several places.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> (shouted out the door) <em>GARETH! COULD YOU GET THIS ONE FIRST?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Another Random Villager:</strong> (whimpering) <em> No. He’s fixing my roof first. I am so sick of the rain…</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> (shouted out the door) <em>Well, then go faster! </em></p><p></p><p>The trio asked if dragon-bloods came around to help them with problems and the villagers responded no. A-dom ordered a beer. It was watered down.</p><p></p><p><strong>Inn Patron:</strong><em> The dragon-bloods used to come around, but they haven’t been by since the demons took over.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>An Athema? Two Athemas? Multiple Athemas? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inn Patron:</strong><em> I don’t know. They come and they take our money and punch holes in our roofs. Pale white face with demon marks on the forehead in blood. Circle with a dot in the middle.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em>Did they have names? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inn Patron:</strong><em> Yeah. We were supposed to memorize it. I forgot. I’m old.</em></p><p></p><p>Turns out the demons killed the local dragon-blood. The trio tried hard to look sad about that. Well, maybe they did.</p><p></p><p>Tiger asked the innkeeper and he said the one that comes to the town to collect tribute was <strong><em>The Porpoising Worm of Hate</em></strong>. The demons worshipped the dark ones from the great beyond or something. He said he’d be by in a couple of days. He wore black armor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em>Has anyone resisted? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inn Keeper:</strong><em> Yeah. There used to be a village about twenty miles inland. They ate it.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>SWEET! A whole village? Wow! They must have really great <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. Why do we need to wait for them. They don’t bring their neat <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> with them. Lets go to them.</em></p><p></p><p>They waited around town for a couple of days. Gareth repaired all of the roofs and, in his spare time, made A-dom a Perfect Excellent Club. Even put a spike in it for him. A-dom wasn’t impressed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>I thought you’d like it better than a sword. You favor your club.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> That’s cause I have a magical club. If I had magical poop, I’d favor the poop.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>So, how are you guys planning on attacking this guy? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em> With a wall.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Do you want me to fashion you a wall? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>Yes.</em></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, Gareth lacked the supplies to do that at this time.</p><p></p><p>When The Porpoising Worm of Hate came to town, Gareth was on top of a house, repairing it. Tiger had set out on another rooftop to keep watch. When Porpoise boy walked by, Gareth leapt off the roof, clad in his armor and armed with his sword. </p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>YARR! (squishy thud)</em></p><p></p><p>Sadly, Gareth landed face first in the mud behind Mr. Porpoise. Battle was entered by the others. Jade’s Luck yelled something along the lines of <strong><em>Your reign of terror is at an end!</em></strong> Mr. Porpoise sucked some life out of everyone in the area. All the extras in the town died, leaving one heroic mortal. A four on one fight was hardly fair, so Mr. Porpoise was quickly dispatched. Jade’s Luck incinerated the body to make sure it couldn’t come back. This annoyed A-dom cause he didn’t get the armor off first.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>GUYS! It’s safe to come… out… now… oh.</em></p><p></p><p>Everyone in town was fallen over where they stood. They found the sole surviving townsperson, a little old lady, in the Inn drinking heavily. Gareth had his caste mark glowing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> <em> Are you a demon too?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em> I’m not a demon, I’m a good guy.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>We killed the demon. Unfortunately he killed everyone in town. Sorry.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>On the plus side, he didn’t wreck any of the roofs.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em>And he won’t be taking anymore of your money. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> (dripping sarcasm) <em> Oh joy.</em></p><p></p><p>They asked how she’d feel about moving to Hoen-ba island, where all the people were nice and had coconuts.</p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> <em>Yes. Somewhere different would be nice. Cause everyone here is DEAD.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck set about laying the bodies out respectably so they could be buried. The little old lady went around to the various houses, collecting stuff and putting it with the bodies.</p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> <em>You’re much nicer demons than the other ones.</em></p><p></p><p>A number of graves got dug eventually, since the dead don’t like mass graves.</p><p></p><p>A couple of days later, they set off towards the center of the island. The little old lady tagged along. She said she was going to head towards another village.</p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> <em>I figure if you’re going that way, I might as well have the demons, I mean nice people, accompany me as far as I go.