[Lendria, Day 1] [Y'all pop into Zen Alcarest, capital of the Kingdom of Alcarest. You're right near the temple, which looks the same as the one in the Empire.] * Yuki has joined #MCDC [Unlike the rest of the city. They don't have the Empire's fancy lights, just torches. The roads are cobblestone, but many of the stones are cracked or missing. The houses look dingy and the grass is what grass? But at least the castle looks imposing, lying across from the temple. And across a moat.]] [Aight? Aight.] [Start] [Did I mention the people? They wear the same kind of clothes as those in the Empire, but generally more ragged.] (Which one's Alcarest, again? The one with the chick whose name is totally escaping me?) * Josh wishes himself dingier. [Josh suddenly smells like he hasn't bathed in 3 days!] (Always jumpin' in.) * Billie makes an 'ugh' sound when Josh changes the way he smells and glances at him. Really. [He fits in though.] * Raxa wrinkles her nose and at least wishes for there to be some raggedness to her outfit before she walks out towards the temple. Maybe she took a bath today. * Yoshiko takes a quick look around. "Not as fancy, bu-" she looks at Josh and looks... "Well, that's not how I would have done it." * Josh snorts. "Some people can't afford the water to bath." * Billie sighs a little and her clothes also pick up some raggetyness. But she doesn't stink more. "That doesn't mean you have to be one of them." * Yoshiko motions, as her clothes get a little bit more used and ragged. "Seriously." [It turns out the inside of the temple is the same as the one in the Imperial Capital, only dingier. With dingier priests.] * Josh tones down the smell and shakes his head. * Billie walks in, looks around, and tries to pick out the least dingy priest, who is probably the high priest. d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. ( :D ) [Josh! Give me a defense roll!] * Yoshiko walks in behind Billie, Yuki in hand. (What sort?) ( Melee (grabs) ) (*flails at reading comprehension) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 12. (You're going to get glomped.) (Man, the one ugly person in the world. I really stand out) [Josh gets glomped!] [In the face] [By a monkey.] (MONKEY) [A monkey clings to Josh's face, shrieking and pounding on his head.] GAAAAH! THE FUCKINGHELL?! (MONKEY!) * Josh flails at the shrieking thing on his head. [A priest runs out from the back room. "Clayton! Get back here! Dooh! Get off that man's head!] [He attempts to grab the monkey as it nimbly dodges while remaining on Josh's head.] * Raxa giggles a little as she watches. "I should help, but he's already getting enough." d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. Get your damn dirty ap-monkey off my head! ( Billie, gimme a defense (grabs) roll! Also you too Josh ) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Josh (2d6+4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 12. * Yoshiko giggles. (Monkey vs Pirate vs Ninja. Now we just need a robot) ( beep) (Hahahaha!) ( Any day now... ) (Josh, Billie, defense rolls?) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Billie (2d6+7) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 14. (omg I have skill!) (mad skeelz) [The priest dives for the monkey just as it leaps away from Josh, and he ends up tackling Josh and sending them both to the ground in a heap. Meanwhile, Billie gets a monkey on the head and the GM loses a die.] (You lost death?) ( it rolled behind the computer ) * Josh takes a pratfall for the away team. "Not helping." * Billie rolls her eyes up. "Monkey," she deadpans, and then reaches up to try to pick it gently off her head. [The monkey is apparently bored enough to stop fighting as Billie picks it up.] ["Ooh." It says.] * Raxa laughs a little more and says, "You can't tackle a monkey... why did you try?" You don't tackle monkey. Monkey tackles you. * Billie nods. And pets the monkey. [The priest gets up. He's a short, chubby man who probably looks exactly how you'd picture him. "Oh dear, oh dear. I'm terribly sorry."] * Josh stands up. "I don't think my face is ever going to be the same." (Friar Tuk?) Nonesense, it'll be just fine. * Raxa reaches out and pinches Josh's cheek. "Just a little more