Lunar: A Story Forgotten II
Session 2 Log
Session Start: Sat Aug 25 21:10:14 2001

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Cast of Characters:
Dragonmaster Lou as Gamemaster, Limo Driver, Selene, Teleport Station Girl,
                    Residents, Pilot, Shop Bunny, Random Guy, Bartender
                    White-cloaked Woman, Iria [Yamato], Captain
Scott Kroush as Galen
DNW as Kodah
Seath as Marcus
Nadia Hemady as Yuuwaku
Storen as Chrissy
Rune Lai as Jan
Lucca as Samantha
Nicole Peters as Varemi, Leaf, Dr. O
Tim Peters as Ambush 6000
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===GAME ON!===
--When we last left everyone, they were in the back seat of the Grim Rapper's 
  limousine, in fairly bad shape after their encounter with Enyo, the White 
  Knight...--

Limo Driver: "How's everyone doing back there?"
* Jan looks around uneasily before saying, "...Odd."
* Galen lies there, unconscious.
* Samantha doesn't really say anything. Well, because she's unconscious and 
  all. X_x
Kodah: "...hard to say"
* Limo Driver takes a small statue of Lucia off the dashboard and passes it to 
  the back seat."
Limo Driver: "Pass this around, this may help you feel better."
* Yuuwaku is half-dead so...
* Kodah runs a hand over the statuette, then passes it to Jan.

	HP/MP/Status restored.

* Jan takes the statue and nudges it against Galen and Samantha.
* Galen lies there unconscious, but not bleeding now.
* Samantha coughs a bit, starting to stir awake, but not coherent yet.
* Varemi unhelpfully stares out a window.
Kodah: "An explanation would be nice right about now, considering the sudden 
  and rather violent change in the overall situation."
* Selene stirs as she touches the statue.
* Yuuwaku is happily still half-dead.
* Galen starts to rub his head. "Anyone get the license plate number of that 
  steamroller?"
* Jan touches Yuuwaku with the statue too.
Limo Driver: "I can do my best to answer any of your questions...  Oh, and 
  someone help out the kid with the weird hair." *looks towards Yuuwaku*
Limo Driver: "I dunno how much I can help yous, though.  I'm just working for 
  the boss."
* Yuuwaku mumbles something in Japanese.
* Ambush 6000 flutters its leaves happily upon Yuuwaku's revival.
* Limo Driver keeps on driving to his destination, wherever that may be.
Samantha: "Ow... ow... ow..."
* Galen wonders if this guy doubles as an actor on the 5585th season of "The 
  Sopranos."
Kodah: "... I suppose we'll get answers from your 'boss' then."
* Samantha sits up, putting a hand to her face, "... I'm still alive?"
Limo Driver: "Actually, my boss is that Rapper back there.  He told me to give 
  yous a ride to the teleport station."
Jan: "Why?"
* Yuuwaku opens his eyes, closes them, and starts crying silently.
* Ambush 6000 drops onto the floor and rolls around near Yuuwaku's shoe.
* Kodah looks out the window with a rather stony expression.
Galen: "And here I thought your boss was someone named Anthony Soprano.  Oh 
  well."
Limo Driver: "Apparently, my boss's boss knew that yous guys were in trouble, 
  see, so arrangements were made to give you free passage from the teleport 
  station to Dragon City.  Once there, you'll take a Blue Dragon Technologies 
  spaceplane to Katarina Spaceport on Lunar."
* Yuuwaku opens his eyes again and smiles a little at the bush.
Limo Driver: "Anthony Soprano!?  He's my cousin!"
Samantha: "Really? Near my home?"
Jan: "Blue Dragon Technologies?  Them again."
Limo Driver: "Actually, it's in Southern Katarina, near Horam."
Samantha: "... Damn.  Oh well."
Kodah: "Seems to be a running theme here..."
Limo Driver: "You can get boats from there to almost anywhere, though."
* Yuuwaku leans down and gives the bush a little hug.
Limo Driver: "Yeah, see, BDT has been trying to bankroll the Neo Pharosians for 
  a while now, but the Church has snitches everywhere, making it hard to 
  launder the money."
Galen: .oO(That girl with the strange astral aura was headed to Lunar... 
  maybe we'll finally find some answers there.)
Kodah: "..."
Yuuwaku: "Why is the Church bad?"
Limo Driver: "Well, the Church hasn't made things easy for the family 
  business...  That's why I'm moonlighting as a limo driver."
Yuuwaku: "The family business?"
Limo Driver: "Yeah...  We're in the masonry business..."
Galen: "Nazi Germany all over again... only this time, it's two planets instead 
  of two continents."
Yuuwaku: "Oh..."
* Yuuwaku notices the bloodstains on his clothes and starts fussing.
* Samantha grins to herself, "I was thinking more like Moonshine or 
  something..."
* Ambush 6000 unrolls a silvery tongue and reaches for one of Yuuwaku's hands.
* Yuuwaku blinks and offers the hand to the Ambush.
Limo Driver: "So, do yous have any other questions?"
Kodah: "When are we going to be able to speak to someone in authority?"
* Ambush 6000 wraps its tongue all the way around Yuuwaku's hand.  It feels 
  somewhat sandpapery.
* Yuuwaku giggles.
* Yuuwaku turns to Varemi and taps her with his other hand.
Galen: "Yeah..... what in the world is Enyo's damage?  She's more bloodthirsty 
  than my damn sister."
Yuuwaku: "Sumimasen..."
Varemi: "... Mm."
Limo Driver: "When the heat cools down a bit...  That's why the boss's boss 
  wants yous on Lunar.  It'll take the Church a while to track yous down 
  there."
Yuuwaku: "Are you really a Demonmaster?"
Varemi: "No."
Yuuwaku: "Oh..."
* Yuuwaku sounds a little disappointed.
* Ambush 6000 retracts its tongue and spits out Yuuwaku's bag, which 
  surprisingly enough is completely intact.
Jan: "Who is the boss's boss?"
Limo Driver: "Until then, think of it as a free vacation, but I suggest yous 
  stick together for the time being."
* Chrissy is still seeing stars a bit, getting her bearings. ^^;
* Kodah slides a glance at Varemi, then resumes glaring out the window.
* Samantha rubs her head, some of her hair falling into her face.  She looks 
  rather... annoyed. ^^;
Galen: "No joke... especially if we go anywhere near Nota."
Galen: "I wonder if it's been completely rebuilt yet."
* Yuuwaku blinks at the bag and then grins widely.
Limo Driver: "Last I heard, they managed to get life more or less back to 
  normal there."
Yuuwaku: "Oh!  My bag!" ^_^
* Jan looks at the driver, expecting an answer.
* Ambush 6000 raises its upper body and spins it in a circle clockwise, then 
  counterclockwise, making simulated rustling noises every now and then.
Chrissy: "I can't believe I just got whacked by Enyo and saved by the Grim 
  Rapper all in the same day..."
Samantha: "I can't believe I'm not dead..."
* Yuuwaku rummages through the bag then pulls out a small discman with 
  headphones.
Galen: "Life takes those kinda crazy turns, Chrissy.  Just be glad you're still 
  alive."
Limo Driver: "All I know that the boss's boss is some bigwig with BDT.  They 
  keep everything on a need to know basis...  However, the boss's boss is very 
  interested in yous..."
Yuuwaku: "Don't worry Sam, we'll all die someday." ^_^
* Samantha gives Yuu a funny look, "Uh...thanks. ^^;
Kodah: . o O (This doesn't bode well)
Galen: "I'm not dying any time soon, Yuuwaku."
* Ambush 6000 rustles up against Yuuwaku and plays soothing ambient synthesized 
  string chords.
* Yuuwaku laughs and puts the discman away again.
Yuuwaku: "I guess I don't need that right now."
Yuuwaku: "I don't plan on dying soon either.. I want to do something noteworthy 
  first."
* Ambush 6000 raises its holoprojector, which follows the Discman and quickly 
  retracts it again once it's in the bag.
* Limo Driver brings the car to a stop.
Yuuwaku: "Where are we again?"
Limo Driver: "Here we are, gents.  Tijuana Teleport Station."
* Varemi looks lazily out the door.
Yuuwaku: "Oh."
* Ambush 6000 abruptly stops its playback.
Galen: "The teleport station."
* Samantha nods to the driver, "Thanks a lot."
* Limo Driver gets out of the car and opens the door for the passengers.
* Kodah opens the door and steps out.
Limo Driver: "Don't mention it."
* Samantha hops out, stretching her sore legs. ^^
Yuuwaku: "Ambush... do you think you could maybe do me a very big favor?" ^_^;
Varemi: "Why are we here, again?"
* Galen nods, "Give Don Soprano my regards... and if there's a way I can repay 
  this favor, give me a yell."
* Ambush 6000 starts ambling out the door, but then rotates its upper body 180 
  degrees as Yuuwaku finishes speaking.
* Jan climbs outside and takes a cursory look around.
Kodah: "To be shunted off to whatever secretive doom were being hauled off
  to."
* Limo Driver nods.
Yuuwaku: "Could you maybe hold my bag for me while we are traveling?  At least 
  until we get somewhere and settle down?" ^_^;
* Galen climbs out of the Limo and heads to the teleport station.
* Yuuwaku hops out of the limo and bows to the limo driver.

