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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 2998325" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><em>Synopsis of 7/31/06</em></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">" You’d have to magically compel me first!" </span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Evening, father. I was wondering if I would find you first, or the other way around.</em></p><p></p><p>Inthian complemented Jahar’s house, which Jahar accepted.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I would offer you refreshments, but it appears you have already availed yourself.</em></p><p></p><p>Inthian said that they had brought some.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>There is a strange man outside my house. Does anyone know him?</em></p><p></p><p>No one did.</p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>He arrived. He didn’t knock. I believe he has talked to everyone who has come in since we arrived.</em></p><p></p><p>Inthian offered to feed the strange man to the bear. Jahar was tempted, but declined. They sat around for a while with Jade’s Luck serving drinks. Eventually Inthian asked Jahar when dinner would be served.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Oh, uh, right.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth set his drink down and headed into the kitchen to see what he could whip up. With it being a bachelor house, he found it stocked with lots of long lasting staples. Gareth went out and quickly killed a stag for the main course. He managed to whip up a very nice meal in a short amount of time.</p><p></p><p>Lots of small talk occurred during dinner. This afforded Jahar a lot of time to stall before talking to his father. The bear happily gnawed on his large hunk of raw venision over in the corner while Inthian ‘grilled’ Ceri on where she was from. She found out they had been there about a hundred years ago and he thought they had good apple trees.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>My parents weren’t even there a hundred years ago. I don’t even think my teacher was there a hundred years ago, and she was old.</em></p><p></p><p>During dessert, which consisted of dried fruit soaked in wine and a nice fruit flambé, Jahar turned to Lowger.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>So, why are you here, again?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>Yes, well, we were hoping to discuss something with you in private when your friends were finished.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>Oh, I’m finished.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth started cleaning up the table while Jade’s Luck showed Tiger and Ceri out of the room. The bear followed Jade’s Luck to keep an eye on that group. Gareth tinkered around in the kitchen, cleaning and listening in (and listening for lying). He also fixed a plate of food for the guy out in the bushes, since he likely hadn’t eaten all this time. Tiger, Ceri, and Jade’s Luck tried to surreptitiously listen in on the conversation in the dining hall without the bear noticing.</p><p></p><p>In the dining hall, Inthian questioned his son on what he could do with his new found sorcery knowledge. Jahar said he had mostly dealt with some geomancy and astrological things, he had tinkered with wards and talismans, and he had heard some things about demon summoning.</p><p></p><p>Inthian asked if Jahar had found any artifacts in his travels. Jahar said he had come across something, but it wasn’t there, since he knew that what he was studying would get him burned by the church and he didn’t want that. He also said that he knew his father didn’t talk about his work in this area either, so for a mortal to be doing this would be especially bad in their eyes.</p><p></p><p>Inthian said that they just wished to make sure Jahar wasn’t getting into anything more dangerous. Jahar tried to talk his way out of it, but it wasn’t working. He realized he was going to have to produce the robes and needed to get away from the dragon-bloods to do it, but they wouldn’t let him out of their sight. He told them he’d take them to them, but he wanted to go to the bathroom first. Lowger went with him to the bathroom, but stood outside. This allowed Jahar the opportunity to pull his robes out of Elsewhere and don them.</p><p></p><p>Upon exiting the bathroom, Lowger looked at him surprised.</p><p></p><p><strong>Lowger:</strong> <em>Ah. Interesting hiding place.</em></p><p></p><p>Once returned to the dining room, Inthian commenced a thorough inspection of the robes. While standing there, Jahar noticed some words form on the hem of the sleeve.</p><p></p><p>*<em>Anything Wrong?</em>*</p><p></p><p>Jahar thought hard <em>Yes?</em> After a long pause, Jahar added to that thought <em>Must remain quiet</em>. He noticed the symbols slide back into place. <em>Interesting</em>.</p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>What do these robes do?</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar said that they had mostly been protective so far. When pressed on how, he said that it seemed the swamp dragons weren’t as interested in them as they should have been. </p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>Where did you find them?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>In a box… in the swamp.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>What kind of box?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Stone.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>Well, there doesn’t appear to be anything demonic or influencing about them?</em> (long pause) <em>So. What are you planning to do with your newfound studies?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan:</strong> (without missing a beat) <em>Take over the world.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I am still trying to figure out how they incorporate into my daily life.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>How much of your daily life requires the Occult?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Not a lot.</em></p><p></p><p>While Gareth’s lie detector had gone off several times throughout the conversation, this one set it off in a major way.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I definitely feel like I am being interrogated here. I thought you would be more jovial about the news.