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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 4700801" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Session 77 - Some Demons Are As Bad At Being Demons As We Are At Being Solars</strong></p><p></p><p>Session 77</p><p><em>Date: 9/29/08</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Some Demons Are As Bad At Being Demons As We Are At Being Solars</strong></p><p><strong>Subtitle: Tiger Has A Plan!</strong></p><p><strong>Alternate Subtitle: Don't Mess With A Competition Spirit!</strong></p><p><strong>By <em>Ao the Overkitty</em></strong></p><p></p><p>The group stood around and discussed for quite a while just what they were going to do on the island. A-dom wanted to slaughter until the contest ended. Gareth felt the demons were prolonging the competition and at least the Neomah needed to be removed in order for it to continue on it's proper course without further interference (like slaughtering villagers). Quicksilver was all for the destroying of demons and said he could kill them dead. Tiger said Jade's Luck just wanted the island in Creation so she could have access to her new Manse every day of the month.</p><p></p><p>They explained what they knew about the competition to Quicksilver, Mostly revolving around ending the competition and what happened if someone invalidated it. There were explanations about the spoils of the contest and how the competition was probably sanctified by an Eclipse.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gareth relayed this vision to the others, saying it sounded like they were enforced by magic instead of a sanctified oath. The group didn't really formally decide anything about how much they were going to interfere with the competition, but it seemed like they agreed they weren't going to force the competition to end, just make it so it could actually end. It was, at least, agreed that if the Neomah stayed around, this competition would not end in 20 years. Plus, with the Neomah gone, it would stop any mortals from being created without souls.</p><p></p><p>A-dom called Impy to come to the Circle. Once Impy arrived, he asked the demon how many purple demons there were. Impy looked pensive. A-dom clarified on the island and then further clarified Neomah. Impy said there was only one Neomah on the island, but there were three purple demons. A-dom asked where the Neomah was and Impy said it was in the Demon Compound. This prompted needing to explain to Quicksilver about the demon compound. Impy was asked to lead them back to the compound. After walking a while, the group decided they needed to discuss some more, so they told Impy to keep going and catch up.</p><p></p><p>The group discussed for a while the scale of what they were going to do. They were largely unsure if they were going to invalidate contracts or kill the demon or kill all the demons or what. It mostly boiled down to not knowing just what the demons part in the competition was. During this conversation, Petunia killed a chipmunk and offered part of his/her dinner to A-dom. He passed on it. Quicksilver commented about missing his familiar. When asked what it was, he said she was a Mantis.</p><p></p><p>They realized that they had never asked the elephant about the demons and decided to go do that. So, the group trekked to the Manse. Quicksilver decided he wanted to go in with Jade's Luck, but was unsure about the doors. While explaining the doors, they decided to go through the smallest door for Little Well this time. Quicksilver took a deep breath and swam down with Jade's Luck. Once they finally got to the elephant's room, he was worried about running out of air if he started talking. Looking around, he saw A-dom's statue, Gareth's statue, and Tiger's trampled flower. Elephant greeted them and asked if there was a plague in Little Well or something. When told there wasn't, he asked if they had lost their faith in the Unconquered Sun. Basically, he wanted to know why Little Well was doing so abysmally. Jade's Luck explained that Little Well still praised the Unconquered Sun, but they were worshipping the demons and thought they were the Unconquered Sun's messengers. Elephant said that Little Well worshipped the most powerful things around. Since the Solars had disappeared, that was the demons, so they hadn't exactly strayed from their original concept. It was suggested that they'd stop praising the demons now that the Solars were around, since they were more powerful than the demons.</p><p></p><p>Quicksilver was starting to look a little blue from speaking, so Jade's Luck pointed out that there was probably some air still trapped in the air bladders of Gareth's statue. Quicksilver started sucking the air out of the female elephant statue through its mouth. Jade's Luck asked if there were any questions they could ask him that would invalidate the competition. Elephant said no, but there were questions he couldn't answer. She never asked what those questions were.