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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7341253" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 41, Part One - You Call that Art?</strong></p><p></p><p>They made their way through the hall of blasphemous artworks, examining the bizarre paintings as they went: depictions of the clergy Vices. All the while, the Humble Hook began to whisper details of the life story of their new companion to Korrigan, who found he simply <em>knew </em>that her name was Quratulain and that her life had been a tragic one. Finally, she had been entombed in the vault for the murder of several clergy priests many centuries before the Great Malice.</p><p></p><p>(For her part, though outwardly silent and passive for the time being, Quratulain’s mind worked busily to figure out what was happening. Only Korrigan’s surprising question, “Did I keep my promise?” had enabled her to see through the impression that he was Nicodemus, a man she knew had betrayed her, though she could not remember how. Puzzling.)</p><p></p><p>Grunhilde led them down some darkened steps, and the noise of sexual union became louder. Atop the Pious Mount, overlooking the Keystone Exhibit, two exhausted, red-raw ‘lovers’ kept up a ceaseless, rhythmic pounding. Repulsed, Korrigan ordered them to ‘stop’, but his imperial oratory only caused them to pause for a moment. Quratulain announced that they had ‘clearly been compelled’, a fact Grunhilde confirmed: Giovanni had ordained that two of his followers should ‘perform’ atop the mount at all times, and he often forgot to remind them to switch places.</p><p></p><p>Before they advanced to meet with Giovanni, they wondered if Nicodemus and Kasvarina had done so, and if it was better for them to follow their exact path. Uriel complained loudly, “hasn’t anyone been listening to me?” Korrigan, who found Uriel’s explanations prolix, turned to Gupta and asked her to sum up their findings. She confirmed that this was not a normal memory event, and would not be disrupted by divergence. Korrigan thanked her and Uriel rolled his eyes (imperceptibly, as they lacked irises or pupils).</p><p></p><p>In the high, vaulted chamber beyond were many more large paintings, but the largest stood over twenty feet high and dwarfed the others – a painting of a stormy landscape, with an aged but muscular figure standing, bare-armed and legs akimbo in the foreground. Though the rest of painting remained still, the face moved to speak in a booming voice. It offered them welcome and asked why they had come. When Korrigan said they had come to parley, Giovanni gave commands and his followers sprang in large numbers from all of the other paintings, offering succulent meat, grapes, fine wines, cushions to recline on. The couple on the Pious Mount called for them to join in.</p><p></p><p>Ignoring these inducements, Korrigan established that Giovanni wanted one of his followers rescued from the devil Belcamp: a lillend named Somnia, who had ranged too far along one of the halls and been snatched by the devil’s minions. Although no reward other than safe passage was proffered, Korrigan did not see any reason to decline. They withdrew, dragging Rumdoom away from the party.</p><p></p><p>On their way back through the main chamber, Uriel’s attention was caught and drawn to the depiction of Envy – one of the clergy’s Seven Vices. The painting depicted an iron-bound chest, with the key inserted into the lock. Uriel approached the image, muttering under his breath as if in recognition. Then he reached out as if to grab the key, only for his whole arm to be sucked in, before he was blasted back across the chamber in a blaze of radiance and lightning. He lay stunned and steaming, conscious but very weak. They left Gupta and Serafima behind to tend to him, and Rumdoom to watch over them both.</p><p></p><p>On their return to the vault of Unholy Arms & Armour, they discussed their options. Despite the evident danger, Korrigan was curious to investigate the southern hall from which they had seen Nicodemus, Kasvarina and Quratulain retreat. He asked Quratulain if she remembered what lay down there. The question gave the mechanical woman pause:</p><p></p><p>What exactly what was going on here? She recalled each event only as it unfolded, in a kind of belated déjà vu, but could not remember what would happen next, no matter how hard she tried. When she did try to focus, she instead became aware of other sensations that did not correspond to her current circumstances: the feeling that she was trapped, pinned, frozen. Where was she now? This form was not <em>her</em>; she was somewhere else. (Perhaps these strangers could help release her at long last?) Whatever; all would be revealed in time. For now, her answer to Korrigan was simply, “No”.</p><p></p><p>Curiosity piqued, they braved the hallway anyway. A few minutes later they returned to the vault of Unholy Arms & Armour for a third time, and paused to heal their wounds. (Uru offered to help Quratulain, but she rejected his ministrations.) The hallway south was indeed dangerous, with a curse that caused every weapon carried to deal injuries to its bearer. </p><p></p><p>So they headed north, back to the vault of Heretical Texts, and then south-east – where a deep flood caused them much perplexity, until Korrigan – tired of listening to inventive solutions – wondered aloud, “if only someone had a water walk ritual,” whereupon Uru remembered that he did…</p><p></p><p>The vault of Accursed Items had been comprehensively looted – everything removed or destroyed, including the ornate iron doors. Small piles of silvery powder were dotted about everywhere and Leon warned everyone to avoid them. This place also turned out to be the lair of a bear-sized rust monster that launched itself out if its nest amid the rubble and frightened the living daylights out of everyone. Quratulain bravely drew its attention (as the most tempting target for a rust monster), and allowed the others to get into position, responding swiftly to Korrigan’s commands. Matunaaga aimed carefully, only for his kill to be stolen by a single shot from above: Uru, up on the ceiling, did not want his friends to lose their valuable items, and placed his poison shuriken with care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7341253, member: 79141"] [b]Session 41, Part One - You Call that Art?