(IR) IR Interlude Turn 5 - Turn 6 (thread 5)

[Serpenteye]

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Edena_of_Neith
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Melkor asked me to play the Shade, but I refused.
Melkor then asked the Union of Oerth to play the Shade, and they accepted.

I am disallowing this, due to a conflict of interest.
As stated by the Union of Oerth to the Shade when they were crushed by the Alliance of Oerth on Turn 3 - that the Shade were idiots, and would be left to die.

I will run the Shade on Turn 6.
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OOC explanation: I only wrote what I did to impress the Oerth Alliance. At the same time I communicated with Lord Melkor, he knew exactly what I was doing and was ok with it.

 

[Gurdjieff]

Angelika responds to the Lord who just introduced himself to her.

"The pleasure is mine, Lord Kessel," Angelika answers with a faint smile on her face. "I have heard some rumours about you, most of them stating nothing but good. I hope I can be of some value to the Alliance. Let us hope for this combination of our countries can stand against the forces of evil. I have all faith we will be able to do this."

Angelika then faces the members of the Aliiance who have already arrived.

"Dear members of the Alliance, I have a request. For the Emerald Order has been hiding out most of the time we have great problems with our technology. We are far behind on the most of the people in Oerth. We are offering to share our part of technology, not being that much, if you can help us with yours. We'd appreciate this a lot, since the technolgy might just give us a little bit more strenght than we have now."

Angelika smiles towards her allies, hoping for a positive answer.

If any Alliance member joins the conference, Angelika will ask them also to share their knowledge and technology with the Emerald Order. She will also offer the Emerald Order's technology for the use of the Alliance members.

 

[Anabstercorian]

OPEN POST

Yeesh! Don't kill yourself, Edena. Still, if you think it's best, I trust your judgement.

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Anabstercorian stands above the Army of Darkness, watching the vast rockjamming mountains sail through the void. Millions of minds lie waiting for his announcement, and his decisions.

<< I will be brief. Some of my orders may seem contrary to you - Trust me when I say that they will lead to our victory in the long term. Massacre will not win us victory, here. Charging in without thought, burning with bloodlust, will get us killed, Illithid and Drow alike. >>

<< Oerth has an advantage over us - They have vastly more powerful magicks than us, as well as the technological edge. I won't bore you with the details - I'll leave that to your commanding officers, who I have briefed on their technology. >>

<< Primarily of concern is their supply of nuclear weapons. I'm currently calculating the effect one of their bombs would have on our Rockjammer dreadnaughts. I can guarentee you than it wouldn't be good. >>

<< Additionally, there is the Red Goo. Red Goo was formed in a wild magic storm three months ago, in the vast battle when Vecna was defeated by Kas. It is composed of dead souls trapped in unimaginable torment, and in its unrefined state it is horrendously lethal. It can, however, be used to create weapons and armor of unimaginable strength should it be forged in to Bloodsteel - Although Bloodsteel's side effects are both benevolent and malevolent, it would be worth our time to secure a source of Red Goo. I'm working on that now. >>

<< Their 10th tier spells give them a shocking edge on the battlefield, and with their ability to create Mythals, they have an enormous defensive advantage. I have seen entire armies blasted to polished bone by incredible windstorms, I have seen earthquakes that send mountains lurching in to the air, I have seen the gusty peaks of the Hellfurnaces float away in to new worlds created from nothing. >>

<< But they don't have rage on their side. And they don't have me. >>

<< Frankly, with me as your leader, they don't have a snowballs chance in Malebolge. >>

<< Here are some ground rules, though. The "innocents" of Oerth are protected by the Angels of the Seventh Heaven. There are hundreds of these Angels, and each of them is as powerful as dozens of your most powerful mages. Their swords cut through defenses, be they magical or mundane, as though they weren't there, and their resistance to magic and psionics is amazing. However, they are largely harmless IF you stay the hell out of their way. So, FOR NOW, there will be no attacking or harming the noncombatants. This will change, I promise you. You can do whatever the you want to soldiers. >>

 

[GnomeWorks]

Kessel smiles lightly. "Well, then, whoever you were speaking with was more than likely a fool. I've got more nuclear power than anybody around, and I've got an itchy trigger-finger - and I'm not afraid to use any of my technologies. Welcome to the Alliance. Glad to have you with us."

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Kessel will teleport to wherever this army that Alzem has left. He will rise above them using his magic, and issue forth his speech both verbally and telepathically at the same time.

"Warriors from Krynn! Do not quarrel amongst yourselves. You require a leader, one who will guide you to victory and one that will keep you together."

"I, Kessel GnomeWorks, am that leader! I shall be the one to guide you all." He emphasizes his point by sending images of many victorious battles, all won by them, under his leadership.

Kessel's gaze darkens. "But if you do not..."

Kessel then sends images of this army being decimated with warbots, antimatter missiles, and thermonuclear bombs, and Kessel laughing all the while.

"What say you!"

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Heh!

You are very persuasive, GnomeWorks!

The Army of Krynn, I am placing under GnomeWorks's control (that is, I am adding their PL to his roster.)

The Dragon Overlords watch in awe, then envy.
Their servants just watch in awe.
The Knights of Solamnia and Steel, watch in awe and horror.

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Nice rping, Anabstercorian!

