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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: 2819361" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Synopsis of 01/09/06 session - “Dear God, We’re Creating the Alliance!”</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 01/09/06 session</em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>“Dear God, We’re Creating the Alliance!”</strong></span></p><p></p><p>The Circle relaxed a little now. For some reason, Gareth thought it might be a good idea to have an undead on each of the boats, kind of as an emergency crew member. Talking with A-dom, he learned that the necromancer had learned a few more tricks and could create hybrids now. You know, like zombies with twelve arms or with paddles for arms. This concept intrigued Gareth. Not that he himself wanted to learn how to do this, he just thought it could be useful. Speaking with Jade’s Luck, she had gotten it into her head that the way to fight the Wyld was for people to start having babies. So, she asked Gareth about assessing the competence of the midwives on the island and training more of them. Gareth took this to assess the competency of the healers on the island. He found London was okay for now, since they had two healers. Vancouver, on the other hand, now had none. It seemed that their healers were part of the zealot rain cultists that Tiger suppressed. So Gareth immediately started training two new people in the healing arts.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, Jahar was being secretive in one of the caves/houses below Vancouver. All but about three people were living above ground now, so he pretty much had free range of the place. Gareth didn’t think anything of it because he was occupied and, well, when was Jahar not being secretive. A-dom took the time to go and make a zombie (skeleton with lots of meat on him). Zombboy even had vocal chords.</p><p></p><p>Eventually he took A-dom and Tiger down to his little cave in Vancouver. He showed then his little ritual room with candles and a binding circle and told them that he was going to be performing a ritual at midnight and wanted them around for protection. A-dom took the time to try and teach Zombboy how to play cards. It went poorly. He just kept repeating <strong><em>Go Fish!</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Jahar cast his protective magic after the sun went down and, at midnight, began his little ritual. A crack opened up in the middle of the circle; a kind of violet, black doorway. Out plopped an eight feet long porcupine-snake with arms at the far end of the snake body. Jahar and the porcupine-snake stared at each other for a few minutes before the demon swore and lost the staring contest. Jahar waved A-dom forward.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I have a single task for you. You’ll serve for the duration of this task and then depart whence you came. You’ll harvest certain plants, specified by this man, </em> (A-dom waves) <em>from this island on which we stand upon. You will then store them, safely, in containers or areas, specified by this man. </em> (A-dom waves) <em>You follow no instructions from this man that do not relate to plants or undead, unless he tells you to stop wounding or killing something. During this time you’ll harm no human, exalt, monkey, spirit, or animal, unless I or this man give you permission and it is attacking you. Do no incite an attack against you. My laptop is not going to turn off while I’m reading this. You’ll obey any additional commands of mine during this time, but they will not supersede my standing orders without explicit instructions. </em></p><p></p><p>The demon got Jahar to drop the no-hurting-animals clause, since animals included bugs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Animals may be hurt as needed during the collection process excepting humans or exalts or monkeys. </em></p><p></p><p>The demon made a note and stuck it on one of his quills.</p><p></p><p>Jahar then told A-dom to have the demon pick all the poisonous plants. The duo walked up the stairs with Jahar a few steps behind. In one of the huts, Gareth was awoken from his slumber by the sound of at least two people and a strange animal walking past outside. He then heard a gasp and someone running into the woods. Looking out the window (hole in the hut), Gareth saw Jahar, A-dom, and a snake-porcupine demon walking by. Gareth immediately summoned his armor and weapon. The two outside just saw a flash of light come from one of the huts, twice.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Hopefully someone just exalted. I’m going to go away. Probably not.</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar said he’d deal with it and for A-dom to go along on his way.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> (yelling) <em>Hey Tiger. I could use a second. </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth exited the hut with sword and armor on to find Jahar in the way.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Good evening. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Apparently not! </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar did his best to explain the advantages of having a demon on the workforce and what it could accomplish that undead couldn’t. He met with strong resistance.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>We have him (A-dom) for a reason. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>And raise the dead? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>They’re not doing anything. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>This thing is more intelligent and tightly constrained. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>We don’t need something more intelligent. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em>Oooh. Pineapples! </em> *munching noises*</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>I don’t think those are poisonous.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em>No, they’re tasty! </em> *munching noises*</p><p></p><p>Jahar then let Gareth in on his plan. He felt he needed to bring his family back something of value, to curry favor with them and gain some capital. This money would be used to start a trading business with Jade’s Luck, a front for the Circle’s activities. The best and easiest way to do this was to sell these poisonous plants to House Cynis.</p><p></p><p>Gareth did not like any bit of this plan and made that known. He figured at least a couple of people were going to get killed in this. To illustrate this point, a couple of quills came flying past them to imbed themselves on a hut. A-dom thought this was a cool ability.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Heads up!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>A-dom, what’d you tell it to do? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Nothing! It did it itself. It was kind of cool.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em>I didn’t hurt anyone! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>We’re supposed to be making a case for Solars being okay people and not demon summoners. How is this helping to achieve this task? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I didn’t come here and pacify an entire town. It’ll do its job and it’ll do it quietly. Watch it for a while.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> (loudly) <em>What about these? Are these poisonous? </em></p><p></p><p>The demon showed A-dom bananas. When A-dom spoke in the negative, the demon ate the bananas.</p><p></p><p>Jahar instructed A-dom to be a bit more explicit in his instructions or this task would take forever.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Also, make sure it doesn’t eat all of the edible stuff on the island.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Okay. Your island.</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom pointed out some man-eating plants. The demon coiled around them and spiked.