Mystery at Ussura - Session 3

[Dracos]

Aug 15 18:06:47 <Admiral_Dracos>   Last session, our pirate heroes made their way west to the lands of Ussura, taking the bidding...and money from the very montaigne that had so harmed them.  Here they learned of the fate of their dear captain and crew, a mere month left before their execution.  Here they also learned that a green crystal was being sought by them aggressively, to the point of hiring mercenaries to do so... and thus we left off with the
Aug 15 18:06:47 <Admiral_Dracos>   pirates having shimied down into the woods surrounded by strange masked tribals.
Aug 15 18:06:56 *   Admiral_Dracos has changed the topic to: Topic is topic?
Aug 15 18:07:35 *   Merc is now known as Leon
Aug 15 18:09:35 *   Penuche (~penuche@c-98-196-68-69.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has joined #skies_of_arcadia
Aug 15 18:10:59 <Leon>   "Are they friendly, Glubtz?" Leon bellows downward from atop the ship as he squints and spies on the proceedings below. They haven't made a pincushion out of Glubtz yet! A good sign!
Aug 15 18:11:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   Aug 01 21:25:42 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Information.....Where are you from?"  The voice sounded a bit surprised.  "Why are you wearing such a mask?"
Aug 15 18:11:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   Aug 01 21:28:05 <Glubtz>   "I'm the Mighty Pirate Glubtz!  From...the east I guess.  And the mask is to strike fear into my enemies!"  He frowns.  "Are you not afraid?"
Aug 15 18:11:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   Aug 01 21:36:14 <Dracos>   Surprise, than Laughter came from the woods.  "Tourists...Why are you so deep in the woods of Ixa?"  A few came out, wearing masks as well.
Aug 15 18:11:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   Aug 01 21:37:57 <Leon>   "Huh, guess Rolland was right about the mask coming in handy," Leon mutters as he watches the proceedings down in the ground. If nothing else, Glubtz wasn't dead yet.
Aug 15 18:11:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   Aug 01 21:38:44 *   Glubtz is delighted. More masks! Maybe they can start a mask club! On the other hand, he's a pirate, and that's probably club enough.
Aug 15 18:11:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   Aug 01 21:39:35 <Glubtz>   "We're looking for shinies, one in particular.  And I must commend you on your choice of face wear."
Aug 15 18:11:13 <Admiral_Dracos>   <Leon> "Are they friendly, Glubtz?" Leon bellows downward from atop the ship as he squints and spies on the proceedings below. They haven't made a pincushion out of Glubtz yet! A good sign!
Aug 15 18:12:35 <Leon>   ooc: scratch the last, the admiral says we're all down in the frying pan too!
Aug 15 18:14:37 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Shinies...you aren't with the men from the east?"  They lifted their spears readily.
Aug 15 18:15:38 <Glubtz>   "Huumm... I don't know."  He turns to look at his companions.  "Are we?"
Aug 15 18:16:46 <Carlos>   "We are independant gentlemen of fortune.'
Aug 15 18:17:06 *   Rolland shifts a bit, and places his hands on his pistols.. Though casually..
Aug 15 18:21:07 <Glubtz>   "So yes, a green shiny.  Greenish.  Might be light green drawing on yellow.  Around that color scheme."
Aug 15 18:23:20 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Why are you wearing that mask?"  He pointed.  "You sound like easterners."
Aug 15 18:24:30 *   Glubtz frowns, although it probably isn't noticeable.
Aug 15 18:24:33 <Rolland>   "Easterners? Been having problems with them?"
Aug 15 18:25:08 <Glubtz>   "I already said, I'm a might pirate.  Or soon shall be.  The mask is part of the creating an image process."
Aug 15 18:25:17 <Carlos>   "Glubtz likes masks.  He says they're terribly comfortable."
Aug 15 18:25:47 <Rolland>   "They're mostly for us, though. What's behind the mask makes it difficult to keep food in our stomachs."