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck asked about the demons purpose on the island. She found out they weren't originally part of the competition. Security demons were brought in to keep intruders off the island, then they needed demons to watch the security demons, and it all kind of ballooned from there. They asked about the security demons and were told that there were four of them that lived under the island and only came out on the Sixth day, since their purpose was to guard the island from intruders. This made them very bored and they drooled a lot. He said they came out the bottom of the island and swam up.</p><p></p><p>She asked if they could get rid of the demons without mucking up the competition. She told him that the demons were prolonging the competition and increasing the population of the villages faster than the death rate. Elephant said that was bad. He said that the Neomah was brought in to replace the sacrificed people, since the Unconquered Sun liked sacrifices every once in a while, but they shouldn't be doing more than that. He said Chok'Thar was brought in as a prop for the Temple village, since the people there were a little unstable. He asked if they could leave Frank alone. He explained that Frank was a construction demon that kept the Manse in good repair. He said Frank called himself the Foreman, though there were no demons under him. He described Frank as a being kind of rocky/concretey and kind of boring to talk to, but he was useful. Jade's Luck asked what demons were on the island. The elephant pulled out a list.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Baharennu, paperwork demon (Voodoo Doll)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bob'Bob , in charge of making sure there were no dangerous plants or animals on the island (the Lizard like demon).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Zho'lar (aka "Impy"), messenger demon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chok'Thar Demon Brain, in charge of keeping the Temple inhabitants from sacrificing themselves en masse</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Frank, Manse repair demon </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">four security demons</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jafa'lu'kar Destroyer of Wishes: Wyld Repulsion Specialist</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Neomah</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Baus'turo Executioner of Sorcerers: Warden of Magic: demon in charge of dealing with sorcerous threats to the competition</li> </ul><p></p><p>Jade's Luck was worried about releasing the demons from the contract, since she didn't want them wandering around Creation free (which proved she didn't pay attention to when Gareth questioned the demons). Quicksilver asked how they were going to get to the security demons. Elephant said there was an access hatch 100 meters from the Manse and told them where to find it. He then remembered they had told him the Manse had been underground, so he added the hatch would be under a lot of ground, so they'd need to dig.</p><p></p><p>Quicksilver and Jade's Luck rejoined the others outside and told them about the hatch. They told the group about what they had found out. When asked Gareth told Jade's Luck that the demons weren't getting out into Creation if their contracts were invalidated. They would go straight back to Malfeas, unless they had a proviso to go somewhere else. He gave the example that Baharennu was supposed to be currently in Heaven working on fixing the paperwork he had filed.</p><p></p><p>Gareth looked over the list and they discussed which demons to off. It was decided that they would get rid of most of the demons on the island. Frank, Impy, [Wyld destruction demon], and [plant & animal demon] served a purpose and would be kept. The others would serve the purpose of being destroyed in front of the inhabitants of Little Well, to show the superiority of Solars and put them back on the right track. The group figured this would require proselytizing for a bit. Jade's Luck suggested the Temple could survive without Chok'Thar if the group was able to convince them not to sacrifice themselves. Gareth voiced he wasn't sure if this would constitute invalidating the competition, but was still for getting rid of Chok'Thar.</p><p></p><p>Quicksilver asked Gareth if he could build a tunnel to the hatch. Gareth pointed at A-dom and said he was the digger. A-dom grabbed a tree, hollowed it into a shovel and started digging. About 30 meters down, A-dom hit the hatch. It was a very nice looking hatch. Quicksilver inspected it, finding writing in Old Realm saying something about Authorized Personnel Only, made by some Tide person. A-dom wrenched the hatch open, breaking it. Gareth bemoaned this, saying he was just going to have to fix that. There was a long shaft down. Quicksilver started climbing down.