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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2154633" data-attributes="member: 22622"><p><strong>Episode 20: Significent Others</strong></p><p></p><p>Vivian and Rin awakened that evening to a messenger at their door. A small crowd had gathered outside of their door. He delivered to them an invitation from Tarus Qua, the nephew of acting Nomarch, Ihat Qua. The note was an invitation for Vivian and Rin to join him and Preslin, Tarus’s servant to a private dinner. Throughout their previous late dinner the night before, the two had been eyeing the two females. Vivian and Rin paid the messenger to respond back in writing that they will attend. The two women were suspicious that the response had to be back in writing. Nikylik and Jalentriel awoke as well and met the two other party members in their room. Brando’on and Rykio had set out earlier to look for the whereabouts about John Swift, believing that he could possibly shed some light on events.</p><p></p><p>Jalentriel hit the town that evening, coming about a local tavern in the common district. He attracted several small crowds as he pounced around in his Starling attire. Jalentriel spent the evening the bar, showing up the local bard talent Roger, whom was a regular. Jalentriel spent the evening telling jokes, playing his flute and listening in on several conversations.</p><p>The two ladies spent the evening in their rooms as Nikylik went to the local library to find out more information about the city. Before leaving, he was bombarded by money by his young apprentice Timmy, whom he befriended several days ago.</p><p>At the Library, Nikylik researched the history of Quarta Set, finding a book that detailed the struggles of the settlers against a lizard folk they called the Yuan-ti. He also befriended a young lady halfling with long stringy brown hair whom was fascinated by Nikylik’s travels. She was heavily flirtation with the young gnome and took him home and cooked him a nice juicy steak she had picked up from the butchers.</p><p>Nikylik came home the latest after declining an invitation to spend the night with the beautiful halfling.</p><p>The next day, Jalentriel visited Madam Bianca’s home to see if he could recover the diary one last time. Upon entering, the place was ransacked and there were speckles of blood everywhere. Bianca’s Forged lay in pieces but somewhat still active. There was also a large pile of shredded ash, which looked to be the remnants of the diary. Jalentriel searched the home for any other clues but found nothing. He then began to repair the Forged to the best of his knowledge, but the job was poorly done as the being’s arms began falling off. The Forged explained that masked men barged into the small herbal shack and left Bianca. He tried to fend them off but was incapacitated. Jalentriel became suspicious of the being attacking it before being stabbed by a large rapier, which flashed out of the creature’s arms. Jalentriel called out to stop the fighting with the Forged believing his story. He draped him in a cloth and escorted him back to the pyramid.</p><p></p><p>By the time Jalentriel returned, the party had already known of Bianca’s demise from the newspaper, which reported that her body had been found in the riverbanks this morning with many dagger wounds, similar to the wounds the Minutemen used. This news was bitter as it more than encouraged the public soul releasing (executions) of the minutemen. The party decided to keep their reputation in tact and not intervene in the soul releasing, opting instead to use the lax of guards in the pyramid to question the Forged. The Forged was arrogant and dismissive of the party, believing that they should be adamantly trying to find Bianca’s killers.</p><p>Nikylik spent hours reading the book he had picked up from the library the previous day as Jalentriel, Vivian and Rin attempted to try to find out how to reach the Elven Kingdoms. Jalentriel also attempted to piece together the burned ashes of the book, but after paying one of the apprentices, he found out that the book burned was a fake. The Forged was uncooperative. As the time for Rin and Vivian’s meeting with the two noblemen approached, the four party members thought it best to wrestle down the Forged. They began searching his body and found the leather diary on the Forged. The Forged also made a startling revelation; he was in fact Madam Bianca.