</em></p><p></p><p>They talked to her about their god while they walked. Jade’s Luck said the Unconquered Sun was the opposite of rain. The little old lady said she liked him, then. They traveled through a dense, thick jungle. There were an abnormal amount of dangerous and carnivorous plants in the area. The Circle wanted to turn back and sail around. The little old lady was crotchety and went on. The Circle followed her. Gareth activated Touch of Blissful Release on her. She felt much better. He applied it as needed to keep her feeling okay.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>This would be a great place for Jahar to practice Death of Obsidian Butterflies.</em></p><p></p><p>After walking for three days, they got to a split in the path. After discussing, the little old lady decided to show them to the big building between the volcanoes, which seemed like where the Circle wanted to go.</p><p></p><p>As they approached the building, Tiger decided he wanted to be sneaky and move through the jungle to get a better look. A man-eating plant tried to eat Tiger. He dodged out of the way and made some salad. Thus, he decided the path was a good idea.</p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> <em>So, are you going in or what?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>Boy you’re a pushy old broad.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Little Old Lady:</strong> <em>Don’t have long to live.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>How long?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em> A-dom. Stop being a bastard.</em></p><p></p><p>*<em>Old Lady thwacks A-dom with her stick</em>*</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong> (takes one bashing) <em>Oww! Cut that out, old lady! (pause) I can stand here longer than you!</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth left A-dom to his verbal fight with the old lady and went up to the door. He didn’t think A-dom would actually hit her. Well, Jade’s Luck and Tiger should stop him if he tried, at least. The door was a big, stone gargoyle with closed eyes and a lot of arms.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/ralph.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Hey. I’d like in.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> (pops open an eye) <em>And who (pause) are you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Gareth.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> (little tiny pair of arms popped out of the door and pulled out a list) <em> No. No no. I don’t see a Gareth on the list.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Do you like candy?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Um, I’m a gargoyle. No.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Rock candy?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Funny, but no.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Do you like jade?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Jade is kinda tasty, but not needed.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Is Evening Tide of Autumn on the list?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Yes. Yes she is. Is she here?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Kind of.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>You’re not her.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Kind of.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>You’re not her.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Wasn’t Evening Tide of Autumn a man?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Yes. You’re not him. If you were him, you’d have his stuff.</em></p><p></p><p>*<em>Gareth summons his sword and armor</em>*</p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Oh. You’ve got some of his stuff. Doesn’t mean you’re him. If you were him, you’d have all of his stuff.</em></p><p></p><p>The conversation went on like this for a while. When asked what else EtoA had, the gargoyle refused to divulge the information. A-dom tried to be crafty. The gargoyle asked him if he was Pieter. When A-dom said yes, the gargoyle tried to stab him. Gareth’s caste mark flared and he dove in between the two of them. The gargoyle failed to harm Gareth. A confused A-dom moved away from the door.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>I didn’t know you could do that?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Now you do. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> (to A-dom) <em>The gargoyles union has lists for you too. You bastard. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>Is A-dom on there?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>No. No A–dom. We’ll use that as an alias for Pieter.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>Good. Yeah. Make sure you write that down. And make sure you put Jade’s Luck on there too.</em></p><p></p><p>The gargoyle wouldn’t. </p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>What has Piter done? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Well, you see. There was this incident with a gargoyle guarding a door, and obsidian butterflies in a ten foot by ten-foot square room. He killed a gargoyle this way. And the gargoyles union will not tolerate this.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>He can’t cast, well he can cast magic, but he can’t cast that kind of magic. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Well no. Pieter didn’t cast it, he talked someone into casting it. He was a crafty, evil bastard.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>He’s not really a crafty, evil bastard, he’s just a bastard.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>He’s evil. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Well, yeah. He’s an evil bastard. But he’s really not that smart. He couldn’t talk Jahar into doing that.