Lunar: A Story Forgotten 2 Session 12 Log Session Start: Sat Mar 09 21:23:17 ============================================================================ Cast of Characters: Dragonmaster Lou as Gamemaster, Selene, Fake Althena, Eris, Pilot DNW as Kodah Lucca as Samantha, Samantha's clone Nadia Hemady as Yuuwaku Nicole Peters as Varemi, Sephina Rune Lai as Jan Scott Kroush as Galen Seath as Marcus Storen as Chrissy Tim Peters as Ambush 6000 ============================================================================ ===GAME ON!=== --You are facing down against the undead Fake Althena as prepare to fight for Zophar's Ashes...-- ===BOSS BATTLE! FAKE ALTHENA=== Yuuwaku: "Jan!" Targets: Body, Left Monster, Right Monster, Lethal Rod The left monster on the Fake Althena's head begins flashing... Yuuwaku: "I think someone mentioned that she was undead.... how should the rest of us fight her?" Yuuwaku: "I know you have special magic to deal with this but..." * Kodah tenses, and bright light fills his eye sockets. This light shoots straight out to either side of him, then splits to form two circular halves, forming a standing ring around his body. This ring begins to spin around him, faster and faster, until it forms a sphere of intense energy around Kodah's body. Yuuwaku: "Does any elemental magic work against her?" * Samantha prepares, assessing all of her targets. * Varemi's eyes seem to flicker and she narrows her eyes, preparing herself. * Selene prepares a song. Yuuwaku: "Errr... work against undead creatures in general, I should say." Galen: "Attack the rod first... I have a hunch that could be the most deadly part of the creature." * Varemi eyes the various targets... Yuuwaku: "It does seem rather lethal Galen." * Jan shakes his head. "Each type of undead is different. They might not necessarily have any elemental weaknesses." Samantha: "Yeah... beware of big wooden sticks." ^_- Yuuwaku: "But there's no guarantee that elemental or physical attacks won't work on them right?" * Kodah adopts an attack posture in the front row. * Ambush 6000 detaches from what's left of the floor and begins evasive maneuvers. Jan: "No, there isn't. Try anything you can." * Yuuwaku nods to Jan. Yuuwaku: "I'm going for thunder magic first." Galen: "Jan: How about Astral attacks?" Yuuwaku: "Samantha and Chrissy, I would recommend attacking, perhaps using spells." Yuuwaku: "Same goes for Marcus." Samantha: "Right!" * Chrissy cracks her knuckles at the mention of attacking. "Time to shut this banshee up for good!" Galen: "Go for the rod first, okay?" Yuuwaku: "Varemi, I don't think gravity will be effective against her." * Jan slips his goggles around over his eyes and pulls out his shurikens. "I wouldn't count on it Galen. You can try. But I wouldn't count on it." Yuuwaku: "Rod first, then." Varemi: "... Uhn?" Marcus: "I'm not taking any chances, I'm protecting myself first." * Varemi looks at Yuuwaku sidewaysly. "Why -wouldn't- it?" Yuuwaku: "You might want to try your dreaming or ice magic against her." Galen: "Marcus, I'm going to enhance our defensive abilities." Yuuwaku: "Hmm..." Yuuwaku: "Actually, I guess it might." ^_^; Yuuwaku: "She isn't a ghost after all..." Varemi: "I think crushing anyone would hurt." Marcus: "I'm more worried about mental effects." Varemi: "... Oh. Right. But I'm not crushing anything without physical form." * Varemi points. Varemi: "The rod..?" Galen: "Well, Astral Armor will protect us from any magical attacks." * Yuuwaku nods. Yuuwaku: "Use your strongest magic, whatever it is, against it." Galen: "And Physical attacks too." Yuuwaku: "Oh good. I need protection." ^_^; * Fake Althena taps her toes impatiently... :P * Varemi shakes her head and says something under her breath. ... Closes her eyes. * Yuuwaku narrows his eyes and begins chanting quietly, hands pressed together. Varemi: "... Uhh... is she -supposed- to be waiting for us." Yuuwaku: "She must have great honor..." Varemi: "..." Kodah: "Maybe she's just being polite?" Varemi: "Yes." * Fake Althena hates stupid RPG rules where she can't just nuke you while waiting for you to make up your mind. :P Yuuwaku: "Honorable and polite fiend, we shall destroy you!" * Varemi looks around..... then resumes concentrating. Yuuwaku: "Oh... right." * Yuuwaku goes back to his spell. ^_^; * Chrissy looks impatient, too. I mean, she's not getting any younger, and the Church is getting closer every second. * Varemi sweeps her hands together in a fluid motion and the runes on her gloves start to pulse with a soft light. * Jan begins casting. * Galen starts to casting a spell. The gems in his talismans begin to emit a faint glow. Yuuwaku casts Bolt Trap on the Lethal Rod! * Varemi parts her lips and furrows her brow, her eyes still closed. A barrier of lightning surrounds the rod, damaging it for every aggressive action it takes... Samantha casts Dopple Dance! A ghostly doppleganger of Samantha appears next to her, ready to attack... * Yuuwaku tenses and prepares to jump out of the away if something tries to destroy him. Galen: "Mystic powers of yore... grant me thine might that I may use my power to its fullest." Varemi casts Deadweight on the Lethal Rod! * Varemi lets a sneer form on her icy lips and practically hisses something to herself, presumably something for her spell, but... =b * Samantha concentrates, and seems to blur, then steps back away from herself, leaving behind an ethereal clone that stands ready to attack! * Samantha executes Dopple Dance! * Varemi throws out her arms and shouts. Lethal Rod is crushed under its own weight for 206 damage! * Varemi's runes glow violently, flicker and go out. The rod is crushed. Yuuwaku: "Alright Varemi!" :D * Varemi is still sneering, her lime eyes neon. Jan casts Dopple! * Jan weaves a dark shadow around his body. The cocoon spills to one side and reveals a shimmering likeness of Jan. * Varemi eyes Jan to see what his does... seems to be catching her breath. ^^; * Samantha blinks, and winks good humoredly at Jan, "Shared thought?" ^_- * Samantha's clone also winks. Yuuwaku: "The more the merrier I guess." Fake Althena casts Fang Fling on Kodah! * Yuuwaku smirks wryly at Samantha. * Jan doesn't seem to notice. He's focused on the fake Althena. Kodah: "Ak!" The left monster on the Fake Althena's head flings itself towards Kodah, thwacking him before returning. * Samantha winces, "Gah... Kodah..." O_o Yuuwaku: "Kodah!" Varemi: "... Mmph." Galen: O_o; Kodah suffers 26 damage. Galen: "Varemi, Selene, concentrate on healing for the time being..." Varemi: "..." * Kodah looks hurt, but continues casting. Varemi: "-Why-." * Chrissy watches the fake Althena closely, shimmying to the side as the monster flies by. o_O Yuuwaku: "No wait..." Varemi: "... I guess so." Yuuwaku: "It might be smarter for her to attack." Fake Althena attacks Chrissy with the Lethal Rod! Yuuwaku: "And Kodah to heal, though it depends how much his attack does." Kodah: "Have her keep attacking, I'm okay." Galen: "I need one more round after this one to buff our defensive abilities." Chrissy: "That's one monstrous boomerang... whoa!" Yuuwaku: "Ah! Chrissy!" * Varemi glares at Galen. Chrissy is thwacked for 8 damage. Yuuwaku: "Ki wo tsukete!" Varemi: "I don't -feel- like healing right now." Lethal Rod suffers for aggressive action! Samantha: "Then do what you feel is best, Varemi!" Varemi: "But I will. Let's see how I do." Varemi: "I've never been in a mood like this. " * Varemi looks down. Sneers again. * Chrissy is thwacked, but largely unfazed, looking angry. "Your old walking stick ain't what it used to be eh?" Lethal Rod suffers 30 damage. Jan: "Be careful, I doubt her stick is what we really need to be worrying about." * Yuuwaku breathes harshly, wondering if he'll be hit next. Fake Althena attacks Samantha with the Lethal Rod! Samantha: "H--Hey!" Galen: "Oh cripes." * Samantha brings up her shield, not purchased at J-mart! Yuuwaku: "Oh no! Sam!" Samantha is hit for 10 damage. * Samantha blocks most of it, getting slightly pelted on the side, "That's the best you can do, Screechy?" * Kodah has a feeling he's going to be healing a lot for this fight. * Jan notices. "Samantha, you okay?" Lethal Rod suffers 32 damage for aggressive action. Samantha: "I'm fine!" * Jan considers that... Kodah casts Sign! * Kodah slams his staff into the ground with both hands, cracking the ground beneath him. From out of nowhere, five streams of energy converge around him, forming a spiraling cone of burning energy. The spire ebbs away, but leaves its ethereal mark on the ground where he stands. Yuuwaku: "Should I keep casting Bolt Trap on every other part of her?" Galen: "Might help, Yuu." * Varemi looks up and slightly blinks at Kodah. Kodah's Wis up 12! Kodah: "All right, I'm ready now." * Ambush 6000 rolls out of sight... * Yuuwaku eyes the various different enemies. Galen casts Mystic Vigor! * Galen creates a ghostly double to cast one more spell. "Mystic VIGOR!" * Samantha notes that there are a lot of ghostly clones now. * Samantha whistles under her breath, "Send in the clones..." Galen can cast 2 spells per round. Yuuwaku: "Hey Sam..." Samantha: "Yeah?" Chrissy casts Grudge! * Chrissy stifles a chuckle at her partner in crime on the front lines. ^^ Yuuwaku: "If you cast the sword spell with both you and your clone..." * Chrissy punches her fists together a few times, and rolls her neck, before slipping into a defensive stance, and glaring at her opposition. "I'm going to ring your bell... just try it! The Grudge match is ON!" Chrissy can counterattack! Yuuwaku: "Would it do the same attack we did when we both cast it?" * Samantha nods, "I dunno... probably not. Hmmm." Varemi: ".... Did... did she just say, 'Ring your bell.'