Post by sawg138 on Jul 5, 2013 21:09:58 GMT -5
31 Dec 102 PA: Anna's New Haunt
[21:25] Misfit: Anna spends several hours swamped by excited kids, hearing what they've been doing while she was gone
[21:30] *** "dakoiah (dakoiah)" was marked "Idle" on Wed Oct 26 21:30:12 2011.
[21:33] *** "dakoiah (dakoiah)" was marked "Online" on Wed Oct 26 21:33:51 2011.
[21:34] dakoiah: *listens to the all. After a few hours* "are you guys going to let me get unpacked and showered?" *grins at them* "i know I smell like a person who's been on horseback for months right now"
[21:36] Misfit: Maria ushers them out to groans and protests which she ignores. as the kids are exiting, Perce drags you into a shower to ensure you are clean. "Jeff already had his turn"
[21:39] dakoiah: *luxurates in the hot water, and delays exiting the shower until there is no hot water left*
[21:42] Misfit: Eventually Perce lets you get clean "I have a surprise for you" which has her quite giddy
[21:44] dakoiah: *grins at her* "really? I like surprises" *puts on a pair of sweats* "ok, lets see this surprise"
[21:50] Misfit: She leads you down the hall to an unused room your last time in juarez. You step in and see a massive bookshelf along one wall, a table with various beakers and the like, and a massive oak desk with an open book and several inkwells and quills
[21:51] dakoiah: *looks around, grinning* 'You made me a library!" *gives her a hug and a kiss* "it's great!" *begins checking out books*
[21:54] Misfit: Book of Azathoth
Chronicles of Nath by James Sheffield
Chronike von Nath by Rudolf Yergler
A First Encyclopaedia of Tlön
History of a Land called Uqbar by Silas Haslam (1874)
Ecstasica
Kefra Neghast- Glory of Kings
[21:55] Misfit: Sefer Raziel – water elemental spells – Ugaritic
Change Current
Calm Waters
Circle of Rain
Ride the Waves
Walk the Waves
Snow Storm
Whirlpool
Hurricane
Summon Storm
Tidal Wave
Aasif Kitab – Storm Book – Arabic
Thunder Clap
Howling Wind
Northwind
Call Lightening
Walk the Wind
Ball Lightening
Wind Rush
Circle of Rain
Whirlwind
Wind Blast
[21:55] Misfit: De physiognomia et de hominis procreatione – Michael Scot – Latin
Ritual for restoration of vampires – flawed
Ritual to wake the King Under the Mountain
Ignite Flame
Negate Poisons/Toxins
Create Water
Superior Metamorphosis
Exorcism (part of the restoration ritual)
Stone to Flesh
Create Steel
Water to Wine
Energy Sphere
Amulet
Ironwood
[21:56] Misfit: "I made sure there is room for more"
[21:56] dakoiah: *grins* "it's perfect! Look at all these new spells!" *pulls down Sefer Raziel and starts reading*
[21:58] Misfit: Perce is glowing
[21:58] Misfit: Sefer Raziel, however, requires magic to read and will require some time to work through
[21:59] dakoiah: *grins at Perce* "this one here could keep me busy for awhile. Where did you get all these?"
[22:03] Misfit: "The spellbooks you had the whole time. The rest Ursua helped me find"
[22:03] dakoiah: "you guys were busy while we were gone"
[22:05] Misfit: She nods "A mage should have a proper library"
[22:09] dakoiah: "you are absolutly right"
[22:10] Misfit: "So I made you one"
[22:13] dakoiah: *grins at her* "Thank you! You're the best"
[22:15] Misfit: She's glowing as she puts the Sefer Raziel back and uses the desk for some magic making
2 Jan 103 PA: Demon Grills Slayer
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 6:50:13 PM) : *a little off to one side but probably in earshot of Lery* "so, i've noticed you are on the run, I don't much care why, i'm sure you had a good reason for whatever you did, but given the sorts of enemies this group has already, I wanted to ask, how bad will it be when they find you?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 6:58:19 PM) : *tenses visibly at the question, and takes a moment or two before answering* "I cannot say how bad. But it would not be at all pleasant."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:01:42 PM) : "Do the others know how much danger you are putting them in?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:08:48 PM) : *she nods once* "They know, I told them the first moment I had... but it would seem they would rather take the risk.." *gives him a long, uneasy stare* "Why this sudden interest?"
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:10:52 PM) : "this is the first moment I had to ask about it, and since you shun most company it seemed most practical to approach the matter bluntly. Do you hide from your own people or the sploogorth?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:15:02 PM) : *nods again, relaxing only slightly* "Your first guess is accurate--it is my people I seek to avoid."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:20:35 PM) : "But your presumption that it is because of something I had done, is not so accurate."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:27:26 PM) : *shrugs* "I am not suggesting that you have done anything criminal, or malicious. One can after all make more and worse enemies by taking the high road than by the low. were I to guess I would say you were too good and were betrayed for it, then you had the unmitigated gaul to survive the attempt on your life and escape."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:38:04 PM) : *she shakes her head* "My people would have me become something I do not want, by claiming it is the Fates' designs and purpose... yet I have defied them by not returning, as the first choice I was truly allowed to make."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:44:56 PM) : *seems about to say more, but hesitates*
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:47:02 PM) : "Do they wish you to become something evil? or mearly something that would make you unhappy?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:57:27 PM) : *draws a deep breath, anger flashing briefly in her eyes as she recalls* "My purpose had been chosen for me the moment I was born.. I spent my young years longing to learn of a certain spell magic... But I was robbed of any chance to learn, with each new Mark they bestowed."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:00:06 PM) : "and where is your item?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:00:46 PM) : "My...item?" *looking quite puzzled*
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:05:26 PM) : "you wish to work magic, you have abandoned your people because they denied you that choice, where is the trinket that lets you have your wish?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:15:25 PM) : *she shakes her head* "There is no such trinket I know of that would grant me that wish for myself. My people denied me the ability to learn spell magics. Now, the only magic I am able to wield, is that which is drawn in my skin." *guestures to her inner elbow where the gryphon tattoo is* "With the exception of the two at my wrists, I remember when I recieved each of the others, and the fight I put up with each, for there was not a one that I recieved willingly."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:19:52 PM) : "No, it is too late for me to have my wish, to be able to learn and work the kinds of magics that do not need be drawn into my skin.."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:23:30 PM) : "the universes are full to the rafers with such trinkets, Technowizards and alchemists make them by the thousand. Such trinkets quite litterally grow on trees in some places. they can be picked up off the ground in worm wood. but rather than chase your dream in a form that can be had by anyone willing to pay the cost, you sit here wallowing in your misery because you can't have life exactly as you wished it."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:44:24 PM) : *tightens her jaw at the last part, and narrows her eyes* "That is not the reason! It is because I seek for my children to have what I could not, the freedom to choose! But I was often told the Fates would not be denied, that there would always be a first-born; another who would be trained, willingly or no, as a Slayer."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:49:18 PM) : *Grins* "Noble choice, foolish execution, but noble choice. Still, it is well past time for you to persue your own end."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:59:57 PM) : *takes a deep breath, speaking more calmly* "Years ago, perhaps I may have sought to obtain an item the likes of which you speak... had I known such things existed. But was I more concerned with keeping to my self-imposed exile and seclusion.. I did not want to risk running into one of my own people, one who might give the others my whereabouts, and had no desire to bring danger or trouble to any city, large or small"
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:04:35 PM) : "Ah, you misunderstand. you gather enemies like a reaper gathers grain. How do you think you will be able to give your children any kind of choice? you live on the edge of a city that is one big slum. your sons will have their choice of ganges to join, your daughters will have their choice of corners on which to sell their bodies. Unless you work to better YOUR situation, they will inherit only the shattered dreams you clutch to your chest, assuming you avoid your foes long enough to pass on even that much."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 9:22:59 PM) : "I can agree with some of what you say... but do not presume I live within the city. It is part of the reasons I was not at all hesitant to go after Ringo...the city is not 'home'. Coupled with the worry for one of his companions.. one who could make my marks less recognizable, even to the one who placed them on my skin."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:31:32 PM) : *Shrugs* "Living outside a city is better how exactly? So instead of gangs your son can join barbarian hordes or a mercenary army... and I shudder to consider life for a little girl out in the wilds. even if you founnd a gardenspot where no hostile creature lived, the facts remain unchanged. As long as you are driven only by necissity that is all your children will inherit."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 9:42:50 PM) : *she nods slightly* "Once I would not be tracable from whence I came, it would be easier to look ahead.. and I would not have to explain of my past."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:49:02 PM) : "being better hidden means you'll live long enough to pass on the noghting you have to your kids. Form larger plans."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 9:49:47 PM) : (noghting?)