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>People who cast obsidian butterflies on ten by ten foot rooms aren’t that smart either. It’s him. Well, none of you are on my list, none of you know the magic word, so go away.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Circle in near unison:</strong> <em>There is a magic word?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gargoyle:</strong> <em>Damn it!</em></p><p></p><p>They found out Wretch of Winter was on the ‘Do Not Admit’ list. The Gargoyle used that as an alias for Pieter. Gareth figured out to try and use please. Tiger figured out to say it in Hoen-ba dialect. The gargoyle had to let them in.</p><p></p><p>The inside was kind of dusty and went along as a large corridor for a while until it ended at some large doors.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>So, we built this? You built this?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Probably. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom: </strong><em>Why?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Isn’t it neat? </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth pushed open the big doors to reveal a large (100ft square) room with a doohickey hanging from the ceiling and some sort of symbol on the ground that was covered in some sort of black and purple moss that looked like it was oozing blood (smelled like vile blood). The doohickey was about ten feet off the ground. The lever hanging at the bottom contained rocks. The one not at the bottom but hanging lower had water in it. The other three appeared to be empty.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/doohickey.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>There were design frescos on the wall, but they were all blackened and tarred to the point of not being able to read them. Gareth was put on top of A-dom’s head to look at the device. He worked on trying to figure out how it worked. He disconnected the silver bowl on the red beam and took it with him to fill it with fire.</p><p></p><p>They continued on down through the West doors into another corridor. After going downhill a little, they heard the sloshing of footsteps in water and a little humming. They sent the old lady back to the chamber for her safety.</p><p></p><p>They went forward and met a large, nice Water Elemental. Jade’s Luck talked to it. It really liked rain (and making it). She was unable to convince it to make it stop raining. They went further down the corridor and it went towards the chamber. They found a couple of soggy side rooms and some stairs down. The stairs led into a large cave-like area that was about four feet deep in water. In the center of the cavern was a diagram that Tiger identified as a binding circle for an elemental (probably water). Tiger said all they’d have to do is push the Elemental into the circle for it to work again.</p><p></p><p>They went back to the chamber with the doohickey to find the Water Elemental scrubbing the floor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Water Elemental:</strong> <em>Scrubby Scrubby Scrubby! </em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck suggested that the walls were dirty too. The Water Elemental scrubbed the walls too, which weren’t as sturdy as the floor. The floor design was the symbol of the five dragons. The stuff on the walls talked about being good worshippers and attending church, worshipping the Sun, and how to grow crops.</p><p></p><p>The Water Elemental said it didn’t like the circle, cause it wasn’t comfy. It liked being out, where it could come out and clean everything. It blamed Earth for the goo on the floor. It said it got rid of Fire. Fire bad.</p><p></p><p>The little old lady was doing a good job of staying in the corner opposite the Water Elemental. A-dom got the Water Elemental to make it rain inside. Bad A-dom. She asked everyone but the Elemental go behind a stone door. Then she activated Terrifying Apparition of Glory and ordered the Elemental to go back and sit in his circle. The Water Elemental cried all the way back to the circle. Jade’s Luck felt bad.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/squishy.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 2819332, member: 9758"] [b]Synopsis of 11/07/05 session - "Candy From God"[/b] [i]Synopsis of 11/07/05 session[/i] [size=5][b]"Candy From God"[/b][/size] Gareth, Tiger, A-dom, and Jade’s Luck spent majority of their time on Hoen-ba Island. Jahar was otherwise engaged at the moment and didn’t bring A-dom his stuff. This made A-dom sad. Now that Both Tiger and Gareth spoke the Hoen-ba barbarian language, conversations with the locals were much easier. They now had a third convert at their temple; a six year old. Jade’s Luck and Gareth took to handing out candy to the followers, which made them happier followers. [b]Gareth:[/b][i] The Unconquered Sun grants candy to good followers.[/i] [b]Paul:[/b] [i] Ooh. We might be able to get more children with this theory.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]There is going to be a problem. If we convert all of the children, the adults are going to get upset.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b][i] Bah. Tiger, A-dom. We’re going to need more candy.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]No. [/i] And thus the candy and anti-candy sects of the church of the Unconquered Sun were formed. [b]A-dom: [/b][i] If we’re going to do this, we’re going to do this right. If you’re going to convert people to a religion, you don’t just get the children. It doesn’t work.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b][i] Why not? We’ve got time for them to grow into adults.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b][i] Get them while they’re young.