Aug 15 18:26:37 <Admiral_Dracos>   "They have been enslaving villages throughout Ussura... and razing the forest...  Like...?"  The man laughed, "You are strange fellows, no love between you."
Aug 15 18:27:06 *   Rolland turns a little green and gags.
Aug 15 18:27:20 <Rolland>   "The only thing I love about him is that he's big enough to stop bullets."
Aug 15 18:28:47 *   Glubtz ponders leaving the talkative little monkey to die next time his big mouth gets him in trouble. A dreamy smile grows beneath the mask.
Aug 15 18:30:01 *   Leon frowns. "Well, don't worry, we're not seeking to enslave anyone. We wouldn't say no to some willing help if anybody was available, however. As Glubtz mentioned, we -are- currently searching forsomething. A 'shiny' as he likes to put it," Leon explains, drawling out the last part, a bit amused at calling it that.
Aug 15 18:31:03 <Rolland>   "Mmm.. How big was it? Fist sized? Beyond that one thing, we're not really interested in anything around here.."
Aug 15 18:31:19 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Why do you talk like that?"  The man seemed annoyed a bit at the description.  "We don't trust outsiders right now...and I know not of any such thing.  If you wish to ask the chief, you must leave your weapons here."
Aug 15 18:31:48 *   Rolland raises an eyebrow and scratches his ear.
Aug 15 18:32:09 <Rolland>   "Talk like what, exactly?"
Aug 15 18:34:09 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Shinies?  Who talks like that,"  He clicked his tongue, the other warriors nearby nodding.
Aug 15 18:34:21 <Leon>   "I think he means Glubtz's speech. He just talks like that. We just make fun of him," Leon explains.
Aug 15 18:34:48 *   Carlos nods in agreement.
Aug 15 18:34:49 <Leon>   "It's how we show we care. Don't ask, we're weird like that," Leon adds.
Aug 15 18:34:50 <Rolland>   "Ah, that. Well.. I'd say it's because he's slow, but it might really be because he's been hit in the head one too many times."
Aug 15 18:38:38 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Alright..."  He nodded somewhat understanding.  Crazy people were everywhere after all.
Aug 15 18:42:01 *   Rolland turns to his Captain.
Aug 15 18:42:11 <Rolland>   "So, 'sir,' are we going with him?"
Aug 15 18:45:07 *   Carlos shrugs. "Why not?"
Aug 15 18:47:40 *   Rolland sloppily mock-salutes and begins to disarm..
Aug 15 18:48:52 <Admiral_Dracos>   The tribals helped themselves to their weapons as they disarmed, gathering them together and carrying them along as they lead through the woods.
Aug 15 18:48:56 <Admiral_Dracos>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 15 18:51:20 <Admiral_Dracos>   Heading into the village, they were brought before the chief, an elder man who looked over them with tired, bitter eyes.   "Easterners...  Why have you come here?"
Aug 15 18:55:16 *   Glubtz nudges Leon. "Go on, talk to the man."
Aug 15 18:55:33 *   Rolland holds his peace, waiting for his captain to talk to the man, 'leader-to-leader' so to speak.
Aug 15 18:56:44 *   Rolland has a second thought and steps forward with a slight bow..
Aug 15 18:58:47 <Rolland>   "Honored Elder, we are the crew of the ship 'Blue Salvation.' This man here, *gestures to Leon*, is our Captain, Leon du Paix."
Aug 15 19:00:34 <Leon>   "Yes, and not by choice...Bloody lazy companions," Leon mutters under his breath before looking at the chief with a strained smile. "Err, hello. Introductions aside, we're looking for information on a green crystal gem, uhm, sir?" He ends the last part a bit uncertainly, not certain how to refer to the chief politely.
Aug 15 19:01:10 <Glubtz>   "Psssssst.  Ask him if they have scarier masks."
