Session 128.3

Railock has connected.

 Gamal-Junayd :ello ello

* Gamal-Junayd is on the bee and flower, just let me know wheny ou are ready

Liatai:Be back in just a few, gonna let a neighbor's dog out.

Gamal-Junayd :I'm just waiting till your good

Ghostwish has connected.

 Ghostwish:Honk honk.

Gamal-Junayd :hey. just waiting on lia to get back from letting a dog out

Ghostwish:Thought so.

Gamal-Junayd :...just how far apart ARE her neighbors out there int he boonies?

Ghostwish:It IS the boonies. A small settlement near a... what was it.. under 2000 town?

Ghostwish:Icy, thin roads. I doubt she ever goes over 40 MPH.

Gamal-Junayd :so a town smaller than my graduating class..(no joke)

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Back!

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">yeah!

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Sorry. Scottish terrier puppy. Had to take a little extra time to play. Just because... puppy. |D

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">Hi Liatai. How small is the town again? |P

Liatai:<font color="#000000">TEENY. XP

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I don't know the exact numbers, though I think in D&amp;D terms it'd be described as a village if not a hamlet. x3

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY.

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">GUESS WHAT TATHI DID.

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">&#171; &#160;1d100 = 75&#160; <font color="#9900FF">&#187;

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">YUP.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Makin' a few Mink tokens, hold on~

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">vilalge or hamlet....so 81-900 people. you need to upgrade!

GM:<font color="#000000">Minkity!

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">Mink lookin' swagerific in its new vest. :\

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">:3*

* Gamal-Junayd does dancing untill lia has the place ready

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">though, since it's morning..bee and flower isn't likely to be open so...he approaches and knocks ont he door

GM:<font color="#000000">Okay -- actually, to the contrary. It's hopping... with BARDS. They start to swarm closer as you approach...

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">bards are inside or outside the place?

GM:<font color="#000000">Hmm. It's always a learning process with Minktokens. Trying to find ones where the expression's legible.

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">Only you, Liatai. Only you. |D

GM:<font color="#000000">Both. &quot;Excuse me, sir! You, sir! Do you have a moment to talk about current events?&quot; OH NO. RUN.

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">HAVE YOU EMBRACED OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, MAB? *brickd*

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">&quot;No. I'm busy.&quot; and...he begins to weave, and duck, and dance and tumble. jumps over people, anything to get throught he crowd. heck, if it's thick enough, perhaps dance accross their heads and on into the tavern.

Rosanna Baker:<font color="#000000">&quot;Welcome to the -- wow! Good job running the gauntlet out there!&quot;

* Ghostwish pokes Liatai. &quot;I wasn't kidding. Tathi's teleporting to zaizai's place. :3

* Gamal-Junayd makes one quick bow at the door before shutting it. how many strangers are in the tavern, or is it just the crew that's fought the entire time here?

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I know, I'm trying to decide a few things. Was she really aiming for the bedroom? :B

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">tryiung to figure out if zairith and lethris were occupying the bedroom at the time?

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">No, the living room. |P

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">The place she knows better. XD

Lily Cayce:<font color="#000000">There are a few strangers, but they're mostly on the stage. The others are either chatting with others or deep in their cups. The regular Olidammaran crew is about.

Skye Bluecap:<font color="#000000">... Some of them appear to be making out like bandits, judging by the collection of wallets on one table. |3

* Gamal-Junayd sidles up to the bar and sits in between the sawyers, then motions to the bakers to come in close as well

Flynn Baker:<font color="#000000">&quot;Well hey, there's our celebrity chef guest! Did you forget some...&quot; He tilts his head and comes in closer.

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;Theres been an...incident. and I was hoping that I could get your help on resolving it.&quot;

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">&quot; Details first. &quot;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;Miron and the braxtons convinced the shepherds to arrest altonor. He's going along willingly, and has gotten a change of venue to lorellon. WE've been letting people know, but he leaves before midday. Don't let the kordites know till after he's gone, he wouldn't want a riot over him. I'm going along as a character witness, and something Roy said made me think you all could help. We need information and testimonies that might help him from people in braxton, probably those helped by whatever crimes they have tried to pin on him...So I was wondering if you'd be willing to help gather information the lawyers could use to help get him off the hook.&quot;

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">I have.. about an hour.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Bleh, okay, I'll try to maphop.

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">if you want to deal with him first I have longer

GM:<font color="#000000">Pop pop pop pop -- .... did the temperature just drop by something like twenty degrees? As the teleport disorientation poofs away, you see the wizard's home -- and a cat with a paw on her collar, a drow with dense blue clouds of icy mist swirling around his hands, and a yuan-ti with a knife, all turned toward you.