smelly." (Note to self: Keep all poisions away from this guy.) Least the monkey could have done was break my nose so I couldn't tell. * Billie smiles at the priest. "It's okay. What's his name?" ["Clayton. Normally he's a quiet fellow, but he always goes crazy whenever..." He stops, his expression becoming thoughtful. "I say... You wouldn't be one of..." He looks left, right, over his shoulder, and leans in close. "................... Them?"] [The monkey shrieks and leaps from Billie's hand, landing on the priest's face. He muffles "Off! Oh mrr mh! smf mff mf mfff!"] * Yoshiko giggles some more. "Clayton really likes you, though." [The monkey dives off the priest and runs off, shrieking wildly. The priest watches him run and sighs."] * Josh stage whispers. "Don't tell anybody." * Billie hides a snicker unsuccessfully behind her hand, and then leans forward and asks, "Who's them?" ["Well, he's quite special, you know. A gift from a traveller from the Far Continent."] * Raxa chuckles and says, "We do probably need to talk in private, though." [He turns to Billie. "You know..." and leans in close and whispers......... ".......... them."] ["Oh, of course. Follow me."] [He heads off!] * Yoshiko follows! * Josh follows the monk and rubs his face to see if got scratched too badly. [The monkey instantly jumps back on Josh and.... oh wait, the monk. Right. He leads you to an office-like chamber. "So, is it true? Are you one of...................... them?"] You know, you could be a little more specific. Plucked from the brink of death to serve, perhaps? * Billie tries to tuck her hands in her pockets, realizes she has no pockets, and folds her arms instead. ["Yes, we've been seeing a lot more of your type recently. Ah..." He pauses, hesitating, then smiles. "I don't suppose you can share why with a humble servant such as myself, hmm?"] We're trying to help you out, I think. * Raxa frowns. "And how have you been seeing more of us?" [He shrugs, "Why, just the other day some servants of the Goddess paid a visit."] * Billie blinks. "They did?" ... Doesn't she only have one servant? Nooo, either she's testing us, or I don't think they're who they said they were. [He blinks. "But, that's what they said. I just assumed there were more now."] * Yoshiko rubs her chin. "I'm gettin' a bad feeling about this." Yeah, me too. I'm going to need you to describe them to me, and anything that they said. This is important. * Billie nods. "We already talked to one of the Goddess's servants, and he said that he hasn't been able to contact her for days." [He frowns. "Oh dear... Oh dear oh dear oh dear...."] ["With the kingdom in such hard times, I thought the Goddess had sent them to balance the scales. They went straight to the palace after coming here."] How long ago was this? ["Why, three months ago."] * Billie blinks. "They came here three months ago? What's happened since then?" Okay, less of a rush on our part then. ["Since then there's been a lot of attacks on Imperial towns. Againt, I just assumed it was to balance the power. The Empire's so rich right now, and we've fallen into a state of dispair..."] * Raxa puts a hand on her hip and says, "Those raids aren't doin' anything but annoying people." * Josh nods. And pushing people to fight more. I'd wanna beat someone up if they were taking my stuff. ["Well, it's not for me to judge. Surely the Goddess has a reason behind it all."] I don't think the Goddess wants women to be kidnapped. We saw one of those raids. Yeah, that's not cool at all. [He blinks. "B-But that's not proper! Oh dear..."] * Raxa looks back at him, and then puts her hand to her forehead, saying quietly, "Propriety, always propriety. These people." She then looks to him. "So can you tell us about them?" * Josh nods. "The ones you met before were very, very improper people." ["They were two men, warriors from the look of them, and a woman."] Any... distinguishing features? Tattoos or something? * Yoshiko mumbles to Raxa. "They should just take things easier." * Billie snerks at Yoshiko. * Yoshiko grins. [He blinks. "No, no tattoos."] * Billie rubs at the back of her head. "Well..." She looks at the others. "Sounds like they're responsible for the attacks, at least." Think they're still