Lunar: A Story Forgotten 2 Session 13 Log Session Start: Mar 23 21:19:07 ============================================================================ Cast of Characters: Dragonmaster Lou as Gamemaster, Shuttle Pilot, Selene, Weapons Clerk, Magic Clerk, Armor Clerk DNW as Kodah Lucca as Samantha Nadia Hemady as Yuuwaku Nicole Peters as Varemi, Sephina, Temporary Co-GM Rune Lai as Jan Scott Kroush as Galen Seath as Marcus Storen as Chrissy, Dante Tim Peters as Ambush 6000 ============================================================================ ===GAME ON!=== --The shuttle pilot glides the shuttle over Lunar, searching for the right angle to enter the atmosphere near Zaback...-- * Kodah looks out the window nervously. * Yuuwaku fidgets in his seat. * Galen sits there, in deep thought. * Sephina watches the pilot, ready to give any more directions. * Varemi stares at the floor again." Shuttle Pilot: "Any preferences for a landing spot?" Sephina: Hmm... Well." Shuttle Pilot: "I could just land at the Zaback Space port." Sephina: Do you all want to go to the town first, or directly to my laboratory?" Ambush 6000: *swish* * Galen shrugs. Marcus: "We should do some shopping." Sephina: "Understood." Yuuwaku: "Umm, I'd like to go to your lab first but maybe we could go there later and shop?" Selene: "I'm fine either way." Sephina: "The Zaback space port should be fine." Kodah: "Shopping is fine I guess." Shuttle Pilot: "No problem then... I'll just contact the tower and enter the landing pattern..." Galen: "Don't make me any difference." * Sephina looks everyone over and tries to read the expressions worriedly, though is happy enough she can give them somewhere to stop and consider." --; * Chrissy kicks back and lets the pilot do his thing. She writes a few hasty notes down on a scrap of blueprint paper... ^^ * Marcus looks over Sephina as if he is analyzing her. --After a few minutes of circling, the pilot brings the shuttle to a smooth landing at the Zaback space port.-- * Galen just keeps on in his current state of thought. * Kodah unstraps himself from his seat, and makes for the exit once the shuttle is safely down. Shuttle Pilot: "Welcome to Zaback, everyone." * Jan gets up and heads down off the shuttle. * Sephina is sitting with an ankle over her knee, sitting straight and tall... and she certainly is tall. Her expression is had to read aside from a look of concern. * Galen exits the shuttle. * Sephina gets up upon landing. * Yuuwaku sighs and gets up, heading out of the shuttle. Kodah: "So, this is Zaback huh?" * Chrissy looks up, and stows her paper in a pocket of the flight jacket she still has on, grinning, and rubbing her hands. ^_^ Varemi: "..." * Marcus disembarks from the shuttle. * Ambush 6000 tumbles out of the shuttle. * Varemi doesn't notice they landed at first.. then sees everyone moving around, mutters something and lifts herself up. Kodah: "Anyone been here before?" Galen: "Once before..." * Varemi follows the group." * Chrissy hustles out of the shuttle, and stretches. "Ah, don't you just love that smooth ride." Galen: "I've been just about all over both worlds..." * Sephina leaves last. * Selene jumps down from the shuttle. * Kodah makes sure Varemi doesn't get lost as she seems somewhat... lost. Galen: "Actually, Chrissy, I don't think I'll ever get used to flying in those things." * Ambush 6000 hops up and down in response to Kodah. --Zaback is a short walk away from the space port. Behind the city is the large mountain where the mines that makes it prosperous are located. It is also rumored to be home of an ancient dragon cave...-- Marcus: "The ride doesn't bother me any." * Kodah looks at the Ambush Yuuwaku: "Anou, Sephina..." * Sephina turns to look down at Yuuwaku. "... Yes?" Kodah: "Well? What's the score on this place, oh great mechanical shrub of knowledge?" Yuuwaku: "Do you think, when we get back to your lab, that I could maybe take a bath?" ^_^; Yuuwaku: "Do you have facilities for that?" Marcus: "Don't encourage the bloody thing, Kodah." Sephina: "... I think that is a possibility, yes." Yuuwaku: "I feel a little silly sitting and talking with someone while my clothes and hair are matted with blood..." ^_^; * Samantha looks up at You, "... It's really not that bad." ^^; Chrissy: "Aw, c'mon Galen, it's not that bad..." Sephina: "And that goes for all of you." --There is conveniently a Goddess Statue nearby...-- * Marcus lightly touches the statue. * Samantha looks at Chrissy when she almost echos what she says word for word. o_o Yuuwaku: "Well you haven't been spurting blood from every orifice every time we encounter a pebble, Sam." ;_; Galen: "Never mind me, Chrissy. My mind is elsewhere." * Ambush 6000 starts to light up another three-dimensional holographic montage, but instead maneuvers over to the statue. Samantha: "You make yourself sound like a hemophilliac, Yuu." ^^; Everyone's HP/MP/Status restored Yuuwaku: "I feel like one." Selene: "So, to the town or Sephina's cave first?" Marcus: "I say the town first." Marcus: "Get whatever shopping we need to do out of the way first." * Varemi drags herself over to the statue with silent steps and touches it slowly. * Galen shrugs. "Either is fine by me." * Selene nods. * Yuuwaku touches the statue and turns around. Kodah: "I think we're shopping, then visiting. * Chrissy puts her arms over her head. "Sephina's the boss from here on out as far as I'm concerned... but some walking can't hurt." * Kodah looks back at the Ambush, waiting for a response. * Marcus starts heading for the town. * Galen looks like his mind is still on the Blue Star. * Sephina folds her arms, nods. "I hope you'll be doing more than visiting, namely talking and discussing your current situation." Sephina: "I'm not a boss, simply a host." ^^ * Ambush 6000 silently moves over to a little tourist kiosk and grabs a leaflet in its maw. Galen: "Oh, there's a lot to discuss... believe me." Kodah: "..." * Ambush 6000 wobbles over to Kodah and pants. * Samantha glances at Galen. Samantha: . o O ( ...You know, that sounded just a teensy bit pissy. O_o ) * Chrissy loses a bit of her carefree expression. "I know, I know. I'm just like that.... there's plenty to do, alright." * Kodah takes the pamphlet offered by the Ambush. Galen: "A malevolent Church on one side, a dark lord being summoned on the other... and here we are stuck in the middle... I'd say we have quite a bit to discuss." * Ambush 6000 flutters happily after Kodah takes the pamphlet out of its mouth. Yuuwaku: "There's a lot more than that." Marcus: "We can talk all you want Galen, but answers may never come . . . at least to our satisfaction." Yuuwaku: "Everyone's been keeping us in the dark." * Kodah reads, "Welcome to Zaback, black desert jewel of Lunar. Home of the Black Diamond mine and the world's largest three-legged folding beach chair..." Marcus: "But there are ways of getting answers more directly." * Marcus shudders. Samantha: "... Three legged beach chair?' O_o "Wha? * Samantha glances at Kodah. o.o * Galen shakes his head. * Chrissy blinks. "First a one-ended stick, now a three-legged beach chair? Who teaches these people proper structure anyway?" ^^; * Kodah points out the passage to Samantha. Kodah: "See? Right here." Marcus: "Now I know why I live on the Blue Star. It doesn't have three-legged chairs." Yuuwaku: "What other ways?" Marcus: "Let's just hope we don't have to use them Yuu and leave it at that." * Kodah continues reading, grabbing Varemi's arm every once and a while if she starts to wander off. * Chrissy mulls around the landing site some, looking a bit restless. "C'mon... if we're going to kibitz around town, let's get started." * Jan rolls his eyes. * Ambush 6000 displays a very large beach chair with three legs with a PharosCorp logo plastered onto it that shouldn't be standing, but for some reason, is. Samantha: "... Holy Goddess. It's true... and... what's this about being the leaders of Prozac on a stick?" O_o * Samantha points to another passage. Kodah: "I don't think we want to know." * Varemi is saved once again by Kodah from harassing little children. * Chrissy winces at the bush's image. "You just HAD to show me that, right?" ^^; * Ambush 6000 pants in response to Chrissy, and the image flickers out. * Marcus ignores the others and heads further into town. * Galen facepalms. "Can we just do some shopping and get on with the task at hand?" Kodah: "Looks like all the foods mentioned in this town is on a stick. Weenie on a Stick. Broccoli on a Stick. Spaghetti on a Stick. Butter on a Stick? Ew." Yuuwaku: "I'd be careful before acting rashly, Marcus. Some people possess unimaginable power hidden behind a mild-mannered exterior." Jan: "I wouldn't mind a hot dog on a stick right about now..." * Sephina furrows her brow. "... I don't remember any of the stick foods..." * Galen follows Marcus, getting rather peeved. * Sephina shrugs. * Kodah points shows the passage to Sephina. * Samantha goes quiet trying to imagine how "Spaghetti on a Stick" works. O_o Kodah: "See? Fried butter on a Stick. Ew." Chrissy: "Maybe it's the latest craze in these parts..." *considers a meal* * Yuuwaku bites his lip. * Kodah keeps reading while the group walks. * Galen looks for a magic shop. * Ambush 6000 decides to follow along, while cueing up a graph featuring stylish computerized renderings of all the products Kodah mentioned (and some others). * Sephina allows the group to do what they want, following a bit behind, close enough to be asked questions but not near enough to invade on anyone's space. --Zaback has a Magic Shop, Weapons Shop, Armor Shop, and a branch of Ramus's Item Shop.-- * Varemi starts to wander in a random direction. * Selene looks around... Yuuwaku: "I would like to go to... to..." * Marcus heads for Ra . . er, the weapon shop. * Kodah grabs at Varemi and reigns her in every time she starts to wander. Yuuwaku: "The Armor and Weapons Shop." --Zaback appears to be a very, very prosperous town.-- * Samantha nods. * Yuuwaku follows Marcus. * Samantha follows as well. Galen: "Well, I need to find a new talisman. This one is becoming kind of lacking in power." * Galen follows the party. Chrissy: "Well hey, this place looks really lively. Wonder if they got any special armors and such.... I mean that's one famous mine." Kodah: "Hmm... campaign quotes from the mayor of Zaback. 'I like cheese better than death. Vote for me.'" * Marcus walks into the weapons store. Samantha: "... You know, I like cheese better than death too." ^^: --The weapons store appears to be very well-stocked. The clerk is also very friendly.-- Marcus: "All these people are nuts." Weapons Clerk: "How may I help you?" Kodah: "Lots of things are better than death." :\ * Varemi nods sadly at nothing in particular. Chrissy: "Yeah, but some cheeses reek just as much..." ^^; Marcus: "What do you have in stock?" * Varemi has found her way into the shop with the rest of you. ---Weapons Store Inventory--- Spiked Fist (Atk+26, #Atks+1) [500 S] Hoshi Shuriken (Atk+19, #Atks+1, Range) [350 S] Blacked Oak Staff (Atk+38) [500 S] Walther PP-7 (Atk+24, Range) [350 S] Scimitar (Atk+38) [500 S] Tekko Katana (Atk+38, Dod%+3) [500 S] Weapons Clerk: "Anything of interest?" Marcus: "Hmm, I'll take the Walther." Yuuwaku: "WAI! Katana!" :D * Samantha is already eyeing the scimitar, "I'll take the Scimitar, please." :) Yuuwaku: "Katana wo hitotsu kudasai!" ^_^ Weapons Clerk: "One at a time, please. First the Walther, right?" * Kodah directs Varemi at the counter, in case there's something she wants. Varemi: "...." *distantly* "... I can't use weapons..." Marcus: "Yes." * Varemi holds up a gloved hand with a rune on it. * Ambush 6000 waits outside the shop. * Varemi then nods." * Chrissy browses the items on display, grinning a little wicked at the spiked fist. "Now that outta really poke some unfortunate beastie's eye out... shiny too!" Kodah: "Doesn't mean that you might not want one anyways." Varemi: That would be very inconvenient for the group's funds if I bought something because I found it shiny." Marcus purchases Walther PP7. * Yuuwaku unstraps his katana in preparation for its imminent sale. Yuuwaku: "I would do it Varemi." :D * Marcus puts down his Beretta to sell. Yuuwaku: "Except..." * Kodah waits his turn while he waits. Chrissy: "Oh, the shiny is just a bonus. Utility always comes first." *nods* Yuuwaku: "If all of you don't have better weapons, I am more likely to die." Weapons Clerk: "Who's next?" Varemi: 'You only buy shiny things that are not exorbitantly priced as weapons are. A Lou doll is not as expensive as a katana." Yuuwaku: "Samantha is." ^_^ Marcus: "Wait, let me sell this first please." Yuuwaku: "They didn't let me buy the Lou doll." ;_; Samantha: "I am." ^^; Varemi: "I know. But you would have." Yuuwaku: "And you can play with my katana all you like, when we're not fighting." * Samantha points to the Scimitar. Varemi: "Okay." Samantha: "May I please have this?" :) Weapons Clerk: "100 S for the gun, okay?" Weapons Clerk: "You certainly may, miss." Kodah: "Hmm... top ten places not to go under any circumstances late at night if you don't want to be mugged and sodomized horribly. Hmm... at least they're being up front about it." Yuuwaku: "But be careful you don't cut yourself... Oh wait, that's not so much a problem for you is it." :\ Yuuwaku: "I have to be very careful while I'm cleaning my katana." Beretta sold. Yuuwaku: "Otherwise I might impale myself with it." Samantha purchases Scimitar. * Samantha then puts down her Cutlass and Training Sword, "May I sell these too?" * Yuuwaku reacts all delayed to what Kodah said. Yuuwaku: "Wait, where is that?" Weapons Clerk: "400 S for all of those." * Varemi peeks over Kodah's shoulder... or more like around his shoulder. Varemi: "... It says all that?" Samantha: "Wonderful." :) * Kodah points at the passage in question. * Yuuwaku hmms. Varemi: "I can't read it." Yuuwaku: "I'll have to make sure to go there... I mean, NOT to go there!" Weapons Clerk: "Who's next?" Kodah: "You can't? Why not?" Yuuwaku: "We should teach Varemi how to read." Yuuwaku: "Can I have a new katana please and sell my old one?" Varemi: "I was never taught to and never had a reason to teach myself." Yuuwaku: "You might need it." Yuuwaku: "Someday." Weapons Clerk: "150 S for the old katana, okay?" Yuuwaku: "Sure." :D Yuuwaku trades in his Kontetsu Katana for a Tekko Katana. Kodah: "If you ask I'm sure someone could teach you how to read, Varemi." Yuuwaku: "Wai!" =^.