--The teleport station is staffed by a very cute teleport station girl. :P--

Yuuwaku: "Hontou ni arigatou gozaimashita." ^_^
Teleport Station Girl: "Welcome to the Tijuana Teleport Station!"
* Ambush 6000 plays a musical note and extends its tongue again while following 
  Yuuwaku.
Galen: "Hiya."
Teleport Station Girl: "I have eight reservations booked for Dragon City.  
  Would that be you?"
* Yuuwaku grabs the bag out of the car and offers it to the Ambush hopefully.
* Kodah follows along, very nonplused.
* Galen leans against the counter. "That's us."
* Ambush 6000 grabs the bag with his prehensile tongue and quickly "consumes" 
  it.
Teleport Station Girl: "Please step on the teleport pads.  Everything is 
  ready."
Yuuwaku: "Yokatta yo." ^_^
* Jan steps on the pad.
* Yuuwaku hugs the bush again before hurrying after the group.
* Kodah steps onto the pad without a word.
* Samantha steps on to the pad, looking a bit nervous.
* Galen steps on the teleport pad.  "Energize. I always wanted to say that." 
  ^_^
Varemi: "..."
Samantha: . o O ( This is all falling into place too easily... )
* Ambush 6000 plays a panting sound effect and quickly ambles along after 
  Yuuwaku and the rest of the group.
* Yuuwaku looks to Kodah, then Samantha and finally Varemi.
* Chrissy mumbles once about what her bosses will do when they hear this, as 
  she enters the teleporter.
* Kodah crosses his arms and waits.
Yuuwaku: "Why are we going to Lunar again?"
Teleport Station Girl: "Everyone ready?"
Kodah: "Because we're running away."
Yuuwaku: "From the Church?"
Jan: "Because someone is presumably waiting for us there."
Samantha: "... Basically."
Galen: "It'll make it harder for the Church to track us..."
Galen: "And I think I have a good idea of who is waiting for us, but I can't be 
  absolutely sure."
* Ambush 6000 maneuvers its upper body to "look" at the teleport pad, pauses, 
  then *sproings* onto it!
Ambush 6000: *boing*
Chrissy: "It looks like we need to lay low awhile, Yuuwaku.  Not like I enjoy 
  being on the lamb, but hey..."
Varemi: "... Kksh."
* Teleport Station Girl works the controls, preparing it for activation.
Yuuwaku: "I think the Ambush 6000 is the Demonmaster."
* Varemi doesn't even know where she is right now.
Galen: "Chrissy, don't use that phrase, 'on the lamb....'  I was traveling 
  through a section of Meryod a few years ago, where that phrase takes a whole 
  new meaning."
* Chrissy looks criticizingly at what the girl is doing, just in case something 
  ELSE decides to go wrong today. :p
* Yuuwaku looks askance at the bush.
Chrissy: "I hear that place is full of inbred hicks...  Is it really true?" ^^
* Varemi starts to look at the party again.
Galen: "Oh, if you only knew, Chrissy."
* Yuuwaku brightens suddenly.
Yuuwaku: "Oh!  The fairies told me stories about Lunar!" ^_^
* Kodah looks back at Varemi.
Samantha: "... The who?" O_o
Yuuwaku: "Friends of mine." ^_^;;
Samantha: "Uh... huh." ^^;
Yuuwaku: "But I guess it must have changed since they were there..."
Chrissy: "Fairies?  Uhh... okay there..."
Galen: "East Meryod's citizens give a whole new meaning to 'on the lamb...'
  you don't want to know."
* Varemi reluctantly saunters over to a pad.
* Teleport Station Girl smiles brightly.
* Kodah scoots over to make some more room.
Teleport Station Girl: "Teleport on.  Bye bye!"
Galen: "Energize." ^_^
* Yuuwaku is standing on the pad bouncing a little on the balls of his feet.

--You're surrounded by a bright flash of light...  When the light fades, you're 
  at another teleport station...--
	
Teleport Station Girl: "Welcome to Dragon City!"
Yuuwaku: "Uwaaaa!!!!  Sugoi!!!" O_O
* Jan blinks, recovering from the teleportation.  "Thank you..."
* Chrissy puts her hands on her hips, extremely nonplused about the whole 
  teleport deal, being that she works at one.
* Jan gets off the pad.
* Galen steps off the pad, and looks at his suit.  "I'm doomed.  Damn this red 
  shirt."
* Kodah steps off the pad.
* Samantha doesn't seem all that impressed.
Jan: "I don't think I'll ever get used to that."
* Yuuwaku hops off the teleport pad and looks around.
Yuuwaku: "Where now?"
* Chrissy hops off. "Dragon City, eh?"
* Kodah looks around for a bit.
* Ambush 6000 slowly meanders off the pad towards Yuuwaku.
Galen: "I remember reading of this.  Dragon City was home to the White Knight 
  of the Nepharic War."
Kodah: "Good for him."

--Dragon City isn't what it used to be...  As a symbol of the old republic, so 
  to speak, the Church has mandated that much of it remains ruined.  However, 
  there is still a small, loyal population here.--

Yuuwaku: "Nepharic...  Nepharic..."
Yuuwaku: "Who was Nephar again?"
Galen: "The dark lord that almost destroyed everything 2485 years ago."
Yuuwaku: "That's right."
Galen: "In AU 1000."
* Samantha glances at Galen, quietly.
Yuuwaku: "I wonder why he bothered."
Jan: "Heh.  You remember everything to the exact year?"
Galen: "Very well versed in history.  It's a hobby of mine."
Chrissy: "I don't have much of a clue about Lunar... but an interesting place 
  to send us, all right. At least the ruins here must be interesting." :)
Yuuwaku: "Do you like ruins, Chrissy?"
Galen: "Oh, you want to see an interesting ruin?  Check out the ruins of 
  Pentagulia on Lunar."
Ambush 6000: Narrator on audio playback: "It was in the Nepharic wars where 
  the glorious Pharos dynasty began...."
Kodah: "Maybe some other time. Right now I think we have more immediate 
  concerns."
* Samantha looks down at the bush, "Eh?"
* Jan nods.
* Chrissy brushes off her vest and jacket. "Well sure I like ruins... 
  especially resting places of old technology!"
Galen: "Well, the Star Grindery old enough for ya?"
Yuuwaku: "You know a lot about technology, don't you?" ^_^
* Ambush 6000 rotates, then moves its upper body up and down.
Ambush 6000: *rustle*
Jan: "Ruins aren't always a safe place to explore.  I wouldn't 'like' them."
Galen: "I don't either, but my travels have taken me through a bunch of them."
* Chrissy grins once. "You could say it's my reason for living.  I love the 
  stuff.  Nothing makes me feel more alive than hammering away on something... 
  It's like pushing the limits with each swing."

--Not too far from the teleport station, there is a statue of a fairly large 
  group of people...  You cannot make it out from this distance, however.--

Jan: "So how do we get to the BDT spaceplane from here?"
* Kodah saunters away from the group for a moment. Intent on examining the 
  area.
* Samantha, not being a part of this conversation, decides to get a closer look 
  at the statue, taking a couple of steps forward.
Galen: "Hmm..."
Chrissy: "I musta been out of it...  When were we grabbing a spaceplane?" o_O
* Galen follows Samantha.
Jan: "Since that limo driver said we were."
Jan: "We need to take it to get to Lunar where someone's supposed to meet us."
Yuuwaku: "Have you ever built anything?"
Jan: "At least...  I think someone's meeting us there."
Chrissy: "Hmm..." *rubs her chin*
* Kodah takes a moment to examine the statue.
* Samantha steps next to Kodah, "... Hmm..."
* Galen gazes upon the statue, examining the detail of the artwork involved in 
  its creation.
Yuuwaku: "Do you really think we should go?"
Chrissy: "Of course I have Yuuwaku...  I can make you anything under the sun 
  with enough time and inspiration.  But my real strength is repairing things."
Yuuwaku: "Can you repair my bag?" :D

--The statue is of the heroes of the war back in 1000 AU.  There are figures of 
  Callie Leose (aka Cleo Maysic), Kyoko Ayukawa, Scott, Darkside, Major Sage, 
  Zigfried Brandl, Nina, Lt. General Daniel Capote, Darken, and Rand.--

Yuuwaku: "It's broke."
Chrissy: "Your bag...?  Hey, I never said I was a seamstress here." ^^
Yuuwaku: "No no!  It's supposed to be anti-gravity." ^_^;
Samantha: "Hmm.  The old heroes..."
Yuuwaku: "But it doesn't work so well..."
Yuuwaku: "It only floats a little and bumps into stuff a lot because of that."
Galen: "Yep.  The heroes of the Nephar war."
Chrissy: "Anti-gravity bag?  Hey cool, lemme see it."
Kodah: "Heroes huh?"
* Ambush 6000 rotates its upper body.
Samantha: "Quite regal looking."
* Jan doesn't seem that interested in the statue.  Those people are long gone.
Yuuwaku: "The bush ate it."
* Chrissy sweatdrops.
* Ambush 6000 raises its holo-projector towards Yuuwaku.
Kodah: "Doesn't look very regal to me."
* Yuuwaku gets distracted by the statue.
* Galen examines Scott's armor, then conjures up a bit of red fire in his hand. 
  "I see."
Yuuwaku: "It'll spit it out again later..."
Chrissy: "The 'bush' huh..."
* Chrissy looks at the Ambush 6000.
* Ambush 6000 retracts the projector.
* Samantha glances sidelong at Kodah, "We'll... I don't know... It must be a 
  statue thing..."
* Ambush 6000 extends it again and turns it quickly towards Crissy.
Galen: "Well, let's get going to that spaceplane."
Ambush 6000: *blip*      *blip*
Jan: "If someone knows the way..."
Kodah: "Whatever this lot did, I find it hard to believe that they would 
  eventually bring forth the 'heroes' we have chasing us right now."

--The spaceport is on the other side of town.--

* Chrissy does a short wave.  "Hey Ambush, ya never answered me before...  You 
  have voice recognition software?" ^^
* Ambush 6000 moves its upper body up and down in response.
Galen: "Kodah, they were the ones responsible for defeating Nephar, Zophar's 
  brother."

--There are also plenty of friendly-looking residents within the town, all of 
  whom look quite talkative. :P--

Kodah: "And?"
Galen: "I doubt that they have anything to do with Enyo and that bunch."
Kodah: "..."
Chrissy: "Hah, so you do.  Did you eat Yuuwaku's bag thing?"
Ambush 6000: *pantpantpantpant*
Galen: "They're 2500 years dead already, Kodah."
* Kodah grabs a passerby, "What's the fastest way to the spaceport from here?"
Samantha: "Hmm.  They probably don't look so regal anymore, do they?" ^_-
Varemi: "..."
* Jan stops someone on the street. "Excuse me...  Could you guys us directions 
  to the spaceport?  We need to catch a flight there."
* Varemi looks idly around for someone to kill.
Resident 1: "Oh, just keep heading straight down this road.  You can't miss 
  it!"
* Chrissy extends her hand, flexing the fingers.  "C'mon, give it here.  I 
  don't think it's one of your plugins... unless you like digesting 
  metallics."
Kodah: "Fine."
Jan: "Well that was easy..."
* Varemi looks at resident 1.....
Yuuwaku: "He's carrying it for me." ^_^
Yuuwaku: "Can you let Chrissy see it, Ambush?"
Chrissy: "Well how'm I gonna fix it if it's in his stomach?" ^^
* Ambush 6000 extends it projector and rotates it towards Yuuwaku, and slowly 
  causes a light question mark to appear on his shirt.
Yuuwaku: . o O (I have to think up a better name.)

--There are plenty of other residents who are willing to answer questions. :P--

* Galen looks back, noticing the look in Varemi's eyes.  "Take it easy, Varemi. 
  We don't want to attract attention.
* Varemi decides against it.
* Kodah whistles loudly for the group's attention.  "Let's go people!"
* Ambush 6000 quickly makes the question mark disappear and retracts its 
  projector.
Yuuwaku: "Are you sure we should be going?"
* Resident 1 looks at Varemi and shrugs...  People in Dragon City are used to 
  weird stuff happening. :P
* Ambush 6000 spits out the bag.
* Yuuwaku grabs the strap to pull it along...  It bobs a little bit about an 
  inch off the ground.
Yuuwaku: "See... it should be floating about half a foot."
* Samantha walks ahead.
* Galen follows Kodah down the street to the spaceport.
* Varemi looks at the people who started to walk.
* Jan follows.
* Varemi wonders if going exactly where she's told is the best way to hide...
Yuuwaku: "Ahh... this isn't good..."
Chrissy: "So that's it, huh?  This a pack for you to float or just to hold your 
  junk?"
Varemi: o O (Well, being in a group is safer.)