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>Well, you are practicing things that, as a mortal, can get you burned at the stake, should the church find out. We are mildly concerned that, at the very least, you know what you’re doing.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I can assure you that I have absolutely no interest in anything that could get me burned at the stake.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Lowger:</strong> <em>We’re also trying to figure out how we’re valuable to us now.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>And how am I?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Lowger:</strong> <em>I don’t know. We’re not sure how valuable you are yet. Shiny robes.</em></p><p></p><p>Inthian slapped Lowger in the back of the head.</p><p></p><p>Jahar then brought up the brotherhood’s missing member and his whereabouts. Inthian said he was on the Blessed Isle and could not be here.</p><p></p><p>With their interrogation concluded, Jahar was allowed to put his robes away (if he liked) and bring his friends back in (if he liked). With the possibility of conflict abated, Gareth decided he wouldn’t have to rush in to defend Jahar. He grabbed the plate of food from dinner that he had kept warm and took it out the kitchen door and around to the man in the bushes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Food!</em> *starts chowing down* <em>You’re the best, Gareth.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> (looking at the man strangely) <em>Just return the plate to the kitchen.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth went back around to the kitchen and reentered the building. Once everyone had retired back to the den to partake of wine, Still Not A-dom wandered through the room with a plate. After depositing it in the kitchen, he wandered back through.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (startled) <em>What the?!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Returning a plate.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (getting indignant) <em>Where did you get that plate?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Gareth.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck walked up to Still Not A-dom with a goblet.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Wine?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Oh yes. Please.</em> *Takes goblet and starts drinking*</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (definitely getting indignant) <em>Why are you drinking my wine?!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I was given it. It seemed rude to turn it down. I’m sorry.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> (trying to smooth things over and explain) <em>Gareth likes to feed unfortunates.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (not calmed by Jade’s Luck’s words) <em>Who are you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Johan. </em></p><p></p><p>When asked why he said he knew Gareth and the others, Still Not A-dom said that that was a private conversation. Jahar wouldn’t accept that response, saying anything he had to say could be said in front of everyone.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>You’ve been sitting outside my house for hours.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Inthian:</strong> <em>Days.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom</strong> <em>I wanted to talk to you.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Days. So, take a seat. Tell us about yourself.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Wine?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Oh, thank you.</em> *Takes goblet and starts drinking* <em>Oh. You know. Lost sailor. Told to come look for you.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck asked if this had to do with their business, to which he said yes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>You’re a thief, aren’t you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>That’s a little blunt. I’m a sailor!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Lowger:</strong> <em>Yes, he’s a thief.</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar and Tiger then laid into him, saying that he could have made a much better score in the city and that he didn’t want to come here.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I guess you have a point. I had not considered stealing from you. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (gestures to Lowger) <em>I will take this man’s word over yours.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I am not asking you to take this fine man’s word over mine. I’m just saying what I know.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>So talk.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I was sent by….</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>A friend of Gareth’s?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>No….</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>But you apparently know Gareth.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Yes!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Gareth, who is this man?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Yes, Gareth. Who am I?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Umm, the strange man in your bushes whom I gave food to?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>If I offend you, you can go back to what you were doing and I can leave.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Are you looking for employment?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>No.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Why are you out here?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I have nowhere else to go.</em></p><p></p><p>Things went downhill from here for everyone’s favorite necromancer. Inthian offered to sell the man into slavery or find him employment. He was called confused by Jahar, which says something. Eventually he told by Inthian to follow them and the Brotherhood left. Once walking, he was told they were going to find him some good honest work. He was given the option of breaking rocks or cleaning up sewers.</p><p></p><p>While walking through the forest on the way back to town, Still Not A-dom ducked behind a tree and made himself an invisible statue. The brotherhood searched around the forest for a while, but couldn’t find him and gave up.