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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6280429" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE HIDDEN05 THE LIGHTHOUSE SEGMENT 048“BACK TO THE DOCKS”3/23/14DRAVAGO 26, 999It takes some time before a ship happens close enough to the island that the group can contact it. (Secretly sent by Silvermane).  As promised, RAF breaks the containment shell of the elemental on the lighthouse and jumps off the top into the water.  He requires some repair work as he hit shallow water with rocks but he doesn’t seem to mind as he watches the elemental attack the structure it was imprisoned within for years.  They reach shore shortly and quickly move away from the public.  They are expecting trouble from the town…. At least from Tuskin.  None happens.  (again, Silvermane had a hand in this)   The group learns the Dragonmarked house is more concerned that the monies were still in their Kundarak account.  What happens to the lighthouse once the money has transferred is then Vollax’s responsibility.Vollax has not returned.  The nearest place the ship can be repaired is within Zarash’ak which is 100’s of miles to the south.In time, the group begins to venture outside in the public again.   Rumor has it that Tuskin has had a change of heart- or at least personality.  He is a kinder and gentler ½ Orc.  Truth wants to know why but as such, the house has placed him on “vacation” and away from others.  Truth questions if he has been possessed.NYMM 20, 999Truth, thinking that Nines may not be crazy but instead damaged seeks him out.  It is not long before he finds the worrisome warforged “Town idiot”.  “Hello Nines.”“You have returned!  I thought the world claimed you already!” blurts out the crazed warforged.“We are fine.  I see you are the same also.”“Yes!”Truth sighs mustering all the patience he can.  “Nines, have you always worried yourself with the end of the world?”“It’s coming!  We are all doomed!”“……..  yeah…..”  The artificer watches the warforged carefully.  “May I try something?”He stares at the artificer.   “Sure….. the world is going to end soon anyway.”Truth leads him to a quieter area on the dock and has him sit down.  “I want to “read” your energies.  It will not hurt.  May I?”Nines freezes as if shocked by the notion.  “okay…..”As Truth touches his head he begins to read the arcane matrix that is his life energy.  It is complex…. And fractured.  It is as if something was taken out and replaced.   He concentrates further.  For the next ten minutes, neither living construct move or utter a sound.  A passerby may think them to be statues.  At least one seagull lands on them then leaves (leaving a gift behind on Nines).  Truth detects multiple voices…. Not so much personalities… but voices within him.  He is not possessed but rather reprogrammed.“When did you first hear the voices?” he asks quietly.“Years ago.  It told me the world was coming to an end.” Says the warforged.“Where were you?  Here in Yrlag?”“No….. Breland…. The war…..The… War…..  The…  War……THE WAR….THEWARTHEWARTHEWARTHEWAR…….” He begins to speak very quickly and loudly.Truth tries to realign the energy in his life essence but instead he causes the warforged to scream and stand up suddenly.  He slaps the artificer’s hands away and turns to leave.   Suddenly- the light in his amber eyes goes out and he collapses on the dock making the birds rush away screaming themselves.“Nines!  Nines!..... oh crap.  What did I do?”That night-RAF and Persia lead the way up the stairs to their common room.  They open the door and are stunned by what they see.  Nines…. Tied to a bed.</blockquote>

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