^= * Yuuwaku spontaneously grows cat ears and a tail as he says wai... Then they disappear. Varemi: "... Doesn't it take time that we don't have?" Weapons Clerk: "Anyone else?" Galen: "That kid worries me." Jan: "I'd like to buy a set of Hoshi Shuriken." Chrissy: "Don't worry Varemi, we have the wonders of educational software." ^_^ Kodah: "We do travel in the shuttle a lot. You could be taught during those trips." Weapons Clerk: "No problem." * Yuuwaku nods to Kodah as he hugs his new katana. Yuuwaku: "It's so shiny." ^^ Jan purchases Hoshi Shuriken. Varemi: "... Don't hug that too tight." Yuuwaku: "Oh right." Varemi: "You know how you are." * Yuuwaku offers it to Varemi. Yuuwaku: "Would you like to hold it?" * Jan also sells his old Shinobi Shuriken. Galen: "Strange kid." Yuuwaku: "It *is* shiny." Samantha: ^^; "Also, Yuu... you shouldn't love your sword too much, if you know what I mean." ;) "And you don't ask a girl to hold it." Marcus: "Oh bother, we're just shopping people. Don't make such a circus act out of it." Varemi: *blink* Yuuwaku: "Oh, should I ask a boy?" Samantha: "... Not unless you know her very well." ^_- * Yuuwaku offers it to Kodah. * Ambush 6000 wanders in, as if on cue. Marcus: "That's it!" * Marcus walks out of the shop. * Kodah blinks at Yuu. Weapons Clerk: "Anyone else?" Kodah: "I'll take the Blacked Oak Staff please." Samantha: "... Hmm... for you, I suppose." ;) "Same rules apply though. Know the boy well. VERY well." * Galen ponders throwing a fireball at Yuu. Weapons clerk: "Sure!" Kodah purchases Blacked Oak Staff. * Sephina is standing politely at the entrance, waiting for you all to finish. She doesn't look over at Marcus as he leaves. * Yuuwaku blinks as he notices Marcus leave. * Yuuwaku narrows his eyes and sheaths his sword. * Kodah tests the balance for a bit, then shoves the stick into that strange place in the middle of the air that he seems to store them in. Kodah: "Why did Marcus leave?" Weapons Clerk: "Anything else I can help you with?" * Chrissy sweatdrops, and plops her money down, pointing to the new glove. "One-a those, please." * Galen leaves the shop. Weapons Clerk: "Yes, ma'am." Varemi: "I don't know, but somehow I'm a little cheered up." Yuuwaku: "Because the stick up his ass prevents him from watching people act silly." Jan: "He probably got upset." * Ambush 6000 darts behind Yuuwaku as it notices a particularly nasty set of pruning shears near the wall it was standing in front of. Chrissy purchases Spiked Fist. * Kodah tries to piece together all the explanations he received and fails badly. o_o * Samantha shrugs, "... I hope he didn't get too offended by my poor attempt at phallic humor." ^^; * Yuuwaku pets the Ambush absentmindedly. * Chrissy tugs her old knuckles off, and sets them down. "Got a trade-in policy, mm?" Yuuwaku: "Maybe the stick up his ass got jealous of your jokes?" Varemi: "Though I want to walk out. " Marcus: . o O(Now now Marcus calm down. Just because some of them get on your nerves doesn't mean you can scramble their brains and make them think they're chickens.) * Ambush 6000 shivers. * Chrissy equips the spiked fist, flexing her hand, and hitting the air a few times with some jabs. "Very nice..." Weapons Clerk: "Next?" * Kodah shrugs and exits the weapons shop, having finished there, taking Varemi along with him since she said she wanted to leave. --Zaback still has armor, magic, and item shops.-- * Chrissy steps out as well... Galen: .oO(Easy there, Galen..no need to fry them all with lightning.) * Yuuwaku goes to stand beside Sephina. Yuuwaku: "Marcus doesn't very much like me." ^_^ * Galen heads to the magic shop. * Varemi follows along with Kodah. * Marcus nods at Galen as if he understands what he is thinking. Yuuwaku: "Someday, I'm going to kill him." ^_^ * Sephina notices people start to leave and follows along. Yuuwaku: "I don't very much like humans." Chrissy sells her Brass Knuckles. Yuuwaku: "I know you haven't been around us much, but do they all act like this?" * Samantha shakes her head, "... What's everyone's problem?" O_o * Yuuwaku gestures towards Marcus and Galen. Kodah: "Dunno." Yuuwaku: "Or is it only the men? Samantha and Chrissy don't seem to have an attitude problem." Selene: "Are we done shopping yet?" * Ambush 6000 quickly scurries out of the shop, unable to take the sight of the gardening equipment. Sephina: "... You asking me?" Yuuwaku: "Well I figure you've been around a long time." Kodah: "Unless we want to hit the other shops." Jan: "I'm fine, Selene." * Galen makes a B-line for the magic shop. Sephina: "I'm not very good at being social." Samantha: "I'm not sure... I have my own suspicions about Galen, but Marcus I think is just a class act jerk. They're all over. Maybe he'll lighten up someday." * Marcus follows Galen to the magic shop. Sephina: "They're as good as you let them be." Yuuwaku: "I'd like to buy armor, if at all possible, but perhaps we should go somewhere where Varemi can get a weapon." * Jan follows the line of people out the door. * Samantha follows Jan. Magic Clerk: "G'day. How may I be of service?" Galen: "Let's see what ya got." * Kodah waits outside the Magic shop, not having anything he wants there. Yuuwaku: "Ah, I don't know about being social. This is my first time around people other than my master." ^_^ ---Magic Store Inventory--- Birch Talisman (Atk+10, Wis+10) [350 S] Onyx Rune (Atk+10, Wis+10) [350 S] * Yuuwaku heads into the magic store to watch Varemi buy stuff. Galen: "I'll take the Birch Talisman, and sell all these old Talismans." * Varemi enters the magic shop, leaving Kodah there. Magic Clerk: "Yes, sir." Galen trades in his talismans for a Birch Talisman. Varemi: "... I'll take that black rune." * Ambush 6000 sees the Birch Talisman through the window and flops backwards, eventually rolling next to Kodah. * Yuuwaku looks around the store with interest. * Kodah looks down at the Ambush, wondering what its doing. * Galen looks and sees a rune in his inventory. "Sell this too." * Sephina waits outside again. Yuuwaku: "What's wrong Galen?" Galen: "Got a lot on my mind, Yuu." * Yuuwaku has dropped his usual silly tone and now just sounds concerned. Yuuwaku: "Ahh." :\ Galen: "And all this silliness isn't helping much..." Yuuwaku: "When we're at Sephina's place, I think we'll all have a chance to rest and think." * Yuuwaku nods. Varemi purchases Onyx Rune. Yuuwaku: "I'll try to tone it down." * Ambush 6000 sniffles outside the shop. * Varemi eyes Galen. "I have a lot on my mind, too." Kodah: "What? What are you after?" * Samantha eyes Galen. * Varemi leaves the shop after purchasing her rune. Samantha: . o O ( Just what you've got on your mind is of interest to me, Galen. ) * Galen leaves, and takes up a position at the back of the party. --There still remain item and armor stores.-- * Yuuwaku looks after Varemi but waits inside the store for everyone there to finish their business. * Yuuwaku heads out. Galen: "I guess we need armor." * Marcus heads for the armor store. Galen: "This cloak is almost shredded." * Sephina is standing with her back to the wall right next to the doorway. She's so freaking tall... ^^;; * Kodah picks up the Ambush and takes it to the armor shop. Yuuwaku: "Ah thank the goddess... Although I imagine there's nothing in the world that will be of any use in preventing a lot of pain from coming to me." Armor Clerk: "Welcome to my humble shop. What's up?" Marcus: "What do you have in stock?" * Ambush 6000 rolls up a bit more, almost in a sort of shrubbery fetal position. ---Armor Store Inventory--- {Chrissy} Microdeflector Circuit (Dod%+10) [300 S] LaForge Coat (Def+10) [500 S] Racing Helmet (Def+6) [200 S] {Jan} Scale Jacket (Def+8) [300 S] Quartz Goggles (Def+4) [150 S] {Jan & Marcus} Plated Guard (Dod%+8) [200 S] {Kodah} Spiked Bracer (Dod%+10) [300 S] Silk Suit (Def+10, Style+1) [500 S] Split Band (Def+6) [200 S] {Marcus} Aluminum Vest (Def+8) [300 S] PsiBand (Def+4, ESP+5) [150 S] {Samantha} Iron Shield (Dod%+10) [300 S] Iron Armor (Def+10) [500 S] Iron Helmet (Def+6) [200 S] {Varemi} Crystal Bracelet (Dod%+6) [150 S] Naga Suit (Def+6) [250 S] Onyx Clip (Def+3) [125 S] {Yuuwaku} Kinzokuban Kote (Dod%+10) [300 S] Gogatsu Yoroi (Def+10) [500 S] Jingasa (Def+6) [200 S] {Galen} Silver Armband (Dod%+6) [150 S] Savanti Cloak (Def+6) [250 S] Savanti Hood (Def+3) [125 S] * Varemi follows after them." Jan: "You can't let that get you down, Yuuwaku. You're trying your best." Armor Clerk: "Anything of interest?" Marcus: "Let me have a PsiBand, Aluminum Vest, and Plated Guard please." Marcus: "And sell my old stuff." Varemi: "... I'll take the most indecent thing you've got. And the black clip. And the bracelet." Samantha: "Umm... may I go first?" ^^; Yuuwaku: "I won't worry about it till after I'm dead." ^_^ * Kodah takes the Ambush over the Chrissy, "I think its sick or something. Do these things get tummy aches?" Yuuwaku: "Maybe it needs water!" * Varemi idly looks for a place to change. * Yuuwaku gestures Varemi to a changing room. Yuuwaku: "You go behind that curtain." Marcus trades in his old stuff for new stuff. * Chrissy lemmings along, now getting to consider fashion... ^^ * Varemi also sells her stupid Lum bikini. Galen: "I'll have the Savanti Cloak and hood, and the Silver Armband... Trade all my old stuff (including copper band, Wanderer's cloak and felt hood)." * Ambush 6000 "turns" to Galen and starts going into a spastic fit. * Samantha goes to trade all her old stuff for new stuff. ^^ Kodah: "Ak!" o_O * Galen waters the ambush with a very low power Crimson Flood. "There, you happy now?" Galen trades in his old stuff for new stuff. Kodah: "What? What is it? Did Timmy fall down the well and break his third clavicle or something? What?' o_O * Chrissy looks at the Ambush. "Something wrong with it...?" Yuuwaku: "I didn't know people had more than one clavicle." Kodah: "It.s acting strangely." * Ambush 6000 wriggles free and calms down, although it keeps its distance from Galen. * Samantha eyes Galen, "... You do not soak a mechanical thing with WATER. It will short circuit! Geez!" * Yuuwaku starts to remove his armor in preparation for imminent trade-off. Yuuwaku: "No, no Sam." Yuuwaku: "The bush drinks water." Varemi: "... It's wanted water in the past." Yuuwaku: "I've seen it do it before." ^_^ * Chrissy looks it over. "Hey... didn't Galen buy a birch something or other? I think it's annoyed." :/ Armor Clerk: "Next?" Samantha: "Ah, okay then. My bad." Jan: "I'd like the Scale Jacket, Quartz Goggles, and Plated Guard. I'd like to sell this older stuff while I'm at it too." Yuuwaku: "For some reason it works." ^_^; * Samantha smiles at Yuu. ^^: Yuuwaku: "Oh, that'd make sense, Chrissy." * Ambush 6000 happily splashes around in the puddle in the middle of the Armor Shop. Kodah: "..." * Chrissy sighs. "They sure programmed that thing's emulator well..." ^^ Kodah: . o O (I give up...) * Kodah turns his attention back to the armor merchant. Jan trades in his old stuff for new stuff. Armor Clerk: "Next?" Varemi: "I'd like the black skanky thing and the stuff that goes with it. And after I change I'm selling my bikini. It is animal printed. I'm not sure how much it's worth or if that matters." * Chrissy looks to Sephina. "If those stories you said were true, I bet it'll have a ball in your lab." ^^ Armor Clerk: "Would you like to sell the rest of your armor too?" Varemi: "Yes." * Marcus heads outside and stands a little bit away from Sephina. * Ambush 6000 stands over the puddle and again starts sucking in the water with a vacuum noise, its leaves fluttering and clinking all the while. * Kodah resumes keeping Varemi from wandering away. * Sephina has her back to the