</p><p></p><p>Back at the villa, Jahar sent his robes to Elsewhere and got thoroughly drunk. He looked around for spirits in the area and noticed a drinking spirit in the corner. Jahar surreptitiously left the spirit a glass of wine and went back to drinking. Sometime later, </p><p>the thoroughly inebriated Jahar heard a voice.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Voice:</strong> <em>That fellow who was walking along with us just disappeared. We think he just ran off into the woods.</em></p><p></p><p>This led to Jahar acting like a crazy person and the Circle telling Jahar to bed. As that conversation took several turns, the group heard a knock on the front door. When Jade’s Luck answered it, she found Still Not A-dom standing there. Once he was allowed to come in and sit down, they started again.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger:</strong> <em>Now will you tell us whom you are?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I’m a Dawn caste.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (turns to the corner with the drinking spirit in it) <em>You did not hear that.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Yes, corner, you did not hear that.</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar refreshed the Drinking Spirit’s glass.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Between Opec and the Unconquered Sun, they decided that you needed a Dawn caste. And I am your Dawn caste.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Well, what do you bring to the group?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Death and destruction? For others… mostly.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>Insanity, sometime in the past.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Oh, is he another one you’ve been married to?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>I think so.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Really?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ceri:</strong> <em>Not still. Don’t get any ideas.</em></p><p></p><p>Still Not A-dom made a comment about freaky Lunars.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (slurring) <em>Then you’re on our side.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Yes. And you’re on my side.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (slurring) <em>Have some wine.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Okay! I didn’t want to say that because of the DRAGON-bloods. With the killing of us all.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> (slurring) <em>Then why’d you come in earlier?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I was returning the plate.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>Gareth gave him food. Gareth said bring plate back to kitchen. He conveniently brought plate back to kitchen. We had this conversation already. He was doing what he was told.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Yes. Thank you.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>He was being well behaved.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I like you. You’re nice.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth’s lie detector went off like a nuclear blast.</p><p></p><p><strong>Liz:</strong> <em>Do you have to make a Valor check to say that?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan:</strong> <em>Nope, cause it’s funny.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Did they follow you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>No. They headed back to town. Unless they looped around. They could have. They’re sneaky dragon-bloods.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Someone who isn’t me should go check to see if they followed him.</em></p><p></p><p>Ceri went off to check in bird form and came back.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>So far he hasn’t lied much. Seems okay.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I like dragon-bloods. </em> *Ding* <em>I think the Unconquered Sun knows what he is doing.</em> *DING!*</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Ah, you HAVE met him.</em> (pauses a beat, then looks up) <em>We praise you, oh lord.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I dislike necromancy.</em> *DING! DING!*</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>And why don’t we know you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I was well prepped.</em></p><p></p><p>Once the grilling of Still Not a-dom was concluded, Gareth brought up the trip up north, saying they could take the long way around, along the Neck.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Skullstone?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Ah. You’ve been there too?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Once or twice</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>And what was your impression of the place?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Scary, but cool. Bodhisattva is nice there.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Do you have any enemies we should be aware of?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>None that can remember me at the moment. </em></p><p></p><p>Still Not A-dom then had to go into the fact that he had a memory charm up at the moment. This led to Tiger asking if this was why they couldn’t remember him. Still Not A-dom said yes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Is that good for you, Jahar?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>What?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Just say yes.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I’ve learned better than that.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>No you haven’t you’re drunk.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I AM….. yes. I’m drunk.</em> (pause) <em>What did you say?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Going up to Skullstone the long way round.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Yes. Helps with the company?</em></p><p></p><p>Still Not A-dom mentioned the Wretched Swamp, which led to asking him where else he had been. He said he’d been everywhere the group had been, since he had been following them.