Aug 15 19:01:58 <Admiral_Dracos>   "A green crystal?  You come a long way seeking such...  Why?"  His voice was tired and concerned, untrusting from the harsh experiences over the last months.
Aug 15 19:04:01 <Leon>   "Well...honestly? Money. We're in desperate need of building some capital fast, and the guy looking for the gem is paying well for it. Why -he- wants it, I couldn't tell you, I'm afraid," Leon answers, deciding being honest has been working out well enough for them so far.
Aug 15 19:06:29 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Mercenaries...  Hmph...  There can be only one such Crystal that anyone would want with such desire...  The Great Green Moon Crystal, said to be held in the City of Gold, Rixas.  But..."  The man coughed.  "The keeper of history and our very own high priest was taken in a raid not a week ago.  He would be the only one who could point the way to that ancient city."
Aug 15 19:07:39 <Carlos>   "Do you have any idea where he was taken?"
Aug 15 19:08:37 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Most likely the mines in Mixira mountain...It is the source of most moonstones in our land, pillaged by dread easterners..."
Aug 15 19:09:06 *   Rolland glances at Leon..
Aug 15 19:09:09 <Glubtz>   "Sooooooooooo, what's so special about the crystal?"
Aug 15 19:09:18 <Rolland>   "Who runs these mines?"
Aug 15 19:09:53 <Admiral_Dracos>   "You are searching for it...and you do not know?"  The man's eyes widened.  "Perhaps if you bring our priest back, I will tell you."
Aug 15 19:11:45 <Glubtz>   "So, um, could we have a bit of time to talk about it?"
Aug 15 19:11:47 <Leon>   "That's a discussion that might be interesting. I suppose this is a starting point we could use," Leon comments. "Anything else you can tell us about the mines and the people who took yours?"
Aug 15 19:13:39 <Admiral_Dracos>   "You may stay the night, especially if you truly intend to fight the other easterners...  We know not but that they call themselves Montaigne."
Aug 15 19:15:07 <Carlos>   "What about your priest?  What is is name and what does he look like?"
Aug 15 19:19:52 *   Leon narrows his eyes at the mention of Montaigne. "Montaigne. Figures..." Leon mutters and sighs. "Carlos, while you get any extra information you can, I'm going to go let the rest of the crew know our tentative plans. I'll be back shortly."
Aug 15 19:20:26 *   Rolland grins at 'First Officer Carlos.'
Aug 15 19:21:00 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Our high priest is named Isapa the Wide.  He has a manner that draws people's attention."
Aug 15 19:21:09 *   Carlos grins back.
Aug 15 19:21:14 <Admiral_Dracos>   The old man narrowed his eyes.  "Are you really going to try it?"
Aug 15 19:22:09 <Carlos>   "It will be good practice for next month," Carlos replies with a smile.
Aug 15 19:22:13 <Rolland>   "I'd say it depends. We have to take a look around, before anything else. We need information on the mine. Who runs it? How many are there? How far away is it? Things like that. Once we get that, we'll decide."
Aug 15 19:24:33 *   Carlos looks at Rolland. "Since when did we become cautious?"
Aug 15 19:24:48 <Rolland>   "Since we need to talk before we do anything else."
Aug 15 19:25:04 *   Rolland stares at Carlos.
Aug 15 19:26:21 <Admiral_Dracos>   "I do not know these things.  How could I?  To risk more of our young folk near the mine would be foolhardy.  We do everything we can to protect our village."
Aug 15 19:26:42 *   Rolland nods.
Aug 15 19:27:32 <Rolland>   "That's fine. Just give us some time to find out what we need about the mine and we'll go from there."
Aug 15 19:30:49 <Admiral_Dracos>   "You may stay a night, but then you must leave.  I do not trust easterners."
Aug 15 19:30:53 <Admiral_Dracos>   He gestured off.
Aug 15 19:30:56 <Admiral_Dracos>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 15 19:31:12 <Admiral_Dracos>   They were provisioned with a small thatched hut about midway up the huge tree that most the village was built around.