?" Marcus casts Mental Screen. Kodah: "Yes she did." * Varemi disregards and stares. Marcus is immune to mental status effects... * Samantha snickers. Varemi: "... I'd thought so. I think I understand the metaphor.... but... don't see how it works here." * Jan disregards the party's strange conversations, keeping his attention focused on the Fake Althena and her movements. Selene casts Healing Song on Kodah! Yuuwaku: "Is anyone hurt?" Kodah: "Think of that thing's head as a big bell, and Chrissy is going to go and beat on it a couple of times." Samantha: "Just a little... But I'm okay." Yuuwaku: "Badly enough to need healing, I mean?" Chrissy: "Heck yeah... and now it's time to ring some rotting ears with a good old sucker punch." Varemi: "... *OH*." Varemi: "..." *shakes her head rather miserably* "I won't say what I'd thought." --;; Kodah recovers 30 HP. Yuuwaku: "Are we keeping up attacks on the Lethal Rod in hopes of destroying it?" * Kodah blinks at Varemi, but lets that pass. DoppleSamantha attacks Fake Althena's body! Kodah: "Thanks Selene." Yuuwaku: "I guess anyone doing normal or spell attacks should try to go for that." * Varemi mutters something with a tormented little minimal Varemi-expression. Galen: "Attack the rod..." * Samantha's clone goes in for for the kill, wordlessly slashing at Fake Althena's body! Galen: "I'm going to be boosting this party for a while." Critical hit! Fake Althena suffers 110 damage! Samantha: "Whoo!" Kodah: "Nice." o_o * Ambush 6000 re-appears from seemingly out of nowhere and attempts to fire a blade at Fake Althena's body, but the circular blade just plops onto the floor after miserably flying about three feet. Yuuwaku: "I'll Bolt Trap the body next." Fake Althena suffers 5 damage. * Chrissy tries to look encouragingly at the ambush. ^^; ===ROUND 2=== * Yuuwaku gives the Ambush a rueful smile The Lethal Rod starts shining... Galen: "Oh hell..." Yuuwaku: "Oh now that doesn't look good." Galen: "ATTACK THAT ROD WITH ALL YOU GOT!" * Varemi blocks all other instructions out and focuses her sights on the rod the Fake Althena is holding, a very grim expression on her kiddish face. * Kodah begins concentrating anew. * Samantha eyes the lethal rod, preparing herself. * Yuuwaku draws his sword. Yuuwaku: "Bolt Trap can wait." * Yuuwaku narrows his eyes at the rod. Yuuwaku attacks the Lethal Rod! * Varemi sweeps her hands up in front of her face, a little flourish on her fingers. She hisses something to them, and her runes glow again. * Yuuwaku runs at it and slashes once down and then back up and across. Yuuwaku: "Shi-NE!!!" First attack... 15 damage. Samantha: "Go Yuu! Work it!" Second attack... 13 damage. Yuuwaku: "Awww shoot." ^_^;;; Galen: "Aw sh*t." Samantha: "Hey, that's not half bad! We'll help too!" Galen: "Let's hope I can survive this attack." * Varemi focuses on the rod, glaring cruelly. Kodah casts Wind Cutter on the Lethal Rod! Samantha: "Can we have happy thoughts, people!?" * Kodah shouts, and raises his staff above his head. On command, a small tornado slams down on his target, pinning it in place. Kodah then makes a slashing motion with his staff, and dozens of shock waves fly in to slam into the enemy one after the other! Yuuwaku: "I think that it might be strong against physical attacks..." Lethal Rod suffers 59 damage. Chrissy: "Come on... keep it up... that glow's gettin' stronger!" Samantha attacks the Lethal Rod! Yuuwaku: "Or well, I'm just weak..." ;P * Samantha lets out a battle cry, slashing HARD at the lethal rod, "Your pretty glowing magic tricks are OVER!" First attack... 30 damage. Samantha: "And take this too!" * Samantha slashes again! Second attack... 28 damage. Yuuwaku: "No. I'm just weak." ^_^ * Samantha curses softly to herself and steps back. Jan casts Dispatch Dead! * Jan tosses forth a spray of shurikens and they whip wildly into a sphere of blades around him. "Your time has come. I am Jan Dunkelheit, the undead slayer, and when others fail, I dispatch the dead who to remain in these lands." Jan casts Dark Gaze on all the targets. (who happen to be neatly in a row...) * Jan summons a rift in the reality above him. It infuses him with its power, changing the whites of his eyes black and his pupils into small skulls as he gazes at his enemy. * Varemi breaths in and out heavily. * Ambush 6000 noticeably bristles, gleams a bit from reflecting the ambient light in the room, and then seems to disappear. * Yuuwaku goes into a defensive posture, feet shoulder width apart and knees slightly bent, clutching his sword hilt tightly with both hands. * Varemi watches, waits. Lethal Rod suffers 76 damage. Body suffers 88. Left Monster 82. Right monster 72. * Kodah blinkblinks. Kodah: "Wow." o_o Galen: "That thing is tough." Samantha: "Damn, this lady is buff." O_o "She's still standing?" * Jan looks grimly in satisfaction at his own work. * Chrissy blinks distractedly at Jan as he tears into the false goddess. "Well, you sure are good at what you do." ^^ Marcus casts QuickShot on the Lethal Rod! Varemi: "... Hnnf." Jan: "I have to be, Chrissy." * Varemi seems a little more relaxed by this, but that doesn't say much. First attack... 26 damage. Second attack... 26 damage. Varemi casts Deadweight on the Lethal Rod! * Varemi again shouts. Rather silly, since she barely says a word, let alone say it loud. =b She throws out her arms and clenches her fists. As she does so, her runes flash a violent burgundy, pulse once or twice, and then flash one last time very brightly as she glares with the most intensity in her expression and her fists are closed as tight as they can be. Lethal Rod suffers 190 damage. Samantha: "Damn, what is this rod made of? Teflon?" O_o Galen: "No idea, Sam..." Fake Althena casts Lethal Rod on the entire party! Galen: O_O; Samantha: "We'll, we'll be in a world of hurt like... now!" * Samantha defends! * Varemi dissolves to a few shivers... and then watches. Fake Althena lobs her rod at the entire group, spinning it through the entire party... * Kodah tries to knock the rod aside with his staff! * Chrissy starts running at the rod to get her licks in... but skids back, trying to weave and duck the deadly staff. "Aww... hell..." * Yuuwaku attempts to jump out of the way and block with his sword. Yuuwaku: "K'so..." Galen: "Aw sh*t!" * Varemi watches as the rod hits her. Chrissy suffers 16 damage. Galen 36. Jan 30. Kodah 15. Marcus 25. Samantha 14. Varemi 11. Yuuwaku 34. Varemi: "... Ow." * Samantha is twocked on the head, "OW! HEY!" * Galen drops to one knee. * Yuuwaku shrieks. Lethal Rod suffers for aggressive action... 34 damage. Chrissy counter-attacks the Lethal Rod! * Yuuwaku falls back with a head concussion, bloody and beaten, but somehow still standing! * Kodah figures he'd better start healing. Yuuwaku: "Oh god... it hurts." * Chrissy is knocked off balance, the bruise only serving to get her more into the fight. "You want to play like that?! Eat this!" Samantha: "Yuu, you survived!" * Varemi stares at a cut on her arm. * Yuuwaku blinks hard. Varemi: "..." Yuuwaku: "The lights... the colors... why?" * Varemi licks at it curiously. 30 damage. Varemi: "..." * Varemi shrugs. * Kodah looks oddly at Varemi licker her arm. * Chrissy pounds the rod, making cracks in it's surface with her fists. ^^ Fake Althena attacks Chrissy with the Lethal Rod! * Varemi sees Kodah from the corner of her eye. Varemi: "... What?" Galen: O_o; * Yuuwaku waves a hand vaguely at Chrissy. Yuuwaku: "Ow." * Jan wipes the blood away from his eyes as he plans his next pair of attacks. Samantha: "Hey! No fair!" Kodah: "Unusual reaction, but that's just my opinion." Critical hit! 18 damage. Galen: "You okay, Chrissy?" Lethal Rod suffers for aggressive action... 33 damage. Lethal Rod shatters! Samantha: "Hah!" Fake Althena loses one action per round... Marcus: "About bloody time." Galen: "No joke." Varemi: "Huh." Samantha: "Let's hope she doesn't have any spare weapons." Varemi: "It actually did something." Yuuwaku: "Did it just shatter or am I seeing things?" * Chrissy takes a hit in the gut, getting a bit winded now. "Heh... no more toys for you." Jan: "One down." * Kodah starts concentrating on his crest. Yuuwaku: "Umm... who's healing who?" Yuuwaku: "This should be decided... ow." Galen casts Enlighten! * Varemi eyes Chrissy and shakes her head. Jan: "I can care for myself." * Galen finishes his incantation. "Lords of darkness of all four realms... on thine bonds do I now swear. Grant to me now all the power that thou doth possess." He is then surrounded by an aura of power as his spells are enhanced. "ENLIGHTEN!" Yuuwaku: "Me and Galen need it badly but Selene might heal one of us before the round is over." Kodah: "I shall heal Yuu." Yuuwaku: "I love you Kodah." ;_; Galen's Wis up 18! Yuuwaku: "All three of you." * Samantha wonders if Yuu meant that literally. Just for a moment. ^^ Galen casts Astral Armor! * Galen is surrounded by an aura of defensive power that quickly surrounds the entire party. "Get a load of this... ASTRAL ARMOR!" * Kodah blinks at Yuu, counts three fingers, then himself, then shrugs. * Chrissy looks at Yuuwaku. "Did I mention I love that spell?" ^^ Yuuwaku: . o O (At least I'm not coughing up blood this time... ) Yuuwaku: "I love you too Chrissy." Everyone's Def and MgD up 19. Yuuwaku: "Like a big brother..." * Samantha grins, "Yuu, did I mention I love your hair?" Galen: "That should help some." * Varemi huhms. Yuuwaku: "I love you Samantha." Varemi: "... It -is- pretty good hair." * Samantha patpats Yuu very gently on the shoulder, "Just rest for a sec, Yuu. You'll get healed in a moment. You lived!" * Chrissy suddenly feels... empowered. "Whoa... Galen... what the heck is that. On second thought... never mind." ^^; * Varemi looks at everyone in the group with the customary half-lidded glare. Chrissy casts Piston Punch on Fake Althena's body! * Chrissy rubs both her wrists once, the motion accompanied by a very audible *click* from something under her heavy gloves. "How about a little fuel injection?" * Chrissy dashes at Fake Althena's body, throwing a flurry of jabs, uppercuts, and backhand punches with mechanical speed and precision, a thin trail of steam escaping her hands after every hit. "Piston Punch!" Varemi: "... I wonder what it would be like to be able to throw a punch that didn't feel like a small animal weakly clawing." First attack... Critical hit! 58 damage! * Yuuwaku stands a little unsteadily, trying to get his bearings. Second attack... 