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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 2819441" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>4/24/06 session - "More Pointless Arguing Than You Can Shake A Stick At!"</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis for 4/24/06 session</em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>"More Pointless Arguing Than You Can Shake A Stick At!"</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Ceri appeared back in her home village. The villagers were happy to see her back and didn’t really question her sudden appearance. After all, it was Calibration. She spent a day or two talking to Dylan and checking up on things before deciding that the Solars could be getting up to a lot of trouble without her.</p><p></p><p>Back at the Manse, Jade’s Luck approached Gareth about Jahar and A-dom needing babysitters during Calibration. Gareth wanted to just get a bunch of monkeys watch them, but that was a no go. So, Gareth ended up watching A-dom while Jade’s Luck and Tiger got to watch Jahar. Gareth was happy he got the easier job. After all, A-dom just went along with the bodyguard idea. Jahar argued about not needing a bodyguard because he said he had learned not to use sorcery in Calibration. Jade’s Luck and Tiger didn’t believe him and formed a plan to knock Jahar out when he tried to use Sorcery.</p><p></p><p>A-dom wanted to convert the monkeys to the religion of the unconquered Sun ‘the hard way’ for practice. Gareth squashed that idea, explaining that Jade’s Luck was very good at persuading people, so there really wasn’t a need for ‘the hard way.’ Besides, Luck and Tiger might get upset over messing with their monkeys.</p><p></p><p>A-dom went over to Jade’s Luck and started trying to convince her to let him go talk to Dark Opec. He failed miserably to properly motivate her. She did consider dropping him in Heaven to talk to the boss, but decided against it. Eventually he gave up and turned to talk to Tiger about letting him go. This time it worked.</p><p></p><p>The group headed up to the Portal room to watch. Tiger stood in front of the Circle for about half an hour before he said that it was set. Only Tiger and Jade’s Luck could actually see Dark Opec’s island in the Underworld. Everyone else just saw a wobbily circle of Wyld energy.</p><p></p><p>Tiger assured A-dom that it would work. Jade’s Luck suggested to A-dom that he put up Integrity Protecting Prana before stepping through, since it was a Wyld portal and all. But, since this was Jade’s Luck suggesting it and she clearly didn’t want him to see Dark opec, A-dom decided that this was bad advice. So, A-dom grabbed Tiger and went through the portal. Tiger, at least, put up Integrity Protecting Prana before he was pulled through. Apparently he had learned that sometime since the Circle met Aylee.</p><p></p><p>Standing on Dark Opec’s island, A-dom found himself changed by the portal. He now had shark eyes (dark and evil looking, but with improved sight). More obvious was that his feet had burst his boots as his hands and feet had grown large talons. Finally, his lower canine teeth had grown into a large underbite to look like Ogre fangs. A-dom now looked like a Fair Folk.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Now I’m going to kill Jade’s Luck.</em> </p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>You didn’t put up your charm to protect yourself from the Wyld, did you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Oooooh. You didn’t say anything about that.</em> </p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Didn’t Jade’s Lu…?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> (cutting Tiger off) <em>No, <strong>YOU</strong> didn’t say anything about that. I believe nothing that comes out of her mouth.</em> </p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Don’t you remember the first time we used it?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Yeah. I walked right through. It took us to the Yozis.</em> </p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Well, the portal is kind of made out of the Wyld, so you kind of want to protect yourself when you go through it.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Oooooh. Really? Well, good thing you didn’t tell me before. </em>(Rubs his tusk with a clawed hand) <em>Might look foolish.</em> </p><p></p><p>Tiger showed A-dom where the portal was and told him it was slowly spinning, so he might need to try a few times to get through. A-dom walked over and talked to Dark Opec. It was a short conversation where A-dom just brought him up to up to date. </p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Okay, I’m done.</em> </p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Wow. That didn’t take long.