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]The way we should really be doing it is by making their lives better and not by giving them round children. We should be impressing them and like giving them nice things and improving their life. Like making them a big well, which they have. But something they want, we give them, cause we’re nifty.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b][i] But, I’ve already given them canoes and I gave the chieftain a sea-worthy boat.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b][i] But if we convert them, they’ll grow up and convert their children and then we’ve got the island.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b][i] I don’t think we have to worry about round children from one bag of candy.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]But, in six months, we’ll have twelve children standing around going ‘Candy?’[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b][i] I gave three of them candy cause they’re children and they’re cute.[/i] A-dom went on to try to pin the ‘candy from god’ concept on Jade’s Luck while Gareth fully admitted it was his idea. After all, Gareth was never good at the whole religion thing and seized what he thought was a profitable idea. A-dom made some good, intelligent points. [b]Tiger:[/b][i] When did you get so smart?[/i] *[i]A-dom holds up his black book[/i]* This devolved into Jade’s Luck saying this was just the evil necromancer talking. A-dom rebutted that there was no separate necromancer personality and it was just a hobby, anyway. [b]Gareth:[/b] (to Jade’s Luck) [i]He was just trying to annoy you. You do realize this, right?[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] I did not spend all that time and experience just to annoy her.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i] No. When you said you were an evil necromancer. [/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] Oh. Yes. This is true.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b][i] So you’re a fluffy, puppy necromancer? Is this what I’m getting?[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] If the puppy is fresh enough.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b][i] Like the one you stepped on?[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]Yeah, well, after killing those dragon-bloods and smashing up their house, I was seeing a bit of red, but after you kill about thirty people, you try stopping. It’s really hard. Gotta kill them all.[/i] They eventually got back to the topic at hand, which was giving candy for god. Jade’s Luck expressed a desire to send kids to the city to sell candy to raise money. [b]A-dom: [/b][i] Yeah, cause that will go well. Dragon-bloods will see them and go ‘Aww how cute! *Squish* No more Unconquered Sun.’[/i] Conversation continued as it does with this group, meandering in strange directions. Jade’s Luck commented that she still needed to hit that necromancer that led her to Exalt. [b]A-dom: [/b][i] I did. A number of times. That was when he was all chained up and such. Was fun.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b][i] Huh?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i] She wasn’t there.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] Oh yeah. I got him for ya.[/i] After a quick discussion about the fluffy, puppy death lord Bodhisattva, Jade’s Luck commented an how the Circle should go and try to find the book of all knowledge. It was funny to listen to her say Underworld Opec wasn’t dark and evil, but just really nice when A-dom had just used something very similar to describe the Bodhisattva. She went on to talk about the book and how it was really smart and could even talk. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Probably has a condescending attitude. Cause, you know, things that know everything usually do. Cause they’re all with the knowledge and you aren’t. They like to lord it over you. At least, I think that would be the fun part of making an all-knowing book. The condescending attitude. Cause then you key it to only be not condescending to you.[/i] The group wasn’t latching onto the book idea, mostly because they had no clue where to look. Tiger expressed a desire to go and find a Manse. He wasn’t sure exactly how they gave you back essence faster, but knew they did and he wanted one. Taking Jahar’s dad’s manse was very briefly discussed, but discarded. Mostly because Tiger said the only way to keep a manse involved killing the dragon-blood and its family and they weren’t sure how Jahar felt about his father. So, they set about trying to make a magical compass to find a manse. A-dom, Luck, and Tiger went to Opec’s island to ask him some questions about Manse and finding them. Gareth stayed behind and gave children candy. They found out they’d need a perfect crystal as part of a divining device for magical energy. Tiger suggested just going back to Atlantis to buy a crystal. Jade’s Luck suggested picking up Gareth first. [b]Tiger: [/b][i] Who cares about Gareth? He’s busy spending time handing out candy to children. Do you really want to interrupt that? That’s important work. In bizarro world.[/i] They decided to go back to Hoen-ba instead. Jade’s Luck wanted to find the interpreter guy to go talk to Hoen-ba-ba-den. [b]Tiger: [/b][i]Oh, uh, I can actually talk to these people now. In their own language.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]TELL THEM TO STOP EATING THE CANDY![/i] [b]Tiger: [/b][i]But it’s magic candy...[/i] Talking to Hoen-ba-ba-den, Gareth bartered a nicer hut in exchange for a pure crystal. He asked A-dom if he would get him some wood for the hut. [b]A-dom: [/b][i]What’ll you give me?