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: He hasn't learned yet. Hey, New Guy! Duck!</p><p></p><p>Quicksilver flattened himself against the wall as A-dom dove down the shaft. The others made their way down at a more leisurely pace, taking the time to have a discussion about demons (and A-dom) on the way down. The shaft was very dark, so A-dom put on his caste-mark. Eventually he saw ahead the shaft opening up into a large cavern. Directly below the shaft was another hole and then the nothing of Elsewhere. He could also see a couple of demons hanging around down there.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Oh crap!</p><p></p><p>A-dom grabbed a hold of the lip of the shaft, ripped the stone out of the ceiling, and continued plummeting towards the hole.</p><p></p><p>A-dom (to demons): Catch me!</p><p></p><p>The fire demon ran over and caught A-dom before he could fall through the hole into Elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Owowow. Thank you. Good demon!</p><p></p><p>A-dom chatted with the demons for a little bit. That never goes well, so the others quickened their pace. When they got to the bottom of the shaft, Gareth accessed that it was a 100ft drop to the floor of the cavern, so he couldn't get back up on his own, but could with help. He monkey-leapt down. Tiger walked down the wall to join them. Jade's Luck and Quicksilver decided to stay in the shaft. The three talked to the demons, asking them what they did and if they were contractually allowed up on the island when it was in Elsewhere and such. Gareth was shocked when the demon answered completely honestly and stated such.</p><p></p><p>Demon #2: You idiot. You're supposed to lie! You're a bad demon!</p><p></p><p>Since this wasn't a lie either, Gareth told Demon #2 that he hadn't lied either. Demon #1 & #2 turned to the purple shadowy demon and told it to lie. It did, but Gareth told them it didn't just to mess with them. Tiger told the demons to go to Little Well in two days time and go to the social center of the island. They had problems with the two days time concept, so Tiger came up with a plan to toss a rock down the shaft to tell them when it was time. Then the person could beat the demons to Little Well. A-dom commented how much he liked Flamey and then chucked Gareth up into the shaft before leaping up. Tiger walked back up the wall. Everyone climbed back up the shaft.</p><p></p><p>Once outside, Gareth repaired the hatch. Jade's Luck had some questions about just what would invalidate the demons contract. They knew that giving the demons a suicidal command would invalidate the contract and send it back to Malfeas, but Tiger, Quicksilver, and Jade's Luck really wanted to kill the demons dead. A-dom expressed his desire to just send Flamey back to Malfeas. Jade's Luck wanted to go back and talk to Elephant some more. Quicksilver and A-dom expressed a desire to accompany her. Quicksilver & Jade's Luck told Gareth about using the air bladders in his statue for air, so Gareth built two large air bladders. Petunia asked A-dom if he/she should accompany him, then realized they were going into the water and asked to remain outside 'with the one-eyed enemy.'</p><p></p><p>The three swam down to the smallest door for Little Well and went inside while Gareth, Tiger and Petunia waited outside. They talked with Elephant for a while, gleaning information about the usefulness of the demons and went over their 'kill' list with him. They found out that the island used to be the Eastern tip of a very large island (bigger than Atlantis). Elephant was worried that the rest of the island was gone, but agreed that, if they really were in the middle of nowhere, the security demons weren't really necessary.</p><p></p><p>They found out what the original concept of each village was, as detailed by the contest.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Big Well - They know they are in a contest and they want to win</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Little Well - Follow the most powerful beings present</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Oak Castle - This is a trial of faith. They must endure these hardships, be penitent, and never waiver from their faith.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sun'gra'la - This is paradise. They don't have a goal of getting rid of the other villages. But they would be very happy if they all left or died as the only problem with paradise is the other villages.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Temple - Fanatical Faith is the basis of their society.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Destroyed village - Might Makes Right: Everyone else should be wiped out as quickly as possible.