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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7828633" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 240, Part Two</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Orchestration</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[Dear Reader, kindly pop on a syncopated drum beat of some sort, and rap out the following tale in the style of the Fresh Prince. Or something like that. Cheers, DM. Oh, and apologies for the copy-and-paste.]</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Centuries ago, a magical plague swept across a world, so vile that even the mages of the great crescent city of Iratha Ket could not cure it. It had infected everyone, and death was only a matter of weeks away. The ruler King Calcasieu, a man renowned for his soulful lyrics and effortless dances, realized that the world was doomed, but he refused to surrender hope.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>In a ravishing and rakish duet, King Calcasieu and his Queen Atchafalaya captured the hearts of all their subjects. They decreed that all the young lovers should sleep, paired together in a gentle stasis where the disease could progress no farther. They would be the hope of the future, that some day their people might find a cure and create a new generation. The greater task fell to the older generation. They would be a sustaining song, keeping alive the magic and ceaselessly seeking a way to defeat the disease.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>To fulfill this duty, however, they would have to give themselves over to undeath, persisting as skeletons so they would have no flesh that could carry disease. To ensure they would not lose sight of their precious mission, every month two lovers would be awoken, giving the mages another chance to find a cure, and giving the lovers an opportunity to remind the rest of their civilization of how brief and precious life is. Each new pair of lovers would receive a love song of their own. The city would celebrate their awakening, and they would be given all the luxuries the city could provide. If they could not be saved they would also become undead, but the spirit of their people would be refreshed.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Every month a new couple is awoken, and every day songs fill the streets of Iratha Ket, culminating in a parade that runs from the ever-expanding city graveyard (filled with tombstones but no bodies) to the palace, where the couple resides as honoured guests of the king and queen. Skeletons in colourful clothes whirl and croon and dance and play instruments to celebrate that they have not yet fully perished.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>And at the end of every month, the two lovers watch each other waste away and die.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Since his decree, King Calcasieu has seen over seven thousand loving couples come and go. The rest of the world crumbled away, and only the crescent remnant of Iratha Ket and its mighty river remains. The greatest wizards of an entire civilization have never found a way to stop the plague, and though tens of thousands of skeletal citizens endure, only a few hundred more couples survive in stasis. The king has fallen into a depression, fearing the ultimate death of his people.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Worse, the undead-hating sun Obliatas now assails the city with greater intensity. King Calcasieu’s magic once kept the monster at bay, causing it to withdraw and ‘set’ occasionally. For the past year, though, Queen Atchafalaya has had to adjust her romantic duets to become solos, and the devouring light has managed to destroy many hundreds of the city’s undead citizens. Those who remain are growing reluctant to sing the necessary songs to keep the stasis magic active, and the latest romantic couple is honestly having a pretty rough time because the singers keep missing their cues.</em></p><p></p><p>When his song-and-dance number was finished, Catahoula gave a low bow (although half his audience had vanished, following Gupta into the jungle). Korrigan asked him what he thought of his host. “He is a fabulous philosopher, conversationalist and <em>bon vivant</em>!” Catahoula declared.</p><p></p><p>Kasvarina came to find them. Her emotional reunion with William Miller was done with for now, and he felt able to continue their conversation, she said. “That is William Miller, just so you know. Not Nicodemus.”</p><p></p><p>Korrigan and Uriel went to speak with him, accompanied by the ever-vigilant Quratulain. Gupta had already drifted away, drawn to follow the path into the jungle; Uru, Rumdoom and Leon went with her. Kasvarina went after them. The two groups kept in constant telepathic contact, relaying what they saw and heard, just in case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7828633, member: 79141"] [B]Session 240, Part Two Orchestration [Dear Reader, kindly pop on a syncopated drum beat of some sort, and rap out the following tale in the style of the Fresh Prince. Or something like that. Cheers, DM. Oh, and apologies for the copy-and-paste.][/B] [I]Centuries ago, a magical plague swept across a world, so vile that even the mages of the great crescent city of Iratha Ket could not cure it. It had infected everyone, and death was only a matter of weeks away. The ruler King Calcasieu, a man renowned for his soulful lyrics and effortless dances, realized that the world was doomed, but he refused to surrender hope. In a ravishing and rakish duet, King Calcasieu and his Queen Atchafalaya captured the hearts of all their subjects. They decreed that all the young lovers should sleep, paired together in a gentle stasis where the disease could progress no farther. They would be the hope of the future, that some day their people might find a cure and create a new generation. The greater task fell to the older generation. They would be a sustaining song, keeping alive the magic and ceaselessly seeking a way to defeat the disease. To fulfill this duty, however, they would have to give themselves over to undeath, persisting as skeletons so they would have no flesh that could carry disease. To ensure they would not lose sight of their precious mission, every month two lovers would be awoken, giving the mages another chance to find a cure, and giving the lovers an opportunity to remind the rest of their civilization of how brief and precious life is. Each new pair of lovers would receive a love song of their own. The city would celebrate their awakening, and they would be given all the luxuries the city could provide. If they could not be saved they would also become undead, but the spirit of their people would be refreshed. Every month a new couple is awoken, and every day songs fill the streets of Iratha Ket, culminating in a parade that runs from the ever-expanding city graveyard (filled with tombstones but no bodies) to the palace, where the couple resides as honoured guests of the king and queen. Skeletons in colourful clothes whirl and croon and dance and play instruments to celebrate that they have not yet fully perished. And at the end of every month, the two lovers watch each other waste away and die. Since his decree, King Calcasieu has seen over seven thousand loving couples come and go. The rest of the world crumbled away, and only the crescent remnant of Iratha Ket and its mighty river remains. The greatest wizards of an entire civilization have never found a way to stop the plague, and though tens of thousands of skeletal citizens endure, only a few hundred more couples survive in stasis. The king has fallen into a depression, fearing the ultimate death of his people. Worse, the undead-hating sun Obliatas now assails the city with greater intensity. King Calcasieu’s magic once kept the monster at bay, causing it to withdraw and ‘set’ occasionally. For the past year, though, Queen Atchafalaya has had to adjust her romantic duets to become solos, and the devouring light has managed to destroy many hundreds of the city’s undead citizens. Those who remain are growing reluctant to sing the necessary songs to keep the stasis magic active, and the latest romantic couple is honestly having a pretty rough time because the singers keep missing their cues.[/I] When his song-and-dance number was finished, Catahoula gave a low bow (although half his audience had vanished, following Gupta into the jungle). Korrigan asked him what he thought of his host. “He is a fabulous philosopher, conversationalist and [I]bon vivant[/I]!” Catahoula declared. Kasvarina came to find them. Her emotional reunion with William Miller was done with for now, and he felt able to continue their conversation, she said. “That is William Miller, just so you know. Not Nicodemus.” Korrigan and Uriel went to speak with him, accompanied by the ever-vigilant Quratulain. Gupta had already drifted away, drawn to follow the path into the jungle; Uru, Rumdoom and Leon went with her. Kasvarina went after them. The two groups kept in constant telepathic contact, relaying what they saw and heard, just in case. [/QUOTE]
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