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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7814539" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 237, Part Three</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Distant Plane </strong></p><p></p><p>From afar, Apet appeared to be nothing but a ball of whirling dust. Once the Coaltongue had pierced these clouds, though, a much more bizarre reality was revealed: Apet was not a place of stone and rock, but of pure, solid force. The ground consisted of scattered platforms – akin to magical walls of force– translucent sheets, impossibly thin and completely impenetrable.</p><p></p><p>Most of these platforms were slightly off kilter from horizontal, and they spanned only a few dozen feet, always assuming simple two-dimensional geometric shapes with perfect symmetry: circles, triangles, squares, and so on, all the way up to octagons.</p><p></p><p>The force platforms had a slight static charge to them, causing the gritty dust that swirled around Apet to stick to it and provide traction enough to walk. Visibility was limited to about thirty feet for the most part, but certain patches of heavier dust cut visibility completely.</p><p></p><p>After they touched down on a random platform, using the stone discs, Kai tried to identify the plane’s trait, while Uriel conducted his location loresight ritual. Kai said that Apet made it impossible to travel out of the local system – a trait that was redundant here in the Gyre.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, Uriel began to shudder and shake. Korrigan could tell that he was under an immense psychic assault. Before anyone could react or do anything to help him it was over. He had fought off the assault but was drained and exhausted.</p><p></p><p>“Didn’t your foresight help?” asked Uru.</p><p></p><p>“What I needed there was hindsight,” Uriel responded, breathlessly. In conducting the loresight ritual he had raised the dormant psychic spectre of all the gidim that had perished here when the plane was cut off – the gidim which had formed the Thing from Beyond that had crawled through Sijhen’s portal and slain Krazy Krauss. </p><p></p><p>Xambria had been rendered unconscious by the assault. Uriel senses that she would be okay, but could do nothing to revive her. Alexander Grappa had been able to defend his mind as Uriel had, but had been terrified by what he had seen. It transpired that Grappa had never heard of the gidim. The idea of creatures that consumed minds was the stuff of nightmares to the Mindmaker, especially since he now resided solely in psychic form. Grappa was appalled that the actions of the Ob, to which he had made an invaluable contribution, had led to the exposure of Lanjyr to alien predators of this kind.</p><p></p><p>(Over the next few days, Grappa would keep up a constant line of questioning on the topic, questions which Xambria helped to field once she recovered. They were at pains to stress the fact that Lanjyr was even now flooded with gidim energy and under constant threat from hiveminds. While they had fended off an initial invasion, the threat was far from over. They had left the <em>maustin caji</em> on guard while they came here, and would have to hope that was enough.</p><p></p><p>“Our first priority must be to defend the world,” said Grappa.</p><p></p><p>“No, our first priority must be to get the sun back,” said Uru.</p><p></p><p>“I thought you were a creature of darkness?” Uriel asked.</p><p></p><p>“<em>Shadow</em>,” Uru said, emphatically. “You can’t have shadows in darkness.”)</p><p></p><p>On they travelled now towards their next destination, Wilanir. But before they left the clouds of Apet behind, they came across the dead body of a golden legionnaire, lying on one of the force planes close by. It was a matter of sheer luck that they ran across it, otherwise, they might have blundered into a larger force unawares:</p><p></p><p>Uriel channelled Malthusius and studied the scene. A trail of writhing tentacles led away through the dust. The legionnaire had been tightly grasped, but his death had been caused by psionic energy mere minutes ago! Other legionnaires must be nearby.</p><p></p><p>Uru ranged stealthily ahead while the others followed slowly on the Coaltongue. The clouds parted before the deep faen to reveal a golden legion windskiff, the occupants of which were in combat with several gidim thoughtforms – attempting to restrain and enslave them with their golden chains. They were led by a succubus, two horned devils and a pit fiend, the latter armed with a huge staff it used to render the thoughtforms corporeal before they were enslaved.</p><p></p><p>Thus forewarned, the unit opened the engagement with the element of surprise and a blast from the Coaltongue’s brand, which tore the windskiff in half. The Coaltongue crashed through the remnants, opening fire on all sides: Uru shot and killed both horned devils; Korrigan challenged the pit fiend Laroj Roh; Uriel went ‘full cardinal’ and fired beams of radiant light all around him, picking the legionnaires off one by one and giving Quratulain a run for her money; Leon stunned Laroj Roh and Calily, Korrigan killed him. Rumdoom, still sulking, missed all the fun.</p><p></p><p>For her part, Gupta deliberately enticed the succubus by pretending she had not seen her, and standing apart from the others. The succubus fell for her ruse and sprang at her. Gupta reacted at once, fending off domination by wiping the demon’s mind completely.</p><p></p><p>The fight was over in moments.