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:59:22 PM) : nothing
taus.solace(10/30/2011 10:08:32 PM) : *contemplates his words* "I do not aim to always have nothing.."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 10:43:56 PM) : "Good. I look forward to assisting in that agenda."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 10:47:49 PM) : "And how would you propose to assist me?"
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 11:03:37 PM) : "Hard to say without knowing your plans, however we are currently comrades, and it is a well known fact that several people working together for mutual benefit achive more than lone individuals are capable of."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 11:13:26 PM) : *nods thoughtfully, pausing after a moment* "I prefer to take things one step at a time. It was not too many months ago that I had none I could trust." *casts a glance about at the various members of the group each in turn*
taus.solace(10/30/2011 11:19:26 PM) : *turns back to Sky* "I was not certain at first of yourself, whether you would betray me, if you had learned anything of my past and why I run."
ewoodward3(10/31/2011 12:09:58 AM) : "that is why I have avoided using any speciffic names. not that it matters much, I doubt I know enough of your people to betray you to them if I knew their names, and I also doubt there would be anything in it for me but a gristly death at the hands of some eager do-good-er."
taus.solace(10/31/2011 12:16:49 AM) : *she nods* "Niasa is a name of my own choosing, not the one my people gave me, so it is safe enough."
taus.solace(10/31/2011 12:18:35 AM) : "My people are spread to various reaches of the world, and I did not know whether I could take such risk that one as long-lived as yourself may have seen one of my people before."
ewoodward3(10/31/2011 12:25:42 AM) : "I very well may have, but I tend not to associate much with ratial types famous as monster slayers."
taus.solace(10/31/2011 12:35:16 AM) : *shakes her head* "We are not all trained in the methods and ways of slaying. There are scholars among my people as well."
ewoodward3(10/31/2011 12:36:26 AM) : "I am aware of that, but a descrete demon lives longer than the other kinds."
8 Jan 103 PA: Busy Encampment
[19:52] taus.solace: Niasa would have been rather tense, to say the least, during the 9-day ride... She would have been trying to cut the stops somewhat short, basically just long enough to get her PPE levels back to full.
[19:56] taus.solace: each activation would have lasted 2.5 hrs, and 80 PPE each time... so for every 5 hrs of travel, would be 8 hrs of rest... or, those 8 hrs would have been spent riding on another mount, if the others had no complaints.
[19:58] Misfit: I don't think she has any spares though
[20:02] taus.solace: yeah.. and her normal horse tattoo wouldn't really compete with the speed of Gash's mount, so,during those 8 hrs of non-travel, she'd just be silently working herself into an even tighter tension, Lery (and Sky on her lap) would be the ones who would most easily notice.. but during those hours of camping, she'd more or less resign herself to the tent she shared with Lery, trusitng Aeshna to keep watch.
[20:04] Misfit: Lery "Niasa, you can't bottle yourself up like this"
[20:09] taus.solace: "I expected we would have seen something, heard something, before this. I had imagined after a day or two, we would have caught up to them..."
[20:12] taus.solace: *hestiates, sighing* "I should not have gone into details as I had with Ibycus. If something has happened..." *falters off, leaving the rest unsaid*
[20:14] Misfit: "We'll keep looking, but we have a lot of ground to cover. As for Ibycus, wither he will, he won't, or he's dead and doesn't matter. He rides with Ringo, so he's not hostile to us. Much as Ringo hates to admit it, he'll come down with the Captain if it comes to it. Ibycus won't say anything and if he does, Ringo won't let him say much"
[20:23] taus.solace: "You do not understand. It is not that I am worried of what he will do, or say.. " *she frowns deeply* "It is that same sense of...dread...as I had felt when I first told your Captain more about me, before we had set out on the journey."
[20:26] taus.solace: "If something has happened to them, I will carry the guilt."
[20:28] Misfit: "What guilt is that?"
[20:41] taus.solace: "You told me once, we are able to choose our own fates... but the things I was taught....so long ago.. of the Fates that guide us, pick our destiny before we are able to choose..and the elders simply follow the Fates' designs..." *shakes her head* "If Ringo's delay is because they were attacked...I would believe it to mean it was brought on, because I may have revealed more than I should have told them... it is the only thing I can think about..to find out if something untoward has happsened...and at the same, hope that I am wrong."
[20:43] Misfit: "That your fate rubbed off on them, that you somehow doomed them unknowingly? They accepted that knowledge, they rode knowing their lives were in danger. You own your fate, they own theirs. Honor them enough to accept they may live or die by more than what you whispered"
[20:51] taus.solace: *thinks it over, nods slightly* "That would be easier to accept.. were it not so... ingrained that some punishment waits for those who divulge any details.." *pauses, allowing a slight smile..the first hint of such in a long time* "Yet I could say that I am still here, as are those whom I have grown closest to.."
