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[Exalted] Solar Circle of the West - whole slew of updates 3/8/09
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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 4700685" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Session 73 - Interrogating Volcanoes</strong></p><p></p><p>Session 73</p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 08/04/08</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Interrogating Volcanoes</strong></p><p><strong>Subtitle: I Buy Four Successes</strong></p><p><strong><em>-By Ao the Overkitty</em></strong></p><p></p><p>The Circle walked up the big volcano, chattering away as they went. Once on top, Jade's Luck did such an exceptional sacrificial prayer to the Big Kahuna that the chicken did its own prayer after words, then did a somersault into the volcano, followed by a little fluttering, a swan dive, a loop de loop, laying an egg and finishing with a triple gator.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck talked to the Big Kahuna for a while, asking about the Spirit Court of the island. He didn't report to anyone either, but was indeed the head of the island's spirit court. They talked about the possibility of another volcano, but he didn't like the idea of more 'paperwork' and a possible usurper. He supported the status quo. A-dom asked about swords and the Big Kahuna said he had three in him. Jade's Luck went down and looked around. She found a scorch mark, some slag, and an intact sword. She brought it up and showed it to the others. Tiger said it wasn't magical. Gareth said it was a rather impressive ceramic sword, good for stabbing people, but would be prone to shatter if parried. The Big Kahuna said it was okay for them to take it.</p><p></p><p>The Circle wandered back down to the village and talked to the old woman. She was sad about not getting another volcano, but kept coming up with other ideas. Gareth found out (Know the Soul's Price) that in order for her to be loyal to him, he'd have to provide the village with an perfect protector that wouldn't harm the village in any way. There was discussion about going into the Wyld to create such a protector, but that was shelved for now. Gareth then realized he could go into the Wyld to make more Cannibalistic Voodoo Mice. A-dom decided this was the perfect time to tell Petunia she had to get permission from him before she killed, maimed, stalked, terrorized, or 'played' with any mice. He told her there were some mice they wanted alive and well. There was talk about teaching Petunia some linguistics so she could write out responses to others (or use Dex+Linguistics to get her point across).</p><p></p><p>They left things open as they left the island and headed for Abalon. Once there, Gareth made an appointment for the Circle to talk to the Grand Vizier for the next day. A-dom, Jade's Luck and Gareth went off to see A-dom's mother. She was noticeably shocked when she got to see the book of A-dom's children and annoyed that he couldn't bring one of them to her. A-dom professed he was worried about their or her safety, since they were mortal and fragile. Gareth commented, in Old Realm, that he could empower A-dom's mother so she could make the trip more easily. A-dom was firmly against that idea. It was mentioned that A-dom was a prince, since he was married to a princess and that he was second in line for the throne on that island. She talked about adding mother to the heir apparent of Uk Muck Luck Muck Chuck to her business cards. It was also mentioned that his father-in-law liked him very much and that his wife thought his actions were very manly. It was not mentioned that his wife only knew about the ones on her island. She later mentioned A-dom's cousin Lily was murdered two years ago. She then said a bunch of people were murdered at that time. They chatted for a while, then left.</p><p></p><p>The Circle spent the rest of the time before the meeting with the Grand Vizier not getting into trouble. The meeting with him went well enough. He liked the concept of having the local spirit court reporting to his island. He had the dragon-bloods working for the Volcano spirit, solving problems so it didn't have to explode. He was actually open to the worship of the Unconquered Sun on the islands of Abalon, just pointed out that the dragon-bloods didn't know they were working for him and that they'd likely get all purgey. Suggested that, if they were going to build a church, it'd be better off on Alagar. He said his major problem with Jade's Luck's actions last time was that she associated with a known criminal (Johan).