--Two residents talk to each other as you walk by them...--

Yuuwaku: "It's a pack to hold things.  It floats for convenience sake."
Resident 2: "Did you hear the rumor of the Demonmaster?"
Yuuwaku: "But I like to sit on it." ^_^
Resident 3: "No, what about it?"
* Kodah slows to listen.
* Samantha slows for a moment to hear the conversation, but not be noticed.
* Yuuwaku pointy ears perk at the mention of the word Demonmaster.
Resident 2: "I hear that a Demonmaster has recently arisen on Earth..."
Resident 3: "You don't say..."
* Kodah glances at Varemi.
* Chrissy laughs. "Hey, I've seen some anti-gravity seats...  They are fun 
  aren't they?  Let's see here... I can look while we walk I guess."
Resident 2: "Yes...  It's a good thing we have Dragonmaster Ares and the Four 
  Heroes to protect us..."
* Varemi glances back over at Kodah.
Resident 3: "Maybe, but to be honest, I trust the Church about as far as I can 
  throw it..."
Yuuwaku: "Maybe you should wait till we are in the spaceship?  I guess we're 
  going there..."
Resident 2: "True...  It's only since they came to power that Lucia's taken 
  such a day-to-day interest in our lives."
* Chrissy takes out her goggles, propping them on her head.  "Suit yourself 
  then...  We shouldn't lag too far behind everyone."
* Samantha hmms and ponders all of this.

--The residents walk off...--

* Galen shakes his head.  "Yep.  Nazi Germany all over again."
* Jan wonders why the goddess would suddenly bother taking in any interest at 
  all.
Samantha: . o O ( You know... it's amazing I didn't even notice half of this 
  stuff before... )
Yuuwaku: "Are you sure we should be going even?  I mean... isn't following 
  after people blindly what got us into this?" ^_^;
Galen: "Well, what other options do we have, Yuu?"
Chrissy: "Yeah, but sticking together right now is not a bad idea... not with 
  the Church's goons after us." ^^
Yuuwaku: "I don't know.  Do we have any?"
* Kodah presses on.
Selene: "I'm for sticking together...  I have no where else to go..."
Jan: "Church's goons...  That's probably all they've ever been."
Galen: "As far as I can tell, we have two.  One: We stay here and die when the 
  Church finds us.  Two: We go to Lunar, and live, and find out just what in 
	the hell's going on."
Chrissy: "Don't worry, Selene.  If we get through this, you can crash at my 
  place all you want." ^^
Kodah: "The sooner we get to where we're going, the sooner we get answers."
* Selene smiles a bit.  "Thanks. :)"
Jan: "Agreed."
* Yuuwaku considers Galen's words a moment.
Samantha: "We should be fairly close, I think..."
* Galen heads to the spaceport, his cloak flapping behind him.
Yuuwaku: "Point taken."
* Chrissy chuckles.  "This is turning out to be fun anyway."

--Soon, you arrive at the gates of the spaceport.  There is someone in a 
  pilot's uniform with the Blue Dragon Technologies logo on his cap waiting 
  here...--

* Chrissy heads for the local spaceport.
* Galen nods to the pilot.  "Are you waiting for 8 people?"
Samantha: *whisper* "Could ya be more obvious, Galen..." -_-;
Pilot: "Hmm...  Did the Rapper send you?"
Kodah: . o O (Subtle as a train wreck)
Jan: "At this rate our journey will be anything BUT secret..."
Galen: *whisper* "Well, there's no one else at this damn port...  Go figure."
Samantha: "Galen, that's no excuse!" ^^:
* Pilot sweatdrops.
* Chrissy waves over at the technician.  "Hey, a BDTechie.  Yeah, we're with 
  him...  You got the ride for us?"
* Yuuwaku stands around fretting slightly.
Pilot: "Follow me.  The plane's gassed up and ready to go."
* Galen nods, and follows the pilot.
* Pilot leads everyone to a modern corporate spaceplane on the runway.
Chrissy: "Hah... I almost feel like a VIP now."
Kodah: "..."
Pilot: "You'd better.  This plane belongs to the CEO!"
* Jan follows, keeping an eye out for anything unusual.
Kodah: ". . ."
* Samantha is not liking this at all.
Chrissy: "Woah, you're not pulling my leg?"
Galen: "The CEO of Blue Dragon Technologies?  This is getting more and more 
  interesting."
Pilot: "Nope...  It's hers."
* Chrissy brushes off her outfit. "I better not touch anything then... ehehe." 
  ^^;
Pilot: "Everyone just step aboard and make yourselves comfortable.  This should 
  be a fairly short flight..."
* Galen steps onto the plane and sits down, buckling up.
* Kodah steps inside the plane and settles into a seat.
* Chrissy is the first to step aboard, trying to hold in her excitement.
* Jan finds a seat by the window.
* Selene sits in the back.
* Samantha also finds a seat by the window, and buckles herself in.
Samantha: "Hmm.  Leg roomie."
* Samantha kicks her legs out a bit. ^^
Chrissy: .o( My life might be in danger, but damn I'm moving on up in the 
  company. ^^ )
Selene: "I've never been on a plane before..."
* Chrissy straps herself in, near the front, hoping to have a good view of the 
  cockpit.
Kodah: "Neither have I."

--Two attractive flight attendants, both male, come out to do the safety course 
  thingie. :P--

Chrissy: "I've been on a plane once myself, but never interplanetary flights."
* Samantha raises an eyebrow at the male flight attendants.
* Yuuwaku follows along with a rather far off look in his eyes.
Galen: .oO(One would think that the CEO was Teal herself.)
* Ambush 6000 scurries off after Yuuwaku.

--One of the flight attendants makes sure that everyone, including the bush, is 
  fastened properly. :P--
	
* Chrissy holds in a giggle as they appear and speak.  "Great service on this 
  flight." ^_^
Pilot: "This is your captain, Kirk.  We will soon take off for Katarina 
  Spaceport near Horam on Lunar.  Please remember that this is a non-smoking 
  flight."
* Ambush 6000 rustles and makes playful beeping noises as one of the stewards 
  fastens something to one of its stems.

--The plane smoothly taxis down the runway before taking off into the sky...--

* Jan watches the ground fall away below. He enjoys the sensation of flying 
  better than teleportation.
* Kodah closes his eyes and tries not to think about what's happening right 
  now.
* Chrissy relaxes, letting her mind wander to imagining the lovely interior 
  schematics of the plane as it cuts through the sky...

--Within a few minutes, you leave Earth's atmosphere on a perfect geodesic 
  course towards Lunar.--
	
* Galen checks the paper in front of him.  "Oh great.  This is reassuring.  The 
  in-flight movie is 'Airplane 2: the Sequel.'"
Ambush 6000: Excited Narrator on playback: "The Ambush 6000 PC utilizes a 
  state-of-the-art voice recognition system and is fluent in over 400 unique 
  languages and dialects."
Galen: "Old movie... funny as hell, but good movie."
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Mike Nelson:" We've got movie siiign!!!" ;_;
* Chrissy looks over to the Ambush.  "Issat right?"
Ambush 6000: *pant*

--The plane soon changes attitude as it begins its approach into Katarina 
  Spaceport.--

Kodah: . o O (Thankfully short trip.)
Samantha: . o O ( Wow. No spaceship crashes... no turbulence...  Maybe this 
  won't be so bad after all... )
* Galen is laughing his ass off at the movie.
* Yuuwaku sleeps through the flight.
Pilot: "We are making our final approach to Katarina Spaceport.  The weather is 
  sunny with a temperature of 78 degrees.  The local time is currently 2:00 in 
  the afternoon.  Please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their 
  upright and locked positions.  Thanks for flying BDT Corporate Airlines!"
* Jan looks out the window for most of the flight, probably thinking about 
  something.
Chrissy: "This must be the CEO's plane... you barely feel the turbulence or 
  the re-entry heat.  Amazing isn't it?"

--The plane enters Lunar's atmosphere...  There is a small bump at the onset of 
  re-entry, but things soon smooth out.--

* Kodah grips his seat a bit with the bump.
Galen: "Hehehe...  They're still calm when told the ship's off course, but 
  freak when told they're out of coffee!  I almost forgot how funny these old 
	films are."
* Yuuwaku opens an eye.
* Yuuwaku blinks.
* Chrissy mumbles.  "Maybe I should think of this as a vacation after all... 
  course I'm still worried about everything back in San Diego.  If my dad hears 
  this, he'll probably sock me a good one..."
Kodah: "I'll be happier when we're off this thing."
Yuuwaku: "Does your father beat you?"
Galen: "No, Yuuwaku, she means he's going to give her a pair of socks."
Chrissy: "Oh, sure all the time!  He used to be an amateur wrestler on the West 
  Coast circuit.  They called him the Vulcan Hammer." :)
Galen: .oO(Let's see if he believes that.)
Samantha: "Uh... Chrissy... I think he means..."
Chrissy: "How do you think I got so tough?" ;)
* Yuuwaku stares blankly at Galen.
* Samantha sighs and shakes her head. ^^:

--The plane soon levels off for its final approach to the runway.--

Chrissy: "He works for Lucia's Navy now, though... might not like the fact his 
  daughter just pissed off the White Knight, you know?"
Yuuwaku: "She started it."

--In a few minutes, the plane makes a perfect three point landing and comes to 
  a complete stop...--

Pilot: "Welcome to Katarina Spaceport, just outside the city of Horam.  Again, 
  thanks for flying with us."
* Chrissy braces herself for the landing for a moment, and then eases up as it 
  goes smoothly.
* Kodah heads for the exit as soon as it opens.
Yuuwaku: "We flew in a spaceplane."

--The exit opens as soon as it's safe to disembark.--

* Galen follows Kodah.

--The town of Horam can be seen not too far off from the spaceport.--

* Yuuwaku wiggles a little.
Chrissy: "Yeah, and I bet there's a lot more coming for you, Yuuwaku..."
* Jan sticks his head out and heads down to the runway.
Galen: "Maybe we should head for town."
Kodah: . o O (So now what?  Look for the next person to sock us off some place 
  else?)
* Chrissy unbuckles herself and disembarks.  She still stands outside the plane 
  staring at it though.
* Ambush 6000 attempts to move, but only succeeds in making clinky noises with 
  its foliage.
* Samantha disembarks quietly, lost in thought.

--One of the flight attendants frees the Ambush from its restraints.--

* Yuuwaku fiddles with the buckles and follows after everyone.
Ambush 6000: *pantpant*
Galen: "Yuu might feel at home here."
Yuuwaku: "Why?"

--The flight attendant gives the bush an odd look, then pats it 
  uncomfortably.--

* Kodah looks around for the next start point for the newest leg of this little 
  exodus.
* Chrissy makes a few mental notes about thrusters, then finally pauses to 
  examine the surroundings.
Ambush 6000: *ding*
Galen: "The town we're at is Horam.  It was once best known for its martial 
  artists prowess in battle."

