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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 3390334" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><em>Synopsis of 01/08/07</em></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">My name is Byonca, you killed my cows. Prepare to die.</span></strong></p><p><strong><em>By Alwaystoast</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Beyonca, a rare herder of mini-cows (3-4 foot tall cattle) on the Island of Atlantis. A good peasant, liked by the other local farmers, who attended church regularly, and is extremely skilled with a bow (to protect her herd).</p><p></p><p>She had heard rumors of livestock going missing. Someone had been sent to get a Dragonblood to investigate.</p><p></p><p>One night Beyonca was out guarding her mini-cows, when she heard a strange noise in the darkness. She began to feel that she was being watched. She decided to hide behind a mini-cow.</p><p></p><p>GM note: Low Valor.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca doesn't see anything wrong... until the mini-cows start to stampede. Beyonca manages to stay on her feet, as her herd spreads out in all directions. She notices that there is a downed mini-cow surrounded by things that kind of look like bunny rabbits. One of them starts hopping towards her... She can eventually see that it's a Shrabbit!</p><p></p><p>Beyonca pulls out her bow and shoots a Shrabbit. She wounds it, it squealed in pain, and went hopping out into the darkness. Three Shrabbits then were charging at her. She could see the shrabbit fins weaving towards her through the tall grass. Beyonca manages to dodge away from the shrabbits attacks and manages to kill the school of shrabbits by making a shrabbit-cabob.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca realizes that her entire herd has run off. She starts to cry. Then she collects the shrabbits for cooking. "A peasant's got to eat!" Then she goes off looking for her herd. She slowly rounds up her heard, collecting them one by one. She's still looking as the sun comes up. She realizes that many of her cows went towards the Wretched Swamp.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca decides to wander into the Wretched Swamp looking for her mini-cows. As she's looking around, a hand comes down on her shoulder. She jumps and screams. She turns around to see a skeleton covered in moss holding a sword.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I've lost my cows. Have you seen them?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Cows???</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: About this big. *makes hand jestures* Black and white.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Oh, yes I saw those.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Which way did they go.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Into the swamp.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca starts walking off in that direction.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton (Depressed): You're JUST going to get your cows?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Yes, I'm just going to get my cows.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: You're not going to any of the buildings?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I didn't know there were any buildings.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton (hopeful): Oh yes, there are buildings!</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I just want my cows.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton (Depressed): Oh, ok.</p><p></p><p>The skeleton sits down against a tree and stabs his sword through his own ribcage. Beyonca promptly runs off deeper into the Wretched Swamp. Beyonca starts seeing large and strange creatures. Giant mosquitos, 30ft tall chickens.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I hope I'm seeing things.</p><p></p><p>Eventually Beyonca finds two cow corpses (well really just heads), and then finds two of her cows alive a little ways off. She leashes them and starts trying to find her way out. As she is walking she sees an old man walking along through the swamp.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: Oh hello! Nice day isn't it? Walking your cows through the swamp I see.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: They ran off I had to go get them. They were being chased.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: By What?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Anathema Rabbits.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: Well you shouldn't go that way.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Why not?</p><p></p><p>Old man: Swamp Dragons.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Which way should I go?</p><p></p><p>Old man: Follow the path to the left.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: And that will take me out?</p><p></p><p>Old man (very confident): Oh yea.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Thanks, I'll go that way.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca went off on the path to the left. She came to this big square stone building, surrounded by snow. A snow covered skeleton stood up from next to a tree.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Where are you going?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I'm trying to get out of the swamp.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Are you SURE?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Yes, I'm trying to get back home to my other cows. I really want to get out.