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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 4700655" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Session 65 - I’m Really Just a Social Canibal</strong></p><p></p><p>Session 65</p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 02/18/08</em></p><p></p><p><strong>I’m Really Just a Social Canibal</strong></p><p><strong>Subtitle: I’m Looking For the Manse!</strong></p><p><strong>Alternate Subtitle: When In Doubt, Make It Calibration</strong></p><p><strong><em>-By Ao the Overkitty</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tomorrow was A-dom’s birthday, which meant that it was time for Calibration. While out researching, the group learned all of the rules Azure had for Calibration. Jade’s Luck was going to have the hardest time with things, since women weren’t allowed to leave their home without a male relative and she couldn’t berate men. There was a long discussion about Gareth saying he was Jade’s Luck’s adoptive uncle. He really didn’t want to set off the rule about lying to city officials and it was determined that just being his charge due to the brotherhood wasn’t enough.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Well, you know, you could always just marry Tiger. Cause, you know, marriage is specially blessed during Calibration.</p><p></p><p>Paul: Yeah, cause A-dom and Gareth are already married.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Sorry, but the winners got picked first.</p><p></p><p>In the end, Gareth took Jade’s Luck down to the closest governmental building and got his adoption of Jade’s Luck pushed through quickly. She promised to be respectful to her adoptive step-mother.</p><p></p><p>The next morning, Jade’s Luck greeted A-dom with a muffin on a plate. This was certainly a far cry from pelting him on the head with a muffin a few years ago.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Where the hell did you get a muffin here?</p><p></p><p>After he partially got over the suspicion, he thanked her and warily ate the muffin.</p><p></p><p>Gareth dressed up for the day to properly display his wealth. With his black and white armband, A-dom wandered off to go drinking at nine in the morning. The others had a leisurely breakfast in the Inn.</p><p></p><p>While sitting at the bar in the second crowded tavern of the morning, A-dom noticed a little, red-headed girl with a bandage over her eyes sitting next to him. At least knew she wasn’t Rosewind or Sunshine.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Should you be here, little girl?</p><p></p><p>She looked at him, which was kind of disturbing, since she was clearly blind.</p><p></p><p>[Insert Little Girl’s Speech] 25 minutes</p><p></p><p>A-dom apologized to the little girl for the killing and asked which one she was. The girl got up and walked towards the door, fading out. A-dom was unsure if he should change appearance and go back for more drinks, or go tell the Circle what happened. He finished off his drink and begrudgingly went back to the Inn.</p><p></p><p>Liz: Otherwise he would have to remove your other dot in Temperance.</p><p></p><p>Ryan: Shut up! Otherwise, in two sessions, it’ll happen.</p><p></p><p>A-dom relayed his meeting with the little girl. He postulated that it was one of Tiger’s previous incarnations. Jade’s Luck pointed out the girl could have been another type of Exalt.</p><p></p><p>Dan failed to dodge the made a successful past lives roll.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tiger: It wasn’t me. She was an exalt, though.</p><p></p><p>A-dom said it could have been Gareth or Ceri. It was then pointed out that Gareth was a woman that time round and Ceri was Jade’s Luck’s wife.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: Poor Ceri. No wonder she left.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: She left? I thought she just went out for milk or something.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: A couple years ago?</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Jahar will be back with those cigarettes any minute now. Well, we don’t know who she was or what, but it wasn’t an assassination. It was just a murder. *pause* So, I interrupted my drinking with this.</p><p></p><p>It was decided that now would be a bad time to go into the sewers, since the Wyld was stronger during Calibration.</p><p></p><p>They discussed semantics of the rules of Calibration and what they were going to do with their day. They openly discussed when it becomes murder and when it is a provoked killing. Two people went running from the Inn.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: You know, we can run away and the dragon-bloods can’t run towards us. We have an advantage.</p><p></p><p>They talked about how they could only retreat ten miles and what would happen if you ran out of movement in the middle of the street. Talk of using street urchins to get A-dom beer and loaning his disguise charms to others to get him beer.</p><p></p><p>Gareth noticed the unease in the Inn and ordered a round of drinks for everyone in the bar, except his table. The five people left were still inching away from their table, but were more complacent.</p><p></p><p>One of the guys at the door walked out after his drink and faded out.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Good work. You bought a ghost a drink.</p><p></p><p>Other patrons: ARRR! Ghosts!</p><p></p><p>Innkeeper: Pirate ghosts drink free.</p><p></p><p>A-dom then tried to pretend he was a ghost. It didn’t work. He rambled on for a bit more.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’m just thinking out loud. Happens all the time. Usually doesn’t last long.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: If he keeps the thoughts inside, his head might explode.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: *chuckling* Thank you, father. That explains a lot.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: But there is so much space in there!</p><p></p><p>A-dom: There isn’t.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: It’s all skull.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: That explains why nothing ever gets through.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: Thank you again, father.</p><p></p><p>A-dom tried to poke fun at Jade’s Luck and her progress with the religion of the Unconquered Sun. He failed. She mentioned that she and Gareth had been working hard on the religion.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Gareth? So, we’re going to be worshipping a big hammer soon, eh?</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck explained Gareth had been helping with the bureaucratic structure of the religion.</p><p></p><p>A-dom asked Tiger if he wanted to go drinking with him. Tiger commented that he didn’t drink.</p><p></p><p>Gareth (jokingly): Except for child’s blood.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: Not children. Babies.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: If you ferment the babies long enough, then maybe.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the patrons left the Inn. One pirate was shaking his head, looking at the group like they were a bunch of psychos.</p><p></p><p>A-dom went off to bar number three (the one that wasn’t to far away). After he had been in the bar a while, he realized there were a lot of people with sashes on, but no one had a black and white sash. A-dom paid for his drink and slowly made his way towards the door.</p><p></p><p>Gareth and Jade’s Luck decided to wander around the market area to look at the shops.</p><p></p><p>Back at the empty Inn, Tiger was sitting around doing nothing. It took him a little bit to notice a little redheaded girl sitting next to him.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: So, what’s your name?