The Psionicle, Part VI

[Jarval]

Jansson jogs along after the 'Ti, trying to keep up with the tall snake-woman. He does his best to make mental notes about the route they take, but the jungle does little to help these efforts.

 

[Creamsteak]

He does his best to make metal notes about the route they take...

Is that like iron ration?

 

[Dalamar]

OoC: Lucky me to have Speed of Thought, no need to keep hustling to stay with the humans et all.

IC: Seeing that he didn't get anything done and missed his sleep, Syld hopes that they have a chance to rest when they're in the yuan-ti camp.

"We are honored to have you escorting us to your leader. May I inguire your name? I personally favor knowing the names of my associates."
Syld tries to speak in a diplomatic tone.

 

[Hand of Vecna]

Nathan silently follows along, considering whther or not to probe into the Yuan-ti's mind, then realizes he's not that powerful... yet...

 

[GnomeWorks]

The yuan-ti is not moving much faster than you, and you can easily keep up with her. After around ten minutes of travelling, the path becomes strewn with overgrowth, slightly restricting your mobility.

"I am called Jhesssail, high priessstesss of the snake goddesss Imzil."

Unusually, her voice is clear when she speaks the last word.

"And may I have the... honor, of knowing your name?" She asks Syld after a slight pause, her unusual way of speech returning.

 

[Creamsteak]

"Heh... names are so incredibly useless. If you try to remember people by thier names, then your much more likely to confuse them for one another..."

"Names are so useless I'm not even sure if mine is right. Not that it matters, tis more important that I serve my purpose..."

 

[Jarval]

Imzil, Imzil... Jansson runs the name around his head a couple of times, seeing what (if anything) he knows of this deity.

Is that like iron ration?

LOL Oops, I'll go fix that

 

[Dalamar]

Syld bows his head slightly at Jhessail.
"It is a great honor to have such a high ranking individual with us. And to my name, I thought I introduced myself back in the camp when you came to check on us. But if I didn't, I'll apologize for not remembering my manners and do it now.
I am Syld, a shaper and leader of this group."

Syld thinks for a moment and then speaks again.
"I hope I don't sound completely stupid, but I don't recall hearing of Imzil before. Would it bother you to tell me about her?"

 

[GnomeWorks]

Imzil?

None of you recognize the name of the deity she named. It sounds completely alien to all of you.

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"You are correct, Sssyld the Ssshaper." Jhessail says. "You did indeed introdussse yourssself. You have passsed the firssst tessst. I wanted to sssee if you had sssimply created a name on the ssspot to dessseive me, or if you were telling the truth."

She nods sagely as you walk along.

"No, you nor no other among you have heard the name of Imzil before." Again, the strange name is pronounced clearly. "Only the yuan-ti, who are her children, and the Forsssaken, know of her. Our kind isss found only here, in thisss plassse-" She raises her hands to indicate the trees and jungle around you. "-and the Forsssaken, the Sssalpherians, are far to the eassst, beyond our reach. They, unlike usss, have come to forget Imzil, and few truly worssship her..."

You can hear anger rising in her voice.

"Only we accepted her gift! The Forsssaken are forsssaken in more waysss than one... we took what ssshe offered, accepted her giftsss... undertook her ritesss to take on her image! We did asss ssshe asssked, and in return, ssshe helped usss sssurvive... brought usss to thisss plassse, away from the traitorsss that would kill usss for taking on the likenesss of the sssnake goddesss..."

Jhessail shakes her head. "I apologissse. I have made a long ssstory out of a ssshort one. You needed to hear little of that..."

 

[Hand of Vecna]

So, division among the ranks, eh? Intersting....