[/i] [b]Gareth: [/b][i]…candy… [/i] A-dom fetched some trees and flared around the villagers. They thought it was neat (ooh, shiny). A couple children tried to roast candy in it. A couple of ladies tried to bake some dough near him. They were disappointed when it didn’t work. A couple more asked him if he could come by in a couple weeks for a festival at night, to save then on bonfire expenses. Some more women held up laundry to dry by him. [b]A-dom: [/b][i]This is a power granted to me by my god, goddamn it! I am not a light source![/i] [b]Gareth: [/b][i]umm, actually… [/i] A-dom grabbed some corral out of the sea to use for the fireplace. With his newfound architecture knowledge, Gareth whipped up a perfect excellent hut in thirty hours. He glowed a lot. Villagers thought it was neat. The hut ended up having a waterfall, rock garden, koi pond, guest rooms, two levels, and a fireplace with smokestack. Hoen-ba-ba-den really liked it, so gave him two crystals. Gareth gave one crystal to Jade’s Luck and one to A-dom. Jade’s Luck decided to try and tie the crystal onto her hair without detaching it from her head. A-dom distracted a kid with candy while Tiger lopped of a chunk of hair discretely. A-dom made a very good divining crystal (he got the long range special edition). Jade’s Luck’s was kinda sad in comparison. They got on the boat and followed A-dom’s crystal. After three or four days, they got to a large island (several hundred miles) covered in dark rain clouds. They sailed around the island and found three settlements along the coastline. One of them was large enough to be called a town. A-dom’s and Luck’s crystals both pointed towards the center of the island, which was between two volcanoes. They sunk the anchor and went ashore at the town. [b]Random Villager:[/b] [i]Hey. How’s it going? Here to trade?[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Master Gareth here is a tradesperson. He is excellent at repairing all manner of things. [/i] [b]Random Villager:[/b] [i]Do you know how to rainproof huts?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Sure.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Does it ever stop raining here?[/i] [b]Random Villager:[/b] [i]Last time it stopped raining was twelve years ago. It stopped for an afternoon.[/i] Some people thought it had rained for fifty years, but most people didn’t know. When asked why, the random villager responded cause he thought the rain gods hated them. [b]A-dom: [/b][i]You know what they need here? Sun![/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Sure.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]But no candy. No candy is needed here. Do you need candy? [/i] [b]Random Villager:[/b] [i]Uhh… No?[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]See. No candy.[/i] Gareth went off to discuss his rates. It was pretty simple. They had jade and were willing to pay. A-dom, Tiger, and Luck went off to the inn to pass the time. It was cold, muddy, and rain was leaking through the roof in several places. [b]Tiger:[/b] (shouted out the door) [i]GARETH! COULD YOU GET THIS ONE FIRST?[/i] [b]Another Random Villager:[/b] (whimpering) [i] No. He’s fixing my roof first. I am so sick of the rain…[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] (shouted out the door) [i]Well, then go faster! [/i] The trio asked if dragon-bloods came around to help them with problems and the villagers responded no. A-dom ordered a beer. It was watered down. [b]Inn Patron:[/b][i] The dragon-bloods used to come around, but they haven’t been by since the demons took over.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]An Athema? Two Athemas? Multiple Athemas? [/i] [b]Inn Patron:[/b][i] I don’t know. They come and they take our money and punch holes in our roofs. Pale white face with demon marks on the forehead in blood. Circle with a dot in the middle.[/i] [b]Tiger: [/b][i]Did they have names? [/i] [b]Inn Patron:[/b][i] Yeah. We were supposed to memorize it. I forgot. I’m old.[/i] Turns out the demons killed the local dragon-blood. The trio tried hard to look sad about that. Well, maybe they did. Tiger asked the innkeeper and he said the one that comes to the town to collect tribute was [b][i]The Porpoising Worm of Hate[/i][/b][i][/i]. The demons worshipped the dark ones from the great beyond or something. He said he’d be by in a couple of days. He wore black armor. [b]Tiger: [/b][i]Has anyone resisted? [/i] [b]Inn Keeper:[/b][i] Yeah. There used to be a village about twenty miles inland. They ate it.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]SWEET! A whole village? Wow! They must have really great :):):):). Why do we need to wait for them. They don’t bring their neat :):):):) with them. Lets go to them.[/i] They waited around town for a couple of days. Gareth repaired all of the roofs and, in his spare time, made A-dom a Perfect Excellent Club. Even put a spike in it for him. A-dom wasn’t impressed. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]I thought you’d like it better than a sword. You favor your club.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] That’s cause I have a magical club. If I had magical poop, I’d favor the poop.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]So, how are you guys planning on attacking this guy? [/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i] With a wall.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Do you want me to fashion you a wall? [/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]Yes.[/i] Unfortunately, Gareth lacked the supplies to do that at this time. When The Porpoising Worm of Hate came to town, Gareth was on top of a house, repairing it. Tiger had set out on another rooftop to keep watch. When Porpoise boy walked by, Gareth leapt off the roof, clad in his armor and armed with his sword. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]YARR! (squishy thud)[/i] Sadly, Gareth landed face first in the mud behind Mr. Porpoise. Battle was entered by the others. Jade’s Luck yelled something along the lines of [b][i]Your reign of terror is at an end![/i][/b][i][/i] Mr. Porpoise sucked some life out of everyone in the area. All the extras in the town died, leaving one heroic mortal. A four on one fight was hardly fair, so Mr. Porpoise was quickly dispatched. Jade’s Luck incinerated the body to make sure it couldn’t come back. This annoyed A-dom cause he didn’t get the armor off first. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]GUYS! It’s safe to come… out… now… oh.[/i] Everyone in town was fallen over where they stood. They found the sole surviving townsperson, a little old lady, in the Inn drinking heavily. Gareth had his caste mark glowing. [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] [i] Are you a demon too?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i] I’m not a demon, I’m a good guy.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]We killed the demon. Unfortunately he killed everyone in town. Sorry.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]On the plus side, he didn’t wreck any of the roofs.[/i] [b]Tiger: [/b][i]And he won’t be taking anymore of your money. [/i] [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] (dripping sarcasm) [i] Oh joy.[/i] They asked how she’d feel about moving to Hoen-ba island, where all the people were nice and had coconuts. [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] [i]Yes. Somewhere different would be nice. Cause everyone here is DEAD.[/i] Jade’s Luck set about laying the bodies out respectably so they could be buried. The little old lady went around to the various houses, collecting stuff and putting it with the bodies. [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] [i]You’re much nicer demons than the other ones.[/i] A number of graves got dug eventually, since the dead don’t like mass graves. A couple of days later, they set off towards the center of the island. The little old lady tagged along. She said she was going to head towards another village. [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] [i]I figure if you’re going that way, I might as well have the demons, I mean nice people, accompany me as far as I go.[/i] They talked to her about their god while they walked. Jade’s Luck said the Unconquered Sun was the opposite of rain. The little old lady said she liked him, then. They traveled through a dense, thick jungle. There were an abnormal amount of dangerous and carnivorous plants in the area. The Circle wanted to turn back and sail around. The little old lady was crotchety and went on. The Circle followed her. Gareth activated Touch of Blissful Release on her. She felt much better. He applied it as needed to keep her feeling okay. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]This would be a great place for Jahar to practice Death of Obsidian Butterflies.[/i] After walking for three days, they got to a split in the path. After discussing, the little old lady decided to show them to the big building between the volcanoes, which seemed like where the Circle wanted to go. As they approached the building, Tiger decided he wanted to be sneaky and move through the jungle to get a better look. A man-eating plant tried to eat Tiger. He dodged out of the way and made some salad. Thus, he decided the path was a good idea. [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] [i]So, are you going in or what?[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]Boy you’re a pushy old broad.[/i] [b]Little Old Lady:[/b] [i]Don’t have long to live.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]How long?[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i] A-dom. Stop being a bastard.[/i] *[i]Old Lady thwacks A-dom with her stick[/i]* [b]A-dom: [/b] (takes one bashing) [i]Oww! Cut that out, old lady! (pause) I can stand here longer than you![/i] Gareth left A-dom to his verbal fight with the old lady and went up to the door. He didn’t think A-dom would actually hit her. Well, Jade’s Luck and Tiger should stop him if he tried, at least. The door was a big, stone gargoyle with closed eyes and a lot of arms. [img]http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/ralph.jpg[/img] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Hey. I’d like in.[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] (pops open an eye) [i]And who (pause) are you?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Gareth.[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] (little tiny pair of arms popped out of the door and pulled out a list) [i] No. No no. I don’t see a Gareth on the list.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Do you like candy?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Um, I’m a gargoyle. No.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Rock candy?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Funny, but no.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Do you like jade?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Jade is kinda tasty, but not needed.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Is Evening Tide of Autumn on the list?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Yes. Yes she is. Is she here?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Kind of.[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]You’re not her.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Kind of.[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]You’re not her.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Wasn’t Evening Tide of Autumn a man?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Yes. You’re not him. If you were him, you’d have his stuff.[/i] *[i]Gareth summons his sword and armor[/i]* [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Oh. You’ve got some of his stuff. Doesn’t mean you’re him. If you were him, you’d have all of his stuff.