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Sweet! So, how did you become a demon? Or are you just one?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em>Just am. </em></p><p></p><p>A-dom named the demon Pointy.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Have you considered what is going to happen when Jade’s Luck comes upon A-dom walking through the forest with Zombboy and the demon?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>That was one of the flaws in my plan. I figured I’d have to summon another demon after that.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>I was thinking more along the lines of the trouble we have between her and A-dom now. What is it going to be when she finds him walking around with a demon? A-dom is clearly going to get blamed, you’re not. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Maybe I could finally convince her to learn sorcery so she could be my backup and learn banishment.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>So, better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I have been living in dragon-blood society all this life.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>I’m going to go talk to her, before this gets further out of hand. </em></p><p></p><p>A-dom and the demon returned at this point. The demon looked like a walking, pointy shrub of doom, since his way of carrying was to stick stuff to himself.</p><p></p><p>Gareth took Tiger aside for a few minutes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>You have a problem with this? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>You need to ask that question? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>That was a facetious question. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>If that demon gives you any reason to kill it, do so as quickly as possible. I want you to keep an eye on A-dom and the demon until I get back. I need to go talk to Jade’s Luck before she gets the idea that this is A-dom’s fault. I’m going to the Manse now.</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom instructed the demon on what to do with the various poisonous stuff.</p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em>Okay, where are the barrels? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom:</strong> <em>I don’t know. Where are the barrels? (pause) Gareth, we need barrels.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Skelly has barrels. I’m occupied. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom:</strong> <em>Aww. Come on… I don’t think tar and poisonous plants go well together.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> (points at demon) <em>Do you want to be blamed for that? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom:</strong> <em>I don’t care. I don’t!</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth gave up and took half an hour to make them about fifty barrels to store the poisonous stuff in (so it didn’t come in contact with the villagers). A few of the barrels were poisonous themselves. A-dom was smart enough to pick out those barrels, in theory.</p><p></p><p>Gareth left a note for his healer apprentices to practice what he had taught them and he’d be back in a few days. He then walked in a straight line towards the Manse with sword in ginsu mode. Jahar followed about fifteen feet behind. At least a road to the Manse would be useful. A few birds got in the way of the ginsu. Their loss.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>That is very demonic of you.</em></p><p></p><p>The monkeys were smart enough to avoid the ginsu effect. When he was about a day away from the Manse, Ranger approached Jade’s Luck.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger:</strong> <em>Boss! Boss! There is someone coming from the town to the north to here, making a road. They’ve got a shiny sword that’s </em> *makes chipper/shredder noise*</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Anyone you recognize? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger:</strong> <em>One of your friends. Not the other boss. He’s walking straight here. He looks angry. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Maybe you should show me which way to go… </em></p><p></p><p>Ranger took her up to the Air Elemental’s balcony and showed her the path of destruction in Gareth’s wake. At the tip of the path, she could see stuff just coming out of it going every which way. She decided to just wait for him.</p><p></p><p>Jahar unused quote: <em>Aww, he’s pissed cause I enslaved a creature of the underworld to do my bidding</em>.</p><p></p><p>Twelve hours later, Ranger approached Jade’s Luck again.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger:</strong> <em>Boss! Boss! He’s getting really close now! </em></p><p></p><p>She went out to meet them. She sent a monkey to fetch some washing pails with water, towers and some lemonade if there was any.</p><p></p><p><strong>Monkey #1:</strong> <em>Make Lemondade!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Monkey #2:</strong> <em>What’s the hell are lemons?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Monkey #1:</strong> <em>I don’t know but make it quick!</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck could two hear two men arguing underneath the sound of the buzz sawing sword. The monkeys came running out with a pitcher of something orangish.</p><p></p><p><strong>Monkeys:</strong> <em>It is close to lemons, we think.</em></p><p></p><p>She set up an area to wash off and a place for the pitcher and a couple mugs.</p><p></p><p>Gareth and Jahar came into view as Gareth’s sword wound down. They were covered in a mix of grass, splinters, pitch, blood, and feathers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>And what are you arguing about that you had to come cutting a road from the ocean to our front door? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Well, I don’t think we needed to cut the road, however Gareth wanted to get here quickest to tell you that I had summoned a servant of the underworld to…</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> (cutting Jahar off) <em>It’s not the Underworld. It’s Hell! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I bound it very tightly and when it is done playing around it’ll be sent home.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>He left it in A-dom’s charge. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>That doesn’t sound very good. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>If I didn’t have to come here to explain myself I probably would have stayed with it to make sure.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>I left Tiger in charge of A-dom. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I left it very explicit instructions to not do the things that A-dom says that could get us all into trouble.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>I see… So, after he’s destroyed the island you’ll be making me a new one? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Precisely.</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar then filled her in on his plan. She didn’t like the poison business either. Gareth told her his plans were her problem and they needed to be more concerned with the demon right then and there.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>I’m not entirely thrilled about the demon being on my island, really.</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar offered to repeat his instructions for the demon. Jade’s Luck felt assure that the demon had enough holes in the pledge to do as much damage as it wanted to. Jahar called that assessment fair.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>It seemed to like eating fruit. Whatever fruit it could find. </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar assured her it was now restrained to five bananas worth for fruit for every bushel of venomous plants it collected and stored. Jade’s Luck questioned him on how much fruit this would leave the villagers. He said he didn’t have time to find this out because Gareth was going off and he needed to catch up.