--Horam, in this era, has become a traveller's haven more than a martial arts 
  town, although there is still the Bunny Dojo on one end of town.--
	
* Samantha gives Galen a look, shaking her head annoyedly.
* Ambush 6000 hops out of the plane and follows Yuuwaku.
* Yuuwaku pats the bush absent-mindedly.
Chrissy: "Seriously?  It doesn't look like it, anymore though."
Samantha: . o O ( Wonder how much glue it would take to stick Galen to the 
  wheels of the plane...He's only confusing him! )
Galen: "But, it has changed a bunch over the centuries."
Ambush 6000: *blipbliprustleblip*

--There is a tavern, a couple of strip clubs, and a Ramus's Item Store!--

* Chrissy waves to the pilot before she heads off.  "Give my thanks to the big 
  cheese for the ride!"
* Jan thinks the tavern probably isn't the place to go right now...
Galen: "Which way to go... which way to go..."
* Kodah looks around for some clue as to what to do next.
* Yuuwaku looks about.
Chrissy: "Hmm, you said we were looking for someone here?"
Samantha: "He'd probably be in the tavern... unless he's a sleaze and likes 
  strip clubs."
Galen: "We just don't know where.  Let's check the item shop."
* Yuuwaku hangs back and pouts.
* Galen starts to the item shop.
Jan: "The shop might be a good idea..."
Kodah: "Supplies are always a good idea."
* Chrissy notices the item store.  "But that Ramus place is almost a strip 
  club... have you seen the outfits?" :p
* Ambush 6000 slowly wanders off in a meandering path.
Samantha: "Ugh.  Yes." -_-;
Jan: "In case anyone shows up trying to kill us it would be doubly good."
Yuuwaku: "A strip club?"
* Kodah heads for the shop, "Precisely"
Samantha: "Don't ask, Yuu. ^^; Dirty, perverted men go there.  You are not 
  dirty nor perverted."
Chrissy: "Well... he's a business genius, with the kind of monopoly he's
  running all over.  So I guess you have to respect him..." ^^
Chrissy: "And they do have a point about goods."
Yuuwaku: "My master is a pervert.  He likes looking at child porn." ^_^
* Kodah raises an eyebrow at Yuu.
* Samantha blinks, stops, and looks at Yuu. O_o
* Ambush 6000 quickly maneuvers in front of a passerby and growls.
* Samantha oogles.
Galen: O_o;
* Jan pretends he didn't hear that.
Samantha: "... Wow. That explains a bit." ^^;
Kodah: . o O (That would be from the too-much-information desk.)
Chrissy: "Uhh... that's... nice?" ^^
* Yuuwaku wonders why everyone's staring at him funny.
Yuuwaku: "Oro?"
* Yuuwaku tilts his head to the side and does a Kenshin.
Kodah: "Moving on." ^^;
Samantha: "Uh, nothing! ^^;; To the item shop!"

--You happen to be right outside the item stop at the moment...--

* Ambush 6000 slowly circles the passerby.
Chrissy: "Cookie?  What?"
Yuuwaku: "Do you think they'll have armor?"
Kodah: "Maybe."
Galen: "No idea."
* Yuuwaku notices the bush's absence.
Yuuwaku: "Bush?"
* Jan heads inside.
Ambush 6000: *rrrrrrr*
* Chrissy looks confused, but decides not to press the issue and go to the 
  store. ^^

--This shop is staffed by, guess what, a shop bunny!--

Kodah: "A bunny.  How droll."
Shop Bunny: "Welcome to Ramus's!" *bounce*
Samantha: "...Ferrets are cuter. ^^"
Galen: "Hiya."
* Jan looks around at the goods.
Kodah: "This seems to be a running gag of sorts in item shops these days."
* Ambush 6000 is still outside the store, growling menacingly at the passerby.

---Item Shop Inventory---
Herb - 1A: Restores 50 HP [150 S]
Angel Tears - 1A: Resurrects the dead [4000 S]
Purity Herb - 1A: Cures Poison [50 S]

* Varemi is sitting outside the shop for a moment, collecting her thoughts.
Shop Bunny: "Sorry if our stock is kind of limited.  We're still waiting some 
  new shipments from Meribia."
* Yuuwaku looks in the shop... then back at the bush...
* Kodah looks back at Varemi, "You coming in?"
* Yuuwaku turns to Varemi.
* Ambush 6000 suddenly pounces and tackles the random guy!
* Yuuwaku is about to say something but gets distracted by the bush and runs 
  over!
* Kodah blinks at the sudden commotion.
Yuuwaku: "Dame yo!"
Galen: "Well, I'll take three Herbs and two Purity Herbs."
* Ambush 6000 continues growling up until hearing Yuuwaku's voice.
Varemi: "... I will soon."
* Chrissy glances aside to Samantha.  "Lookit that face Galen has on.  Now we 
  know why he's so successful..."
* Galen takes this time to check out the goods, in more ways than one.
Shop Bunny: "That's 550 S, okay?"
Galen: "Check that."
Galen: "Maybe it'd be best if I only took one of both herbs."
Shop Bunny: "200 S, okay?"
* Ambush 6000 is still on top of the random guy.
Random Guy: "Get this crazy thing off of me"!"
* Yuuwaku picks up the bush, apologizing profusely to the man.
Samantha: "May I please have one Purity Herb and one normal Herb, please?" :)
Random Guy: "It's okay...  Just learn to control your toys..."
* Ambush 6000 shudders and makes soft droning electronic noises.
* Yuuwaku takes the bush over and sets it by Varemi.
Yuuwaku: "Now stay here."

	Galen acquires Purity Herb and Herb.
	Samantha acquires Purity Herb and Herb.

* Ambush 6000 wriggles free and speeds into the store!

--There is a bank across the street from the item store, by the way...--

* Chrissy is almost knocked over by the Ambush!
Chrissy: "Geez, that little guy's fast."
* Ambush 6000 screeches to a halt just an inch away from Chrissy.
* Yuuwaku does a little apologetic bow to Varemi before running into the store 
  after the bush.
* Ambush 6000 slowly extends its holoprojector.
Yuuwaku: "Nani wo sundayo??"
Shop Bunny: "Anything else I can help you with?"
* Chrissy pats the bush.  "Good boy."
* Yuuwaku shakes his head a little and turns to the Shop Bunny.
* Chrissy sighs. "Give me a Herb if it isn't too much trouble."
Yuuwaku: "Do you sell armor or Swords?"
Shop Bunny: "Sorry, we're out of stock of those at the moment."
* Ambush 6000 projects a movie onto one of the walls.  It depicts a young man 
  with glasses crying outside of a store with a big red "CONDEMNED" sticker 
  over the door.
* Kodah keeps watch for trouble.
Yuuwaku: "Oh... oh well..."
Yuuwaku: "You have Herbs?"
Shop Bunny: "Purity and regular!"
Shop Bunny: *bounce*
Yuuwaku: "Oh!  Should I buy some..?"
* Yuuwaku looks around at everyone.
Shop Bunny: "If you ask me, yes...  But maybe you should check with your 
  friends first."
Yuuwaku: "Is it okay?"
* Galen shrugs.  "I'm fine with it, Yuu."
* Chrissy looks at what the bush is projecting.  "Old home movies?"
Samantha: "Go for it, Yuu!" ^^
Jan: "Sure."
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Voiceover guy: "PharosCorp truly reached its 
  golden age after the legendary Ramus, Incorporated empire was purchased for 
  a modest 500 billion silver."
Yuuwaku: "Could I have one of each?"
Shop Bunny: "Not a problem."
Galen: "And since then, the shop bunny's suit's gotten skimpier.  Not that I'm 
  complaining, of course." ^_^
Jan: "Would you guys mind if I got an Herb too?"
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Voiceover: "This cemented the hold of CEO 
  Lizzareth Pharos on all markets from food to collectible dolls."
Galen: "Go ahead, Jan."
Kodah: "Feel free."
Chrissy: "Nah, go ahead."
Yuuwaku: "I don't mind."
Samantha: "Go ahead Jan."
Jan: "Okay."
* Jan purchases an Herb.
* Ambush 6000 stops the movie and retracts its projector.

	Yuuwaku acquires Purity Herb and Herb.
	Jan acquires Herb.

Samantha: "You know, Galen, for all the women in this group, could you try to 
  keep your womanizing comments to yourself? ^_- Or is that too hard?"
Chrissy: "Collectible dolls?  Damn.  That is evil."
* Yuuwaku heads outside again and taps Varemi on the shoulder.
Yuuwaku: "Sumasen..."
Shop Bunny: *bounce*
* Samantha pouts at the Shop Bunny, "You're not helping." :P
Shop Bunny: "What?!  I'm just doing my job!"
Chrissy: "Gimme a Herb too, if ya could."
Samantha: ^^; *sigh* "Never mind..."
* Galen leaves the shop.  "Get what you need, Chrissy."
Yuuwaku: "Varemi-san..."
Ambush 6000: *Audio playback* Voiceover: "Shop Bunnies were replaced with 
  informative robotic sales clerks armed with rocket-propelled missile 
  launchers for security purposes."

	Chrissy acquires Herb.

* Chrissy pockets the herb, paying the clerk.  "Now that is a lot cooler than 
  shop bunnies."
Kodah: "..."
* Varemi looks up.
* Shop Bunny hmphs and bounces.
Shop Bunny: *bounce*
* Yuuwaku holds out the Herb and Purity Herb to Varemi.
Yuuwaku: "I thought that since you were frozen in that thing you might not have 
  any herbs and stuff."
Yuuwaku: "So..."
Varemi: "Thanks..."
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Voiceover: "Customer complaints went from 1.72% 
  with Ramus Incorporated to an astounding 0.000000%!"
Varemi: "It's your money, though."
Yuuwaku: "It's okay, I want you to have it." ^_^
Yuuwaku: "Besides, I still have two Herbs."
* Chrissy laughs nervously.  "Nothing like staring down the muzzle of flaming 
  death to increase profit margins." :)
* Yuuwaku looks Varemi over.
Yuuwaku: "If you want, I can hold them for you."
* Kodah looks around, warily.