</p><p></p><p>[Insert Little Girl’s Speech] 50 minutes</p><p></p><p>Tiger: So, which one was my island?</p><p></p><p>The little girl pointed down. When Tiger looked back up, she was gone.</p><p></p><p>Alex: So, this is Tiger’s island.</p><p></p><p>Dan: Either that or my island is underneath it.</p><p></p><p>Paul: Wow. My game world is so convoluted that you guys consider that I may have parked another island on top of it to hide it.</p><p></p><p>Back in the market district, Gareth and Jade’s Luck were wandering around, looking at shops. Everyone was very festive and polite.</p><p></p><p>Seemingly out of no where, A-dom popped up.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’ve got it. What if it’s that other guy wandering around?</p><p></p><p>He got blank looks from the two of them.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: You know, the guy who is supposedly wandering around in the west? The other Solar. Remember? What if it is one of HIS reincarnations.</p><p></p><p>They really didn’t have much to add to that thought.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: So… Adventure? Excitement?</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: Actually, it has been refreshingly boring.</p><p></p><p>A-dom looked exceedingly bored. Jade’s Luck asked him why he didn’t go hang out with Tiger.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I don’t wanna hang out with Tiger. He’s no fun anymore. *pause* Actually, I don’t think he was ever any fun. Maybe I just drank too much.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: He’s only fun when you’re doing crime.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Ah yes. That’s it! Oh well… Anyway. I’m not here.</p><p></p><p>A-dom wandered back to the Inn and found Tiger.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: So Tiger!</p><p></p><p>Tiger: Really bored, are you?</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Yes, but I have an idea. Lets steal <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>Tiger: For?</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I don’t know. Adventure? Excitement? Profit? *pause* Boredom. Now, there is no obvious feathered hat here.</p><p></p><p>Tiger told A-dom that he had had a visit from the little girl and that this was his island. They thought it’d be a good idea to go looking for the Manse.</p><p></p><p>Ryan: We’re going to wake up one Creation and there is going to be a line outside our bedroom. People coming in with grievances. “I wanted to see that play and you killed me!”</p><p></p><p>Paul: Yeah. That’s something for me to do on another Calibration.</p><p></p><p>While wandering around, Jade’s Luck got the idea that those demons that were following the group around several Calibrations ago and thought to take a look. She thought she saw a demon go around the corner of a building, but it disappeared. She thought she smelt broccoli after using the charm.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Don’t seem my grandmother around here anywhere now, do you?</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: Nope.</p><p></p><p>Back on Atlantis, Gareth’s grandmother was annoying his new bride, trying to figure out what was wrong with her since she hadn’t produced an heir yet.</p><p></p><p>A-dom (to Tiger): You know what would be a really bad idea that I wanna do? Necromancy.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: And how many rules would that be breaking?</p><p></p><p>A-dom: A lot. All of the dead ones, I’m sure.</p><p></p><p>While A-dom and Tiger were sitting there talking, a dragon-blood walked in, looking city guard-ish.</p><p></p><p>City Guard: Morning gentlemen. Would you be the ones talking about slaughtering children and scaring the locals?</p><p></p><p>A-dom said they had been, but they had no intention of actually doing so. He said it was just a really bad joke. The dragon-blood asked if they were Anathema.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’m not sure how to answer that.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: I’m not Anathema.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I guess by your definition yes, by our definition no.</p><p></p><p>The guy pulled out his notepad and asked for their names. When they were asked for their names, they responded Johan and Tiger. A-dom’s stated business on the island was primarily looking for a door to Heaven. The city guard said it was unwise to use it during Calibration. </p><p></p><p>A-dom: Yeah. That’s why we’re sitting around a bar, bored. Talking bout… eating babies….*pause* We don’t have any actual plans to eat babies. I’ve never actually consumed a baby. I can’t speak for my comrade.</p><p></p><p>Tiger denied ever having eaten a baby or any other humans.</p><p></p><p>The guard looked at A-dom, looked at his arm patch, then wrote something down. He asked them if they were planning on doing any other wanton destruction. A-dom said they didn’t have any plans for wanton destruction. The guard wrote down that all wanton destruction will be spontaneous.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: We apologize for causing a scene. Sometimes we forget that we’re in public. Would you have time for us to ask you a couple of questions about the city and the island and all that?</p><p></p><p>A-dom found out that they had an accounting every year to choose their leader. They count up everyone resource gains every year. Whoever gains the most resources from off island is the new Sealord.</p><p></p><p>They found out there was a legend of a leader named Sara who was deposed. It was believed that it was because of here that the current rules were put in place. The guard didn’t pay to much attention to legends, but believed she might murder you in your sleep if you said her name too many times during Calibration.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: That makes sense.</p><p></p><p>When asked where they were from, A-dom said Abalone and Tiger said ‘Atlantis, currently.’</p><p></p><p>The guard asked about them about the political turmoil on Atlantis. A-dom said Solars were now in charge there. Tiger said Dragon-bloods were in charge. </p><p></p><p>Guard: If our political leader wanted to talk to the political leader of Atlantis…</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’d have to go find Gareth.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: He’d have a very short trip.</p><p></p><p>The guard thanked them and said they had been very helpful.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Thank you. Would you like a drink?</p><p></p><p>City Guard: No thank you. I’m on duty.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: Heh. He said doodie.</p><p></p><p>Ryan: I think that is the first joke I’ve heard Tiger make. Apparently, he likes kiddy jokes.</p><p></p><p>Tiger tailed the guard to the guard post where said guard rounded up eight other dragon-bloods. The guard told the others that the leader of Atlantis was in town and that they should round him up so that the leaders could talk to him.</p><p></p><p>Tiger headed off to find Gareth before they did to give him the heads up.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck (to Tiger): Were you being unusually informative?</p><p></p><p>Tiger: No. You know who was sitting with me.</p><p></p><p>While sitting in the Inn, A-dom realized that the rule said that you’re allowed to walk ten miles. It said nothing about jumping distances. A-dom cackled maniacally. Seeing he had the bar pretty much to himself, he decided to take advantage of the bartender not being allowed to toss him and tormented the bartender.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’m really just a social cannibal.</p><p></p><p>After explaining his views on cannibalism, he told him about their dinner with the Yozis. He succeeded in weirding the <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=":)" /> out of the bartender.