[/i] The conversation went on like this for a while. When asked what else EtoA had, the gargoyle refused to divulge the information. A-dom tried to be crafty. The gargoyle asked him if he was Pieter. When A-dom said yes, the gargoyle tried to stab him. Gareth’s caste mark flared and he dove in between the two of them. The gargoyle failed to harm Gareth. A confused A-dom moved away from the door. [b]A-dom: [/b][i]I didn’t know you could do that?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Now you do. [/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] (to A-dom) [i]The gargoyles union has lists for you too. You bastard. [/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]Is A-dom on there?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]No. No A–dom. We’ll use that as an alias for Pieter.[/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]Good. Yeah. Make sure you write that down. And make sure you put Jade’s Luck on there too.[/i] The gargoyle wouldn’t. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]What has Piter done? [/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Well, you see. There was this incident with a gargoyle guarding a door, and obsidian butterflies in a ten foot by ten-foot square room. He killed a gargoyle this way. And the gargoyles union will not tolerate this.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]He can’t cast, well he can cast magic, but he can’t cast that kind of magic. [/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Well no. Pieter didn’t cast it, he talked someone into casting it. He was a crafty, evil bastard.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]He’s not really a crafty, evil bastard, he’s just a bastard.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]He’s evil. [/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Well, yeah. He’s an evil bastard. But he’s really not that smart. He couldn’t talk Jahar into doing that.[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]People who cast obsidian butterflies on ten by ten foot rooms aren’t that smart either. It’s him. Well, none of you are on my list, none of you know the magic word, so go away.[/i] [b]Circle in near unison:[/b] [i]There is a magic word?[/i] [b]Gargoyle:[/b] [i]Damn it![/i] They found out Wretch of Winter was on the ‘Do Not Admit’ list. The Gargoyle used that as an alias for Pieter. Gareth figured out to try and use please. Tiger figured out to say it in Hoen-ba dialect. The gargoyle had to let them in. The inside was kind of dusty and went along as a large corridor for a while until it ended at some large doors. [b]A-dom: [/b][i]So, we built this? You built this?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Probably. [/i] [b]A-dom: [/b][i]Why?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Isn’t it neat? [/i] Gareth pushed open the big doors to reveal a large (100ft square) room with a doohickey hanging from the ceiling and some sort of symbol on the ground that was covered in some sort of black and purple moss that looked like it was oozing blood (smelled like vile blood). The doohickey was about ten feet off the ground. The lever hanging at the bottom contained rocks. The one not at the bottom but hanging lower had water in it. The other three appeared to be empty. [img]http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/doohickey.jpg[/img] There were design frescos on the wall, but they were all blackened and tarred to the point of not being able to read them. Gareth was put on top of A-dom’s head to look at the device. He worked on trying to figure out how it worked. He disconnected the silver bowl on the red beam and took it with him to fill it with fire. They continued on down through the West doors into another corridor. After going downhill a little, they heard the sloshing of footsteps in water and a little humming. They sent the old lady back to the chamber for her safety. They went forward and met a large, nice Water Elemental. Jade’s Luck talked to it. It really liked rain (and making it). She was unable to convince it to make it stop raining. They went further down the corridor and it went towards the chamber. They found a couple of soggy side rooms and some stairs down. The stairs led into a large cave-like area that was about four feet deep in water. In the center of the cavern was a diagram that Tiger identified as a binding circle for an elemental (probably water). Tiger said all they’d have to do is push the Elemental into the circle for it to work again. They went back to the chamber with the doohickey to find the Water Elemental scrubbing the floor. [b]Water Elemental:[/b] [i]Scrubby Scrubby Scrubby! [/i] Jade’s Luck suggested that the walls were dirty too. The Water Elemental scrubbed the walls too, which weren’t as sturdy as the floor. The floor design was the symbol of the five dragons. The stuff on the walls talked about being good worshippers and attending church, worshipping the Sun, and how to grow crops. The Water Elemental said it didn’t like the circle, cause it wasn’t comfy. It liked being out, where it could come out and clean everything. It blamed Earth for the goo on the floor. It said it got rid of Fire. Fire bad. The little old lady was doing a good job of staying in the corner opposite the Water Elemental. A-dom got the Water Elemental to make it rain inside. Bad A-dom. She asked everyone but the Elemental go behind a stone door. Then she activated Terrifying Apparition of Glory and ordered the Elemental to go back and sit in his circle. The Water Elemental cried all the way back to the circle. Jade’s Luck felt bad. [img]http://home.nycap.rr.com/aokitty/squishy.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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