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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 3140621" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><em>Synopsis of 10/16/06</em></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Moral of the story: Adultery is not a sin.</strong></span></p><p>By AlwaysToast</p><p></p><p>The group sails to the Pirate Island several days away. On the way the group starts discussing how best to scout the island. Jahar promotes the idea of sending his Shadow instead of letting A-Dom and Tiger sneak onto the island.</p><p></p><p>Somehow this conversation happened:</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom:</strong><em> I don’t want you killing all my drinking buddies!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> But then you can raise them and they can drink with you forever!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> But then you get booze all over the floor.</em></p><p></p><p>The group then discussed ways to build various devices inside of zombies so as to not waste beer that the zombies would be drinking.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> What am I going to do with 4 exalted skeletons anyway?</em></p><p></p><p>*****Once the group got back on track.****</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I’ve been there before... but again with the drinking. I don’t remember much.</em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck then explained to the crew (the “ex-pirates”) that there may be pirates at the next island, and this may cause some uncomfortableness and head explosions, and asked them what they wanted to do. The crew decided that they wanted to stay on the ship. As they really didn’t like the idea of getting left on the island with barbarians.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to the crew):<em> And WHAT is wrong with barbarians?!? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Fatty: </strong><em> Umm... we can’t speak to them. None of use speak their language. Plus when we try the whole “sign language” thing, we tend to be miss understood, as people have some bad misconceptions about pirates. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Oh, yea, I can see that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Translational errors go bad? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Fatty: </strong><em> Yea, I ask for a scrub brush, and the next thing you know they think I’m asking to rape there women or something. Never goes well. I end up married and being burned at the stake. We don’t want that. </em></p><p></p><p>Before the group left, they found out that Ceri had taken the “slaves” that the group had traded for monkeys, and took them back to Spider Island on a small boat at some point.</p><p></p><p>So the ship sails over to the “Pirate island.” It was a 3 day trip total. When they were still 50 miles away from it, at night, they could see a light on the top of the island that was shining out to sea. The beam of light went around in a circular motion, but it also searched the sea at different distances away from the island in a seemingly random pattern. At it’s furthest it was shining up to 50 miles away from the island.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dan: </strong><em> Does it look like an Anima Banner? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>GM: </strong><em> No. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe:</strong><em> That would be an impressive way to power a light house. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan: </strong><em> Yea, my job is to sit on top of a tower and glow all night. My god’s really pissed at me. </em></p><p></p><p>The group then became all paranoid about the light “spotting them.” So they had Gareth sail the ship so they would avoid ever entering into the beam of light. They managed to do it, but they had a number of close calls.</p><p></p><p>As they got closer to the island, and as dawn began to break, the light disappeared. They could see a major port town, and further along the beach a small fishing village.</p><p></p><p><strong>Alex: </strong><em> I don’t really have a plan other then “Argh! Pirates! Kill!” </em></p><p></p><p>So Gareth was sailing the ship towards the docks of the major town, with a homicidal gleam in his eye and a smile on his lips. The rest of the group slowly realized that Gareth might not be his calm and rational self today.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> You didn’t see this coming? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> No. </em>(Pause)<em> Noooo. No. Not at all. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> The last time we mentioned Pirates Gareth went all Rawh </em>*A-Dom makes a whole bunch of angry sounds*<em> and foamed at the mouth. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Ok, but I thought he would do it intelligently. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> I think his plan is to sail up to the dock, get off our boat and start killing people. </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth smiles.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (to Gareth):<em> Maybe we should find someplace to park the ship... hidden. Then go and slaughter people. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (to Gareth):<em> Yea, sneak in, then lay waste. </em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (to Gareth):<em> If you just walk right in, we’re going to have all kinds of problems with innocent mortals and stuff. </em></p><p></p><p>As they get closer Gareth sees that there are two ships. One has light blue sails (the hardest to spot on the ocean), and one with black sails. Which is the classic combination for two pirate ships that work together.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (walks up to Gareth):<em> Argh! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (squinting at A-Dom):<em> You’re not going Pirate on us are you? Cause that’s something we have to nip in the bud! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (bashful):<em> Umm... no, not at all. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> OK, I’ll try to find some kind of hiding place for us to dock the ship. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (wandering away):<em> I’d just like to point out that nothing that happens on this island is my fault. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Ok, what we do is we invade. We walk up, and we say “Are you a Pirate?” And if they say “yes” we skewer them! If they say “No”... </em> *Gareth shrugs*</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck</strong> (to A-Dom):<em> Gareth has a masterful plan! You should come here it! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck</strong> (to A-Dom):<em> We walk up to someone and say “Are you a Pirate?” </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (cutting in):<em> And if they say “yes” we skewer them! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> So really you’re just going to wait until you hear a Ye or Ne sound and which ever you hear first determines if they die? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (giggling):<em> Yup. </em></p><p></p><p>The group presses A-Dom for information.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> They had good beer. That’s what I remember. There may have been some Dragon Bloods, but I avoided them. I don’t really remember any Demons walking around. So I don’t expect there to be any. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> So... all you remember is the beer. </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth found a cove to leave the ship at which was out of sight of the town and village. As soon as the anchor was dropped, Gareth got into his Ship into his row boat and started heading to shore.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Maybe someone should go ahead of Gareth... </em> (looking around) <em> is he gone already? Crap... </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom jumped into the water and started swimming along next to Gareth’s row boat. Jahar, Tiger, and Jade’s Luck both jumped down into Gareth’s row boat.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> So we’re just going to kill them all? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> You got a better plan? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> So maybe we should have a talk about who we are going to kill first. Because... you know... sometimes there are problems... with you know... children and </em> (pause) <em> puppies. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Yes, we need a system for who we want to attack. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I think he’s already come up with his “system.” </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I think we should kill the leaders of the Pirates and not worry about the populous. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Dragon Blood! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Yup if they’re pirates. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I don’t care if they are pirates or not, if they are Dragon Bloods, they die. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe: </strong><em> You see the problem is some of us still believe in the Dynasty, not the Dragon Bloods. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex: </strong><em>Why are you using the plural? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> What about the ships? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Burn them to the waterline!... wait... we could just have (pause) more ships. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong><em>: Yes we can save them, then they can be useful to us later. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> A-Dom, go break those ships. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Just break the hull not the keel! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (still swimming along):<em> Ok! </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom swims off, just off the beach. A-Dom swims past a few boys swimming. A-Dom waves.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kid 1: </strong><em> That shark was sure swimming fast. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kid 2: </strong><em> I saw an arm. He got someone. </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom approched the docks... and realized that it was very familiar. He was confident he knew where two bars were. As he got closer to the ships, he saw the ship with blue sails was The Sea Diamond, and he had a vague recollection of working on that ship.</p><p></p><p>So, A-Dom dove through the first one (the black ship named Hunger’s Revenge), in one side and out the other. He then swam over to The Sea Diamond, and for sentimental reasons, he punched one “small” fist sized hole in the bottom of the hull. Then he swam back to join the group.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the group was in a forced march down the beach, well just off the beach in the forested area, heading towards town, following Gareth. Tiger was running ahead of the group. Tiger noticed the island was basically one big hill, and there was a large white building on the top of the hill, with very strange “arcane” architecture, with a large shinny object on top. Tiger stopped and waited for the group to show up.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> I think we should go up there! </em></p><p></p><p>The entire group stopped, looked at it, and nodded in agreement. Walking at a 90 degree angle away from the beach. This of course made it much harder for A-Dom to find the group, who he expected to be walking right along the beach, or at least heading towards town.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> We should go there. I think I like this one. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Sure you don’t want mine? You get monkeys and elementals! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan</strong> (speaking like Tiger):<em> I’ll trade ya! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> He is just assuming Gareth doesn’t want it. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I am just assuming only Gareth and I want it. Plus he wants to kill everyone on this island.</em> (To Gareth):<em> Genocide is not an acceptable reason to own an island. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> I only want to kill the pirates. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> But... they are all pirates. Clearly the leader of the Pirates is up there! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Oh yea, I’m with you! shiny... </em></p><p></p><p>So the group continued to head towards the Manse by walking up the hill. A-Dom realises the group must have wandered off the beach and went to find them.</p><p></p><p>In the woods something poked Gareth on the shoulder.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tree</strong> (accountant voice):<em> Excuse me. What are you doing? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Do they all have to be like this... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> We’re going up there</em> (pointing up at the manse).</p><p></p><p><strong>Tree: </strong><em> Why? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Why not? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tree: </strong><em> Well you see</em> (sighs) <em> this area is off limits. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> By who’s orders. </em></p><p></p><p>The tree pulls out a little scroll of paper. Jahar desperately tries to find a way to get a look at it, but is foiled by the tree’s lack of shoulders to read over.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tree:</strong><em> By the authority of the last owner. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> When was that order given? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tree: </strong><em> I don’t understand time. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> They never understand time. </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar then proceeded to badger the tree with a number of time related questions it couldn’t possible answer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck</strong> (to Jahar):<em> Why do you insist on asking all the guardians of every magic building everywhere questions about time that they can’t answer. Are you trying to drive them all insane? </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth and Tiger then quizzed it on the current owner (or lack there of) but got stonewalled with the answer “I’m not allowed to divulge that kind of information.” In spite of asking it in several different ways.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What happens if we keep going up the hill. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tree: </strong><em> I can’t tell you that. But it wouldn’t be pleasant. </em> (Pause) <em> Why don’t you just go to the mayor’s office? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What’s at the mayor’s office that will get us inside that? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tree: </strong><em> The front door. </em></p><p></p><p>Tiger bolts for town. Everyone else follows as best they can. On his way Tiger run’s past A-Dom.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> This way! We’re going to town again! </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom and Jahar start arguing about how things are going to go bad if they just start killing people (A-Dom is the Anti-killing side of the argument for those who are confused).</p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan</strong> (while getting cake):<em> Everything is going to go wrong. Arr! Paranoia! </em></p><p></p><p>Tiger (Looking like a pirate: Argh!), A-Dom (looking like a pirate: Argh!) and Jade’s Luck (looking like herself: Argh?) ran ahead into town ahead of Gareth (walking along the beach holding his artifact sword and smiling at it) and Jahar (with his grey skin and clearly magical red robes).</p><p></p><p> The first few people they come to are gambling outside a building.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Afternoon</em> (pause) <em> Argh! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Arrmurghlurfal. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Sorry he just ate a parrot. </em>(Look’s at Jade’s Luck)<em> You’re not here. </em> (Jade’s Luck looks at A-Dom funny.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Local: </strong><em> Where you come from? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> We woke up in the forest. </em></p><p></p><p>The locals look at them funny... then go back to playing dice. So Tiger, A-Dom, and Jade’s Luck keep going into town. Jade’s Luck looked around at the town, which was fairly normal, including children and puppies, and such, just with a few more “pirate-like” people then one would expect in a nice law abiding town.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> You know, I think Gareth’s on the verge of a homicidal temper tantrum. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> OooOOOoooOOOoooo! Hide the bricks! </em></p><p></p><p>Tiger slaps himself on the forehead. Jade’s Luck headed back to talk to Gareth.</p><p></p><p>Gareth and Jahar are still walking along, having a conversation which is almost entirely centered on killing pirates. Jade’s Luck tries to convey to Gareth that not everybody in the town is a pirate and that after he kills the first few people will probably stop answering his question.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> So, they’re PIRATES. They deserve to die. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> But... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Pie - RATS! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> Hasn’t the crew been a pretty good crew? They were pirates. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Yes, but they are “former pirates.” </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> Don’t you think you should give more pirates time to reform? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> They’ll be reformed when they are dead. </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom and Tiger got to the mayors office. Two guards were sitting outside, drinking beers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Guard: </strong><em> What you want? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> To see the Mayor. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Guard: </strong><em> Why? </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom and Tiger just kind of wave their arms around.</p><p></p><p><strong>Guard: </strong><em> Land Grants? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Yea! Land Grants! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Guard</strong> (yelling inside):<em> Mayor people to see you. Better put some pants on. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I love this town. When I have an island, I’m never wearing pants. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor</strong> (yelling from inside):<em> Yes, yes, come in! </em></p><p></p><p>The mayor had clearly just woken up, as his bed was also in his office. As well as the fact that it was around 8:30 am. The Mayor was a rather pudgy fellow, who was in fact wearing pants, and just pants.</p><p></p><p>Gareth, Jahar, and Jade’s Luck walk past the gamblers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Local</strong> (upon seeing more strangers):<em> Where the hell are you guys from? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (jerking his thumb over his shoulder):<em> That way. </em></p><p></p><p>They just kept walking past the gamblers. Much to everyone’s surprise, Gareth didn’t ask them if they were pirates.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Come in boys! </em>(To A-Dom)<em> You look familiar. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> How long you been mayor? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Eight Years! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Oh... yea, I came through about 5 years ago. I got married to a princess a few islands over. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Good for you! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> We got a few questions about the big shinny rock thing. What’s the story with that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Well supposedly if you go inside and defeat all the traps and puzzles and stuff, you get to control this great and powerful island. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom:</strong><em> The whole island? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Well, the person who owns the Fortress of Doom, puts down all these rules</em> (the mayor pulls back a wall hanging to reveal a bookcase full of books) <em> and we have to follow them. But you know, most of them are pretty reasonable. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Why is it called the Fortress of Doom? I don’t hear anyone yelling DOOOoooooom! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Well that’s just what we call it. </em> (Mayor goes over an pulls back another curtain to reveal a wall full of human skulls) <em> These are the last people who tried to take it over. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> How you get the skulls? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor</strong> (mater of fact-ly):<em> Spits ‘em out. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Cool! They all mortals... or? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Well these </em>(his hand waves at a number of skulls)<em> were all Dragon Bloods, and this guy said something about “Death was his guide” and yadda yadda, I really didn’t pay attention to him. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Did he have a title instead of the name? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Yea... something like that. Oooh, and this one (points at the very bottom one) was even an Anathema. He got killed too. Hence, we call it the “Fortress of Doom.” It probably has other names, what with the light an all. But you know, as long as we obey the laws and such, it’s a pretty nice place to live. We even get to have elections for Mayor! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> How many people actually vote? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> How’s that work? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Oh, almost everybody. You see we have these boxes that you go in... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> And you think about who you want to vote for. And if someone isn’t suppose to vote... or vote twice, they... </em>(kind of hand gestures disintegration)<em> don’t come out. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong> (looking at the hand gestures)<em> yea... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (under his breath):<em> Damn Gareth... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> You guys know about the big rule right? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Umm... nope. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> No violence. Ever. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> On the whole island? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Yea. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> What about in the test place</em> (pointing at the Manse)</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Oh it’s ok in there. Just nowhere out on the island. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> What happens if there is violence? </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth has just walked up to an obvious pirate... and is trying to pick a fight.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (not waiting for the answer):<em> We’ll be right back.</em>(A-Dom walks outside. Activating his dawn caste power so his artifact will make his voice carry for miles)<em> GARETH! DON’T KILL ANYONE! THIS IS OURS! NO. NO. Nonono. No! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (to the Mayor):<em> Really, what happens if there is violence? </em></p><p></p><p>Tiger, suddenly has a flash from a Past Life.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan</strong> (Dr. Evil voice):<em> “LASER” </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (to the Mayor who is about to explain about the death ray):<em> Hold on a second, I’ll be right back. </em></p><p></p><p>Tiger then explains the death ray to A-Dom as they run down the street heading for Gareth. A-Dom runs past Jahar and Jade’s Luck. Gareth is toe to toe with the pirate who he is trying to pick the fight with when A-Dom runs up to him, picks him up, and starts carrying him towards the Mayors house.</p><p></p><p>Jahar walks up to the Mayors office, but is stopped by the guard.</p><p></p><p><strong>Guard: </strong><em> Hey! Where you think your going? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> To see the Mayor. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Guard: </strong><em> Why? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Same reason. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Guard</strong> (Yelling inside):<em> Another one to see you Mayor. Might want to put a shirt on. </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom gets back to the Mayors house, carrying Gareth.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> You can put me down now. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> You not... hurt anyone. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> You can’t do violence here. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (Gareth basically sees the same past life vision as Tiger): <em> Well that takes all the fun out of it. (To Jade’s Luck) This is your fault! </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar walks into the mayor’s office. He looks at the wall of skulls which is still exposed. He then has a vision from a past life.</p><p>Jahar botched his past life roll.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> How am I suppose to kill pirates if we can’t have any violence? Hmm... maybe if I go off the island, and taunt them. They’ll come off the island so I can kill them... </em></p><p></p><p>People on the street near the Mayor’s house start looking at Gareth like he’s a crazy man.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Just sneak onto their ship and hide. Then when they go out to sea, kill them. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (thinking):<em> That could work too. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (Trying to talk to the Mayor who can clearly hear Gareth outside):<em> So... how many of the ships that dock here are Pirate Ships? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor</strong> (looking down the street towards the docks):<em> Less and less today. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to Mayor):<em> So are there any rules for invading the building or just... Woo-HA! </em></p><p></p><p>The mayor pulls out the last book of the Books of Law.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> Lets see... You have to go in during daylight. You have to tell the duly elected Mayor, that’s me, that you are going in, and leave any burial, last of kin notification, etc information with me. As well as pay the tax. </em></p><p></p><p>Gabe starts thinking about what kind of note Jahar will leave for his wife.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan: </strong><em> Leave her your penis. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe: </strong><em> I did not hear you say that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex: </strong><em> With a nice little inscription: <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=":)" /> you! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What was your name mayor? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor: </strong><em> I am officially the Mayor of Crull-Tay, Quogo-Nazo</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Again, how many pirates are around? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Well yesterday, I would have said two ships worth. But looks like one really full ship now. Wait.. Maybe less then that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Why less and less? </em></p><p></p><p>The group realized the Mayor is looking down the street at the docks where the pirate ship with black sails is clearly sinking.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> How many supernaturals captain a ship? Dragon Bloods and such. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Well my brother Captains a ship. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> He was chosen by the Dragons? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo</strong> (who’s Water Aspect mark turns on):<em> Yes. As well some say that Admiral Bloodsky is a Dragon Blood. I don’t have any official records of anyone else. </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar noted Quogo’s lousy breeding.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Seems odd that you have official records of pirate ships. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> We have records of ships that make port. </em> (Looks at the group)<em> You wouldn’t be trying to avoid our taxes on incoming ships would ya? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Not from what I’ve been told. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> How did you get to our island? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> We woke up in the forest. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan</strong> (laughing hysterically):<em> You know... I play hard and fast with explanations. But that’s just not a good “mayor explanation.” That’s what you tell to drunks on the beach. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> No really, where did you come from? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (interrupting):<em> What’s there fun to do on this island? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Well our major activities are: Drinking, whoring, gambling. Some people like gardening. We have some nice gardens. We have a very popular game with a ball. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What’s it called? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> “Hurt the guy with the ball.” You have to play it just off shore. Ankle deep water is best. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Do you have a barge set up to play on? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo</strong> (kind of surprised):<em> No... Good idea. </em> (Mayor starts to write down Barge, then crosses it out and puts “anchored raft for playing violent sports on.”)</p><p></p><p><strong> A-Dom: </strong><em> What do you get when you defeat the fortress of doom? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> I don’t know. Nobody’s done it in my lifetime. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What do we have to do to let you let us into the Fortress of Doom? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em>Well you have to pay the “Fortress of Doom Tax” which is 5 jade apiece. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to Jahar):<em> Pay the man! </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar pulls out 5 jade to pay the Mayor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> That’s 5 jade, apiece. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I know, that’s for me. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Ok, you can come with me. </em> (He puts the money into a drawer)</p><p></p><p>A-Dom pulls out 10 jade (from what he has looted from bodies over time) and pays for himself and Gareth.</p><p></p><p>Tiger stole 5 jade from the drawer, payed the mayor, found out Jade’s Luck didn’t have 5 jade, so he waited for the mayor to put the rest of the money into the drawer, then stole another 5 jade from the drawer to pay for her too.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Ok when I die, just throw my head onto Uk Luk Muck Muck Chuck. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> That will be a literal throwing. They don’t like us much there. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Yea, that’s fine with me. </em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck and Gareth gave instructions for their remains to be returned to their familes on Atlantis.