door and is watching the people meander by. Varemi trades in her old stuff for new stuff. * Varemi wanders away from Kodah to change. * Chrissy tries to tear her eyes from observing the Ambush antics, and sets about a little equip upgrading. Mmm. * Varemi comes back wearing this ridiculous black get-up with a stupid skull and large snake earrings. * Galen wanders out and stands by the door, going back to his thoughts. * Kodah blinks at Varemi. Varemi: *boredly* "I suddenly have the desire to laugh loudly." Armor Clerk: "Next?" * Ambush 6000 makes a triumphant "Ping!" noise and swishes over to Varemi. * Kodah blinks again at Varemi. Armor Clerk: "Next?" Yuuwaku: "You look awesome, Varemi." * Samantha goes to buy armor and sell all her old stuff. Simple. ^^ * Varemi blinks back at Kodah. * Jan heads outside of the shop and hangs out with the rest. Varemi: "What." Kodah: "I thought this was an armor shop." * Sephina nods to Jan, resumes watching the people go by. Yuuwaku: "That's Varemi-type armor." * Ambush 6000 circles around Varemi and goes back to the party. Varemi: "... I don't like armor like that." *points to Yuuwaku* "or that." *points to Samantha* Yuuwaku: "If I wore something like that, besides the fact that it would be visually unappealing, I think a light breeze would destroy me." Samantha trades in her old stuff for new stuff. Samantha: "Excellent!" ^^ * Samantha goes to change. * Chrissy does some wheeling and dealing, buying a full set and trading off... * Kodah blinks once again at Varemi, gives up, and shrugs in defeat. Varemi: "I'm sorry. I know I'm strange." Armor Clerk: "Next?" * Varemi looks around. Kodah: "Its not you, its the concept of the outfit. But that's my problem. Galen: .oO(The Church, Shadowfall & Zissel, the dragons... We're stuck in the middle of a three-way battle.) Yuuwaku: "I would like to trade in my armor please." ^_^ Armor Clerk: "For new armor?" Yuuwaku: "Yes." ^_^ * Kodah waits his turn to buy armor. Yuuwaku trades in his old stuff for new stuff. * Sephina has a serious expression on her face and is deeply considering something. She's looking down right now, still waiting patiently. Armor Clerk: "Anything else?" Varemi: "... I wonder what it would be like to wear heavy armor." * Samantha finishes getting ready, and heads outside. * Kodah looks at the meager remaining finds, and decides to pass on armor this time. * Ambush 6000 displays a spinning CG model of Varemi in vintage Dragonmaster gear. * Varemi shudders. * Selene exits, stage right. :P * Ambush 6000 shuts off the image. * Kodah follows along with the group as they move on. * Ambush 6000 departs the armor shop and follows the others. Selene: "Where to now?" Kodah: "Are we done shopping?" Galen: "I'd say we are..." Marcus: "I don't need any more supplies." Samantha: "I'm good." Galen: "I don't either. I can drain mana, and heal myself... so that's not a problem..." Yuuwaku: "But Kodah didn't get armor." * Sephina looks up at everyone and stops her pondering." Jan: "I'm fine." Kodah: "Some other time Yuu. We're kind of broke." Yuuwaku: "We could whore Varemi." Selene: O_o Varemi: "... I am not in the mood for ho'in'." Samantha: ^^; "Uh... no." Yuuwaku: "Ah okay." Marcus: "I don't think so." Galen: "Not an option." Yuuwaku: "I'd say whore me, but I'm supposed to keep my virginity." --There is a tavern in this town as well as the mine and item store.-- Jan: O_o Yuuwaku: "I can still give blow jobs." * Selene sweatdrops. Kodah: "There'll be other opportunities, so I wouldn't worry" * Samantha facepalms at Yuu. * Galen ponders that fireball again. * Jan privately gives himself a smack the head. . o O (What's with these people?) * Yuuwaku was not being funny at this instance. Varemi: "... People are sensitive to this sort of thing, Yuu. It unnerves them." * Yuuwaku wonders what's wrong with all of the other people. Yuuwaku: "Oh." Yuuwaku: "Why?" Chrissy: "Ah, there's other ways to make a living that that." ^^ Varemi: "Not brought up the same." Selene: "I could sing in the tavern..." Yuuwaku: "Oh, okay." Galen: "Look, we can do all that later. Let's just go on to Sephina's place..." Yuuwaku: "That's probably a good thing. If everyone was brought up like me, the world's population would die off pretty quickly." Jan: "I think you have the right idea, Galen." Marcus: "I agree." Jan: "Come on, people, let's go." Samantha: "Hmm." * Ambush 6000 ambles over to Sephina, almost as if in agreement. * Chrissy doesn't argue one bit, stretching one more time. "Let's see this place, then." Sephina: "Alright." Kodah: "Works for me." Kodah: . o O (I think...) * Yuuwaku nods. Samantha: "Let's go." Sephina: "... So as not to have to deal with horrible monsters, we may want to take an alternate route." *makes sure to say that when random townspeople are not right next to her. =b* Marcus: "How horrible?" Jan: "Hm?" Sephina: "Not too horrible. If you want to fight them I guess you can..." Jan: "What's this alternate route?" Sephina: "A back entrance. My lab is near the bottom of the cave." Sephina: "So as to save us time I recommend we take it." Galen: "Good idea." Jan: "That sounds fine with me." * Sephina nods to the people who responded, looks over those who haven't. Samantha: "Sounds good to me." ^^: Kodah: "I'm okay with that" Chrissy: "No better way than the express elevator so to speak." ;) Sephina: "Alright. Then if you'll follow me..." * Sephina starts to turn and lead you all out of the town. * Galen nods and follows Sephina. * Chrissy dutifully follows the good doctor. * Ambush 6000 trundles off after Sephina. --A safe distance out of town you come across an area near the side of the Zaback mountain filled with rose bushes of all sorts of colors and varieties. The wall itself is bare and nondescript.-- * Kodah looks about to see if the group is being followed. * Ambush 6000 glows a bit red and sort of swishes away from the roses. --No one is following the group.-- * Yuuwaku walks along quietly, lost in thought. * Galen gets sorta suspicious at the quiet. * Chrissy looks a might bit curiously at the roses. "Oh, I get it..." * Selene sings softly to herself... Galen: "Hmmm..." Sephina: Alright..." * Kodah waits for the next event. * Galen closes his eyes as he looks for any astral presences anywhere near the party, excluding Sephina's. Galen: "Sephina, hold on." * Sephina walks up to the wall and touches a stone that's sticking out a little. Something was in her hand, but it was hard to see. * Sephina pauses. Sephina: "... Yes?" * Sephina does not open it. =b Galen: "Something's out there... an astral presence in the distance. It's kinda far away, so I can't get a solid ID on it." --After Sephina touches the wall it suddenly splits right down the middle! The wall opens, revealing an elevator in the middle of a spiral staircase leading downwards.-- Jan: "Is it hostile?" Sephina: So shall we go in or wait?" Galen: "Go on in. I'll follow in a minute." * Yuuwaku stands, idly fingering his sword hilt as he stares off into the distance. --The staircase and elevator seem Victorian in style, painted white with an almost lace-like design.-- * Chrissy chuckles. "Did I call that or what?" ^_^ Sephina: "... Is that a very good idea? Suppose you need help..." * Yuuwaku looks at Samantha. Marcus: "Go. I'll stay with Galen." Yuuwaku: "What do you think?" Galen: "I'm just going to levitate up, to where I can possibly see what's out there." Samantha: "Yuu?" Marcus: "And possibly make yourself a target as well." Yuuwaku: "About Galen and Marcus staying out here alone?" * Ambush 6000 shuffles inside, and finally stops glowing. Sephina: "... Very well. But how will you get in..." Galen: "Let's go. It's not advancing... yet." * Kodah looks with some nervousness at the opening, then steps inside. Samantha: "... I'd rather everyone go in." * Samantha steps inside. ^^: * Sephina's calm tone is starting to sound a little impatient, but she is trying to control it. Galen: "But I'm still suspicious of a presence like that out here..." * Jan goes in. * Yuuwaku gives Samantha a rather intense look, like he's trying to say something. * Marcus heads in. * Yuuwaku heads in. * Sephina nods and leads. Yuuwaku: "We'll talk later, Sam." * Samantha nods. * Chrissy puts her hands on her hips. "Suit yourself..." * Galen follows Sephina, looking back toward where he felt the presence. * Chrissy heads in too. * Sephina leads you down a rather ridiculous looking spiral staircase. She observes it all and sighs. Sephina: "..." *mutters a little softly* "... It was Teal's idea." * Kodah brings Varemi along, in case she's lingering. Sephina: "... Except the roses." Chrissy: "I was about to say... this reminds me of her style." * Varemi is taken along. She is looking at all of the shiny things. Marcus: "Are you playing some sort of game with us?" Sephina: *looks over at Marcus* "Am I what?" * Kodah takes in the scenery with some trepidation in his eyes. Marcus: "Playing a game with us? Testing us?" * Yuuwaku fingers his sword boredly. Sephina: "... I am taking you to where I live. I asked you if you wanted to come. It is away from everything, comfortable, and a good place to catch up on things. Also I know a bit about things and am not comfortable with how Teal is going about things." * Galen now seems more troubled. Yuuwaku: "Why in the world would Sephina feel a need to do that Marcus?" * Yuuwaku looks at the wall while he speaks. Sephina: "But I've always been the insubordinate." * Ambush 6000 slowly and carefully rolls down the stairs, step by step. Yuuwaku: "Insubordinate?" Marcus: "Because I would were I in her situation." Yuuwaku: "Ahh, alright." Galen: *whisper* "I knew it was too quiet in Zaback." Yuuwaku: "I don't think she would need to though." Kodah: "..." * Chrissy takes it a few steps at a time. "Insubordinate? Ah, Teal's not that bad of a boss... really... she's a little reckless, but aren't we all sometimes?" Yuuwaku: "Galen... I was wondering..." * Samantha eyes Galen. Yuuwaku: "Can you recognize an astral presence?" Galen: "Yes." Yuuwaku: "If that astral presence was someone you knew, would you be able to tell?" --Eventually you come to the bottom of the stairs. You are in the Black Dragon's cave... deep in the black dragon's cave.-- Galen: "I would be able to tell." Yuuwaku: "Did you recognize it?" Galen: "When we met Zissel, his presence on the astral plane was similar to that of my sister." Yuuwaku: "That's strange." * Yuuwaku frowns. * Kodah looks around with wide eyes. * Sephina does not respond as she hasn't heard anything worth responding to yet, and leads you wordlessly further. --Sephina leads you to a dead end, but a beautiful one. The Black Dragon's cave, especially the lower you go, is very shiny despite being dark, as though a source-less light illuminates every Black Dragon crystal individually. This area is near to the lair, the deepest point of the cave, so it is especially brilliant and the crystals large, adorning the area royally with precious black points taller than Kodah.-- Samantha: "Wow..." Sephina: "... Here we are. I'm sorry for all of the hidden passageways." * Yuuwaku gasps inwardly at the majesty of the place. * Chrissy notices the big shift in scenery, immediately impressed. Galen: "However, I couldn't identify that presence I felt back there at the entrance..." * Marcus looks around, "Quite impressive, actually." Jan: "It's very lovely." * Kodah just stares at it all for a long while. Galen: "That's got me troubled." Yuuwaku: "I'm sure this part you designed, Sephina." ^_^ Yuuwaku: "Was it very strong, Galen?" Chrissy: "I wonder how they glow like that..." Galen: "For me to sense it from that distance, it would have to be." Yuuwaku: "Did it remind you of anyone?" Sephina: "It was like this before. Well... not like -this-." *gestures forward to imply the 'this'* --Sephina gently runs her hand across a bend in the wall some distance away from an especially bejeweled section and what certainly wasn't a door a second ago is now a wide entrance open before you. What lies within could use some investigating, but a fragrant breeze can be smelled and something unlike the black rocks can barely be seen within.-- Galen: "No.... it was too far away to identify." * Samantha blinks, and looks down at her ring. Yuuwaku: "I'm interested in this astral plane stuff, but I suppose there are better times to ask you about it." Samantha: *whisper* "... Is it just me, or is it glowing...?" --Samantha's ring shines as you near the Black Dragon's lair...