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Oh, ok.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: This is the way out, right?</p><p></p><p>The skeleton starts laughing at Beyonca.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Which way is the way out?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: You're not here to see the Wretched Tomb?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: No I want to get back home. To my other cows.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton (depressed): You don't want to see the Wretched Tomb?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: No I think I want to get out.</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Ok.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: This is the way out right?</p><p></p><p>The skeleton starts laughing at Beyonca.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Ok, which is the way out?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: You're not here to see the Wretched Tomb. I can't tell you that.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: If I see the wretched tomb will you show me the way out?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton (happy): Oh yes. If you go in and see the tomb and make it out alive, I have to escourt you out.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: But that's defiantly not the right way?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: You know, you don't ask as many dumb questions as the last people.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: So you have to show me out if I go see the tomb and come back?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Oh yea... alive. You come out looking like me, I don't have to show you anywhere.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Is there a big chance of that happening?</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: I don't know actually. You'd have to talk to somebody inside about that. I don't know the probability.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Ok, I'll go inside... the building...</p><p></p><p>Skeleton: Excelent!</p><p></p><p>The skeleton leads Beyonca to the Wretched Tomb, and opens a door (which is the stones disolved out of the way) for Beyonca to go in. Beyonca pushes her two cows ahead of her.</p><p></p><p>Harry (Confused and frightened): Moo?!?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca and the mini-cows (Petunia & Harry) head down the stairs into the wretched tomb. As they are inside the door behind them solidifies. There is a dull blue glow coming from the ceiling. They reach a large room full of glasses all over the place, on the floor, walls, etc. In the center of it is a big statue.</p><p></p><p>Statue: Fools who think they are worthy! Oh... only one of you, oh well I have a script. Any of you cowards have the guts to challenge me to single combat?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I will if I means I'll get out.</p><p></p><p>Statue: Well you can't continue onwards until someone fights me. It's ether you or the cow. I think I can take the cow.</p><p></p><p>Petunia (pathetic): Moo?!?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: ok</p><p></p><p>Beyonca pulls out her bow and shoots at the statue. The statue lunges forward as far as he can (Beyonca realises his feet are stuck to the floor) and grabs Petunia's leash.</p><p></p><p>Petunia (shocked): Mooooooooooooooo?</p><p></p><p>And then pulls himself back upright and whips Petunia at Beyonca smashing her into the stone stairs with the cow.</p><p></p><p>GM: I'm going to assume Cows are lethal damage.</p><p></p><p>Ryan (to Ariann): You're gonna die to a bag of meat. *maniacal laughter*</p><p></p><p>Beyonca is smashed into the stone with cow shattering force, breaking every bone in her body.</p><p></p><p>Ryan: And the Cow Exalts!</p><p></p><p>GM: I am not exalting the cow! You guys would give up on your god.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca hears a voice.</p><p></p><p>US: Beyonca, do you want to live?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Yes</p><p></p><p>US: Are you willing to worship the Unconquored Sun?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Umm... if I get to live, YES!</p><p></p><p>Beyonca realizes that she is alive, glowing gold, and covered in cow guts.</p><p></p><p>Statue: Oh good. Now this will be a real fight.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca starts filling the statue with arrows. The statue lunges forward again and grabs Harry's leash, and wipes him into a wall, covered in glasses. Shattering Harry in a rain of cow guts, and all the glasses. All the wounds on the statue heal up.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: My name is Beyonca, you killed my cows, prepare to die.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca keeps shooting him full of arrows. The statue eventually runs out of glasses he can reach to smash to heal himself and loses the duel to the barrage of arrows.</p><p></p><p>Alex: You need to take Familiar: Cow</p><p></p><p>Ryan: That's just wrong.</p><p></p><p>A pair of doorways open up when the stone disolves away. Beyonca goes through one of them and down a set of stairs, into a crypt type area. As she's walking around she sees what looks like part of an eyeball... but it's black and shark like. Eventually Beyonca hears a "tap, tap, tap" noise, which she recongizes as a walking stick.</p><p></p><p>The same little old man she saw walking through the swamp walks up to her.