32 damage. Varemi: ".... Mmm." Galen: "Way to go, Chrissy!" Third attack... 31 damage. * Varemi idly imagines herself as a small animal. Galen: "Sam, I hope you're ready for a can of whoop ass. " Fourth attack... 28 damage. Varemi: ".... What a strange thought." * Samantha grins, "Hopefully, Galen." * Yuuwaku gestures vaguely at Fake Althena's body. * Varemi completely spaces out and bothers giving this more thought. DoppleSamantha attacks! Yuuwaku: "Kill that." Galen: "Oh, if you only knew, my friend." ^_^ Yuuwaku: "Yeah." * Samantha's clone attacks once more! Only she looks kinda ghostly... but you almost can't tell the difference! Fake Althena's body suffers 60 damage. Selene casts Healing Song on Yuuwaku. Yuuwaku recovers 32 HP. * Yuuwaku breathes a sigh of relief. Yuuwaku: "I guess you should heal Galen then Kodah." * Kodah turns his attention from Yuu to Galen, since Selene handled Yuu already. * Ambush 6000 appears from the shadows and attempts to fire another blade at Fake Althena's body, but misfires and ends up hitting Samantha instead! Samantha: "Ow! Hey!" O_o Samantha suffers 8 damage. ===ROUND 3=== * Kodah slides a glance at the bush. * Yuuwaku tries to wipe some of the blood out of his hair before it dries. * Samantha gets knicked pretty good and meeps, starting to look a bit beat up, "... That just wasn't cool!" ;_; * Ambush 6000 suddenly stops moving and beeps loudly once. Fake Althena's chest changes color... Yuuwaku: "Ewww." * Chrissy rolls away from the monstrosity, feeling a little better now. There's still a noticeable bruise on her side, though. "Sorry Sam, I think that program still has a few glitches to work out!" * Ambush_6000 "turns" to Fake Althena and growls loudly, and defiantly decides *not* to take evasive action this time. * Galen isn't interested in looking at an undead creature's chest. That's just plain sick. Yuuwaku: "Attack magic or spell?" Yuuwaku: "Screw it. Bolt Trap." * Varemi stares at Fake Althena herself, snapping out of her odd fantasies. Samantha: "It's... okay." ^^; "I'm cool." * Yuuwaku sheaths his sword and claps his hands together twice. Yuuwaku: "Yosha!" * Varemi pulls in her hands and crosses them in front of her. * Galen concentrates again, as winds begin to pick up around him. Yuuwaku: "You're all concentrating on the body or healing each other right?" * Ambush 6000 suddenly sprouts spikes over its leaves and growls even louder. Galen: "Yuu, I've got a few more buffs to cast." Kodah: "I think so." Yuuwaku: "Well, naturally." * Jan readies the magic for another necromancy spell. Yuuwaku casts Bolt Trap on the left monster head! Left Monster Head suffers for all aggressive action! * Yuuwaku creates a ball of lightning energy in his hands and thrusts it out at the Left Monster Head, encasing it in shiny lighting. Kodah casts Heal Litany on Galen! Galen: "Thanks, Kodah." Yuuwaku: "With any luck, the rest of you can get rid of that damn body this round..." * Chrissy raises an eyebrow at the angered bush. It could look intimidating when it wanted to... Galen recovers 52 HP... Galen: "Dunno about that, Yuu... but Sam's gonna get a major power boost as soon as I finish this spell." Jan casts Health Drain on Fake Althena's body! * Kodah grips his weapon and adopts a defensive posture again. * Jan raises a hand before him, drawing forth a powerful light from his enemy. "Life... Blood... Come to me." Fake Althena's body loses 54 HP. Jan recovers 54 P. Jan casts Dark Gaze on the entire lot of beasties! * Jan summons a rift in the reality above him. It infuses him with its power, changing the whites of his eyes black and his pupils into small skulls as he gazes at his enemy. * Yuuwaku watches Jan in rapt fascination. Fake Althena's body suffers 54 damage. Left Monster Head 88. Right Monster Head 90. Chrissy: "Now that'll sure give her some reasons to cry about." Samantha attacks Fake Althena's body! Samantha: "I'd rather just shut her up!" Galen: "Go for it, Sam." First attack... 29 damage. * Samantha rushes in, slashing twice, the sound of flesh tearing can be heard in the small chamber! Second attack... 28 damage. * Samantha steps back! * Jan seems somewhat drained as his eyes return to normal. He shakes himself and prepares for more. Varemi casts Whispering Spectre on Fake Althena's body! * Varemi takes one of her hands and sweeps it around, a pale indigo light screaming on her runes. The light draws a circle, and within that circle a darkness swirls forming a portal. * Galen prepares his next round of spells. * Varemi raises her hand that drew the circle and gestures high. A phantom comes from it and reaps with his scythe across the Fake Althena. It goes through her as though it were all an illusion. * Varemi pulls her hand back, calling an essence from the Fake Althena. Fake Althena suffers 45 damage. Varemi recovers 11 MP. * Varemi curls her fingers in and pulls down her hand with one gesture. Fake Althena casts Heavy Magic on Samantha! Samantha: "Oh hell!" O_o * Ambush 6000 snarls and flutters menacingly at Fake Althena! Samantha loses 2 MP. Fake Althena's body recovers 2 MP. Samantha: "... That's it? Pfft." Galen: "Arncha glad I cast that spell now?" Samantha: "Yes. Thanks Galen." Fake Althena attacks Kodah using the right monster head. * Kodah swats at the monster head! Kodah: "Go away!" Kodah is hit for 1 damage. * Kodah droops. Kodah: "That was it?" Galen casts Raven! * Galen feels the wind picking him up as he chants. "Hwaah.., Kwooah.... RAVEN!" Galen then takes off into he skies above. * Ambush 6000 quickly lifts its projector and projects a cross-hair target which seems to be slowly moving towards Fake Althena's right head. * Yuuwaku watches Galen fly up. Yuuwaku: "..." Yuuwaku: "That always scares me." * Varemi looks up. Varemi: "..." * Varemi points. Yuuwaku: "Yes, Varemi." Yuuwaku: "Yes." Galen's Dod% and Rea up 23, * Varemi furrows her brow and looks to Yuuwaku for comfort and clarity. Varemi: ".... Why. " Yuuwaku: "It makes him fast." Yuuwaku: "Like a bird." * Varemi shudders. Chrissy casts Piston Punch on the Left Monster Head... Yuuwaku: "Birds fly fast." * Yuuwaku gestures. Chrissy: "My fists fly faster though! Kya!" First attack... 28 damage. Varemi: "Fists are not scary." Varemi: "... Birds... scare me." Second attack... 30 damage. Yuuwaku: "I guess." Third attack... 30 damage. * Yuuwaku decides not to make his earlier mistake and pays attention to the thing they're attacking. Fourth attack... 32 damage. Yuuwaku: "It can still destroy me." * Chrissy leaps onto the monster head, pounding it repeatedly. She really gets into her work. * Kodah considers what to do next. Selene casts Cascade Song on Samantha! Varemi: "...." Yuuwaku: "Is the body dead yet?" Samantha's Atk up 15! * Chrissy does a flip off it . "That ought to soften it up... Jan, another round of that evil eye!" * Yuuwaku scowls a little. Samantha: "Thank you, Selene!" Yuuwaku: "Well..." Yuuwaku: "I think everyone should attack it but...." Marcus casts Mind Warp on Fake Althena's body! Yuuwaku: "I think Kodah and Varemi should use magic on the left monster head if it doesn't die." * Jan notices the sudden movement of something going up into the air just out of his line of sight. He's not certain what it is. Fake Althena's body suffers 66 damage. Galen sneaks in and casts Crimson Wolf on Samantha! * Galen surrounds Samantha in a field of crimson power as the howl of a wolf is heard throughout the battlefield, strengthening Samantha for more powerful attacks. Samantha's Atk up 21! * Samantha feels rather buff. Samantha: "... Whoa." Yuuwaku: "Actually, maybe Kodah should heal again..." Yuuwaku: "But Varemi should definitely attack." DoppleSamantha attacks Fake Althena's Body for the last time... Samantha: "Go, dopple go!" Kodah: "She hits that thing harder than I do, so that might be best." Varemi: "I'm not healing anyone." * Samantha's clone attacks and... stuff. Kodah: "... Ooookay. I guess its settled then." o_o; Yuuwaku: "No one's asking you to." ^_^;; Critical hit! Fake Althena's body suffers 352 damage! Samantha: "... Whoa!" * Yuuwaku wide-eyes at the attack. Varemi: "... I am just having it stated." Galen: O_o; * Samantha looks down at her sword. Varemi: "Ooo." Samantha: "... That's some good sh*t." Kodah: "Um... dang" Varemi: "That was rather good." * Ambush 6000 finally synchronizes its target with the right head, emits a brief trio of beeps, and sends a circular blade flying towards it with blinding speed! Right Monster Head suffers 10 damage. ===ROUND 4=== Yuuwaku: "Alright..." Galen: "Okay, Chrissy, you're up." * Samantha ahems and decides cursing can wait for another time, and glares at the Fake Althena once more. Yuuwaku: "I think everyone but Varemi should go for that main body." * Chrissy looks up into the sky for bird-brained ubermage. "That Galen's beginning to worry me..." Fake Althena's eyes sparkle. DoppleSamantha fades away. Varemi: "... Shiny." Yuuwaku: "Don't be distracted Varemi!" Varemi: "...Oh. Right." * Samantha looks to Chrissy, "You mean he wasn't before?" O_o * Varemi reverts to her deathly serious glare and tilts down her head, looking up, snarling bitterly and focusing all her anger into this spell. * Yuuwaku claps his hands together and begins to call upon the powers of thunder. :O Marcus casts Quick Shot on Fake Althena's body! * Jan gathers his concentration and pulls together the will to bring about the casting of two more spells. * Chrissy catches her breath and prepares to resume her assault... First attack... 