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>He didn’t want me coming to talk to you on my own. He was afraid I was going to put this in a negative light.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I knew you were going to put this in a negative light. I just wanted to be here to defend myself.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Well, you’re really not, cause, you know, summoning a demon is already fairly indefensible.</em></p><p></p><p>She then went on to twist Jahar’s words to make it sound like Jahar felt Gareth was too feeble to make the trip to the manse on his own and incapable of restraining her. Jahar denied this, of course, and said that they’d be done soon. This let her see that the plan wasn’t to clear all of the poisonous plants from the island, because it would take MUCH more time to clear an island of this size than two to four days.</p><p></p><p>She wasn’t the happiest about the death of lots of little woodland creatures when Gareth made the road, but understood the necessity of expediency in this matter. Besides, she could always instruct Wood to regrow that, if she didn’t like it. That had also been her plan for getting rid of the poisonous and dangerous plants as well.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>So, A-dom and a demon are somewhere on my island playing together?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Yup.</em></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, A-dom and Tiger were getting bored. A-dom struck up a conversation with the demon, finding out he was a paperweight and message holder in hell. </p><p></p><p>Back at the Manse, Jade’s Luck wanted to know why Gareth wasn’t supervising the demon himself. He responded that he thought he should come to the Manse and tell her before A-dom got blamed for this. She considered that fair. </p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>So, a small dog has come into my house and pooped on my rug. And then I am told there is a case to present to me.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Well, you pick up the case, you scoop up the poop, you roll up the newspaper and go Whap Whap Whap ‘Bad Dog!’ I’m going back there.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>I’m considering that. Please take this small dog with you.</em></p><p></p><p>Back with the demon, a villager walked by.</p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> (yelling and waving) <em>Hi there!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Don’t touch the demon.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> (yelling) <em>Run for your life before he tells me to eat you! </em></p><p></p><p>The villager went screaming off into the wilderness.</p><p></p><p>Gareth headed back towards Vancouver. Jade’s Luck finally got across to Jahar that she had spent several months trying to improve this island, that this was <strong>HER</strong> island and he hadn’t asked permission to do this summoning. Seeing Gareth heading back, Jahar followed after him. Jade’s Luck instructed the monkeys to keep and eye out for the demon (a big, moving other). After an hour or two of meditation and trying to keep her temper, Jade’s Luck followed.</p><p></p><p>A-dom suggested that they take a break and play cards with Zombboy and Tiger. The demon followed this instruction, since A-dom got around Jahar’s orders by involving the undead. A-dom and the demon played against Tiger and Zombboy. The demon cheated heavily, allowing them to win. Tiger was depressed that someone out-cheated him.</p><p></p><p>When they went back to work, A-dom instructed the demon not to do anything sneaky.</p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> (sigh) <em>Okay </em> (yelling) <em> DEMON COMING THROUGH! MAKE WAY! DEMON COMING THROUGH! KEEP BACK! STAY AWAY FROM THE DEMON!</em></p><p></p><p>He did this as he went into town to drop off poisonous stuff.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Stop! Stop! Stop screaming demon at the people.</em></p><p></p><p>Months of wooing these villagers, gone in a day. At least he was efficient. Somehow, A-dom felt relieved that he wouldn’t be blamed for this, regardless.</p><p></p><p>The demon ran out of barrels, so A-dom told him to start making piles.</p><p></p><p>When Gareth and Jahar got to the village, they found lots of barrels full of stuff, lots piles of poisonous stuff, and some armed villagers trying to construct a flotilla by lashing their boats together. Gareth initially went with his first instinct, which was to instruct the villagers how to properly construct a flotilla. This was, until Jahar reminded him that they didn’t want these people leaving the island. Jahar spent the next couple hours with Harmonious Presence Meditation making the villagers understand that all was good with the world. Jahar mentioned that they currently had an associate with the demon and it was being taken care of. He then went in search of A-dom. Gareth wanted to show the villagers how to properly construct a flotilla, but figured he should help Jahar instead. Gareth stopped Jahar from wandering into the rainforest aimlessly and told him A-dom would likely come back by the road.</p><p></p><p>Back on the road, A-dom saw Jade’s Luck up ahead, walking towards him.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em><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=":)" />! Okay, you (the demon) stay behind me. Zombboy, you go ahead.</em> (yell) <em> Hi Jade’s Luck! I, uh, made a new one.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck saw a zombie, A-dom, and a pile of poisonous plant material with eyes and spikey things hiding behind A-dom.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Yeah. You should take Jahar’s little pet back to him right now.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>That’s where we’re going. (pause) Okay.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> (yelling) <em> STAND CLEAR OF THE DEMON!</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth and Jahar didn’t get outside the town’s borders before they came across a zombie. Following behind Zombboy were A-dom, then the demon, and a little back, Jade’s Luck.</p><p></p><p>Gareth walked over to Jade’s Luck and explained that Jahar somehow managed to calm the village down and explain everything was okay. He said they had been building a poorly constructed flotilla, but that was dismantled now.</p><p></p><p>A-dom instructed the demon to balance on one foot.</p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em> EVERYTHING IS A O K.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Be quiet.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Don’t worry. I’ll send you back from whence you came shortly. It is much better than sunlight.</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom instructed the demon to balance on the other foot.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Oh, and stop listening to A-dom.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Damn it!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I do wish to point out that, if I were allowed to continue, this would have been an excellent way of clearing out the island.</em> (to Demon) <em> Return back to hell!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Demon:</strong> <em> Oohh… You want all the plants?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Take them with you. (pause) The plants that are on you only!</em></p><p></p><p>The demon rips a hole in the ground. A huge bale of hellfire comes out of the ground. It crawls into the hole.</p><p></p><p><strong>Demonic Voice:</strong> <em>Where the hell have you been?</em></p><p></p><p>The hole closes up, leaving burnt plants and ground around the hole.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Did you know he spent all day just… standing on a desk?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I really (pause) don’t care. (pause) I will say I did learn next time to word the dealings better. And to not be on your island.