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: You said this is the way out!</p><p></p><p>Old Man: Oh?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I'm not seeing that. My cows are gone.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: You won't be needing them so much anymore.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Which way is out?</p><p></p><p>Old Man (points up): If you just climb up that shaft, you'll end up outside, and the skeletons will escort you out of the swamp. Although I will point out that people will have issues with you now that you are glowing.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Oh...kay... that's good to know.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: Have you ever considered going on a little trip?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I think this trip is enough for me.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: Are you sure?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Why do you ask?</p><p></p><p>Old Man: We'll it's not too save with you glowing and all.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: But where would I go? I have to take care of my mini-cows.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: I think you're going to have to re-prioritize what you think is important now.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: What kind of trip would I go on?</p><p></p><p>Ryan: EXCELLENT! Not asking any of the right questions! You're going to fit in SO well.</p><p></p><p>Old Man starts walking down a corridor and Beyonca follows him as they are talking. As they are walking the stone starts to become lighter and lighter, until it becomes all white. Beyonca realises she is no longer underground, and she can hear the ocean.</p><p></p><p>Old Man: Why don't you talk to this mirror for a minute and I'll be right back.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Talk to a mirror?</p><p></p><p>Mirror: Hi! How are you doing?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca (looking at her reflection): Wow I really am glowing!</p><p></p><p>Mirror: How does that make you feel?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Strange, cause I'm glowing and I wasn't twenty minutes ago...</p><p></p><p>Mirror: Does that make you feel special?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Yes, cause their aren't that many glowing people.</p><p></p><p>Mirror: Their aren't? I've seen a lot of glowing people. Today.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Oh? Really? Where were they?</p><p></p><p>Mirror: Well there is the one that goes between the library and his room and the other ones are around the island. Would you like to talk to the Master?</p><p></p><p>Liz: SAY NO!</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I just want to get out.</p><p></p><p>Mirror: Strait down this corridor, talk to the door.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca walks down the corridor (about a mile of walking) to find the fancy carved double door with a face on it.</p><p></p><p>Door: Hello there. Who are you?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I want to get out.</p><p></p><p>Door (depressed): Oh all right.</p><p></p><p>Two little spindly arms come out and slowly start clawing their way along the floor. As the door slowly opens making all kinds of creaking and growing noises. The door gets open enough for Beyonca to get out.</p><p></p><p>Door: Is that ok? Or would you like me to open all the way.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: That's fine.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca goes out and can hear the door struggling to close itself behind her. She decides to help the door (and doesn't slam him). She hears a muffled "thank you."</p><p></p><p>Beyonca realizes that she's outside on a jungle island. She starts wandering around trying to figure out where she is. Eventually she spots a town. She walks into town. She can see there is a dock with two boats at it, and a third boat anchored off shore.</p><p></p><p>************</p><p>The group, who were mostly on the ship, noticed there was an eclipse that day. Then about an hour after the eclipse, A-dom was on the deck and saw a solar anima bondfire walk out of the jungle and heading towards town, covered in cow guts.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Crap! He made another! She's covered in small cow guts.</p><p></p><p>Garth: What are you talking about?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: He made another. She's covered in little tiny cow guts. She's so gonna die. She's gonna hit somebody....</p><p></p><p>Garth: Maybe someone should go talk to her.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: I'll go get her.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: You're not going alone!</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Cause I might read a book?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: I don't want another tree hugging, people loving, skelly killing bastards!</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Jahar killed skelly.</p><p></p><p>So A-Dom and Jade's Luck monkey leap (a couple of leaps each) to the dock then to where Beyonca is standing at the edge of town.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Where you killing cows?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca (confused): No.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Are you ok?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Not really.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: I know where there is a bar. Do you want a drink?