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>No. That’s why there was lots of arguing. This was such a complicated thing. Horribly horrible horrible. </em> </p><p></p><p>Tiger tried talking to Dark Opec, but he didn’t say anything. Tiger called him a prick and walked off.</p><p></p><p>They returned to find the portal room empty. Wandering around, they found the other three in the sun room where Jahar was reading. Amazingly enough, Gareth noticed A-dom’s new look.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>What the hell?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> (grumbles and points at Jade’s Luck) <em>She did that.</em> </p><p></p><p>Gareth asked Jade’s Luck when she learned Wyld-shaping. A-dom told her she should learn them real quick.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>So, why is this my fault?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Because you were all...</em> (imitates Jade’s Luck’s high voice) <em>Oh, you should do this and de dii da de de dii da de.</em> (stops imitating) <em>So obviously, I didn’t. I believe nothing that comes out of your mouth.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Cause I’m such a big liar?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>Yeah. Yes. You are!</em></p><p></p><p>Back with Ceri, she eventually decided to fly off towards where the Solar Circle was. She flew over a big Wyld island, where a barker was standing next to a sign.</p><p></p><p><strong>Barker:</strong> <em>Come to the Wonderful World of Aylee’s Big Calibration sale. Knowledge, Information, and Travel Insurance!</em></p><p></p><p>Ceri flew down to take a look, not quite sure why she was doing it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>Sometimes I think I need a keeper. I don’t know why I’m here.</em></p><p></p><p>She went down a long hallway. Suddenly, the floor started moving, taking her further down the hall.</p><p></p><p><strong>Disembodied Voice:</strong> <em>Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the Cave of Tomorrow! Bringing you the advance you want, today! You too can control Solars with the power of your mind! Learn all the nest techniques for keeping them under control! Electroshock prods! Collars to keep them in line! Talk to Aylee today! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>Riiiiiight. And monkeys might fly out of my butt too. Well, here they might. I should be careful what I say.</em></p><p></p><p>She got to the end of the hallway, which opened up into a large waiting room. There were a lot of benches and Wyld beings waiting around. She also saw several other tunnels leading off; Deep Wyld, Medium Wyld, Atlantis Hilltop, Elemental Island (closed due to construction, exit only).</p><p></p><p>Ceri begrudgingly walked down the last hallway. She found herself in a small cave in an underground city. She walked passed a smashed flower shop with a <em>‘Closed for Business’</em> sign in the lack of window. Looking around, she found one particular residence with a half-worked map of a larger underground town. The plans ended with the word labor with a question mark after it. The word demons was crossed off. The word spirits had a question mark after it. Somewhere in the margins was scrolled <em>A-dom?</em>. In the next room she found a properly made Demon Summoning Circle. She easily deduced that this was Jahar’s place.</p><p></p><p>Eventually she found her way to the surface. She looked around, seeing the road to the Manse, then walked into a party and enjoyed herself with drinking. Sometime while she was drinking, the person to her left dropped to the ground. Then she noticed the person to her right drop to the ground with an axe in his back. It was about this time she noticed Walrus people attacking the village. She turned into her Beast Form and made quick work of the Walrus people’s Fae leader, their thuggish guy, and several of their grunts. The attackers were torn into sections, some lungs ripped out. It was all very bloody. The walrusmen retreated once their leader was killed, swimming off towards London. </p><p></p><p>Ceri spent some time healing the wounded and considered converting the town to her ways of thinking. Clearly the ‘don’t encroach on another exalt’s territory’ rule doesn’t apply to her. She then turned into a raven to fly off ahead of them.</p><p></p><p>At the Manse, Ranger came up to Tiger.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger:</strong> <em>We’re under attack, sir!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Uhh, by who?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger:</strong> <em>Uhh… barbarians, sir! They came from the ocean. They’re at the town of Vancouver right now and we expect them to move up to coast to London later.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>How bad is it?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger:</strong> <em>Not good, sir! Oh yeah, and there is a big bird person there too.