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>So, are we the enemies you’re running away from?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>No. You’re just people.</em> *DING!* <em>Umm… Not everybody… Maybe one or two of you…. Not Gareth.</em></p><p></p><p>Gareth said they should call it a night and it was up to Jahar whether or not he gave Johan a room for the night. Jahar said that he had drunk his wine, so he couldn’t sleep in the bushes for the night. Jahar then got the great idea to sanctify an oath. Jahar tried to get Still Not A-dom to agree to several poorly worded oaths about not acting against the Circle or not harming them. Still Not A-dom would not agree to any oaths.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>I don’t need to be magically compelled to not hurt you!</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>I think I recall otherwise!</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck came up with a better worded oath.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>yeah. Add my name to that.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck:</strong> <em>What’s your name again?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>Johan.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex:</strong> <em>But that’s your name.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Paul:</strong> <em>Yes. He’s not using a bad alias. He is, in fact, using his real name.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan:</strong> <em>Aww <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=":)" />.</em></p><p></p><p>This went on for a while longer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Still Not A-dom:</strong> <em>When are you leaving? In two weeks? I’ll come back.</em></p><p></p><p>Still Not A-dom wandered out into the woods. Jahar stumbled after him yelling <em>Agree! Agree!</em></p><p></p><p>At the end of the next day, everyone remembered who A-dom was. They didn’t see A-dom for another two days.</p><p></p><p>Over the next two weeks, everyone set about getting ready for a year long trip. Gareth spent time with his apprentices and shop. He talked to his sister and got her to check in on the shop and apprentices while he was gone.</p><p></p><p>Tiger spent time with his mentor.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck worked on the trading company and Matron’s Jade’s company. She spent time teaching whores martial arts.</p><p></p><p>Jahar came back to the concept of a code of laws for all exalted. Once again it generally wasn’t well received. Jahar and A-dom went to Opec’s island. A-dom happily rode Spiney while Jahar talked to Opec. He talked about taking over countries and forming a power base. Opec suggested finding some Wyld, creating an island with people, getting them registered with the Celestial Bureaucracy for souls, and then impressing the people. </p><p></p><p><strong>Opec:</strong> <em>And be yourselves. Everyone likes you when you be yourself. Maybe not that A-dom fellow, but everyone else.</em></p><p></p><p>Jahar found out that yew was a very nice necromancer that talked to Dark Opec a lot. He also found out that Opec knew his robes and got along with them. Jahar let them have a conversation together, but couldn’t keep up.</p><p></p><p> Jahar found out that Roedy was wondering why the Circle didn’t get along so well. </p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>We’re not very good at communicating and one of our members keeps playing tricks with our heads.</em></p><p></p><p>Opec clued Jahar into the concept of Brotherhood oath spell and the fact that there was a celestial level powered up version of it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar:</strong> <em>Any other insights into dominating other cultures?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Opec:</strong> <em>Umm. You know, practice. Practice, practice, practice. You’re not going to take over every culture the first time you run into it and you’ve got to break a few eggs to make an omelet. You gotta go out there and try! Remember, if you don’t destroy everything, you can always show up again in another generation to try again after you’ve screwed up.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 2998325, member: 9758"] [i]Synopsis of 7/31/06[/i] [b][size=6]" You’d have to magically compel me first!" [/size][/b] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Evening, father. I was wondering if I would find you first, or the other way around.[/i] Inthian complemented Jahar’s house, which Jahar accepted. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I would offer you refreshments, but it appears you have already availed yourself.[/i] Inthian said that they had brought some. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]There is a strange man outside my house. Does anyone know him?[/i] No one did. [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]He arrived. He didn’t knock. I believe he has talked to everyone who has come in since we arrived.[/i] Inthian offered to feed the strange man to the bear. Jahar was tempted, but declined. They sat around for a while with Jade’s Luck serving drinks. Eventually Inthian asked Jahar when dinner would be served. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Oh, uh, right.[/i] Gareth set his drink down and headed into the kitchen to see what he could whip up. With it being a bachelor house, he found it stocked with lots of long lasting staples. Gareth went out and quickly killed a stag for the main course. He managed to whip up a very nice meal in a short amount of time. Lots of small talk occurred during dinner. This afforded Jahar a lot of time to stall before talking to his father. The bear happily gnawed on his large hunk of raw venision over in the corner while Inthian ‘grilled’ Ceri on where she was from. She found out they had been there about a hundred years ago and he thought they had good apple trees. [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]My parents weren’t even there a hundred years ago. I don’t even think my teacher was there a hundred years ago, and she was old.[/i] During dessert, which consisted of dried fruit soaked in wine and a nice fruit flambé, Jahar turned to Lowger. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]So, why are you here, again?