</li> </ul><p></p><p>A-dom, of course, got into another argument with the Elephant. He was getting competitive with the Elephant and finished smugly by stating he could move and the Elephant couldn't. The Elephant got a determined look on his face and the Manse started to shake. Shortly thereafter, the Manse lurched and then stopped shaking. The water quickly started draining and they had to fight not being flushed out the doors. A-dom asked what the Elephant had done.</p><p></p><p>Elephant: I moved the Manse. Don't mess with a competition spirit. We always win.</p><p></p><p>They went outside and saw they were on the East side of the island. They walked back into the soggy Manse. Jade's Luck asked Elephant to move the Manse back.</p><p></p><p>Elephant: Can't. Too tired. You know how hard it is to move a Manse across the island?</p><p></p><p>They hung around for a little while longer, asking about the end of the competition. Elephant didn't know a lot about it, since once he chose the winner, the Solars didn't really care to clue him in on what happened next. He did say that, if you invalidate the competition, you forfeit your claim to the spoils (which is significantly different from what they had previously learned). Eventually they hopped aboard the A-dom express and headed back towards the Manse.</p><p></p><p>Back on the other side of the island, Gareth, Tiger and Petunia watched the Manse start to shake and then disappear. The water level in the hole dropped immediately. Petunia became distraught over his/her boss disappearing. Gareth told Petunia A-dom had abandoned her. He/She growled and wandered off into the woods to hunt chipmunks. Gareth and Tiger figured they'd show up eventually and decided to train. After a day or so, Tiger headed off for Little Well while Gareth & Petunia stayed behind and waited.</p><p></p><p>A day and a half after the Manse disappeared, Gareth finished training and the others showed up. Petunia was annoyed that A-dom had abandoned him/her and told him what 'the one-eyed enemy' had said. A-dom told him/her that he would always come back for him/her.</p><p></p><p>Gareth: Wow. He doesn't even tell his wife that.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck told Gareth what happened to the Manse and filled him in on what they had learned. Gareth told them Tiger had already left for Little Well.</p><p></p><p>A-dom opened the hatch properly and dropped a pebble down the shaft. He waited a few minutes, but nothing happened. He grumbled and then found a huge rock and dropped it down the shaft. He waited a few minutes and then looked. He noticed the rock had gotten stuck so he dropped down and punched the rock into lots of tiny rocks. Waiting a few more minutes, he climbed down the shaft to see what the hold up was. The demons were arguing about if they had been given the signal or not, since more than one rock had dropped down and they were unsure if those rocks were large enough to qualify as a rock.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Hey morons! That was the signal! The signal is now me yelling!</p><p></p><p>Demons: Okay.</p><p></p><p>Half a minute passed with the demons just standing there.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Go already!</p><p></p><p>A-dom then sped out of the shaft as four demons flew up through the shaft very, very fast. The group watched them fly towards Little Well much faster than A-dom could move. Everyone jumped aboard the A-dom Express and headed off.</p><p></p><p>Tiger was standing in Little Well when the four security demons arrived. They commented about how it was a nice little village and how they normally couldn't visit the town, because of orders. The villagers bowed down and worshipped the demons a lot while Tiger stood by. The others eventually got to Little Well and got off of A-dom.</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck, Gareth, and Quicksilver activated several rather showy scene-long charms with their animas burning brightly. While Jade's Luck made pronouncements about the villagers having strayed from the true path, A-dom sped forward at lightening speed and grabbed a hold of Flamey, taking him out of the village.</p><p></p><p>A-dom: Owowowowowowow!</p><p></p><p>Jade's Luck chastised the village inhabitants for not recognizing the true glory of the Solars and Gareth preached. Quicksilver, Jade's Luck, and Tiger attacked the demons, doing aggravated damage. Tiger killed his demon dead while the other two were wounded. Mere seconds after they were attacked, the wounded demons mouthed swears and popped back to Malfeas. The dead demon remained dead on the ground. Jade's Luck and Gareth continued chastising and preaching.</p><p></p><p>Away from the village, A-dom stopped running and let go of Flamey, cursing his burnt arms. He told Flamey that he rather liked him and wanted to just send him back to Malfeas instead of killing him. Flamey thanked him for that and said he was cool. A-dom asked how he could invalidate his contract. Flamey told him several options that the group already knew. </p><p></p><p>A-dom (looks menacing): I'm going to kill you!