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: It’s really just some wacky <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 walk into when you’re an Exalt. All of a sudden you’re contracted to have a dinner with the Yozis. My advice to you, stay in your bar. Don’t ever don anything adventurous cause then you end up eating with people who <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 have things over their face. Don’t really be awesome at anything, just be very bland. Try not to survive anything. If anything horrific happens, just die. Else you might be a Lunar or, I don’t know how you get Mother<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=":)" />ers.</p><p></p><p>The bartender started crying and excused himself to the restroom. The guy went into the restroom and closed the door. A very short while later, A-dom heard a crunch. A-dom left the bar.</p><p></p><p>Ryan: If he just offed himself in the bathroom, I’d rather not deal with it.</p><p></p><p>Alex: Or maybe the toilet ate him.</p><p></p><p>Paul (imitating Ryan/A-dom): ‘I’m looking for adventure! There’s adventure, I’m leaving!’ A-dom is screwed by his own low compassion.</p><p></p><p>Paul (to Dan): You see a group of guards moving through the marketplace. You recognize the lead guard from before.</p><p></p><p>Dan: Oh, I totally left. *pause* I’m looking for the Manse.</p><p></p><p>Paul started crying.</p><p></p><p>Alex: What do you expect from Dan? You’ve known him longer than us!</p><p></p><p>Paul: Yes, well, I gave you a long list of plot to do, you put those off. Then I give you other weird <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=":)" /> happening. Tangential plot; we’re going to go look for something we know should be there! Not that we really have a good chance of stealing it since it iw probably <strong>owned</strong> by somebody…</p><p></p><p>Liz: I’d like to point out that Alex and I are in the marketplace waiting for the plot to come get us.</p><p></p><p>Paul: Yes. One of the plots is coming for you, now.</p><p></p><p>The guard walked up to Gareth and Jade’s Luck.</p><p></p><p>Guard: Excuse me, Gareth? Are you associated with Johan the Anathema? Alias A-dom?</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Yes. What has he done now?</p><p></p><p>The guard explained that he was just terrorizing a bartender.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Oh, he’s being good.</p><p></p><p>The guard explained that, in a conversation with A-dom, they found out that Gareth was the ruler of Atlantis and they would like for him to have a meeting with the Sealord. They repeated they were only interested in the safety of the island. Jade’s Luck asked if they should make it more formal and get the rest of the Circle. Gareth said they could let the others have their own fun for a while.</p><p></p><p>Ryan: Excellent. I’ve already killed one bartender, where’s the next one?</p><p></p><p>Gareth: On second thought, lets go pick up A-dom. I got feeling of intense glee off of him.</p><p></p><p>They used the brotherhood spell to quickly track down A-dom.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I didn’t do anything!</p><p></p><p>Gareth: We’ll discuss what you didn’t do later.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I didn’t do anything. I was just out for a quick stroll.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Come on. We need to go meet with the Sealord.</p><p></p><p>A-dom finally realized that other pirates ordered an expensive drink for their first drink, since it was free. Finding out the Sealord was in a bar down the street, A-dom agreed to go along.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Excellent. I’m with ya. I had an idea too. I can drink other things besides beer.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Isn’t that against your moral code?</p><p></p><p>Guard: What is involved in your moral code?</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’m not really sure. It changes daily. It involves petting puppies and scratching kitties under the chin.</p><p></p><p>A-dom felt a burning sensation.</p><p></p><p>The group entered a much nicer bar down the street. It was around eleven in the morning now and a full party was going on. The guard walked up to the Sealord, then asked Gareth if he had a title. When Gareth said <em>Craftsman of the People</em>, the guard stopped to shake his head before introducing him. Jade’s Luck commented that she thought tyrant sounded more imposing. Gareth was told his entourage could wait downstairs while the two of them negotiated.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: But we’re a Circleocracy.</p><p></p><p>The guards took notes. A-dom argued that they should be included. When asked what a Circle was and who was involved in it, they left Tiger out of the expaination.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: I think the Necromancer Yew tried to de-choose her Circle.</p><p></p><p>The entire bar went quiet. Jade’s Luck insulted the Sealord by insinuating he would do something to Gareth off alone. Eventually they managed to argue that A-dom should be in the meeting, leaving out the women folk.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: So, is this considered my home for the duration of the meeting?</p><p></p><p>Sealord: Your father is in the building. Nobody touch her!</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck stayed down in the bar. A-dom asked her if she would be okay by herself. She responded she’d be as okay as him being by himself.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Don’t bug the bartender too much. We’ll talk later.</p><p></p><p>Up in the meeting, A-dom did most of the talking, since Gareth really wasn’t enamored with chatting with pirates. They were brought drinks and cigars. The Sealord wanted to discuss possible trade with Atlantis, since they hadn’t had any previously, due to the Realm. A-dom brought up that they weren’t a big fan of unethical piracy. After an advisor explained what ethical piracy. A-dom said that, while they weren’t going out of their way to stop said activities, they did not want to promote plundering, raping, slavery, and pillaging. The Sealord said they weren’t with the raping and slavery. They got it understood that the Circle didn’t so much care what was done to Realm ships, but would take offense at attacks on their own ships.</p><p></p><p>They started talking about the hurricane and found out the Sealord was the hermit’s cousin. The trouble between them was the Sealord married the hermit’s girlfriend. The Sealord was hoping the hermit would die of old age, since he was older. The Sealord asked if they could convince the hermit that Sealord was running a country to the south, since he was fairly gullible.</p><p></p><p>They hammered out that they could avoid pirating Atlantis ships, so long as the Realm was coming further towards them. They discussed setting up permanent trade routes.</p><p></p><p>Down in the bar, Jade’s Luck got bored. She was really tempted to get all of the drunken pirates in a little sing-song. That would have led to a lot of dead people, so she made the pirates play charades. She increased her Appearance to five for this time. She tried to charm a few pirates, but got minimum success.</p><p></p><p>The Sealord considered Admiral Bloodsky to be an annoying competitor of his. Bloodsky had been Sealord fifteen years previous and they didn’t really like each other. The Sealord didn’t have any problems with Diamondeye Torr.</p><p></p><p>The Sealord said Skullstone made them nervous and Gareth said they were neutral towards them. A-dom said they didn’t believe that Skullstone was going to come at them with a big army of undead creatures.</p><p></p><p>The Sealord asked their opinion on Mother<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=":)" />ers. The Sealord was against them and couldn’t remember the word Sidereal.