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: He talked to you... didn't he?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: The voice?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom pulls out one of the dolls he had Gareth make for him to give to children.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Show me on the doll where the Unconquered Sun touched you.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Oh before we do anything. Rule number 1 on the island, infoced by a ray of doom: No violence.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Well I only try to hurt people who attack my cows.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: I don't see any cows here, so that's good. RAY OF DOOM.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Are these cows... still in existence?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Not Harry and Petunia.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Come on, I'll get you a beer.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Am I glowing?</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Yea, we all do that on occasion.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: You got a little something on your forhead.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Cow guts?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: No... you're not going to be able to wipe that off. Marked... for life.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Which will be a lot longer now. But let me get you a beer before we get into that. Maybe two or three.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom & Jade's Luck: Or twelve.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck drags Beyonca into the bar.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Do you know what "Sins of the Father" means?</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck tries to force beers on Beyonca as fast as possible as they talk to her.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: I imagine once the stun wears off, you'll have some questions. Have another beer.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: So, how'd ya die?</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: She didn't die. She's still alive.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I tried to catch a cow.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: I think you succeeded. Was the cow coming at you at a high velocity?</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: So... little voice said: You want to live?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: What was the name he gave after that? I want to be sure.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: She's gold you idiot. Ok that voice you heard was the Unconquored Sun. He's a god, and you're now serving him. Now the good news is you're not an Anathema. But everyone will scream point and run away from you.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Well not everyone.</p><p></p><p>Bartender: We're OK with Anathema here at my bar.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Barbarians are ok, the realm not so much.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Did we get a name yet?</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck (to Beyonca): Have another beer. (To A-Dom): I don't want her to be able to remember her name right now.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom (ignoring Jade's Luck): When you came out of the womb... what did they call you? Cause it's good to know.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Beyonca.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Hi, I'm A-Dom. You... haven't heard of me, have you?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Umm.... no.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Oh good. Better that way.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Do you have any family that you need to care for?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: My cows.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Where were your cows?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Atlantis.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Hopefully your neighbors will take care of your cows, cause we are a couple of months away from Atlantis right now. You have done some traveling without knowing it.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom (talking to himself): Maybe they will go feral. *evil moo noise*</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck (to Beyonca): Have another beer.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom starts babbling about a pool of ever full wine. In his ramblings he mentions skeletons.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: More skeletons?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Oh... you like skeletons do you?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Skeletons got me into this.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Yea, that's usually how I get in trouble.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: So you were fighting for your life.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: And my cows lives.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Hey you're about as effective as we are.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck starts questioning Beyonca on how she got to this island.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: The old man said it was ok to glow.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Old man?