</p><p></p><p>Flamey (looking a bit hurt): Really?</p><p></p><p>A-dom: No.</p><p></p><p>Flamey: You know, you have to actually mean it to breach my contract.</p><p></p><p>A-dom told Flamey to hold his breath. That didn't work. A-dom told Flamey to eat himself. Flamey just looked at him funny. Eventually A-dom told Flamey to just go to Creation. Flamey popped back to Malfeas. Left alone now, A-dom eventually realized that he could have ordered Flamey to invalidate the competition and Flamey would have done so in a direct manner, since he actually seemed to like A-dom. Then the competition would have been invalidated by someone other than the Circle and they wouldn't have forfeited their share of the spoils. Oh well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 4700801, member: 9758"] [b]Session 77 - Some Demons Are As Bad At Being Demons As We Are At Being Solars[/b] Session 77 [i]Date: 9/29/08[/i] [b]Some Demons Are As Bad At Being Demons As We Are At Being Solars Subtitle: Tiger Has A Plan! Alternate Subtitle: Don't Mess With A Competition Spirit! By [i]Ao the Overkitty[/i][/b] The group stood around and discussed for quite a while just what they were going to do on the island. A-dom wanted to slaughter until the contest ended. Gareth felt the demons were prolonging the competition and at least the Neomah needed to be removed in order for it to continue on it's proper course without further interference (like slaughtering villagers). Quicksilver was all for the destroying of demons and said he could kill them dead. Tiger said Jade's Luck just wanted the island in Creation so she could have access to her new Manse every day of the month. They explained what they knew about the competition to Quicksilver, Mostly revolving around ending the competition and what happened if someone invalidated it. There were explanations about the spoils of the contest and how the competition was probably sanctified by an Eclipse. Gareth relayed this vision to the others, saying it sounded like they were enforced by magic instead of a sanctified oath. The group didn't really formally decide anything about how much they were going to interfere with the competition, but it seemed like they agreed they weren't going to force the competition to end, just make it so it could actually end. It was, at least, agreed that if the Neomah stayed around, this competition would not end in 20 years. Plus, with the Neomah gone, it would stop any mortals from being created without souls. A-dom called Impy to come to the Circle. Once Impy arrived, he asked the demon how many purple demons there were. Impy looked pensive. A-dom clarified on the island and then further clarified Neomah. Impy said there was only one Neomah on the island, but there were three purple demons. A-dom asked where the Neomah was and Impy said it was in the Demon Compound. This prompted needing to explain to Quicksilver about the demon compound. Impy was asked to lead them back to the compound. After walking a while, the group decided they needed to discuss some more, so they told Impy to keep going and catch up. The group discussed for a while the scale of what they were going to do. They were largely unsure if they were going to invalidate contracts or kill the demon or kill all the demons or what. It mostly boiled down to not knowing just what the demons part in the competition was. During this conversation, Petunia killed a chipmunk and offered part of his/her dinner to A-dom. He passed on it. Quicksilver commented about missing his familiar. When asked what it was, he said she was a Mantis. They realized that they had never asked the elephant about the demons and decided to go do that. So, the group trekked to the Manse. Quicksilver decided he wanted to go in with Jade's Luck, but was unsure about the doors. While explaining the doors, they decided to go through the smallest door for Little Well this time. Quicksilver took a deep breath and swam down with Jade's Luck. Once they finally got to the elephant's room, he was worried about running out of air if he started talking. Looking around, he saw A-dom's statue, Gareth's statue, and Tiger's trampled flower. Elephant greeted them and asked if there was a plague in Little Well or something. When told there wasn't, he asked if they had lost their faith in the Unconquered Sun. Basically, he wanted to know why Little Well was doing so abysmally. Jade's Luck explained that Little Well still praised the Unconquered Sun, but they were worshipping the demons and thought they were the Unconquered Sun's messengers. Elephant said that Little Well worshipped the most powerful things around. Since the Solars had disappeared, that was the demons, so they