</p><p></p><p>The Grand Vizier said there was now a law on the books about hiding the Feathered One's Hat, in addition to the one about stealing it. A-dom had a little chat about not wanting to upset the laws or anymore and promised not to go around breaking them. Gareth offered a three week training course on the Laws of Abalon for A-dom (and any other Circle member that wanted to participate).</p><p></p><p>They mentioned needing to repossess the soul of Toma of Alagar for Heaven. He said he didn't have a problem with that, so long as they didn't break any laws doing it. He suggested they could even get him to break a law so that he'd get chucked in the volcano or just get him out of their influence legally.</p><p></p><p>They asked about the string of murders from two years ago and were told it was done by the ANATHEMA kind of anathema (henceforth referred to as Deathknights in the conversation). They had a shady description of the extraordinarily beautiful woman and very little description at all of her accomplices. He said their best witness was Old Blind Charlie, who apparently spent several days with them. The Grand Vizier said that they'd be apprehended if they ever returned.</p><p></p><p>They asked him if he had any information on Fakharu, which he didn't beyond being a dragon. They asked him about the islands on their list of manses they needed to acquire to stop the Sapphire Sentinels. He gave them decent directions to sixth day island (appeared on the sixth day of the month). He said that the Manse Beyond the Floor was past the sea floor; far West, past where the sea stops having a bottom.</p><p></p><p>He had some other helpful comments on the others.</p><p></p><p>After their visit with the Grand Vizier, they went to go talk to the volcano. Standard volcano conversation. The group then sailed for Alagar. They discussed how they were going to go about repossessing Toma. Jade's Luck didn't like the idea of just killing him, but the others pointed out that he might be a very bad man or do something horrible in the future. Once on the island, Gareth did a little investigation on Toma. It turned out the guy was a pretty good painter who specialized in portraits, liked to sleep around with women and had a father he didn't visit much. She asked Tiger to do some astrology on him to see what his future holds. Tiger came up with the plan to have Gareth commission the guy to do a panting on his boat and for Jade's Luck to serve tea while they were haggling so that she could bring the tea leaves to him to read.</p><p></p><p>Gareth properly displayed his wealth and Jade's Luck dressed herself up nicely. The two of them went and talked to Toma. Gareth commissioned him to do two portraits, one of himself and one of his daughter, Jade's Luck, upon his boat. Due to how long it would take him to paint, Gareth stuck into the deal that they'd be making a trade run while he worked. They haggled out a price and time frame for when he would start. Jade's Luck did serve tea and collected his cup afterwards. They left and Jade's Luck brought the used tea leaves to Tiger. He read the leaves and noticed that Toma was destined to have one of his paintings of a nude woman start a war.</p><p></p><p>They had three days time while Toma gathered his supplies. During that time, they didn't get into trouble. Gareth held the first session of the three part course on the Laws of Abalon for A-dom. Toma arrived with his mass of supplies on a donkey. Several comments were made about him needing a donkey for other purposes. A-dom helped him unload the supplies and then Toma returned the donkey to its owner.</p><p></p><p>They got underway (using the sails instead of paddlewheel) and Gareth showed Toma where he'd be working. He said they'd work on his portrait first. Over the next five days, Toma made an exceptional sketch and then did a great painting of Gareth on the wall of his cabin. Toma also hit on Jade's Luck a lot during this time. Once the portrait was done, A-dom snuck up behind him while he was on deck and squished him with his club. Well, he whiffed the first swing, taking out part of the railing and a chunk of the deck as well as terrify the guy (for five seconds). The second swing did it's job, squishing him. Jade's Luck was told by A-dom to do a proper burial (Zorched by Zenith). Gareth repaired the broken bits of the boat while Jade's Luck swept the ashes off to sea.