[/b] They made their way through the hall of blasphemous artworks, examining the bizarre paintings as they went: depictions of the clergy Vices. All the while, the Humble Hook began to whisper details of the life story of their new companion to Korrigan, who found he simply [I]knew [/I]that her name was Quratulain and that her life had been a tragic one. Finally, she had been entombed in the vault for the murder of several clergy priests many centuries before the Great Malice. (For her part, though outwardly silent and passive for the time being, Quratulain’s mind worked busily to figure out what was happening. Only Korrigan’s surprising question, “Did I keep my promise?” had enabled her to see through the impression that he was Nicodemus, a man she knew had betrayed her, though she could not remember how. Puzzling.) Grunhilde led them down some darkened steps, and the noise of sexual union became louder. Atop the Pious Mount, overlooking the Keystone Exhibit, two exhausted, red-raw ‘lovers’ kept up a ceaseless, rhythmic pounding. Repulsed, Korrigan ordered them to ‘stop’, but his imperial oratory only caused them to pause for a moment. Quratulain announced that they had ‘clearly been compelled’, a fact Grunhilde confirmed: Giovanni had ordained that two of his followers should ‘perform’ atop the mount at all times, and he often forgot to remind them to switch places. Before they advanced to meet with Giovanni, they wondered if Nicodemus and Kasvarina had done so, and if it was better for them to follow their exact path. Uriel complained loudly, “hasn’t anyone been listening to me?” Korrigan, who found Uriel’s explanations prolix, turned to Gupta and asked her to sum up their findings. She confirmed that this was not a normal memory event, and would not be disrupted by divergence. Korrigan thanked her and Uriel rolled his eyes (imperceptibly, as they lacked irises or pupils). In the high, vaulted chamber beyond were many more large paintings, but the largest stood over twenty feet high and dwarfed the others – a painting of a stormy landscape, with an aged but muscular figure standing, bare-armed and legs akimbo in the foreground. Though the rest of painting remained still, the face moved to speak in a booming voice. It offered them welcome and asked why they had come. When Korrigan said they had come to parley, Giovanni gave commands and his followers sprang in large numbers from all of the other paintings, offering succulent meat, grapes, fine wines, cushions to recline on. The couple on the Pious Mount called for them to join in. Ignoring these inducements, Korrigan established that Giovanni wanted one of his followers rescued from the devil Belcamp: a lillend named Somnia, who had ranged too far along one of the halls and been snatched by the devil’s minions. Although no reward other than safe passage was proffered, Korrigan did not see any reason to decline. They withdrew, dragging Rumdoom away from the party. On their way back through the main chamber, Uriel’s attention was caught and drawn to the depiction of Envy – one of the clergy’s Seven Vices. The painting depicted an iron-bound chest, with the key inserted into the lock. Uriel approached the image, muttering under his breath as if in recognition. Then he reached out as if to grab the key, only for his whole arm to be sucked in, before he was blasted back across the chamber in a blaze of radiance and lightning. He lay stunned and steaming, conscious but very weak. They left Gupta and Serafima behind to tend to him, and Rumdoom to watch over them both. On their return to the vault of Unholy Arms & Armour, they discussed their options. Despite the evident danger, Korrigan was curious to investigate the southern hall from which they had seen Nicodemus, Kasvarina and Quratulain retreat. He asked Quratulain if she remembered what lay down there. The question gave the mechanical woman pause: What exactly what was going on here? She recalled each event only as it unfolded, in a kind of belated déjà vu, but could not remember what would happen next, no matter how hard she tried. When she did try to focus, she instead became aware of other sensations that did not correspond to her current circumstances: the feeling that she was trapped, pinned, frozen. Where was she now? This form was not [I]her[/I]; she was somewhere else. (Perhaps these strangers could help release her at long last?) Whatever; all would be revealed in time. For now, her answer to Korrigan was simply, “No”. Curiosity piqued, they braved the hallway anyway. A few minutes later they returned to the vault of Unholy Arms & Armour for a third time, and paused to heal their wounds. (Uru offered to help Quratulain, but she rejected his ministrations.) The hallway south was indeed dangerous, with a curse that caused every weapon carried to deal injuries to its bearer. So they headed north, back to the vault of Heretical Texts, and then south-east – where a deep flood caused them much perplexity, until Korrigan – tired of listening to inventive solutions – wondered aloud, “if only someone had a water walk ritual,” whereupon Uru remembered that he did… The vault of Accursed Items had been comprehensively looted – everything removed or destroyed, including the ornate iron doors. Small piles of silvery powder were dotted about everywhere and Leon warned everyone to avoid them. This place also turned out to be the lair of a bear-sized rust monster that launched itself out if its nest amid the rubble and frightened the living daylights out of everyone. Quratulain bravely drew its attention (as the most tempting target for a rust monster), and allowed the others to get into position, responding swiftly to Korrigan’s commands. Matunaaga aimed carefully, only for his kill to be stolen by a single shot from above: Uru, up on the ceiling, did not want his friends to lose their valuable items, and placed his poison shuriken with care. [/QUOTE]
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