[/i] [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]Yes, well, we were hoping to discuss something with you in private when your friends were finished.[/i] [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]Oh, I’m finished.[/i] Gareth started cleaning up the table while Jade’s Luck showed Tiger and Ceri out of the room. The bear followed Jade’s Luck to keep an eye on that group. Gareth tinkered around in the kitchen, cleaning and listening in (and listening for lying). He also fixed a plate of food for the guy out in the bushes, since he likely hadn’t eaten all this time. Tiger, Ceri, and Jade’s Luck tried to surreptitiously listen in on the conversation in the dining hall without the bear noticing. In the dining hall, Inthian questioned his son on what he could do with his new found sorcery knowledge. Jahar said he had mostly dealt with some geomancy and astrological things, he had tinkered with wards and talismans, and he had heard some things about demon summoning. Inthian asked if Jahar had found any artifacts in his travels. Jahar said he had come across something, but it wasn’t there, since he knew that what he was studying would get him burned by the church and he didn’t want that. He also said that he knew his father didn’t talk about his work in this area either, so for a mortal to be doing this would be especially bad in their eyes. Inthian said that they just wished to make sure Jahar wasn’t getting into anything more dangerous. Jahar tried to talk his way out of it, but it wasn’t working. He realized he was going to have to produce the robes and needed to get away from the dragon-bloods to do it, but they wouldn’t let him out of their sight. He told them he’d take them to them, but he wanted to go to the bathroom first. Lowger went with him to the bathroom, but stood outside. This allowed Jahar the opportunity to pull his robes out of Elsewhere and don them. Upon exiting the bathroom, Lowger looked at him surprised. [b]Lowger:[/b] [i]Ah. Interesting hiding place.[/i] Once returned to the dining room, Inthian commenced a thorough inspection of the robes. While standing there, Jahar noticed some words form on the hem of the sleeve. *[i]Anything Wrong?[/i]* Jahar thought hard [i]Yes?[/i] After a long pause, Jahar added to that thought [i]Must remain quiet[/i]. He noticed the symbols slide back into place. [i]Interesting[/i]. [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]What do these robes do?[/i] Jahar said that they had mostly been protective so far. When pressed on how, he said that it seemed the swamp dragons weren’t as interested in them as they should have been. [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]Where did you find them?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]In a box… in the swamp.[/i] [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]What kind of box?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Stone.[/i] [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]Well, there doesn’t appear to be anything demonic or influencing about them?[/i] (long pause) [i]So. What are you planning to do with your newfound studies?[/i] [b]Ryan:[/b] (without missing a beat) [i]Take over the world.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I am still trying to figure out how they incorporate into my daily life.[/i] [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]How much of your daily life requires the Occult?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Not a lot.[/i] While Gareth’s lie detector had gone off several times throughout the conversation, this one set it off in a major way. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I definitely feel like I am being interrogated here. I thought you would be more jovial about the news.[/i] [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]Well, you are practicing things that, as a mortal, can get you burned at the stake, should the church find out. We are mildly concerned that, at the very least, you know what you’re doing.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I can assure you that I have absolutely no interest in anything that could get me burned at the stake.[/i] [b]Lowger:[/b] [i]We’re also trying to figure out how we’re valuable to us now.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]And how am I?[/i] [b]Lowger:[/b] [i]I don’t know. We’re not sure how valuable you are yet. Shiny robes.[/i] Inthian slapped Lowger in the back of the head. Jahar then brought up the brotherhood’s missing member and his whereabouts. Inthian said he was on the Blessed Isle and could not be here. With their interrogation concluded, Jahar was allowed to put his robes away (if he liked) and bring his friends back in (if he liked). With the possibility of conflict abated, Gareth decided he wouldn’t have to rush in to defend Jahar. He grabbed the plate of food from dinner that he had kept warm and took it out the kitchen door and around to the man in the bushes. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Food![/i] *starts chowing down* [i]You’re the best, Gareth.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] (looking at the man strangely) [i]Just return the plate to the kitchen.[/i] Gareth went back around to the kitchen and reentered the building. Once everyone had retired back to the den to partake of wine, Still Not A-dom wandered through the room with a plate. After depositing it in the kitchen, he wandered back through. [b]Jahar:[/b] (startled) [i]What the?![/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Returning a plate.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] (getting indignant) [i]Where did you get that plate?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Gareth.[/i] Jade’s Luck walked up to Still Not A-dom with a goblet. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Wine?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Oh yes. Please.[/i] *Takes goblet and starts drinking* [b]Jahar:[/b] (definitely getting indignant) [i]Why are you drinking my wine?![/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I was given it. It seemed rude to turn it down. I’m sorry.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] (trying to smooth things over and explain) [i]Gareth likes to feed unfortunates.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] (not calmed by Jade’s Luck’s words) [i]Who are you?