31 damage. * Ambush 6000 retracts its spikes and pants with relief. Second attack... 32 damage. Galen casts Crimson Wolf on Chrissy! * Yuuwaku narrows his eyes to slits and chants quietly while glaring at the right monster head. * Galen surrounds Chrissy in a field of crimson power as the howl of a wolf is heard throughout the battlefield, strengthening Chrissy for more powerful attacks. Chrissy's Atk up 20! Galen casts Mana Theft on Fake Althena's body. * Chrissy staggers for a second as she's strengthened even further. "Hoo... boy..." * Galen points his hand at Fake Althena's body and begins draining away her magical power. "Thanks for the donation. MANA THEFT!" Galen recovers 79 MP. Yuuwaku casts Bolt Trap on the right monster head. Galen: "Okay... time I started attacking." Right Monster Head will be punished for any aggressive action. * Yuuwaku releases the ball of lightning energy at the right monster head, encasing it in the shimmery trap. "Super" Samantha attacks! * Ambush 6000 plays a triumphant fanfare for no particular reason. First attack on Fake Althena's body... 66 damage. Second attack... 68 damage. * Samantha rushes towards the body, slashing it so hard that thick oozey blood leaks forth. It smells kinda nasty. Mostly because she's DEAD. * Samantha leaps back! Jan casts Dark Gaze twice in a row! Galen: "Way to go, Sam." * Yuuwaku holds his breath. Samantha: "Thanks!" * Jan summons a rift in the reality above him. It infuses him with its power, changing the whites of his eyes black and his pupils into small skulls as he gazes at his enemy. * Jan holds the rift in place even longer this time. * Chrissy watches Samantha do her thing. "Don't get me started... I feel an encore coming on." ;) * Galen thinks he's buffed this party too much. Samantha: "Heh!" ^_- * Ambush 6000 trundles to one of the walls and does another disappearing act. First Dark Gaze... Left Head suffers 78 damage. Right Head suffers 80. Body suffers 74. Second Dark Gaze... Left Head suffers 78 and is lopped off permanently! Right suffers 86. Body suffers 74. Galen: "Hey, leave some for me. I'd love to get in a shot or two before this thing's dead." Kodah casts Heal Litany on Samantha! * Jan manages a grin when he sees the left head fall. * Chrissy pumps a fist. "Yeah, my man, Jan! Two to go!" * Kodah claps his hands, then opens them again. A gentle ribbon of wind curls up around Samantha and erases any wounds that it touches. * Samantha breathes a bit easier, "Thanks, Kodah..." Yuuwaku: "Oh wow!" Samantha recovers 57 HP. Yuuwaku: "I guess it's really the body we need to worry about." * Jan brushes the sweat from his forehead, his expression pained. Yuuwaku: "Jan...?" Varemi casts Deadweight on Fake Althena's body! * Varemi throws out her hands, runes flickering like a flame, a bloody shade of purple, inconsistently until they flash as brightly as they can, clenching her fists and gritting her teeth with a violent expression crossing her countenance. Samantha: "Jan? What is it?" Varemi: "... Grrr." Yuuwaku: "I think he's tired from casting such a powerful spell." * Samantha frowns a bit. "Be careful..." * Chrissy looks to the undead hunter. "Take it easy, she's on the ropes now..." ^^ Fake Althena's body suffers 186 damage. * Jan is deaf to their words. His eyes have taken a glazed look as he continues to concentrate on the Fake Althena. * Samantha notes Jan's expression. Samantha: . o O ( Uh oh... ) * Kodah takes a step away from Jan. o_o; * Galen begins to prepare his black magic for a quick round. Fake Althena casts Dark Crescent on Marcus! Yuuwaku: "Ah! Marcus!" * Chrissy knows what that expression means, and gives him his space. .o( Far be it from me to stop him from what he does for a living... ) Marcus is hit by a spinning arc of black magic for 1 damage. Fake Althena attacks Yuuwaku with the right monster head! * Yuuwaku yelps and tries to jump out of the way!" O_O Samantha: "Yuu!" Yuuwaku is hit for 14 damage. * Yuuwaku stumbles back, winded but still alive. * Chrissy whews. "That barrier spell is something else..." Galen: "Thanks, Chrissy." ^_- Right Monster Head suffers 36 damage for aggressive action. Yuuwaku: "It got hurt more than me." ;_; Samantha: "That's good, Yuu!" Chrissy: "Now, for hurting my friend, let's see how you like it!" Yuuwaku: "Of course... I'm probably in more pain than it is anyway..." Chrissy attacks the body! Galen: "Uh oh..." Yuuwaku: "Curse my weakness." ;_; First attack... 50 damage. Second attack... 49 damage. Third attack... 49 damage. * Chrissy starts dashing at the Fake Althena, throwing one quick jab to the gut, then spins around with several kicks to the side, then body slams her back a fair distance. Selene casts Healing Song on Yuuwaku. All HP restored. Yuuwaku: ^_^ * Samantha looks back to Jan again. * Ambush 6000 jumps and spins into the air and bombards Fake Althena's right head with a blade! Yuuwaku: "Kill the body!" Fake Althena's right head suffers 10 damage! ===ROUND 5=== * Jan looks tired, but he doesn't seem to notice, or care, very much. Galen: "Dei-boom-stain... spirits of earth and air, bound by the ancient pact, fulfill now thine sacred obligation!" Fake Althena's right monster head sparkles... * Chrissy gives the bush a thumbs up. "Right on target that time." * Ambush 6000 tumbles down to earth and roots itself into the ground. * Varemi eyes everyone else now to see what they're all doing. * Galen smirks as he prepares a powerful spell of black magic. * Yuuwaku draws his sword and closes his eyes, concentrating on another spell. Ambush 6000: *pantpant* * Kodah prepares to attack. * Chrissy doesn't let up, gathering her strength for another barrage. ^^ Marcus casts Quick Shot on Fake Althena's body! Galen: "Wanna try using black magic, eh? Well, try this on for size!" First attack... 26 damage. Second attack... 26 damage. * Ambush 6000 loosens its "rooting" and tumbles out of view. Galen casts Mega-Death! * Galen gestures towards the field of enemies as fierce winds whip around, causing the earth to shake and crack around the enemy force. "MEGADEATH!" Fake Althena's body suffers 56 damage. Right Monster Head 57 and it disintegrates! Samantha: "Hah!" * Kodah looks at all the havoc being thrown around by everyone, looks at his own staff, and suddenly feels somewhat inadequate. Galen casts Astral Shock on Fake Althena's body! * Galen throws a huge lance of blue spirit energy at Fake-Althena-Body. "Eat this, ASTRAL SHOCK!" Fake Althena suffers 265 damage. Fake Althena disintegrates! VICTORY! * Yuuwaku falls to his knees. Kodah: "Whew." ^^; Varemi: ".... Done." Yuuwaku: "Yokatta..." -_-; * Galen descends from the skies. * Kodah lets go of the energy within him, and the sphere of power bursts explosively, sending shock waves and debris flying in all directions! Marcus: "About time" * Jan blinks, concentration broken, and drops back on the ground exhausted. * Samantha whews. Galen: "Didn't know that spell would be that powerful." Kodah: "Everyone okay?" * Samantha shakes her head and kneels down by Jan, "Hey? You okay?" Galen: "Fine." * Ambush 6000 slowly rolls back to the party, immediately hops over to Samantha, and gives her a lick on the leg. Yuuwaku: "Hey guys..." Yuuwaku: "After this can we pause for a moment..." Yuuwaku: "I think we need to talk." Galen: "Anyone need healing?" * Varemi looks at the carnage and places a ribbon of her lavender hair behind an ear. Kodah: "...?" * Jan looks at Samantha. "Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." * Chrissy looks vaguely disappointed she didn't get to hit it one more time or so. She grunts a bit and rubs her side. "Enjoy a loooong rest, sister." ^^ * Samantha smiles at him, "You did good, Jan." :) * Yuuwaku sheaths his sword and stands. * Jan looks at the still corpse of the fake goddess. "Yes, I think I did. That's one less out there." Galen: "We all did, guys." Galen: "Although... I am exhausted." * Varemi spots something shiny and eyes it. * Kodah wonders why everyone looks so tired. 80 XP, 1000 MXP, 2000 S won! Yuuwaku: "We're just running about from place to place..." * Samantha stands and offers Jan a hand up. * Chrissy smiles. "Jan, galen, Yuuwaku, Samantha... I'm sure glad you're on my side." ;) Yuuwaku: "I feel like a chicken with its head cut off." Chrissy has reached level 6! Galen: "I'm glad you're all on my side." Kodah has reached level 6! * Jan chuckles. "You're welcome." * Kodah listens, wondering where Yuu is going with this. Varemi: "..." ^^; Yuuwaku: "I think we should go back and find Teal and Sephina." Samantha: "Hmm? How come?" Kodah: "Right now?" Samantha: "Can't we take the ashes first?" * Yuuwaku folds his arms across his chest. * Samantha heads towards the ashes. ^^; Yuuwaku: "Well, naturally." Yuuwaku: "But I want to talk to them about this." * Jan nods. "Let's get what we came for." --Standing behind where you fought the Fake Althena, condensed ashes of Zophar in her hand, is none other than Eris herself, clad in her black leather catsuit, "swallow" weapon in her hand...