</p><p></p><p>While they kicked over the traces, gathering gold chains, and the pit fiend’s huge staff, the gidim thoughtforms began to assail them. Only after they had dodged the first few attacks did they realise they weren’t really attacking, simply throwing themselves at these ‘intruders’ for reasons they could only guess at. </p><p></p><p>Uru thought he was safe, hidden, and was taken by surprise when one whisked through the hull of the ship and straight through him. Its passage did not harm Uru, rather it deposited a thought in his mind: a sphere of purple flesh with infinite eyes and tendrils reaching out to the stars – the gidim homeworld – was shown to have a tiny black leech stuck to its side, siphoning its power. The emotional sense conveyed was revulsion and violation, mixed with intention to avoid the source of the leech in the future. …</p><p></p><p><strong>End of Session</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7814539, member: 79141"] [B]Session 237, Part Three The Distant Plane [/B] From afar, Apet appeared to be nothing but a ball of whirling dust. Once the Coaltongue had pierced these clouds, though, a much more bizarre reality was revealed: Apet was not a place of stone and rock, but of pure, solid force. The ground consisted of scattered platforms – akin to magical walls of force– translucent sheets, impossibly thin and completely impenetrable. Most of these platforms were slightly off kilter from horizontal, and they spanned only a few dozen feet, always assuming simple two-dimensional geometric shapes with perfect symmetry: circles, triangles, squares, and so on, all the way up to octagons. The force platforms had a slight static charge to them, causing the gritty dust that swirled around Apet to stick to it and provide traction enough to walk. Visibility was limited to about thirty feet for the most part, but certain patches of heavier dust cut visibility completely. After they touched down on a random platform, using the stone discs, Kai tried to identify the plane’s trait, while Uriel conducted his location loresight ritual. Kai said that Apet made it impossible to travel out of the local system – a trait that was redundant here in the Gyre. Suddenly, Uriel began to shudder and shake. Korrigan could tell that he was under an immense psychic assault. Before anyone could react or do anything to help him it was over. He had fought off the assault but was drained and exhausted. “Didn’t your foresight help?” asked Uru. “What I needed there was hindsight,” Uriel responded, breathlessly. In conducting the loresight ritual he had raised the dormant psychic spectre of all the gidim that had perished here when the plane was cut off – the gidim which had formed the Thing from Beyond that had crawled through Sijhen’s portal and slain Krazy Krauss. Xambria had been rendered unconscious by the assault. Uriel senses that she would be okay, but could do nothing to revive her. Alexander Grappa had been able to defend his mind as Uriel had, but had been terrified by what he had seen. It transpired that Grappa had never heard of the gidim. The idea of creatures that consumed minds was the stuff of nightmares to the Mindmaker, especially since he now resided solely in psychic form. Grappa was appalled that the actions of the Ob, to which he had made an invaluable contribution, had led to the exposure of Lanjyr to alien predators of this kind. (Over the next few days, Grappa would keep up a constant line of questioning on the topic, questions which Xambria helped to field once she recovered. They were at pains to stress the fact that Lanjyr was even now flooded with gidim energy and under constant threat from hiveminds. While they had fended off an initial invasion, the threat was far from over. They had left the [I]maustin caji[/I] on guard while they came here, and would have to hope that was enough. “Our first priority must be to defend the world,” said Grappa. “No, our first priority must be to get the sun back,” said Uru. “I thought you were a creature of darkness?” Uriel asked. “[I]Shadow[/I],” Uru said, emphatically. “You can’t have shadows in darkness.”) On they travelled now towards their next destination, Wilanir. But before they left the clouds of Apet behind, they came across the dead body of a golden legionnaire, lying on one of the force planes close by. It was a matter of sheer luck that they ran across it, otherwise, they might have blundered into a larger force unawares: Uriel channelled Malthusius and studied the scene. A trail of writhing tentacles led away through the dust. The legionnaire had been tightly grasped, but his death had been caused by psionic energy mere minutes ago! Other legionnaires must be nearby. Uru ranged stealthily ahead while the others followed slowly on the Coaltongue. The clouds parted before the deep faen to reveal a golden legion windskiff, the occupants of which were in combat with several gidim thoughtforms – attempting to restrain and enslave them with their golden chains. They were led by a succubus, two horned devils and a pit fiend, the latter armed with a huge staff it used to render the thoughtforms corporeal before they were enslaved. Thus forewarned, the unit opened the engagement with the element of surprise and a blast from the Coaltongue’s brand, which tore the windskiff in half. The Coaltongue crashed through the remnants, opening fire on all sides: Uru shot and killed both horned devils; Korrigan challenged the pit fiend Laroj Roh; Uriel went ‘full cardinal’ and fired beams of radiant light all around him, picking the legionnaires off one by one and giving Quratulain a run for her money; Leon stunned Laroj Roh and Calily, Korrigan killed him. Rumdoom, still sulking, missed all the fun. For her part, Gupta deliberately enticed the succubus by pretending she had not seen her, and standing apart from the others. The succubus fell for her ruse and sprang at her. Gupta reacted at once, fending off domination by wiping the demon’s mind completely. The fight was over in moments. While they kicked over the traces, gathering gold chains, and the pit fiend’s huge staff, the gidim thoughtforms began to assail them. Only after they had dodged the first few attacks did they realise they weren’t really attacking, simply throwing themselves at these ‘intruders’ for reasons they could only guess at. Uru thought he was safe, hidden, and was taken by surprise when one whisked through the hull of the ship and straight through him. Its passage did not harm Uru, rather it deposited a thought in his mind: a sphere of purple flesh with infinite eyes and tendrils reaching out to the stars – the gidim homeworld – was shown to have a tiny black leech stuck to its side, siphoning its power. The emotional sense conveyed was revulsion and violation, mixed with intention to avoid the source of the leech in the future. … [B]End of Session[/B] [/QUOTE]
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