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Johan. [/i] When asked why he said he knew Gareth and the others, Still Not A-dom said that that was a private conversation. Jahar wouldn’t accept that response, saying anything he had to say could be said in front of everyone. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]You’ve been sitting outside my house for hours.[/i] [b]Inthian:[/b] [i]Days.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom[/b] [i]I wanted to talk to you.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Days. So, take a seat. Tell us about yourself.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Wine?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Oh, thank you.[/i] *Takes goblet and starts drinking* [i]Oh. You know. Lost sailor. Told to come look for you.[/i] Jade’s Luck asked if this had to do with their business, to which he said yes. [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]You’re a thief, aren’t you?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]That’s a little blunt. I’m a sailor![/i] [b]Lowger:[/b] [i]Yes, he’s a thief.[/i] Jahar and Tiger then laid into him, saying that he could have made a much better score in the city and that he didn’t want to come here. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I guess you have a point. I had not considered stealing from you. [/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] (gestures to Lowger) [i]I will take this man’s word over yours.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I am not asking you to take this fine man’s word over mine. I’m just saying what I know.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]So talk.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I was sent by….[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]A friend of Gareth’s?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]No….[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]But you apparently know Gareth.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Yes![/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Gareth, who is this man?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Yes, Gareth. Who am I?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Umm, the strange man in your bushes whom I gave food to?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]If I offend you, you can go back to what you were doing and I can leave.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Are you looking for employment?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]No.[/i] [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Why are you out here?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I have nowhere else to go.[/i] Things went downhill from here for everyone’s favorite necromancer. Inthian offered to sell the man into slavery or find him employment. He was called confused by Jahar, which says something. Eventually he told by Inthian to follow them and the Brotherhood left. Once walking, he was told they were going to find him some good honest work. He was given the option of breaking rocks or cleaning up sewers. While walking through the forest on the way back to town, Still Not A-dom ducked behind a tree and made himself an invisible statue. The brotherhood searched around the forest for a while, but couldn’t find him and gave up. Back at the villa, Jahar sent his robes to Elsewhere and got thoroughly drunk. He looked around for spirits in the area and noticed a drinking spirit in the corner. Jahar surreptitiously left the spirit a glass of wine and went back to drinking. Sometime later, the thoroughly inebriated Jahar heard a voice. [b]The Voice:[/b] [i]That fellow who was walking along with us just disappeared. We think he just ran off into the woods.[/i] This led to Jahar acting like a crazy person and the Circle telling Jahar to bed. As that conversation took several turns, the group heard a knock on the front door. When Jade’s Luck answered it, she found Still Not A-dom standing there. Once he was allowed to come in and sit down, they started again. [b]Tiger:[/b] [i]Now will you tell us whom you are?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I’m a Dawn caste.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] (turns to the corner with the drinking spirit in it) [i]You did not hear that.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Yes, corner, you did not hear that.[/i] Jahar refreshed the Drinking Spirit’s glass. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Between Opec and the Unconquered Sun, they decided that you needed a Dawn caste. And I am your Dawn caste.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Well, what do you bring to the group?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Death and destruction? For others… mostly.[/i] [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]Insanity, sometime in the past.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Oh, is he another one you’ve been married to?[/i] [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]I think so.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Really?[/i] [b]Ceri:[/b] [i]Not still. Don’t get any ideas.[/i] Still Not A-dom made a comment about freaky Lunars. [b]Jahar:[/b] (slurring) [i]Then you’re on our side.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Yes. And you’re on my side.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] (slurring) [i]Have some wine.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Okay! I didn’t want to say that because of the DRAGON-bloods. With the killing of us all.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] (slurring) [i]Then why’d you come in earlier?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I was returning the plate.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]Gareth gave him food. Gareth said bring plate back to kitchen. He conveniently brought plate back to kitchen. We had this conversation already. He was doing what he was told.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Yes. Thank you.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]He was being well behaved.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I like you. You’re nice.[/i] Gareth’s lie detector went off like a nuclear blast. [b]Liz:[/b] [i]Do you have to make a Valor check to say that?[/i] [b]Ryan:[/b] [i]Nope, cause it’s funny.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Did they follow you?