</p><p></p><p>When they got out of their meeting, A-dom and Gareth noticed there were several pirates crucified to the rafters. The pirates were still alive. A-dom quickly asked the nearest city official why that was done. Apparently not one had noticed it happen. They then noticed that something was written across the pirates’ chests in Old Realm.</p><p></p><p>[Insert Little Girl’s Writing] 1h55m</p><p></p><p>A-dom noticed a vent in the roof near where the bodies were hung and he thought he saw a little girl’s foot through it. He ran outside and hopped on the roof, but didn’t see anything.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Little Mother<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=":)" />er? Anywhere? Here, little Mother<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=":)" />er!</p><p></p><p>Gareth heard A-dom, went outside and hopped onto the roof.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: I’ve got a new theory. Maybe we had a Mother<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=":)" />er, and she died.</p><p></p><p>Gareth investigated the scene. He pulled out his pipe and smoked it while he explained to A-dom. The crime was clearly committed by the ghost of an Exalt of some kind. The ghost clearly had an artifact lasso of some sort, since that is how she grappled people on the ground and yanked them to the ceiling so fast no one noticed. She wrote on their chest using her fingernail. He thought reading the writing might make you start thinking negative thoughts about Jade’s Luck, so it could involve Linguistics charms. The ghost skipped out into the daylight and became invisible, then wandered off.</p><p></p><p>Gareth went down and started healing those with the writing on them with medicine charms. A-dom activated his anima power and bracers to yell across the city to summon Tiger.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: <strong><span style="font-size: 26px">Hey Tiger! Come over to the Drunken Porpoise!</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Tiger appeared next to A-dom, having sped over.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: <strong><span style="font-size: 26px">We’ve got some neat stuff going on. Ghosts and people getting crucified. It’s awesome!</span></strong></p><p></p><p>A-dom then realized he was still shouting.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: <strong><span style="font-size: 26px">Sorry everyone.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>A-dom turned his power off and filled Tiger in on what happened and his Mother<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=":)" />er theory.</p><p></p><p>Gareth started to fill the Circle in on what he found in Hoen-Ba. Then he realized A-dom didn’t speak Hoen-Ba and switched to Old Realm. Gareth didn’t think she was a Sidereal, since she had a distinct appearance and had what looked like Solar Linguistics charms. Jade’s Luck didn’t think she was a Solar, since she would have been all glowy in her fight with Rosewind. Gareth said he didn’t think she was a Deathknight, since they showed up after the usurpation.</p><p></p><p>Ryan/A-dom proclaimed that, if there hadn’t already been an incarnation of him and Tiger who had been locked in mortal combat and he had one, he wanted to keep trying. Paul pointed out completely out of character that A-dom and Tiger had never murdered each other. Perhaps their time had come.</p><p></p><p>The Sealord was around, but wasn’t appearing to understand what they were saying or specifically paying attention to them.</p><p></p><p>They tried to figure out what to do with the ghost. A-dom offered to do Necromancy to summon her. Jade’s Luck nicely asked him not to. She didn’t think experimentation in a town full of mortals was the best way to find out if Necromancy was the same as Sorcery during Calibration.</p><p></p><p>A-dom suggested they go find an empty bar and wait for her to show up. He also commented that he knew where to find one. This led to asking about messing with the bartender. A-dom said he thought he caused the bartender to commit suicide.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Well, he seemed to be a little down after the conversation about dinner with the Yozis.</p><p></p><p>The look of anguish on Jade’s Luck’s face cannot be properly transcribed. A-dom then his conversation with the bartender, trying to explain why he said everything and slant things away from being his fault. He didn’t do a very good job of it.</p><p></p><p>The Circle headed back to the bar to investigate. The bar was actually quite crowded here, since there was an untended bar. Gareth and Tiger wandered into the bathroom to investigate. Gareth found the blood smear on the stonework just inside the toilet and quickly figured out that the toilet did, indeed, eat him.</p><p></p><p>A-dom felt better, since it wasn’t his fault. He then asked if they should claim the bar for themselves. This was shot down, as being not important at the moment.</p><p></p><p>A-dom made an out of order sign with pictograms for the bathroom door, then put something heavy in front of the door. A pirate saw them making the out of order sign and went into the ladies room. There was then a crunch.</p><p></p><p>A-dom wandered into the ladies room and saw the blood smear on the ceiling. There was blood on the stones of the toilet, which looked like teeth. It looked like the sewer walls ate the guy. A-dom went and got Gareth. Once he saw this, he immediately put up Integrity Protecting Prana.</p><p></p><p>A-dom postulated that either the entire sewer was the Wyld or just this small section right below them was. After collecting Tiger and Jade’s Luck, more Integrity Protecting Pranas were put up. Jade’s Luck saw it was a Wyld creature inside Creation and tried to knock the Wyld out of the sewers. She only managed to knock the Wyld out of ten feet of sewers.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: I don’t have enough Willpower to do this today.</p><p></p><p>Gareth went and found a city guard.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: You have a problem with your city sewer system, which we’ll be taking care of as soon as we can. Your sewer system is currently a Wyld creature.</p><p></p><p>The guard asked to be shown. Then the guard commented that it was odd and stuck his head into the toilet. The toilet clamped down and started sucking him in, like a snake swallows its prey.</p><p></p><p>Gareth told the group he was going to go inform the Sealord, since telling guards wasn’t doing anything special. The others stayed there and guarded the bathroom from patrons.</p><p></p><p>While Gareth was walking, he noticed a little redheaded girl walking next to him.</p><p></p><p>[Insert Little Girl’s Speech] 2 hours 29 minutes</p><p></p><p>The girl then faded away right next to him.</p><p></p><p>Gareth got back to the Drunken Porpoise and found the Sealord.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: You’ve got a slight problem at the moment, which concerns the safety of your island. Your sewer system is currently heavily infected with the Wyld.</p><p></p><p>Sealord: Yes, we know. Lots of Monsters.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Your sewer system currently IS a Wyld creature, at least for the rest of Calibration. We tried to knock the Wyld out of it, but it didn’t go very far. It is currently eating people who use a crapper, at least at the bar we were at. I tried to tell a guard about this, but he stuck his head in the toilet to investigate. It ate him. You might want to institute a policy of chamber pots immediately.</p><p></p><p>Sealord: Chamber pots. The potters should like that.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: We’re trying to deal with the situation, but we may not be able to until after Calibration. It depends upon how powerful it is.