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Next?</em> (turns to Gareth) <em>Did you hear that?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Oh, I knew there was going to be a next.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck commented on the level of badness that comes along with summoning a demon.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>There is a reason why I don’t have much of a problem with A-dom’s necromancy.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>I’m starting to understand your point of view.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> (hopeful) <em>Really? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Zombboy:</strong> <em>Want me play cards?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>That might be pushing it a little.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> (raised voice towards the village) <em>Ladies and gentlemen, it’s okay. We are professionals. We have banished the demon. </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar didn’t think A-dom’s pronouncements were a good idea. So, Instead of A-dom there was a little old lady with them. Jahar went back to trying to point out the virtues of proper demon summoning. Jade’s Luck pointed out that the Death lord’s books and the dragon-bloods both agree demons bad.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>In several hundred years when you learn to properly bind a demon I’ll be less annoyed by it.</em></p><p></p><p>Back in town, there were some people talking about putting the flotilla back together again, but the majority remained calm.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>People, people, didn’t we tell you we had to take care of it? We just took care of it. It’s gone!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> <em>Are you sure?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Yes.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> <em>Is there a corpse?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>No. It got consumed in the fire.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> <em>There was a fire?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>That was what the burst of flame was.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> <em>Oh. I thought that was the demon eating you.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em> It’s okay. We know what we’re doing.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> <em>Who the hell are you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em> I’m Cindy. I’m with them. I’m new.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth wandered off to go talk to his students. He tried to instruct them to let him know when something like ‘that’ was happening. That was a difficult process, since telling them to ‘tell a monkey’ is just plain weird. Jade’s luck suggested that they put a note under a rock, but they couldn’t write.</p><p></p><p>A-dom noticed Zombboy was still with him and instructed him to go back into the forest and wait for him.</p><p></p><p><strong>Young Villager:</strong> <em>Grandpa Billy?</em> (yelling) <em>Quick! Quick! Pitchforks and Torches! My grandpa has come back from the dead as a demon possessed body! We have to put him down!</em></p><p></p><p>Before Gareth could find his pitchforks and torches to start handing them out, Jade’s Luck fried Zombboy. The villagers calmed down again. A-dom was sad. Jahar was still making A-dom look good.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em> I’ll have him wear a hooded robe next time (pause) I like that idea!</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar then started talking about constructing a set of rules for the Exalts so they didn’t run into these problems again. So, if they run into other exalts, they can inform them of the laws too.</p><p></p><p><strong>Alex:</strong> <em>Oh dear god, we’re creating the Alliance!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Rule number one. We don’t summon demons on another Exalted’s doorstep.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em> Um, crowd! Are there any Lunars about here?</em></p><p></p><p>*<em>Crowd looks at him funny</em>*</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Right. Okay then. Carry on.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth took A-dom aside and made sure he knew that some of the barrels were poisonous. Jade’s Luck decided that the people needed a writing system. Gareth told her that was her task, since he was teaching some people medicine. When she asked him if he wanted his healers to be literate, he responded’eventually.’</p><p></p><p>A-dom felt like training people too, so he looked for their undertakers to impart wisdom upon them. He found out there were Catacombs and was led to them. He promised to teach them how to properly take care of bodies. A-dom liked the catacombs a lot. He tried to explain mummification to the villagers. He convinced them it was a good idea, but not to do it yet since he didn’t have all the details. He then went into telling them about the Unconquered Sun and becoming exalted. That was a train wreck in the making.</p><p></p><p>A-dom disappeared and then reappeared.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>When the Unconquered Sun looks upon you in favor, you can do <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=":)" /> like that.</em></p><p></p><p>He explained to them that they need to be brave and heroic. He did explain the important part that they might die without exalting.</p><p></p><p>Jahar and Jade’s Luck discussed what it would take to repair the transportation circle in the Manse. He pointed out the worst parts to her, which included the sacrifice of a loyal servant. He also tried to explain demon-blooded to her.</p><p></p><p><strong>Alex pretending to be Jahar:</strong> <em>When a woman and a demon love each other very much.</em></p><p></p><p>Tiger felt left out training mortals, so he decided to train some assassins. Eventually Jade’s Luck explained to Jahar about Pursey and the Wyld now being by Highwatch. He had problems coming to terms with how she made a deal with the Wyld, which doesn’t keep its word, while she has problems with him making a deal with a demon, which had to keep its word.</p><p></p><p>Jahar worked on a preliminary draft of rules for Solar society for review. He also looked for mortal sorcerers in the making to train.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck found she had to help Gareth teach, since he was very knowledgeable but bad at imparting said knowledge.</p><p></p><p>In his spare time, Gareth built Jahar his own ship to carry the poison, because Gareth would have none of that on his ships. The ship ended up being about fifty feet long. It was named <em>Jara’s Pride</em> which Jahar found annoying but acceptable.</p><p></p><p>Gareth got Jahar to have A-dom get the barrels on board instead of the villagers. But, first, they once again needed tar. So, Gareth and A-dom sailed off to a nearby island that would likely have tar. While they did this, Jade’s Luck talked with the Earth Elemental about making tar on the island. He said it’d take thirty or so years and would be dangerous to mortals. She worked on natural deterrents to ward off mortals from that area.</p><p></p><p>On the tar island, A-dom made Zelly and Telly to cart the tar back barrels. They proved themselves useful in tarring the boat when they got back, too. At night, A-dom had a few new zombies move the poison barrels on board while A-dom and Gareth moved the rest.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck got Gareth aside and discussed with him the possibility of putting a flaw in Jahar’s boat make it sink, poisons and all. She didn’t like Jahar’s plans of selling poison any more than Gareth. He said that would be too obvious on his part. She made doe eyes at him.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>That doesn’t work on me, dearie.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> (pouts) <em>It worked when I was five.