</p><p></p><p>Jahar gave strict instructions for his note (and only his note) to be delievered to Cynis Jara in exactly 19 years. The note read “I am still alive. -Sesus Weijin Jahar” [20 years after a spouse goes missing, they can be presumed dead and the remaining spouse can re-marry. So Jahar’s plan is to force his wive to stay unmarried for 39 years instead of 20, just to tick her off]</p><p></p><p>There is a little more idle conversation. At some point:</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Well, only your head gets polished. The rest of your body will just be found somewhere on the island. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (gives a little shutter):<em> I feels really unpleasant when it gets polished. </em></p><p></p><p>The Mayor looks at Jahar funny. A-Dom looks at Jahar funny. Gareth looks at Jahar like he’s Jahar.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Good to know. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> So where do we go? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Follow me! </em></p><p></p><p>The Mayor pulls back yet another curtain, to reveal a white marble door, which he opens. It leads into a rather large white room with a gold line on the floor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Alright, everybody stand on the gold line. </em></p><p></p><p>Everybody in the party stood on the gold line. Gareth noticed that it was real gold inlayed into the floor. The Mayor stands before them, and opens this book.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo</strong> (in old realm, in a deadpan voice):<em> These worthy adventurers, etcetera, seek to conquer this building, etcetera, so they can become good and worthy rulers, etcetera, and they will succeed or forfeit their lives. There is only victory or death. Etcetera. </em></p><p></p><p>Then there was a big sparkle of lights, and the wall behind the mayor faded away. The group then thanked the mayor and walked through.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Thanks Mayor! See you on the other side! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Probably not! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Oh... we’ll you’ll see my nice shinny skull! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mayor Quogo: </strong><em> Got a point there. </em></p><p></p><p>Once inside, the see the wall is solid on this side. So the group activated charms and put on armor, and stopped looking like pirates, etc. They were standing in a long narrow hallway, with a floor that sloped upwards. The area was lite by an ambiguous light source. </p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> You ever been here Roedy? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Roedy</strong> (in text on the sleeve):<em> Yes, but never came in this way. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Well let me know if you think anything is going to crush us. </em></p><p></p><p>So, after quite a long walk, they got to a large room, with a big white tree, with a face on it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Hello Mr. Tree! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Hello! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> What happens in here? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Paperwork & Questions! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What’s your name? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> I am The Guardian Tree. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> What is this place actually called? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> The Fortress of Light. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em>See that makes much more sense. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> What’s with the skulls? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well you see... I like bowling. </em> (And the Tree nods towards the long narrow corridor.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Do you polish the skulls? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well sometimes I do, sometimes other people do it. Mostly that’s just so they roll better. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Ok, well you’d better let us have the paperwork. </em></p><p></p><p>Paperwork was just a simple form:</p><p>Name:</p><p>Occupation:</p><p>God of Preference:</p><p></p><p>***</p><p>Name: Gareth </p><p>Occupation: Smith, Merchant </p><p>God of Preference: I am contractually obligated to write down Unconquered Sun. </p><p></p><p>Name: Sesus Weijin Jahar </p><p>Occupation: Trader, Noble, Sorcerer </p><p> God of Preference: Unconquered Sun </p><p></p><p>Name: A-Dom</p><p>Occupation: Guy, Prince (after someone reminded him he was a Prince)</p><p>God of Preference: Unconquered Sun</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom (to Tiger): </strong><em> Remember to write down “orphan killer!” </em></p><p></p><p>Name: Patient Tiger </p><p>Occupation: Bodyguard </p><p>God of Preference: Unconquered Sun </p><p></p><p>Name: Jade’s Luck</p><p>Occupation: Assistant Procurer</p><p>God of Preference: Unconquered Sun</p><p></p><p>The Tree then collected the paperwork and looked through it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well... there are 5 of you, and normally there is just one. So, just in case, this manse can only be controlled by one person. So I’m going to give you some time to figure this out amongst yourselves. Feel free to murder each other, or whatever. Violence is perfectly acceptable during the trial. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Do we have to figure this out now? Rock, paper, Scissors? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Yes, you need to know now. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (to the tree):<em> We have pointy objects, thank you very much. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em>Well, (happy) Go at it then! I’ll just watch. </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar then tried to ask the tree who lived inside a single room with no doors or windows, what the rest of the island was like, how it was designed, and how it was held up. The tree didn’t give him any useful information. The group then questioned A-Dom on how he dismantled the pirate ships. Because that was clearly important to the situation at hand. This also ended up with the group explaining to A-Dom what a Keel is in great detail.</p><p></p><p>Tiger tried to trade his Manse to A-Dom, so he could try to get this Manse.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I don’t want a Manse with her! She smells! But I probably want to build one on my island. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I love this Manse. It seems very aspected towards... my way of thought. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck</strong> (surprised):<em> You have a way of thought? </em></p><p></p><p>The Tree kind of looks at Jahar funny.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Well this place is kind of long and twisty, and it takes a long time to get anywhere... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> But, I could turn the Beam of DEATH on pirates! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Well we can re-write the rules, then ether kill the pirates, or kill them if they don’t convert. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Well I’m not going to win this... so it’s between you two. </em> (To Tiger) <em> It’s called picking your battles. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Why? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Well really I’m just getting Jahar to leave my island alone. </em></p><p></p><p>Gareth and Jahar agreeded that “Jahar can have the island if he will at least turn the Death Ray on “some” of the Pirates.” (They did not sanctify this oath)</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> I didn’t agree to that! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> You’re not in this! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> You can’t exclude me! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to Tiger):<em> Look, it’s ether we all win, or we all get our heads chopped off and shined. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> And that hurts! Trust me. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> You don’t know that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex: </strong><em> Then we start making new characters! The funny thing is my back up character... is a Pirate! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> We have decided Tree! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> No we haven’t! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree</strong> (looking back and forth between Jahar and Tiger):<em> Everyone has decided? </em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck then started explaining the issues involved to the tree with way too much detail.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> I DO NOT CARE! I just need you to pick one person. That’s it. Stop explaining. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I vote Gahar, Jahar, whatever. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I accept! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex: </strong><em> Who else is scared that we’re giving the “Beam of Death” to Jahar? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> What about you</em> (looking at Tiger).</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> I want it. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> You already have one! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> I’m willing to trade. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well you’re going to have to figure this out. Just start murdering each other. It will go faster. </em></p><p></p><p>Jahar and Tiger then started arguing more. Tiger decided to argue with Jahar for two hours before he woudl give up. Jahar managed to cut the conversation time down to one hour. So Tiger decided to stand in stonefaced disagreement for an additional hour.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dan:</strong><em> Well we didn’t argue endlessly for 2 hours in-character. </em> (GM note: It still took like 20 minutes).</p><p></p><p>So Jahar was in the end, the person they all agreed upon.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> All right! First round of questions. What does the Sun, represent? Discuss among yourselves, I’m not going anywhere. </em></p><p></p><p>The group started arguing... because they didn’t know.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> The Great God: the Unconquered Sun. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em>Well then. What is he a God of? What is his power? </em></p><p></p><p>The group starts giggling uncontrollably because, they aren’t sure what their God is a god of. So they start arguing.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: [/b]<em> Maybe we deserve to all die here. </em></p><p></p><p>After the group had been arguing for a while:</p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Just so you know this is a timed event. If you don’t finish with all the trials by the time the sun sets, you all die. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Well good to know, nice to learn the rules in the middle... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> You could have read them before you came in. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Light, Life, Leadership, he’s the king of the gods... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Is that your final answer? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (with confidence):<em> Yes! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> I’m sorry... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Is this a 4 out of 5 situation? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> No... more of a trial by fire. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Oh... </em></p><p></p><p>A number of small holes opened in the walls around the room and small balls of fire started shooting out at the group. Eventually Tiger came up with breaking off branches from the tree, and giving them to the others, so they could plug the holes that the balls of fire were being shot from. Really the only thing that happened was Gareth’s head got lit on fire just a little bit. Gareth was also the fire magnet, but once he turned on his caste power, he stopped taking all damage from the fireballs. So it stopped mattering that he was constantly getting hit. Eventually the got all the holes plugged up.</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> So, what is the Unconquered Sun the god of? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well now, that’s the question you still have to answer, now isn’t it... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (Depressed):<em> Oh... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well there are more physical challenges if you can’t figure it out... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I vote for death... </em></p><p></p><p>The group then put their heads together (and Jade’s Luck’s Lore dice pool +1 dice from everyone in the party)</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I remind you... he’s called the Unconquered Sun... </em></p><p></p><p>(Gabe’s phone rings, and I go deaf listening to the recording.)</p><p></p><p>So, the group with 6 successes to come up with (A-Dom was right): Unconquerability. [/I]</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Our God sucks. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I can’t believe I helped you come up with that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> I can. </em>(Looking to the sky)<em> Can I switch gods? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Don’t say that again! I get a twinge every time you say that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Tree: </strong><em> Well you go on to the next room. </em></p><p></p><p>The wall fades away, and the group can see the next room, with a book in it. The group (especially Jahar) runs into the next room.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth</strong> (to the tree):<em> Maybe some day we’ll come back for bowling! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (to the room):<em> Good Morning! </em></p><p></p><p>The white marble book on the white marble pedistil, in the white marble room, looked at them.</p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> Well, hello there! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Are you the book that knows everything? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> No. He’s my third cousin. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> If you’re related to him, can you find him, if we help you? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> I ask the questions here! </em></p><p></p><p>The group then barrages the book with questions, most of which don’t make much sense.</p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> Which one of you, wishes to be the owner? </em>(Jahar raises his hand)<em> You see a man kicking a puppy. What do you do? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Stop him. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> Why? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> We like puppies! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book</strong> (Looking at Tiger):<em> Shhhh! He’s answering the questions. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Because he is injuring a creature which is most likely helpless. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> What if the puppy is demon possessed? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Then we deal with that when we find out. Please ignore my companions. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> Ah-ha. What do you like to do in your spare time? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Read books. </em></p><p></p><p>Things whispered quietly behind Jahar’s back by everyone else: Worship demons. Worship the Unconquored Sun. Summon Demons. Kick Puppies.