</p><p></p><p>Sealord: I really wish we knew where it came from. Just one day, Wyld.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Well, it’s the Wyld. Can you really predict it?</p><p></p><p>Sealord: Some people can. I think they’re crazy.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: I’m going back there now. I figured you should be told so that you can effectively deal with keeping people calm. The last thing we need is to start a panic over this.</p><p></p><p>Back at the Inn, Jade’s Luck was trying to get A-dom’s attention.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Hey? What? I wasn’t stealing.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck explained that obviously this was a wake and they needed to honor the two dead people. She asked if he could make an announcement so they could honor the ghosts. She suggested Gareth help with the wording of the announcement.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Nah, I got it. I got it.</p><p></p><p>A-dom stood up on a chair.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Can I have everyone’s attention? Everyone?</p><p></p><p>No one paid attention to him.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: The Necromancer Yew!</p><p></p><p>The Inn went quiet and everyone looked at him.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Good. Now that I have your attention, I have a very important announcement. I want everyone to know, Do NOT use the crapper! You WILL be eaten! Three people have died already.</p><p></p><p>Crowd: The Necromancer Yew caused this! We’re All Going to Die! AHHHH!!!!</p><p></p><p>Panic ensued as people started running out of the building.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Fine, we’ll go with that. As of right now, this party is officially a wake. We are honoring those three dead people. If anyone knows their names? One of them was the bartender, hopefully someone knows him.</p><p></p><p>A-dom then realized he was talking to an empty room, save Tiger and Jade’s Luck.</p><p></p><p>Jade’s Luck: Maybe you could not bring my past incarnation into this, as people seem to be really quick to blame her for everything and I’m getting really tired of that.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Okay, revision number two.</p><p></p><p>Tiger: But you/Yew had it coming.</p><p></p><p>A-dom jumped outside and onto the roof, turning on his power.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: <strong><span style="font-size: 26px">Attention Everyone! There seems to be some problems with the sewers. They’re full of Wyld. Do not, I repeat, Do NOT go anywhere near an opening into the sewers, including your bathrooms. Please use alternative means, else you will be eaten and die. There will be punch and pie.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Tiger: You’re supposed to open with that.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: <strong><span style="font-size: 26px">We don’t serve punch and pie. Crap, I said that loud.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>A-dom repeated his message and then turned off his powers.</p><p></p><p>As Gareth was walking back, he heard A-dom’s message. He immediately slapped his forehead and then shook his head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 4700655, member: 9758"] [b]Session 65 - I’m Really Just a Social Canibal[/b] Session 65 [i]Synopsis of 02/18/08[/i] [b]I’m Really Just a Social Canibal Subtitle: I’m Looking For the Manse! Alternate Subtitle: When In Doubt, Make It Calibration [i]-By Ao the Overkitty[/i][/b] Tomorrow was A-dom’s birthday, which meant that it was time for Calibration. While out researching, the group learned all of the rules Azure had for Calibration. Jade’s Luck was going to have the hardest time with things, since women weren’t allowed to leave their home without a male relative and she couldn’t berate men. There was a long discussion about Gareth saying he was Jade’s Luck’s adoptive uncle. He really didn’t want to set off the rule about lying to city officials and it was determined that just being his charge due to the brotherhood wasn’t enough. A-dom: Well, you know, you could always just marry Tiger. Cause, you know, marriage is specially blessed during Calibration. Paul: Yeah, cause A-dom and Gareth are already married. Gareth: Sorry, but the winners got picked first. In the end, Gareth took Jade’s Luck down to the closest governmental building and got his adoption of Jade’s Luck pushed through quickly. She promised to be respectful to her adoptive step-mother. The next morning, Jade’s Luck greeted A-dom with a muffin on a plate. This was certainly a far cry from pelting him on the head with a muffin a few years ago. A-dom: Where the hell did you get a muffin here? After he partially got over the suspicion, he thanked her and warily ate the muffin. Gareth dressed up for the day to properly display his wealth. With his black and white armband, A-dom wandered off to go drinking at nine in the morning. The others had a leisurely breakfast in the Inn. While sitting at the bar in the second crowded tavern of the morning, A-dom noticed a little, red-headed girl with a bandage over her eyes sitting next to him. At least knew she wasn’t Rosewind or Sunshine. A-dom: Should you be here, little girl? She looked at him, which was kind of disturbing, since she was clearly blind. [Insert Little Girl’s Speech] 25 minutes A-dom apologized to the little girl for the killing and asked which one she was. The girl got up and walked towards the door, fading out. A-dom was unsure if he should change appearance and go back for more drinks, or go tell the Circle what happened. He finished off his drink and begrudgingly went back to the Inn. Liz: Otherwise he would have to remove your other dot in Temperance. Ryan: Shut up! Otherwise, in two sessions, it’ll happen. A-dom relayed his meeting with the little girl. He postulated that it was one of Tiger’s previous incarnations. Jade’s Luck pointed out the girl could have been another type of Exalt. Dan failed to dodge the made a successful past lives roll. Tiger: It wasn’t me. She was an exalt, though. A-dom said it could have been Gareth or Ceri. It was then pointed out that Gareth was a woman that time round and Ceri was Jade’s Luck’s wife. Jade’s Luck: Poor Ceri. No wonder she left. A-dom: She left? I thought she just went out for milk or something. Gareth: A couple years ago? A-dom: Jahar will be back with those cigarettes any minute now. Well, we don’t know who she was or what, but it wasn’t an assassination. It was just a murder. *pause* So, I interrupted my drinking with this. It was decided that now would be a bad time to go into the sewers, since the Wyld was stronger during Calibration. They discussed semantics of the rules of Calibration and what they were going to do with their day. They openly discussed when it becomes murder and when it is a provoked killing. Two people went running from the Inn. A-dom: You know, we can run away and the dragon-bloods can’t run towards us. We have an advantage. They talked about how they could only retreat ten miles and what would happen if you ran out of movement in the middle of the street. Talk of using street urchins to get A-dom beer and loaning his disguise charms to others to get him beer. Gareth noticed the unease in the Inn and ordered a round of drinks for everyone in the bar, except his table. The five people left were still inching away from their table, but were more complacent. One of the guys at the door walked out after his drink and faded out. A-dom: Good work. You bought a ghost a drink. Other patrons: ARRR! Ghosts! Innkeeper: Pirate ghosts drink free. A-dom then tried to pretend he was a ghost. It didn’t work. He rambled on for a bit more. A-dom: I’m just thinking out