Aug 15 19:32:44 <Glubtz>   "So, um."
Aug 15 19:33:05 <Glubtz>   "I figure we have to leave no witnesses if we attack the mine."
Aug 15 19:33:10 <Glubtz>   "Gotta get paid."
Aug 15 19:33:35 <Carlos>   "Or we could wear masks."
Aug 15 19:33:40 *   Rolland looks at Glubtz, annoyed.
Aug 15 19:34:40 <Rolland>   "The mine is controlled by the Montaigne. *We* work for the Montaigne. How about we simply try to get in? If we can talk our way through, we should. If we attack, and someone survives, we'll never be able to come back to this port."
Aug 15 19:35:57 <Leon>   "Well, considering Montaigne is also who captured Captain Dyne, whatever is most inconvinient for them gets my vote. If at all possible, I'd like to keep the crystal more than the money. Considering one such crystal got us into this mess with Montaigne, maybe this one can get Dyne out," Leon notes.
Aug 15 19:36:00 <Glubtz>   "Or we could wear masks."
Aug 15 19:36:27 *   Rolland shrugs.
Aug 15 19:37:36 <Rolland>   "It's up to you, Captain, but all we have is a skeleton crew, and a slightly under-gunned ship. We took this job so we could make some quick cash. We might be able to play this right, after all. Make money on the trading and try to smuggle out the gem."
Aug 15 19:40:58 <Leon>   "That would certainly be my preferred ending," Leon says with a small smile. "I'd certainly love for Montaigne to pay us, only to realize they didn't get what they wanted."
Aug 15 19:41:43 <Rolland>   "It's worth trying first. We can always start shooting once diplomacy fails, you know. Rather hard to do it the other way around."
Aug 15 19:41:55 <Glubtz>   "Wouldn't that affect us in getting jobs from them in the future?"
Aug 15 19:42:29 <Leon>   "Anyhow, since we do want to temporarily appear on their side, should we go shoot Loco a visit and see if he can't give us some information on the mines before we decide to invade and kill everyone?"
Aug 15 19:43:08 *   Rolland grins.
Aug 15 19:43:14 <Rolland>   "Up to you, Captain."
Aug 15 19:44:53 <Glubtz>   "Again, wouldn't messing up this job make our future rescue harder?"
Aug 15 19:45:17 <Glubtz>   "They'll probably be a bit miffed at as, make us more recognizable."
Aug 15 19:46:26 <Leon>   "Only if they know -we- messed it up, Glubtz. I want to try and avoid that, but I do want that gem if we can get away with it. I'm positive it'll help out with getting Dyne out," Leon replies. "I'm not going to risk it if it comes down to it, but let's do all we can to try and have the dice fall our way."
Aug 15 19:47:39 <Leon>   "Anyhow, do any of you have any issues with talking to Loco about the mines, or you think it's more likely to make Montaigne suspicious of us? Thoughts?"
Aug 15 19:49:11 <Carlos>   "Since it appears to have nothing to do with the crystal, I think it would make his suspicious.'
Aug 15 19:49:29 <Glubtz>   "I concur."
Aug 15 19:49:31 <Rolland>   "I think we'd be fine if we linked our inquiry with these moonstones. Link them to some kind of possible worship to the gem we're looking for."
Aug 15 19:51:54 <Leon>   "You think you could spin a good enough yarn for Loco, Rolland? If you don't, it's probably not worth going along that road. You're the best liar I know, all things considered," Leon asks.
Aug 15 19:52:12 *   Rolland scratches his chin..
Aug 15 19:52:35 <Rolland>   "Hmm.. I can try.. The old boy's batsy, though. Not sure how he'll take anything I say."
Aug 15 19:57:21 <Leon>   "Right, I said I didn't want to take risks, and if you're not sure, let's avoid Loco. So suggestion, guys? Just visit the mines acting all friendly and kill them all if it looks manageable? Stealthy visit?"