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>You’re no longer five.</em></p><p></p><p>He then told her about the poison barrels. She liked her plan better.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck also informed Jahar of their finding out about portals to heaven and their plans to go there to talk to the Unconquered Sun. They decided going to Abalone would likely be the best portal to use. But first, Jahar and Jade’s Luck felt they needed to go to Atlantis first. For some reason, they felt they should make an appearance and make some accounting for their whereabouts for the past four or so months.</p><p></p><p>They discussed what they could do with their trading company. A-dom suggested zombies as native curiosities. That wasn’t well received. Jade’s Luck liked the idea of A-dom dressing up like a native to dance and such for parties.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck brought up a rule about the proper treatment of slaves for the Solar code of laws.</p><p></p><p>Before they sailed off, Jahar convinced his acolytes to become sailors on his vessel.</p><p>Eventually they set sail on two separate boats. Jahar and A-dom sailed the <strong>Jara’s Pride</strong> while Gareth, Tiger, and Jade’s Luck sailed <strong>The Grumpy Craftsman</strong>. A-dom put his three zombies in barrels on Jahar’s boat.</p><p></p><p>By the time they got to Opec’s island, A-dom and Jahar looked bedraggled and fried, but Jahar’s acolytes started getting the hang of sailing a big vessel. A-dom took the time to help Gareth make a corral dock there, where they parked the boats. Jahar went to go talk to Opec while they made the dock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 2819361, member: 9758"] [b]Synopsis of 01/09/06 session - “Dear God, We’re Creating the Alliance!”[/b] [i]Synopsis of 01/09/06 session[/i] [size=5][b]“Dear God, We’re Creating the Alliance!”[/b][/size] The Circle relaxed a little now. For some reason, Gareth thought it might be a good idea to have an undead on each of the boats, kind of as an emergency crew member. Talking with A-dom, he learned that the necromancer had learned a few more tricks and could create hybrids now. You know, like zombies with twelve arms or with paddles for arms. This concept intrigued Gareth. Not that he himself wanted to learn how to do this, he just thought it could be useful. Speaking with Jade’s Luck, she had gotten it into her head that the way to fight the Wyld was for people to start having babies. So, she asked Gareth about assessing the competence of the midwives on the island and training more of them. Gareth took this to assess the competency of the healers on the island. He found London was okay for now, since they had two healers. Vancouver, on the other hand, now had none. It seemed that their healers were part of the zealot rain cultists that Tiger suppressed. So Gareth immediately started training two new people in the healing arts. At the same time, Jahar was being secretive in one of the caves/houses below Vancouver. All but about three people were living above ground now, so he pretty much had free range of the place. Gareth didn’t think anything of it because he was occupied and, well, when was Jahar not being secretive. A-dom took the time to go and make a zombie (skeleton with lots of meat on him). Zombboy even had vocal chords. Eventually he took A-dom and Tiger down to his little cave in Vancouver. He showed then his little ritual room with candles and a binding circle and told them that he was going to be performing a ritual at midnight and wanted them around for protection. A-dom took the time to try and teach Zombboy how to play cards. It went poorly. He just kept repeating [b][i]Go Fish![/i][/b][i][/i] Jahar cast his protective magic after the sun went down and, at midnight, began his little ritual. A crack opened up in the middle of the circle; a kind of violet, black doorway. Out plopped an eight feet long porcupine-snake with arms at the far end of the snake body. Jahar and the porcupine-snake stared at each other for a few minutes before the demon swore and lost the staring contest. Jahar waved A-dom forward. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I have a single task for you. You’ll serve for the duration of this task and then depart whence you came. You’ll harvest certain plants, specified by this man, [/i] (A-dom waves) [i]from this island on which we stand upon. You will then store them, safely, in containers or areas, specified by this man. [/i] (A-dom waves) [i]You follow no instructions from this man that do not relate to plants or undead, unless he tells you to stop wounding or killing something. During this time you’ll harm no human, exalt, monkey, spirit, or animal, unless I or this man give you permission and it is attacking you. Do no incite an attack against you. My laptop is not going to turn off while I’m reading this. You’ll obey any additional commands of mine during this time, but they will not supersede my standing orders without explicit instructions. [/i] The demon got Jahar to drop the no-hurting-animals clause, since animals included bugs. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Animals may be hurt as needed during the collection process excepting humans or exalts or monkeys. [/i] The demon made a note and stuck it on one of his quills. Jahar then told A-dom to have the demon pick all the poisonous plants. The duo walked up the stairs with Jahar a few steps behind. In one of the huts, Gareth was awoken from his slumber by the sound of at least two people and a strange animal walking past outside. He then heard a gasp and someone running into the woods. Looking out the window (hole in the hut), Gareth saw Jahar, A-dom, and a snake-porcupine demon walking by. Gareth immediately summoned his armor and weapon. The two outside just saw a flash of light come from one of the huts, twice. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Hopefully someone just exalted. I’m going to go away. Probably not.[/i] Jahar said he’d deal with it and for A-dom to go along on his way. [b]A-dom:[/b] (yelling) [i]Hey Tiger. I could use a second. [/i] Gareth exited the hut with sword and armor on to find Jahar in the way. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Good evening. [/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Apparently not! [/i] Jahar did his best to explain the advantages of having a demon on the workforce and what it could accomplish that undead couldn’t. He met with strong resistance. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]We have him (A-dom) for a reason. [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]And raise the dead? [/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]They’re not doing anything. [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]This thing is more intelligent and tightly constrained. [/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]We don’t need something more intelligent. [/i] [b]Demon:[/b] [i]Oooh. Pineapples! [/i] *munching noises* [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]I don’t think those are poisonous.[/i] [b]Demon:[/b] [i]No, they’re tasty! [/i] *munching noises* Jahar then let Gareth in on his plan. He felt he needed to bring his family back something of value, to curry favor with them and gain some capital. This money would be used to start a trading business with Jade’s Luck, a front for the Circle’s activities. The best and easiest way to do this was to sell these poisonous plants to House Cynis. Gareth did not like any bit of this plan and made that known. He figured at least a couple of people were going to get killed in this. To illustrate this point, a couple of quills came flying past them to imbed themselves on a hut. A-dom thought this was a cool ability. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Heads up![/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]A-dom, what’d you tell it to do? [/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Nothing! It did it itself. It was kind of cool.