--There are still the tavern, the bank, and several strip clubs in this 
  town.--

Galen: "Best place to look for someone would probably be the tavern."
* Chrissy walks out of the store, mumbling.  "Of course, I guess customers like 
  to stare at other things..." *cough*
Shop Bunny: *bounce*
* Jan heads outside.
* Varemi forgets to respond to Yuuwaku.
* Yuuwaku waits patiently, completely non-plussed by the fact that he's been 
  ignored a bit.
* Varemi idly stands up and looks in the shop.
* Varemi sees no problem with how the shop bunny is dressed.
Shop Bunny: *bounce*
Yuuwaku: "Varemi-san?"
* Varemi looks back at Yuuwaku.
Varemi: "Mm?"
Yuuwaku: "Do you want me to hold them?"
* Ambush 6000 shakes its way over to Yuuwaku, but stops about three feet away 
  as it calls out to Varemi.
Varemi: ".... Maybe..."
* Galen thinks.
* Yuuwaku blinks.
Selene: "I wouldn't mind if we visited the tavern...  I could use something to 
  drink..."
Kodah: . o O (What the hell are we supposed to do now?)
* Varemi looks up.
Samantha: "Should we check the... yeah, what Selene said." ^^:
Galen: "Good idea, Selene."
Varemi: o O (When did SHE show up?  Oh yeah... she was always here...)
Galen: "Besides, it's easier to get drunks to talk."
Kodah: "A drink... ... fine, whatever."
Yuuwaku: "Do you think they'll have tea at a tavern?"
* Varemi smacks her forehead.... damn being frozen for like... forever.
Selene: "I hope so..."
* Galen walks toward the tavern.

--The tavern seems fairly calm...  At one end of the bar sits a solitary 
  woman, drinking green tea.--
--This woman is quite tall for a woman and has long, dark hair and dark eyes.  
  She's wearing black armor, a white cloak, and a black ninja-mask over the 
	lower half of her face, pulled up just high enough to let her sip her tea.--
--The bartender approaches the group.--

* Bartender: "Welcome."
* Yuuwaku bows to the bartender.
Jan: "Hello."
Bartender: "May I help you with anything?"
* Kodah looks around in a very unexcited manner.
Samantha: ^^ "Hi sir."
* Ambush 6000 wanders in after Yuuwaku.
Ambush 6000: *pantpantpantpantpant*
Yuuwaku: "I want to sit down somewhere, please."
Jan: "Yes... a member of our group here would like to get a drink."
* Jan gestures to Selene.
* Selene blushes...
* Kodah looks at the bush, "Can we not attack random people anymore please?"
Yuuwaku: "And maybe eat something."
Yuuwaku: "And drink something."
Bartender: "Sit anywhere you'd like."
* Varemi eventually follows the group after looking around town a bit, hoping 
  she doesn't attract too much attention... but figures a group of people would 
  attract more attention than if they were to split up.
* Ambush 6000 pauses.
Selene: "Oh, umm, I'd just like some Darjeeling tea, if you have it..."
Ambush 6000: *pantpantpantpantpantpant*
Bartender: "Sure, here you go..."
Selene: "Thanks!"
Bartender: "Anything else?"
* Samantha looks down at Ambush, "You be good and listen to Kodah.  No jumping 
  or humping." ^^
* Galen nods to the bartender.  "I'll have a Black Rose St. blend coffee, 
  please."
* Kodah goes to sit down, wherever he can.
* Bartender gives Galen his coffee.
Galen: "Thanks."
* Galen sips his drink while checking out his surroundings.
* Jan finds a place to sit.
* Varemi looks around the bar and stands off a little ways from the group, 
  suspiciously. ^^;
Bartender: "Heh, it's not often I get many people that don't order alcohol 
  here..."
* Ambush 6000 pauses.
* Samantha sits down, "A Mountain Mist would be nice.  You know, the stuff that 
  looks like radioactive pee?" ^^; *nervous glance*
Ambush 6000: *blip*
* Bartender gives Samantha her soft drink.
Samantha: "Thanks." ^^
Ambush 6000: *pantpantpantpantpant*
Bartender: "Anyone else want anything?"
Galen: "Alcohol's not good for a magician.  Need to keep your senses about you 
  to control your magic."
* Samantha takes a sip of her cool fizzy drink.
Kodah: "Give me a sparkling water, no ice."
Bartender: "Coming right up!"
* Bartender gives Kodah his water.
* Kodah sips at his drink, looking around the bar.
Kodah: "Sit down you guys.  You look conspicuous."

--The strange woman in the black armor and white cloak sits still, still 
  drinking her tea.--

* Galen grabs a spellbook out of his pack and starts to read a few pages, while 
  checking out the place, after sitting down in a corner booth."
* Ambush 6000 compresses itself into a little sort of leafy "rug."
* Yuuwaku sits quietly.
Yuuwaku: "... What are we doing here?"
* Galen tries to read the spirit aura on the woman in the black armor.

--A tiny eskimo woman dressed a fine skirt made of old 2x4s walks into the 
  room.  She is wearing a simple hat made up of tiny little glass beads and a 
  toucan who whistles the Perry Mason theme constantly!  Her name is George and 
  she speaks in German limericks!  Actually, no.  Not really.  A leaf blows in 
  through the door.--