</em></p><p></p><p>The Circle decided that, since it was two days to either town, they would go towards London to head the barbarians off. Gareth made a road to London from the Manse with the help of his sword. A-dom went ahead of him making growling noises to scare off animals. Throughout the preparation for the trip and during the walk, A-dom started asking Tiger questions about his past.</p><p></p><p>While flying over the island, Ceri noticed a road being built and a group of Solars also headed for London. She cawed at the group. A-dom chucked a squirrel at the raven but missed. Tiger questioned A-dom’s actions, since they knew someone who was raven-like. Jahar said that it was either a raven or ‘<em>The Enemy Lunar’</em>. A-dom chucked a woodchuck at the raven.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>It is probably a good idea to determine if it is Ceri or the enemy lunar before we continue chucking wildlife.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> (yelling) <em>We don’t know if there is an enemy lunar!</em></p><p></p><p>A very exasperated Ceri flew down and wasted the essence to change into human form.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>Yes! It’s Me! Can I continue flying towards the bad things now?</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom threw a squirrel at her.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Then why’d you stop?</em></p><p></p><p>Ceri looked like she was going to rip Jahar’s head off. She changed back into a bird and flew off. The Circle made it to London after a while. A villager handed Jade’s Luck a beer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>That might be a bad idea. Some Wyld barbarians are coming to raid.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> (walking up) <em>Yes. We’re looking for Wyld barbarians.</em></p><p></p><p>Upon seeing A-dom, the villager screamed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Barbarians.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> (pointing at A-dom) <em>There’s one!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>A-dom, stop scaring the villagers.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-dom:</strong> <em>I didn’t do anything. Oh wait, I can turn it off.</em></p><p></p><p>A-dom made himself look like A-dom, not the beast he had become. Jahar and Ceri discussed Vancouver. Gareth allowed his armor to drop out of Elsewhere, then spent the time (not the Essence) putting it on.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck instructed the villagers to go hide in the jungle until the threat had passed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Villager:</strong> (to Gareth) <em>Can you make us a wagon?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>I don’t have enough time.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck asked the villager to start praying to the Unconquered Sun for them as they fled.</p><p></p><p>The Circle waited around for the barbarians to show up. A-dom pointed to the sky and tried to launch a walrus, but ended up only launching half of the creature. Jade’s Luck lopped a head off. Gareth swung ineffectually. Tiger slashed a guy that would die later from the poison. Jahar sectioned off a guy and hit A-dom in the back with his other sword. Ceri took out the stragglers. The village was saved. And there was much rejoicing. The Circle then headed back to the Manse.</p><p></p><p><strong>Paul:</strong> <em>Okay. Why don’t you all discuss what you’re going to do after Calibration.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan:</strong> <em>After Calibration, we should go to Disneyland.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex:</strong> <em>I’ve got a few more things to learn before then, but yes, I’m planning on going there soon.</em></p><p></p><p>They talked for a little bit, but there wasn’t any objections to going to Atlantis for a few few more months before heading up to Skullstone Archipeligo. They explained to Ceri about Gareth’s contract and the Death knights and him needing bodyguards while there. She didn’t seem to like the concept of Death knights or shadowlands, but could go along with Gareth needing protection. He explained that he wanted to get his two remaining months of contractual service completed before he became more powerful. They also explained about the Bone Lion.</p><p></p><p>The group checked out Vancouver and found there were only six people living there now. After much discussion by Jade’s Luck with the residents of both villages, she arranged for Vancouver to be abandoned and the remained residents to move to London.</p><p></p><p>Gareth found <strong>The Grumpy Craftsman 2</strong> was still there, so he was happy. Jade’s Luck fried the corpses before A-dom could think to raise them.