-- Jan: "What?" Yuuwaku: "Sam?" Kodah: "Whu..." Jan: "......." Sephina: "... I wouldn't be surprised if it was." * Chrissy sniffs the air. Yuuwaku: "This is a Dragon's cave and that's a Dragon ring." Yuuwaku: "It would stand to reason." Samantha: "... Teal gave this to me... What exactly does this mean?" Samantha: "Well, yes, but..." * Yuuwaku opens his mouth and then shuts it, turning to Sephina. Sephina: "... Anyways." Yuuwaku: "I'm not an authority." * Chrissy smiles a little, somewhat entranced, and takes a peek into the opening, obviously curious now. Sephina: *notices Samantha's question* "... It... Well. I guess it means she has chosen you." Yuuwaku: "After we finish the tour, may I please bathe?" ^_^; * Kodah remembers that he needs to walk to move forward, and does so after a few false starts. Samantha: "Teal has chosen me, you mean?" Sephina: "Yes." Sephina: "... And now we'll go inside." ^^ "If that is alright with everyone." Samantha: "To do what, exactly? I think I know, but..." Samantha: ^^; "I can't get my big ol' brain around the concept yet." Marcus: "It's fine by me." * Chrissy is already at the threshold, trying to sneak a peek ahead of Sephina. ^^ * Yuuwaku backpedals a little and puts a hand on Kodah's back. * Samantha follows while she talks. * Galen follows. Yuuwaku: "What's wr-- err... never mind." ^^;; * Ambush 6000 shuffles along. Sephina: "It's uncomfortable to mention now as you are not ready, but I'll be frank. I think she wishes to beat the fake Dragonmaster with a real one." * Selene follows slowly, amazed at the beauty of the cave. --You enter the lush Eden that is Sephina's lab. It is green and vibrant though buried deep underground, cast with a soft amber hue like the light of a sunset on the leaves and petals of the botanical garden. You're standing on a path loosely implied by pebbles of granite that curves considerately around free-growing flora, however the path generally flows forward, left, and right.-- --To the left there are bushes of strangely colored flowers fenced in by a rustic wooden picket. They're labeled with a posted sign beside each bush and those particular sectioned off flowers seem to all look simpler aside from color and some minor differences. Their smell is pleasant but unusually strong.-- Yuuwaku: "Makes enough sense, but did she count on their being a Demonmaster along with that fake Dragonmaster?" * Kodah stumbles along, half stunned with wonderment and half paralyzed with fear. Galen: "But that fake Dragonmaster has a Demonmaster on his side..." Marcus: "Amazing." --To the right, out of place amidst the organic environment that has the charm of an untamed English garden is a monitor. It's simple looking for its time but highly advanced, and in this time that is trying to gain back the technology of the era the computer comes from, it is even more misleadingly simple in appearance considering its capabilities.-- * Samantha gulps a little, "That's what I thought..." Sephina: "It is daunting." Selene: "Wow, Sephina... This place is unbelievable!" Sephina: "But she believes in you." * Jan pats Samantha on the shoulder. "You'll be all right. We'll help you." Sephina: ^^; "I hope this place enables you all to think." * Yuuwaku rubs Kodah's back in an attempt at comforting. :\ * Chrissy doesn't seem to be hearing the serious Dragonmaster discussion, she's busy trying to take this in. "One word: Wow." * Galen pats Sam on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it. You'll have one helluva black mage on your side." * Samantha blinks, and looks back to Jan with a smile, "Thank you." :) Yuuwaku: "Don't be scared. We won't let anyone hurt you." * Jan smiles in return. Selene: "I'll help you too, as much as I can, Samantha!" * Yuuwaku speaks softly, like he's talking to a small animal. * Kodah doesn't seem entirely aware of anyone around him just now. * Sephina smiles a little and turns. * Chrissy looks around the garden, her eyes particularly caught by the monitor. She looks a bit puzzled at it... --The path leading directly forward is flanked by rose bushes, some of their petals fallen on it, and is steady compared to the paths that stream from it. Tall trees hang over the guides of gravel paths and carpets of wild flowers hug them in the scenery ahead. You can hear the calming sound of a waterfall hushing in the distance.-- Yuuwaku: "Don't worry, it's gonna be okay..." * Yuuwaku continues murmuring soft words of comfort. Chrissy: "If this is environmental control... it should be really complex... but it looks so simple. I never seen anything like this, quite..." Selene: "I can't believe you managed to grow all this down there..." Galen: "That fake Dragonmaster doesn't worry me as much as Zissel does, to be quite honest." Samantha: "Uh." Samantha: "Galen." Samantha: "WHY?" Samantha: "They both worry me." Sephina: "... There's something that enables me to. I used to work as a botanist before I learned I was a Dragon. I still hardly consider myself one even after all these years." * Kodah finally seems to snap out of his fugue, and focuses on the moment again. * Yuuwaku looks up at Kodah, still concerned. * Chrissy tries to tear herself away, yes, there is a serious discussion going on here, not gawking at relic technology of Dragons... Kodah: "Y... you didn't know... you were a D... Dragon?" * Jan gazes around at the lush interior, quite awed by it all. Galen: "Sam, they both worry me too. To be honest, though, Shadowfall being summoned has me more worried." * Sephina shakes her head no at Kodah." * Yuuwaku smiles at little at Sephina's shaking her head. Sephina: "No, I did not. And I don't much cave for all of the separation and rules for alliance. Had I a choice I'd rather not be." Samantha: "..." *blinks* Samantha: "He's being summoned?" Yuuwaku: "Sephina has the most amazing history of any Dragon ever. Well, in my opinion... and I guess I don't know the histories of all the Dragons." ^_^; Galen: "I heard Zissel say that he was planning on summoning Shadowfall back to this world." Chrissy: "That's being really humble, Sephina..." Samantha: "... Oh." Sephina: ^^;; "You... But they didn't write much about me in the books. Not as a -Dragon-." Jan: "There's nothing wrong with that. Each person should be remembered for what they want most." Kodah: "..." Sephina: "And I don't believe anyone made the connection." * Yuuwaku hesitates, wondering if he's intruding on Kodah's space... Yuuwaku: "Fairies." Sephina: "... ..." Galen: "Sam, I'll answer any questions you have. Just ask, okay?" * Kodah looks at Yuu, as if just realizing that he's there. Samantha: "Uh... sure." ^^: * Chrissy rubs the side of her head. "Maybe that's the real difference between you and Teal... Sorry if I jumped to conclusions before." Yuuwaku: "I know some who say they know you... or knew you." ^_^; Sephina: "... Fairies, huh." Sephina: "..." ^^; "I may sound insane, but I have seen them as well." Yuuwaku: "There were a lot near where I lived... I think..." * Yuuwaku frowns. Yuuwaku: "Well, that's something I guess I'd rather not get into." Yuuwaku: "And everyone here has seen them." Yuuwaku: "So don't worry, they won't think you're crazy. Everyone thought I was crazy till we saw them." ^_^ * Selene walks over near a particularly fragrant rose bush to sniff the flowers. Sephina: *blinks* "Oh. Then I shall say they are very nice creatures." ^^ --The bushes seem to be roses but are odd colors like silver or unusually bright purple or blue. A plaque with some notes pinned to it uses the scientific names of the flower combinations (rosa, easy enough to figure out what that is, and then other wacky names right after it what are harder to discern what their common names are). The notes have lab data on them.-- * Selene doesn't pay attention to the notes, just the fragrance. * Marcus muses over the silver and blue roses. Yuuwaku: "If you're not too busy, maybe you could go and see some of them sometime?" Yuuwaku: "A lot of them remember you very fondly and I'm sure they'd be very honored..." Sephina: "Perhaps." ^_^ * Jan goes to inspect the flowers while everyone talks. * Chrissy nods. "I doesn't take a little winged pixie to tell me we've got problems though... What's the story about everything we're been chasing up till now?" Sephina: "Well. I don't know if you'd all care to wander my garden or go to the more indoor area. There I have some rooms for you all and a shower for Yuuwaku." Yuuwaku: "Shower now please." * Samantha looks at and smells some of the roses. :) * Yuuwaku edges away from Kodah, not wanting to be intrusive. Galen: "Works for me, Sephina. I think we need to do some serious talking." * Kodah flops onto the ground, "I'll just... sit here for a bit." o_o; * Ambush 6000 is curiously uninterested in the foliage, and is more intrigued by the lone monitor. Galen: "Though, this garden is impressive." * Selene steps away from the roses and rejoins the group. -- The roses are quite amazing, and some of them don't even smell quite like roses, more like a combination of roses and lilacs.--" Chrissy: "I mean, is this stuff all true? We might be here awhile..." ^^ Sephina: "Is what all true?" Yuuwaku: "If you could just give me directions to where the showers are at..." Galen: "Chrissy, the Church is still a serious threat, and I wouldn't count out Zissel yet, either." * Sephina starts leading you down the center path. Yuuwaku: "I don't want to take up everyone's time." Chrissy: "Chasing these ashes, and swords, and Demonmasters, Dragonmasters, the whole lot of it." ^^ * Yuuwaku gives Kodah a quick little hug before running to catch up with the group. * Jan breaks away from the foliage to follow after Sephina. * Kodah blinks as he's hugged, as if missing the connection between that and the situation. * Samantha follows after Sephina. --Straying from the main path to the left is a square pool of water with tiny steps on each of the four corners leading up to it. Sitting beside one of its ivory colored borders is an earthenware pitcher. A few paces away from are a few two-person sized benches with a small round table beneath a cherry tree. A willow tree hangs over the pool.-- * Galen follows the group. Chrissy: "I mean, just what are they getting at? What's the deal with Lucia being all..." *looks back* "Kodah?" --From here you can see that what made the crashing sound of a waterfall actually -is- a waterfall. There is what looks to be a cliffside, and not of the same kind of rocks that are in the cave, that the waterfall flows over. There is a small fence and some things in front of it that are a little hard to see from here. -- * Ambush 6000 wanders along behind Sephina. * Kodah realizes that he's being left behind, and scrambles to his feet to follow. * Chrissy looks the tall man over a few times as he catches up, waving a hand near his face. "Blue Star to Kodah... you there? You look really outta it." * Yuuwaku strongly resists the urge to be protective of Kodah. * Jan looks appreciatively at the waterfall. Kodah: "Huh? Uh... I'm okay, really. This is just... um... a little intense that's all." :\ * Galen just walks along, thinking to himself quite a bit. Sephina: "... This way to my main lab." ^^; Yuuwaku: "Shawaa kudasai..." ^_^;; * Yuuwaku fidgets. --The path she leads you down is next to a, well, a waterfall crashing over a brown rock cliffside, though upon further inspection of how it's made, it's basically a fancy indoor fountain... but it's still very impressive... and big. It crashes into water and there are little stepping stones leading to the waterfall. It seems like it leads somewhere, though any entrance is obscured by the falling water.-- --There is a railing defending the borders of the water along with a chair, an easel, and a table with acrylic paints and oil pastels along with a half finished canvas. This area is nestled between some trees and an unusual breed of hosta that's frayed and teal blue. The path leading right from here politely says which way everything is.