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> And in the rest of my time I teach my acolytes, and worship myself. </em> (I’m pretty sure he meant he himself takes time to worship, not that he had his own cult to himself.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> Do you tolerate the company of Demons? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I do not tolerate their company. I do however force them to serve me. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book</strong> (confused):<em> ooooooh-Kay. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> Is this going to be an “issue?” </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> Issue? Yes, you could call it that. Ok then, you can go onto the next room. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Wait... if we want to change owners do we have to go through the entire process again? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Book: </strong><em> During the process: You all have to agree in front of one of the guardians to change your mind. </em></p><p></p><p>The group then goes onto the next room, which has a large alter to the Sun.</p><p></p><p>They group walks in and all kneel. A-Dom starts praying first. Jahar starts praying. Everyone else starts praying too. </p><p></p><p><strong>Dan: </strong><em> I do better not praying. </em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck gets the long answer to one of her previous prayers.</p><p></p><p>Gareth got the feeling that this manse had something to do with destroying demons.</p><p></p><p>Jahar gets the words “Try HARDER” in response to his prayer about how to spread the religion better.</p><p></p><p>After everyone prayed, the far wall disappeared, and the group moved on. The next room was up a couple of steps. In the middle of the white marble room, was a white marble cat. The group of course charged over to pet it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty</strong> (waking up): <em> Hey! People. Wait a minute! </em></p><p></p><p>The cat gets up, wanders over to a book, flips it open with his paw, reads a few pages, flips the book closed again, then wanders back to the group.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Been a long time hasn’t it kitty? What’s your name? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Kitty Cat. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Well that makes sense. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (looking at the empty room with the rather small white kitty cat in it):<em> How do people die here? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> They all died in the first room! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> No there was one fellow who died here. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Oh... how did he die? </em></p><p></p><p>The kitty yawned, and it’s head expanded and it’s jaw grew until it was more then large enough to bite a human being in half. Then it shrunk again when the kitty was done yawning.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan: </strong><em> Oh so like a normal cat. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Was that one of us? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty</strong> (looking at Jahar):<em> Hey! You look familiar! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> That hurt! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Well I had to clean all the flesh off. </em> (The cat licked it’s marble fur with it’s marble cat tongue).</p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> So do you ask us questions? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> No. I make Moral Judgements. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan</strong> (panicking):<em> Are there doors in this room? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>GM: </strong><em> No, no there are not. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Could we repent now? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Well I suppose so. What do you want to repent for? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Oh... I want to repent. I killed a baby with a brick, a puppy... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> This is going to take a long time. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> ...some folks, some innocents... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Ok we can say we’ve covered: Killed Innocents. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Do we need to consider stuff from before we were chosen? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> I’m not going to answer that question. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> ...oh god... I was weak, cowardly, craven, greedy, I slept with a lot of women, not my wife... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Oh that’s fine. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> The women part? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Yea, I don’t care about that. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> ... I lied, </em>(long pause while A-Dom thought about it)<em> a lot, piracy</em> (Gareth starts giving A-Dom the evil eye, everyone else kind of nods)<em>, theft, I ate human flesh... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (shocked):<em> Wait... WHAT? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth:</strong> <em>Nothing wrong with cannibals.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> ...yea, I think that covers it. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> What about raising the dead? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (confused):<em> Is that really a sin? Raising the dead. Necromancy? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> No, not the last time I checked. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (Happy):<em> Well then, there you go. But maybe I should repent for that too. Oh wait, I assisted in summoning a demon. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Ok killing innocent mortals: You must bring life and civilization to five islands that don’t have it. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Wait... so I plant women there then screw them? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Yea whatever, it’s a repentance. You’re suppose to try to the best of your ability. I don’t really care if they are “civilized” or barbarians. I really don’t care what kind of civilization as long as they have a civilization. You’re going to have to impregnate at least 10 more women... </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom starts laughing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Well at least he won’t have a problem with that one. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Can he impregnate them with other mens’s seed? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> I guess so. I don’t really know how you would do that. Really, just you need to get 10 babies born. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Can I impregnate one women ten times? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> I suppose. But you need to let women finish with getting one out before you start trying to impregnate them again. Can’t do them all at once. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> No sex with undead. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> They have to be living women. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Yea, with this group you have to clarify that kind of thing. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Ok, I didn’t know I had to clarify that: you must have 10 babies with living human women. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Yea, he just had a child with another man. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> That’s just weird... </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom then explained how Zokaz made a baby out of human and dinosaur flesh, which really just confused the kitten.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (to A-Dom):<em> Hey did you repent for that? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to Tiger):<em> SHUT UP! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> You must return 5 stolen things to their rightful owner. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (all happy):<em> Well I can help ya with that! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> They can not be stolen just so he can return them. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Ok... I suppose we do that with things that have already been stolen. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten: </strong><em> Eating human flesh: You need to fast for a week. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> So how many times you do the eating human flesh thing? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Well you lose track after the first time... you know you hang out with some cannibals and you know “everyone’s doing it” and it would be rude to refuse... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> You have to save one maiden. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Does it have to be a “real” maiden? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Can’t be a guy in a dress if that’s what you mean. </em></p><p></p><p>There was a brief discussion about how A-dom would have to do a thorough inspection of each woman he would have to save. Comments were made about her not remaining a maiden in order to fulfill one of his other repentance.</p><p></p><p>Then the kitty “sanctified” A-Dom’s repentance.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Anyone else want to repent? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> I’ve taken my god’s name in vain</em> (pause) <em> a lot. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Anything else? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Nope. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty</strong> (to Gareth):<em> Build five churches. </em> (Then he sanctified it.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I will repent for... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Summoning demons. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> ...being full of anger and hatred towards my wife. Believing in a treasonous blasphemy that is a perversion of the natural order. And for summoning a demon. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe: </strong><em> I’m pretty sure I’ve never killed a single mortal. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>GM: </strong><em> You know... you’ve caste Death of Obsidian Butterflies at a ship full of Pirates. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe: </strong><em> Oh, yea. Well at least I’ve never killed an innocent mortal. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty</strong> (to Jahar):<em> You have to go to a good and proper church every week for a month. </em></p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck points out that Jahar’s wife... isn’t the best wife.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> She is a blasphemer who tries to kill me. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> That’s no reason to be rude to her. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I suppose. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> You will bring your wife a present that she will really like. Like an Artifact. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Do I actually have to give it to her? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Yes... and not in a violent axe like manner. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to Jade’s Luck):<em> What the hell do you have to repent for? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> I make my mothers worry about me a lot. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (angry):<em> You’re sin SUCKS! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> Well I haven’t been alive as long as you have to screw things up. </em> (To the kitten) <em> I haven’t been as good a daughter as I should have been. I have failed to save numerous mortals from bad things... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> A-Dom. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> ...that happened to them. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten: </strong><em> Make everyone on the island muffins. </em> (This is an edit from how it was originally phased: Make everyone muffins. As while the group assumed that meant everyone in the room, the way it was phrased would mean everyone in all of creation, which would be a little bit too hard.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> What about me? </em></p><p></p><p>The Kitten wanders over to his book. Looked something up. Made a kind of Umph noise.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten: </strong><em> Yea your next. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> I’m sure you have something to repent for. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger</strong> (to A-Dom):<em> I don’t kill orphans! Other people, yea, sure... I suppose, I’ve killed a few people, who were mostly kind of bad people... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Do I get some kind of bonus for honesty? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Tiger I think you’re head is about to get eaten. It’s licking it’s lips. I don’t want any blood on my floor. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> That’s cold. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> But Honest. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Blasphemed by god a little bit. I guess I’ve stolen some things... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> The suns going to be going down soon Tiger... </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> I think I’ve covered it. Killing people, stealing things... </em> (Tiger figures something out) <em> ...oh, I maybe have lied... To a few people. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty</strong> (to Tiger):<em> You must tell the absolute Truth for one week. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Oh that will be the death of him. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> Does he actually have to answer questions people ask of him? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten: </strong><em> He must say the truth if he wishes to speak. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> He’s going to be mute for a week. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> No, but we are going to hear him say things like “The sky is blue” a lot. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten</strong> (to Tiger):<em> And you have to populate two islands, and make everyone here cookies. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gareth: </strong><em> Make sure you specify that they can’t be poisoned. </em> (Everybody but Tiger nods)</p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten: </strong><em> Ok, they must be good and honest cookies and tasty cookies that will not cause sickness, death or other bad effects. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> Can I get help? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten: </strong><em> Of course, I don’t expect you to populate two entire islands all by yourself. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jade’s Luck: </strong><em> He means with the cookies. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitten</strong> (sighing):<em> Yes, you can have someone help you bake them, or pay someone to bake them. We wouldn’t want you to force people to eat bad cookies. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Can Tiger’s island be the same as A-Dom’s islands? </em></p><p></p><p>The kitten then tries to explain that repentance is all about the intent and making an effort. Most of the group ignored him and talked about other things.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan: </strong><em> I really am the evil party member. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Alex: </strong><em> But you’re the loveable evil party member. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Need to make some amendments to my confession: </em> (talking really fast) <em> Taking my gods name in vain, cruelty, lying, asking to go back in time... that really upset him. Speaking about the destruction of creation... </em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Horse thief! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Hey, I got punished for that! </em></p><p></p><p>The kitty cat walked over to it’s book, flipped a couple of pages.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty</strong> (looking kind of disturbed):<em> Yes, you were punished quite enough for that. No need to repent there. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom</strong> (to Jahar): <em>Thanks for bringing that one up. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> You have to help him (Gareth) build churches. You should pray once a month, minium. You need to be Helpful and Cheery to your circle for a whole week. </em></p><p></p><p>The entire group starts laughing at the last line.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ryan: </strong><em> I want to keep my head. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Dan: </strong><em> You’re head will be the first part to go, but it won’t be the last part. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> ok I agree. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> I’m just going to ask this once more: Who is getting this manse? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I am! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Just wanted to make sure you’re not giving it to him</em> (pointing at A-Dom).</p><p></p><p><strong>Tiger: </strong><em> You sure you want it? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> YES! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>A-Dom: </strong><em> Do we have to go through this part every time we change who owns the island? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Kitty: </strong><em> Oh yes! We can’t have sinners take control of the island unrepentant. </em></p><p></p><p>A-Dom and Jade’s Luck start talking about how to talk the Hoen-ba to spread out to more islands.</p><p></p><p>Jahar is pointed towards a door that only he can see, and told to go alone. He goes off alone. Leaving the rest of the party in a room with no visible exits. Jahar finds a glowing arrow of light that leads him through the Manse: Jahar goes along a hallway, up a set of stairs, along another hallway, down another set of staires. He eventually reaches a big shinny room that is all white except for the large multi color crystals. Jahar walks into the room, and the doorway closes behind him.</p><p></p><p>A ghostly image of a little woman, dressed as a priestess, with a Zenith caste mark. He kneeled down before her.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ghostly image: </strong><em> You failed to confess one of your sins. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Dan: </strong><em> I didn’t! Cause I cheated! </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Liz: </strong><em> Rambling is a sin? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ghostly Image: </strong><em> You are arrogant. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar</strong> (kind of surprised): <em> Oh, yea, I guess you’re right. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ghostly Image: </strong><em> How do YOU choose to repent? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> Well the opposite of arrogant is humble. So I will be humble for a month. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Ghostly Image: </strong><em> Do you think this is enough? </em></p><p></p><p><strong>Jahar: </strong><em> I believe it would be if I took on strict vows of aetheticsism and remove myself from my worldly possessions. </em></p><p></p><p>A kitten appears and “sanctifies” the repentance with Jahar.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck and Gareth dig out some string and start playing with the kitten (who at no point disappeared).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 3140621, member: 9758"] [I]Synopsis of 10/16/06[/I] [size=6][b]Moral of the story: Adultery is not a sin.[/b][/size] By AlwaysToast The group sails to the Pirate Island several days away. On the way the group starts discussing how best to scout the island. Jahar promotes the idea of sending his Shadow instead of letting A-Dom and Tiger sneak onto the island. Somehow this conversation happened: [b]A-Dom:[/b][I] I don’t want you killing all my drinking buddies![/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] But then you can raise them and they can drink with you forever![/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] But then you get booze all over the floor.[/I] The group then discussed ways to build various devices inside of zombies so as to not waste beer that the zombies would be drinking. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] What am I going to do with 4 exalted skeletons anyway?[/I] *****Once the group got back on track.**** [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I’ve been there before... but again with the drinking. I don’t remember much.[/I] Jade’s Luck then explained to the crew (the “ex-pirates”) that there may be pirates at the next island, and this may cause some uncomfortableness and head explosions, and asked them what they wanted to do. The crew decided that they wanted to stay on the ship. As they really didn’t like the idea of getting left on the island with barbarians. [b]A-Dom[/b] (to the crew):[I] And WHAT is wrong with barbarians?!? [/I] [b]Fatty: [/b][I] Umm... we can’t speak to them. None of use speak their language. Plus when we try the whole “sign language” thing, we tend to be miss understood, as people have some bad misconceptions about pirates. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Oh, yea, I can see that. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Translational errors go bad? [/I] [b]Fatty: [/b][I] Yea, I ask for a scrub brush, and the next thing you know they think I’m asking to rape there women or something. Never goes well. I end up married and being burned at the stake. We don’t want that. [/I] Before the group left, they found out that Ceri had taken the “slaves” that the group had traded for monkeys, and took them back to Spider Island on a small boat at some point. So the ship sails over to the “Pirate island.” It was a 3 day trip total. When they were still 50 miles away from it, at night, they could see a light on the top of the island that was shining out to sea. The beam of light went around in a circular motion, but it also searched the sea at different distances away from the island in a seemingly random pattern. At it’s furthest it was shining up to 50 miles away from the island. [b]Dan: [/b][I] Does it look like an Anima Banner? [/I] [b]GM: [/b][I] No. [/I] [b]Gabe:[/b][I] That would be an impressive way to power a light house. [/I] [b]Ryan: [/b][I] Yea, my job is to sit on top of a tower and glow all night. My god’s really pissed at me. [/I] The group then became all paranoid about the light “spotting them.” So they had Gareth sail the ship so they would avoid ever entering into the beam of light. They managed to do it, but they had a number of close calls. As they got closer to the island, and as dawn began to break, the light disappeared. They could see a major port town, and further along the beach a small fishing village. [b]Alex: [/b][I] I don’t really have a plan other then “Argh! Pirates! Kill!” [/I] So Gareth was sailing the ship towards the docks of the major town, with a homicidal gleam in his eye and a smile on his lips. The rest of the group slowly realized that Gareth might not be his calm and rational self today. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] You didn’t see this coming? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] No. [/I](Pause)[I] Noooo. No. Not at all. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] The last time we mentioned Pirates Gareth went all Rawh [/I]*A-Dom makes a whole bunch of angry sounds*[I] and foamed at the mouth. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Ok, but I thought he would do it intelligently. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] I think his plan is to sail up to the dock, get off our boat and start killing people. [/I] Gareth smiles. [b]Jahar[/b] (to Gareth):[I] Maybe we should find someplace to park the ship... hidden. Then go and slaughter people. [/I] [b]Tiger[/b] (to Gareth):[I] Yea, sneak in, then lay waste. [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (to Gareth):[I] If you just walk right in, we’re going to have all kinds of problems with innocent mortals and stuff. [/I] As they get closer Gareth sees that there are two ships. One has light blue sails (the hardest to spot on the ocean), and one with black sails. Which is the classic combination for two pirate ships that work together. [b]A-Dom[/b] (walks up to Gareth):[I] Argh! [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (squinting at A-Dom):[I] You’re not going Pirate on us are you? Cause that’s something we have to nip in the bud! [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (bashful):[I] Umm... no, not at all. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] OK, I’ll try to find some kind of hiding place for us to dock the ship. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (wandering away):[I] I’d just like to point out that nothing that happens on this island is my fault. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Ok, what we do is we invade. We walk up, and we say “Are you a Pirate?” And if they say “yes” we skewer them! If they say “No”... [/I] *Gareth shrugs* [b]Jade’s Luck[/b] (to A-Dom):[I] Gareth has a masterful plan! You should come here it! [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck[/b] (to A-Dom):[I] We walk up to someone and say “Are you a Pirate?” [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (cutting in):[I] And if they say “yes” we skewer them! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] So really you’re just going to wait until you hear a Ye or Ne sound and which ever you hear first determines if they die? [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (giggling):[I] Yup. [/I] The group presses A-Dom for information. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] They had good beer. That’s what I remember. There may have been some Dragon Bloods, but I avoided them. I don’t really remember any Demons walking around. So I don’t expect there to be any. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] So... all you remember is the beer. [/I] Gareth found a cove to leave the ship at which was out of sight of the town and village. As soon as the anchor was dropped, Gareth got into his Ship into his row boat and started heading to shore. [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Maybe someone should go ahead of Gareth... [/I] (looking around) [I] is he gone already? Crap... [/I] A-Dom jumped into the water and started swimming along next to Gareth’s row boat. Jahar, Tiger, and Jade’s Luck both jumped down into Gareth’s row boat. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] So we’re just going to kill them all? [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] You got a better plan? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] So maybe we should have a talk about who we are going to kill first. Because... you know... sometimes there are problems... with you know... children and [/I] (pause) [I] puppies. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Yes, we need a system for who we want to attack. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I think he’s already come up with his “system.” [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I think we should kill the leaders of the Pirates and not worry about the populous. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Dragon Blood! [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Yup if they’re pirates. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I don’t care if they are pirates or not, if they are Dragon Bloods, they die. [/I] [b]Gabe: [/b][I] You see the problem is some of us still believe in the Dynasty, not the Dragon Bloods. [/I] [b]Alex: [/b][I]Why are you using the plural? [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] What about the ships? [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Burn them to the waterline!... wait... we could just have (pause) more ships. [/I] [b]Jahar[/b][I]: Yes we can save them, then they can be useful to us later. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] A-Dom, go break those ships. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Just break the hull not the keel! [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (still swimming along):[I] Ok! [/I] A-Dom swims off, just off the beach. A-Dom swims past a few boys swimming. A-Dom waves. [b]Kid 1: [/b][I] That shark was sure swimming fast. [/I] [b]Kid 2: [/b][I] I saw an arm. He got someone. [/I] A-Dom approched the docks... and realized that it was very familiar. He was confident he knew where two bars were. As he got closer to the ships, he saw the ship with blue sails was The Sea Diamond, and he had a vague recollection of working on that ship. So, A-Dom dove through the first one (the black ship named Hunger’s Revenge), in one side and out the other. He then swam over to The Sea Diamond, and for sentimental reasons, he punched one “small” fist sized hole in the bottom of the hull. Then he swam back to join the group. The rest of the group was in a forced march down the beach, well just off the beach in the forested area, heading towards town, following Gareth. Tiger was running ahead of the group. Tiger noticed the island was basically one big hill, and there was a large white building on the top of the hill, with very strange “arcane” architecture, with a large shinny object on top. Tiger stopped and waited for the group to show up. [b]Tiger: [/b][I] I think we should go up there! [/I] The entire group stopped, looked at it, and nodded in agreement. Walking at a 90 degree angle away from the beach. This of course made it much harder for A-Dom to find the group, who he expected to be walking right along the beach, or at least heading towards town. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] We should go there. I think I like this one. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Sure you don’t want mine? You get monkeys and elementals! [/I] [b]Ryan[/b] (speaking like Tiger):[I] I’ll trade ya! [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] He is just assuming Gareth doesn’t want it. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I am just assuming only Gareth and I want it. Plus he wants to kill everyone on this island.[/I] (To Gareth):[I] Genocide is not an acceptable reason to own an island. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] I only want to kill the pirates. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] But... they are all pirates. Clearly the leader of the Pirates is up there! [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Oh yea, I’m with you! shiny... [/I] So the group continued to head towards the Manse by walking up the hill. A-Dom realises the group must have wandered off the beach and went to find them. In the woods something poked Gareth on the shoulder. [b]Tree[/b] (accountant voice):[I] Excuse me. What are you doing? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Do they all have to be like this... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] We’re going up there[/I] (pointing up at the manse). [b]Tree: [/b][I] Why? [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Why not? [/I] [b]Tree: [/b][I] Well you see[/I] (sighs) [I] this area is off limits. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] By who’s orders. [/I] The tree pulls out a little scroll of paper. Jahar desperately tries to find a way to get a look at it, but is foiled by the tree’s lack of shoulders to read over. [b]Tree:[/b][I] By the authority of the last owner. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] When was that order given? [/I] [b]Tree: [/b][I] I don’t understand time. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] They never understand time. [/I] Jahar then proceeded to badger the tree with a number of time related questions it couldn’t possible answer. [b]Jade’s Luck[/b] (to Jahar):[I] Why do you insist on asking all the guardians of every magic building everywhere questions about time that they can’t answer. Are you trying to drive them all insane? [/I] Gareth and Tiger then quizzed it on the current owner (or lack there of) but got stonewalled with the answer “I’m not allowed to divulge that kind of information.” In spite of asking it in several different ways. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What happens if we keep going up the hill. [/I] [b]Tree: [/b][I] I can’t tell you that. But it wouldn’t be pleasant. [/I] (Pause) [I] Why don’t you just go to the mayor’s office? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What’s at the mayor’s office that will get us inside that? [/I] [b]Tree: [/b][I] The front door. [/I] Tiger bolts for town. Everyone else follows as best they can. On his way Tiger run’s past A-Dom. [b]Tiger: [/b][I] This way! We’re going to town again! [/I] A-Dom and Jahar start arguing about how things are going to go bad if they just start killing people (A-Dom is the Anti-killing side of the argument for those who are confused). [b]Ryan[/b] (while getting cake):[I] Everything is going to go wrong. Arr! Paranoia! [/I] Tiger (Looking like a pirate: Argh!), A-Dom (looking like a pirate: Argh!) and Jade’s Luck (looking like herself: Argh?) ran ahead into town ahead of Gareth (walking along the beach holding his artifact sword and smiling at it) and Jahar (with his grey skin and clearly magical red robes). The first few people they come to are gambling outside a building. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Afternoon[/I] (pause) [i] Argh! [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Arrmurghlurfal. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Sorry he just ate a parrot. [/I](Look’s at Jade’s Luck)[I] You’re not here. [/I] (Jade’s Luck looks at A-Dom funny.) [b]Local: [/b][I] Where you come from? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] We woke up in the forest. [/I] The locals look at them funny... then go back to playing dice. So Tiger, A-Dom, and Jade’s Luck keep going into town. Jade’s Luck looked around at the town, which was fairly normal, including children and puppies, and such, just with a few more “pirate-like” people then one would expect in a nice law abiding town. [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] You know, I think Gareth’s on the verge of a homicidal temper tantrum. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] OooOOOoooOOOoooo! Hide the bricks! [/I] Tiger slaps himself on the forehead. Jade’s Luck headed back to talk to Gareth. Gareth and Jahar are still walking along, having a conversation which is almost entirely centered on killing pirates. Jade’s Luck tries to convey to Gareth that not everybody in the town is a pirate and that after he kills the first few people will probably stop answering his question. [b]Gareth: [/b][I] So, they’re PIRATES. They deserve to die. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] But... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Pie - RATS! [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] Hasn’t the crew been a pretty good crew? They were pirates. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Yes, but they are “former pirates.” [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] Don’t you think you should give more pirates time to reform? [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] They’ll be reformed when they are dead. [/I] A-Dom and Tiger got to the mayors office. Two guards were sitting outside, drinking beers. [b]Guard: [/b][I] What you want? [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] To see the Mayor. [/I] [b]Guard: [/b][I] Why? [/I] A-Dom and Tiger just kind of wave their arms around. [b]Guard: [/b][I] Land Grants? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Yea! Land Grants! [/I] [b]Guard[/b] (yelling inside):[I] Mayor people to see you. Better put some pants on. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I love this town. When I have an island, I’m never wearing pants. [/I] [b]Mayor[/b] (yelling from inside):[I] Yes, yes, come in! [/I] The mayor had clearly just woken up, as his bed was also in his office. As well as the fact that it was around 8:30 am. The Mayor was a rather pudgy fellow, who was in fact wearing pants, and just pants. Gareth, Jahar, and Jade’s Luck walk past the gamblers. [b]Local[/b] (upon seeing more strangers):[I] Where the hell are you guys from? [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (jerking his thumb over his shoulder):[I] That way. [/I] They just kept walking past the gamblers. Much to everyone’s surprise, Gareth didn’t ask them if they were pirates. [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Come in boys! [/I](To A-Dom)[I] You look familiar. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] How long you been mayor? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Eight Years! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Oh... yea, I came through about 5 years ago. I got married to a princess a few islands over. [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Good for you! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] We got a few questions about the big shinny rock thing. What’s the story with that. [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Well supposedly if you go inside and defeat all the traps and puzzles and stuff, you get to control this great and powerful island. [/I] [b]A-Dom:[/b][I] The whole island? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Well, the person who owns the Fortress of Doom, puts down all these rules[/I] (the mayor pulls back a wall hanging to reveal a bookcase full of books) [I] and we have to follow them. But you know, most of them are pretty reasonable. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Why is it called the Fortress of Doom? I don’t hear anyone yelling DOOOoooooom! [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Well that’s just what we call it. [/I] (Mayor goes over an pulls back another curtain to reveal a wall full of human skulls) [i] These are the last people who tried to take it over. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] How you get the skulls? [/I] [b]Mayor[/b] (mater of fact-ly):[I] Spits ‘em out. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Cool! They all mortals... or? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Well these [/I](his hand waves at a number of skulls)[I] were all Dragon Bloods, and this guy said something about “Death was his guide” and yadda yadda, I really didn’t pay attention to him. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Did he have a title instead of the name? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Yea... something like that. Oooh, and this one (points at the very bottom one) was even an Anathema. He got killed too. Hence, we call it the “Fortress of Doom.” It probably has other names, what with the light an all. But you know, as long as we obey the laws and such, it’s a pretty nice place to live. We even get to have elections for Mayor! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] How many people actually vote? [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] How’s that work? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Oh, almost everybody. You see we have these boxes that you go in... [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] And you think about who you want to vote for. And if someone isn’t suppose to vote... or vote twice, they... [/I](kind of hand gestures disintegration)[I] don’t come out. [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b] (looking at the hand gestures)[I] yea... [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (under his breath):[I] Damn Gareth... [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] You guys know about the big rule right? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Umm... nope. [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] No violence. Ever. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] On the whole island? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Yea. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] What about in the test place[/I] (pointing at the Manse) [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Oh it’s ok in there. Just nowhere out on the island. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] What happens if there is violence? [/I] Gareth has just walked up to an obvious pirate... and is trying to pick a fight. [b]A-Dom[/b] (not waiting for the answer):[I] We’ll be right back.[/I](A-Dom walks outside. Activating his dawn caste power so his artifact will make his voice carry for miles)[I] GARETH! DON’T KILL ANYONE! THIS IS OURS! NO. NO. Nonono. No! [/I] [b]Tiger[/b] (to the Mayor):[I] Really, what happens if there is violence? [/I] Tiger, suddenly has a flash from a Past Life. [b]Ryan[/b] (Dr. Evil voice):[I] “LASER” [/I] [b]Tiger[/b] (to the Mayor who is about to explain about the death ray):[I] Hold on a second, I’ll be right back. [/I] Tiger then explains the death ray to A-Dom as they run down the street heading for Gareth. A-Dom runs past Jahar and Jade’s Luck. Gareth is toe to toe with the pirate who he is trying to pick the fight with when A-Dom runs up to him, picks him up, and starts carrying him towards the Mayors house. Jahar walks up to the Mayors office, but is stopped by the guard. [b]Guard: [/b][I] Hey! Where you think your going? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] To see the Mayor. [/I] [b]Guard: [/b][I] Why? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Same reason. [/I] [b]Guard[/b] (Yelling inside):[I] Another one to see you Mayor. Might want to put a shirt on. [/I] A-Dom gets back to the Mayors house, carrying Gareth. [b]Gareth: [/b][I] You can put me down now. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] You not... hurt anyone. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] You can’t do violence here. [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (Gareth basically sees the same past life vision as Tiger): [I] Well that takes all the fun out of it. (To Jade’s Luck) This is your fault! [/I] Jahar walks into the mayor’s office. He looks at the wall of skulls which is still exposed. He then has a vision from a past life. Jahar botched his past life roll. [b]Gareth: [/b][I] How am I suppose to kill pirates if we can’t have any violence? Hmm... maybe if I go off the island, and taunt them. They’ll come off the island so I can kill them... [/I] People on the street near the Mayor’s house start looking at Gareth like he’s a crazy man. [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Just sneak onto their ship and hide. Then when they go out to sea, kill them. [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (thinking):[I] That could work too. [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (Trying to talk to the Mayor who can clearly hear Gareth outside):[I] So... how many of the ships that dock here are Pirate Ships? [/I] [b]Mayor[/b] (looking down the street towards the docks):[I] Less and less today. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (to Mayor):[I] So are there any rules for invading the building or just... Woo-HA! [/I] The mayor pulls out the last book of the Books of Law. [b]Mayor: [/b][I] Lets see... You have to go in during daylight. You have to tell the duly elected Mayor, that’s me, that you are going in, and leave any burial, last of kin notification, etc information with me. As well as pay the tax. [/I] Gabe starts thinking about what kind of note Jahar will leave for his wife. [b]Ryan: [/b][I] Leave her your penis. [/I] [b]Gabe: [/b][I] I did not hear you say that. [/I] [b]Alex: [/b][I] With a nice little inscription: :):):):) you! [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What was your name mayor? [/I] [b]Mayor: [/b][I] I am officially the Mayor of Crull-Tay, Quogo-Nazo[/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Again, how many pirates are around? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Well yesterday, I would have said two ships worth. But looks like one really full ship now. Wait.. Maybe less then that. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Why less and less? [/I] The group realized the Mayor is looking down the street at the docks where the pirate ship with black sails is clearly sinking. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] How many supernaturals captain a ship? Dragon Bloods and such. [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Well my brother Captains a ship. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] He was chosen by the Dragons? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo[/b] (who’s Water Aspect mark turns on):[I] Yes. As well some say that Admiral Bloodsky is a Dragon Blood. I don’t have any official records of anyone else. [/I] Jahar noted Quogo’s lousy breeding. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Seems odd that you have official records of pirate ships. [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] We have records of ships that make port. [/I] (Looks at the group)[I] You wouldn’t be trying to avoid our taxes on incoming ships would ya? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Not from what I’ve been told. [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] How did you get to our island? [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] We woke up in the forest. [/I] [b]Ryan[/b] (laughing hysterically):[I] You know... I play hard and fast with explanations. But that’s just not a good “mayor explanation.” That’s what you tell to drunks on the beach. [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] No really, where did you come from? [/I] [b]Gareth[/b] (interrupting):[I] What’s there fun to do on this island? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Well our major activities are: Drinking, whoring, gambling. Some people like gardening. We have some nice gardens. We have a very popular game with a ball. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What’s it called? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] “Hurt the guy with the ball.” You have to play it just off shore. Ankle deep water is best. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Do you have a barge set up to play on? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo[/b] (kind of surprised):[I] No... Good idea. [/I] (Mayor starts to write down Barge, then crosses it out and puts “anchored raft for playing violent sports on.”) [b] A-Dom: [/b][I] What do you get when you defeat the fortress of doom? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] I don’t know. Nobody’s done it in my lifetime. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What do we have to do to let you let us into the Fortress of Doom? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I]Well you have to pay the “Fortress of Doom Tax” which is 5 jade apiece. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (to Jahar):[I] Pay the man! [/I] Jahar pulls out 5 jade to pay the Mayor. [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] That’s 5 jade, apiece. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I know, that’s for me. [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Ok, you can come with me. [/I] (He puts the money into a drawer) A-Dom pulls out 10 jade (from what he has looted from bodies over time) and pays for himself and Gareth. Tiger stole 5 jade from the drawer, payed the mayor, found out Jade’s Luck didn’t have 5 jade, so he waited for the mayor to put the rest of the money into the drawer, then stole another 5 jade from the drawer to pay for her too. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Ok when I die, just throw my head onto Uk Luk Muck Muck Chuck. [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] That will be a literal throwing. They don’t like us much there. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Yea, that’s fine with me. [/I] Jade’s Luck and Gareth gave instructions for their remains to be returned to their familes on Atlantis. Jahar gave strict instructions for his note (and only his note) to be delievered to Cynis Jara in exactly 19 years. The note read “I am still alive. -Sesus Weijin Jahar” [20 years after a spouse goes missing, they can be presumed dead and the remaining spouse can re-marry. So Jahar’s plan is to force his wive to stay unmarried for 39 years instead of 20, just to tick her off] There is a little more idle conversation. At some point: [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Well, only your head gets polished. The rest of your body will just be found somewhere on the island. [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (gives a little shutter):[I] I feels really unpleasant when it gets polished. [/I] The Mayor looks at Jahar funny. A-Dom looks at Jahar funny. Gareth looks at Jahar like he’s Jahar. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Good to know. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] So where do we go? [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Follow me! [/I] The Mayor pulls back yet another curtain, to reveal a white marble door, which he opens. It leads into a rather large white room with a gold line on the floor. [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Alright, everybody stand on the gold line. [/I] Everybody in the party stood on the gold line. Gareth noticed that it was real gold inlayed into the floor. The Mayor stands before them, and opens this book. [b]Mayor Quogo[/b] (in old realm, in a deadpan voice):[I] These worthy adventurers, etcetera, seek to conquer this building, etcetera, so they can become good and worthy rulers, etcetera, and they will succeed or forfeit their lives. There is only victory or death. Etcetera. [/I] Then there was a big sparkle of lights, and the wall behind the mayor faded away. The group then thanked the mayor and walked through. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Thanks Mayor! See you on the other side! [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Probably not! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Oh... we’ll you’ll see my nice shinny skull! [/I] [b]Mayor Quogo: [/b][I] Got a point there. [/I] Once inside, the see the wall is solid on this side. So the group activated charms and put on armor, and stopped looking like pirates, etc. They were standing in a long narrow hallway, with a floor that sloped upwards. The area was lite by an ambiguous light source. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] You ever been here Roedy? [/I] [b]Roedy[/b] (in text on the sleeve):[I] Yes, but never came in this way. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Well let me know if you think anything is going to crush us. [/I] So, after quite a long walk, they got to a large room, with a big white tree, with a face on it. [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Hello Mr. Tree! [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Hello! [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] What happens in here? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Paperwork & Questions! [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What’s your name? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] I am The Guardian Tree. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] What is this place actually called? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] The Fortress of Light. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I]See that makes much more sense. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] What’s with the skulls? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well you see... I like bowling. [/I] (And the Tree nods towards the long narrow corridor.) [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Do you polish the skulls? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well sometimes I do, sometimes other people do it. Mostly that’s just so they roll better. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Ok, well you’d better let us have the paperwork. [/I] Paperwork was just a simple form: Name: Occupation: God of Preference: *** Name: Gareth Occupation: Smith, Merchant God of Preference: I am contractually obligated to write down Unconquered Sun. Name: Sesus Weijin Jahar Occupation: Trader, Noble, Sorcerer God of Preference: Unconquered Sun Name: A-Dom Occupation: Guy, Prince (after someone reminded him he was a Prince) God of Preference: Unconquered Sun [b]A-Dom (to Tiger): [/b][I] Remember to write down “orphan killer!” [/I] Name: Patient Tiger Occupation: Bodyguard God of Preference: Unconquered Sun Name: Jade’s Luck Occupation: Assistant Procurer God of Preference: Unconquered Sun The Tree then collected the paperwork and looked through it. [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well... there are 5 of you, and normally there is just one. So, just in case, this manse can only be controlled by one person. So I’m going to give you some time to figure this out amongst yourselves. Feel free to murder each other, or whatever. Violence is perfectly acceptable during the trial. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Do we have to figure this out now? Rock, paper, Scissors? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Yes, you need to know now. [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (to the tree):[I] We have pointy objects, thank you very much. [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I]Well, (happy) Go at it then! I’ll just watch. [/I] Jahar then tried to ask the tree who lived inside a single room with no doors or windows, what the rest of the island was like, how it was designed, and how it was held up. The tree didn’t give him any useful information. The group then questioned A-Dom on how he dismantled the pirate ships. Because that was clearly important to the situation at hand. This also ended up with the group explaining to A-Dom what a Keel is in great detail. Tiger tried to trade his Manse to A-Dom, so he could try to get this Manse. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I don’t want a Manse with her! She smells! But I probably want to build one on my island. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I love this Manse. It seems very aspected towards... my way of thought. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck[/b] (surprised):[I] You have a way of thought? [/I] The Tree kind of looks at Jahar funny. [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Well this place is kind of long and twisty, and it takes a long time to get anywhere... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] But, I could turn the Beam of DEATH on pirates! [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Well we can re-write the rules, then ether kill the pirates, or kill them if they don’t convert. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Well I’m not going to win this... so it’s between you two. [/I] (To Tiger) [I] It’s called picking your battles. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Why? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Well really I’m just getting Jahar to leave my island alone. [/I] Gareth and Jahar agreeded that “Jahar can have the island if he will at least turn the Death Ray on “some” of the Pirates.” (They did not sanctify this oath) [b]Tiger: [/b][I] I didn’t agree to that! [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] You’re not in this! [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] You can’t exclude me! [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (to Tiger):[I] Look, it’s ether we all win, or we all get our heads chopped off and shined. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] And that hurts! Trust me. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] You don’t know that. [/I] [b]Alex: [/b][I] Then we start making new characters! The funny thing is my back up character... is a Pirate! [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] We have decided Tree! [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] No we haven’t! [/I] [b]Mr. Tree[/b] (looking back and forth between Jahar and Tiger):[I] Everyone has decided? [/I] Jade’s Luck then started explaining the issues involved to the tree with way too much detail. [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] I DO NOT CARE! I just need you to pick one person. That’s it. Stop explaining. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I vote Gahar, Jahar, whatever. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I accept! [/I] [b]Alex: [/b][I] Who else is scared that we’re giving the “Beam of Death” to Jahar? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] What about you[/I] (looking at Tiger). [b]Tiger: [/b][I] I want it. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] You already have one! [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] I’m willing to trade. [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well you’re going to have to figure this out. Just start murdering each other. It will go faster. [/I] Jahar and Tiger then started arguing more. Tiger decided to argue with Jahar for two hours before he woudl give up. Jahar managed to cut the conversation time down to one hour. So Tiger decided to stand in stonefaced disagreement for an additional hour. [b]Dan:[/b][I] Well we didn’t argue endlessly for 2 hours in-character. [/I] (GM note: It still took like 20 minutes). So Jahar was in the end, the person they all agreed upon. [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] All right! First round of questions. What does the Sun, represent? Discuss among yourselves, I’m not going anywhere. [/I] The group started arguing... because they didn’t know. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] The Great God: the Unconquered Sun. [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I]Well then. What is he a God of? What is his power? [/I] The group starts giggling uncontrollably because, they aren’t sure what their God is a god of. So they start arguing. A-Dom: [/b][I] Maybe we deserve to all die here. [/I] After the group had been arguing for a while: [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Just so you know this is a timed event. If you don’t finish with all the trials by the time the sun sets, you all die. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Well good to know, nice to learn the rules in the middle... [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] You could have read them before you came in. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Light, Life, Leadership, he’s the king of the gods... [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Is that your final answer? [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (with confidence):[I] Yes! [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] I’m sorry... [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Is this a 4 out of 5 situation? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] No... more of a trial by fire. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Oh... [/I] A number of small holes opened in the walls around the room and small balls of fire started shooting out at the group. Eventually Tiger came up with breaking off branches from the tree, and giving them to the others, so they could plug the holes that the balls of fire were being shot from. Really the only thing that happened was Gareth’s head got lit on fire just a little bit. Gareth was also the fire magnet, but once he turned on his caste power, he stopped taking all damage from the fireballs. So it stopped mattering that he was constantly getting hit. Eventually the got all the holes plugged up. [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] So, what is the Unconquered Sun the god of? [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well now, that’s the question you still have to answer, now isn’t it... [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (Depressed):[I] Oh... [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well there are more physical challenges if you can’t figure it out... [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I vote for death... [/I] The group then put their heads together (and Jade’s Luck’s Lore dice pool +1 dice from everyone in the party) [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I remind you... he’s called the Unconquered Sun... [/I] (Gabe’s phone rings, and I go deaf listening to the recording.) So, the group with 6 successes to come up with (A-Dom was right): Unconquerability. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Our God sucks. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I can’t believe I helped you come up with that. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] I can. [/I](Looking to the sky)[I] Can I switch gods? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Don’t say that again! I get a twinge every time you say that. [/I] [b]Mr. Tree: [/b][I] Well you go on to the next room. [/I] The wall fades away, and the group can see the next room, with a book in it. The group (especially Jahar) runs into the next room. [b]Gareth[/b] (to the tree):[I] Maybe some day we’ll come back for bowling! [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (to the room):[I] Good Morning! [/I] The white marble book on the white marble pedistil, in the white marble room, looked at them. [b]Book: [/b][I] Well, hello there! [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Are you the book that knows everything? [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] No. He’s my third cousin. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] If you’re related to him, can you find him, if we help you? [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] I ask the questions here! [/I] The group then barrages the book with questions, most of which don’t make much sense. [b]Book: [/b][I] Which one of you, wishes to be the owner? [/I](Jahar raises his hand)[I] You see a man kicking a puppy. What do you do? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Stop him. [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] Why? [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] We like puppies! [/I] [b]Book[/b] (Looking at Tiger):[I] Shhhh! He’s answering the questions. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Because he is injuring a creature which is most likely helpless. [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] What if the puppy is demon possessed? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Then we deal with that when we find out. Please ignore my companions. [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] Ah-ha. What do you like to do in your spare time? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Read books. [/I] Things whispered quietly behind Jahar’s back by everyone else: Worship demons. Worship the Unconquored Sun. Summon Demons. Kick Puppies. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] And in the rest of my time I teach my acolytes, and worship myself. [/I] (I’m pretty sure he meant he himself takes time to worship, not that he had his own cult to himself.) [b]Book: [/b][I] Do you tolerate the company of Demons? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I do not tolerate their company. I do however force them to serve me. [/I] [b]Book[/b] (confused):[I] ooooooh-Kay. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] Is this going to be an “issue?” [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] Issue? Yes, you could call it that. Ok then, you can go onto the next room. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Wait... if we want to change owners do we have to go through the entire process again? [/I] [b]Book: [/b][I] During the process: You all have to agree in front of one of the guardians to change your mind. [/I] The group then goes onto the next room, which has a large alter to the Sun. They group walks in and all kneel. A-Dom starts praying first. Jahar starts praying. Everyone else starts praying too. [b]Dan: [/b][I] I do better not praying. [/I] Jade’s Luck gets the long answer to one of her previous prayers. Gareth got the feeling that this manse had something to do with destroying demons. Jahar gets the words “Try HARDER” in response to his prayer about how to spread the religion better. After everyone prayed, the far wall disappeared, and the group moved on. The next room was up a couple of steps. In the middle of the white marble room, was a white marble cat. The group of course charged over to pet it. [b]Kitty[/b] (waking up): [I] Hey! People. Wait a minute! [/I] The cat gets up, wanders over to a book, flips it open with his paw, reads a few pages, flips the book closed again, then wanders back to the group. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Been a long time hasn’t it kitty? What’s your name? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Kitty Cat. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Well that makes sense. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (looking at the empty room with the rather small white kitty cat in it):[I] How do people die here? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] They all died in the first room! [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] No there was one fellow who died here. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Oh... how did he die? [/I] The kitty yawned, and it’s head expanded and it’s jaw grew until it was more then large enough to bite a human being in half. Then it shrunk again when the kitty was done yawning. [b]Ryan: [/b][I] Oh so like a normal cat. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Was that one of us? [/I] [b]Kitty[/b] (looking at Jahar):[I] Hey! You look familiar! [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] That hurt! [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Well I had to clean all the flesh off. [/I] (The cat licked it’s marble fur with it’s marble cat tongue). [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] So do you ask us questions? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] No. I make Moral Judgements. [/I] [b]Ryan[/b] (panicking):[I] Are there doors in this room? [/I] [b]GM: [/b][I] No, no there are not. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Could we repent now? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Well I suppose so. What do you want to repent for? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Oh... I want to repent. I killed a baby with a brick, a puppy... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] This is going to take a long time. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] ...some folks, some innocents... [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Ok we can say we’ve covered: Killed Innocents. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Do we need to consider stuff from before we were chosen? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] I’m not going to answer that question. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] ...oh god... I was weak, cowardly, craven, greedy, I slept with a lot of women, not my wife... [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Oh that’s fine. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] The women part? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Yea, I don’t care about that. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] ... I lied, [/I](long pause while A-Dom thought about it)[I] a lot, piracy[/I] (Gareth starts giving A-Dom the evil eye, everyone else kind of nods)[I], theft, I ate human flesh... [/I] [b]Tiger[/b] (shocked):[I] Wait... WHAT? [/I] [b]Gareth:[/b] [I]Nothing wrong with cannibals.[/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] ...yea, I think that covers it. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] What about raising the dead? [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (confused):[I] Is that really a sin? Raising the dead. Necromancy? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] No, not the last time I checked. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (Happy):[I] Well then, there you go. But maybe I should repent for that too. Oh wait, I assisted in summoning a demon. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Ok killing innocent mortals: You must bring life and civilization to five islands that don’t have it. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Wait... so I plant women there then screw them? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Yea whatever, it’s a repentance. You’re suppose to try to the best of your ability. I don’t really care if they are “civilized” or barbarians. I really don’t care what kind of civilization as long as they have a civilization. You’re going to have to impregnate at least 10 more women... [/I] A-Dom starts laughing. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Well at least he won’t have a problem with that one. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Can he impregnate them with other mens’s seed? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] I guess so. I don’t really know how you would do that. Really, just you need to get 10 babies born. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Can I impregnate one women ten times? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] I suppose. But you need to let women finish with getting one out before you start trying to impregnate them again. Can’t do them all at once. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] No sex with undead. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] They have to be living women. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Yea, with this group you have to clarify that kind of thing. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Ok, I didn’t know I had to clarify that: you must have 10 babies with living human women. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Yea, he just had a child with another man. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] That’s just weird... [/I] A-Dom then explained how Zokaz made a baby out of human and dinosaur flesh, which really just confused the kitten. [b]Tiger[/b] (to A-Dom):[I] Hey did you repent for that? [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (to Tiger):[I] SHUT UP! [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] You must return 5 stolen things to their rightful owner. [/I] [b]Tiger[/b] (all happy):[I] Well I can help ya with that! [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] They can not be stolen just so he can return them. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Ok... I suppose we do that with things that have already been stolen. [/I] [b]Kitten: [/b][I] Eating human flesh: You need to fast for a week. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] So how many times you do the eating human flesh thing? [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Well you lose track after the first time... you know you hang out with some cannibals and you know “everyone’s doing it” and it would be rude to refuse... [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] You have to save one maiden. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Does it have to be a “real” maiden? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Can’t be a guy in a dress if that’s what you mean. [/I] There was a brief discussion about how A-dom would have to do a thorough inspection of each woman he would have to save. Comments were made about her not remaining a maiden in order to fulfill one of his other repentance. Then the kitty “sanctified” A-Dom’s repentance. [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Anyone else want to repent? [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] I’ve taken my god’s name in vain[/I] (pause) [I] a lot. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Anything else? [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Nope. [/I] [b]Kitty[/b] (to Gareth):[I] Build five churches. [/I] (Then he sanctified it.) [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I will repent for... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Summoning demons. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] ...being full of anger and hatred towards my wife. Believing in a treasonous blasphemy that is a perversion of the natural order. And for summoning a demon. [/I] [b]Gabe: [/b][I] I’m pretty sure I’ve never killed a single mortal. [/I] [b]GM: [/b][I] You know... you’ve caste Death of Obsidian Butterflies at a ship full of Pirates. [/I] [b]Gabe: [/b][I] Oh, yea. Well at least I’ve never killed an innocent mortal. [/I] [b]Kitty[/b] (to Jahar):[I] You have to go to a good and proper church every week for a month. [/I] Jade’s Luck points out that Jahar’s wife... isn’t the best wife. [b]Jahar: [/b][I] She is a blasphemer who tries to kill me. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] That’s no reason to be rude to her. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I suppose. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] You will bring your wife a present that she will really like. Like an Artifact. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Do I actually have to give it to her? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Yes... and not in a violent axe like manner. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (to Jade’s Luck):[I] What the hell do you have to repent for? [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] I make my mothers worry about me a lot. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (angry):[I] You’re sin SUCKS! [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] Well I haven’t been alive as long as you have to screw things up. [/I] (To the kitten) [I] I haven’t been as good a daughter as I should have been. I have failed to save numerous mortals from bad things... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] A-Dom. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] ...that happened to them. [/I] [b]Kitten: [/b][I] Make everyone on the island muffins. [/I] (This is an edit from how it was originally phased: Make everyone muffins. As while the group assumed that meant everyone in the room, the way it was phrased would mean everyone in all of creation, which would be a little bit too hard.) [b]Tiger: [/b][I] What about me? [/I] The Kitten wanders over to his book. Looked something up. Made a kind of Umph noise. [b]Kitten: [/b][I] Yea your next. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] I’m sure you have something to repent for. [/I] [b]Tiger[/b] (to A-Dom):[I] I don’t kill orphans! Other people, yea, sure... I suppose, I’ve killed a few people, who were mostly kind of bad people... [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Do I get some kind of bonus for honesty? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Tiger I think you’re head is about to get eaten. It’s licking it’s lips. I don’t want any blood on my floor. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] That’s cold. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] But Honest. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Blasphemed by god a little bit. I guess I’ve stolen some things... [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] The suns going to be going down soon Tiger... [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] I think I’ve covered it. Killing people, stealing things... [/I] (Tiger figures something out) [I] ...oh, I maybe have lied... To a few people. [/I] [b]Kitty[/b] (to Tiger):[I] You must tell the absolute Truth for one week. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Oh that will be the death of him. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] Does he actually have to answer questions people ask of him? [/I] [b]Kitten: [/b][I] He must say the truth if he wishes to speak. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] He’s going to be mute for a week. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] No, but we are going to hear him say things like “The sky is blue” a lot. [/I] [b]Kitten[/b] (to Tiger):[I] And you have to populate two islands, and make everyone here cookies. [/I] [b]Gareth: [/b][I] Make sure you specify that they can’t be poisoned. [/I] (Everybody but Tiger nods) [b]Kitten: [/b][I] Ok, they must be good and honest cookies and tasty cookies that will not cause sickness, death or other bad effects. [/I] [b]Tiger: [/b][I] Can I get help? [/I] [b]Kitten: [/b][I] Of course, I don’t expect you to populate two entire islands all by yourself. [/I] [b]Jade’s Luck: [/b][I] He means with the cookies. [/I] [b]Kitten[/b] (sighing):[I] Yes, you can have someone help you bake them, or pay someone to bake them. We wouldn’t want you to force people to eat bad cookies. [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Can Tiger’s island be the same as A-Dom’s islands? [/I] The kitten then tries to explain that repentance is all about the intent and making an effort. Most of the group ignored him and talked about other things. [b]Ryan: [/b][I] I really am the evil party member. [/I] [b]Alex: [/b][I] But you’re the loveable evil party member. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Need to make some amendments to my confession: [/I] (talking really fast) [I] Taking my gods name in vain, cruelty, lying, asking to go back in time... that really upset him. Speaking about the destruction of creation... [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Horse thief! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Hey, I got punished for that! [/I] The kitty cat walked over to it’s book, flipped a couple of pages. [b]Kitty[/b] (looking kind of disturbed):[I] Yes, you were punished quite enough for that. No need to repent there. [/I] [b]A-Dom[/b] (to Jahar): [I]Thanks for bringing that one up. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] You have to help him (Gareth) build churches. You should pray once a month, minium. You need to be Helpful and Cheery to your circle for a whole week. [/I] The entire group starts laughing at the last line. [b]Ryan: [/b][I] I want to keep my head. [/I] [b]Dan: [/b][I] You’re head will be the first part to go, but it won’t be the last part. [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] ok I agree. [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] I’m just going to ask this once more: Who is getting this manse? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I am! [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Just wanted to make sure you’re not giving it to him[/I] (pointing at A-Dom). [b]Tiger: [/b][I] You sure you want it? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] YES! [/I] [b]A-Dom: [/b][I] Do we have to go through this part every time we change who owns the island? [/I] [b]Kitty: [/b][I] Oh yes! We can’t have sinners take control of the island unrepentant. [/I] A-Dom and Jade’s Luck start talking about how to talk the Hoen-ba to spread out to more islands. Jahar is pointed towards a door that only he can see, and told to go alone. He goes off alone. Leaving the rest of the party in a room with no visible exits. Jahar finds a glowing arrow of light that leads him through the Manse: Jahar goes along a hallway, up a set of stairs, along another hallway, down another set of staires. He eventually reaches a big shinny room that is all white except for the large multi color crystals. Jahar walks into the room, and the doorway closes behind him. A ghostly image of a little woman, dressed as a priestess, with a Zenith caste mark. He kneeled down before her. [b]Ghostly image: [/b][I] You failed to confess one of your sins. [/I] [b]Dan: [/b][I] I didn’t! Cause I cheated! [/I] [b]Liz: [/b][I] Rambling is a sin? [/I] [b]Ghostly Image: [/b][I] You are arrogant. [/I] [b]Jahar[/b] (kind of surprised): [I] Oh, yea, I guess you’re right. [/I] [b]Ghostly Image: [/b][I] How do YOU choose to repent? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] Well the opposite of arrogant is humble. So I will be humble for a month. [/I] [b]Ghostly Image: [/b][I] Do you think this is enough? [/I] [b]Jahar: [/b][I] I believe it would be if I took on strict vows of aetheticsism and remove myself from my worldly possessions. [/I] A kitten appears and “sanctifies” the repentance with Jahar. Jade’s Luck and Gareth dig out some string and start playing with the kitten (who at no point disappeared). [/QUOTE]
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