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Was he attacking you with cows?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: No the statue was throwing cows.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Is your last name Weijin?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: No. There was a statue of a man, and glasses...</p><p></p><p>A-Dom starts drinking now.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: All I remember was I went down, and there was this eye on the floor... it was black.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom (Drops his disguise so Beyonca can see what he looks like): Like this (pointing at his eye).</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Yea!</p><p></p><p>A-Dom drinks some more.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: And this is why we don't go through the wyld unprotected.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Then I walked down this hallway and there was a mirror.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: So you found the Wretched tomb. Which is MY tomb by the way.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Now I see why it was wretched.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Easy now! You're the new one here. So... you.. Um... got past him, then you found an old man. Did the old man kill your cows?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: No the statue killed my cows.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Can you describe the old man?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: He was kind of average. A short tall man, with skinny fat features. I can't really describe him.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: <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=":)" />...</p><p></p><p>A-Dom rips the arm off the chair he's sitting at. Then throws it behind him.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Well he probably wasn't <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=":)" />ing with her too much if he brought her here.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: You didn't happen to kick him in the shins did ya?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: He seemed like a nice old man.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Yea... he would have.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Do you have any plans for your future?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: I need more beer.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: You didn't happen to be wandering around with four of your friends?</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: None of us were wandering around with four of our friends.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Ok... umm... you didn't happen to bumb into 4 other shinny people? I guess you can hang with us. We are solars too. (A-Dom winks at her.)</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Have MORE beer! You're not a pirate are you?</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: Pirates are BAD.</p><p></p><p>Half the people in the bar turn to look at them.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: No, pirates are ok, but Gareth has a thing about pirates, which is why he's not in this bar with us.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom (to the crowd): Don't worry boys! We're going to teach her right. Arr!</p><p></p><p>Crowed: Arr!</p><p></p><p>A-Dom and Jade's Luck then have a long argument about losing eyes and why you should never pick up an artifact. "I picked up an artifact, lots an eye. It happens!"</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck (once Beyonca is good and drunk): Ok we are suppose to save Creation, but he's not big on directions.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Or Time frames.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: But we figure we have at least a thousand years.</p><p></p><p>Beyonca: A thousand years?</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: You're going to be morning your cows for a while...</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: Think of the breeding program you could have in a thousand years. You could have lap cows.</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: Little tiny zombie cow army...</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: NO!</p><p></p><p>A-Dom: And they wouldn't rip a hole in creation because they are tiny...</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck: NO! NO! NO!</p><p></p><p>A-Dom (as they are leaving): Bill the owner of the island for our tab!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 3390334, member: 9758"] [i]Synopsis of 01/08/07[/i] [B][SIZE=5]My name is Byonca, you killed my cows. Prepare to die.