</p><p>She had transmuted herself to trick her assailants but was not too weak to transform back into her original form. The party flipped through the book, discovering that there were several steps needed to travel. The diary detailed an underwater passage deep beneath the poisoned sea. The passage is where the spell sealing off Lanai is thin. That leads into mountains in Lanai, the Elven name for the Elven Kingdoms. To protect a ship from the harshness of the waters, the party would need an abundance of diamond ore. They will also need steel stained in pure demon blood and the blood of an innocent.</p><p></p><p>Vivian and Rin had little time to take in the new information before departing on their date. They were escorted by a caravan to a home 10 minutes from Quarta Set. There, were greeted by Tarus and Preslin whom were dressed for the occasion. The four had catered dinner and went out into some private fields for hunting.</p><p>The date ended abruptly, as Tarus and Preslin tricked the women to the location to ambush them. The two men turned into lizard like beings. Tarus, however, was much more pale than either Preslin or Tomorb and displayed various vampire like combat abilities during the battle. The two lizard beings tore into Rin and Vivian. Rin was quite adept at repelling the blows of the men, however, Vivian received numerous cuts from the two men. Before long, Rin herself began attacking Vivian. Rin pummeled Vivian badly and then took the Masamune out of Vivian’s hands. She appeared to be under a dominate spell. Rin’s hands burned as she handled the Masamune to Tarus. Just as she made the exchange Another sharp ray of dark black void shot towards the Tarus causing him to fall to the ground in agony. Rin looked up and snapped out of the spell to see an image fading into reality. It appeared to be Xioloch. He walked towards Vivian, very hurt at this point and reached over for the Masamune before jetting his arm back in pain and fading out of existence, “Damn she has already bonded with it” he screamed. “ He disappeared again.</p><p>Vivian stood up and used her psionics abilities to heal herself, she walked over and Punched Rin in the back of the head. Vivian then beheaded Tarus’s still body and the two burned the remains. A hurt Rin apologized to Vivian attempting to explain the dominance. Vivian began walking back to the temple city with Rin still hurt about her actions. Hours later the two reached the Pyramid, fearful at the repercussions for killing the acting Nomarch’s nephew and servant.</p><p></p><p>In the mean time, Nikylik, the young gnome illusionist, did not return back at all from his date when the party awoke the next morning. It was assumed that his date went “well.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 2154633, member: 22622"] [b]Episode 20: Significent Others[/b] Vivian and Rin awakened that evening to a messenger at their door. A small crowd had gathered outside of their door. He delivered to them an invitation from Tarus Qua, the nephew of acting Nomarch, Ihat Qua. The note was an invitation for Vivian and Rin to join him and Preslin, Tarus’s servant to a private dinner. Throughout their previous late dinner the night before, the two had been eyeing the two females. Vivian and Rin paid the messenger to respond back in writing that they will attend. The two women were suspicious that the response had to be back in writing. Nikylik and Jalentriel awoke as well and met the two other party members in their room. Brando’on and Rykio had set out earlier to look for the whereabouts about John Swift, believing that he could possibly shed some light on events. Jalentriel hit the town that evening, coming about a local tavern in the common district. He attracted several small crowds as he pounced around in his Starling attire. Jalentriel spent the evening the bar, showing up the local bard talent Roger, whom was a regular. Jalentriel spent the evening telling jokes, playing his flute and listening in on several conversations. The two ladies spent the evening in their rooms as Nikylik went to the local library to find out more information about the city. Before leaving, he was bombarded by money by his young apprentice Timmy, whom he befriended several days ago. At the Library, Nikylik researched the history of Quarta Set, finding a book that detailed the struggles of the settlers against a lizard folk they called the Yuan-ti. He also befriended a young lady halfling with long stringy brown hair whom was fascinated by Nikylik’s travels. She was heavily flirtation with the young gnome and took him home and cooked him a nice juicy steak she had picked up from the butchers. Nikylik came home the latest after declining an invitation to spend the night with the beautiful halfling. The next day, Jalentriel visited Madam Bianca’s home to see if he could recover the diary one last time. Upon entering, the place was ransacked and there were speckles of blood everywhere. Bianca’s Forged lay in pieces but somewhat still active. There was