* Ambush 6000 juts out its projector and abruptly rotates it back and forth -- 
  while still remaining in the middle of the floor.
Leaf: "...."
* Galen eyes the woman in dark armor once again, but with a curious look, as if 
  he senses something.
* Ambush 6000 uncompresses itself and slowly stalks the leaf.
* Bartender approaches the group.
* Varemi, who is standing at the other end of the bar, looks over at the woman 
  approaching the group.
* Yuuwaku keeps an eye on the bush.
Bartender: "So, you guys wouldn't happen to be bounty hunters, would you?"
Kodah: "Not the last time I checked.  Why?"
Varemi: o O (We are suspicious.)
Jan: "I'm a hunter of a kind, but generally not a bounty hunter."
Galen: "Just a wandering sorcerer."
Varemi: "I am."
Varemi: "What do you need."
Bartender: "Just wondering.  We've been getting a lot of them here, recently.  
  Take that woman, for example."
Yuuwaku: "I'm a bishonen."
* Bartender points at the white-cloaked woman.
* Jan nods.
* White-cloaked woman doesn't notice and keeps sipping her tea.
Jan: "Who are they hunting?"
* Ambush 6000 suddenly pounces on the leaf!
Galen: "She's a bounty hunter?"
Varemi: o O (Such tact... )
Bartender: "Just various criminals...  Nothing unusual.  That woman though, she 
  claims she's only bounty hunting part-time.  She says her real quest is for 
  information."
Bartender: "If you ask me, she's a real fruitcake..."
* Galen eyes the cloaked woman again.  "I don't know about that, sir... but 
  she's definitely different."
* Ambush 6000 twirls around, and you can hear a vacuum-cleaner noise coming 
  from inside it.
Kodah: . o O (Information about what?)
* Jan shrugs.
Bartender: "Well, she keeps asking for information about someone that's been 
  dead for 2500 years."
Varemi: "..."
Kodah: "..."
* Samantha raises an eyebrow.
* Varemi walks smoothly over to the group.
Galen: "2500 years?  Around the time of the Nephar war..."
* Varemi... sits down casually.
Bartender: "Yeah, she keeps asking for stuff about Kane, if you can believe 
  it."
Jan: "True... that doesn't happen everyday."
* Kodah raises an eyebrow.
* Yuuwaku's ears perk again.
Yuuwaku: "Kane??"
Yuuwaku: "Ooh!!"
* Ambush 6000 waits for a few moments and then wanders back over to Yuuwaku, 
  leaving nothing but a shiny spot on the floor where the leaf once was.
Bartender: "Still, I don't mind...  She keeps much of the riff-raff out of 
  here."
* Yuuwaku rubs the bush a little bit with his foot.
Galen: "There is an incredibly strong energy coming from her, though."
* Yuuwaku looks at the group... then at the woman....
Kodah: . o O (Why would anyone be interested in a 2500 year-old dead guy?)
* Yuuwaku stands up and walks over to where she's sitting.
Yuuwaku: "Anou... sumimasen" ^_^;
Bartender: "Maybe you should talk to her...  Her name's Iria Yamato."
* Iria Yamato turns towards Yuuwaku.
Iria: "Hai?"
Varemi: "... Hmm."
* Samantha is awash in bad Japanese lingo. --;
Yuuwaku: "Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?" ^_^
* Varemi leans on the table, he hair falls off her shoulders.  Her piercing 
  green eyes glare over distractingly at the woman.
* Iria nods.
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Singer: "o/~ All your base...... all your 
  base......"
* Kodah sips his drink, listening.
Iria: "/Not many people speak Japanese around here./"
Yuuwaku: "/The bartender said that you were asking about Demonmaster Kane?/"
Yuuwaku: "/Yes, my master taught it to me./" ^_^
Iria: "/Yes, I was.  Do you know anything about him?/"
Iria: "/I learned it in my homeland...  Far, far away.../"
Yuuwaku: "/Some of my friends back home used to tell me stories... I'd love to 
  learn more about him though!/"
* Ambush 6000 wanders over to Chrissy.
Iria: "/I wish I could tell you more, but I don't know anything else./"
Yuuwaku: "/Where do you come from?/"
Iria: "/I'd rather not say, if you don't mind./"
Yuuwaku: "/Oh, okay, that's fine./" ^_^
Iria: "/It's a long story.../"
* Iria sips some more on her green tea.
* Dr. O walks in the bar, holding a bag.  Her hair is long and black with a 
  streak of another color in it.  She puts her bag down, sits at a table, 
  orders something.
Yuuwaku: "/I wish you luck on finding out about Kane./" ^_^
* Bartender gives Dr. O her drink.
* Iria looks towards Dr. O.
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Announcer: "Ambush 6000 is fully hypo-allergenic, 
  with titanium leaves that can resist temperatures of up to 5000º K, and a 
  non-abrasive silksteel tongue."
* Galen checks out the newcomer.  "Hmmmm."
Iria: "/Oh?  Umm, thank you...  You know, you're not a bad kid./"
* Kodah sips at his drink some more, concentrating on the situation.
* Yuuwaku bows to Iria.
* Dr. O sips her water...
* Iria bows back, then looks towards Dr. O again.
Yuuwaku: "/Do you know the woman who just came in?/"
* Samantha sips the last of her drink.
Iria: "/No, but there's something, odd... about her.  I can't place it./"
Yuuwaku: "/I'm going to go talk to her.../"
* Varemi notices everyone enjoying drinks and wonders if she should, too.  Wow. 
  Drinking. What a concept.
* Jan watches the newcomer.
Iria: "/Go ahead.../"
* Iria returns to her drink.
* Yuuwaku does another little bow and goes over to where the woman is sitting 
  at the bar.
Yuuwaku: "You have nice hair." ^_^
* Samantha sweatdrops at Yuu. ^^;
* Chrissy looks at the bush.  "Silksteel?  And damn that's some high tolerance 
  levels...  Were you meant as a plant or something else?"
* Galen sips his coffee, and tries to figure out what's going on here.
* Dr. O sips.
Dr. O: "... Oh, you're speaking to me?" ^_^
Yuuwaku: "Hai." ^_^
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Announcer: "The Ambush 6000 is a self-sufficient 
  bio-machine specifically designed to please YOU."
Kodah: . o O (What the hell are we doing here anyways?)
* Dr. O puts her glass of water down. She's a little messy with dirt and 
  whatnot, and her bag seems to be the source.
* Samantha makes a face, and looks at the Ambush, "... Ewww..."
Ambush 6000: *audio playback* Announcer: "As part of the _Magic Empire_ line of 
  products, it is also able to do battle with other _Magic Empire_ products, 
  including Albino Baboon 4.0, Dung Beetle III, and Suzy Death Loves You!  
  Collect all 400 of them!"
* Galen checks the astral plane for Dr. O's presence.
Varemi: o O (This is such a bad place to hide... )
* Iria can't help but continue looking over at Dr. O.
Yuuwaku: "What's in your bag?"
Dr. O: "Oh, nothing really."
Yuuwaku: "Sou..."
* Samantha raises an eyebrow, "... Dirt?"
Dr. O: "Oh no."
Yuuwaku: "Are you a mud farmer?"
Dr. O: "Plants."
Yuuwaku: "Oh!"
* Galen slaps himself in the head.  "This is very strange."
Yuuwaku: "What kind?" :D
* Samantha's eyes widen, "Really?" O_O
* Bartender returns to the group, at least those not talking to Dr. O.  "So, 
  where do you plan on going from here?"
* Ambush 6000 pauses from its normal swaying and panting and maneuvers towards 
  Kodah's glass.
* Galen taps Jan on the shoulder.
Jan: "I wish I knew."
* Kodah puts down his drink, looking really annoyed and uncomfortable.
* Jan glances over at Galen.
Jan: "What?"
* Ambush 6000 deftly grabs the glass with its tongue and eats it!
Bartender: "Well, you could always visit the Ancient Blue Dragon Cave.  It's 
  not that far from here, and it's a popular attraction."
* Chrissy looks consideringly at the bush.  "Like a glorified action figure 
  huh?  Hmm."
Galen: *whisper* "I don't know if this means anything, but that Doctor's 
  astral presence is almost identical to that girl Tianna's."
* Dr. O gestures to the side with her long, slender wrist happily.  She seems 
  to not get out much.  "Oh, yes!  I'm a botanist... these are various 
  species... I've been collecting them from all over here..."
Jan: "...  So...?"
Bartender: "There is also an expedition leaving from the port to a site on 
  Caldor Isle.  They give free transportation to those interested in learning 
  about it."
Samantha: "How cool!  I work in a greenhouse!" ^_^
Bartender: "There is also a regular ferry over to Meribia."
Yuuwaku: "A botanist?  Ooh..."
Dr. O: "Really?" ^_^
Yuuwaku: "Botanists are very special." ^_^
Galen: *whispers* "There is something definitely different... as in not human, 
  about both of them.  I wish I knew what, though."
Samantha: "Yeah. ^^ It's nice to see someone who's into plants, like I am." :)
* Chrissy turns her attention from the ambush, wondering who everyone's 
  talking to.  "What's all the commotion about?"
Yuuwaku: "My friends at home liked botanists." ^_^;
Varemi: "..."
* Jan tries to pay attention to both the bartender and Galen and only mildly 
  succeeds.
* Ambush 6000 extends its tongue towards the table and deposits a glass globe 
  where Kodah set down his drink.
* Kodah blinks at the sudden deposit.
* Kodah looks at the Ambush.
Ambush 6000: *pantpantpantpantpant*
Yuuwaku: "What's your name?" ^_^
Varemi: "Uhm."
Kodah: "... If you say so, pal."
Varemi: "Where are we... supposed to be going right now..?"
Kodah: "Good question.  We don't know"
Samantha: "... Hmm."
Varemi: "Going to a dragon cave seems like a bit of a random thing to do... 
  Uhm.  I mean.  Us tourists wouldn't want to see something like that really."
* Varemi sounds very stale when she says this.
Yuuwaku: "But Varemi!  IT would be an adventure!"
Varemi: "..."
Kodah: "We shouldn't go anywhere abnormal without proper preparation."
* Varemi stammers a bit of a laugh.
Bartender: "You know, supposedly, they found the Ancient White Dragon Cave on 
  Caldor Isle too..."
Jan: "It actually might get us away from the Church...  They probably wouldn't 
  expect us to go touring."
Yuuwaku: "I want to go on an adventure... just like my hero... uhh... "
Samantha: "... The Church probably regulates it.  I say we keep far away."
Yuuwaku: "I have a lot of heroes." ^_^;
Galen: "Hmmm... a large city like Meribia would be a good place for 
  information... but the dragon cave may prove to have a few answers."
Yuuwaku: "And I like dragons."
Jan: "I don't know..."
Kodah: *lowly* "True enough, the Church would expect us to hide."
Samantha: "... Hmm.  Either way I think about it, we're rather screwed." ^^;
Yuuwaku: "Do you guys think there would be a memorial to Ghaleon on Lunar?"
* Dr. O had at some point, by the way, answered Yuuwaku saying her name is 
  "Dr. O."
Yuuwaku: "... Do you even know who Ghaleon is?" ^_^;
Kodah: "To who?"
* Chrissy rubs her head.  "I don't know if I believe in dragons or not, but 
  seeing one might be fun."
Yuuwaku: "No... maybe not.... oh..."
* Dr. O sips some more water.  Mmm...  Nice simple water.
Samantha: "Ghalwhat?" ^^;
* Kodah shudders a little, then concentrates on his drink.
Galen: "A legendary magician, Samantha."
Jan: "Part of me says to go to Meribia, because from there we can go to Vane.  
  But there may be Church agents in Meribia."
* Bartender comments to Dr. O, "You know, your drinking habits are even more 
  dull than Ms. Yamato over there."
Yuuwaku: "Well do you even know Kane then?"
* Ambush 6000 maneuvers towards Dr. O.
Yuuwaku: "Or Sephina?"
* Dr. O looks down at the bush a little... perplexed.
Ambush 6000: *pantpantpantpantpantpant*
Dr. O: "Hmm...  Odd thing you have here."
* Iria perks up a little when she hears Kane and Sephina mentioned.
Yuuwaku: "Or or... well... I guess those people are older...  You wouldn't 
  know them..."
Galen: "All I know, Yuuwaku, is what I have read... and that is from history 
  texts."
* Ambush 6000 hops up and down in front of Dr. O's drink.
Chrissy: "Oh that?  It's a relic from PharosCorp called Ambush 6000.  I think 
  it's a big toy of some sort.  Kinda cute though." ^_^
* Dr. O adjusts her little glasses she's wearing.  Oh, and her appearance: Tall 
  woman with long black hair, glasses, a pointed nose and wide narrow eyes. 
  She's pretty sorta, and looks 27.  She's wearing dusty dark brown clothes.
Kodah: . o O (Dragons... pfeh)
* Iria finishes her tea, pulls her mask down, and sharpens one of her twin 
  katanas.
Dr. O: "Heh.  I know a little about mechanics."
* Yuuwaku sighs and slumps against the bar.
Varemi: "Hmmm...."
* Dr. O.... looks over at Iria.
* Ambush 6000 tries to climb up the bar, but ends up falling and rolling over, 
  and then eventually settling on its bottom.
* Kodah looks at Varemi, "Aren't you going to order a drink?"
* Iria looks back oddly at Dr. O.
Varemi: "Why?"
* Chrissy perks up.  "Oh really?  Glad to see there's other enthusiasts out 
  there..."
* Yuuwaku watches the bush and crouches next to it.
Kodah: "Because that's what you do here."
Yuuwaku: "Daijoubu ka?"
Chrissy: "I didn't know botanists were into that sort of thing though... 
  Hobby?"
* Ambush 6000 continues on and hops up in down in front of Dr. O's glass.
Samantha: "Mechanics... and botany?  Weird combination..."
Kodah: "I'm sure you can find something palatable to drink in this place."
* Dr. O laughs, but not too widely.  "Oh, yes.  It is really funny.  A botanist 
  who likes machinery.  I like some.  It's contagious.  I know a few from my 
  early career.  I'm more freelance than before.  I used to work for a company 
  as a bio-chemist."
* Kodah looks at Sam, then the Ambush, then back to his drink.
Dr. O: "A few mechanics and engineers, I mean."
* Iria calmly resumes maintaining her swords.
Varemi: "Alright.  What should I order?"
* Ambush 6000 emits a flurry of quick, random electronic beeps.
Galen: "Jan, you mentioned Vane.  Are you from there?"
Kodah: "Depends on your liking.  Your basic groups are alcoholic or 
  non-alcoholic."
Chrissy: "Freelance is the way to go alright...  I work for Blue Dragon Tech, 
  but I also do some independent contracting on the side."
Varemi: "Huh."
Dr. O: "Nice...  What kind of work do you do?"
* Samantha sighs and ponders actually ordering alcohol now. ^^;
Kodah: "I prefer sparkling water, but that's just me.  Your tastes will 
  probably vary."
* Dr. O eyes the girl again... looks at her hair a bit... then at the girl's 
  hair. ^^;;;
* Jan looks back at Galen.  "Yes. I am. I'm not there often though."
* Yuuwaku looks down at his clothes again... still stained with blood.
* Ambush 6000 sticks out its tongue and makes a noise that sounds like a faucet 
  dripping.
* Dr. O shakes her head.  . o O (So creepy...)
Yuuwaku: "..."
Galen: "Same here.  Haven't been back since.... I can't remember the last time 
  I was there."
Chrissy: "Well, mostly maintaining the equipment at the local teleport 
  stations, though it's pretty boring. ^^; I have a lot of projects I do in my 
  spare time though..."
* Kodah sips at his drink again, thinking.
* Varemi orders... a water...?  Sparkling?  She points to Kodah's drink when 
  ordering."
Samantha: "We could go to Meribia..."
* Jan shrugs. "I report back on a regular basis, but it's just my work takes me 
  far afield for long periods of time."
Samantha: "I live there."
* Samantha whispers that last part. :)
* Bartender gives Varemi a sparkling water just like Kodah's.
* Chrissy looks at the Ambush.  "Hey, I think it likes you, miss er...?"
Galen: "It must have been the day I left to find Radoria... but wound up after 
  my own sister."
Selene: "We could go to Caldor Isle...  I've wanted to visit it for ages."
Yuuwaku: "I think... I'll wait for all of you outside..."
* Yuuwaku walks over and pats the bush a little.
Kodah: "Don't go far, Yuuwaku."
* Ambush 6000 wanders away from Dr. O and goes towards the bartender.
Yuuwaku: "Can I have my bag back?"
Selene: "I heard that my ancestors used to live there."
Yuuwaku: "I won't...  I'll be right outside..."
Galen: "Is Caldor still covered in glaciers?"
* Varemi sips it.
Samantha: "Your ancestors?"
Samantha: "May I ask who they were?"
* Ambush 6000 plays a recording of Varemi ordering a drink, and moves its upper 
  body up and down in sync with the voice.
* Varemi looks over at Yuuwaku a bit passingly... thinking a bit herself, too.
Selene: "I heard that after the war with the Magic Empress, the glaciers 
  melted there, for the most part."
* Dr. O looks down at the bush a bit more.
Dr. O: "... Heh." ^^;
Selene: "Oh, I don't know, really...  It was a long, long time ago.  We don't 
  even know their names."
Galen: "Then let's check it out.  I'm more than up for it."
Yuuwaku: "Ah...  I think he's distracted."
* Kodah finishes his drink and sets down his glass.
Yuuwaku: "Are we going already?"
* Jan gets up.
Samantha: "Ah, I was just curious.  No problem." ^^
Jan: "I think we should.  We've been here long enough."
Selene: "Wherever you guys want to go, I'm okay with it...  I mean, I have no 
  business telling you where to go."
* Selene blushes.
* Galen stands up.  "Well, let's check out Caldor, what do you guys think?"
* Dr. O looks at Selene.
Kodah: "Good enough place as any."
* Yuuwaku looks down, letting his soft purple bangs cover his eyes.
Jan: "I'm afraid so."
Samantha: "That seems the be the majority, *whispers* although I think the 
  Chruch'll be there all the same..." -_-;
Jan: "There's not much else we can do here."
* Kodah stands up to leave.
Galen: "Besides, I don't know how welcome I'll be in Vane... and Meribia's 
  right on the way there."
* Samantha leaves a few silver on the table for the tip, and heads out.
* Dr. O waves bye.
* Jan looks sidelong at Galen.  "Got yourself kicked out?"
* Yuuwaku looks around suddenly.
Galen: "Not really... you saw the magic I used in that last battle, right?"
* Selene looks back curiously at Dr. O."
* Samantha stops, and waves bye to Dr. O, "Good luck on your research, Ma'am."
  :)
Yuuwaku: "Weren't we supposed to meet someone here?"
Dr. O: "Maybe I'll be seeing you all around.  I have some free business with 
  Blue Dragon Tech."
Jan: "...  Yes."
* Kodah looks at Varemi, "You coming along?"
* Samantha then heads out for good. ^_^
Chrissy: "Well, my name's Chrissy, give me a hollar if you need anything, 
  Doctor... uh... O, right?"
Varemi: "... Yeah, I have no choice."
* Selene waves to Dr. O for some reason, then walks out with the rest of the 
  group."
Galen: "Well, let's just say, to stop Raven, I've taken to studying Terran 
  Sorcery that's been long forgotten since before Zophar's first coming."
* Varemi looks a little strangely at Kodah for a moment... then stands up."
Kodah: *to Varemi* "You could just wander off."
* Ambush 6000 takes a break from trying to get the bartender's attention and 
  moves in front of Dr. O.
Varemi: "I could."
Varemi: "But it would be a crappy idea."
Jan: "And you didn't tell the Guildmaster?"
* Yuuwaku takes a deep breath and then bows to Dr. O.
Galen: "I've not been back to Vane since I was 18."
* Dr. O nods respectfully back.
* Iria waves at Yuuwaku as he leaves, then bows as well.
* Dr. O sips her water nonchalantly.
* Ambush 6000 cocks its upper body to its left side.
* Yuuwaku bows to Iria as well. ^_^
Jan: "Doesn't matter.  She still should know."
Kodah: "Perhaps, but what reasons have you to stay with this rag-tag bunch?"
Jan: "If you want to stay as part of the Guild anyway."