[/SIZE][/B] [b][i]By Alwaystoast[/i][/b][i][/i] Beyonca, a rare herder of mini-cows (3-4 foot tall cattle) on the Island of Atlantis. A good peasant, liked by the other local farmers, who attended church regularly, and is extremely skilled with a bow (to protect her herd). She had heard rumors of livestock going missing. Someone had been sent to get a Dragonblood to investigate. One night Beyonca was out guarding her mini-cows, when she heard a strange noise in the darkness. She began to feel that she was being watched. She decided to hide behind a mini-cow. GM note: Low Valor. Beyonca doesn't see anything wrong... until the mini-cows start to stampede. Beyonca manages to stay on her feet, as her herd spreads out in all directions. She notices that there is a downed mini-cow surrounded by things that kind of look like bunny rabbits. One of them starts hopping towards her... She can eventually see that it's a Shrabbit! Beyonca pulls out her bow and shoots a Shrabbit. She wounds it, it squealed in pain, and went hopping out into the darkness. Three Shrabbits then were charging at her. She could see the shrabbit fins weaving towards her through the tall grass. Beyonca manages to dodge away from the shrabbits attacks and manages to kill the school of shrabbits by making a shrabbit-cabob. Beyonca realizes that her entire herd has run off. She starts to cry. Then she collects the shrabbits for cooking. "A peasant's got to eat!" Then she goes off looking for her herd. She slowly rounds up her heard, collecting them one by one. She's still looking as the sun comes up. She realizes that many of her cows went towards the Wretched Swamp. Beyonca decides to wander into the Wretched Swamp looking for her mini-cows. As she's looking around, a hand comes down on her shoulder. She jumps and screams. She turns around to see a skeleton covered in moss holding a sword. Beyonca: I've lost my cows. Have you seen them? Skeleton: Cows??? Beyonca: About this big. *makes hand jestures* Black and white. Skeleton: Oh, yes I saw those. Beyonca: Which way did they go. Skeleton: Into the swamp. Beyonca starts walking off in that direction. Skeleton (Depressed): You're JUST going to get your cows? Beyonca: Yes, I'm just going to get my cows. Skeleton: You're not going to any of the buildings? Beyonca: I didn't know there were any buildings. Skeleton (hopeful): Oh yes, there are buildings! Beyonca: I just want my cows. Skeleton (Depressed): Oh, ok. The skeleton sits down against a tree and stabs his sword through his own ribcage. Beyonca promptly runs off deeper into the Wretched Swamp. Beyonca starts seeing large and strange creatures. Giant mosquitos, 30ft tall chickens. Beyonca: I hope I'm seeing things. Eventually Beyonca finds two cow corpses (well really just heads), and then finds two of her cows alive a little ways off. She leashes them and starts trying to find her way out. As she is walking she sees an old man walking along through the swamp. Old Man: Oh hello! Nice day isn't it? Walking your cows through the swamp I see. Beyonca: They ran off I had to go get them. They were being chased. Old Man: By What? Beyonca: Anathema Rabbits. Old Man: Well you shouldn't go that way. Beyonca: Why not? Old man: Swamp Dragons. Beyonca: Which way should I go? Old man: Follow the path to the left. Beyonca: And that will take me out? Old man (very confident): Oh yea. Beyonca: Thanks, I'll go that way. Beyonca went off on the path to the left. She came to this big square stone building, surrounded by snow. A snow covered skeleton stood up from next to a tree. Skeleton: Where are you going? Beyonca: I'm trying to get out of the swamp. Skeleton: Are you SURE? Beyonca: Yes, I'm trying to get back home to my other cows. I really want to get out. Skeleton: Oh, ok. Beyonca: This is the way out, right? The skeleton starts laughing at Beyonca. Beyonca: Which way is the way out? Skeleton: You're not here to see the Wretched Tomb? Beyonca: No I want to get back home. To my other cows. Skeleton (depressed): You don't want to see the Wretched Tomb? Beyonca: No I think I want to get out. Skeleton: Ok. Beyonca: This is the way out right? The skeleton starts laughing at Beyonca. Beyonca: Ok, which is the way out? Skeleton: You're not here to see the Wretched Tomb. I can't tell you that. Beyonca: If I see the wretched tomb will you show me the way out? Skeleton (happy): Oh yes. If you go in and see the tomb and make it out alive, I have to escourt you out. Beyonca: But that's defiantly not the right way? Skeleton: You know, you don't ask as many dumb questions as the last people. Beyonca: So you have to show me out if I go see the tomb and come back? Skeleton: Oh yea... alive. You come out looking like me, I don't have to show you anywhere. Beyonca: Is there a big chance of that happening? Skeleton: I don't know actually. You'd have to talk to somebody inside about that. I don't know the probability. Beyonca: Ok, I'll go inside... the building... Skeleton: Excelent! The skeleton leads Beyonca to the Wretched Tomb, and opens a door (which is the stones disolved out of the way) for Beyonca to go in. Beyonca pushes her two cows ahead of her. Harry (Confused and frightened): Moo?!? Beyonca and the mini-cows (Petunia & Harry) head down the stairs into the wretched tomb. As they are inside the door behind them solidifies. There is a dull blue glow coming from the ceiling. They reach a large room full of glasses all over the place, on the floor, walls, etc. In the center of it is a big statue. Statue: Fools who think they are worthy! Oh... only one of you, oh well I have a script. Any of you cowards have the guts to challenge me to single combat? Beyonca: I will if I means I'll get out. Statue: Well you can't continue onwards until someone fights me. It's ether you or the cow. I think I can take the cow. Petunia (pathetic): Moo?!? Beyonca: ok Beyonca pulls out her bow and shoots at the statue. The statue lunges forward as far as he can (Beyonca realises his feet are stuck to the floor) and grabs Petunia's leash. Petunia (shocked): Mooooooooooooooo? And then pulls himself back upright and whips Petunia at Beyonca smashing her into the stone stairs with the cow. GM: I'm going to assume Cows are lethal damage. Ryan (to Ariann): You're gonna die to a bag of meat. *maniacal laughter* Beyonca is smashed into the stone with cow shattering force, breaking every