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;HI CAN I INTEREST YOU IN A VACUUM CLEANER&quot;

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">I can has ownership? X|

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">at least he didn't take shankfang with him, there would be an attack of hugging that might get him shivved at this point

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;....&quot; The wizard growls after a moment, lowering his hands. &quot;I should have known it would be you. Name the author of the spellbook you lent me.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Phew!&quot; Tathi says, dusting off her hands. &quot;I have to hand it to you, you nutty elf, you know how to set up a few defenses or two!&quot; She says, smiling. Yeah, completely casual.

Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( really dm? Hit the player with a poor memory with a memory question. OKAY I SEE HOW IT IS. |P ))

Liatai:<font color="#000000">This is why I encourage taking notes. :P

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">lore check for it? :P

Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( what the hell kind of player keeps a gift list. XD ))

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">liatai

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Given the spellbook's still in Tathi's possession, I'd think she'd want to note where it came from. &gt;:P

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Asterac. It was the spellbook written by a gnome the PCs found in the first dungeon, and Gnogglebolt tried to return to Salishea. Salishea relinquished it to Tathi.

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">Baxter's???? |P

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">Fukkit, I'm hacking.

* Tathi pulls the aleged spellbook from her bag of holding. &quot;You mean this one?&quot; She says flatly.

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;Name it,&quot; the wizard presses. &gt;:| ((The DM gave you the answer. &gt;:P ))

Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( what - OH. I thought that was a colon. |P ))

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Asterac! Yeesh, if you're this crazy about security, why not build a golem?&quot;

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">trying to give him ideas?

Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( if only you knew XP ))

* Zairith waves a hand, and Lethiriss and LiNeer both stand down. &quot;Golems are hardly something a common peddler of magical wares would possess. State your...&quot; And then a chime sounds.

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">Oh that grin.

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;That a sending stone I hear?&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;Yes.&quot; He fishes a stone out of his pocket as it begins to hiss. He frowns at it, and hisses back in a sibilant tongue, before pocketing it again. :/

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;That still does not tell me your business.&quot; :\

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Really? Hrm.&quot; She says, pondering. &quot;I guess that sweet little brother of yours hasn't told you yet, then.&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;You are doing yourself no favors by being evasive, Eyllisaearsithek.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Oh come on. Maybe I'm just visiting?&quot; She says, but that grin doesn't disappear. &quot;Maybe there's nothing dire going at all!&quot;

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Or maybe Altonor has submitted to being arrested for crimes against Braxton falls and is going to stand trial in Lorellon.&quot; Aelian says flatly.

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;Normal people do not teleport into wizards' living rooms uninvited for nothing dire.&quot; &gt;:\

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;You ruin my fun.&quot; Tathi says, pouting at Aelian.

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">tathi isn't normal. argument invalid

LiNeer:<font color="#000000">... Rat, you smell like hellfire and sweat. &gt;.\

Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( *highfives* Oh I am so using that. ))

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;I am aware. I do not know what you expect me to do about it.&quot; &gt;:\

* Lethiriss quietly puts the kettle on.

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Really, Zairith?&quot; Tathi says, hands on hips. &quot;I'm the only one here with surprises?&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;I have told you before that I am not affiliated with my brother's little veterans' club. Frankly, it is a wonder how that one has evaded arrest for so long.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Really? That's your excuse?&quot; Tathi says flatly. &quot;You're not officially affiliated with him in any fashion, so it's no concern of yours if a drow elf fighting against the Eight Lies and for acceptance of his and YOUR kind on the surface is going to trial because one city has a fetish for idiotic laws?&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;There is little I could do even if I were inclined,&quot; he growls coldly. &quot;I have my own assets to protect, including the advancement of a certain project that may precipitate an age of fire and death if mishandled if you have forgotten.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Little you can do? What are you, a hedge mage? You are a wizard Zairith! There is nothing you cannot do! Figure it out! Find a way! Or has the very principle of our calling left you? You don't have to solve the entire problem, I know for a fact Viceth has something up his sleeve, and Gamal is running all over Akellon rallying support, but do something! Sitting on your hands merely because of other concerns is akin to staring at an empty bucket while your spellbook burns!&quot;

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">all over TOWN maybe. I can't teleport like you blasted wizards

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">Aelian sweatdrops a bit at the wizards butting heads, and glances aside at Leth.. &quot; Sooo how's the weather been? &quot;

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">&quot; Ssssssnowy with a chanccccce of wizzzzardssss, apparently. &quot;

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF"> &quot;Wizards are like dragons. Damned if you can predict them or figure them out.&quot;

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">that's what you two get for trying to get inside a wizards robes

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME OKAY.

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">NOW MY PISS SPARKLES.