-- Yuuwaku: "I don't feel comfortable carrying around something like the Ashes of Zophar." Kodah: "Uh... okay?" Eris: *clap* *clap* *clap* Chrissy: "Mmm... but first, let's get these ashes and get out of here. The Church could be snooping around the corner by... oh cripes." Yuuwaku: "If there's a way for us to destroy them, I'd like to find out..." Kodah: "Um.... guys?" o_O; Jan: "Crap." Galen: "Oh cripes." Yuuwaku: "Oh I *so* saw this one coming." -_-; Yuuwaku: "What did I tell you guys huh?" * Samantha whirls around, "... Well crap." Varemi: "...." Yuuwaku: "We're going to be HELPING the enemy by doing this." Yuuwaku: "But of course no one listens." * Yuuwaku huffs. Eris: "I'd like to thank you for taking care of the Fake Althena for me. It saved me quite a bit of time and effort." * Varemi is NO LONGER staring at a shiny object. O_o; Yuuwaku: "See? SEE?" Kodah: "..." Kodah: "Well spit." * Samantha slaps her forehead. Galen: "Damn..." Ambush 6000: *rrrrrrrrr....* Marcus: "Are you going to dispatch with us now?" Samantha: "Why do you want the ashes? Is Ares... Is he the Demonmaster?" Eris: "Dispatch you? Why? I don't see the need." Yuuwaku: "Of course you don't." * Yuuwaku smirks at Eris. * Chrissy growls. "Hey! I don't like fighting for nothing! Get your grubby paws off that!" * Varemi narrows her eyes. "They never do that." Yuuwaku: "Now go away so we can plan better how to kill you." Varemi: "But..." * Varemi looks down. Varemi: "How." * Yuuwaku bites his lip as he eyes Varemi. * Varemi looks over at Eris... looks for something to identify her with... to figure out if it's true... Yuuwaku: "Damn... forgot about that." Eris: "Ares? A Demonmaster? Under the service of the goddess? Heh heh heh..." * Samantha levels her sword at Eris, "... Then who is he?" Kodah: "Why do I have this feeling the situation isn't that cut-and-dry?" * Eris is wearing a rune as a pendant around her neck, a rune that's identical to the one Varemi was found with... Marcus: "Your pretense of serving the goddess is really quite tiring." Eris: "Patience, Dragon-girl... All will be revealed in time..." * Samantha blinks, "Dragon-girl?" Yuuwaku: "What goddess are you serving?" * Varemi holds up one of her gloves and shouts. "No! EXPLAIN this." Eris: "I serve no goddess..." Varemi: "No time. What did they tell you?" * Eris looks over at Varemi... Varemi: "I'm dying to know how YOU grew up." * Galen keeps silent... thinking to himself. Varemi: "What YOU were created for." Eris: "Var... Var... Varemi... But... Why..." * Varemi narrows her eyes and shouts. * Yuuwaku watches quietly. * Eris is shocked... Varemi: "I'm sure YOU were created for something good, something just." Varemi: "And now what are you doing?" Varemi: "Against all proof! I'm an IDIOT and I can see what this is." Eris: "I was created as a Demonmaster, the leader of Pharos's armies..." Kodah: "..." Varemi: "AN IDIOT. They kept me in the back. I was a sex slave." Samantha: "..." Varemi: "I still am... just not one who's having any." * Jan remains silent. Eris: "I... had no control... I wasn't created until long after you were enslaved." * Yuuwaku watches Eris through narrowed eyes. Eris: "Varemi, please, why don't you come back with me? We can live like sisters, like how we were meant to live..." Varemi: "No control, huh?" Varemi: "As what? Do you know what they'd do to me?" Eris: "I wasn't even a glint in our Mother's eye when you were enslaved..." Eris: "Trust me, no harm would come to you, big sister..." Chrissy: "..." * Kodah looks back and forth between Eris and Varemi. Varemi: "Oh. Sure." Samantha: "Varemi..." Yuuwaku: "And if she doesn't, will you kill her?" Varemi: "And history's proven that." Galen: "Why do I not believe that?" Eris: "You're not the only one who has a beef with Pharos... He wanted to KILL me once Kane arrived." Varemi: "..." * Eris bows her head. Eris: "Once Kane had arrived, I was deemed 'unnecessary...'" Samantha: "So what is this all about then? Revenge?" * Varemi stares, eyes glaring, doesn't speak... listens. Varemi: "Maybe she just wants a use." Eris: "That's why Mother put me in cryogenic suspension and buried the lab -- to prevent Pharos from finding me and killing me." Varemi: "But I need to hear it." * Chrissy shakes a fist. "I sure have a beef with someone... it's your bosses. That fake Dragonmaster you run around with..." Varemi: "Yeah. She did the same to me." Eris: "Revenge? There is revenge in this, but..." * Yuuwaku gestures to Chrissy. Eris: '... but I'm not after Revenge..." Yuuwaku: "Let her keep talking..." Galen: "Good question. Pharos is long dead. According to legend, there was nothing left of him when he was killed in the Nephar war." Varemi: "Then I was awakened by another Pharos. She got sick of me. I think she was disappointed I wasn't created for something else." Marcus: "Power then?" Yuuwaku: "Or maybe for love?" Eris: "Perhaps she was searching for me instead. I'm sorry..." * Kodah looks utterly lost. Varemi: "And now." Varemi: "Now have you found your purpose?" Varemi: "You can't trust ANYONE." * Chrissy heeds Yuuwaku, but she apparently is really quite incensed, more than usual. Maybe it was that spell before. Yuuwaku: "So who woke you up? Was it Ares?" Eris: "Yes. Serving the one I love, the one person I do trust." * Varemi hnnfs. Varemi: "Love." * Yuuwaku nods in understanding. Eris: "No... It was an expedition that came to the cave about sixteen years ago..." Eris: "It was accidental... as was their fate..." Yuuwaku: "Their fate?" Galen: Hhmm..." Eris: "I was only twelve at the time. I was confused... afraid... I... I killed them all with a blast of magic because I feared they were Pharos's minions..." * Yuuwaku shrugs. Yuuwaku: "Well, it happens." ;\ * Varemi folds her arms. * Samantha bites her lip, keeping silent. Yuuwaku: "So how did you meet Ares?" * Galen gets more curious as the conversation unfolds. Eris: "Varemi, please, why don't you come back with me. You'll be much safer with us... You were never created with battle in mind..." Varemi: "My mother wanted me free. Right now, I am hunted like a beast." Varemi: "Because of your people." Varemi: "Not like a dear lost sibling." Varemi: "Like a beast." Yuuwaku: "Wait, that's right." Eris: "We weren't hunting you like a beast... *I* searched for you... because... because... I wanted to meet you... I wanted to meet the sister I never knew..." Yuuwaku: "That's what started all of this." * Kodah winces at that. * Jan picks himself up off ground and stands. He still says nothing. Galen: "And what of Enyo, Penthesillia, Alcippe and Cera?" Yuuwaku: "Why didn't you tell us that from the beginning?" * Eris turns to Yuuwaku. "I met Ares when he was twelve too. He was all alone, like me... an orphan..." Varemi: "I'm -still- alone. Alone surrounded by people." Yuuwaku: "Why make this story about a Demonmaster?" Varemi: "I have NO reason to be here." Varemi: "Still, still I trust them more than my own sister." Eris: "The Four Heroes... They also serve Ares." Varemi: "Why -is- that?" Yuuwaku: "Does Ares serve the goddess?" Varemi: "I'm asking in seriousness. There is something wrong. I don't understand anything. I wasn't made to understand." Eris: "I... don't know... There were rumors spread about you... I did what I could do silence them, but some of our less-experienced troops never learned..." Varemi: "But something's wrong." * Chrissy looks down. Samantha: "..." Eris: "If any of them harmed you in any way, I promise you, they will suffer for their transgressions!" Chrissy: "Look, it's great you found your sister, and a man to love, but it doesn't change the fact your boytoy isn't prancing around serving some holy cause, Eris." Yuuwaku: "You should stop chasing us, if this is only about Varemi." Yuuwaku: "We're not going to hurt her." Eris: "What do you know of 'holy causes.' You have no idea over what's going on, what needs to be done..." Samantha: "We'd love to know then." Eris: "Varemi, do you really wish to stay with these people?" Samantha: "Clear up any misunderstandings." Varemi: "..." Yuuwaku: "Maybe if people started telling us the truth instead of constantly lying to us.." Eris: "The time isn't right for you to know..." Kodah: "..." Galen: "After that run-in with Zissel, I think we can come up with a good idea what's going on." Varemi: "Even the people who say they're helping us admitted to lying." Varemi: "Now you're not going to tell us." Yuuwaku: "I guess Ares wasn't a Dragonmaster when you met him, huh?" Varemi: "Of course our 'enemies' are silent." Eris: "I'm sorry... I cannot, at least, not yet... Not until everything is ready..." Varemi: "I might as well run away and be alone... but I'm still being hunted." Varemi: "I just want to be free." Eris: "No, Ares wasn't a Dragonmaster yet... He didn't become one until he turned eighteen..." Yuuwaku: "Did you go with him on his quest to become one?" Eris: "I give you my word, if you wish to no longer be hunted, I will call off the search parties." * Eris nods in response to Yuuwaku's question. Varemi: "... I just want to go..." --; "I'm not even a warrior." Varemi: "Why do they need me for anything..." Yuuwaku: "It must have been very interesting meeting all of those Dragons." Yuuwaku: "I certainly wish I could someday." Kodah: "..." Eris: "We don't need you... I need you... You're my older sister, and yet I've never known you... I just... want... a family..." Varemi: "I can't even comprehend what a family is." Eris: "Come back with me, we can learn, together." Varemi: "Love. You gave me the excuse that you did it for love." Varemi: "I don't know what -love- is..." Eris: "You can learn what it is..." Varemi: "But I do know fear." Galen: "Don't we all, Varemi." Varemi: "And I'm afraid. Afraid