in the Palace? It'd be well guarded and a good center of power. ["As far as I know. Oh dear..."] * Raxa looks over at Billie. "If they can move like us, it's gonna be hard to deal with 'em..." Maybe we can get in without the whole queezyness thing. Yeah, and they've had time to build a power base. ( You're also down 20 ep, by the by ) (From teleporting?) ( yep ) * Billie looks at the high priest. "Can you can get us in the palace?" Actually... Do you know where the princess is? [He shakes his head. "No, I have no authority there, I'm afraid."] * Billie frowns. Boy, does she frown. * Yuki looks at Billie for a second. Hey, aren't you a ninja or something? * Billie blinks and looks back at Yoshiko. "I guess? It's still kinda weird... oh, you mean sneak in?" Yeah, at least see what's going on inside? * Raxa mms and says, "We could always just go there." Knock on the front gate sort of thing? Yeah, they'll let us in I'm pretty sure. * Yoshiko grins. Let's go check it out one way or another... We'll figure something out. * Billie looks at the priest. "I'm Billie, by the way. You are...?" That dependson how hard we knock. ["Brother Tukk, at your service."] Oh, introductions. Hehe, sorry. * Yoshiko bows to Brother Tukk. "Yoshiko, and this is my rabbit, Yuki." ["Such strange names... Where do you hail from?"] Um... other worlds. We're devas, you know? * Josh thumbs his chest. "Some of us were called from farther than others. Josh." ["Oh... I'd forgotten. Dear me."] * Raxa grins a bit. "Don't worry about it. How about I head back to leave a message and then we head in?" For Jenner? Sounds like a plan. He really should know about something like this. ( Atsa gonna be another 10 EP y'know ) Sounds like a plan. (20 if she wants to come back) (She might be able to just use a disciple to handle it) (Not unless he sees Jenner!) (It's true, you got a disciple? You could just have him drop off the message. :D) (He's out in the middle of nowhere!) (Yeah, the disciple's in the wrong place.) (We should have asked if Jenner had any) (Anyway!) (Movin' on.) Howzabout you go talk to Jenner, you sneak in, and Yoshiko, me, and the rabbit look under rocks for Chess and Logan? (Yeah, I hope we don't have to teleport anymore.) (This is a terrible plan btw, don't split the party) (Because if it's killing 10 EP a shot, I won't have any left.) (Even though Jenner thought the plan was fine, which would make no sense.) (Maybe he has 1059813295819358 EP.) (I'll give you two extra ones when we sleep, but that's it ^^;) (WOO) (You're very inspiring when we're sleeping. ^.~) Whatever works, but I think I'm going to need you guys in there with me eventually. Yeah, but I'm about as sneaky as an oil tan... very large ship. * Billie grins. "Yeah, well, you're a pirate." * Raxa looks to Billie. "I'm pretty agile, but I never really had to sneak around... well, not like this." Don't look at me for sneakyness. * Josh gestures helplessly. Okay, okay. I'll go try to take a look around. * Yuki hops onto Yoshiko's head. "Do you want me to come with? I'm sneaky." * Billie blinks at the rabbit, then asks it, "Can you talk to Yoshiko? I mean, from far away?" * Yuki nods. Well, she is my familiar. I'd hope so. * Billie beams. "Awesome! Let's rock and roll." She reaches over and picks up Yuki, then turns to the priest. "Which way is it to the palace, Brother Tukk?" * Josh points at the front door. "Big pointy thing? With the moat?" [He stares at Billie. "It's, eh.... It's across the road."] * Yoshiko rubs Yuki's head and smiles. "Be very careful, okay?" * Yoshiko rubs Yuki's head and smiles. "Be very careful, okay?" It's uncertain weather she's talking to Yuki or Billie. * Billie nods, and she dips her head to the priest. "Thanks." She heads out to check out this palace. ['S big.] (And now, just to drive Brett more insane, I ask the priest why he was given the monkey.) ( It's a long story ) (Well, mine's pretty handwavy: I go leave a message with the priest, like I was told.) (Since that was what we were told the communication was.) (How much longer are we going tonight?) ( K, if you're sure. ) * Yuki sticks to Billie, generally staying on her. * Billie pets the bunny! So cute! [Welp, this looks like a good place to end, so End]