[20:59] Misfit: "You are here and we are here. Like El, the Fates only have the power we give them. Aliza told me that of gods. They seldome appear directly. Ringo says the gods are a waste of time, he is still here"
[21:08] taus.solace: *gives a slight, thoughful nod*
[21:18] taus.solace: *closes her eyes momentarily, then gives a sigh, turning a glance to Lery with a resigned expression* "I have tried to simply put out of mind what I was taught.. focus on the new.. yet now and again, those very things invade my every thought.. "
[21:20] taus.solace: "It will be easier if I know Ringo and his fellows are safe, or that none will place the blame on me, if..if they are not."
[21:21] Misfit: "I think they will blame whatever killed them, not us. They were hard up when we found them"
[21:23] taus.solace: *nods*
[21:24] Misfit: "You can ask, but only Ibycus and the kids didn't look used to action and violence, and they still looked rough. The universe isn't fair and has many ways to kill us without it being personal"
[21:30] taus.solace: "My own view of the wider world has been... limited, and felt certain that many of the things that we had seen come to pass was because of something I either did or did not do... with the exception of Nigel."
[21:32] Misfit: "Some things happen because of what we do. Anna accepted me because i turned on my previous captain and helped her save a bunch of orphans destined for Splynn. Cody died because he chose to go alone with dragons and Murder Wraiths about. Sometimes it's not so simple. Families in Juarez died and lost their homes because a bunch of vampires got kicked out of their kingdom."
[21:37] taus.solace: "...vampires that could have been less numerous, had I been more diligent in my assigned role, instead of seeking for those five years to simply turn my back on all that was expected of me."
[21:38] Misfit: "Maybe, maybe not. How far south was their kingdom? How could you fare alone against a whole kingdom of vampires?"
[21:47] Misfit: "Maybe you hurt that kingdom and their enemies take over more than one kingdom then? Maybe one kingdom dominates and sweeps north to burn all Mexico"
[21:53] taus.solace: *is silent for a few momnets before answering* "It has been said that the grandmother of my grandmother had managed to burn through and destroy the populace of a vampire kingdom in the course of one week.. and my grandmother's skill at hunting them down was nearly equal to hers.. it was presumed I would hold as much promise.. " *shakes her head slightly* "I do not believe the many of those old stories---they all felt as if to somehow prove I could not change that for which I was destined."
[21:54] taus.solace: "And I, in turn, set out to prove how wrong they were."
[21:57] Misfit: He nods and squeezes her hands "Yes. Yet for all you talk of your past, you let it rule you. You need to let go of that and look forward. We cannot change history, we can decide our futures"
[22:08] taus.solace: *nods, trying to swallow the sudden lump in her throat* "I chose a new name, so that I may put more distance between my past and the now, and between what was expected and what my future should now hold.. "
[22:17] taus.solace: *squeezes his hands in return* "there have been points on this journey I thought I could fully put the past behind me.. only to have some reminder resurface some days later. ...If Ringo and his fellows are safe, the thoughts I have been harboring would have been for naught."
[22:19] Misfit: "Your thoughts are for naught either way. Ringo is alive or he is not. Your past controls you, Ringo is the latest way it's controlling you"
[22:26] taus.solace: *lowers her head slightly, shoulders slumped*
[22:29] Misfit: He pulls her into an embrace "You are Niasa de Lery, wife of a pirate and pare of the crew of the Revenge, a pirate"
[22:38] taus.solace: *leans into the embrace, and after only a moment, he can feel her start to suddenly shake with what seem to be silent sobs*
[22:39] Misfit: He hols her as she cries
[22:52] taus.solace: *continues for a minute or two, then pulls back to look at him, trying to wipe the the tears from her eyes* "Lery.... I.. " *falters briefly*
[22:59] taus.solace: "I have felt that perhaps...... I have held on to what I knew.....and to the past, because while it was not something I wanted... it remained.. familiar.... that while I kept it, I had a purpose...to continue to fight against it.. but you..."
[23:03] taus.solace: "You give me a new purpose.. you know i have not been to sea, so I know not if I am a proper pirate... but perhaps I may learn. Where you will go, so will I."
[23:05] Misfit: "And I go where the Captain sails. But we don't have to serve the Fates to fight evil. Ringo serves no god and rescued his people from a dead world, Gash fights vampires, Aeshna isn't even alive and aids us"
[23:11] Misfit: He smiles "We can fight for the future while making our own"
[23:18] taus.solace: *nods, hugging him again* "I will .. try to not dwell further in the past... It is a promise I have said before, but it is one I mean to keep. I am a pirate..and.. " *she pulls back to look at him, arching her brows questioningly* "You..did call me as your wife?"
[23:19] Misfit: "You need a new self distant from your old one. Is not a pirate married to a Hatian pirate far from a Slayer?"
[23:24] taus.solace: *she nods, smiling* "It is.. but.. I do not know all of your customs. I suppose I should have asked, am I now your wife, or is there a marriage ritual you follow, as either a pirate or a Hatian?"
[23:25] Misfit: "As a pirate, I'd carry you off. As a Hatian, we'd need a priest, though I don't need the priest to tell me we're married"
[23:36] taus.solace: "In a way, Lery, you have already ' carried me off '... for I cannot return to my people...or within the molds of my past."
[23:40] Misfit: "Then let us finish it" He rises, then tosses her over his shoulder and carts her off to a stream nearby
[23:43] taus.solace: and she goes along for the ride
[23:45] Misfit: The marriage is consumated and they are left to beat a hasty retreat to the tent afterwards due to the cold
[23:55] taus.solace: she is all smiles upon their return to the tent, cuddling close to him for warmth. "There are a few hours yet before we will be able to set out again."
[23:55] Misfit: "Is that a hint?"
[00:00] taus.solace: *blinks puzzeledly* "A hint? No, I was only stating that there is yet time for sleep, I could be up all night with no ill effect as I have done before.. but, you.."
[00:00] Misfit: He nods "Of course" and delays sleep a bit anyway before drifting off contentedly
[00:02] taus.solace: she snoozes beside him, her arms wrapped gently yet protectively around him
[00:04] Misfit: I believe that's a wrap
[00:06] taus.solace:
[00:06] taus.solace: definitely gives her a new focus
[00:07] Misfit: Hehehe. That was her first time going all the way too, I think
[00:07] taus.solace: it was
[00:09] taus.solace: kind of curious, whether the first time is the charm, and how to determine?
[00:10] Misfit: Well, it is like Russian roulette. Eventually, there's a bullet in the chamber
[00:15] taus.solace:
[00:21] taus.solace: She would later tell him, probably at some point the next day before breaking camp, that it wasn't just for the safety of ringo and company she was concerned with... she also had another concern.. with Ibycus' knowledge of the tattoo art, and the methods of concealment that did not require concealing clothes, if something had happened, she would stand out more with wearing constant long sleeves and a high-necked shirt or some sort of scarf
[00:24] Misfit: "My sea breeze, you are a pirate. Sleeves are common"
[00:26] taus.solace: "Sleeves also tend to be less hardy than my own skin.. hence the leather straps I wore when you first met me."