</p><p></p><p>Tiger and A-dom then said that they needed to collect all of the guy's portraits of nude women (for the manse the group was going to have to build). A-dom fired up the paddle-wheel to take them back to Alagar. Gareth conducted the second session of the training course on the Laws of Abalon for A-dom. Jade's Luck commented that Gareth had a very nice portrait and he should extra reinforce that part of the boat. Gareth looked at her funny and said the entire boat was already extra reinforced with charms. </p><p>When they got back to Alagar, Tiger performed mass theft of all of Toma's portraits of nude ladies (and got Gareth his down payment back). The group then set sail for the region Sixth Day Island was in. A-dom postulated that, if Sixth Day Island was only there in the sixth day of the month, the group might end up getting stuck on the island for a month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 4700685, member: 9758"] [b]Session 73 - Interrogating Volcanoes[/b] Session 73 [i]Synopsis of 08/04/08[/i] [b]Interrogating Volcanoes Subtitle: I Buy Four Successes [i]-By Ao the Overkitty[/i][/b] The Circle walked up the big volcano, chattering away as they went. Once on top, Jade's Luck did such an exceptional sacrificial prayer to the Big Kahuna that the chicken did its own prayer after words, then did a somersault into the volcano, followed by a little fluttering, a swan dive, a loop de loop, laying an egg and finishing with a triple gator. Jade's Luck talked to the Big Kahuna for a while, asking about the Spirit Court of the island. He didn't report to anyone either, but was indeed the head of the island's spirit court. They talked about the possibility of another volcano, but he didn't like the idea of more 'paperwork' and a possible usurper. He supported the status quo. A-dom asked about swords and the Big Kahuna said he had three in him. Jade's Luck went down and looked around. She found a scorch mark, some slag, and an intact sword. She brought it up and showed it to the others. Tiger said it wasn't magical. Gareth said it was a rather impressive ceramic sword, good for stabbing people, but would be prone to shatter if parried. The Big Kahuna said it was okay for them to take it. The Circle wandered back down to the village and talked to the old woman. She was sad about not getting another volcano, but kept coming up with other ideas. Gareth found out (Know the Soul's Price) that in order for her to be loyal to him, he'd have to provide the village with an perfect protector that wouldn't harm the village in any way. There was discussion about going into the Wyld to create such a protector, but that was shelved for now. Gareth then realized he could go into the Wyld to make more Cannibalistic Voodoo Mice. A-dom decided this was the perfect time to tell Petunia she had to get permission from him before she killed, maimed, stalked, terrorized, or 'played' with any mice. He told her there were some mice they wanted alive and well. There was talk about teaching Petunia some linguistics so she could write out responses to others (or use Dex+Linguistics to get her point across). They left things open as they left the island and headed for Abalon. Once there, Gareth made an appointment for the Circle to talk to the Grand Vizier for the next day. A-dom, Jade's Luck and Gareth went off to see A-dom's mother. She was noticeably shocked when she got to see the book of A-dom's children and annoyed that he couldn't bring one of them to her. A-dom professed he was worried about their or her safety, since they were mortal and fragile. Gareth commented, in Old Realm, that he could empower A-dom's mother so she could make the trip more easily. A-dom was firmly against that idea. It was mentioned that A-dom was a prince, since he was married to a princess and that he was second in line for the throne on that island. She talked about adding mother to the heir apparent of Uk Muck Luck Muck Chuck to her business cards. It was also mentioned that his father-in-law liked him very much and that his wife thought his actions were very manly. It was not mentioned that his wife only knew about the ones on her island. She later mentioned A-dom's cousin Lily was murdered two years ago. She then said a bunch of people were murdered at that time. They chatted for a while, then left. The Circle spent the rest of the time before the meeting with the Grand Vizier not getting into trouble. The meeting with him went well enough. He liked the concept of having the local spirit court reporting to his island. He had the dragon-bloods working for the Volcano spirit, solving problems so it didn't have to explode. He was actually open to the worship of the Unconquered Sun on the islands of Abalon, just pointed out that the dragon-bloods didn't know they were working for him and that they'd likely get all purgey. Suggested that, if they were going to build a church, it'd be better off on Alagar. He said his major problem with Jade's Luck's actions last time was that she associated with a known criminal (Johan). The Grand Vizier said there was now a law on the books about hiding the Feathered One's Hat, in addition to the one about stealing it. A-dom had a little chat about not wanting to upset the laws or anymore and promised not to go around breaking them. Gareth offered a three week training course on the Laws of Abalon for A-dom (and any other Circle member that wanted to participate). They