-- * Chrissy crinkles her face a minute, concerned, then keeps going. "Well I'm sure there's a great place to sit down and relax... when we're not discussing major stuff, anyway." ^^ --The sign dictates that going left will take you to the "greenhouse" as well as the Main Lab. Geeze this place is big. Good thing she became a Dragon and had a place to put all of this. =b-- * Kodah exhales, remembering to breathe again. Sephina: ^^; "I'm sorry I can't give you a more leisurely tour, but I am concerned with Yuuwaku." Galen: "It's okay." Yuuwaku: "If you could just point me to the shower." ^_^; Yuuwaku: "I don't want to be a bother." Jan: "This is really more than I expected of a Dragon's cave..." Sephina: ^^; "If you think this is bad...." Sephina: "Teal." Sephina: "Teal is insane." Yuuwaku: "Does she have shag carpeting?" Marcus: "Sephina, as beautiful as you're cave is, we really need to get down to business. Time is not something we have a lot of." * Yuuwaku snickers to himself. Yuuwaku: "Sorry, in-joke." Sephina: "Most likely. I haven't inspected it that much." Galen: .oO(Sealing up that demon will do no good... someone will just summon it again. There has to be a power that can destroy it.) Chrissy: "Yeah, only the best for her wherever she goes..." Jan: "Right, Marcus." Galen: "Marcus is right." * Sephina leads you to her main lab by a greenhouse with another computer on it. * Kodah follows the group from a bit of a distance, still glancing about nervously. * Chrissy glances at the waterfall, thinking of something in the back of her mind... kinda missed the bay... --She takes you to a sort of humorous door on a building that is presumably the "main lab" the sign directs to, and the door is silly because though it's highly advanced due to the heavily mechanized era it comes from it is antiqued to look old fashioned even though it's more technologically advanced than any door nowadays. =b-- Galen: "There is quite a bit we need to discuss, and think about." * Sephina opens the door and the place inside is very metallic and lab-like, more like you'd expect when you hear "laboratory," though it has some very Sephina touches with the flowers and plants and wooden and rock things. " Sephina: "... Teal had me make some parts that I used to keep supplies in into guest rooms. I'm glad she made me do it now." ^^; * Yuuwaku pets the Ambush. Yuuwaku: "May I have my bag back please?" * Chrissy takes her time, again taking it all in. She smiles wide. "It's amazing you get plants and technology to blend so well. I wish I could do that." * Samantha marvels at all of this silently. *Sephina leads you to the said rooms. * Galen is thinking to hard to really observe the room. Sephina: "I had no choice but to deal with the technology, and now I'm depressingly a bit of a victim of it." ^^; * Ambush 6000 wiggles a bit, and Yuuwaku's red bag suddenly pops out of the top of it, landing just above the floor. (Above, because it begins levitating just as it's about to land on it.) Sephina: "Yuuwaku, you consider this your room, and over here" *gestures* "is a washroom. Do you need help working it?" ^^; "It's from erm... my 'era.'" Chrissy: "Aww, nobody's ever a victim of technology... it's all about how you use it! At least I think so." Sephina .oO(So odd to say that. ><; ) * Marcus finds a chair and takes a seat * Selene finds a comfortable place to sit down and sits. * Galen does the same. * Kodah finds a chair and sits in it, trembling a little as he does so. * Samantha sits down. Yuuwaku: "I might need help, yes." ^_^; Yuuwaku: "Varemi... are you alright?" Varemi: "... ... So many flowers..." Yuuwaku: "Sephina, do you have any toys Varemi can play with?" ^_^; Yuuwaku: "Actually..." * Yuuwaku rifles through his bag. Sephina: *tilts her head* "She needs toys?" *looks at her* "You need toys, Varemi?" ^^; Yuuwaku: "She's only five." * Yuuwaku says this in explanation. * Jan can't seem to find a chair so he just finds a good spot on the floor. * Varemi nods sadly." * Marcus closes his eyes and rubs the sides of his head. * Yuuwaku produces his little portable music playing device with headphones. * Sephina sees Jan take a seat. "Pardon me." --; "I barely ever have guests.... Let's see, a room to discuss.... Ah. I know. Where the Dragons talk when in my cave..." Yuuwaku: "I guess we'll be talking, I don't know if you'd like to participate..." * Yuuwaku offers it to Varemi. Yuuwaku: "You can listen to the music I have, though." * Ambush 6000 nuzzles up to Jan and attempts to prop him back up with its leaves. * Jan pats the bush gratefully. * Yuuwaku shows Varemi how to use it. * Sephina somewhat worriedly gestures for everyone -not- taking a bath to come into a sort of guest room. It's not lavish considering the outdoors. Looks like a slightly more lab-like common area like in someone's dorm or something. Real simple, but unlike one it's big. * Varemi stays with Yuuwaku, not noticing anyone leaving, confused with the thing." * Chrissy follows along, again highly distracted by the scenery... ^^ * Galen follows Sephina into the "conference room." * Kodah herds Varemi into the new room, trying to distract himself a bit. * Jan gets up and follows, giving the bush another pat on the top. * Marcus lazily gets up and heads for the room. * Samantha follows along. Yuuwaku: "See, you put those on your ears... and then you press this button and it'll play music. If you press this button it'll stop playing the music. This one takes the music forward and this one takes it backwards." * Ambush 6000 pants in response, and follows everyone. Yuuwaku: "Just fool around with it, eventually you'll get the hang of it." ^_^ Sephina: "... Yuuwaku, we'll be down the hall. Catch up when you are finished." * Yuuwaku nods. * Yuuwaku sends Varemi off with Kodah. Sephina: "It's not too hard to find." ^^; * Yuuwaku takes his bag with him into the washroom. Yuuwaku: "No, I'll hear you talking." ^_^ * Varemi looks at Kodah. Selene: "So... Umm..." * Kodah looks back, indicating for her to follow him. * Selene wonders just what we're going to talk about now that we're here. Varemi: "... Thank you. I've been a little distracted." Kodah: "Its okay. We gotta stick together after all" Sephina: "... I'm reluctant to go too nuts now that we're missing a member of the group, but he seemed very antsy and I feel it's bad policy for me to leave you all in a hallway." ^^;; Galen: "Sam, anything you're still curious about?" Kodah: "Besides, you can keep me in line while we're here. Being that I'm such a basket case in here." Samantha: ^^ "I'll ask Sephina first, Galen. No offense." :) Galen: "Okay." * Chrissy looks for one of those fun lab chairs to lounge in, spinning around once, not looking so dreadful at the fact of a serious discussion. "Well, down to business then I guess?" Jan: "Why are you so antsy, Kodah?" --The room is, like I said, real plain. A big table, some couches, a bowl of fruit is on the table... I guess Sephina's here pretty often because the stuff is ripe and not like, going bad or anything. There's a sort of dusty, well used carpet on the floor and little things here and there. The place is lived in.-- Galen: "That would be a good idea, Chrissy. " Varemi: "I'm more of a basket case than you... I think." Varemi: "I guess not specifically now." Varemi: "In general." * Kodah looks a little sheepish, "Dragons make me nervous." * Sephina looks to Samantha questioningly. Galen: "So, what's the first order of business? The fake Dragonmaster? Zissel? Where in the hell we go from here?" Marcus: "Hmpf. Dragons make me skeptical." Sephina: "Me too, Marcus." Jan: "That's a rather odd statement to make." Chrissy: "Kodah, just relax on the couch... Sephina's not going to be scary and bite you or anything." ^^ Samantha: "Hmm?" ^^: Jan: "I would've expected fear or anger, but nervousness seems too mild. I'm still trying to deal with the fact they exist." Sephina: "Galen is making me think you have a question. Have you got a question?" ^^ "Or do I just answer his questions?" * Kodah looks about as relaxed as a cat balanced over a bathtub full of water. Samantha: ^^; "You can probably answer my questions." Samantha: "Well... because you just seem very intelligent." ^^ Jan: "Calm down, Kodah. You don't have to be here if you don't want to be." Sephina: "... Thank you, but I'm about the worst informed of the Dragons." --; * Chrissy sighs, apparently Kodah's got something really bugging him, but she turns her thoughts to other things. Sephina: "Yes, Kodah. If I make you nervous, I'm sure you can go somewhere else. Though I do wonder why you are." * Varemi looks over at Kodah questioningly, then at Sephina.... and over at Marcus. * Sephina tries not to stare at Kodah. ^^; Galen: "Sephina, I have to ask you something, okay?" Sephina: "Shoot." * Kodah struggles in silence for a moment. Galen: "How in the world is it, that a wizard thought killed in the Nephar war, winds up alive 2,500 years later?" Galen: "And the Dragon Tribe, somehow, has no idea of it?" Sephina: "Well. If nothing else, he wouldn't be the first to be resurrected from the past. It seems this happens far too often." ^^; Galen: "Sorry if I caught you off guard, but this is something that's bugged me since Drachenburg." Chrissy: "Yeah... I'll say... the past is getting dug up in a big way..." Chrissy: "Old ruins, relics, heck even Varemi herself... and Eris..." Sephina: "I'm aware of this, and it bugs me, too. You mentioned the Dragon Tribe not having a clue, sadly I am a member of the Dragon Tribe and yes, have no idea." * Yuuwaku stands in the doorway wearing his yukata, violet hair unbound and flowing down a little past his shoulder blades. He smells faintly of roses and looks more relaxed than he has in a long time. Yuuwaku: "Alright. I'm ready to talk." Sephina: "Oh, not even just now. Kane, Ghaleon..." Varemi: "... I was frozen." * Yuuwaku smiles vaguely at the mention of those two names. Varemi: "Not resurrected." Sephina: "Hello, Yuuwaku. Have a seat." Chrissy: "Why, the Church is even looking for a Dragonstarship! It pisses me off... that I can't do much beside run up until now." Galen: "Sorry to bring it up, Sephina. It has bothered me since Drachenburg... and if he summons Shadowfall to this world... then I fear that not even a Dragonmaster may be able to stop them." Marcus: "The answer is pure and simple. Its all about power. Power is the single greatest thrill and motivator in the world." * Yuuwaku sits down as close to across from Sephina as he can get and leans on the table with his elbows, resting his chin in his hands. Yuuwaku: "Sephina." Yuuwaku: "What proof can you offer us that you, Teal and the others are the true Dragons?" Sephina: "I understand, Galen. Do not apologize. I should apologize for not having more information, although I have been looking into it." Jan: "Seeing their Dragon forms would be a good start." Yuuwaku: "A short while ago, we encountered a woman named Eris, Ares's lover, and she claimed that she had been to see the Dragons." Sephina: "... ... We're near my lab. I could change into it." ^^;; Sephina: "Though I don't want to scare anyone half to death." Yuuwaku: "It is not my place to judge whether either she or you is lying." Yuuwaku: "Perhaps Kodah should stay behind." * Varemi looks down. Yuuwaku: "Unless he feels calm enough to watch." Chrissy: "Yeah, Yuuwaku's right... did Ares really get blessings of the Dragons?" Kodah: "..." Galen: "If he did, why would Teal give Samantha that Dragon ring, choosing her to be the Dragonmaster?" Yuuwaku: "Galen, perhaps the people we think are the Dragons are imposters." Yuuwaku: "Though all evidence points to the contrary." Chrissy: "It's still a big question mark just who's seen who you know?" Yuuwaku: "According to what I know about them, Teal and Sephina perfectly fit." Sephina: Absolutely not. Which is probably what Teal hopes to override him with a real Dragonmaster. She has this mentality about those sorts of things. Were the plan up to me it would be a bit less fairy-taleish... but I guess it can't be helped." Yuuwaku: "And Galen, you did say they have a powerful presence on the astral plane." Galen: "Yuuwaku, I can answer that. I could tell they were the Dragons upon first meeting them..my their presence on the Astral plane." Marcus: "Does it really matter if they're Dragons or not?" Yuuwaku: "But Galen, have you ever met a dragon prior to this?" Yuuwaku: "It matters if they're lying to us or not, doesn't it?" Yuuwaku: "And we've already seen them do it in the past." Samantha: "Galen, you said you didn't know." o_o Galen: "You can mask your appearance on this world, Yuu, but not on the spirit, or astral plane, Yuu." * Samantha blink blinks. Samantha: "I'm confused." @_@ Kodah: "..." Sephina: "..." *eyes Galen, then eyes Kodah, but tries not to make it too noticeable* Yuuwaku: "Couldn't they be powerful spirits masquerading as Dragons?" Galen: "Well, after meeting Hiro, Quark, Teal and Sephina, I was able to finally make that conclusion, Sam." Yuuwaku: "But they could all be powerful spirits of the same type." Sephina: "Wait, are you telling me you can sense a Dragon aura of any kind, Galen?" Yuuwaku: "They could all be in league." * Jan shakes his head, feeling a bit irritated by the discussion. Yuuwaku: "And simply using us." Marcus: "So what if they are Dragons? I still think we would be better off solving the problem ourselves." Sephina: "And also, though these questions are coming rather fast.... ... I have never met Ares, and if Teal ever has it was him bearing threats to her." Galen: "I made the conclusion after meeting all four of you, Sephina. Your auras are so similar." Yuuwaku: "Marcus, it is not terribly important whether Sephina is a Dragon or not." Yuuwaku: "But Sephina is Sephina." Yuuwaku: "That means a lot more than simply being a Dragon." Galen: "... and more powerful than any human, or monster's, presence." Marcus: "That doesn't make any sense, Yuuwaku." Galen: "Now, a dark lord, that's another case entirely." Sephina: "Please disregard who I am. I'm just here hosting a place for you all to talk and think. If you do not care for my advice, I'll leave you here to discuss." * Samantha glowers a bit in thought. * Chrissy shrugs her head. "I really am not the authority on this type of things... I'm just a grease-monkey gal from San Diego. But I don't like being pushed around by bullies. And that Church is really asking for it..." Yuuwaku: "Sephina tried to take over the world, Marcus." Yuuwaku: "I think it'd be smart to ask someone who's already tried it, don't you?" * Sephina shakes her head at Yuuwaku nervously. ^^; Jan: . o O (And now this Dragon had tried taking over the world before?) Sephina: "I am a person as you are but happened to have been born as a Dragon. Just leave it at