[00:27] Misfit: He shrugs. "Go naked, they'll never see your face for your other wonders"
[00:33] taus.solace: *gives a playful (very gentle) punch on the arm* "Ibycus offered the thing that I often wanted.. to be able to conceal the markings of a Slayer, that I not need be reminded of what I was, as well as keeping anyone who should see those markings should mistake me for one."
[00:35] Misfit: "If he is gone, we will find something else then. There are other things we can do"
[00:41] taus.solace: *nods slightly* "Then, for now, I will not worry, but I will stay intent on finding them, or anything of their whereabouts."
[19:35] Misfit: There's time for chats, though only Aeshna, Gash, and Lery went among NPCs
[19:37] Ed3EvilGM: he he he he
[19:38] Ed3EvilGM: not especially interested in walking toasters
[19:38] Misfit: Hehehe
[19:38] Misfit: Or leeches?
[19:40] Ed3EvilGM: Gash dosn't seem ready to open up much yet, but he would ask her if she knows how to play hazard.
[19:41] Misfit: Hazard?
[19:41] Ed3EvilGM: old dice game Revolutionary war vintage
[19:43] Misfit: "The circles I traveled in had bloodier gambling games. Which slave would offend his master first, how he would be punished, that srt of thing. Plus the usual betting on combat"
[19:53] Ed3EvilGM: *chuckles* "My dear, I am a demon, do you think you can shock me?"
[19:55] Misfit: "I am not trying to shock you, just admitting my experiences in games of chance are limited"
[19:59] Ed3EvilGM: *Shakes my head* "if that was your intent then you would have simply said so. You work too hard to remind people of what you were, that is not a good sign."
[20:03] Misfit: "I cannot forget what I was, or what I am, trapped between the dead and the living. At least you are a fellow monster"
[20:03] Misfit: "As you say, I cannot shock you"
[20:05] Ed3EvilGM: "Might I suggest another tactic?"
[20:06] Misfit: "Certainly"
[20:08] Ed3EvilGM: "Humanity is a team sport. if you play it alone you'll never win."
[20:17] Misfit: "You suggest I do more then curl up for warmpth with LG?"
[20:24] Ed3EvilGM: "If that is a direction your inclinations lead, then by all means. however, I was more suggesting that you persue friendship more actively. if you wish to be more human, act more like a human, associate more with humans, and persue human happiness."
[20:25] Misfit: "Then... why don't you show me how to play hazard"
[20:33] Ed3EvilGM: *Grins* "Because I was hoping you would teach me, it is an obscure and ancient game lost to the mists of time, and i'd hoped to draw you out by playing the student. Instead I think I will have to teach you to play poker."
[20:35] Misfit: "No clothes as the stakes. I already tried poker, but I wouldn't call Ringo human"
[20:43] Ed3EvilGM: "I don't play beginners for stakes, it makes them hesitant to play again."
[20:43] Misfit: "Then I accept"
[20:51] Ed3EvilGM: *spends time teaching her to play and telling ammusing stories of grifts gone bad, and daring escapes.*
[20:59] Misfit: She enjoys the stories as much as the cards
[21:02] Ed3EvilGM: *teaches her the basics of spotting tells by assuming some false tells and leting her spot them and figure out how to interpret them*
[21:08] Misfit: (Tells? Lies or something else?)
[21:16] Ed3EvilGM: a tell is a tiny gesture that a person makes unconsciously when they are confident or bluffing or some such. for example a guy bluffing might stroke his beard, or he might normally keep looking at his cards, but when he is bluffing he knows they suck and dosn't bother to look
[21:18] Misfit: She listens intently "I see. It's as intricate and varied as fatching a fighter, and the best ones seem to minimize such signs"
[21:26] Ed3EvilGM: "exactly."
[21:27] Misfit: "I shall remember that"
[21:29] Ed3EvilGM: "Good players notice tells and minimize their own, great players create false tells and confuse their oponents. Like a psycological feint."
[21:30] Misfit: She nods "it does require a great deal of focus, without looking like ti does"
[21:38] Ed3EvilGM: *nods*
[21:39] Misfit: "so, just what do you do, when not snubbing holy avengers' hearts and dispensing advice to fiends and fools?"
[21:44] Ed3EvilGM: "I am not snubbing her heart, i'm spareing it. you of all people should know that it would be unhealthy for her."
[21:56] Misfit: "That depends on what you would do with it"
[22:04] Misfit: "If you would lead her into darkness, you are right. If you would be the less than diabolic, I do not know"
[22:13] Ed3EvilGM: "I am a demon. As demons go i'm not a bad guy, no temptation, no corruption, no tormenting the damned, I just bring misfortune especially to fools who take unnecessary risks. But she seems to be of the opinion that I might be reformed. I will not, but I present a more dangerous prospect to her, the reformed villain. I am a living suggestion that the bad old days might not have been as bad as she thinks... and i'm honestly not sure what would hapen to an Apok if they fell back into their old ways..."
[22:19] Misfit: "I'm not sure either, but tell me, what has she now? She fights the Unholy and all that is evil, but even her people are wary of her. You are the only being who has let her see more than a grim slayer in the mirror, yet you will not look at what else she is willing to show. How long before she grows bitter? She may not, but she may. She's human and needs to feel loved. At best she is seen as an ally, a warrior. At worst she is something to be scraped off your boot with distaste"
[22:23] Misfit: "She is vulnerable there. She cannot see into your heart. think what a monster who can see that weakness could do"
[22:23] Ed3EvilGM: "and once again I fail to remember the important rule..."
[22:23] Misfit: "Which rule is that?"
[22:25] Ed3EvilGM: "Before you take in a stray kitten on a stormy night and feed it, accept that it will be a permanent resident the next morning."
[22:28] Misfit: She laughs "You might have the right of it. So, make her feel like a woman, work at being not a monster until she either finds true love or she passes from this world. She may be a terror in battle, but she is only human"
[22:41] Ed3EvilGM: "and here I was hoping that you had some clever way to let her down easily, or maybe a knight in shining armor I could push her towards..."
[22:48] Misfit: "None come to mind. I do know a bastard on a black horse who would seduce her. Even in Muluc we knew of his charm"
[22:49] Ed3EvilGM: "you are remarkably less than helpful..."
[22:54] Misfit: "I'm still getting used to this whole humanity thing again"
[23:03] Misfit: "But you opened that door. I've just had the misfortune of watching her dash her hopes against your constant, gentle rebuffs"
[23:08] Ed3EvilGM: *sighs* "I will need to talk with her..."
[23:08] Misfit: She nods. "What will you say?" (And on that note, bedtime)
[23:10] Ed3EvilGM: "I don't know."