hadn't exactly strayed from their original concept. It was suggested that they'd stop praising the demons now that the Solars were around, since they were more powerful than the demons. Quicksilver was starting to look a little blue from speaking, so Jade's Luck pointed out that there was probably some air still trapped in the air bladders of Gareth's statue. Quicksilver started sucking the air out of the female elephant statue through its mouth. Jade's Luck asked if there were any questions they could ask him that would invalidate the competition. Elephant said no, but there were questions he couldn't answer. She never asked what those questions were. Jade's Luck asked about the demons purpose on the island. She found out they weren't originally part of the competition. Security demons were brought in to keep intruders off the island, then they needed demons to watch the security demons, and it all kind of ballooned from there. They asked about the security demons and were told that there were four of them that lived under the island and only came out on the Sixth day, since their purpose was to guard the island from intruders. This made them very bored and they drooled a lot. He said they came out the bottom of the island and swam up. She asked if they could get rid of the demons without mucking up the competition. She told him that the demons were prolonging the competition and increasing the population of the villages faster than the death rate. Elephant said that was bad. He said that the Neomah was brought in to replace the sacrificed people, since the Unconquered Sun liked sacrifices every once in a while, but they shouldn't be doing more than that. He said Chok'Thar was brought in as a prop for the Temple village, since the people there were a little unstable. He asked if they could leave Frank alone. He explained that Frank was a construction demon that kept the Manse in good repair. He said Frank called himself the Foreman, though there were no demons under him. He described Frank as a being kind of rocky/concretey and kind of boring to talk to, but he was useful. Jade's Luck asked what demons were on the island. The elephant pulled out a list. [list] [*]Baharennu, paperwork demon (Voodoo Doll) [*]Bob'Bob , in charge of making sure there were no dangerous plants or animals on the island (the Lizard like demon). [*]Zho'lar (aka "Impy"), messenger demon [*]Chok'Thar Demon Brain, in charge of keeping the Temple inhabitants from sacrificing themselves en masse [*]Frank, Manse repair demon [*]four security demons [*]Jafa'lu'kar Destroyer of Wishes: Wyld Repulsion Specialist [*]Neomah [*]Baus'turo Executioner of Sorcerers: Warden of Magic: demon in charge of dealing with sorcerous threats to the competition [/list] Jade's Luck was worried about releasing the demons from the contract, since she didn't want them wandering around Creation free (which proved she didn't pay attention to when Gareth questioned the demons). Quicksilver asked how they were going to get to the security demons. Elephant said there was an access hatch 100 meters from the Manse and told them where to find it. He then remembered they had told him the Manse had been underground, so he added the hatch would be under a lot of ground, so they'd need to dig. Quicksilver and Jade's Luck rejoined the others outside and told them about the hatch. They told the group about what they had found out. When asked Gareth told Jade's Luck that the demons weren't getting out into Creation if their contracts were invalidated. They would go straight back to Malfeas, unless they had a proviso to go somewhere else. He gave the example that Baharennu was supposed to be currently in Heaven working on fixing the paperwork he had filed. Gareth looked over the list and they discussed which demons to off. It was decided that they would get rid of most of the demons on the island. Frank, Impy, [Wyld destruction demon], and [plant & animal demon] served a purpose and would be kept. The others would serve the purpose of being destroyed in front of the inhabitants of Little Well, to show the superiority of Solars and put them back on the right track. The group figured this would require proselytizing for a bit. Jade's Luck suggested the Temple could survive without Chok'Thar if the group was able to convince them not to sacrifice themselves. Gareth voiced he wasn't sure if this would constitute invalidating the competition, but was still for getting rid of Chok'Thar. Quicksilver asked Gareth if he could build a tunnel to the hatch. Gareth pointed at A-dom and said he was the digger. A-dom grabbed a tree, hollowed it into a shovel and started digging. About 30 meters down, A-dom hit the hatch. It was a very nice looking hatch. Quicksilver inspected it, finding writing in Old Realm saying something about Authorized Personnel Only, made by some Tide person. A-dom wrenched the hatch open, breaking