Aelian: <font color="#9900ff">(( im so sorry i couldn't resist ))

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;So you come to me expecting me to have solutions instead of attempting to solve the problem yourself. Until you have an idea more solid than a desperate child's plea to do 'something,' there is little to discuss.&quot;

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">The benefitssss are worth it. |3~

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Ha ha, caught you.&quot; Tathi says triumphantly. &quot;If anyone would know Altonor's actions across the nation, it would be you. If you didn't, I'd be abjectly terrified at the thought that you're the one handling the houses in the underdark, because that is knowledge one needs to know!&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Would be some good strong evidence towards his character in court, no?&quot;

* Zairith glares over his glasses at Tathi. &quot;I. Cannot. Be. Directly. Involved.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;When did I say direct? When did I say don't give me the evidence to submit it? THINK Zairith! There is always a way!&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;If evidence is what you seek, you would be better off speaking with my brother.&quot;

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">&quot; How wassss the north? &quot;

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF"> &quot;Hellish. Literally. Devil incursion in Yoriver. I sincerely hope things have been better here, wizard showers aside?&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;That's it? You have nothing else you can possibly do?&quot; Tathi asks.

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;I will not do your work for you, Eyllisaearsithek. I have plenty of other things to attend to. Unless you have something more concrete, or other business, get out and leave me to them.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Ohh, so now we're going to push the work off onto someone else now? Okay, let me try a card you just showed me. My work is to keep a red dragon of legend from popping out of the chest of that shaved monk of yours! By the way he's actually trying to work with the dragon's dead spirit. Hope that helps you sleep well.&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;You don't think I am aware of that?&quot; the wizard snaps.

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF"> &quot;They make a lovely couple, don't they..&quot;

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">&quot; Perhapsss we had besssst get out of the blasssst zone. &quot;

Teeny Rin 3:<font color="#000000">oh so now youra a polyamorous 4 person family?

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">&quot; Tea? &quot;

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF"> &quot;The weather is frightful though.. Oh but thank you.&quot; He says, sipping tea. Peanut gallery is posh.

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;There, you see? We all have our tasks. We all have our duties and responibilities. Skies above, I'm an actual Lady now, with souls and their homes counting on me! But I am not going to sit around and do nothing while a drow paladin, mind you the first one in history that I even know of, is going to trial because some drow hating gnome wants him dead! Even if I don't have anything to work with, I will find something, and I expect you, both drow AND a wizard, to do the exact same!&quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;Good. Do so.&quot;

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">&quot; Where isss your ssssecond dog? &quot;

Aelian: <font color="#9900ff">(( ... crap. They would totally have her too. XP ))

Amadre:<font color="#000000">Woof!

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">SEE IMMA WIZARD TOO

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">Meanwhile, back in Yoriver... &quot; Braxton, hmmm. A bit outside of our normal hunting grounds. But the Network extends that far. Have you anything to grease the wheels of the wagons? &quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;Now had you any other business to discuss, or are you finished?&quot;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;I'll offer what I can, though untill the others return from their jaunt, my actaul cash on hand is rather low. Hopefully they'll come abck with the shares soon, as I leave with altonor a little before mid day.&quot;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;though we are supposed to have time before the trail, we'll be in fort winterhold until the trial is officially to take place. How much grease are we looking at needed?&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Yes. One last thing.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">She flips out a small notepad, and her quill.

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;How many rooms do you want?&quot;

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">&quot; I must confess to be unfamiliar with the going rate of axle grease in Braxton Falls. Given your services to the town, however, we should be able to secure you a discount. &quot; The slim fellow slides a notebook and pen out of this cloak, and begins to make some arcane-looking calculations.

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">./rollme 690*2

* You roll to yourself: 690*2 =&gt; 690 * 2 = 1380Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">GEEZUS THAT'S A LOT OF ROOMS

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">&quot; To cover one wagon going that far.... what say you to one platinum piece? &quot;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;If I can afford it, I'll gladly hand over what I can for grease. I do need to aquire a few items to keep in touch with people, but I think there should at least be a few thousand or more to help on this project. Also...I do'nt know what's possible...but how much grease might be needed to...make the braxton's own plans and preperations a bit...slippery. The less organized hteir lawyers are come trial time, the better.&quot;

* Zairith blinks, looking vaguely affronted. &quot;What?&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Rooms. You know, like in a house?&quot;

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">Aelian pauses in sipping his tea, and looks aside to Tathi.. &quot; Uh oh. &quot;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;Hmmph, is that all? did you hear what they were selling those purple worm corpses for? &quot; he hands over 3 platinum. &quot;That's all I've got left till Thomas and Tathi returns, but I'll gladly increase the amount. The more grease...either bringing information in, or disrupting their information chains, the better.&quot;

* Lethiriss gives Tathi an inquisitive look.