of you.... afraid of these people..." Eris: "I will call off the search parties looking for you, Varemi..." Varemi: "Afraid to hell of Ares." Eris: "You don't need to fear Ares... I promise you that." Yuuwaku: "But..." Yuuwaku: "I just have one question..." Yuuwaku: "Were any of the Dragons cute?" Yuuwaku: "I really need to know." * Kodah facefaults! * Jan sweatdrops. * Eris sweatdrops. * Varemi raises an eye brow at Yuuwaku and then ahs, and nods. * Galen facepalms. Yuuwaku: "Tell me what they were like!" Varemi: "No no, this is a serious question." * Marcus shakes his head. Eris: "Ah, no." Varemi: "No. Hmm." Varemi: "Well then, yeah, tell him what they were like." Varemi: "Maybe he'll be quiet. You know." Eris: "They were... dragons... Large, powerful beasts of legend. We didn't... talk much with them." Varemi: "... Funny. I'd always imagined them to be loud, gabby, and like flashy cars." Marcus: "Powerful, maybe. Mature, definitely not." Samantha: . o O ( But were they really dragons...? ) Yuuwaku: "Are you sure they were the real things?" Yuuwaku: "And have you kept in contact with Lucia?" * Varemi starts thinking... Galen: "Hmm..." Eris: "You're fortunate I've answered your questions so far, little samurai..." Varemi: . o O (Did -we- see the real dragons? ) Yuuwaku: "Ooh, interesting." Eris: "I'm already running behind schedule..." Yuuwaku: "Notice where she stops." * Samantha grins, "So I see, Yuu." Yuuwaku: "Run along then." Eris: "Varemi, I'm asking you one more time. Will you please come with me?" Varemi: ".... Hey now." * Jan doesn't like the sound of that. * Yuuwaku makes shooing motions at Eris. Varemi: "Don't talk to her like that." Kodah: "..." Samantha: "Just don't think you'll have those ashes for long." Yuuwaku: "Ah, gomen Varemi." ^_^;; * Samantha shakes her head. Eris: "Oh, I don't intend to let them stay ashes for long..." Varemi: "But I do not trust you." Chrissy: "..." * Jan pushes his goggles back on top of his head, anticipating another fight. Eris: "So you will not join me, big sister?" Varemi: "They'll destroy and brain wash you, and make me the same as before." Varemi: "I trust you are sincere." Varemi: "I trust you even love me." Eris: "They will not." Varemi: "But I do not trust you with my life." * Varemi lowers her head. Varemi: "And I feel you're my sister." --; * Eris lowers her head as well... Varemi: "I'm sorry it has to be like this. I have to go with what I feel." Varemi: "We'll be together soon enough." Varemi: "Either I'll see or you'll see." Varemi: "For now I can't be sure." Eris: "Very well. *sighs* I will keep my promise to you, Varemi. I will call off all search parties looking for you." Yuuwaku: "And the rest of us?" Eris: "And you will be welcome to join me at any time." Yuuwaku: "Or will we not be bothered anymore?" Eris: "For the sake of my sister, you as well. However, I cannot guarantee your safety if you interfere with us. That goes for you too, Varemi, I'm sorry to say." * Yuuwaku nods. Varemi: "I know." Yuuwaku: "That makes sense enough." Eris: "I guess this is good-bye, big sister?" * Chrissy looks angry all over again as this convo takes another turn. "Believe me, you ain't getting some Demonmaster goodies while I'm still breathin'. You, and the rest of the Church's goons. I've got a promise to keep." Chrissy: "But for now, freedom for the ashes. For Varemi's sake." *looks aside* Yuuwaku: "It's the wisest course Chrissy. It will give us some breathing space at the very least." * Samantha bites her lip again. Galen: "At the very least, Yuu." Varemi: "... Goodbye for now." Varemi: "We'll see each other soon enough." * Yuuwaku bows to Eris. Yuuwaku: "Sayounara." Varemi: "Hopefully, eventually we'll be on the same side." * Eris nods solemnly to Varemi. Eris: "Hopefully..." * Eris walks away into the shadows... * Samantha taps her foot, clearly angry. * Varemi slumps. :( Galen: "Hmm.." * Selene bows her head, a little teary-eyed. Jan: "It's okay, Varemi. You chose what you had to." Varemi: "... She's wrong and I have no proof." Yuuwaku: "Now we *really* need to talk." Varemi: "For all we know, our dragons are false." Kodah: "..." Samantha: "Can we possibly do it... someplace else? Not in musty ruins?" ^^; Varemi: "... True." Yuuwaku: "I don't think they are." Yuuwaku: "Although..." Galen: "Let's head for a town somewhere.." * Yuuwaku starts walking. Selene: "Maybe the shuttle pilot has returned by now." * Galen follows Yuuwaku, still thinking. Yuuwaku: "I suppose I haven't talked to Sephina enough to really be able to say if she fits what I've heard about her." * Varemi follows as well. Jan: "I think I'll only really believe once I see Lucia with my own eyes. I don't think any fake could match the vision of the real thing." * Kodah follows glumly. Yuuwaku: "And I'd believe fairies who've lived for hundreds of years and have no reason to lie to a small boy living in the woods over a woman who may have other interests in mind." * Samantha follows the group. Galen: "Hmm..." * Selene walks behind the others, trailing a little... Yuuwaku: "Still, they now have the Ashes of Zophar..." * Varemi puffs. * Jan is the last one to leave the area, making certain that the corpse of the fake Althena is really dead and gone as he goes." Yuuwaku: "And I'm worried if we keep this up, we may continue walking into their hands like that." Kodah: . o O (Are we doing the right thing?) * Chrissy shakes her head. "Tianna's not a fake. Believe me, I'd know..." --As you begin to leave, the corpse begins to twitch slightly...-- * Ambush 6000 tags along, and ambiently clinks and rustles as it does. * Jan doesn't leave... * Yuuwaku's ears twitch in response and he spins around, drawing his sword as he does so. * Samantha stops for a moment, and twirls around! Kodah: "..?" * Jan examines the corpse. --A ghostly apparition appears leaving the corpse... When its form focuses it takes on the appearance of a 20-something year old woman with long dark hair. She is smiling softly...-- * Galen turns around, creating a fireball in his hand. * Ambush 6000 does a 180-degree turn. * Chrissy stops when she realizes Jan hasn't left, and looks back... * Yuuwaku sheaths the sword and breathes a sigh of relief. * Yuuwaku smiles up at the ghost. * Jan nods to her. Yuuwaku: "Hullo, obake-san." ^_^ * Samantha smiles at the ghost, "Be at peace. Your suffering is over now." --The ghost sends out the telepathic phrase, "Thank you," to all of you as she rises into the heavens...--" Yuuwaku: "Well, at least that worked out.." Galen: "Yeah.." * Yuuwaku shrugs. * Galen makes the fireball disappear. * Jan sighs. "It's for moments like that that I fight..." Samantha: "«ooc: ^^ We try. »" * Yuuwaku smiles at Jan. ^_^ * Ambush 6000 makes a confused-sounding blip. Marcus: "Hmmpf." * Yuuwaku walks over and tentatively pats Jan on the shoulder, before turning to walk out again. * Samantha waits for Jan. Yuuwaku: "What's the nearest town again?" --After a short walk you reach the hole from which you entered the ruins.-- Galen: "Azado, or maybe Raculi, Yuu." * Jan looks at Yuu and then catches up with the rest of the group. * Samantha follows the others. Galen: "Dalton if we're lucky." Yuuwaku: "Which one is more likely to have a weapon shop?" Selene: "We can probably fly anywhere we want once we meet up with the shuttle pilot." * Ambush 6000 shakes itself free of dust and other cave debris. Yuuwaku: "Ahh." Samantha: "Probably Azado." Galen: "But we don't wanna go back to Azado..it being a military stockade and all." * Samantha nods. Chrissy: ".... Okay I feel better." ^^ Yuuwaku: "I'd really like to find Teal and Sephina if at all possible." Yuuwaku: "Particularly Sephina..." Samantha: "Do you know where they would be?" Galen: "Dr. O? No idea..." * Yuuwaku rubs his eyes in thought Yuuwaku: "Where did we last leave them?" Yuuwaku: "We should start looking there." * Samantha rubs the ring on her finger a bit, wondering for some magical sign. ^^ Galen: "We left them in Worcester." * Yuuwaku makes a face. --No magical sign appears...-- Yuuwaku: "I wonder why that town name sounds so strangely depressing to me." * Samantha grahs. ;_; Yuuwaku: "Oh well." * Yuuwaku shrugs again. Selene: "At some point, we may want to look for the Ordak Crystal too... but I doubt they'll have any more luck finding Atlantis than we will..." Chrissy: "The pilot might know something... let's get topside. This place is really dead." ^^ Jan: "Well, where would we look for the information about finding Atlantis?" Kodah: "... Yeah, let's get out of here." * Samantha nods. * Galen looks for the opening where they left. --The pilot is toasting hot dogs on a small campfire as he waits for you. :P-- Marcus: "Back on earth most likely." --The opening is overhead now.-- * Chrissy looks a bit disgruntled, but she's trying to be happy as she climbs out. Yuuwaku: "If she really is Sephina, she may be able to answer our questions better than most people." * Galen floats up, "Anyone want a lift?" Jan: "Nah, I'll climb." Galen: "Sam? Chrissy, Varemi?" * Kodah just climbs up. * Jan does so. * Samantha looks at Galen, "Uh. No. Climbing is good." * Ambush 6000 hops up and down. * Marcus climbs. Samantha: . o O ( So that when you lift me up you won't feel up my breasts, you creepy mage. ) Yuuwaku: "Varemi might need a lift." Pilot: "Hello... How did things go?" Yuuwaku: "I'm not sure if she could pull up her own body weight." Ambush 6000: *rrp?