loud. Happens all the time. Usually doesn’t last long. Gareth: If he keeps the thoughts inside, his head might explode. Jade’s Luck: *chuckling* Thank you, father. That explains a lot. Tiger: But there is so much space in there! A-dom: There isn’t. Gareth: It’s all skull. Tiger: That explains why nothing ever gets through. Jade’s Luck: Thank you again, father. A-dom tried to poke fun at Jade’s Luck and her progress with the religion of the Unconquered Sun. He failed. She mentioned that she and Gareth had been working hard on the religion. A-dom: Gareth? So, we’re going to be worshipping a big hammer soon, eh? Jade’s Luck explained Gareth had been helping with the bureaucratic structure of the religion. A-dom asked Tiger if he wanted to go drinking with him. Tiger commented that he didn’t drink. Gareth (jokingly): Except for child’s blood. Tiger: Not children. Babies. A-dom: If you ferment the babies long enough, then maybe. The rest of the patrons left the Inn. One pirate was shaking his head, looking at the group like they were a bunch of psychos. A-dom went off to bar number three (the one that wasn’t to far away). After he had been in the bar a while, he realized there were a lot of people with sashes on, but no one had a black and white sash. A-dom paid for his drink and slowly made his way towards the door. Gareth and Jade’s Luck decided to wander around the market area to look at the shops. Back at the empty Inn, Tiger was sitting around doing nothing. It took him a little bit to notice a little redheaded girl sitting next to him. Tiger: So, what’s your name? [Insert Little Girl’s Speech] 50 minutes Tiger: So, which one was my island? The little girl pointed down. When Tiger looked back up, she was gone. Alex: So, this is Tiger’s island. Dan: Either that or my island is underneath it. Paul: Wow. My game world is so convoluted that you guys consider that I may have parked another island on top of it to hide it. Back in the market district, Gareth and Jade’s Luck were wandering around, looking at shops. Everyone was very festive and polite. Seemingly out of no where, A-dom popped up. A-dom: I’ve got it. What if it’s that other guy wandering around? He got blank looks from the two of them. A-dom: You know, the guy who is supposedly wandering around in the west? The other Solar. Remember? What if it is one of HIS reincarnations. They really didn’t have much to add to that thought. A-dom: So… Adventure? Excitement? Jade’s Luck: Actually, it has been refreshingly boring. A-dom looked exceedingly bored. Jade’s Luck asked him why he didn’t go hang out with Tiger. A-dom: I don’t wanna hang out with Tiger. He’s no fun anymore. *pause* Actually, I don’t think he was ever any fun. Maybe I just drank too much. Gareth: He’s only fun when you’re doing crime. A-dom: Ah yes. That’s it! Oh well… Anyway. I’m not here. A-dom wandered back to the Inn and found Tiger. A-dom: So Tiger! Tiger: Really bored, are you? A-dom: Yes, but I have an idea. Lets steal :):):):). Tiger: For? A-dom: I don’t know. Adventure? Excitement? Profit? *pause* Boredom. Now, there is no obvious feathered hat here. Tiger told A-dom that he had had a visit from the little girl and that this was his island. They thought it’d be a good idea to go looking for the Manse. Ryan: We’re going to wake up one Creation and there is going to be a line outside our bedroom. People coming in with grievances. “I wanted to see that play and you killed me!” Paul: Yeah. That’s something for me to do on another Calibration. While wandering around, Jade’s Luck got the idea that those demons that were following the group around several Calibrations ago and thought to take a look. She thought she saw a demon go around the corner of a building, but it disappeared. She thought she smelt broccoli after using the charm. Gareth: Don’t seem my grandmother around here anywhere now, do you? Jade’s Luck: Nope. Back on Atlantis, Gareth’s grandmother was annoying his new bride, trying to figure out what was wrong with her since she hadn’t produced an heir yet. A-dom (to Tiger): You know what would be a really bad idea that I wanna do? Necromancy. Tiger: And how many rules would that be breaking? A-dom: A lot. All of the dead ones, I’m sure. While A-dom and Tiger were sitting there talking, a dragon-blood walked in, looking city guard-ish. City Guard: Morning gentlemen. Would you be the ones talking about slaughtering children and scaring the locals? A-dom said they had been, but they had no intention of actually doing so. He said it was just a really bad joke. The dragon-blood asked if they were Anathema. A-dom: I’m not sure how to answer that. Tiger: I’m not Anathema. A-dom: I guess by your definition yes, by our definition no. The guy pulled out his notepad and asked for their names. When they were asked for their names, they responded Johan and Tiger. A-dom’s stated business on the island was primarily looking for a door to Heaven. The city guard said it was unwise to use it during Calibration. A-dom: Yeah. That’s why we’re sitting around a bar, bored. Talking bout… eating babies….*pause* We don’t have any actual plans to eat babies. I’ve never actually consumed a baby. I can’t speak for my comrade. Tiger denied ever having eaten a baby or any other humans. The guard looked at A-dom, looked at his arm patch, then wrote something down. He asked them if they were planning on doing any other wanton destruction. A-dom said they didn’t have any plans for wanton destruction. The guard wrote down that all wanton destruction will be spontaneous. A-dom: We apologize for causing a scene. Sometimes we forget that we’re in public. Would you have time for us to ask you a couple of questions about the city and the island and all that? A-dom found out that they had an accounting every year to choose their leader. They count up everyone resource gains every year. Whoever gains the most resources from off island is the new Sealord. They found out there was a legend of a leader named Sara who was deposed. It was believed that it was because of here that the current rules were put in place. The guard didn’t pay to much attention to legends, but believed she might murder you in your sleep if you said her name too many times during Calibration. A-dom: That makes sense. When asked where they were from, A-dom said Abalone and Tiger said ‘Atlantis, currently.’ The guard asked about them about the political turmoil on Atlantis. A-dom said Solars were now in charge there. Tiger said Dragon-bloods were in charge. Guard: If our political leader wanted to talk to the political leader of Atlantis… A-dom: I’d have to go find Gareth. Tiger: He’d have a very short trip. The guard thanked them and said they had been very helpful. A-dom: Thank you. Would you like a drink? City Guard: No thank you. I’m on duty. Tiger: Heh. He said doodie. Ryan: I think that is the first joke I’ve heard Tiger make. Apparently, he likes kiddy jokes. Tiger tailed the guard to the guard post where said guard rounded up eight other dragon-bloods. The guard told the others that the leader of Atlantis was in town and that they should round him up so that the leaders could talk to him. Tiger headed off to find Gareth before they did to give him the heads up. Jade’s Luck (to Tiger): Were you being unusually informative? Tiger: No. You know who was sitting with me. While sitting in the Inn, A-dom realized that the rule said that you’re allowed to walk ten miles. It said nothing about jumping distances. A-dom cackled maniacally. Seeing he had the bar pretty much to himself, he decided to take advantage of the bartender not being allowed to toss him and tormented the bartender. A-dom: I’m really just a social cannibal. After explaining his views on cannibalism, he told him about their dinner with the Yozis. He succeeded in weirding the :):):):) out of the bartender. A-dom: It’s really just some wacky :):):):) you walk into when you’re an Exalt. All of a sudden you’re contracted to have a dinner with the Yozis. My advice to you, stay in your bar. Don’t ever don anything adventurous cause then you end up eating with people who :):):):)ing have things over their face. Don’t really be awesome at anything, just be very bland. Try not to survive anything. If anything horrific happens, just die. Else you might be a Lunar or, I don’t know how you get Mother:):):):)ers. The bartender started crying and excused himself to the restroom. The guy went into the restroom and closed the door. A very short while later, A-dom heard a crunch. A-dom left the bar. Ryan: If he just offed himself in the bathroom, I’d rather not deal with it. Alex: Or maybe the toilet ate him. Paul (imitating Ryan/A-dom): ‘I’m looking for adventure! There’s adventure, I’m leaving!’ A-dom is screwed by his own low compassion. Paul (to Dan): You see a group of guards moving through the marketplace. You recognize the lead guard from before. Dan: Oh, I totally left. *pause* I’m looking for the Manse. Paul started crying. Alex: What do you expect from Dan? You’ve known him longer than us! Paul: Yes, well, I gave you a long list of plot to do, you put those off. Then I give you other weird :):):):) happening. Tangential plot; we’re going to go look for something we know should be there! Not that we really have a good chance of stealing it since it iw probably [b]owned[/b] by somebody… Liz: I’d like to point out that Alex and I are in the marketplace waiting for the plot to come get us. Paul: Yes. One of the plots is coming for you, now. The guard walked up to Gareth and Jade’s Luck. Guard: Excuse me, Gareth? Are you associated with Johan the Anathema? Alias A-dom? Gareth: Yes. What has he done now? The guard explained that he was just terrorizing a bartender. Gareth: Oh, he’s being good. The guard explained that, in a conversation with A-dom, they found out that Gareth was the ruler of Atlantis and they would like for him to have a meeting with the Sealord. They repeated they were only interested in the safety of the island. Jade’s Luck asked if they should make it more formal and get the rest of the Circle. Gareth said they could let the others have their own fun for a while. Ryan: Excellent. I’ve already killed one bartender, where’s the next one? Gareth: On second thought, lets go pick up A-dom. I got feeling of intense glee off of him. They used the brotherhood spell to quickly track down A-dom. A-dom: I didn’t do anything! Gareth: We’ll discuss what you didn’t do later. A-dom: I didn’t do anything. I was just out for a quick stroll. Gareth: Come on. We need to go meet with the Sealord. A-dom finally realized that other pirates ordered an expensive drink for their first drink, since it was free. Finding out the Sealord was in a bar down the street, A-dom agreed to go along. A-dom: Excellent. I’m with ya. I had an idea too. I can drink other things besides beer. Gareth: Isn’t that against your moral code? Guard: What is involved in your moral code? A-dom: I’m not really sure. It changes daily. It involves petting puppies and scratching kitties under the chin. A-dom felt a burning sensation. The group entered a much nicer bar down the street. It was around eleven in the morning now and a full party was going on. The guard walked up to the Sealord, then asked Gareth if he had a title. When Gareth said [i]Craftsman of the People[/i], the guard stopped to shake his head before introducing him. Jade’s Luck commented that she thought tyrant sounded more imposing. Gareth was told his entourage could wait downstairs while the two of them negotiated. A-dom: But we’re a Circleocracy. The guards took notes. A-dom argued that they should be included. When asked what a Circle was and who was involved in it, they left Tiger out of the expaination. Jade’s Luck: I think the Necromancer Yew tried to de-choose her Circle. The entire bar went quiet. Jade’s Luck insulted the Sealord by insinuating he would do something to Gareth off alone. Eventually they managed to argue that A-dom should be in the meeting, leaving out the women folk. Jade’s Luck: So, is this considered my home for the duration of the meeting? Sealord: Your father is in the building. Nobody touch her! Jade’s Luck stayed down in the bar. A-dom asked her if she would be okay by herself. She responded she’d be as okay as him being by himself. A-dom: Don’t bug the bartender too much. We’ll talk later. Up in the meeting, A-dom did most of the talking, since Gareth really wasn’t enamored with chatting with pirates. They were brought drinks and cigars. The Sealord wanted to discuss possible trade with Atlantis, since they hadn’t had any previously, due to the Realm. A-dom brought up that they weren’t a big fan of unethical piracy. After an advisor explained what ethical piracy. A-dom said that, while they weren’t going out of their way to stop said activities, they did not want to promote plundering, raping, slavery, and pillaging. The Sealord said they weren’t with the raping and slavery. They got it understood that the Circle didn’t so much care what was done to Realm ships, but would take offense at attacks on their own ships. They started talking about the hurricane and found out the Sealord was the hermit’s cousin. The trouble between them was the Sealord married the hermit’s girlfriend. The Sealord was hoping the hermit would die of old age, since he was older. The Sealord asked if they could convince the hermit that Sealord was running a country to the south, since he was fairly gullible. They hammered out that they could avoid pirating Atlantis ships, so long as the Realm was coming further towards them. They discussed setting up permanent trade routes. Down in the bar, Jade’s Luck got bored. She was really tempted to get all of the drunken pirates in a little sing-song. That would have led to a lot of dead people, so she made the pirates play charades. She increased her Appearance to five for this time. She tried to charm a few pirates, but got minimum success. The Sealord considered Admiral Bloodsky to be an annoying competitor of his. Bloodsky had been Sealord fifteen years previous and they didn’t really like each other. The Sealord didn’t have any problems with Diamondeye Torr. The Sealord said Skullstone made them nervous and Gareth said they were neutral towards them. A-dom said they didn’t believe that Skullstone was going to come at them with a big army of undead creatures. The Sealord asked their opinion on Mother:):):):)ers. The Sealord was against them and couldn’t remember the word Sidereal. When they got out of their meeting, A-dom and Gareth noticed there were several pirates crucified to the rafters. The pirates were still alive. A-dom quickly asked the nearest city official why that was done. Apparently not one had noticed it happen. They then noticed that something was written across the pirates’ chests in Old Realm. [Insert Little Girl’s Writing] 1h55m A-dom noticed a vent in the roof near where the bodies were hung and he thought he saw a little girl’s foot through it. He ran outside and hopped on the roof, but didn’t see anything. A-dom: Little Mother:):):):)er? Anywhere? Here, little Mother:):):):)er! Gareth heard A-dom, went outside and hopped onto the roof. A-dom: I’ve got a new theory. Maybe we had a Mother:):):):)er, and she died. Gareth investigated the scene. He pulled out his pipe and smoked it while he explained to A-dom. The crime was clearly committed by the ghost of an Exalt of some kind. The ghost clearly had an artifact lasso of some sort, since that is how she grappled people on the ground and yanked them to the ceiling so fast no one noticed. She wrote on their chest using her fingernail. He thought reading the writing might make you start thinking negative thoughts about Jade’s Luck, so it could involve Linguistics charms. The ghost skipped out into the daylight and became invisible, then wandered off. Gareth went down and started healing those with the writing on them with medicine charms. A-dom activated his anima power and bracers to yell across the city to summon Tiger. A-dom: [b][size=150]Hey Tiger! Come over to the Drunken Porpoise![/size][/b][size=150][/size] Tiger appeared next to A-dom, having sped over. A-dom: [b][size=150]We’ve got some neat stuff going on. Ghosts and people getting crucified. It’s awesome![/size][/b][size=150][/size] A-dom then realized he was still shouting. A-dom: [b][size=150]Sorry everyone.