also a large pile of shredded ash, which looked to be the remnants of the diary. Jalentriel searched the home for any other clues but found nothing. He then began to repair the Forged to the best of his knowledge, but the job was poorly done as the being’s arms began falling off. The Forged explained that masked men barged into the small herbal shack and left Bianca. He tried to fend them off but was incapacitated. Jalentriel became suspicious of the being attacking it before being stabbed by a large rapier, which flashed out of the creature’s arms. Jalentriel called out to stop the fighting with the Forged believing his story. He draped him in a cloth and escorted him back to the pyramid. By the time Jalentriel returned, the party had already known of Bianca’s demise from the newspaper, which reported that her body had been found in the riverbanks this morning with many dagger wounds, similar to the wounds the Minutemen used. This news was bitter as it more than encouraged the public soul releasing (executions) of the minutemen. The party decided to keep their reputation in tact and not intervene in the soul releasing, opting instead to use the lax of guards in the pyramid to question the Forged. The Forged was arrogant and dismissive of the party, believing that they should be adamantly trying to find Bianca’s killers. Nikylik spent hours reading the book he had picked up from the library the previous day as Jalentriel, Vivian and Rin attempted to try to find out how to reach the Elven Kingdoms. Jalentriel also attempted to piece together the burned ashes of the book, but after paying one of the apprentices, he found out that the book burned was a fake. The Forged was uncooperative. As the time for Rin and Vivian’s meeting with the two noblemen approached, the four party members thought it best to wrestle down the Forged. They began searching his body and found the leather diary on the Forged. The Forged also made a startling revelation; he was in fact Madam Bianca. She had transmuted herself to trick her assailants but was not too weak to transform back into her original form. The party flipped through the book, discovering that there were several steps needed to travel. The diary detailed an underwater passage deep beneath the poisoned sea. The passage is where the spell sealing off Lanai is thin. That leads into mountains in Lanai, the Elven name for the Elven Kingdoms. To protect a ship from the harshness of the waters, the party would need an abundance of diamond ore. They will also need steel stained in pure demon blood and the blood of an innocent. Vivian and Rin had little time to take in the new information before departing on their date. They were escorted by a caravan to a home 10 minutes from Quarta Set. There, were greeted by Tarus and Preslin whom were dressed for the occasion. The four had catered dinner and went out into some private fields for hunting. The date ended abruptly, as Tarus and Preslin tricked the women to the location to ambush them. The two men turned into lizard like beings. Tarus, however, was much more pale than either Preslin or Tomorb and displayed various vampire like combat abilities during the battle. The two lizard beings tore into Rin and Vivian. Rin was quite adept at repelling the blows of the men, however, Vivian received numerous cuts from the two men. Before long, Rin herself began attacking Vivian. Rin pummeled Vivian badly and then took the Masamune out of Vivian’s hands. She appeared to be under a dominate spell. Rin’s hands burned as she handled the Masamune to Tarus. Just as she made the exchange Another sharp ray of dark black void shot towards the Tarus causing him to fall to the ground in agony. Rin looked up and snapped out of the spell to see an image fading into reality. It appeared to be Xioloch. He walked towards Vivian, very hurt at this point and reached over for the Masamune before jetting his arm back in pain and fading out of existence, “Damn she has already bonded with it” he screamed. “ He disappeared again. Vivian stood up and used her psionics abilities to heal herself, she walked over and Punched Rin in the back of the head. Vivian then beheaded Tarus’s still body and the two burned the remains. A hurt Rin apologized to Vivian attempting to explain the dominance. Vivian began walking back to the temple city with Rin still hurt about her actions. Hours later the two reached the Pyramid, fearful at the repercussions for killing the acting Nomarch’s nephew and servant. In the mean time, Nikylik, the young gnome illusionist, did not return back at all from his date when the party awoke the next morning. It was assumed that his date went “well.” [/QUOTE]
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