--You notice that Iria and Dr. O seem to have a few features in common... at 
  least as much as you can tell given Iria's outfit...--
	
Varemi: "... It's more dangerous alone."
Galen: "How was I to tell anyone...  When I was on the Blue Star for most of 
  this journey of mine?"
Varemi: "People are after me, and no one here seems to be."
Kodah: "... True enough."
Jan: "Phone call. :P"
* Ambush 6000 then cocks its upper body to its right side, almost the same way 
  a dog does when it's confused or intrigued by something.
Varemi: "Although... it's more likely they'll follow you all.."
* Varemi stands up.
Galen: "Broke."
Kodah: "True again."
* Jan rolls his eyes and heads out of the tavern.
* Samantha rolls her eyes at Galen.
* Yuuwaku gestures to the bush.
* Varemi shrugs.
Samantha: . o O ( He couldn't have been THAT broke. Ten cents a minute, 
  hello! )
* Kodah shrugs, and heads outside.
* Chrissy kicks her chair back into place at the bar.  "See ya round, then. 
  Good luck with your work."

--The port is not far, and the boat leaving for Caldor is ready to disembark.--

* Varemi walks out as well...
* Galen heads up to the ship.

--There is also a ship preparing to go to Meribia.--

* Yuuwaku breathes evenly as he walks, trying to focus on something.
Captain: "Hello, sir.  What brings you to my ship?"
* Chrissy joins everyone outside.
* Samantha looks longingly at the ship to Meribia for a moment, then sighs and 
  heads out with the group.
* Selene lemmings. :P
* Ambush 6000 re-aligns itself, pauses, briefly extends its projector at Dr. O, 
  and follows after Yuuwaku.
* Dr. O watches the group as they leave... sips her water, and looks over her 
  glasses at the woman across.  She smiles and nods very cheerily to Chrissy!
Dr. O: "Good luck with yours!" ^_^
Galen: "Hiya.  How soon do you leave for Caldor?"
Captain: "We can leave at any time...  It'll be an overnight trip, though..."
Kodah: "Whatever."
Galen: "Well, guys, shall we get going?"
Kodah: "Why not?"
Samantha: "I suppose so..."
* Jan nods.
Captain: "In that case...  ALL ASHORE THAT'S GOING ASHORE!"
Varemi: "..."
Samantha: "Gah!  My ears!  O_o"
Varemi: "Was that necessary?"
Chrissy: "So we're going for Caldor, right?"
* Galen climbs on the ship.
Yuuwaku: "I haven't been on a boat."
Jan: "Yes."
Kodah: "I think it's tradition or something."
* Yuuwaku smiles a little to himself.
Chrissy: "Suits me just fine." ^_^
Captain: "It's tradition!"
* Varemi notices galen and assumes that's what you're supposed to do.... and 
  climbs on."
* Samantha heads onto the boat, a bit sadly." ^^;
* Yuuwaku follows after everyone.
Yuuwaku: "Samantha?"
* Chrissy boards the vessel, looking it over.
* Jan climbs aboard.
* Kodah finds a good spot on the ship and gets comfortable.
* Ambush 6000 follows after Yuuwaku, taking great care to stay in the exact 
  middle of the path to the boat.
Samantha: "Yes?"
* Jan settles himself on the bow where he'll get a good view.
Yuuwaku: "You want to go home?"
* Galen finds a good spot in the crow's nest and sits down, takes out his pen 
  and a sheaf of paper and starts writing.
Samantha: "... A little."
* Yuuwaku smiles sadly.
Yuuwaku: "I want to go home too..."

--The boat sails off as the sun starts setting...--

Yuuwaku: "After we go to Caldor Isle, we should go to Meribia?"
Samantha: "I'm sure we'll be able to when this blows over."
Samantha: "Perhaps, if it seems feasible to." :)
Chrissy: "Reminds me of the fleet harbor... mmm."
Yuuwaku: "What's it like?"
Galen: . o O (Don't know if I want to go home yet.... after all, I don't know 
  how welcome my black magic will be.)
* Ambush 6000 shuffles into a corner.
* Samantha smiles, "Oh, it's BIG!"
Varemi: "..."
* Varemi tries not to laugh...
Yuuwaku: "As big as San Diego?"
* Samantha shows how big it is by extending her hands outwards, "There's lots 
  to do, though!  Everything you could want is there.  And perhaps some stuff 
  you don't." ^^

--Soon, the sun sets, and it gets dark...--

Galen: "May not be too late."
* Ambush 6000 displays a little screen a foot or two away.
Chrissy: "Since we're in for a little ride, you want me to look your floaty 
  pack over, Yuu? I like to stay busy!"
* Kodah lounges for a while, enjoying some quiet time.
* Jan breathes in the salt air and reminisces.
Yuuwaku: "If you could Chrissy, I would very much appreciate it." ^_^
Samantha: "They're about the same size." ^_^
* Varemi finds somewhere also where she can be slightly alone... unless someone 
  follows her, which she kind of hopes they won't." ^^;
* Yuuwaku looks around for Galen.
Yuuwaku: "Galen-san?"
Ambush 6000: "Please wait... Transmitting customer information to 
  PharosCorp..."
* Galen starts writing.  "Guildmistress Katarina Ausa.  This is to advise you 
  that my studies of the arcane arts have taken me to a different level.  In 
  order to stop Raven, I have had to learn Terran sorcery, as my own magic was 
  not enough to stop her."
* Varemi hears the ambush from afar...
* Chrissy looks at the Ambush.  "That'd be kind of hard, wouldn't it?"
Yuuwaku: "Aa, you're busy. I can ask you later." ^_^
* Samantha sighs and leans against the side of the ship, watching the waves.
Kodah: . o O (Bah, this is what I get for getting involved in someone else's 
  problems.)
* Varemi closes her eyes, lounges... and furrows her brow angrily.  Her 
  childish face is tied in bitter knots.  She whispers out of her icy blue 
	lips.. "...-Pharos-."

--Night falls as you sail...--

* Galen continues writing his letter.  "Please take under consideration that 
  all my available resources have been exhausted, except for the incantations 
  of the Terran high ancients.  I wish you and Nikita the best.  Sincerely, 
  Galen Lightsbane."
* Selene stands by the edge of the boat, singing softly to herself...
* Jan heads inside for find a cabin, one he hopefully won't have to share with 
  a crowd of people.
* Yuuwaku follows after Varemi but sits a little ways off from her.  He sits 
  down on the deck in the lotus position and tries to meditate.

--There seems to be plenty of cabins on the ship so no one has to bunk 
  together.--

Ambush 6000: "Humidity Index: 22%."
* Selene sighs as she sings.
* Galen jumps down from the crow's nest, breaking his fall with a spell he's 
  been trying to learn, but has only marginally mastered.
* Samantha turns to Selene, "What song were you singing?  It's pretty..."
* Kodah has apparently decided to sleep outside.
Selene: "Oh, it's just something my mother sang to me when I was a baby..."
* Chrissy watches the Ambush's screen a bit, and takes Yuu's pack with her to 
  somewhere with some light to work by, proceeding to fiddle. ^^
Selene: "o/~ Wishing on a dream that seems far off... o/~"
* Yuuwaku mouths words as he sits.
Selene: "o/~ Hoping it will come today. o/~"
Ambush 6000: "Atmospheric Obstruction: Minimal."
* Jan grabs some dinner from the mess and takes it to his cabin to eat.
* Galen walks up to Yuuwaku.  "Something you wanted to ask me?"
Ambush 6000: "Electronic Interference: Negligible."
Selene: "o/~ Into the starlit night, foolish dreams turn their gaze, waiting 
  on a shooting star. o/~"
* Yuuwaku opens his eyes and looks up at Galen, smiling at him.  He looks 
  considerably more peaceful than he did.