</p><p></p><p>When the Circle was leaving the Elemental Island, Gareth went onboard his ship and formally welcomed each member of the Circle (and Ceri) onto the ship in Old Tongue.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>If you bring someone on board one of my ships, it is a very good idea for you to clear it with me first and have me welcome them aboard. If you sneak someone on board, it's not my fault if they die before the trip is over.</em></p><p></p><p>Once back at Atlantis, A-dom took Ceri bar hopping. Gareth worked in his shop and with his apprentices. Jahar spent some time at his manor in the hills (that he had had Gareth build during the several months the group spent on Atlantis). He plotted, with Jade’s Luck’s advice, on taking over a city and converting the inhabitants to worship the Unconquered Sun. His plan hinged on no one noticing by not letting anyone into the city and having A-dom impersonate anyone someone wanted to see. The fact that A-dom couldn’t Perfect Mirror people was lost to him.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, Tiger assembled the Circle together. He told them that in a town on the other side of the island, a radical sect of the immaculate Order had sprung up and was imposing their beliefs upon the population. These were fairly strict, out there interpretations of the religion, even for the Immaculate Order. Things like reading the text every day and supporting Memnon, daughter of the Scarlet Empress and founder of House Memnon, to take over the title of Empress. Since the Order wasn’t doing anything about them, Tiger felt the Circle should go and remove the sect. He completely failed to give any reasons for this, since the group believed this sect could only hurt the Empire. A-dom was for it once he found out that the town was the closest one to the Wretched swamp, since he wanted to go there. Jahar knew that this swamp was around where his father’s Manse was, so he was for going that way. Plus, this way he could start his plan for taking over a town and setting himself up as a secret master of it. Jade’s Luck joined on with the idea of killing other religious fanatics. Since it was the will of the Circle, Gareth went along with the plan.</p><p></p><p>The Circle took <strong>The Grumpy Craftsman 2</strong> around the island of Atlantis towards the town and swamp. Since the ship was built for about 10 people, they took Fatty along on the voyage. Gareth made sure everyone knew that the extra comfy and exquisite bed was his and his alone.</p><p></p><p>A-dom and Tiger argued a lot about whether they were stopping at the swamp first or the town first. Jade’s Luck and Jahar joined the argument.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe:</strong> <em>Are we carrying any perishables?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan:</strong> <em>Yes. Fruit.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe:</strong> <em>Then we need to go to town first.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan:</strong> <em>I throw it overboard.</em></p><p></p><p>Eventually Gareth made the executive decision to drop anchor by the swamp and explore there first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 2819441, member: 9758"] [b]4/24/06 session - "More Pointless Arguing Than You Can Shake A Stick At!"[/b] [i]Synopsis for 4/24/06 session[/i] [size=5][b]"More Pointless Arguing Than You Can Shake A Stick At!"[/b][/size] Ceri appeared back in her home village. The villagers were happy to see her back and didn’t really question her sudden appearance. After all, it was Calibration. She spent a day or two talking to Dylan and checking up on things before deciding that the Solars could be getting up to a lot of trouble without her. Back at the Manse, Jade’s Luck approached Gareth about Jahar and A-dom needing babysitters during Calibration. Gareth wanted to just get a bunch of monkeys watch them, but that was a no go. So, Gareth ended up watching A-dom while Jade’s Luck and Tiger got to watch Jahar. Gareth was happy he got the easier job. After all, A-dom just went along with the bodyguard idea. Jahar argued about not needing a bodyguard because he said he had learned not to use sorcery in Calibration. Jade’s Luck and Tiger didn’t believe him and formed a plan to knock Jahar out when he tried to use Sorcery. A-dom wanted to convert the monkeys to the religion of the unconquered Sun ‘the hard way’ for practice. Gareth squashed that idea, explaining that Jade’s Luck was very good at persuading people, so there really wasn’t a need for ‘the hard way.’ Besides, Luck and Tiger might get upset over messing with their monkeys. A-dom went over to Jade’s Luck and started trying to convince her to let him go talk to Dark Opec. He failed miserably to properly motivate her. She did consider dropping him in Heaven to talk to the boss, but decided against it. Eventually he gave up and turned to talk to Tiger about letting him go. This time it worked. The group headed up to the Portal room to watch. Tiger stood in front of the Circle for about half an hour before he said that it was set. Only Tiger and Jade’s Luck could actually see Dark Opec’s island in the Underworld. Everyone else just saw a wobbily circle of Wyld energy. Tiger assured A-dom that it would work. Jade’s Luck suggested to A-dom that he put up Integrity Protecting Prana before stepping through, since it was a Wyld portal and all. But, since this was Jade’s Luck suggesting it and she clearly didn’t want him to see Dark opec, A-dom decided that this was bad advice. So, A-dom grabbed Tiger and went through the portal. Tiger, at least, put up Integrity Protecting Prana before he was pulled through. Apparently he had learned that sometime since the Circle met Aylee. Standing on Dark Opec’s island, A-dom found himself changed by the portal. He now had shark eyes (dark and evil looking, but with improved sight). More obvious was that his feet had burst his boots as his hands and feet had grown large talons. Finally, his lower canine teeth had grown into a large underbite to look like Ogre fangs. A-dom now looked like a Fair Folk. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Now I’m going to kill Jade’s Luck.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]You didn’t put up your charm to protect yourself from the Wyld, did you?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Oooooh. You didn’t say anything about that.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Didn’t Jade’s Lu…?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] (cutting Tiger off) [i]No, [b]YOU[/b] didn’t say anything about that. I believe nothing that comes out of her mouth.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Don’t you remember the first time we used it?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Yeah. I walked right through. It took us to the Yozis.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Well, the portal is kind of made out of the Wyld, so you kind of want to protect yourself when you go through it.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Oooooh. Really? Well, good thing you didn’t tell me before. [/i](Rubs his tusk with a clawed hand) [i]Might look foolish.[/i] Tiger showed A-dom where the portal was and told him it was slowly spinning, so he might need to try a few times to get through. A-dom walked over and talked to Dark Opec. It was a short conversation where A-dom just brought him up to up to date. [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Okay, I’m done.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Wow. That didn’t take long.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]No. That’s why there was lots of arguing. This was such a complicated thing. Horribly horrible horrible. [/i] Tiger tried talking to Dark Opec, but he didn’t say anything. Tiger called him a prick and walked off. They returned to find the portal room empty. Wandering around, they found the other three in the sun room where Jahar was reading. Amazingly enough, Gareth noticed A-dom’s new look. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]What the hell?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] (grumbles and points at Jade’s Luck) [i]She did that.[/i] Gareth asked Jade’s Luck when she learned Wyld-shaping. A-dom told her she should learn them real quick. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]So, why is this my fault?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Because you were all...[/i] (imitates Jade’s Luck’s high voice) [i]Oh, you should do this and de dii da de de dii da de.[/i] (stops imitating) [i]So obviously, I didn’t. I believe nothing that comes out of your mouth.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Cause I’m such a big liar?[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]Yeah. Yes. You are![/i] Back with Ceri, she eventually decided to fly off towards where the Solar Circle was. She flew over a big Wyld island, where a barker was standing next to a sign. [b]Barker:[/b] [i]Come to the Wonderful World of Aylee’s Big Calibration sale. Knowledge, Information, and Travel Insurance![/i] Ceri flew down to take a look, not quite sure why she was doing it. [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]Sometimes I think I need a keeper. I don’t know why I’m here.[/i] She went down a long hallway. Suddenly, the floor started moving, taking her further down the hall. [b]Disembodied Voice:[/b] [i]Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the Cave of Tomorrow! Bringing you the advance you want, today! You too can control Solars with the power of your mind! Learn all the nest techniques for keeping them under control! Electroshock prods! Collars to keep them in line! Talk to Aylee today! [/i] [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]Riiiiiight. And monkeys might fly out of my butt too. Well, here they might. I should be careful what I say.