Aug 15 19:57:59 <Rolland>   "A bit 'o skullduggery never hurt anyone!"
Aug 15 20:11:06 <Glubtz>   "Well, we could always 'stumble' upon it, see if we're let in.  If not, well then, I guess we know our options."
Aug 15 20:11:28 <Rolland>   "So, how about we do both? One of our sneaky fellows tries to make his way in, while the rest of us distract the guards by talking our way in? If both parties succeed, then no problem. If one of us fails, we have the others as back up."
Aug 15 20:11:40 <Admiral_Dracos>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 15 20:13:01 <Admiral_Dracos>   The next day, having made their plans over long discussion, the Blue Salvataion made its way south over to the island mountain of Mixira.  It was not difficult to discover with a handful of standing Montainge ships guarding it, their steely frame quite intimidating compared to a more standard wood craft.
Aug 15 20:13:59 *   Rolland gazes out over the ships, and turns to Leon, completely straight faced.
Aug 15 20:14:04 <Rolland>   "... I want one."
Aug 15 20:14:11 *   Rolland points to the Montigane ships.
Aug 15 20:14:32 <Carlos>   "I was thinking the same thing."
Aug 15 20:14:52 *   Rolland nods.
Aug 15 20:14:56 <Rolland>   "Make it happen, Captain."
Aug 15 20:15:31 *   Carlos laughs.
Aug 15 20:18:06 <Admiral_Dracos>   The ships glistened...  their cannons many times more intimidating, looking almost from another era by comparison.
Aug 15 20:18:30 *   Leon smiles lightly. "Well, we'll see if we can't steal one before the day's over," Leon jokes. "Rolland, you want to use your honeyed words to try and get us inside without some holes in our ship?"
Aug 15 20:19:00 <Admiral_Dracos>   There was a landing dock by the side to park their ship at.
Aug 15 20:19:12 <Rolland>   "Seems to me less and less like a Rolland's type of problem, and more and more like a Captain's type of problem."
Aug 15 20:19:30 <Admiral_Dracos>   Though as well, with the amount of forest surrounding the mountain, they could also land at a distance and sneak in on foot with far less commotion.
Aug 15 20:21:04 <Carlos>   "How about dropping me off and letting me sneak in and see what I can find."
Aug 15 20:23:21 *   Leon sighs, and motions for one of the crewmen to help Carlos with a rope so Carlos can go down and be sneaky. "And I'm still not entirely sure how I got saddled with the job. My people skills tend to consist of driving them insane and wanting to kill me..." Leon mutters.
Aug 15 20:24:28 <Rolland>   "Aye! 'Tis one of the requirements for a good pirate's reputation, you know. The wanting to kill bit.
Aug 15 20:24:55 *   Leon just rolls his eyes. "I'm sure."
Aug 15 20:26:03 <Rolland>   "It's true! Why, look at all the great pirates! They all have lots of people who want to kill them!"
Aug 15 20:26:08 *   Rolland pats Leon on the shoulder.
Aug 15 20:26:17 <Rolland>   "You'll get there some day. Keep at it, old boy."
Aug 15 20:29:17 *   Carlos clibs down the rope to the ground.
Aug 15 20:29:24 <Glubtz>   "Don't fall!"
Aug 15 20:29:25 <Carlos>   !yarr 6k4
Aug 15 20:29:26 <Penuche>   Carlos invokes Penuche's magic: < 2, 8, 4, 6, 1, 2 >
Aug 15 20:29:26 <Penuche>   Carlos keeps: < 2, 4, 6, 8 > {20}
Aug 15 20:29:45 <Admiral_Dracos>   Carlos stealthily snuck through the woods.
Aug 15 20:30:19 >Carlos<   let's wait a second, as I believe they'll join you and it'll be more of a team thing, if you don't mind.  If they do something odd, I'll be starting an extra room for you.
