The Psionicle, Part VIII

[GnomeWorks]

Jansson
"Tori'shel, could you stay for at least a few more minutes. I'd like to talk with you, if I may."

"Certainly," Tori'shel says, slightly confused, as Jansson runs off.

"Jirlai! Hold a moment, please. As you said, you've spared at least my life on one occasion. You seem to be a man of your word, and I do not wish to have you as an enemy. You work to safeguard your power, as do I. Could we not help each other?"

"Yes, I am a man of my word," Jirlai says slowly, and slightly defensively. "Indeed, I wish to safeguard the force of Magic. And so long as you wish to attempt to protect the force of Psionics and restore it, then you and I shall be at odds with one another."

"It would be better for all the powers if the Psionicle was held by one who had respect for the other powers and their users. If my group and I do not attain all the parts, you run the risk of the illithid taking it. They would destroy both your power and that of technology."

"My influence will not leave this land until the Psionicle is destroyed." Jirlai says. "If it should happen to fall into the hands of the illithid, then you and I may yet work together once more to take it from them. Until then, however, I will not work with you - I have other priorities, and we have quite different end goals where the Psionicle is concerned."

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Syld
"I was actually quite surprised by their reaction, considering how supportive they were when we set out for the yuan-ti. Like we had done something bad and were an evil they had to tolerate."

Shardorn's brow furrows slightly. "Perhaps they were a bit surprised by what you said concerning putting the Psionicle together. They think that it is of utmost important, and if they think that you don't want to put it together, they probably wouldn't be very happy with you."

 

[Creamsteak]

(If Animus timed it right, he passes by as Jirlai and Jansson pass by each other.)

Animus is confused, and knows very little about the situation, and cares little... however...

Manifesting Missive on Jirlai: "May I have a few words with you, in private?"

 

[Creamsteak]

(To summarize what I want to discuss for GW, I want to inform Jirlai of my personal quest, and that's about it.)

 

[Zhure]

Osius

"Well, Shardorn, do you think you could locate this place once again, or do you think we should hire some sort of tracker?"

 

[GnomeWorks]

Animus
"May I have a few words with you, in private?"

Jirlai turns to look at Animus. "...very well." He says. "But make it quick."

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Osius
"Well, Shardorn, do you think you could locate this place once again, or do you think we should hire some sort of tracker?"

"I think that I could find it again." She says slowly, thinking. "I know the general area that it's in. Once we get in the vicinity, it shouldn't be that hard to locate it."

 

[Jarval]

"But why work against us? We will not try to destroy your power, whereas others who will try to obtain the Psionicle will. If you feel you cannot work with us, then so be it. I wish you luck on wherever life may take you from here, and hope our paths do not cross again in anger." Jansson turns and heads back to the Ace.

 

[Creamsteak]

When Animus "converses" with Jirlai, it will likely be through the use of some missive (spending the days PP allotment and talents on this, as Animus hopes not to be too stressed during the day), and using pen and paper. Animus will try to Gather Information, trying to find out anything that may be related to his sister, and any knowledge Jirlai has of the Illithid or Illithid Lore. This won't take any longer than 10-20 minutes I suppose. Animus isn't trying to get a lead or some such, more or less he is just taking advantage of the presense of an adventuring mage as someone who could encounter useful information in the future.

 

[GnomeWorks]

OOC:

OOC: Animus - if we could, I would prefer to RP your conversation with Jirlai. If it were an unimportant NPC, I would just use the dice and run with it - but Jirlai is slightly more integral to the story, so I'd prefer it if we could roleplay this. If you don't want to, I'll go ahead and do the dice thing... but you probably won't find out as much as you want to. Not me trying to penalize you, but just trying to determine how much you could get out of him. Without any RP base, that's a little difficult to do.

 

[Creamsteak]

OOC:

OOC: DM - if we could, I'd prefer it taken care of through email. I really don't want to drop the ball on any story elements that I can use at a later, more fitting, moment. I'd like to bring up story points when they become directly important, rather than just throwing them around. So, is email alright with you, GW? I would have said #ir, but I'm guessing you still have problems on your end.

 

[GnomeWorks]

OOC:

OOC: Oh yes, email is just fine. I understand that there may be certain things said in this conversation that no-one else would be aware of... And yes, I'm still having problems with the chatroom on my end.