--Selene has a very beautiful singing voice.--

Ambush 6000: "Uplink failure not caused by planetary factors."
Yuuwaku: "Yes.  What are the Neo-Pharosians?"
* Samantha smiles and listens to Selene for a while. :)
Yuuwaku: "You know a lot about history."
Selene: "o/~ But, what if that star is not to come? o/~"
Yuuwaku: "So I think you are the best person to ask."
* Varemi is a little bit off to the side, in the same quiet area as Yuuwaku 
  seeing as he followed her.
Selene: "o/~ Will their dreams fade to nothing? o/~"
Galen: "It's hard to tell in this day and age, Yuuwaku.  Back in the days of 
  the Nephar war, they were responsible for the dark lord's revival."
Selene: "o/~ When the horizon darkens most, we all need to believe there is 
  hope. o/~"
* Chrissy hears Selene's singing while she looks for the anti-gravity amplifier 
  in the device.  "Hey, that girl's got some nice vocal chords.  How could the 
  Church think she's evil?"
Yuuwaku: "Oh."
Selene: "o/~ Is an angel watching closely over me?  Can there be a guiding 
  light I've yet to see. o/~"
Yuuwaku: "Who is Pharos?"
Selene: "o/~ I know my heart should guide me but, there's a hole within my 
  soul. o/~"
Galen: "Dr. Zachary Pharos?  Or Lizzareth Pharos? There were two."
Yuuwaku: "Two?"
* Varemi is lying on her hands, both elbows out, on her back with her knees up 
  and her feet on the floor.  She has her disturbingly green eyes closed and 
  her hair fans out in all directions around her like a lavender halo.
Yuuwaku: "Tell me about both of them."
* Varemi seems to be asleep or in a new coma.  She doesn't move and hardly 
  breaths.
Selene: "o/~ What will fill this emptiness inside of me?  Am I to be satisfied 
  without knowing? o/~"
Selene: "o/~ I wish, then, for a chance to see... o/~"
Selene: "o/~ Now all I need (desperately) o/~"
Galen: "Dr. Zachary Pharos, AKA, The Dark Pharaoh.  He was about as evil a 
  joker as they come.  His war against the two worlds in the first year AU 
  actually caused the unification."
Ambush 6000: "Contacting nearest PharosCorp service center....."
Selene: "o/~ Is my star to come... o/~"
* Selene pauses to take a breather when she stops her song...
Galen: "That's why that war is referred to as the Unification War."
* Samantha claps for Selene, "I liked that."
Yuuwaku: "The Unification?  What's that?"
* Selene blushes.  "Thank you."
Samantha: "You're welcome!  You have natural talent!"
* Chrissy blinks at the bush.  "Great, it's got a customer warranty on it.  I 
  think that was voided thousands of years ago..." ^^;
* Yuuwaku looks up slightly as the singing stops.
Selene: "Naaa...  I don't..."
Galen: "Both worlds were unified together under one government."
Samantha: "Seriously, you do!  I don't just say these things."
Selene: "It's just something I sing when I'm feeling lonely."
Yuuwaku: "Under one government?" O_O
* Selene blushes again.  "Thanks..."
Yuuwaku: "Wow..."
Galen: "Yes... but not like the church."
Yuuwaku: "I'm sorry... I don't understand anything about the Church." ^_^;
* Chrissy pulls out a micro-wrench, and twists a small knob inside the pack to 
  the right.  Yuu's pack shoots up into the sky about several feet.
Samantha: "You're welcome.  Now...  If you'll excuse me...  I'm gonna hit the 
  hay.  It's been a looooong day." ^^;
Samantha: "G'night, Selene.  Sleep well, okay?"
* Selene smiles.  "Okay...  Good night, Samantha...  Thanks again..."
Chrissy: "Whoops..."
Galen: "Pharos was defeated by Dragonmaster Alex II."
Yuuwaku: "I've lived off in the woods with my master my whole life...  I don't 
  know anything about current history."
* Samantha nods, and heads down to the cabins.
* Selene goes back to the edge of the deck and starts singing..."
Ambush 6000: "Error Code 09AF006: Unexplained Interference in Orbital Uplink"
Galen: "But revived by Nephar during the Nephar war."
Yuuwaku: "Oh..."
Yuuwaku: "Did Nephar wear pastels?"
* Chrissy starts trying to make a few jumping grabs for the thing, flailing. 
  "Come on, come to Mommy you blasted thing..."
Galen: "Yes... he was revived by Nephar to serve him."
Galen: "And he did, up until he fought the heroes of that period."
* Kodah gets annoyed at all the discussions, and heads below decks.
* Chrissy catches it finally, dragging it down a foot with her weight, and 
  twisting the wrench again, before it and her crash into the floor. x-X
Yuuwaku: "What about Lizzareth Pharos?"
* Ambush 6000 slowly produces a stream of paper coming from its mouth with the 
  messages it displayed."
Galen: "Lizzareth Pharos aspired to be like Dr. Zachary Pharos.  She, too, was 
  an archaeologist... but she also owned a huge corporation that owned 
  everything and everyone."
* Selene heads below decks to get some sleep.
Chrissy: "Ugh... that's what I get for giving it too much juice." *shakes head*
Yuuwaku: "Ahh..."
Yuuwaku: "Is that PharosCorp?"
Yuuwaku: "The people that made the bush, I mean?"
Galen: "Yes, Yuuwaku.  That is Pharos Corp."
* Ambush 6000 compresses itself into a pile of leaves.
Galen: "She was some sort of super capitalist.  She made a bunch of items that 
  held no real necessity, and made a killing off of it."
* Kodah arbitrarily picks a cabin to bed down in.
* Chrissy staggers and turns the thing back on, inching the bolt to the right 
  very slowly, as the bag begins to hover one inch, then about fifteen or so."
Galen: "She also turned out to be the Magic Empress."
Yuuwaku: "I thought Sephina was the Magic Empress."
Galen: "It's been a long time...  I may have read that wrong."
Chrissy: "Hope I didn't break anything in there." ^^;
Yuuwaku: "That's what the fairies told me."
Yuuwaku: "They liked Sephina because she was an environmentalist..."
Yuuwaku: "At least.... I think that was Sephina..."
* Jan wonders if he should head outside and check up on everybody before going 
  to sleep.
Galen: "There was a magic empress named Sephina Opal... but she was killed by 
  the heroes."
* Chrissy pauses from the work on Yuu's floating bag to regard the compressed 
  bush and trail of paper."
Galen: "They were tricked by Lizzareth Pharos."
Jan: . o O (They couldn't all still be talking, could they?)
* Yuuwaku opens his mouth to say something but then quickly closes it.
Galen: "The heroes then managed to defeat Lizzareth Pharos too."
Selene: . o O (Damn, they're chatty...)
Yuuwaku: "Anou... Galen-san"
Galen: "Meredith Ash was the Dragonmaster of that time."
* Kodah flops down on his bed and tries to get some sleep.
Galen: "Yes, Yuu?"
Yuuwaku: "I hate to interrupt, but I'd like to clean my kimono before the blood 
  sets in."
Yuuwaku: "Do you need your clothes cleaned too?"
Galen: "Go ahead...  No, I'm fine."
* Samantha puts a pillow over her head and drifts off to sleep. ^_^
* Jan decides to head on up and see who's still awake.  He leaves the little 
  door sign on so people know the room's taken.
Yuuwaku: "You can keep telling me if you'd like, but I'm going to take off my 
  kimono."
* Chrissy runs her fingers across the paper noting the error messages. 
  "Orbital uplink failed... there must have been a huge net operational at one 
  time.  Nifty to think about... but... er... I hope it didn't self shutdown 
  over this."
Kodah: . o O (Don't these people ever SLEEP?)
* Yuuwaku is wearing hakama and a kimono so he won't be going around naked.
Ambush 6000: *zzzzzzz...........*
Galen: "That's ok.  I'm going to do some reading."
* Jan comes out on deck.
* Chrissy yawns. "Hah... guess not.  And I think it's got the right idea..."
Jan: "Hey, are you guys coming to bed at all?  I think you're keeping everyone 
  awake."
* Yuuwaku stands and bows to everyone who's on deck.
Yuuwaku: "I'll be quiet from now.  I'm going to wash my clothes, but I won't 
  make much noise." ^_^;
* Chrissy drags the pack and the Ambush to where the others are.  "Hey, Yuu!"
* Yuuwaku bows to Chrissy.
Yuuwaku: "Ahh!  And I just needed my pack." ^_^
* Chrissy chuckles at that greeting.
Yuuwaku: "Did you find out what was wrong with it?"
Chrissy: "Is this height good enough?"
Yuuwaku: "Oh yes!  It's perfect!" :D
* Yuuwaku keeps his voice low.
* Kodah punches his pillow a few times, trying to get comfortable.
* Jan figures since no one's paying attention to him they probably aren't going 
  to bed." :P
Chrissy: "Well, see... the power amplifier control was stuck on it.  Nothing I 
  couldn't handle." ^_^
* Jan sighs and heads back below deck.
* Varemi is still lying all but motionless.
* Yuuwaku opens the pack and starts rummaging around.... he finds soap and a 
  bowl.

--The Blue Star soon reaches its highest position in the sky.--

* Kodah growls and flops over again onto his back.
* Jan goes back in his room and tries to sleep.
Chrissy: "Just make sure you oil it a little more often okay?  Those things 
  love to get gummed up and it lowers the overall output."
Yuuwaku: "Alright." ^_^

--It is quite late, if you want any rest, you'd best get it ASAP. :P--

Yuuwaku: "I'm going to clean my clothes. Do you need anything cleaned?"
* Chrissy yawns.
Chrissy: "I'm going to hit the sack, myself.  I'll be fine."
* Kodah gives up, and goes back outside to sleep in the open air, away from the 
  rest of the insomniacs.
Yuuwaku: "Okay."
Yuuwaku: "Oyasumi nasai, Chrissy." ^_^
* Yuuwaku bows.
* Chrissy waves once, and finds an unoccupied cabin.  "Uhh... good night to you 
  too."
* Kodah almost trips over Varemi at one point.
* Yuuwaku shuffles off to the mess hall and retrieves some water, then heads 
  outside.  He takes off his kimono and starts washing it...
* Varemi opens an eye dimly... closes it...
* Galen reads a book from his pack, marked as "Crystal's journal."
Kodah: . o O (What the heck is she doing?)
* Chrissy drapes her jacket on a convenient pole, and fluffs up the bed pillow, 
  soon snoring away.  She still has her necklace on though, with a protective 
  hand over it.
* Kodah shrugs and goes to bed down some place else, figuring that Varemi isn't 
  looking for anything resembling company.

--The ship continues sailing on the rolling waves...--

* Kodah settles down towards the prow of the ship, and settles in for the 
  night.
* Yuuwaku decides no one's likely to bother him out on the deck so changes into 
  his yukata and starts washing his hakama too...
* Jan sleeps.
* Galen goes on reading the old leather bound tome.

===SESSION END===