Aug 15 20:31:25 <Admiral_Dracos>   Pulling back the rope, the others continued on to the dock, where they found...not the most pleasant of greetings.  "What are you mercs doing here?"  The guard leader on duty wasn't very happy to see them.
Aug 15 20:33:49 <Rolland>   "We Mercs have been employed by the count, good guard. We're to help find that item he wants.. But, he's got the rest of your fellows out and about tromping randomly through the woods. We heard you have some of the locals working in the mine here, and wanted to see if we could snatch one up as a guide. If one them can lead us closer, then it's the sooner everyone can stop roaming these worthless woods."
Aug 15 20:35:01 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Not a chance.  No mercenaries on the mountain, the count's own orders," The leader frowned.  "Why do you think one of them might know?"
Aug 15 20:36:42 <Rolland>   "They live here, don't they? If something is in the area, they might, at least, have an idea of where. Better to try that than just wandering around aimlessly.. Not to mention, you know these idiot tribals. They worship everything under the sun, and I've seen others walking around with other stones. Might be one of them knows where this green one is."
Aug 15 20:37:28 <Glubtz>   "Wow, he can really shovel it," Glubtz whispers the captain.
Aug 15 20:41:26 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Hmph...That's not bad thinking.  We'll let our commanders know your idea," He smirked, taking it for his own.
Aug 15 20:41:43 *   Rolland shrugs.
Aug 15 20:42:44 <Rolland>   "Alright. But, we could be wrong, you know. If we are, and they waste salves on it, which would slow down the mines production, then they'd all come looking for who the idea came from."
Aug 15 20:42:51 *   Rolland smiles at him.
Aug 15 20:43:43 <Rolland>   "Or, you could be slowed down a little extra weight in your money purse, and a single slave could go missing. You lose more than that to death in a day, anyway."
Aug 15 20:43:57 <Rolland>   slowed down by*
Aug 15 20:44:23 <Admiral_Dracos>   The man raised an eyebrow, clearly interested at the thought of change.
Aug 15 20:46:23 <Leon>   "Anyhow, even if the idea has merit, not like it's going to work very well for you, given they know you as their captors and they're going to be incredibly unhelpful if they can be. You want it to work, you'll need some fresh faces that can act like they're staging a rescue and make them so thankful they'll spill any and all beans," Leon adds. "Just happens that only new faces around? You're looking at them."
Aug 15 20:46:36 *   Glubtz looks around the area, what he can see.
Aug 15 20:47:10 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Eh, we'll find it eventually.  And anyway, we're making plenty here while this is all playing out.  These guys are easily scared and work hard."
Aug 15 20:47:35 *   Leon grumbles and shakes his head. "Admittedly, staging a rescue only really works if the guy actually -knows- something," Leon adds, trying to sound grumpy. "Who knows if any of them actually -do- know something."
Aug 15 20:48:32 <Admiral_Dracos>   Looking around, Glubtz noticed that at least this entrance to the mountain seemed well secured, with a steel fence about the perimeter and a steel door into the mountain proper.  several guards were stirring around the area as well, but most seemed to be going into and out of the mountain which had several trails encircling it.
Aug 15 20:49:19 <Rolland>   "The way I see it, you win either way. How long until your rotation comes up for the search? A little money and a slave now, and less mud, heat, and trees later. Why, we'll even take one of the older ones. They're going to die first, anyway, and they do the least work, right? I'm sure you've got an older one in there somewhere.. One of the slaves in the main camp said he was with his priest when they were taken."
Aug 15 20:49:45 <Rolland>   "An old man like that would likely know the area, but be weak enough that losing him wouldn't hurt production, yes?"
Aug 15 20:51:40 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Main...camp?"  The guard raised an eyebrow.  "This is the only slave camp in the area...where did you hear that?"  a bit suspicious.
Aug 15 20:54:13 <Rolland>   "One of slaves they have near there. He sold odd masks.. Like our fellow here is wearing.. Seemed eager to try and get outsiders to help him, the dolt.. Guess they haven't figured out the outsiders are getting paid by the same man you guards are, yet."