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]No. They headed back to town. Unless they looped around. They could have. They’re sneaky dragon-bloods.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Someone who isn’t me should go check to see if they followed him.[/i] Ceri went off to check in bird form and came back. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]So far he hasn’t lied much. Seems okay.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I like dragon-bloods. [/i] *Ding* [i]I think the Unconquered Sun knows what he is doing.[/i] *DING!* [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Ah, you HAVE met him.[/i] (pauses a beat, then looks up) [i]We praise you, oh lord.[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I dislike necromancy.[/i] *DING! DING!* [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]And why don’t we know you?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I was well prepped.[/i] Once the grilling of Still Not a-dom was concluded, Gareth brought up the trip up north, saying they could take the long way around, along the Neck. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Skullstone?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Ah. You’ve been there too?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Once or twice[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]And what was your impression of the place?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Scary, but cool. Bodhisattva is nice there.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Do you have any enemies we should be aware of?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]None that can remember me at the moment. [/i] Still Not A-dom then had to go into the fact that he had a memory charm up at the moment. This led to Tiger asking if this was why they couldn’t remember him. Still Not A-dom said yes. [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Is that good for you, Jahar?[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]What?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Just say yes.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I’ve learned better than that.[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]No you haven’t you’re drunk.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I AM….. yes. I’m drunk.[/i] (pause) [i]What did you say?[/i] [b]Gareth:[/b] [i]Going up to Skullstone the long way round.[/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Yes. Helps with the company?[/i] Still Not A-dom mentioned the Wretched Swamp, which led to asking him where else he had been. He said he’d been everywhere the group had been, since he had been following them. [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]So, are we the enemies you’re running away from?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]No. You’re just people.[/i] *DING!* [i]Umm… Not everybody… Maybe one or two of you…. Not Gareth.[/i] Gareth said they should call it a night and it was up to Jahar whether or not he gave Johan a room for the night. Jahar said that he had drunk his wine, so he couldn’t sleep in the bushes for the night. Jahar then got the great idea to sanctify an oath. Jahar tried to get Still Not A-dom to agree to several poorly worded oaths about not acting against the Circle or not harming them. Still Not A-dom would not agree to any oaths. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]I don’t need to be magically compelled to not hurt you![/i] [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]I think I recall otherwise![/i] Jade’s Luck came up with a better worded oath. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]yeah. Add my name to that.[/i] [b]Jade’s Luck:[/b] [i]What’s your name again?[/i] [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]Johan.[/i] [b]Alex:[/b] [i]But that’s your name.[/i] [b]Paul:[/b] [i]Yes. He’s not using a bad alias. He is, in fact, using his real name.[/i] [b]Ryan:[/b] [i]Aww :):):):).[/i] This went on for a while longer. [b]Still Not A-dom:[/b] [i]When are you leaving? In two weeks? I’ll come back.[/i] Still Not A-dom wandered out into the woods. Jahar stumbled after him yelling [i]Agree! Agree![/i] At the end of the next day, everyone remembered who A-dom was. They didn’t see A-dom for another two days. Over the next two weeks, everyone set about getting ready for a year long trip. Gareth spent time with his apprentices and shop. He talked to his sister and got her to check in on the shop and apprentices while he was gone. Tiger spent time with his mentor. Jade’s Luck worked on the trading company and Matron’s Jade’s company. She spent time teaching whores martial arts. Jahar came back to the concept of a code of laws for all exalted. Once again it generally wasn’t well received. Jahar and A-dom went to Opec’s island. A-dom happily rode Spiney while Jahar talked to Opec. He talked about taking over countries and forming a power base. Opec suggested finding some Wyld, creating an island with people, getting them registered with the Celestial Bureaucracy for souls, and then impressing the people. [b]Opec:[/b] [i]And be yourselves. Everyone likes you when you be yourself. Maybe not that A-dom fellow, but everyone else.[/i] Jahar found out that yew was a very nice necromancer that talked to Dark Opec a lot. He also found out that Opec knew his robes and got along with them. Jahar let them have a conversation together, but couldn’t keep up. Jahar found out that Roedy was wondering why the Circle didn’t get along so well. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]We’re not very good at communicating and one of our members keeps playing tricks with our heads.[/i] Opec clued Jahar into the concept of Brotherhood oath spell and the fact that there was a celestial level powered up version of it. [b]Jahar:[/b] [i]Any other insights into dominating other cultures?[/i] [b]Opec:[/b] [i]Umm. You know, practice. Practice, practice, practice. You’re not going to take over every culture the first time you run into it and you’ve got to break a few eggs to make an omelet. You gotta go out there and try! Remember, if you don’t destroy everything, you can always show up again in another generation to try again after you’ve screwed up.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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