[/i] She got to the end of the hallway, which opened up into a large waiting room. There were a lot of benches and Wyld beings waiting around. She also saw several other tunnels leading off; Deep Wyld, Medium Wyld, Atlantis Hilltop, Elemental Island (closed due to construction, exit only). Ceri begrudgingly walked down the last hallway. She found herself in a small cave in an underground city. She walked passed a smashed flower shop with a [i]‘Closed for Business’[/i] sign in the lack of window. Looking around, she found one particular residence with a half-worked map of a larger underground town. The plans ended with the word labor with a question mark after it. The word demons was crossed off. The word spirits had a question mark after it. Somewhere in the margins was scrolled [i]A-dom?[/i]. In the next room she found a properly made Demon Summoning Circle. She easily deduced that this was Jahar’s place. Eventually she found her way to the surface. She looked around, seeing the road to the Manse, then walked into a party and enjoyed herself with drinking. Sometime while she was drinking, the person to her left dropped to the ground. Then she noticed the person to her right drop to the ground with an axe in his back. It was about this time she noticed Walrus people attacking the village. She turned into her Beast Form and made quick work of the Walrus people’s Fae leader, their thuggish guy, and several of their grunts. The attackers were torn into sections, some lungs ripped out. It was all very bloody. The walrusmen retreated once their leader was killed, swimming off towards London. Ceri spent some time healing the wounded and considered converting the town to her ways of thinking. Clearly the ‘don’t encroach on another exalt’s territory’ rule doesn’t apply to her. She then turned into a raven to fly off ahead of them. At the Manse, Ranger came up to Tiger. [b]Ranger:[/b] [i]We’re under attack, sir![/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Uhh, by who?[/i] [b]Ranger:[/b] [i]Uhh… barbarians, sir! They came from the ocean. They’re at the town of Vancouver right now and we expect them to move up to coast to London later.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]How bad is it?[/i] [b]Ranger:[/b] [i]Not good, sir! Oh yeah, and there is a big bird person there too.[/i] The Circle decided that, since it was two days to either town, they would go towards London to head the barbarians off. Gareth made a road to London from the Manse with the help of his sword. A-dom went ahead of him making growling noises to scare off animals. Throughout the preparation for the trip and during the walk, A-dom started asking Tiger questions about his past. While flying over the island, Ceri noticed a road being built and a group of Solars also headed for London. She cawed at the group. A-dom chucked a squirrel at the raven but missed. Tiger questioned A-dom’s actions, since they knew someone who was raven-like. Jahar said that it was either a raven or ‘[i]The Enemy Lunar’[/i]. A-dom chucked a woodchuck at the raven. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]It is probably a good idea to determine if it is Ceri or the enemy lunar before we continue chucking wildlife.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] (yelling) [i]We don’t know if there is an enemy lunar![/i] A very exasperated Ceri flew down and wasted the essence to change into human form. [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]Yes! It’s Me! Can I continue flying towards the bad things now?[/i] A-dom threw a squirrel at her. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Then why’d you stop?[/i] Ceri looked like she was going to rip Jahar’s head off. She changed back into a bird and flew off. The Circle made it to London after a while. A villager handed Jade’s Luck a beer. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]That might be a bad idea. Some Wyld barbarians are coming to raid.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] (walking up) [i]Yes. We’re looking for Wyld barbarians.[/i] Upon seeing A-dom, the villager screamed. [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Barbarians.[/i] [b]Villager:[/b] (pointing at A-dom) [i]There’s one![/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]A-dom, stop scaring the villagers.[/i] [b]A-dom:[/b] [i]I didn’t do anything. Oh wait, I can turn it off.[/i] A-dom made himself look like A-dom, not the beast he had become. Jahar and Ceri discussed Vancouver. Gareth allowed his armor to drop out of Elsewhere, then spent the time (not the Essence) putting it on. Jade’s Luck instructed the villagers to go hide in the jungle until the threat had passed. [b]Villager:[/b] (to Gareth) [i]Can you make us a wagon?