[/i] [b]Demon:[/b] [i]I didn’t hurt anyone! [/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]We’re supposed to be making a case for Solars being okay people and not demon summoners. How is this helping to achieve this task? [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I didn’t come here and pacify an entire town. It’ll do its job and it’ll do it quietly. Watch it for a while.[/i] [b]Demon:[/b] (loudly) [i]What about these? Are these poisonous? [/i] The demon showed A-dom bananas. When A-dom spoke in the negative, the demon ate the bananas. Jahar instructed A-dom to be a bit more explicit in his instructions or this task would take forever. [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Also, make sure it doesn’t eat all of the edible stuff on the island.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Okay. Your island.[/i] A-dom pointed out some man-eating plants. The demon coiled around them and spiked. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Sweet! So, how did you become a demon? Or are you just one?[/i] [b]Demon:[/b] [i]Just am. [/i] A-dom named the demon Pointy. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Have you considered what is going to happen when Jade’s Luck comes upon A-dom walking through the forest with Zombboy and the demon?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]That was one of the flaws in my plan. I figured I’d have to summon another demon after that.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]I was thinking more along the lines of the trouble we have between her and A-dom now. What is it going to be when she finds him walking around with a demon? A-dom is clearly going to get blamed, you’re not. [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Maybe I could finally convince her to learn sorcery so she could be my backup and learn banishment.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]So, better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission? [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I have been living in dragon-blood society all this life.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]I’m going to go talk to her, before this gets further out of hand. [/i] A-dom and the demon returned at this point. The demon looked like a walking, pointy shrub of doom, since his way of carrying was to stick stuff to himself. Gareth took Tiger aside for a few minutes. [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]You have a problem with this? [/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]You need to ask that question? [/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]That was a facetious question. [/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]If that demon gives you any reason to kill it, do so as quickly as possible. I want you to keep an eye on A-dom and the demon until I get back. I need to go talk to Jade’s Luck before she gets the idea that this is A-dom’s fault. I’m going to the Manse now.[/i] A-dom instructed the demon on what to do with the various poisonous stuff. [b]Demon:[/b] [i]Okay, where are the barrels? [/i] [b]A-Dom:[/b] [i]I don’t know. Where are the barrels? (pause) Gareth, we need barrels.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Skelly has barrels. I’m occupied. [/i] [b]A-Dom:[/b] [i]Aww. Come on… I don’t think tar and poisonous plants go well together.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] (points at demon) [i]Do you want to be blamed for that? [/i] [b]A-Dom:[/b] [i]I don’t care. I don’t![/i] Gareth gave up and took half an hour to make them about fifty barrels to store the poisonous stuff in (so it didn’t come in contact with the villagers). A few of the barrels were poisonous themselves. A-dom was smart enough to pick out those barrels, in theory. Gareth left a note for his healer apprentices to practice what he had taught them and he’d be back in a few days. He then walked in a straight line towards the Manse with sword in ginsu mode. Jahar followed about fifteen feet behind. At least a road to the Manse would be useful. A few birds got in the way of the ginsu. Their loss. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]That is very demonic of you.[/i] The monkeys were smart enough to avoid the ginsu effect. When he was about a day away from the Manse, Ranger approached Jade’s Luck. [b]Ranger:[/b] [i]Boss! Boss! There is someone coming from the town to the north to here, making a road. They’ve got a shiny sword that’s [/i] *makes chipper/shredder noise* [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Anyone you recognize? [/i] [b]Ranger:[/b] [i]One of your friends. Not the other boss. He’s walking straight here. He looks angry. [/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Maybe you should show me which way to go… [/i] Ranger took her up to the Air Elemental’s balcony and showed her the path of destruction in Gareth’s wake. At the tip of the path, she could see stuff just coming out of it going every which way. She decided to just wait for him. Jahar unused quote: [i]Aww, he’s pissed cause I enslaved a creature of the underworld to do my bidding[/i]. Twelve hours later, Ranger approached Jade’s Luck again. [b]Ranger:[/b] [i]Boss! Boss! He’s getting really close now! [/i] She went out to meet them. She sent a monkey to fetch some washing pails with water, towers and some lemonade if there was any. [b]Monkey #1:[/b] [i]Make Lemondade![/i] [b]Monkey #2:[/b] [i]What’s the hell are lemons?[/i] [b]Monkey #1:[/b] [i]I don’t know but make it quick![/i] Jade’s Luck could two hear two men arguing underneath the sound of the buzz sawing sword. The monkeys came running out with a pitcher of something orangish. [b]Monkeys:[/b] [i]It is close to lemons, we think.[/i] She set up an area to wash off and a place for the pitcher and a couple mugs. Gareth and Jahar came into view as Gareth’s sword wound down. They were covered in a mix of grass, splinters, pitch, blood, and feathers. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]And what are you arguing about that you had to come cutting a road from the ocean to our front door? [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Well, I don’t think we needed to cut the road, however Gareth wanted to get here quickest to tell you that I had summoned a servant of the underworld to…[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] (cutting Jahar off) [i]It’s not the Underworld. It’s Hell! [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I bound it very tightly and when it is done playing around it’ll be sent home.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]He left it in A-dom’s charge. [/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]That doesn’t sound very good. [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]If I didn’t have to come here to explain myself I probably would have stayed with it to make sure.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]I left Tiger in charge of A-dom. [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I left it very explicit instructions to not do the things that A-dom says that could get us all into trouble.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]I see… So, after he’s destroyed the island you’ll be making me a new one? [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Precisely.[/i] Jahar then filled her in on his plan. She didn’t like the poison business either. Gareth told her his plans were her problem and they needed to be more concerned with the demon right then and there. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]I’m not entirely thrilled about the demon being on my island, really.[/i] Jahar offered to repeat his instructions for the demon. Jade’s Luck felt assure that the demon had enough holes in the pledge to do as much damage as it wanted to. Jahar called that assessment fair. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]It seemed to like eating fruit. Whatever fruit it could find. [/i] Jahar assured her it was now restrained to five bananas worth for fruit for every bushel of venomous plants it collected and stored. Jade’s Luck questioned him on how much fruit this would leave the villagers. He said he didn’t have time to find this out because Gareth was going off and he needed to catch up. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]He didn’t want me coming to talk to you on my own. He was afraid I was going to put this in a negative light.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I knew you were going to put this in a negative light. I just wanted to be here to defend myself.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Well, you’re really not, cause, you know, summoning a demon is already fairly indefensible.[/i] She then went on to twist Jahar’s words to make it sound like Jahar felt Gareth was too feeble to make the trip to the manse on his own and incapable of restraining her. Jahar denied this, of course, and said that they’d be done soon. This let her see that the plan wasn’t to clear all of the poisonous plants from the island, because it would take MUCH more time to clear an island of this size than two to four days. She wasn’t the happiest about the death of lots of little woodland creatures when Gareth made the road, but understood the necessity of expediency in this matter. Besides, she could always instruct Wood to regrow that, if she didn’t like it. That had also been her plan for getting rid of the poisonous and dangerous plants as well. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]So, A-dom and a demon are somewhere on my island playing together?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Yup.[/i] Meanwhile, A-dom and Tiger were getting bored. A-dom struck up a conversation with the demon, finding out he was a paperweight and message holder in hell. Back at the Manse, Jade’s Luck wanted to know why Gareth wasn’t supervising the demon himself. He responded that he thought he should come to the Manse and tell her before A-dom got blamed for this. She considered that fair. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]So, a small dog has come into my house and pooped on my rug. And then I am told there is a case to present to me.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Well, you pick up the case, you scoop up the poop, you roll up the newspaper and go Whap Whap Whap ‘Bad Dog!’ I’m going back there.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]I’m considering that. Please take this small dog with you.[/i] Back with the demon, a villager walked by. [b]Demon:[/b] (yelling and waving) [i]Hi there![/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Don’t touch the demon.[/i] [b]Demon:[/b] (yelling) [i]Run for your life before he tells me to eat you! [/i] The villager went screaming off into the wilderness. Gareth headed back towards Vancouver. Jade’s Luck finally got across to Jahar that she had spent several months trying to improve this island, that this was [b]HER[/b] island and he hadn’t asked permission to do this summoning. Seeing Gareth heading back, Jahar followed after him. Jade’s Luck instructed the monkeys to keep and eye out for the demon (a big, moving other). After an hour or two of meditation and trying to keep her temper, Jade’s Luck followed. A-dom suggested that they take a break and play cards with Zombboy and Tiger. The demon followed this instruction, since A-dom got around Jahar’s orders by involving the undead. A-dom and the demon played against Tiger and Zombboy. The demon cheated heavily, allowing them to win. Tiger was depressed that someone out-cheated him. When they went back to work, A-dom instructed the demon not to do anything sneaky. [b]Demon:[/b] (sigh) [i]Okay [/i] (yelling) [i] DEMON COMING THROUGH! MAKE WAY! DEMON COMING THROUGH! KEEP BACK! STAY AWAY FROM THE DEMON![/i] He did this as he went into town to drop off poisonous stuff. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Stop! Stop! Stop screaming demon at the people.[/i] Months of wooing these villagers, gone in a day. At least he was efficient. Somehow, A-dom felt relieved that he wouldn’t be blamed for this, regardless. The demon ran out of barrels, so A-dom told him to start making piles. When Gareth and Jahar got to the village, they found lots of barrels full of stuff, lots piles of poisonous stuff, and some armed villagers trying to construct a flotilla by lashing their boats together. Gareth initially went with his first instinct, which was to instruct the villagers how to properly construct a flotilla. This was, until Jahar reminded him that they didn’t want these people leaving the island. Jahar spent the next couple hours with Harmonious Presence Meditation making the villagers understand that all was good with the world. Jahar mentioned that they currently had an associate with the demon and it was being taken care of. He then went in search of A-dom. Gareth wanted to show the villagers how to properly construct a flotilla, but figured he should help Jahar instead. Gareth stopped Jahar from wandering into the rainforest aimlessly and told him A-dom would likely come back by the road. Back on the road, A-dom saw Jade’s Luck up ahead, walking towards him. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]:):):):)! Okay, you (the demon) stay behind me. Zombboy, you go ahead.[/i] (yell) [i] Hi Jade’s Luck! I, uh, made a new one.[/i] Jade’s Luck saw a zombie, A-dom, and a pile of poisonous plant material with eyes and spikey things hiding behind A-dom. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Yeah. You should take Jahar’s little pet back to him right now.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]That’s where we’re going. (pause) Okay.[/i] [b]Demon:[/b] (yelling) [i] STAND CLEAR OF THE DEMON![/i] Gareth and Jahar didn’t get outside the town’s borders before they came across a zombie. Following behind Zombboy were A-dom, then the demon, and a little back, Jade’s Luck. Gareth walked over to Jade’s Luck and explained that Jahar somehow managed to calm the village down and explain everything was okay. He said they had been building a poorly constructed flotilla, but that was dismantled now. A-dom instructed the demon to balance on one foot. [b]Demon:[/b] [i] EVERYTHING IS A O K.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Be quiet.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Don’t worry. I’ll send you back from whence you came shortly. It is much better than sunlight.[/i] A-dom instructed the demon to balance on the other foot. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Oh, and stop listening to A-dom.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Damn it![/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I do wish to point out that, if I were allowed to continue, this would have been an excellent way of clearing out the island.[/i] (to Demon) [i] Return back to hell![/i] [b]Demon:[/b] [i] Oohh… You want all the plants?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Take them with you. (pause) The plants that are on you only![/i] The demon rips a hole in the ground. A huge bale of hellfire comes out of the ground. It crawls into the hole. [b]Demonic Voice:[/b] [i]Where the hell have you been?[/i] The hole closes up, leaving burnt plants and ground around the hole. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Did you know he spent all day just… standing on a desk?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I really (pause) don’t care. (pause) I will say I did learn next time to word the dealings better. And to not be on your island.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Next?[/i] (turns to Gareth) [i]Did you hear that?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Oh, I knew there was going to be a next.[/i] Jade’s Luck commented on the level of badness that comes along with summoning a demon. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]There is a reason why I don’t have much of a problem with A-dom’s necromancy.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]I’m starting to understand your point of view.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] (hopeful) [i]Really? [/i] [b]Zombboy:[/b] [i]Want me play cards?[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]That might be pushing it a little.