bone in her body. Ryan: And the Cow Exalts! GM: I am not exalting the cow! You guys would give up on your god. Beyonca hears a voice. US: Beyonca, do you want to live? Beyonca: Yes US: Are you willing to worship the Unconquored Sun? Beyonca: Umm... if I get to live, YES! Beyonca realizes that she is alive, glowing gold, and covered in cow guts. Statue: Oh good. Now this will be a real fight. Beyonca starts filling the statue with arrows. The statue lunges forward again and grabs Harry's leash, and wipes him into a wall, covered in glasses. Shattering Harry in a rain of cow guts, and all the glasses. All the wounds on the statue heal up. Beyonca: My name is Beyonca, you killed my cows, prepare to die. Beyonca keeps shooting him full of arrows. The statue eventually runs out of glasses he can reach to smash to heal himself and loses the duel to the barrage of arrows. Alex: You need to take Familiar: Cow Ryan: That's just wrong. A pair of doorways open up when the stone disolves away. Beyonca goes through one of them and down a set of stairs, into a crypt type area. As she's walking around she sees what looks like part of an eyeball... but it's black and shark like. Eventually Beyonca hears a "tap, tap, tap" noise, which she recongizes as a walking stick. The same little old man she saw walking through the swamp walks up to her. Beyonca: You said this is the way out! Old Man: Oh? Beyonca: I'm not seeing that. My cows are gone. Old Man: You won't be needing them so much anymore. Beyonca: Which way is out? Old Man (points up): If you just climb up that shaft, you'll end up outside, and the skeletons will escort you out of the swamp. Although I will point out that people will have issues with you now that you are glowing. Beyonca: Oh...kay... that's good to know. Old Man: Have you ever considered going on a little trip? Beyonca: I think this trip is enough for me. Old Man: Are you sure? Beyonca: Why do you ask? Old Man: We'll it's not too save with you glowing and all. Beyonca: But where would I go? I have to take care of my mini-cows. Old Man: I think you're going to have to re-prioritize what you think is important now. Beyonca: What kind of trip would I go on? Ryan: EXCELLENT! Not asking any of the right questions! You're going to fit in SO well. Old Man starts walking down a corridor and Beyonca follows him as they are talking. As they are walking the stone starts to become lighter and lighter, until it becomes all white. Beyonca realises she is no longer underground, and she can hear the ocean. Old Man: Why don't you talk to this mirror for a minute and I'll be right back. Beyonca: Talk to a mirror? Mirror: Hi! How are you doing? Beyonca (looking at her reflection): Wow I really am glowing! Mirror: How does that make you feel? Beyonca: Strange, cause I'm glowing and I wasn't twenty minutes ago... Mirror: Does that make you feel special? Beyonca: Yes, cause their aren't that many glowing people. Mirror: Their aren't? I've seen a lot of glowing people. Today. Beyonca: Oh? Really? Where were they? Mirror: Well there is the one that goes between the library and his room and the other ones are around the island. Would you like to talk to the Master? Liz: SAY NO! Beyonca: I just want to get out. Mirror: Strait down this corridor, talk to the door. Beyonca walks down the corridor (about a mile of walking) to find the fancy carved double door with a face on it. Door: Hello there. Who are you? Beyonca: I want to get out. Door (depressed): Oh all right. Two little spindly arms come out and slowly start clawing their way along the floor. As the door slowly opens making all kinds of creaking and growing noises. The door gets open enough for Beyonca to get out. Door: Is that ok? Or would you like me to open all the way. Beyonca: That's fine. Beyonca goes out and can hear the door struggling to close itself behind her. She decides to help the door (and doesn't slam him). She hears a muffled "thank you." Beyonca realizes that she's outside on a jungle island. She starts wandering around trying to figure out where she is. Eventually she spots a town. She walks into town. She can see there is a dock with two boats at it, and a third boat anchored off shore. ************ The group, who were mostly on the ship, noticed there was an eclipse that day. Then about an hour after the eclipse, A-dom was on the deck and saw a solar anima bondfire walk out of the jungle and heading towards town, covered in cow guts. A-Dom: Crap! He made another! She's covered in small cow guts. Garth: What are you talking about? A-Dom: He made another. She's covered in little tiny cow guts. She's so gonna die. She's gonna hit somebody.... Garth: Maybe someone should go talk to her. Jade's Luck: I'll go get her. A-Dom: You're not going alone! Jade's Luck: Cause I might read a book? A-Dom: I don't want another tree hugging, people loving, skelly killing bastards! Gareth: Jahar killed skelly. So A-Dom and Jade's Luck monkey leap (a couple of leaps each) to the dock then to where Beyonca is standing at the edge of town. A-Dom: Where you killing cows? Beyonca (confused): No. Jade's Luck: Are you ok? Beyonca: Not really. Jade's Luck: I know where there is a bar. Do you want a drink? A-Dom: He talked to you... didn't he? Beyonca: The voice? A-Dom pulls out one of the dolls he had Gareth make for him to give to children. A-Dom: Show me on the doll where the Unconquered Sun touched you. Jade's Luck: Oh before we do anything. Rule number 1 on the island, infoced by a ray of doom: No violence. Beyonca: Well I only try to hurt people who attack my cows. Jade's Luck: I don't see any