mentioned needing to repossess the soul of Toma of Alagar for Heaven. He said he didn't have a problem with that, so long as they didn't break any laws doing it. He suggested they could even get him to break a law so that he'd get chucked in the volcano or just get him out of their influence legally. They asked about the string of murders from two years ago and were told it was done by the ANATHEMA kind of anathema (henceforth referred to as Deathknights in the conversation). They had a shady description of the extraordinarily beautiful woman and very little description at all of her accomplices. He said their best witness was Old Blind Charlie, who apparently spent several days with them. The Grand Vizier said that they'd be apprehended if they ever returned. They asked him if he had any information on Fakharu, which he didn't beyond being a dragon. They asked him about the islands on their list of manses they needed to acquire to stop the Sapphire Sentinels. He gave them decent directions to sixth day island (appeared on the sixth day of the month). He said that the Manse Beyond the Floor was past the sea floor; far West, past where the sea stops having a bottom. He had some other helpful comments on the others. After their visit with the Grand Vizier, they went to go talk to the volcano. Standard volcano conversation. The group then sailed for Alagar. They discussed how they were going to go about repossessing Toma. Jade's Luck didn't like the idea of just killing him, but the others pointed out that he might be a very bad man or do something horrible in the future. Once on the island, Gareth did a little investigation on Toma. It turned out the guy was a pretty good painter who specialized in portraits, liked to sleep around with women and had a father he didn't visit much. She asked Tiger to do some astrology on him to see what his future holds. Tiger came up with the plan to have Gareth commission the guy to do a panting on his boat and for Jade's Luck to serve tea while they were haggling so that she could bring the tea leaves to him to read. Gareth properly displayed his wealth and Jade's Luck dressed herself up nicely. The two of them went and talked to Toma. Gareth commissioned him to do two portraits, one of himself and one of his daughter, Jade's Luck, upon his boat. Due to how long it would take him to paint, Gareth stuck into the deal that they'd be making a trade run while he worked. They haggled out a price and time frame for when he would start. Jade's Luck did serve tea and collected his cup afterwards. They left and Jade's Luck brought the used tea leaves to Tiger. He read the leaves and noticed that Toma was destined to have one of his paintings of a nude woman start a war. They had three days time while Toma gathered his supplies. During that time, they didn't get into trouble. Gareth held the first session of the three part course on the Laws of Abalon for A-dom. Toma arrived with his mass of supplies on a donkey. Several comments were made about him needing a donkey for other purposes. A-dom helped him unload the supplies and then Toma returned the donkey to its owner. They got underway (using the sails instead of paddlewheel) and Gareth showed Toma where he'd be working. He said they'd work on his portrait first. Over the next five days, Toma made an exceptional sketch and then did a great painting of Gareth on the wall of his cabin. Toma also hit on Jade's Luck a lot during this time. Once the portrait was done, A-dom snuck up behind him while he was on deck and squished him with his club. Well, he whiffed the first swing, taking out part of the railing and a chunk of the deck as well as terrify the guy (for five seconds). The second swing did it's job, squishing him. Jade's Luck was told by A-dom to do a proper burial (Zorched by Zenith). Gareth repaired the broken bits of the boat while Jade's Luck swept the ashes off to sea. Tiger and A-dom then said that they needed to collect all of the guy's portraits of nude women (for the manse the group was going to have to build). A-dom fired up the paddle-wheel to take them back to Alagar. Gareth conducted the second session of the training course on the Laws of Abalon for A-dom. Jade's Luck commented that Gareth had a very nice portrait and he should extra reinforce that part of the boat. Gareth looked at her funny and said the entire boat was already extra reinforced with charms. When they got back to Alagar, Tiger performed mass theft of all of Toma's portraits of nude ladies (and got Gareth his down payment back). The group then set sail for the region Sixth Day Island was in. A-dom postulated that, if Sixth Day Island was only there in the sixth day of the month, the group might end up getting stuck on the island for a month. [/QUOTE]
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