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] (raised voice towards the village) [i]Ladies and gentlemen, it’s okay. We are professionals. We have banished the demon. [/i] Jahar didn’t think A-dom’s pronouncements were a good idea. So, Instead of A-dom there was a little old lady with them. Jahar went back to trying to point out the virtues of proper demon summoning. Jade’s Luck pointed out that the Death lord’s books and the dragon-bloods both agree demons bad. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]In several hundred years when you learn to properly bind a demon I’ll be less annoyed by it.[/i] Back in town, there were some people talking about putting the flotilla back together again, but the majority remained calm. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]People, people, didn’t we tell you we had to take care of it? We just took care of it. It’s gone![/i] [b]Villager:[/b] [i]Are you sure?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Yes.[/i] [b]Villager:[/b] [i]Is there a corpse?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]No. It got consumed in the fire.[/i] [b]Villager:[/b] [i]There was a fire?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]That was what the burst of flame was.[/i] [b]Villager:[/b] [i]Oh. I thought that was the demon eating you.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i] It’s okay. We know what we’re doing.[/i] [b]Villager:[/b] [i]Who the hell are you?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i] I’m Cindy. I’m with them. I’m new.[/i] Gareth wandered off to go talk to his students. He tried to instruct them to let him know when something like ‘that’ was happening. That was a difficult process, since telling them to ‘tell a monkey’ is just plain weird. Jade’s luck suggested that they put a note under a rock, but they couldn’t write. A-dom noticed Zombboy was still with him and instructed him to go back into the forest and wait for him. [b]Young Villager:[/b] [i]Grandpa Billy?[/i] (yelling) [i]Quick! Quick! Pitchforks and Torches! My grandpa has come back from the dead as a demon possessed body! We have to put him down![/i] Before Gareth could find his pitchforks and torches to start handing them out, Jade’s Luck fried Zombboy. The villagers calmed down again. A-dom was sad. Jahar was still making A-dom look good. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i] I’ll have him wear a hooded robe next time (pause) I like that idea![/i] Jahar then started talking about constructing a set of rules for the Exalts so they didn’t run into these problems again. So, if they run into other exalts, they can inform them of the laws too. [b]Alex:[/b] [i]Oh dear god, we’re creating the Alliance![/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Rule number one. We don’t summon demons on another Exalted’s doorstep.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i] Um, crowd! Are there any Lunars about here?[/i] *[i]Crowd looks at him funny[/i]* [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Right. Okay then. Carry on.[/i] Gareth took A-dom aside and made sure he knew that some of the barrels were poisonous. Jade’s Luck decided that the people needed a writing system. Gareth told her that was her task, since he was teaching some people medicine. When she asked him if he wanted his healers to be literate, he responded’eventually.’ A-dom felt like training people too, so he looked for their undertakers to impart wisdom upon them. He found out there were Catacombs and was led to them. He promised to teach them how to properly take care of bodies. A-dom liked the catacombs a lot. He tried to explain mummification to the villagers. He convinced them it was a good idea, but not to do it yet since he didn’t have all the details. He then went into telling them about the Unconquered Sun and becoming exalted. That was a train wreck in the making. A-dom disappeared and then reappeared. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]When the Unconquered Sun looks upon you in favor, you can do :):):):) like that.[/i] He explained to them that they need to be brave and heroic. He did explain the important part that they might die without exalting. Jahar and Jade’s Luck discussed what it would take to repair the transportation circle in the Manse. He pointed out the worst parts to her, which included the sacrifice of a loyal servant. He also tried to explain demon-blooded to her. [b]Alex pretending to be Jahar:[/b] [i]When a woman and a demon love each other very much.[/i] Tiger felt left out training mortals, so he decided to train some assassins. Eventually Jade’s Luck explained to Jahar about Pursey and the Wyld now being by Highwatch. He had problems coming to terms with how she made a deal with the Wyld, which doesn’t keep its word, while she has problems with him making a deal with a demon, which had to keep its word. Jahar worked on a preliminary draft of rules for Solar society for review. He also looked for mortal sorcerers in the making to train. Jade’s Luck found she had to help Gareth teach, since he was very knowledgeable but bad at imparting said knowledge. In his spare time, Gareth built Jahar his own ship to carry the poison, because Gareth would have none of that on his ships. The ship ended up being about fifty feet long. It was named [i]Jara’s Pride[/i] which Jahar found annoying but acceptable. Gareth got Jahar to have A-dom get the barrels on board instead of the villagers. But, first, they once again needed tar. So, Gareth and A-dom sailed off to a nearby island that would likely have tar. While they did this, Jade’s Luck talked with the Earth Elemental about making tar on the island. He said it’d take thirty or so years and would be dangerous to mortals. She worked on natural deterrents to ward off mortals from that area. On the tar island, A-dom made Zelly and Telly to cart the tar back barrels. They proved themselves useful in tarring the boat when they got back, too. At night, A-dom had a few new zombies move the poison barrels on board while A-dom and Gareth moved the rest. Jade’s Luck got Gareth aside and discussed with him the possibility of putting a flaw in Jahar’s boat make it sink, poisons and all. She didn’t like Jahar’s plans of selling poison any more than Gareth. He said that would be too obvious on his part. She made doe eyes at him. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]That doesn’t work on me, dearie.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] (pouts) [i]It worked when I was five.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]You’re no longer five.[/i] He then told her about the poison barrels. She liked her plan better. Jade’s Luck also informed Jahar of their finding out about portals to heaven and their plans to go there to talk to the Unconquered Sun. They decided going to Abalone would likely be the best portal to use. But first, Jahar and Jade’s Luck felt they needed to go to Atlantis first. For some reason, they felt they should make an appearance and make some accounting for their whereabouts for the past four or so months. They discussed what they could do with their trading company. A-dom suggested zombies as native curiosities. That wasn’t well received. Jade’s Luck liked the idea of A-dom dressing up like a native to dance and such for parties. Jade’s Luck brought up a rule about the proper treatment of slaves for the Solar code of laws. Before they sailed off, Jahar convinced his acolytes to become sailors on his vessel. Eventually they set sail on two separate boats. Jahar and A-dom sailed the [b]Jara’s Pride[/b] while Gareth, Tiger, and Jade’s Luck sailed [b]The Grumpy Craftsman[/b]. A-dom put his three zombies in barrels on Jahar’s boat. By the time they got to Opec’s island, A-dom and Jahar looked bedraggled and fried, but Jahar’s acolytes started getting the hang of sailing a big vessel. A-dom took the time to help Gareth make a corral dock there, where they parked the boats. Jahar went to go talk to Opec while they made the dock. [/QUOTE]
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