* * Samantha begins to climb! Kodah: "Not so great." * Marcus looks at the pilot, "You don't want to know." Pilot: "What happened?" * Galen offers his hand to Varemi, as he also lifts the Ambush up. * Pilot nods. * Jan offers Sam a hand if she needs any help near the top. * Yuuwaku sighs and starts to climb. * Samantha smiles at Jan, and hauls herself up, "Thanks." :) * Ambush 6000 eases its way onto Galen's shoulders and pants. Jan: "No problem." ^_^ Pilot: "I will say this much... A little while ago all the Church goons took off. We're the only ones on the island now, except maybe for ghosts." * Galen helps Varemi up by levitating her out of the ruins. Yuuwaku: "Pilot-san, can you take us to a town called Worcester?" * Ambush 6000 attempts to climb onto Galen's head and do its best impersonation of a jaunty hat. * Yuuwaku notices the bush and giggles. * Chrissy looks up as the pilot says this, mumbling "I guess she kept her word for now." * Pilot shrugs in confusion. "Anyway, where would you like to go now? I have plenty of free time, so I'm all yours." Yuuwaku: "Worcester." * Ambush 6000 notices Galen seeming not very amused by its little sight gag and hops off to join the rest of the party. Pilot: "Worcester? Well, if you insist, although there really isn't anything there..." Pilot: "All aboard!" Yuuwaku: "We're looking for some friends..." * Chrissy dusts her gloves off. "Hey, any idea where ol' Tianna might be cruising around?" * Pilot nods. "I understand." Yuuwaku: "Would it be possible for you to stick around while we try to find them?" * Samantha heads on board. ^^ * Kodah follows the group quietly. Yuuwaku: "I guess we should all try to rest while we're on board." Pilot: "Tianna? Hmm, last I heard she was out to sea working on some secret project of some sort." Yuuwaku: "Who knows when we'll get to again..." Yuuwaku: "Out to sea?" Yuuwaku: "Hmm..." Samantha: "Sea? Which sea?" Marcus: "Yeah, probably on her tan." Yuuwaku: "Do you know if she perhaps had a lady named Dr. O with her?" Pilot: "Somewhere on Earth... I don't remember the other details. She did go with many people, but I'm not sure if any of them was Dr. O. She did have a doctor with her, though..." * Chrissy looks interested now. "Then take us to Earth, ASAP, my good man. Looks like we might have a little boat to catch before long." ^^; * Jan finds a good window seat again. Chrissy: "Where on Earth, exactly?" * Samantha sits down next to Jan. * Samantha does this absentmindedly, mind you. :) * Pilot lifts the shuttle off and sets course for the Blue Star... Marcus: "Well, the earth is on 70% water covered, we should have no problem finding Tianna." * Ambush 6000 positions itself next to Chrissy. * Kodah looks over at Varemi, as if he wants to say something, but can't quite seem to, and gives up. * Chrissy gestures with a finger to Yuuwaku. "You heard the man. Worcester first, if you could." Pilot: "Right-o!" * Chrissy then settles into her seat. She looks really tired. * Jan dozes during the trip. * Samantha dozes as well. * Ambush 6000 makes a coughing noise, and spits a translucent sheet of paper with black lettering onto Chrissy. As with everything from the Ambush's mouth, it is completely germ-free. :b * Chrissy glances to the bush, and pats it a few times. Kind of a warmer way than usual hard taps though. * Yuuwaku boards the ship, still thinking and sits down near everyone but not directly next to anyone. Yuuwaku: "What a puzzle..." Chrissy: "Well at least there's one thing I can count on..." *looks what it spits out* --After a fairly short interplanetary flight, you are circling above Worcester.-- * Yuuwaku eyes Selene. Selene: "Is something wrong, Yuuwaku?" * Ambush 6000 beeps a few times upon "seeing" Worcester, after remaining more or less stationary the whole trip. Yuuwaku: "I'm just wondering if this means they've stopped hunting you as long as Varemi is with us..." Selene: "I guess so... Eris did say all of us were safe, for now..." * Varemi sicks a stone. * Yuuwaku nods. Yuuwaku: "Varemi..." Yuuwaku: "If you need to talk..." * Varemi watches the stone fall into a hole. Yuuwaku: "I know I'm not the best person, but perhaps someone among us..." * Chrissy looks rather intrigued by the data readout and doesn't notice the other people at first. ^^ Yuuwaku: "That applies to anyone here." Yuuwaku: "We need to support one another in this." Yuuwaku: "Although, I guess there is no longer any reason for us to stick together." Yuuwaku: "So if anyone wishes to leave, now would probably be the best time, before we get ourselves into more trouble." Yuuwaku: "It's been hard, but from here on out, it's only going to get harder." * Ambush 6000 makes a sniffling noise. Jan: "I'm going to stay if it involves a chance to meet a real Lucia. That's all." Marcus: "I didn't particularly want to be with this group in the first place." * Samantha snores for her answer. ^^ * Jan woke up enough for that anyway. Yuuwaku: "You may already have met a real goddess Jan." * Yuuwaku giggles to himself. Yuuwaku: "Don't mind me, just an inside joke with myself." * Pilot continues circling until someone tells me where to land... * Yuuwaku blinks. * Jan adjusts himself in his seat to better face Yuuwaku. "What do you mean? Seriously." Yuuwaku: "Umm..." Kodah: "I'm in too deep now. I can't just walk away" Yuuwaku: "It's just a theory I have... I'm probably wrong." ^_^; * Chrissy eyes the bush and the paper a few more times, and pats it again. "Hey, I know it's sad... I'm glad you can put that to rest and think about yourself now." ^^ * Ambush 6000 "turns" to Chrissy. Ambush 6000: *pantpant* Yuuwaku: "Could you take us down right outside the city, Pilot-san?" Pilot: "Not a problem." --After locating a suitable landing spot outside the city, he brings the shuttle to a smooth landing.-- * Ambush 6000 tumbles out of the shuttle and this time lands properly on its lower stalk. * Samantha starts awake as the shuttle lands. Samantha: "... Bleh." Pilot: "I should be around here for a bit. If you need a ride anywhere else, just come back to this spot." * Chrissy pulls out a pen and makes a few notations, then follows the group out of the shuttle, noticeably better. Thank the goddess for technical distractions. * Jan can't get out of his seat until Sam moves since she's blocking the way to the aisle. ^^; * Marcus disembarks from the shuttle. * Yuuwaku gets out of his seat and exits the plane. * Kodah hops off the shuttle without a word. * Selene exits the shuttle. * Samantha acks and blushes a bit, and hurries off the shuttle. * Jan disembarks. Chrissy: "Will do. Just have to check some leads, so keep 'em warm." ^_^ Pilot: "No problem." * Varemi follows along, keeps quiet, doesn't much talk. * Jan thinks it's rather nice having a shuttle at their disposal. Yuuwaku: "I suppose the best place to go for information would be bars and taverns." :\ Yuuwaku: "Although I don't know if she'd be hanging out in any of them..." Yuuwaku: "I wonder if there are any tea shops around here." Yuuwaku: "Or gardens..." * Ambush 6000 sways and clinks its faux leaves as it trundles over to everyone else. * Selene nods in agreement with Yuuwaku. Selene: "Anyone know if there are any public gardens in Worcester?" Kodah: "I suppose we could just keep looking until we find her." Samantha: "Not I..." * Jan shakes his head. "I wouldn't." Yuuwaku: "I guess we might check a bar for information about that." ^_^; * Selene looks at the Ambush... * Ambush 6000 brings up a holographic map of the city. Yuuwaku: "Ooh, the Ambush might know!" * Chrissy stretches once or twice. "Well I'm sure we can get a map or something some- ah, read my mind, little guy." * Samantha grins, "I think that was so cool, I could forgive for that little mishap earlier, Ambush." ^_- * Ambush 6000 highlights a number of locations including the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens. * Yuuwaku turns to Marcus. Yuuwaku: "Are you going to be leaving us?" Marcus: "I have thought of it." Yuuwaku: "You don't need to decide right now..." Chrissy: "Botanical gardens. Our lovely biologist might be hanging there if anything else..." Yuuwaku: "Although we do have our differences, I would be sad to see you go." ^_^; Selene: "I would miss you too, Marcus..." * Samantha smiles, "Gardens..." Yuuwaku: "It would be nice to at least look at a garden..." Yuuwaku: "Even if we don't find Sephina there." Marcus: "Hmmpf." Chrissy: "Hey Sam, didn't you say you worked at a greenhouse or something?" * Samantha nods. Samantha: "Back in Meribia." * Yuuwaku reaches down and pets the bush. Yuuwaku: "We should see about getting him some water." Yuuwaku: "I'm sure he's thirsty." ^_^ --As you approach town, you come across a convenient Goddess Statue.-- Chrissy: "Hey, gardens got plenty of water." ^_- "And I'm sure he could hobnob with the roses." * Ambush 6000 flicks off its map and starts panting and hopping up and down. * Yuuwaku goes over and touches the statue. * Samantha touches the statue. Everyone's HP/MP recharged. * Yuuwaku heads off to the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens. * Samantha follows Yuu. --After not too long a walk, you arrive at the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens.-- * Chrissy grins at the bouncing 'bot. "Well that's settled then." She begins to follow the route the bush indicated to the gardens with everyone. ^^ * Jan follows since at this point he doesn't have any better suggestions. Hopefully this Dr. O will be there. * Yuuwaku smiles when they enter the gardens. * Samantha smiles as well, suddenly feeling at home. * Yuuwaku strolls through the gardens, keeping an eye out for the black haired doctor. * Jan ambles around looking to see if there's anything particularly interesting since he's not much of a flower person. * Kodah looks around a bit, not having been in many places like this before. * Selene pauses to sniff the roses, then moves on. :P * Samantha smiles and leans down to sniff a rose herself, "Mmm..." --There is a man in a tuxedo in the far corner of the garden collecting roses for some strange reason...