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]I don’t have enough time.[/i] Jade’s Luck asked the villager to start praying to the Unconquered Sun for them as they fled. The Circle waited around for the barbarians to show up. A-dom pointed to the sky and tried to launch a walrus, but ended up only launching half of the creature. Jade’s Luck lopped a head off. Gareth swung ineffectually. Tiger slashed a guy that would die later from the poison. Jahar sectioned off a guy and hit A-dom in the back with his other sword. Ceri took out the stragglers. The village was saved. And there was much rejoicing. The Circle then headed back to the Manse. [b]Paul:[/b] [i]Okay. Why don’t you all discuss what you’re going to do after Calibration.[/i] [b]Ryan:[/b] [i]After Calibration, we should go to Disneyland.[/i] [b]Alex:[/b] [i]I’ve got a few more things to learn before then, but yes, I’m planning on going there soon.[/i] They talked for a little bit, but there wasn’t any objections to going to Atlantis for a few few more months before heading up to Skullstone Archipeligo. They explained to Ceri about Gareth’s contract and the Death knights and him needing bodyguards while there. She didn’t seem to like the concept of Death knights or shadowlands, but could go along with Gareth needing protection. He explained that he wanted to get his two remaining months of contractual service completed before he became more powerful. They also explained about the Bone Lion. The group checked out Vancouver and found there were only six people living there now. After much discussion by Jade’s Luck with the residents of both villages, she arranged for Vancouver to be abandoned and the remained residents to move to London. Gareth found [b]The Grumpy Craftsman 2[/b] was still there, so he was happy. Jade’s Luck fried the corpses before A-dom could think to raise them. When the Circle was leaving the Elemental Island, Gareth went onboard his ship and formally welcomed each member of the Circle (and Ceri) onto the ship in Old Tongue. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]If you bring someone on board one of my ships, it is a very good idea for you to clear it with me first and have me welcome them aboard. If you sneak someone on board, it's not my fault if they die before the trip is over.[/i] Once back at Atlantis, A-dom took Ceri bar hopping. Gareth worked in his shop and with his apprentices. Jahar spent some time at his manor in the hills (that he had had Gareth build during the several months the group spent on Atlantis). He plotted, with Jade’s Luck’s advice, on taking over a city and converting the inhabitants to worship the Unconquered Sun. His plan hinged on no one noticing by not letting anyone into the city and having A-dom impersonate anyone someone wanted to see. The fact that A-dom couldn’t Perfect Mirror people was lost to him. Eventually, Tiger assembled the Circle together. He told them that in a town on the other side of the island, a radical sect of the immaculate Order had sprung up and was imposing their beliefs upon the population. These were fairly strict, out there interpretations of the religion, even for the Immaculate Order. Things like reading the text every day and supporting Memnon, daughter of the Scarlet Empress and founder of House Memnon, to take over the title of Empress. Since the Order wasn’t doing anything about them, Tiger felt the Circle should go and remove the sect. He completely failed to give any reasons for this, since the group believed this sect could only hurt the Empire. A-dom was for it once he found out that the town was the closest one to the Wretched swamp, since he wanted to go there. Jahar knew that this swamp was around where his father’s Manse was, so he was for going that way. Plus, this way he could start his plan for taking over a town and setting himself up as a secret master of it. Jade’s Luck joined on with the idea of killing other religious fanatics. Since it was the will of the Circle, Gareth went along with the plan. The Circle took [b]The Grumpy Craftsman 2[/b] around the island of Atlantis towards the town and swamp. Since the ship was built for about 10 people, they took Fatty along on the voyage. Gareth made sure everyone knew that the extra comfy and exquisite bed was his and his alone. A-dom and Tiger argued a lot about whether they were stopping at the swamp first or the town first. Jade’s Luck and Jahar joined the argument. [b]Gabe:[/b] [i]Are we carrying any perishables?[/i] [b]Ryan:[/b] [i]Yes. Fruit.[/i] [b]Gabe:[/b] [i]Then we need to go to town first.[/i] [b]Ryan:[/b] [i]I throw it overboard.[/i] Eventually Gareth made the executive decision to drop anchor by the swamp and explore there first. [/QUOTE]
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