The Lamentation of Lolth - OoC III

[Majin]

Verbatim - Everything sounds good, and "Mayor" Trond will be happy to cooperate with Ayden on opening the theater again. An emissary of the Lost Vale should be arriving shortly after your return from the well. Mother Grundy will ID any 3 items of your choice as thanks for clearing up the problem with Naamani and her lizardmen.

Seonaid - From reading the journal Chastity would think most of whats written in it was penned by a mad man. But there is one entry that catches her eye:

Delight in the wildness of the eternal screaming. The tithes one pays to gods, in the name of gods! We who breathe immortal air, when we must share it's warmth in our ever dying lungs. Ceaseless it bears fruit, and then in withering and dusk, turns pallid. For them, for myself, for tales of our own mortal vengeance, the gods smile in mockery and irony.

Now with my own twilight, I indulge in solemn coronation and crown myself King Fool, the greatest of rogues, whose true tale will never be revealed. Heir apparent to lost titles, master thief of the kingdom's greatest treasure! All these years of illusion and deceit. Ha! Never once did their prying fingers find my trove. Those fools, those poor fools, gave me far more than baubles. Never can they retrieve what they've lost. They never peered into the well, not once. All their pathetic longing, all their wasted tears, all their vain prayers. It's too bad they never thought to make a wish.

 

[kirinke]

Teleri is going to spend most of her free time praying, resting and practicing swordwork (she's been under compulsion for a while, so her muscles need some toning i suspect). And she's going to buy a coupla more wooden holy symbols, just in case.

 

[Manzanita]

Sure is great to have you back, Verbatim. Thanks for the notes. I can't even remember where we got that book. It sounds like it was written by Applebottom, but was it supposedly from the Naga's sister?

Drogo perhaps should be casting the restoration scroll. Whomever has the best shot at making it work. Forgot about that too, sorry.

And the identifying at Mother Grundy's. I'd mentioned that earlier, then lost track of it.

I'm out again til next week. My somewhat spotty access is contributing to my altzheimers. Although Verbatim is proof that it doesn't have to be that way. Do you keep a note sheet or something buddy?

 

[Verbatim]

I keep a notebook at work that I jot things down on from time to time, but most of the stuff I just keep in my head until it all falls out on the keyboard.

If Drogo needed/needs to use the scroll, then that would have been no problem, as like you said, whoever had the greatest chance of getting of sucess should be the one to do it. However, regardless of how the coin falls, Ayden would still offer his apologizes to Sielwoodan.

Now off to the main list for a post, as my debriefs today have been killer. Not so much because of having to do them, just having to sit through everything while I wait my turn to give my part.

 

[Seonaid]

Chastity would have pointed out that passage to Ayden at an appropriate time. I don't want to backtrack in the IC thread, but it would have gone something like this:

Chastity motions to Ayden to take a look at the book she had been perusing. "I don't know what this might mean, but you should take a look at it. It may be important to our cause." She opens to the passage and points to it. Her brow furrows as she reads along with him, and she shakes her head after a moment. "I don't understand it."

 

[Verbatim]

Wow...just really looked at the notebook passage, and I could do some major kicking myself in the ass right now. Induldge my flight of fancy as I look over this and break it down from Applebottom's position, who I think wrote it and perhaps did in fact know of Tyrinith's presence.

Part 1:

Delight in the wildness of the eternal screaming. The tithes one pays to gods, in the name of gods! We who breathe immortal air, when we must share it's warmth in our ever dying lungs. Ceaseless it bears fruit, and then in withering and dusk, turns pallid. For them, for myself, for tales of our own mortal vengeance, the gods smile in mockery and irony.

Remember when Ayden asked Father Ernest about his auguries to Yondalla and he replied that she had been silent on the matter, almost as if she was holding back her thoughts. If Ernest had informed Applebottom of this, perhaps this was what began the process that even the gods were not looking at him. This could have been one of the many triggers that set him off, as not being noticed could have been a huge thing. He had to have the biggest house, the expensive clothes, food, wine, and all the other comforts.

Part 2

Now with my own twilight, I indulge in solemn coronation and crown myself King Fool, the greatest of rogues, whose true tale will never be revealed. Heir apparent to lost titles, master thief of the kingdom's greatest treasure! All these years of illusion and deceit. Ha! Never once did their prying fingers find my trove. Those fools, those poor fools, gave me far more than baubles. Never can they retrieve what they've lost. They never peered into the well, not once. All their pathetic longing, all their wasted tears, all their vain prayers. It's too bad they never thought to make a wish.

Applebottom was on his way to controlling a town, but even that might not have been his greatest achievement. Trond mentioned that Applebottom had settled in the town, but where did he come from? In his past, what might he have stolen that made him feel he had became the king of rogues? Was it coins, a magical item(s), or something else? Or was it entering into the well and meeting/became dominated by Tyrinith and hatching the plan to take over the town?

So many questions that should have been asked from my side. Man, now I'm really feeling like I am letting you guys down by not having a further "talk" with Applebottom. Hopefully, all my thoughts are just wild conspiracy theory things and not something that will hurt us in the end. Guess time will tell...

Damn you Majin!!!! So many possible webs tangled around us....*L*

 

[Majin]

Well you know I live to make you guys squirm No problem on the restoration scroll for Sielwoodan. If Drogo casted it then he passed and Sielwoodan's drained stats are back to normal now.

 

[kirinke]

hmm. if my character gets killed, i'd like 2 play an aasimar. level adjustment is only +1, so it's doable.

 

[Seonaid]

Verbatim, you're doing a great job. I could never hope to match you in any PBP game, so feel free to continue leading!

 

[Verbatim]

Man...you sure do know how to make me blush...

I'm still constantly worried that I'm going to go and do something that will get all of us in over our head, as well as make you guys think I'm loco with all of my idea and rants.