it. Gareth bemoaned this, saying he was just going to have to fix that. There was a long shaft down. Quicksilver started climbing down. A-dom: He hasn't learned yet. Hey, New Guy! Duck! Quicksilver flattened himself against the wall as A-dom dove down the shaft. The others made their way down at a more leisurely pace, taking the time to have a discussion about demons (and A-dom) on the way down. The shaft was very dark, so A-dom put on his caste-mark. Eventually he saw ahead the shaft opening up into a large cavern. Directly below the shaft was another hole and then the nothing of Elsewhere. He could also see a couple of demons hanging around down there. A-dom: Oh crap! A-dom grabbed a hold of the lip of the shaft, ripped the stone out of the ceiling, and continued plummeting towards the hole. A-dom (to demons): Catch me! The fire demon ran over and caught A-dom before he could fall through the hole into Elsewhere. A-dom: Owowow. Thank you. Good demon! A-dom chatted with the demons for a little bit. That never goes well, so the others quickened their pace. When they got to the bottom of the shaft, Gareth accessed that it was a 100ft drop to the floor of the cavern, so he couldn't get back up on his own, but could with help. He monkey-leapt down. Tiger walked down the wall to join them. Jade's Luck and Quicksilver decided to stay in the shaft. The three talked to the demons, asking them what they did and if they were contractually allowed up on the island when it was in Elsewhere and such. Gareth was shocked when the demon answered completely honestly and stated such. Demon #2: You idiot. You're supposed to lie! You're a bad demon! Since this wasn't a lie either, Gareth told Demon #2 that he hadn't lied either. Demon #1 & #2 turned to the purple shadowy demon and told it to lie. It did, but Gareth told them it didn't just to mess with them. Tiger told the demons to go to Little Well in two days time and go to the social center of the island. They had problems with the two days time concept, so Tiger came up with a plan to toss a rock down the shaft to tell them when it was time. Then the person could beat the demons to Little Well. A-dom commented how much he liked Flamey and then chucked Gareth up into the shaft before leaping up. Tiger walked back up the wall. Everyone climbed back up the shaft. Once outside, Gareth repaired the hatch. Jade's Luck had some questions about just what would invalidate the demons contract. They knew that giving the demons a suicidal command would invalidate the contract and send it back to Malfeas, but Tiger, Quicksilver, and Jade's Luck really wanted to kill the demons dead. A-dom expressed his desire to just send Flamey back to Malfeas. Jade's Luck wanted to go back and talk to Elephant some more. Quicksilver and A-dom expressed a desire to accompany her. Quicksilver & Jade's Luck told Gareth about using the air bladders in his statue for air, so Gareth built two large air bladders. Petunia asked A-dom if he/she should accompany him, then realized they were going into the water and asked to remain outside 'with the one-eyed enemy.' The three swam down to the smallest door for Little Well and went inside while Gareth, Tiger and Petunia waited outside. They talked with Elephant for a while, gleaning information about the usefulness of the demons and went over their 'kill' list with him. They found out that the island used to be the Eastern tip of a very large island (bigger than Atlantis). Elephant was worried that the rest of the island was gone, but agreed that, if they really were in the middle of nowhere, the security demons weren't really necessary. They found out what the original concept of each village was, as detailed by the contest. [list] [*]Big Well - They know they are in a contest and they want to win [*]Little Well - Follow the most powerful beings present [*]Oak Castle - This is a trial of faith. They must endure these hardships, be penitent, and never waiver from their faith. [*]Sun'gra'la - This is paradise. They don't have a goal of getting rid of the other villages. But they would be very happy if they all left or died as the only problem with paradise is the other villages. [*]The Temple - Fanatical Faith is the basis of their society. [*]Destroyed village - Might Makes Right: Everyone else should be wiped out as quickly as possible. [/list] A-dom, of course, got into another argument with the Elephant. He was getting competitive with the Elephant and finished smugly by stating he could move and the Elephant couldn't. The Elephant got a determined look on his face and the Manse started to shake. Shortly thereafter, the Manse lurched and then stopped shaking. The water quickly started draining and they had to fight not being flushed out the doors. A-dom asked what the Elephant had done. Elephant: I moved the Manse. Don't mess with a competition spirit. We always win. They went outside and saw