this." Marcus: "It wouldn't matter. Any idiot knows to avoid mistakes of past efforts." Galen: "I am not as worried about Ares as I am about Zissel. I've stated that before." Yuuwaku: "But they always try reviving dead gods." * Jan glances around at everyone and exhales loudly. Jan: "Forget this." Sephina: "..." *sighs* "If you want I will leave you here if there are no questions for me aside from people telling me they cannot trust me." ^^; Jan: "Come and get me when you guys are done discussing." * Yuuwaku raises an eyebrow at Jan. Samantha: "... Jan?" * Jan walks out of the room. * Kodah blinks at Jan. Samantha: "Hey hold up!" * Sephina watches Jan leave. Yuuwaku: "Perhaps I should talk to you alone, since no one else wants to." * Jan pauses just outside of the door. Yuuwaku: "I thought that the others didn't trust you." Yuuwaku: "But since they do, I suppose it doesn't matter." Selene: "Jan..." Sephina: "Though I will say that I think you all do need to really get to know each other." * Samantha hurries to follow Jan, then stops, and waves apologetically to the others, "Continue... I'll catch up later." :) Sephina: "As you are stuck together." * Yuuwaku nods to Sephina. Yuuwaku: "A very good point." Sephina: "A good idea, Samantha." Yuuwaku: "Though we haven't had time thus far." * Chrissy sighs. "I'll say..." Jan: "Thanks, Samantha." * Samantha heads out to where Jan went. * Sephina frowns. Yuuwaku: "Do any of you Dragons know of this plan to bring about a Demonmaster to fight along with Ares?" * Selene follows Samantha. * Ambush 6000 makes a confused blip noise. Marcus: "To 'know' people can have several different meanings. Frankly, the less I know, the better off I am." * Jan just wanders around the area. Nowhere in particular. Samantha: "Jan... what's going on?" * Yuuwaku closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, trying to focus his attention and ignore all the people being jackasses around him. Sephina: "I guess I might be naive to think you should guys should try and be more of a 'group.'" ^^; Kodah: "..." Chrissy: "Just kinda thrown together by fate or whatever it is. I just want a perspective on everything that's happened up till now. I mean, you're a smart cookie Sephina, maybe you are even smarter than big blue. There's got to be something we're missing." ^^ Sephina: "..." Galen: "Guys, I do fear that if Zissel does summon that dark lord, then even the Dragonmaster, whether Ares or Sam, won't be able to stop them." Yuuwaku: "Perhaps I should discuss this with you later then." Jan: "It's just I don't like how that discussion's going. I don't like what I'm hearing." Samantha: "... You mean how Galen assumes everything and has no idea what he's talking about... and Marcus' talent at being a jerk?" ^^; Yuuwaku: "I have a lot of questions I would like answered." Samantha: "Or Sephina herself?" * Sephina sits for a moment, listening to the unbalanced comments, questions, and even insults she feels she's being tossed and just ponders on how badly they all work together. ><; * Jan chuckles. "Partially that. But hearing that the Dragon tried taking over the world before isn't very reassuring." His face becomes somber." After all, these Dragons are servants of Althena and holy creatures. Is this what they really are?" Chrissy: "I'm always willing to listen to anybody anytime, so, here I am." *leans back in the chair* Jan: "Maybe it's better that people have forgotten them as anything other than legends of the Church." * Samantha sighs, "I know..." Sephina: "... Please ask them, Yuuwaku, though I wonder if I might want to talk to you all individually rather than as a group." --;; Yuuwaku: "I was wondering if you knew of this plan to bring about a Demonmaster to fight along with Ares?" Samantha: "I wish I had past dragons to compare them to. But the legends are sorta vague." Galen: "With two different enemies, I don't know which one is the biggest threat. Surely Shadowfall is a threat of global proportions, but with Ares, I just don't know yet." * Sephina looks over at Galen. Yuuwaku: "Galen, we need to take these one at a time." Sephina: "..." Jan: "I am... was... not religious. I don't know. I didn't believe in Dragons and now they're supposedly here in front of us. It doesn't seem like that should have happened." Yuuwaku: "Otherwise the conversation will get all confusing." Yuuwaku: "And not knowing enough about either situation, I can't say which is a bigger threat." Sephina: "I think I may want to talk to you all individually. The girl who has been chosen by Teal just -left the discussion-... And I hate to say she's doing something more useful than this supposedly useful attempt at reasoning things out." Samantha: "Yeah... and the Dragons seem to be... very..." Samantha: "... Not what I expected." Yuuwaku: "Because naturally, if we all become good friends and fight the good fight, everything will magically work out?" Yuuwaku: "I suppose that's how thing works." Samantha: "Although Sephina's taste in flowers is nice." Yuuwaku: "Like some sort of fairy tale story." Galen: "Then I'll be elsewhere." Yuuwaku: "Very well." * Galen stands up and goes out of the room. * Chrissy sighs. --; Sephina: "And I would really like to know why Marcus thinks he cannot trust me just because..." *watches him leave* * Kodah looks at the more empty room. :\ Marcus: "Oh, it has nothing to do about trust." Sephina: "... While I'd like to say this was useless, I'd also like to point out how this really shines a light on exactly what you might want to try and do if you want more answers." ><; Jan: "That's true. I do like her work. But as a Dragon she's not what I expected. Maybe I shouldn't have expected any of the Dragons to be mystical and wise, but if they aren't then what is Lucia? What is the person who really governs our world? Are we just a big cosmic joke?" Samantha: "... No. We're just people. And we have to stand on our own and do what we feel is right." Chrissy: "I'm sorry Sephina..." Yuuwaku: "I can see we aren't getting anywhere here." * Kodah gingerly raises a hand to speak. Yuuwaku: "Kodah, if you have some time now, I'd like to talk to you." Sephina: "Yes. And I hope other people can see this as well. I've watched you guys for a while now and -- yes Kodah?" ^^; Kodah: "Um... where is... uh... Lucia...bin all this?" Jan: "I know, and I want to. It's just it's much harder to live that way if there's a higher power out there." * Chrissy brightens. "Oh, finally a good question!" * Yuuwaku looks down, letting his hair cover his eyes. * Sephina frowns. "We have a theory and I don't know if Teal cares for me to mention it." --; "But I don't know if I care what Teal cares to mention or not." Samantha: "I dunno... Most people are allowed to do what they want, within some reason. I think Lucia must be fairly lax, otherwise we'd have a lot less freedom than we do now." Chrissy: "Kodah's got a point... I forgot about Lucia... they said she was secluded somewhere... and a barrier..." * Chrissy ponders. * Kodah looks like he isn't sure if he got an answer or not. Jan: "True..." Sephina: Yes." Samantha: "I suppose we're going to find this all out as we go. And... I guess not all the answers are good ones. But they are answers." * Yuuwaku brushes his hand across his eyes. Sephina: "We believe she is locked in her own tower...." * Sephina looks down. * Yuuwaku then puts both hands in his lap and stares down at them, hard. * Chrissy nods. "Any idea how or why?" Sephina: "... Hopefully. ... DO you see what the situation is and why we're rather paralyzed?" --; Jan: "That's why I'm here. I want to know." Chrissy: "You're Dragons... you should be close to her right? What could suddenly come between you like that?" Kodah: "So... you don't know how to reach her... and so you don't have some answers as to what's going on..." Samantha: "And I want to know too." :) Sephina: "The problem is that we don't exactly know... we can't get into the tower and her presence is just..." *shakes her head* Yuuwaku: "Ryu mo ningen mo..." -_-; * Kodah looks a bit crestfallen. Kodah: "So no answers from Lucia..." Yuuwaku: "Kanarazu... korosou..." * Yuuwaku sniffles. * Chrissy pulls out her necklace / personal wonder computer, Dante, and begins rifling quickly through voice archives... Teal speaking about the Lucia situation... * Sephina takes in a deep breath and then exhales. * Yuuwaku clenches his hands into fists and trembles slightly. Sephina: "... As far as Lucia is concerned I know that we cannot get in contact with her, nor do we know where she is." Kodah: "... Well, I guess than answers the question about Ares' legitimacy" Kodah: "Isn't it true that you can't be a Dragonmaster without the permission of the Dragons AND Lucia?" Chrissy: [Dante] *Teal voice* "We observed him for a little while after that, and we saw him apparently use Dragon magic in a battle... Dragon magic... without the approval of the Dragons!" * Sephina looked worried for a second that she was being accused again... and then smiles as the question is more fair." * Yuuwaku relaxes suddenly. Yuuwaku: "Demo... watashi no sei da." Sephina: "Well, no actually. You can be the Dragonmaster without the goddess necessarily there... as Dragonmasters in the past have managed with the goddess kidnaped in one form or another at times." Kodah: "Oh." Chrissy: "I wonder how he pulled that off, still..." Sephina: "Though often the goddess manifests herself in unexpected ways around the chosen from what I have seen..." * Sephina smirks about something. * Selene sneezes. * Jan looks at Selene, somewhat surprised since she hadn't said anything in a while. Samantha: "Bless you, Selene." :) Selene: "Oh, excuse me... I've just been lost in thought..." * Chrissy cuts off the playback before it reiterates Teal feeling very sorry... ^^ Selene: "Thank you, Sam." :) Samantha: "Oh? You okay?" Sephina: "... Anyway, I feel a lot of tension in this room and feel as though there is more you could ask..." --; Sephina: "Please, please do not be concerned about my feelings or what I will think about you." Selene: "Yeah, I'm fine... Maybe a little home sick." Yuuwaku: "I'm sure you don't feel like answering my questions though." Yuuwaku: "So I suppose I shall go to my own room." Jan: "I don't suppose you have any idea how you fit in all this?" Kodah: "Okay... so let's say that Ares is a fake, and he's trying to make Eris into a Demonmaster. Is there a way to stop them?" * Yuuwaku stands. Sephina: "Though a Dragon, I am not a proud statue of a person. I will help if I can." Yuuwaku: "Kodah. I would like to speak with you later." Kodah: "Umm... okay." o_o Sephina: "Teal believes so. She is building an army." Yuuwaku: "Sorry for rushing off like this." Kodah: "Um... an army of what?" Sephina: "And she is hoping Samantha will help." Sephina: "... As well as you all.." * Kodah looks a bit confused. Sephina: "Wait..." Sephina: "Yuuwaku?" Yuuwaku: "I have nothing more to say to you Sephina." Sephina: "..." Yuuwaku: "Although I realize that the problems that were caused here are my own fault." * Kodah blinks at Yuu. * Yuuwaku continues on to his room. Sephina: "..." *looks worriedly to him* "... There is nothing else you want to ask me..?" Chrissy: "An army... probably the help of the Neo Pharosians..." Marcus: "Sephina, answer me one thing. All these thousands of years, what have the Dragons and goddess been doing? Interfering with people and their society or just observing us?" * Sephina rests her face in her hand. Kodah: "..." Sephina: "... I have been living among them." Chrissy: [Dante] "*Teal voice* "For years now, we've basically tried to just mind our own business and lead fairly normal lives. We're not big fans of messing around in the lives of others." Sephina: "Or do you mean in general." * Chrissy fiddles some more... Marcus: "In general. As you can see, Teal has given me her answer, but I wanted yours as well." Chrissy: "Nothing wrong with being normal... but... you can't just lay around either..." Sephina: "Since they started learning how to become human beyond the rare ring here or odd-ball here... they had been living among the humans when not needed to perform any duties." Marcus: "I see." * Sephina sits stiffly and listens. * Kodah fidgets. * Varemi looks up from her wondering and looks right at Sephina with an uncomfortable glare. Chrissy: "Did it maybe weaken your bond with Lucia and someone slipped in when you weren't looking so to speak? I mean, Ares is just one guy..." ^^ Marcus: "And yet people still believe in the goddess. I finally see that it is no fault of the Dragons or even the goddess." * Marcus stands up, "Allow me to apologize Sephina. It seems that I judged you incorrectly." * Kodah blinks at Marcus, not expecting this. * Sephina blinks at Marcus... then looks over to Chrissy... then back at Marcus. Sephina: "Heh." ^^; "Pardon me, I half expect there to be some backhanded jibe coming with that... You'll excuse me if I'm jumpy." * Sephina looks at the empty seats. Marcus: "My view of the world was slightly skewed." * Chrissy glances at Marcus. Chrissy: "I think