[21:25] Misfit: Anna spends several hours swamped by excited kids, hearing what they've been doing while she was gone
[21:30] *** "dakoiah (dakoiah)" was marked "Idle" on Wed Oct 26 21:30:12 2011.
[21:33] *** "dakoiah (dakoiah)" was marked "Online" on Wed Oct 26 21:33:51 2011.
[21:34] dakoiah: *listens to the all. After a few hours* "are you guys going to let me get unpacked and showered?" *grins at them* "i know I smell like a person who's been on horseback for months right now"
[21:36] Misfit: Maria ushers them out to groans and protests which she ignores. as the kids are exiting, Perce drags you into a shower to ensure you are clean. "Jeff already had his turn"
[21:39] dakoiah: *luxurates in the hot water, and delays exiting the shower until there is no hot water left*
[21:42] Misfit: Eventually Perce lets you get clean "I have a surprise for you" which has her quite giddy
[21:44] dakoiah: *grins at her* "really? I like surprises" *puts on a pair of sweats* "ok, lets see this surprise"
[21:50] Misfit: She leads you down the hall to an unused room your last time in juarez. You step in and see a massive bookshelf along one wall, a table with various beakers and the like, and a massive oak desk with an open book and several inkwells and quills
[21:51] dakoiah: *looks around, grinning* 'You made me a library!" *gives her a hug and a kiss* "it's great!" *begins checking out books*
[21:54] Misfit: Book of Azathoth
Chronicles of Nath by James Sheffield
Chronike von Nath by Rudolf Yergler
A First Encyclopaedia of Tlön
History of a Land called Uqbar by Silas Haslam (1874)
Ecstasica
Kefra Neghast- Glory of Kings
[21:55] Misfit: Sefer Raziel – water elemental spells – Ugaritic
Change Current
Calm Waters
Circle of Rain
Ride the Waves
Walk the Waves
Snow Storm
Whirlpool
Hurricane
Summon Storm
Tidal Wave
Aasif Kitab – Storm Book – Arabic
Thunder Clap
Howling Wind
Northwind
Call Lightening
Walk the Wind
Ball Lightening
Wind Rush
Circle of Rain
Whirlwind
Wind Blast
[21:55] Misfit: De physiognomia et de hominis procreatione – Michael Scot – Latin
Ritual for restoration of vampires – flawed
Ritual to wake the King Under the Mountain
Ignite Flame
Negate Poisons/Toxins
Create Water
Superior Metamorphosis
Exorcism (part of the restoration ritual)
Stone to Flesh
Create Steel
Water to Wine
Energy Sphere
Amulet
Ironwood
[21:56] Misfit: "I made sure there is room for more"
[21:56] dakoiah: *grins* "it's perfect! Look at all these new spells!" *pulls down Sefer Raziel and starts reading*
[21:58] Misfit: Perce is glowing
[21:58] Misfit: Sefer Raziel, however, requires magic to read and will require some time to work through
[21:59] dakoiah: *grins at Perce* "this one here could keep me busy for awhile. Where did you get all these?"
[22:03] Misfit: "The spellbooks you had the whole time. The rest Ursua helped me find"
[22:03] dakoiah: "you guys were busy while we were gone"
[22:05] Misfit: She nods "A mage should have a proper library"
[22:09] dakoiah: "you are absolutly right"
[22:10] Misfit: "So I made you one"
[22:13] dakoiah: *grins at her* "Thank you! You're the best"
[22:15] Misfit: She's glowing as she puts the Sefer Raziel back and uses the desk for some magic making
2 Jan 103 PA: Demon Grills Slayer
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 6:50:13 PM) : *a little off to one side but probably in earshot of Lery* "so, i've noticed you are on the run, I don't much care why, i'm sure you had a good reason for whatever you did, but given the sorts of enemies this group has already, I wanted to ask, how bad will it be when they find you?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 6:58:19 PM) : *tenses visibly at the question, and takes a moment or two before answering* "I cannot say how bad. But it would not be at all pleasant."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:01:42 PM) : "Do the others know how much danger you are putting them in?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:08:48 PM) : *she nods once* "They know, I told them the first moment I had... but it would seem they would rather take the risk.." *gives him a long, uneasy stare* "Why this sudden interest?"
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:10:52 PM) : "this is the first moment I had to ask about it, and since you shun most company it seemed most practical to approach the matter bluntly. Do you hide from your own people or the sploogorth?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:15:02 PM) : *nods again, relaxing only slightly* "Your first guess is accurate--it is my people I seek to avoid."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:20:35 PM) : "But your presumption that it is because of something I had done, is not so accurate."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:27:26 PM) : *shrugs* "I am not suggesting that you have done anything criminal, or malicious. One can after all make more and worse enemies by taking the high road than by the low. were I to guess I would say you were too good and were betrayed for it, then you had the unmitigated gaul to survive the attempt on your life and escape."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:38:04 PM) : *she shakes her head* "My people would have me become something I do not want, by claiming it is the Fates' designs and purpose... yet I have defied them by not returning, as the first choice I was truly allowed to make."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:44:56 PM) : *seems about to say more, but hesitates*
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 7:47:02 PM) : "Do they wish you to become something evil? or mearly something that would make you unhappy?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 7:57:27 PM) : *draws a deep breath, anger flashing briefly in her eyes as she recalls* "My purpose had been chosen for me the moment I was born.. I spent my young years longing to learn of a certain spell magic... But I was robbed of any chance to learn, with each new Mark they bestowed."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:00:06 PM) : "and where is your item?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:00:46 PM) : "My...item?" *looking quite puzzled*
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:05:26 PM) : "you wish to work magic, you have abandoned your people because they denied you that choice, where is the trinket that lets you have your wish?"