-- * Marcus looks around, "It's a nice place, I guess." * Yuuwaku blinks at the man in the tuxedo. * Yuuwaku shrugs. * Ambush 6000 re-displays its holographic map, which zooms in and morphs into a visitor's guide illustration, depicting the Main Office, Nursery, main gardens, and horticultural reserve. * Sephina might be spotted by someone, off in the distance... abnormally tall, taller than Kodah, thin as a pole with a pack on her belt and her hair out wearing a plain, modest outfit. * Sephina sips smoothly from some bottled water and returns it to her pack... she lightly fingers the petals of a strangely colored flower and then shakes her head. She breaths out heavily and in general seems heavier, as though she's failed, though it is questionable if it is from the flower. * Yuuwaku finally notices Sephina and motions to anyone nearby. * Samantha blinks, "That's her." Jan: "Hm?" * Kodah sees Yuu, and walks over. * Samantha follows Yuu. Yuuwaku: "Opal-sensei!" ^_^ * Chrissy stops for a second to look at a particularly nice arrangement of bluebells and white lilies, then perks when Sam speaks up. * Yuuwaku speaks once he's close enough to Sephina to be heard. * Ambush 6000 turns off its map again and instinctively moves over to Sephina, stopping along the way to make suggestive rustlings at the philodendrons. * Sephina blinks and looks swan-like over her shoulder. Sephina: "..." * Yuuwaku waves cheerily. Kodah: "Um... hi." Yuuwaku: "We need to talk." ^_^ Samantha: "Hello, Miss Sephina." Sephina: "... What has Teal got you doing now." Yuuwaku: "Don't know. Haven't seen her." * Jan can't help wondering if the group looks disconcerting walking up together like this. * Yuuwaku shrugs. Sephina: "...?" Yuuwaku: "As far as I know, all we have to do is keep Selene safe, and we're doing that quite well." Yuuwaku: "As you can see..." * Yuuwaku gestures to Selene. Sephina: "... I see." * Chrissy waves from the back at Sephina... Selene: "Hello again, Sephina..." * Sephina nods to Chrissy, a slight smile, and glimpses whomever else is around. Sephina: "... And you all. How are you doing." Yuuwaku: "But we've been doing some research of our own and we have a lot of questions about things that I think you might be able to answer, if no one else." Sephina: "With any luck I won't be a voice behind the curtain much longer." *frowns deeply* * Yuuwaku tilts his head to the side and looks a little confused. * Ambush 6000 tints itself to match a nearby similar-looking shrub and almost seems to swish in a way that suggests it's giggling. Sephina: "I want to answer what I can, but I'm very ignored." Sephina: "I don't have much new, certain information to give you." Yuuwaku: "You might have information on some old things..." Sephina: "But I have some educated guesses. And I can find out some things for you from what you have found out." Yuuwaku: "But I'm not sure if standing around here is the best place to talk." Sephina: "..." *nods* Yuuwaku: "Perhaps somewhere more comfortable... and preferably private..." * Sephina hmms. Sephina: "I would take you away from here but... have you got somewhere else to go?" * Yuuwaku looks to the group. Yuuwaku: "We'd like to go find the lost city of Atlantis eventually, but I guess everyone does at some point in their lives." ;) Chrissy: "Right now, we're free... or so I'd hope. You've got my ear as long as you've got some answers to this big mess that's blowing up around us." ^^ Sephina: "I'm sure I could amuse Samantha and Chrissy." * Samantha blinks. ^^; * Sephina smiles at Samantha and at Chrissy. * Samantha smiles back. * Chrissy raises an eyebrow at that amuse comment. Sephina: ".... How would you like to see a piece of the past in the present?" Samantha: "... I'd like to see it." Kodah: "..?" Marcus: "Piece of the past in the present?" Sephina: "Perhaps some rare flowers, and some old machinery at the height of technology at its time." * Yuuwaku looks to the rest of the group. Yuuwaku: "Is that where you live?" * Sephina looks around warily, is pleased to see she is not surrounded... listens carefully to hear if anyone's hiding somewhere. * Chrissy looks very defeated. "You know me too well to say no to that..." Sephina: ".... In my cave. I moved my lab there." * Yuuwaku grins. --The garden is pretty much empty, except for the guy in the tuxedo and cape gathering roses.-- Samantha: "Where is your cave?" Yuuwaku: "Y-your cave..." * Yuuwaku makes an effort to keep his voice down and ends up squeaking. Kodah: "..?" Sephina: "... We'd have to take some transporters and things..." Sephina: "But it may take too much time for you all." --; Sephina: "This place is -relatively- comfortable." Selene: "Sephina, we have access to a shuttle, if we need one..." Sephina: "There may be somewhere nearby we can discuss." Sephina: "But I decided it would only be polite to offer..." Marcus: "What is in your cave that is of importance to us . . . or to me?" * Sephina considers, nods to herself and looks to the group in an attempt to read them. Sephina: "I don't know, Marcus." Sephina: "What is of importance to you?" Marcus: "Oh, things that I do not wish to discuss openly." Kodah: "..." Yuuwaku: "Are you more likely to find what you're looking for in Worcester, Marcus?" * Sephina nods. "You're choice. Though if everyone else wants to go, it might be to hear everyone else out and figure out what's going on." Marcus: "Who knows?" Kodah: "I'm game." Samantha: "I'm game too. Let's go." * Sephina looks over some other people. Varemi: "..." Jan: "I'll come." Varemi: "I just need to think." --; Varemi: "I'm not... very good at it." Yuuwaku: "If you need to be alone, I'm sure there'll be somewhere there where you can be safe to think by yourself." * Yuuwaku looks to Sephina questioningly. Yuuwaku: "Right?" Marcus: . o O(An intriguing person this Sephina. Definitely closer to what I expected of a dragon). Sephina: "... There's room." Sephina: "It is a cave, after all. But a rather modernized one." *laughs very lightly* "Well." Yuuwaku: "Then if no one protests, we shall go." Sephina: "Modernized for my time. Now my time has passed." * Sephina looks to Marcus. Yuuwaku: "Would our shuttle be best?" Chrissy: "Modernized is entirely too relative." ^^; Marcus: "I will go, I suppose." Sephina: "Well, is it of any value to you? I'm sure they can report to you if you don't care to join them..." Sephina: "Alright." ^^ Kodah: . o O (Please let there be some answers there.) Sephina: "You're welcome to stay as long as you need, and you should be safe there for as long as you need sanctuary from the madness." Samantha: "Thank you, Sephina." Marcus: "Madness? The madness of everyday life or the madness of current events?" * Yuuwaku bows to Sephina. * Sephina nods to Sephina. "I hope it helps you all collect your thoughts." Chrissy: "It's sure a lot more comforting than the Church's word, I'll tell you that much." Yuuwaku: "There are other things I want to talk to you about privately but... that can wait till after our business is complete." Sephina: "Selene?" Selene: "Yes, Sephina?" Sephina: "Access to a shuttle?" Selene: "Yes, we took one down from Lunar." * Sephina nods. Selene: "It's on the outskirts of Worcester." Sephina: "That would be best right now." Chrissy: "Yep, it's waiting for us right now. No in-flight movie though, but what can you do." *shrugs* ^^ * Sephina waits patiently. Selene: "That's fine with me... You'll need to give the pilot directions, though." Yuuwaku: "Then let us waste no more time here." Sephina: "I know the land well." Yuuwaku: "As beautiful as this garden is..." Selene: "Okay, then let's go then." * Selene smiles gently. Sephina: "... I had a friend who was a cartographer, in fact." ^^ Yuuwaku: "The world around is is still moving quite quickly." ^_^; --After a not too long walk, you arrive back at the shuttle...-- Pilot: "Hello again... Oh, I see you've got a new friend. Hello, miss..." * Kodah steps aboard the shuttle again, not feeling conversational just now. Pilot: "Where would you like me to take you?" * Samantha sits down. * Chrissy introduces her. "Doctor Opal. We're going to be zooming over to her place, she'll give you the directions." Pilot: "Pleased to meet you, Doctor Opal." * Sephina nods to the man. * Ambush 6000 hops over to Yuuwaku and pants at him. Pilot: "So, where to?" Sephina: "Pleasure is all mine. Thank you." Pilot: "You're welcome." * Ambush 6000 tilts its body upwards, then down. Up, down. Sephina: "We'll need to go to Lunar." Sephina: "Zaback. You know the way there?" Pilot: "Yeah... I grew up near there, actually. Shall we go then?" * Sephina turns to the group. * Samantha nods. * Ambush 6000 stands right in front of Yuuwaku and displays a strikingly accurate spinning model of the interior of the shuttle. * Yuuwaku sits down near Sephina though not directly next to her, or anyone else. Sephina: ^^ * Yuuwaku grins at the Ambush. Pilot: "Okay, buckle your safety belts every one..." * Ambush 6000 hops feebly. Yuuwaku: "Did you just make that?" Yuuwaku: "Ahh wait." * Samantha buckles her seat belt! Yuuwaku: "You must want something... hmm..." * Ambush 6000 growls and sproings in at the last minute. * Chrissy nods several times. "Hey, we got the gas, and we got the will. So, let's go see the old homestead." * Kodah straps himself in. --Once everyone is secure in their seats, the pilot takes off for the Silver Star yet again.-- * Sephina crosses her legs and gently settles her hands on her lap. * Chrissy plops in her seat. ^^ * Sephina stares out the window and thinks. ===SESSION END===