we all had a pretty narrow view of things up until now, I'll say. I just wonder what's right to look at with so much to see." * Sephina sighs and falls over. "Then you'll excuse me for acting human right now." Kodah: "..?" * Sephina has her head on the table in her arms and whines about something. Sephina: *mostly to herself* "Even the kid who supposedly idolizes me walked out...! I barely consider myself a Dragon... I can hardly talk to one person let alone a group of them..." --; "Now I see why Teal always leaves me in the dark." Sephina: "... ... I'm fine now." * Sephina sits up. * Kodah blinks, a lot. Sephina: "I'm very very sorry for that... but I needed to get it out." Sephina: "... I wonder what it was... what did I say...." Chrissy: "It's only human to wanna vent right? Why do you think I try to relax so much?" Kodah: "Umm.... are you okay?" Sephina: "Yes." ^^; "Thank you." Chrissy: "We all have to deal the best we can with what life throws on our plate for the day... I just think we all got a big helping of trouble." ^^ * Kodah looks a bit uncomfortable, as if not sure what to say just now. * Yuuwaku re-enters the room looking somewhat sheepish. Kodah: "Yuu...?" Yuuwaku: "I'm sorry, I think with everyone running off in a dramatic flurry, I was feeling a little left out." ^_^;; * Yuuwaku smiles a little forcedly. Chrissy: "Pull up a chair then, I think Sephina needs some encouragement right about now." ^^ Chrissy: "Maybe we all do..." * Sephina looks up from the table at Yuuwaku and exhales. Yuuwaku: "I thought you were ignoring me but I guess it was probably because everyone in the room was talking at once or something." ^_^;;; * Yuuwaku looks to the side. Sephina: "I'm sorry, Yuuwaku. I don't know what I said, but I'm very sorry. I'm probably not what the fairies said I was." Sephina: "... Oh dear." * Yuuwaku coughs into his fist and walks over to another seat. Sephina: "I didn't even know what it was." --; "I'm sorry..." * Kodah looks lost. Sephina: ^^; Yuuwaku: "I think we should give you a quick run-down of what we've been through since we last saw you." Yuuwaku: "You may have heard what happened to us before then thanks to Teal." Sephina: "If you will, that would be very good." Yuuwaku: "We set off towards a place called Drachenburg in search of information about the... the..." Yuuwaku: "Something or other of Ordak." Yuuwaku: "Ordak Crystal I think?" Yuuwaku: "Or something." Kodah: "Something like that." Yuuwaku: "I don't know. It lets you travel through time, I think." * Chrissy runs a hand through her titanium hair. "Yeah, that time travel crystal. Ordak. Galen was pretty hyped over it." ^^ Sephina: "..." Chrissy: "But the sword was the more important fact." Yuuwaku: "On our way there, we met up with some fellow named Zissel." Yuuwaku: "He was undead and trying to revive some big bad god." Yuuwaku: "That's the one Galen kept talking about and sounding all worried." Yuuwaku: "Shadowfall?" Sephina: "... Augh. Shadowfall." * Marcus appears to be in deep thought and mutters, "power . . ." Yuuwaku: "Something to do with a Shadow." * Chrissy grins. "I blew up his temple reaaaaal good." Yuuwaku: "Right! That's it!" Kodah: "Shadowfall, I think." Sephina: "Dragonmistress Alys beat him." Yuuwaku: "But he keeps going on about how she was imprisoned but not killed." Yuuwaku: "And now someone is trying to revive him." Yuuwaku: "We destroyed the tower with the tablet that this Zissel fellow was in, but I don't think that'd stop him." Yuuwaku: "He probably has other ways." Yuuwaku: "Anyway, so Shadowfall being revived is one problem we have." * Chrissy nods. Chrissy: "There's also the fact of the sword of Zophar being re-forged..." Sephina: "Augh. I read a bit about Shadowfall. I had thought that maybe some dark god brought him back, but yeah, probably not... I bet he's in league with Ares. I can't think of any other reason he'd be there." Yuuwaku: "We got to Drachenburg and talked to some people there. They told us that the Ordak Crystal was supposedly somewhere in the lost city of Atlantis which is supposedly located near Dragon City... or Town... or Umm.... Dragon Something." Sephina: "And he doesn't have the Ordak Crystal yet, so he couldn't have jumped through time." * Yuuwaku nods. Yuuwaku: "In league with Ares?" Yuuwaku: "Hmm..." Yuuwaku: "We also heard about the Sword of Zophar." Chrissy: "I'm still miffed about handing over those ashes in the Pentagulia Ruins..." -_-; Sephina: "... I think it would do you well to try to get that, though what else are you doing?" Yuuwaku: "Some lady in Zulan had information on it, so we went to talk to her." Kodah: "Maybe that's why Lucia was cooped up. So she couldn't do anything..." Sephina: "..." Yuuwaku: "While we were waiting for her, we went to this lab and found out that Varemi was created by some guy named Pharos." Yuuwaku: "And that he also created Eris." * Sephina thinks about dark Althena. --; Yuuwaku: "You know, the girl who's always with Ares?" * Sephina shakes her head. Sephina: "Yes. And I know Pharos." Chrissy: "Hard to imagine she's Varemi's sister..." * Sephina looks over at Varemi, who is now listening. Varemi: "..." *snarls* "Pharos..." Chrissy: "She let us go and stopped the Church's man-hunt, but I still don't trust her." * Kodah jumps a bit as Varemi snarls. Yuuwaku: "After that, we talked to lady who told us about the ashes of Zophar which were needed to bring back the Sword of Zophar." * Varemi blinks at Kodah and pats his shoulder as an apology. Yuuwaku: "So we went off to the ruins of some place and fought this lady who was calling for Zophar and got the ashes." Yuuwaku: "But as you can of course expect, the Church nabbed them while we were fighting the weird lady." * Kodah relaxes a little. Chrissy: "Some fake Althena wannabe from the past... she wasn't so tough." ^^ Sephina: "... Augh. The old let them fight and take it after they get it thing." ;b "Yes." Yuuwaku: "But the one who came and nabbed them was Eris." * Chrissy grimaces as Yuuwkau relates that part. Yuuwaku: "Pharos created Eris to be a Demonmaster..." Yuuwaku: "He stopped that plan when Kane was revived but it's possible she could still become one." Chrissy: "Varemi, I'm sorry, but I so wanted to hit her for the whole begging thing she pulled for you to go along..." Yuuwaku: "We talked to her for a bit." Sephina: "... Eris worries me. They all worry me. Ares completely has pulled the wool over their eyes." --; Yuuwaku: "She's in love with Ares." * Sephina nods. Yuuwaku: "I... I don't think she was lying to us..." Sephina: "This is why she worries me." Kodah: "..." Yuuwaku: "I think she really thinks she saw Dragons." Yuuwaku: "She said she doesn't serve the goddess." Yuuwaku: "She serves Ares." Yuuwaku: "I believe her on that." * Chrissy nods. Sephina: "... Love can make someone betray everything else." Yuuwaku: "She's in love. Good or evil wouldn't matter to her." * Yuuwaku nods. Sephina: "I wonder if, even if she knew, if she'd betray him. I doubt it." * Sephina nods. Sephina: "Exactly." Chrissy: "But where is he getting his Dragon magic from?" Yuuwaku: "I tried asking her some questions, but she was pretty vague, and she stopped when I prodded too far." Chrissy: "I mean you guys didn't give him any fancy jewelry or anything did you?" ^^ Sephina: "Probably doubt." Sephina: "No, we gave him nothing." Yuuwaku: "Have you ever even met Ares in person, Sephina?" Sephina: "I have not." Yuuwaku: "They haven't been to see the real Dragons at all." Chrissy: "It seems that way." Sephina: "My feeling is Ares is tricking all of the people he's with." Chrissy: "But just who could pull a farce like that?" Yuuwaku: "If Samantha is going to become a Dragonmaster, what will she have to do?" Sephina: "He's skilled with a special kind of magic." Sephina: "Which could explain it all." Sephina: "It's illusion." Yuuwaku: "We'll need as much power as we can get and I know just giving her the title won't do us any good..." Sephina: "... Samantha will... "*thinks* "Well she has the ring..." * Chrissy mumbles. "I hate magic sometimes..." Yuuwaku: "Can she get the armor from you?" Yuuwaku: "Or do we have to pass some sort of trial first?" Sephina: "She needs to go through the four Dragon trials. It seems like we have no time, but it's a necessary evil. She has to be strong enough to wield the armor." * Yuuwaku nods. Yuuwaku: "The sooner the better." Yuuwaku: "Though we may not be strong enough yet..." Sephina: "And of course, Althena's Sword." * Chrissy thinks. "Samantha a Dragonmaster... would she really do it? I don't know..." Kodah: "Is... there something we can do to... speed things up maybe?" Yuuwaku: "But even if she becomes a Dragonmaster, we may be able to deal with a dark god..." Yuuwaku: "But a Demonmaster and a Dragonmaster teaming up?" Yuuwaku: "Who knows what they've done with Lucia..." Sephina: "Frankly, I was worried... but I saw her be reassured by many of you and felt better." * Sephina nods to Yuuwaku. Yuuwaku: "How could we fight both a Demonmaster and Dragonmaster?" Yuuwaku: "You Dragons couldn't help us directly, could you?" Sephina: "I think we could beat an illusion with reality." Kodah: "By using a real Dragonmaster." Sephina: "Regardless of whether or not we can, I will." * Sephina nods to Kodah. * Chrissy pounds her fists a few times. "If only I could invent something to take them out of our hair..." Yuuwaku: "Could a real Dragonmaster take on both a fake and a Demonmaster though?" Sephina: And were it up to me, I'd make us have our own Demonmaster." ;) "But shame on me." * Yuuwaku turns sharply to Chrissy. Yuuwaku: "Invent something." O_O Yuuwaku: "Sephina!" Yuuwaku: "Wait a minute... why can't we have our own Demonmaster? " Sephina: "..." *looks at Chrissy* Sephina: "I made one before, I could make one again." * Kodah wonders what Yuu is getting at. * Chrissy looks up. Yuuwaku: "What is necessary to making a Demonmaster?" Yuuwaku: "And could you invent something to help us?" Sephina: "Well, Kane was made by a horrible dark god, but I don't think that's fully necessarily." =b Yuuwaku: "But what about Gabe?" Sephina: "And Chrissy... maybe I can give you some things to help..." Yuuwaku: "I don't think you were involved with any dark gods." * Chrissy looks all wide-eyed. *_* Sephina: "Gabe was..." *smirks* "Well." Marcus: "Why would we need a Demonmaster to fight a Demonmaster? There are other sources of power in the world." * Yuuwaku turns to Marcus. * Yuuwaku looks at him hopefully. Yuuwaku: "Do you have any ideas?" Chrissy: "Sephina... I mean... you're the super smart one here..." ^^; Yuuwaku: "Don't doubt yourself Chrissy." Marcus: "Well, there's Galen's sorcery. For all his arrogance, he is fairly powerful." Sephina: "Gabe was to be the Dragonmaster, related to Kane, and refused Teal's offer to be Dragonmaster. I feel making a Demonmaster really just involves a title. =b And yes, Marcus. We don't need a Demonmaster." * Yuuwaku nods to Marcus. Yuuwaku: "That's true." Marcus: "And there is one other thing in particular I can think of, but I'd rather not discuss it now." Chrissy: "But when I think about everything it sure gets my blood boiling.... and my hands trembling... I've been doing a few things on the side from studying the Ambush..." ^^ Sephina: "I was just sort of making fun of myself on the Demonmaster issue." ^^; Yuuwaku: "Ahh, alright." Yuuwaku: "Did he wield the Sword of Zophar?" Sephina: "You're all amazing people!" Yuuwaku: "I'd agree as far as all of them. I'm rather wimpy and pathetic though." Sephina: "And had you more unity, they'd be in so much trouble... if you all worked as one..." Kodah: "..?" Yuuwaku: "I have no useful skills and I die quickly. Plus I'm melodramatic and overly emotional." Chrissy: "I mean... if the past wants to rumble, why not use the past against it with some good old present day ingenuity?" Sephina: "You're very talented, Yuuwaku, only yes. You do get hurt from what I have observed in the shadows..." Sephina: "But..." * Chrissy rubs the side of her head. "I wish it weren't that way... we're just all spinning around in different directions too much." Sephina: *looks side to side as if wondering if someone's watching her. =b* "... I can maybe give you something for that Yuuwaku." Yuuwaku: "You could?!" O_O Sephina: "My advice is horrible." ^^; "The least I can do is offer you all things." Yuuwaku: "So I wouldn't die horribly every time someone touched me." * Chrissy nudges Yuuwaku playfully. Yuuwaku: "It's a terrible way to live." ;_; Sephina: "Oh, and... I blanked out, sorry... On the Sword of Zophar.... you all talk so fast..." ^^; Sephina: "... Uhm... Gabe did not wield the sword of Zophar. Only Kane did." Yuuwaku: "If we got the Ordak Crystal... we could go back in time and see Kane." o_o * Chrissy looks at him. "Still look alive to me! And I aim to help ya stay that way." Sephina: "Gabe was a Demonmaster by title but" *snorts* "was as good as any Demonmaster. We had a girl with us by the name of Tia who much like Chrissy was an engineer, but also she was a powerful mage. She made copies of swords." * Yuuwaku tactfully