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:15:25 PM) : *she shakes her head* "There is no such trinket I know of that would grant me that wish for myself. My people denied me the ability to learn spell magics. Now, the only magic I am able to wield, is that which is drawn in my skin." *guestures to her inner elbow where the gryphon tattoo is* "With the exception of the two at my wrists, I remember when I recieved each of the others, and the fight I put up with each, for there was not a one that I recieved willingly."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:19:52 PM) : "No, it is too late for me to have my wish, to be able to learn and work the kinds of magics that do not need be drawn into my skin.."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:23:30 PM) : "the universes are full to the rafers with such trinkets, Technowizards and alchemists make them by the thousand. Such trinkets quite litterally grow on trees in some places. they can be picked up off the ground in worm wood. but rather than chase your dream in a form that can be had by anyone willing to pay the cost, you sit here wallowing in your misery because you can't have life exactly as you wished it."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:44:24 PM) : *tightens her jaw at the last part, and narrows her eyes* "That is not the reason! It is because I seek for my children to have what I could not, the freedom to choose! But I was often told the Fates would not be denied, that there would always be a first-born; another who would be trained, willingly or no, as a Slayer."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 8:49:18 PM) : *Grins* "Noble choice, foolish execution, but noble choice. Still, it is well past time for you to persue your own end."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 8:59:57 PM) : *takes a deep breath, speaking more calmly* "Years ago, perhaps I may have sought to obtain an item the likes of which you speak... had I known such things existed. But was I more concerned with keeping to my self-imposed exile and seclusion.. I did not want to risk running into one of my own people, one who might give the others my whereabouts, and had no desire to bring danger or trouble to any city, large or small"
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:04:35 PM) : "Ah, you misunderstand. you gather enemies like a reaper gathers grain. How do you think you will be able to give your children any kind of choice? you live on the edge of a city that is one big slum. your sons will have their choice of ganges to join, your daughters will have their choice of corners on which to sell their bodies. Unless you work to better YOUR situation, they will inherit only the shattered dreams you clutch to your chest, assuming you avoid your foes long enough to pass on even that much."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 9:22:59 PM) : "I can agree with some of what you say... but do not presume I live within the city. It is part of the reasons I was not at all hesitant to go after Ringo...the city is not 'home'. Coupled with the worry for one of his companions.. one who could make my marks less recognizable, even to the one who placed them on my skin."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:31:32 PM) : *Shrugs* "Living outside a city is better how exactly? So instead of gangs your son can join barbarian hordes or a mercenary army... and I shudder to consider life for a little girl out in the wilds. even if you founnd a gardenspot where no hostile creature lived, the facts remain unchanged. As long as you are driven only by necissity that is all your children will inherit."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 9:42:50 PM) : *she nods slightly* "Once I would not be tracable from whence I came, it would be easier to look ahead.. and I would not have to explain of my past."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:49:02 PM) : "being better hidden means you'll live long enough to pass on the noghting you have to your kids. Form larger plans."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 9:49:47 PM) : (noghting?)
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 9:59:22 PM) : nothing
taus.solace(10/30/2011 10:08:32 PM) : *contemplates his words* "I do not aim to always have nothing.."
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 10:43:56 PM) : "Good. I look forward to assisting in that agenda."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 10:47:49 PM) : "And how would you propose to assist me?"
ewoodward3(10/30/2011 11:03:37 PM) : "Hard to say without knowing your plans, however we are currently comrades, and it is a well known fact that several people working together for mutual benefit achive more than lone individuals are capable of."
taus.solace(10/30/2011 11:13:26 PM) : *nods thoughtfully, pausing after a moment* "I prefer to take things one step at a time. It was not too many months ago that I had none I could trust." *casts a glance about at the various members of the group each in turn*
taus.solace(10/30/2011 11:19:26 PM) : *turns back to Sky* "I was not certain at first of yourself, whether you would betray me, if you had learned anything of my past and why I run."
ewoodward3(10/31/2011 12:09:58 AM) : "that is why I have avoided using any speciffic names. not that it matters much, I doubt I know enough of your people to betray you to them if I knew their names, and I also doubt there would be anything in it for me but a gristly death at the hands of some eager do-good-er."
taus.solace(10/31/2011 12:16:49 AM) : *she nods* "Niasa is a name of my own choosing, not the one my people gave me, so it is safe enough."
taus.solace(10/31/2011 12:18:35 AM) : "My people are spread to various reaches of the world, and I did not know whether I could take such risk that one as long-lived as yourself may have seen one of my people before."
ewoodward3(10/31/2011 12:25:42 AM) : "I very well may have, but I tend not to associate much with ratial types famous as monster slayers."
taus.solace(10/31/2011 12:35:16 AM) : *shakes her head* "We are not all trained in the methods and ways of slaying. There are scholars among my people as well."
ewoodward3(10/31/2011 12:36:26 AM) : "I am aware of that, but a descrete demon lives longer than the other kinds."
8 Jan 103 PA: Busy Encampment
[19:52] taus.solace: Niasa would have been rather tense, to say the least, during the 9-day ride... She would have been trying to cut the stops somewhat short, basically just long enough to get her PPE levels back to full.
[19:56] taus.solace: each activation would have lasted 2.5 hrs, and 80 PPE each time... so for every 5 hrs of travel, would be 8 hrs of rest... or, those 8 hrs would have been spent riding on another mount, if the others had no complaints.
[19:58] Misfit: I don't think she has any spares though
[20:02] taus.solace: yeah.. and her normal horse tattoo wouldn't really compete with the speed of Gash's mount, so,during those 8 hrs of non-travel, she'd just be silently working herself into an even tighter tension, Lery (and Sky on her lap) would be the ones who would most easily notice.. but during those hours of camping, she'd more or less resign herself to the tent she shared with Lery, trusitng Aeshna to keep watch.
[20:04] Misfit: Lery "Niasa, you can't bottle yourself up like this"
[20:09] taus.solace: "I expected we would have seen something, heard something, before this. I had imagined after a day or two, we would have caught up to them..."
[20:12] taus.solace: *hestiates, sighing* "I should not have gone into details as I had with Ibycus. If something has happened..." *falters off, leaving the rest unsaid*
[20:14] Misfit: "We'll keep looking, but we have a lot of ground to cover. As for Ibycus, wither he will, he won't, or he's dead and doesn't matter. He rides with Ringo, so he's not hostile to us. Much as Ringo hates to admit it, he'll come down with the Captain if it comes to it. Ibycus won't say anything and if he does, Ringo won't let him say much"
[20:23] taus.solace: "You do not understand. It is not that I am worried of what he will do, or say.. " *she frowns deeply* "It is that same sense of...dread...as I had felt when I first told your Captain more about me, before we had set out on the journey."
[20:26] taus.solace: "If something has happened to them, I will carry the guilt."
[20:28] Misfit: "What guilt is that?"
[20:41] taus.solace: "You told me once, we are able to choose our own fates... but the things I was taught....so long ago.. of the Fates that guide us, pick our destiny before we are able to choose..and the elders simply follow the Fates' designs..." *shakes her head* "If Ringo's delay is because they were attacked...I would believe it to mean it was brought on, because I may have revealed more than I should have told them... it is the only thing I can think about..to find out if something untoward has happsened...and at the same, hope that I am wrong."
[20:43] Misfit: "That your fate rubbed off on them, that you somehow doomed them unknowingly? They accepted that knowledge, they rode knowing their lives were in danger. You own your fate, they own theirs. Honor them enough to accept they may live or die by more than what you whispered"
[20:51] taus.solace: *thinks it over, nods slightly* "That would be easier to accept.. were it not so... ingrained that some punishment waits for those who divulge any details.." *pauses, allowing a slight smile..the first hint of such in a long time* "Yet I could say that I am still here, as are those whom I have grown closest to.."