cows here, so that's good. RAY OF DOOM. A-Dom: Are these cows... still in existence? Beyonca: Not Harry and Petunia. Jade's Luck: Come on, I'll get you a beer. Beyonca: Am I glowing? Jade's Luck: Yea, we all do that on occasion. A-Dom: You got a little something on your forhead. Beyonca: Cow guts? A-Dom: No... you're not going to be able to wipe that off. Marked... for life. Jade's Luck: Which will be a lot longer now. But let me get you a beer before we get into that. Maybe two or three. A-Dom & Jade's Luck: Or twelve. Jade's Luck drags Beyonca into the bar. A-Dom: Do you know what "Sins of the Father" means? Jade's Luck tries to force beers on Beyonca as fast as possible as they talk to her. Jade's Luck: I imagine once the stun wears off, you'll have some questions. Have another beer. A-Dom: So, how'd ya die? Jade's Luck: She didn't die. She's still alive. Beyonca: I tried to catch a cow. A-Dom: I think you succeeded. Was the cow coming at you at a high velocity? Jade's Luck: So... little voice said: You want to live? A-Dom: What was the name he gave after that? I want to be sure. Jade's Luck: She's gold you idiot. Ok that voice you heard was the Unconquored Sun. He's a god, and you're now serving him. Now the good news is you're not an Anathema. But everyone will scream point and run away from you. A-Dom: Well not everyone. Bartender: We're OK with Anathema here at my bar. Jade's Luck: Barbarians are ok, the realm not so much. A-Dom: Did we get a name yet? Jade's Luck (to Beyonca): Have another beer. (To A-Dom): I don't want her to be able to remember her name right now. A-Dom (ignoring Jade's Luck): When you came out of the womb... what did they call you? Cause it's good to know. Beyonca: Beyonca. A-Dom: Hi, I'm A-Dom. You... haven't heard of me, have you? Beyonca: Umm.... no. A-Dom: Oh good. Better that way. Jade's Luck: Do you have any family that you need to care for? Beyonca: My cows. Jade's Luck: Where were your cows? Beyonca: Atlantis. Jade's Luck: Hopefully your neighbors will take care of your cows, cause we are a couple of months away from Atlantis right now. You have done some traveling without knowing it. A-Dom (talking to himself): Maybe they will go feral. *evil moo noise* Jade's Luck (to Beyonca): Have another beer. A-Dom starts babbling about a pool of ever full wine. In his ramblings he mentions skeletons. Beyonca: More skeletons? A-Dom: Oh... you like skeletons do you? Beyonca: Skeletons got me into this. A-Dom: Yea, that's usually how I get in trouble. Jade's Luck: So you were fighting for your life. Beyonca: And my cows lives. A-Dom: Hey you're about as effective as we are. Jade's Luck starts questioning Beyonca on how she got to this island. Beyonca: The old man said it was ok to glow. Jade's Luck: Old man? A-Dom: Was he attacking you with cows? Beyonca: No the statue was throwing cows. A-Dom: Is your last name Weijin? Beyonca: No. There was a statue of a man, and glasses... A-Dom starts drinking now. Beyonca: All I remember was I went down, and there was this eye on the floor... it was black. A-Dom (Drops his disguise so Beyonca can see what he looks like): Like this (pointing at his eye). Beyonca: Yea! A-Dom drinks some more. Jade's Luck: And this is why we don't go through the wyld unprotected. Beyonca: Then I walked down this hallway and there was a mirror. A-Dom: So you found the Wretched tomb. Which is MY tomb by the way. Beyonca: Now I see why it was wretched. A-Dom: Easy now! You're the new one here. So... you.. Um... got past him, then you found an old man. Did the old man kill your cows? Beyonca: No the statue killed my cows. A-Dom: Can you describe the old man? Beyonca: He was kind of average. A short tall man, with skinny fat features. I can't really describe him. Jade's Luck: :):):):)... A-Dom rips the arm off the chair he's sitting at. Then throws it behind him. Jade's Luck: Well he probably wasn't :):):):)ing with her too much if he brought her here. A-Dom: You didn't happen to kick him in the shins did ya? Beyonca: He seemed like a nice old man. A-Dom: Yea... he would have. Jade's Luck: Do you have any plans for your future? Beyonca: I need more beer. A-Dom: You didn't happen to be wandering around with four of your friends? Jade's Luck: None of us were wandering around with four of our friends. A-Dom: Ok... umm... you didn't happen to bumb into 4 other shinny people? I guess you can hang with us. We are solars too. (A-Dom winks at her.) Jade's Luck: Have MORE beer! You're not a pirate are you? Beyonca: Pirates are BAD. Half the people in the bar turn to look at them. Jade's Luck: No, pirates are ok, but Gareth has a thing about pirates, which is why he's not in this bar with us. A-Dom (to the crowd): Don't worry boys! We're going to teach her right. Arr! Crowed: Arr! A-Dom and Jade's Luck then have a long argument about losing eyes and why you should never pick up an artifact. "I picked up an artifact, lots an eye. It happens!" Jade's Luck (once Beyonca is good and drunk): Ok we are suppose to save Creation, but he's not big on directions. A-Dom: Or Time frames. Jade's Luck: But we figure we have at least a thousand years. Beyonca: A thousand years? A-Dom: You're going to be morning your cows for a while... Jade's Luck: Think of the breeding program you could have in a thousand years. You could have lap cows. A-Dom: Little tiny zombie cow army... Jade's Luck: NO! A-Dom: And they wouldn't rip a hole in creation because they are tiny... Jade's Luck: NO! NO! NO! A-Dom (as they are leaving): Bill the owner of the island for our tab! [/QUOTE]
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