decides not to mention the picture in Sephina's bathroom. Chrissy: "Yuuwaku, that's why they want the crystal isn't it?" * Sephina looks starry eyed. Sephina: "... ... Ehem. yes, I suppose you could." Yuuwaku: "You don't still have that copier of swords, do you?" ¬_¬ Chrissy: "To manipulate time and get more components of Demonmasters for the sword?" Yuuwaku: "Oh.... probably Chrissy." O_o Sephina: "She was my copier I'm afraid... and was human." Yuuwaku: "To hell with getting components. They could probably get Demonmasters or dark gods." * Chrissy chuckles to herself. Yuuwaku: "Oh..." :( * Sephina looks at Chrissy... Sephina: "..." Chrissy: "Hey, I make a living out of copying what the past shows me..." Sephina: "... Do you..." * Yuuwaku blinks... catches on. Yuuwaku: "Right!" O_O * Sephina taps her chin. * Yuuwaku beams at Chrissy. ^_^ Chrissy: "I could certainly throw a sword together if I had a blueprint..." ^^ * Kodah tries to follow the conversation as best he can. Chrissy: "And the right tools of course." Sephina: "... My goodness. Could you?" Yuuwaku: "This is certainly starting to look more hopeful." * Yuuwaku pauses thoughtfully. Yuuwaku: "Dragonstarship...." Sephina: "..." ^^;; *gets a hold of herself* "Oh, but I don't know what Teal's plans are... and she's the tetrarch and I'm sure already mad at me coming up with my own plans." Yuuwaku: "Sephina, we should probably throw the rule book out the window." Yuuwaku: "In the end it probably won't matter either way but..." Sephina: "And it's getting late. We're also missing people..." Yuuwaku: "Teal... isn't exactly.... the brightest crayon..." Yuuwaku: "I love her very much but..." * Sephina looks more serious and nods to Yuuwaku. "I agree with that, too. And as you can tell.... I'm not content following her orders.' ^^;; Sephina: "She's nice, but she doesn't like me much. She likes me out of necessity." Yuuwaku: "Why not?" Sephina: "..." Kodah: "..." Yuuwaku: "Of course I'm biased but..." Chrissy: "You said you and her had a little spat with this take over the world issue?" ^^ Sephina: "The fairies talked to you, right? You know all about me?" Sephina: "... Kane." Yuuwaku: "Sephina wasn't *really* trying to take over the world though." Sephina: "It's over Kane." Yuuwaku: "She was just trying to... oh right... Kane." Sephina: "I wasn't. Were that the reason, she would have forgiven me." Yuuwaku: "Wait, why would she care if you were a Kane fan?" Sephina: "I hurt no one. I was trying to save it... and it worked." * Yuuwaku nodnods. ^_^ Yuuwaku: "It's a very dramatic story." Sephina: "She hates Kane. ... While I hurt no one..." Chrissy: "Well, does that make you a bit more right?" Sephina: "Kane killed her mother." Yuuwaku: "Oh." * Chrissy winces. Yuuwaku: "Yes." Yuuwaku: "I see how that would make one dislike someone." Chrissy: "Oh... ah. I'm sorry." :/ Yuuwaku: "Sephina didn't actually intend to take over the world though. She just wanted to present some sort of opponent for her dead society to face." Yuuwaku: "The fairies didn't like it." Sephina: "The only person I killed was Pharos, and I did that upon losing my control." --; "It was.... very troubling to find I was a Dragon... My father, Ebony, was in love with Teal's mother. I never knew him, but I still feel guilty." Yuuwaku: "Err... the world... at the time." Sephina: "Liz Pharos." Kodah: "..." Sephina: "... And yes, but I don't know if you all care to hear my story." Yuuwaku: "You should probably tell Jan." * Chrissy nods. "Loved the tech, hated that name. What a double edged sword..." Yuuwaku: "Or maybe I should explain it to Jan... I have to talk to him anyway..." Sephina: "I'm very against everyone differentiating between who's what." --; "I was not raised a Dragon..." Sephina: "And I loved a Demonmaster who killed them. But he healed, he learned from the past... to people still set in war mindsets... who the bad guy is..." Yuuwaku: "You shouldn't be respected for being a Dragon, you should be respected for being a genius." * Sephina stops herself from rambling. * Chrissy smiles. "Darn right Yuuwaku!" Sephina: "... Thank you, Yuuwaku. I'm sorry I did not respond to your comments. I was too busy trying to make people realize I was not Satan." ^^; Chrissy: "And if you want to look at you all as people, I think Dragons are suffering from the same problems we are?" Sephina: "Though I realize I probably have not been accused of being such, I am very nervous." Yuuwaku: "I think that may partly have been my fault." ^_^; Yuuwaku: "We didn't have good reason to trust you. I assumed no one else did." Chrissy: "Teal not listening to you, some of you are so in the dark..." Yuuwaku: "But maybe I'm just more paranoid than everyone else." Kodah: "..." Chrissy: "I mean she can't do this by herself... neither can any of us." ^^ Yuuwaku: "There's a lot more to discuss." Sephina: ",.." ^^; "She is probably still worried about me being a renegade. But I would have killed myself were I not living to repay a debt to the goddess." ^^;; Yuuwaku: "But we should do it later. I'll try talking to Jan and Samantha and anyone else who ran off." Sephina: "I am sorry for how morbid that seems." Sephina: "But raised as a human, I expected a human lifespan." Sephina: "After 100 years, I was ready to die." --; Sephina: "... Yes, Yuuwaku." Yuuwaku: "It's okay. I would have killed myself but I think I can still help this group somewhat." ^_^ Yuuwaku: "Plus I'm still not eighteen." Kodah: "... How did you... manage to keep going?" Sephina: "And thank you, Chrissy." * Chrissy baps Yuuwaku lightly. ^^ Yuuwaku: ^^; Sephina: "... I did good things for the world but in a bad way. It was disrespectful... to the goddess, to the Dragons... I felt she wanted me alive for a reason. To do a duty." * Kodah thinks about that. Yuuwaku: "I wouldn't want to live that long..." Sephina: "... And because I wanted to help." Yuuwaku: "With all my friends dying." Sephina: "I wasn't sure I really helped." Yuuwaku: "But I guess if my master told me to, I would do it." * Chrissy looks back to her host. "Ah, don't thank me... I think you've probably got a lot more honor than I do. Going through all that." Kodah: "You just did your best... didn't you?" Sephina: "I did do my best. I did more than my best...." --; Yuuwaku: "Ijin dakara." ^_^ * Kodah goes quiet again. * Chrissy sighs. "I always give my best! And then some! That why I hate feeling so helpless." && Sephina: "But I felt I was this for a reason. And I figured I'd see where it took me." Yuuwaku: "I think we can do this." Sephina: "There is no harm in living. And I am still doing my best." Sephina: "And do not regret it." Chrissy: "Yuuwaku, would I be here if I thought we couldn't? We just need to get the drop on 'em... an ace in the hole..." * Yuuwaku nods. Yuuwaku: "There's still more I want to discuss." Yuuwaku: "But it'd help if our group wasn't so full of holes." Chrissy: "That spark, and watch them be the ones to go running home to whoever's signing their paychecks." ;) Yuuwaku: "Like what could be so powerful as to seal a goddess..." Sephina: "..." ^^; "I feel I did a shoddy job in open forum. I might hassle you all on your own. Unless you mean discuss with the group, Yuuwaku. Because I would like to talk to you alone." Yuuwaku: "There can't be *that* many things in the world that could do it." Yuuwaku: "Unless she's sealing herself..." Yuuwaku: "Would she do that if she felt she could be used for bad reasons?" Sephina: "And Chrissy, about things of a mechanical nature..." *notices what she's being told/asked* Yuuwaku: "Although that doesn't explain..." Chrissy: "Maybe so... wonder what kind of field that barrier's made of anyway..." *gets thoughtful*" Sephina: "... I am really afraid of that." * Yuuwaku looks out of the room. * Chrissy tilts her head to Sephina. ^^ Sephina: "I have a feeling the goddess is being held captive and -used-. But I'm paranoid." ^^; "Even so, I think we can do it." Sephina: "Don't take my word for it. More likely it's some other source." =b Yuuwaku: "That's probably happened before..." Sephina: "But yes, the holes are a problem." Kodah: . o O (I have to see this through then. Only when I can see Lucia will I get my answer...) Yuuwaku: "Ares is an orphan." Yuuwaku: "Wasn't Kane an orphan?" Sephina: "Yes he was." * Sephina responds to that quickly and easily. Yuuwaku: "From my experience in world history, orphans tend to not be well-adjusted." Yuuwaku: "They're generally not on the good side of the law, so to speak." Yuuwaku: "But if he had control over Lucia and wanted to destroy the world." Yuuwaku: "I think we'd have seen evidence of that..." Sephina: ^^; "Unless they are descended from the goddess." Yuuwaku: "Do you know much about his past history?" Sephina: "An excessive amount." Yuuwaku: "Ahh, I suppose..." Yuuwaku: "Well, we'll talk later." Sephina: "... But we've been talking for some time and we're missing people..." Chrissy: "Why don't we see about filling the gaps first..." Chrissy: "I mean this is already a mouthful." :P Sephina: "Either I can talk to you alone now... or I might hassle you, Chrissy... or..." *Sephina eyes Kodah and Varemi. Yuuwaku: "There are some things I'd like to talk to you about in private though..." * Kodah squirms under Sephina's gaze. Sephina: "If either of you are up to it, I'd like to speak with you." Sephina: "And Marcus, if there is anything more you want to ask me about the Dragons." * Chrissy puts her feet up on the table. "I'm not goin' anywhere. After all, I'm your guest." ^^ Sephina: "... I'll talk to you all alone." ^^; "For two minutes or an hour or two." Sephina: "Depending on who would care to." Sephina: "... So I guess this meeting is dismissed." ^^; Yuuwaku: *ahem* "Right so umm... meeting adjourned and whatnot..." * Kodah finally manages to look back at Sephina, scrounging up what courage he has left. Sephina: "Yes. I'm sorry for keeping the few of you who stayed for this long." ^^; * Sephina looks to Kodah. Sephina: "Mm?" Kodah: "... I... think I should... no. I would like to talk to you. If that's okay." Chrissy: "I'm actually pretty comfortable. I like the feel of this place. Sure beats my little run down garage..." Sephina: "... I would like to talk to you as well." ^^ * Ambush 6000 blips ambiently. Chrissy: "If you guys wants some time alone, though, I'll go amuse myself." *looks to Kodah* Sephina: "Chrissy, I should show you to where my friend worked on things..." ;) Yuuwaku: "Would you like to speak to Sephina first or...?" Kodah: "No, I think I need to time to think first..." * Yuuwaku nods. Sephina: "Oh! And before you go to bed... shall I make any of you tea?" * Chrissy gets up. "Sure, that's be awesome!" * Yuuwaku wide-eyes. Yuuwaku: "I'd love tea!" Yuuwaku: "Tea made by Sephina..." o_o Sephina: "I was very rude before. I am bad with guests in large numbers." Kodah: "Um... no thank you... I'll be okay" * Chrissy sweatdrops. "Ehhh... well I don't like tea that much... but I can't refuse a Dragon..." *looks a little embarrassed* * Sephina nods. "Nothing? Not even Chamomile for you, Kodah?" Yuuwaku: "What would you like to do now Varemi?" * Ambush 6000 makes a low beeping noise, and shows as much non-interest as it can muster to the offer of tea. Sephina laughs, "Don't worry, Chrissy. Teal made me keep some Mountain Dew for her when she comes by." ;b * Chrissy laughs. * Kodah squirms a bit. "No... I uh... think I'm just gonna go get some sleep. It's been a rough day and all..." Varemi: "... I would like to...." * Varemi considers. Varemi: "..." Yuuwaku: "I guess we'll talk in the morning then." * Kodah nods to Yuu. Kodah: "Sorry to make you wait Yuu." Yuuwaku: "Oh, it's not urgent Kodah." ^_^ Sephina: "I could talk tonight. I'm very much a night owl." ^^ Yuuwaku: "I meant the entire group as a whole." Sephina: "Ah." Yuuwaku: "I'd like that Sephina." Varemi: "... To..." Varemi: "... ... I don't know. I never do anything." Yuuwaku: "Well, it's rather late tonight." Varemi: "Maybe sleep." Yuuwaku: "But you could walk around with Chrissy and see the lab." Yuuwaku: "Or go to bed." * Chrissy hops over to Kodah, and rubs his shoulders encouragingly. "Don't be so glum... things'll work out." ^_^ Yuuwaku: "Or go to the gardens and sit and look at flowers." ^_^ Varemi: "I could follow Chrissy." Varemi: "... flowers..." Varemi: "I will look at the flowers." * Kodah jumps a little, then realizes who it is. Yuuwaku: "Is that alright Sephina?" * Chrissy tries to grin non-threateningly. Sephina: ^^; "I could take you to them, Varemi." Kodah: "Yeah... I guess things aren't so bad after all..." * Sephina looks a little happy at what Kodah said and a little more calmed down. ^^; * Kodah finally excuses himself, needing a little space. Sephina: "I will lead Varemi out to the flowers, then show you where you can work, Chrissy, and get you a drink. Then we can have tea, Yuuwaku, whenever you'd like and discuss." Yuuwaku: "I'd like to do it in the garden." ^_^ * Chrissy nods approvingly. "Lead away, Dr. Opal..." * Sephina tells Kodah good night as he leaves and deals with whoever she can deal with. ===SESSION END===