[20:59] Misfit: "You are here and we are here. Like El, the Fates only have the power we give them. Aliza told me that of gods. They seldome appear directly. Ringo says the gods are a waste of time, he is still here"
[21:08] taus.solace: *gives a slight, thoughful nod*
[21:18] taus.solace: *closes her eyes momentarily, then gives a sigh, turning a glance to Lery with a resigned expression* "I have tried to simply put out of mind what I was taught.. focus on the new.. yet now and again, those very things invade my every thought.. "
[21:20] taus.solace: "It will be easier if I know Ringo and his fellows are safe, or that none will place the blame on me, if..if they are not."
[21:21] Misfit: "I think they will blame whatever killed them, not us. They were hard up when we found them"
[21:23] taus.solace: *nods*
[21:24] Misfit: "You can ask, but only Ibycus and the kids didn't look used to action and violence, and they still looked rough. The universe isn't fair and has many ways to kill us without it being personal"
[21:30] taus.solace: "My own view of the wider world has been... limited, and felt certain that many of the things that we had seen come to pass was because of something I either did or did not do... with the exception of Nigel."
[21:32] Misfit: "Some things happen because of what we do. Anna accepted me because i turned on my previous captain and helped her save a bunch of orphans destined for Splynn. Cody died because he chose to go alone with dragons and Murder Wraiths about. Sometimes it's not so simple. Families in Juarez died and lost their homes because a bunch of vampires got kicked out of their kingdom."
[21:37] taus.solace: "...vampires that could have been less numerous, had I been more diligent in my assigned role, instead of seeking for those five years to simply turn my back on all that was expected of me."
[21:38] Misfit: "Maybe, maybe not. How far south was their kingdom? How could you fare alone against a whole kingdom of vampires?"
[21:47] Misfit: "Maybe you hurt that kingdom and their enemies take over more than one kingdom then? Maybe one kingdom dominates and sweeps north to burn all Mexico"
[21:53] taus.solace: *is silent for a few momnets before answering* "It has been said that the grandmother of my grandmother had managed to burn through and destroy the populace of a vampire kingdom in the course of one week.. and my grandmother's skill at hunting them down was nearly equal to hers.. it was presumed I would hold as much promise.. " *shakes her head slightly* "I do not believe the many of those old stories---they all felt as if to somehow prove I could not change that for which I was destined."
[21:54] taus.solace: "And I, in turn, set out to prove how wrong they were."
[21:57] Misfit: He nods and squeezes her hands "Yes. Yet for all you talk of your past, you let it rule you. You need to let go of that and look forward. We cannot change history, we can decide our futures"
[22:08] taus.solace: *nods, trying to swallow the sudden lump in her throat* "I chose a new name, so that I may put more distance between my past and the now, and between what was expected and what my future should now hold.. "
[22:17] taus.solace: *squeezes his hands in return* "there have been points on this journey I thought I could fully put the past behind me.. only to have some reminder resurface some days later. ...If Ringo and his fellows are safe, the thoughts I have been harboring would have been for naught."
[22:19] Misfit: "Your thoughts are for naught either way. Ringo is alive or he is not. Your past controls you, Ringo is the latest way it's controlling you"
[22:26] taus.solace: *lowers her head slightly, shoulders slumped*
[22:29] Misfit: He pulls her into an embrace "You are Niasa de Lery, wife of a pirate and pare of the crew of the Revenge, a pirate"
[22:38] taus.solace: *leans into the embrace, and after only a moment, he can feel her start to suddenly shake with what seem to be silent sobs*
[22:39] Misfit: He hols her as she cries
[22:52] taus.solace: *continues for a minute or two, then pulls back to look at him, trying to wipe the the tears from her eyes* "Lery.... I.. " *falters briefly*
[22:59] taus.solace: "I have felt that perhaps...... I have held on to what I knew.....and to the past, because while it was not something I wanted... it remained.. familiar.... that while I kept it, I had a purpose...to continue to fight against it.. but you..."
[23:03] taus.solace: "You give me a new purpose.. you know i have not been to sea, so I know not if I am a proper pirate... but perhaps I may learn. Where you will go, so will I."
[23:05] Misfit: "And I go where the Captain sails. But we don't have to serve the Fates to fight evil. Ringo serves no god and rescued his people from a dead world, Gash fights vampires, Aeshna isn't even alive and aids us"
[23:11] Misfit: He smiles "We can fight for the future while making our own"
[23:18] taus.solace: *nods, hugging him again* "I will .. try to not dwell further in the past... It is a promise I have said before, but it is one I mean to keep. I am a pirate..and.. " *she pulls back to look at him, arching her brows questioningly* "You..did call me as your wife?"
[23:19] Misfit: "You need a new self distant from your old one. Is not a pirate married to a Hatian pirate far from a Slayer?"
[23:24] taus.solace: *she nods, smiling* "It is.. but.. I do not know all of your customs. I suppose I should have asked, am I now your wife, or is there a marriage ritual you follow, as either a pirate or a Hatian?"
[23:25] Misfit: "As a pirate, I'd carry you off. As a Hatian, we'd need a priest, though I don't need the priest to tell me we're married"
[23:36] taus.solace: "In a way, Lery, you have already ' carried me off '... for I cannot return to my people...or within the molds of my past."
[23:40] Misfit: "Then let us finish it" He rises, then tosses her over his shoulder and carts her off to a stream nearby
[23:43] taus.solace: and she goes along for the ride
[23:45] Misfit: The marriage is consumated and they are left to beat a hasty retreat to the tent afterwards due to the cold
[23:55] taus.solace: she is all smiles upon their return to the tent, cuddling close to him for warmth. "There are a few hours yet before we will be able to set out again."
[23:55] Misfit: "Is that a hint?"
[00:00] taus.solace: *blinks puzzeledly* "A hint? No, I was only stating that there is yet time for sleep, I could be up all night with no ill effect as I have done before.. but, you.."
[00:00] Misfit: He nods "Of course" and delays sleep a bit anyway before drifting off contentedly
[00:02] taus.solace: she snoozes beside him, her arms wrapped gently yet protectively around him
[00:04] Misfit: I believe that's a wrap
[00:06] taus.solace:
[00:06] taus.solace: definitely gives her a new focus
[00:07] Misfit: Hehehe. That was her first time going all the way too, I think
[00:07] taus.solace: it was
[00:09] taus.solace: kind of curious, whether the first time is the charm, and how to determine?
[00:10] Misfit: Well, it is like Russian roulette. Eventually, there's a bullet in the chamber
[00:15] taus.solace:
[00:21] taus.solace: She would later tell him, probably at some point the next day before breaking camp, that it wasn't just for the safety of ringo and company she was concerned with... she also had another concern.. with Ibycus' knowledge of the tattoo art, and the methods of concealment that did not require concealing clothes, if something had happened, she would stand out more with wearing constant long sleeves and a high-necked shirt or some sort of scarf
[00:24] Misfit: "My sea breeze, you are a pirate. Sleeves are common"
[00:26] taus.solace: "Sleeves also tend to be less hardy than my own skin.. hence the leather straps I wore when you first met me."