[/size][/b][size=150][/size] A-dom turned his power off and filled Tiger in on what happened and his Mother:):):):)er theory. Gareth started to fill the Circle in on what he found in Hoen-Ba. Then he realized A-dom didn’t speak Hoen-Ba and switched to Old Realm. Gareth didn’t think she was a Sidereal, since she had a distinct appearance and had what looked like Solar Linguistics charms. Jade’s Luck didn’t think she was a Solar, since she would have been all glowy in her fight with Rosewind. Gareth said he didn’t think she was a Deathknight, since they showed up after the usurpation. Ryan/A-dom proclaimed that, if there hadn’t already been an incarnation of him and Tiger who had been locked in mortal combat and he had one, he wanted to keep trying. Paul pointed out completely out of character that A-dom and Tiger had never murdered each other. Perhaps their time had come. The Sealord was around, but wasn’t appearing to understand what they were saying or specifically paying attention to them. They tried to figure out what to do with the ghost. A-dom offered to do Necromancy to summon her. Jade’s Luck nicely asked him not to. She didn’t think experimentation in a town full of mortals was the best way to find out if Necromancy was the same as Sorcery during Calibration. A-dom suggested they go find an empty bar and wait for her to show up. He also commented that he knew where to find one. This led to asking about messing with the bartender. A-dom said he thought he caused the bartender to commit suicide. A-dom: Well, he seemed to be a little down after the conversation about dinner with the Yozis. The look of anguish on Jade’s Luck’s face cannot be properly transcribed. A-dom then his conversation with the bartender, trying to explain why he said everything and slant things away from being his fault. He didn’t do a very good job of it. The Circle headed back to the bar to investigate. The bar was actually quite crowded here, since there was an untended bar. Gareth and Tiger wandered into the bathroom to investigate. Gareth found the blood smear on the stonework just inside the toilet and quickly figured out that the toilet did, indeed, eat him. A-dom felt better, since it wasn’t his fault. He then asked if they should claim the bar for themselves. This was shot down, as being not important at the moment. A-dom made an out of order sign with pictograms for the bathroom door, then put something heavy in front of the door. A pirate saw them making the out of order sign and went into the ladies room. There was then a crunch. A-dom wandered into the ladies room and saw the blood smear on the ceiling. There was blood on the stones of the toilet, which looked like teeth. It looked like the sewer walls ate the guy. A-dom went and got Gareth. Once he saw this, he immediately put up Integrity Protecting Prana. A-dom postulated that either the entire sewer was the Wyld or just this small section right below them was. After collecting Tiger and Jade’s Luck, more Integrity Protecting Pranas were put up. Jade’s Luck saw it was a Wyld creature inside Creation and tried to knock the Wyld out of the sewers. She only managed to knock the Wyld out of ten feet of sewers. Jade’s Luck: I don’t have enough Willpower to do this today. Gareth went and found a city guard. Gareth: You have a problem with your city sewer system, which we’ll be taking care of as soon as we can. Your sewer system is currently a Wyld creature. The guard asked to be shown. Then the guard commented that it was odd and stuck his head into the toilet. The toilet clamped down and started sucking him in, like a snake swallows its prey. Gareth told the group he was going to go inform the Sealord, since telling guards wasn’t doing anything special. The others stayed there and guarded the bathroom from patrons. While Gareth was walking, he noticed a little redheaded girl walking next to him. [Insert Little Girl’s Speech] 2 hours 29 minutes The girl then faded away right next to him. Gareth got back to the Drunken Porpoise and found the Sealord. Gareth: You’ve got a slight problem at the moment, which concerns the safety of your island. Your sewer system is currently heavily infected with the Wyld. Sealord: Yes, we know. Lots of Monsters. Gareth: Your sewer system currently IS a Wyld creature, at least for the rest of Calibration. We tried to knock the Wyld out of it, but it didn’t go very far. It is currently eating people who use a crapper, at least at the bar we were at. I tried to tell a guard about this, but he stuck his head in the toilet to investigate. It ate him. You might want to institute a policy of chamber pots immediately. Sealord: Chamber pots. The potters should like that. Gareth: We’re trying to deal with the situation, but we may not be able to until after Calibration. It depends upon how powerful it is. Sealord: I really wish we knew where it came from. Just one day, Wyld. Gareth: Well, it’s the Wyld. Can you really predict it? Sealord: Some people can. I think they’re crazy. Gareth: I’m going back there now. I figured you should be told so that you can effectively deal with keeping people calm. The last thing we need is to start a panic over this. Back at the Inn, Jade’s Luck was trying to get A-dom’s attention. A-dom: Hey? What? I wasn’t stealing. Jade’s Luck explained that obviously this was a wake and they needed to honor the two dead people. She asked if he could make an announcement so they could honor the ghosts. She suggested Gareth help with the wording of the announcement. A-dom: Nah, I got it. I got it. A-dom stood up on a chair. A-dom: Can I have everyone’s attention? Everyone? No one paid attention to him. A-dom: The Necromancer Yew! The Inn went quiet and everyone looked at him. A-dom: Good. Now that I have your attention, I have a very important announcement. I want everyone to know, Do NOT use the crapper! You WILL be eaten! Three people have died already. Crowd: The Necromancer Yew caused this! We’re All Going to Die! AHHHH!!!! Panic ensued as people started running out of the building. A-dom: Fine, we’ll go with that. As of right now, this party is officially a wake. We are honoring those three dead people. If anyone knows their names? One of them was the bartender, hopefully someone knows him. A-dom then realized he was talking to an empty room, save Tiger and Jade’s Luck. Jade’s Luck: Maybe you could not bring my past incarnation into this, as people seem to be really quick to blame her for everything and I’m getting really tired of that. A-dom: Okay, revision number two. Tiger: But you/Yew had it coming. A-dom jumped outside and onto the roof, turning on his power. A-dom: [b][size=150]Attention Everyone! There seems to be some problems with the sewers. They’re full of Wyld. Do not, I repeat, Do NOT go anywhere near an opening into the sewers, including your bathrooms. Please use alternative means, else you will be eaten and die. There will be punch and pie.[/size][/b][size=150][/size] Tiger: You’re supposed to open with that. A-dom: [b][size=150]We don’t serve punch and pie. Crap, I said that loud.[/size][/b][size=150][/size] A-dom repeated his message and then turned off his powers. As Gareth was walking back, he heard A-dom’s message. He immediately slapped his forehead and then shook his head. [/QUOTE]
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