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The King of Alphatia bows deeply to the Lady, and to the others, and speaks:

It is an honor to be counted amongst your ranks.
You are men and women of truth and courage, of strength and honor.
Our warriors will fight alongside your warriors, and we will defeat the evils that you face, working together as a team.
We will rebuild our culture here, and it will be enriched by yours.
Our people will become your people.
Your ways will become our ways.

We are no longer Mystarans.
We are Oerthians.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

The comraderie and pleasantness of the Alliance of Oerth meeting with it's new friends, is broken by Mina's soft voice.

Mina has been present since the beginning, keeping silent.

Now she speaks:

This city, Veluna City, would have been a pile of ashes and charred bone - now - had I not talked the Shade out of firing their nuclear weapons on it.
You speak of peace.

We have peace, the Union of the Worlds.
We have the peace of strength.
We have the peace of faith.

Where is your strength, Alliance of Oerth?

Do you look to your nuclear weapons? They will betray you.
Do you look to the Torilians? They ran away.
Do you look to your Gods? They cannot save you.

Do you think your tight confederation of tiny little countries is a defense?
It is not.

There is strength in submission.
Submit, to the One God.

Submit, and you will find in that submission all the strength you could ever need.
Submit, and you will have the power to overcome the Elder Ones, the Red Death, and all your enemies!

Submit to the One God, and you shall live in the peace and prosperity that you so seek!

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The King of Alphatia and the Queen of Thyatis look at Mina in shock.
The Gith leader glares, with a look that says: Do I kill her now, or do I kill her yesterday?

 

[Gurdjieff]

Angelika turns around, shocked by the words Mina just spoke. She replies:

"If you have peace, be it that way. I can't believe your words, since all you have promised us are words. Words about peace, about prosperity, yet no proof has come. The only thing you seem to say is that your god will do these things. Then give us proof. Show us what you and your god can do. Destroy evil on Oerth to show you are telling the truth. We, or at least I, have no intention in joining anything with the intentions of abusing the goodness of our hearts."

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Mina speaks, sternly, to the lady:

You already have your proof.
This city, Veluna City, is still standing.
It stands because of the One God.

It, and everything in it, would be instantly gone, if the One God willed it.

However, the One God does not wish to kill.
The One God does not seek your deaths.

Nor is the One God required to prove anything to you.
You are not entitled to proof.

You must accept on faith the words of the One God.
You must have faith in the One God.
Only with absolute faith in the One God, will you find the happiness and peace I have spoken of.

 

[Spoof]

Samantha looks to Gnomeworks

So you would lead these people even though Alzem left them instructions on what was needed to destroy Mina. You would come here and take this force for your own? Yes while Alzem has left he has placed me in charge of all his forces. Trust me he has not left for good, he will return someday, and I WILL NOT FAIL HIM. Armies of Krynn, I will ask you not to desert Alzem now, for another, as worthy as he might be. Alzem made a promise to you, one both He and I will keep. We will free your world from the death grip that Mina has on it.

I will ask you once, and only once, will you stand beside us? If you choose to go then we will continue our struggle without you, and still keep to our bargain. Even though some of us hold opposite views, we all agree that this must be done, if any are to survive. You know I speak the truth, for when Alzem sent my to your world to request your aid you came, now I ask you to stay and see finished what we started.


Mina you say that we should believe you because your One God shows his power my NOT destroying us? How does that show good intentions? It only shows that you desire alive slaves as opposed to dead ones. Your words are laced with truth, but in the end are filled with hate and violence. Be gone from this world you are not wanted here or needed, do not cause the death and destruction that will happen if you remain. Leave this world NOW!


Edena: I plan on staying just as active in the Game. I do not want you to think I was leaving the IR

 

[Serpenteye]

However, the One God does not wish to kill.
The One God does not seek your deaths.

"That is well," The God Emperor says, appearing at the conference, sipping on a drink of distilled and fermented Illithid cerebrospinal fluid spiced by illithid souls. "because neither does the God-Emperor.

You are right, Mina, we must all stand united against our mutual enemies, but let me give you some advice. Threats do not work against my fellow oerthians, as our ally Lord Melkor has repeatedly been taught, but not yet learned. Honeyed words work better, but not without substantial proof of their truth, I have experienced that myself. No, actions speak louder than words, even true words, and our actions will speak loudly indeed.

All of us, all those who attend this conference, stand united against the threat to Oerth. We stand against the appropriately named Fleet of Evil, against the Red Death and against all those who would attack this planet at this most inopportune time. There must be peace, peace and trust, between us all so that we can cooperate against our mutual enemies. I have brought powerful allies to aid our cause, and so have many of you. On the behalf of Oerth I thank you for your foresight and wisdom, and I thank you too, otherworlders, for endangering yourselves to help this planet.

The Lich Queen of the Githyanki has given me a most delightful present. They have long fought the illithid and learned the ways of making those pesky creatures into something useful, and I dare say quite delicious." The God-Emperor snaps his fingers and ten barrels of 'lithwine appear in a puff of smoke along with a githyanki butler holding a tray of fine crystal glasses filled with a clear, faintly glowing fluid. "Here! I offer you a toast to celebrate our alliance. To victory!" The God-Emperor raises his glass.

"Samantha, dear, foolish, girl, Mina is wanted here. I invited her and I represent a far greater part of Oerth than you. Let's not squabble like children in these dangerous times. Let us stand united against the fleets that approach Oerth, that come as punishment for your master's folly, to eradicate or enslave all life. Then you can resume your silly little lectures."