[00:27] Misfit: He shrugs. "Go naked, they'll never see your face for your other wonders"
[00:33] taus.solace: *gives a playful (very gentle) punch on the arm* "Ibycus offered the thing that I often wanted.. to be able to conceal the markings of a Slayer, that I not need be reminded of what I was, as well as keeping anyone who should see those markings should mistake me for one."
[00:35] Misfit: "If he is gone, we will find something else then. There are other things we can do"
[00:41] taus.solace: *nods slightly* "Then, for now, I will not worry, but I will stay intent on finding them, or anything of their whereabouts."
[19:35] Misfit: There's time for chats, though only Aeshna, Gash, and Lery went among NPCs
[19:37] Ed3EvilGM: he he he he
[19:38] Ed3EvilGM: not especially interested in walking toasters
[19:38] Misfit: Hehehe
[19:38] Misfit: Or leeches?
[19:40] Ed3EvilGM: Gash dosn't seem ready to open up much yet, but he would ask her if she knows how to play hazard.
[19:41] Misfit: Hazard?
[19:41] Ed3EvilGM: old dice game Revolutionary war vintage
[19:43] Misfit: "The circles I traveled in had bloodier gambling games. Which slave would offend his master first, how he would be punished, that srt of thing. Plus the usual betting on combat"
[19:53] Ed3EvilGM: *chuckles* "My dear, I am a demon, do you think you can shock me?"
[19:55] Misfit: "I am not trying to shock you, just admitting my experiences in games of chance are limited"
[19:59] Ed3EvilGM: *Shakes my head* "if that was your intent then you would have simply said so. You work too hard to remind people of what you were, that is not a good sign."
[20:03] Misfit: "I cannot forget what I was, or what I am, trapped between the dead and the living. At least you are a fellow monster"
[20:03] Misfit: "As you say, I cannot shock you"
[20:05] Ed3EvilGM: "Might I suggest another tactic?"
[20:06] Misfit: "Certainly"
[20:08] Ed3EvilGM: "Humanity is a team sport. if you play it alone you'll never win."
[20:17] Misfit: "You suggest I do more then curl up for warmpth with LG?"
[20:24] Ed3EvilGM: "If that is a direction your inclinations lead, then by all means. however, I was more suggesting that you persue friendship more actively. if you wish to be more human, act more like a human, associate more with humans, and persue human happiness."
[20:25] Misfit: "Then... why don't you show me how to play hazard"
[20:33] Ed3EvilGM: *Grins* "Because I was hoping you would teach me, it is an obscure and ancient game lost to the mists of time, and i'd hoped to draw you out by playing the student. Instead I think I will have to teach you to play poker."
[20:35] Misfit: "No clothes as the stakes. I already tried poker, but I wouldn't call Ringo human"
[20:43] Ed3EvilGM: "I don't play beginners for stakes, it makes them hesitant to play again."
[20:43] Misfit: "Then I accept"
[20:51] Ed3EvilGM: *spends time teaching her to play and telling ammusing stories of grifts gone bad, and daring escapes.*
[20:59] Misfit: She enjoys the stories as much as the cards
[21:02] Ed3EvilGM: *teaches her the basics of spotting tells by assuming some false tells and leting her spot them and figure out how to interpret them*
[21:08] Misfit: (Tells? Lies or something else?)
[21:16] Ed3EvilGM: a tell is a tiny gesture that a person makes unconsciously when they are confident or bluffing or some such. for example a guy bluffing might stroke his beard, or he might normally keep looking at his cards, but when he is bluffing he knows they suck and dosn't bother to look
[21:18] Misfit: She listens intently "I see. It's as intricate and varied as fatching a fighter, and the best ones seem to minimize such signs"
[21:26] Ed3EvilGM: "exactly."
[21:27] Misfit: "I shall remember that"
[21:29] Ed3EvilGM: "Good players notice tells and minimize their own, great players create false tells and confuse their oponents. Like a psycological feint."
[21:30] Misfit: She nods "it does require a great deal of focus, without looking like ti does"
[21:38] Ed3EvilGM: *nods*
[21:39] Misfit: "so, just what do you do, when not snubbing holy avengers' hearts and dispensing advice to fiends and fools?"
[21:44] Ed3EvilGM: "I am not snubbing her heart, i'm spareing it. you of all people should know that it would be unhealthy for her."
[21:56] Misfit: "That depends on what you would do with it"
[22:04] Misfit: "If you would lead her into darkness, you are right. If you would be the less than diabolic, I do not know"
[22:13] Ed3EvilGM: "I am a demon. As demons go i'm not a bad guy, no temptation, no corruption, no tormenting the damned, I just bring misfortune especially to fools who take unnecessary risks. But she seems to be of the opinion that I might be reformed. I will not, but I present a more dangerous prospect to her, the reformed villain. I am a living suggestion that the bad old days might not have been as bad as she thinks... and i'm honestly not sure what would hapen to an Apok if they fell back into their old ways..."
[22:19] Misfit: "I'm not sure either, but tell me, what has she now? She fights the Unholy and all that is evil, but even her people are wary of her. You are the only being who has let her see more than a grim slayer in the mirror, yet you will not look at what else she is willing to show. How long before she grows bitter? She may not, but she may. She's human and needs to feel loved. At best she is seen as an ally, a warrior. At worst she is something to be scraped off your boot with distaste"
[22:23] Misfit: "She is vulnerable there. She cannot see into your heart. think what a monster who can see that weakness could do"
[22:23] Ed3EvilGM: "and once again I fail to remember the important rule..."
[22:23] Misfit: "Which rule is that?"
[22:25] Ed3EvilGM: "Before you take in a stray kitten on a stormy night and feed it, accept that it will be a permanent resident the next morning."
[22:28] Misfit: She laughs "You might have the right of it. So, make her feel like a woman, work at being not a monster until she either finds true love or she passes from this world. She may be a terror in battle, but she is only human"
[22:41] Ed3EvilGM: "and here I was hoping that you had some clever way to let her down easily, or maybe a knight in shining armor I could push her towards..."
[22:48] Misfit: "None come to mind. I do know a bastard on a black horse who would seduce her. Even in Muluc we knew of his charm"
[22:49] Ed3EvilGM: "you are remarkably less than helpful..."
[22:54] Misfit: "I'm still getting used to this whole humanity thing again"
[23:03] Misfit: "But you opened that door. I've just had the misfortune of watching her dash her hopes against your constant, gentle rebuffs"
[23:08] Ed3EvilGM: *sighs* "I will need to talk with her..."
[23:08] Misfit: She nods. "What will you say?" (And on that note, bedtime)
[23:10] Ed3EvilGM: "I don't know."