they were on the East side of the island. They walked back into the soggy Manse. Jade's Luck asked Elephant to move the Manse back. Elephant: Can't. Too tired. You know how hard it is to move a Manse across the island? They hung around for a little while longer, asking about the end of the competition. Elephant didn't know a lot about it, since once he chose the winner, the Solars didn't really care to clue him in on what happened next. He did say that, if you invalidate the competition, you forfeit your claim to the spoils (which is significantly different from what they had previously learned). Eventually they hopped aboard the A-dom express and headed back towards the Manse. Back on the other side of the island, Gareth, Tiger and Petunia watched the Manse start to shake and then disappear. The water level in the hole dropped immediately. Petunia became distraught over his/her boss disappearing. Gareth told Petunia A-dom had abandoned her. He/She growled and wandered off into the woods to hunt chipmunks. Gareth and Tiger figured they'd show up eventually and decided to train. After a day or so, Tiger headed off for Little Well while Gareth & Petunia stayed behind and waited. A day and a half after the Manse disappeared, Gareth finished training and the others showed up. Petunia was annoyed that A-dom had abandoned him/her and told him what 'the one-eyed enemy' had said. A-dom told him/her that he would always come back for him/her. Gareth: Wow. He doesn't even tell his wife that. Jade's Luck told Gareth what happened to the Manse and filled him in on what they had learned. Gareth told them Tiger had already left for Little Well. A-dom opened the hatch properly and dropped a pebble down the shaft. He waited a few minutes, but nothing happened. He grumbled and then found a huge rock and dropped it down the shaft. He waited a few minutes and then looked. He noticed the rock had gotten stuck so he dropped down and punched the rock into lots of tiny rocks. Waiting a few more minutes, he climbed down the shaft to see what the hold up was. The demons were arguing about if they had been given the signal or not, since more than one rock had dropped down and they were unsure if those rocks were large enough to qualify as a rock. A-dom: Hey morons! That was the signal! The signal is now me yelling! Demons: Okay. Half a minute passed with the demons just standing there. A-dom: Go already! A-dom then sped out of the shaft as four demons flew up through the shaft very, very fast. The group watched them fly towards Little Well much faster than A-dom could move. Everyone jumped aboard the A-dom Express and headed off. Tiger was standing in Little Well when the four security demons arrived. They commented about how it was a nice little village and how they normally couldn't visit the town, because of orders. The villagers bowed down and worshipped the demons a lot while Tiger stood by. The others eventually got to Little Well and got off of A-dom. Jade's Luck, Gareth, and Quicksilver activated several rather showy scene-long charms with their animas burning brightly. While Jade's Luck made pronouncements about the villagers having strayed from the true path, A-dom sped forward at lightening speed and grabbed a hold of Flamey, taking him out of the village. A-dom: Owowowowowowow! Jade's Luck chastised the village inhabitants for not recognizing the true glory of the Solars and Gareth preached. Quicksilver, Jade's Luck, and Tiger attacked the demons, doing aggravated damage. Tiger killed his demon dead while the other two were wounded. Mere seconds after they were attacked, the wounded demons mouthed swears and popped back to Malfeas. The dead demon remained dead on the ground. Jade's Luck and Gareth continued chastising and preaching. Away from the village, A-dom stopped running and let go of Flamey, cursing his burnt arms. He told Flamey that he rather liked him and wanted to just send him back to Malfeas instead of killing him. Flamey thanked him for that and said he was cool. A-dom asked how he could invalidate his contract. Flamey told him several options that the group already knew. A-dom (looks menacing): I'm going to kill you! Flamey (looking a bit hurt): Really? A-dom: No. Flamey: You know, you have to actually mean it to breach my contract. A-dom told Flamey to hold his breath. That didn't work. A-dom told Flamey to eat himself. Flamey just looked at him funny. Eventually A-dom told Flamey to just go to Creation. Flamey popped back to Malfeas. Left alone now, A-dom eventually realized that he could have ordered Flamey to invalidate the competition and Flamey would have done so in a direct manner, since he actually seemed to like A-dom. Then the competition would have been invalidated by someone other than the Circle and they wouldn't have forfeited their share of the spoils. Oh well. [/QUOTE]
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