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">adventurers have no real sense of how much stuff costs at this level! heh

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">Tathi bats the feathery bit of the quill against her chin a moment. &quot;At least a bedroom, living area and a proper kitchen, but you'll probably want a book room too. But, is there anything else I should know?&quot;

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">&quot; If you have the right connections, grease comes remarkably cheaply, my friend. &quot; He nods, inspecting the coins before pocketing them. &quot; We'll be in touch. &quot;

Zairith:<font color="#000000">&quot;........ Get out.&quot; =w=;

* Liatai should not chuckle so at Zairith's character. x3 *brick'd*

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;My thanks, I'll hopefully be picking up a means to stay in contact, if nothing else, is there anyone in fort winterhold or lorellon I should seek if I need to send a message by mundane means that might be intercepted?&quot;

Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( is your muse going apeshit? XP ))

Ennis Baker:<font color="#000000">&quot; I can answer that. Winterhold doesn't have its own Talespinner, but check the town of Drowsbane nearby. As for Lorellon, there are at least four. Do you know the signs? &quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">She shrugs. &quot;Suit yourself. I'll have a nice medium sized one ready for you then.&quot; She says, jotting something down in the notebook before snapping it closed and pocketing it. &quot;You two have a good day then. I suspect the golem will be around in a few months to pick you up. C'mon Aelian, let's go see what kind of trouble Thomas is getting into.&quot; She says, and heads for the door.

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Thanks for the tea...&quot; ^^;;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">looking embarresed &quot;No actually, I don't. &quot;

* Zairith pinches the bridge of his nose. &quot;Tathi, we are not moving to the middle of nowhere simply because --&quot; Sigh. =w=;

Lethiriss:<font color="#000000">&quot;You're welcome, ssssstop anytime. Maybe with advancccce noticccce nexxxxt time.&quot; |3c;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;I did!&quot;

Aelian:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;She means more than an hour, Tathi.&quot; |D

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">&quot;Oh. Okay. Next time? Hour and a half. Promise.&quot;

Ghostwish: <font color="#9900ff">(( Rhylinar shows up like 10 minutes later OH HEY TATHI MIGHT BE BY- what do you mean she just left. =3= ))

Ennis Baker:<font color="#000000">&quot; Check the door area or the sign for the Laughing Rogue and a rose. Sometimes you'll see Fharlanghn's sign instead of the Rogue's, or both of them. &quot;

Liatai:<font color="#000000">What do you think the sending stone was saying? XP

Ghostwish: <font color="#9900ff">(( Batton down the hatches? XP ))

Ghostwish: <font color="#9900ff">(( I have no idea and I want to know. TELL MEEEEE- ))

Liatai:<font color="#000000">&quot;Hey Zai, I just got news from Tathi, she's --&quot; &quot;I know. She's here. =w=# &quot; Something along those lines. XP It was just in Yuan-ti.

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">XP

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">you know you just picked ghosts next language with that didn't you?

Ghostwish:<font color="#9900FF">AYUP.

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000"> &quot;Again, thank you. Hopefully we can get him off with the information we gather, and not have to try something desperate later on. And now, I'm going to head back, can't miss the teleport if I'm to go with them.&quot;

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">Annnd as she leaves. &quot;Byyyyyyyye ZaiZai!&quot;

Martin Sawyer:<font color="#000000">&quot; Best of luck. &quot;

* Gamal-Junayd nods to them all &quot;Though..is there a back way out with less people to run past?&quot;

Flynn Baker:<font color="#000000">&quot;Haven't cleared out the secret passages yet, sorry. You could try the kitchen window?&quot;

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">'That'll work, thanks.&quot; he then leaves...via window.

Zairith:<font color="#000000">Twitch.

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Tathi: <font color="#9900ff">(( well that's all I have. any day when zaizai's blood pressure goes up is a good one. :3 ))

* Gamal-Junayd is gonig to be glad of 50 foot move speed before he gets back to temple safety.

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">yeah I'm done as well. I'm glad I thought of using the network

GM:<font color="#000000">RUN GAMAL, THE BARDSWARM IS COMING!

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Mmkay, I need to call my client anyway. x3 Good mini, good mini~

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">at least if I have to draw swords no one will be damaged...permanently

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">See this is the advantage of being a crazy scary wizard. Bards approach cautiously, not swarm. |D

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">dude, if youwere ack in town they'd be swarming you

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">they swarmed TOMI if you forget

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">Well she IS teleporting back and I've got like.. 12 minutes. :3

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">tomi in the middle of a battle with serrier

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">hah well I'll leave this up but I think lia's gone to phone

Tathi:<font color="#9900FF">rofl, kay

Gamal-Junayd :<font color="#000000">I'm gonna try and nap. was up till 2 am with mini, and then woke up at 7. I think I should try and nap before the session tonight

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Seeya in chat and on Saturday. :3

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