Aug 15 20:54:19 <Rolland>   !yarr 5k3
Aug 15 20:54:20 <Penuche>   Rolland invokes Penuche's magic: < 8, 6, 3, 1, 3 >
Aug 15 20:54:20 <Penuche>   Rolland keeps: < 3, 6, 8 > {17}
Aug 15 20:55:08 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Hmph... well, okay.  Must've been a trader.  We haven't taken in everyone.  It's not worth the bother for most of them."
Aug 15 20:55:23 *   Rolland shrugs.
Aug 15 20:56:27 <Rolland>   "Either way, is one old slave like that traders' such a price to pay to keep from eventually ending up down there yourself?"
Aug 15 20:57:14 <Admiral_Dracos>   !yarr 3k2
Aug 15 20:57:16 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 8, 3, 2 >
Aug 15 20:57:16 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos keeps: < 3, 8 > {11}
Aug 15 20:58:22 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Alright," He leaned near. "20 guilders will get you an old one."
Aug 15 20:58:48 <Rolland>   "Hmm.."
Aug 15 20:58:58 *   Rolland scratches his chin..
Aug 15 20:59:51 <Rolland>   "25 guiders, and I get the one I want. That trader told me his old priest knew the area best of anyone. If I'm going to part with money, I want the best chance to get my return on it."
Aug 15 21:00:51 <Admiral_Dracos>   !yarr 4k2
Aug 15 21:00:55 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 10, 10, 6, 1 >
Aug 15 21:00:55 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos keeps: < 10, 10 > {20}
Aug 15 21:00:55 <Penuche>   DICE EXPLODED! < 2, 5 > Admiral_Dracos's New Total: {27}
Aug 15 21:01:49 <Admiral_Dracos>   "No deal,"  He shook his head.  "What's the priests name anyway?" his voice suspicious now.
Aug 15 21:03:18 <Rolland>   "He never gave us the name. Said something about how names were power or superstitious drivel, I think. I'm not in the habbit of listening to savages. Tends to lower one's intelligence. Much like that one."
Aug 15 21:03:25 *   Rolland points to Glubtz.
Aug 15 21:03:51 <Rolland>   "All we got was a description, really."
Aug 15 21:07:56 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Alright, tell me that?"
Aug 15 21:09:18 <Rolland>   "Older man, apparently has an attention catching air about him.. And something about 'wide.' Though what that refers to I'm not quite sure."
Aug 15 21:09:49 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Thanks, if it pans out, don't worry...you might get paid," He laughed, waving them off and returning closer to the rest of the guards.
Aug 15 21:10:04 <Admiral_Dracos>   Kind of jerks really, come to look at it.
Aug 15 21:10:33 <Rolland>   "I'll be sure to let the count know how helpful you were, good sir. We're due to report back later today."
Aug 15 21:10:40 *   Rolland cheerfully waves at him.
Aug 15 21:13:56 <Rolland>   !yarr 3k3
Aug 15 21:13:57 <Penuche>   Rolland invokes Penuche's magic: < 4, 1, 8 >
Aug 15 21:13:57 <Penuche>   Rolland keeps: < 1, 4, 8 > {13}
Aug 15 21:16:53 <Rolland>   !yarr 1k1
Aug 15 21:16:54 <Penuche>   Rolland invokes Penuche's magic: < 6 >
Aug 15 21:16:54 <Penuche>   Rolland keeps: < 6 > {6}
Aug 15 21:17:31 <Admiral_Dracos>    "Well, well..."  He came back around, "Maybe you'd like a tour instead..."  He smirked dangerously.  "We could always use a few more strong backs."
Aug 15 21:18:27 <Rolland>   "Oh? Imprisoning many of the counts' personal hires, are we? Always a good plan."
Aug 15 21:21:38 <Leon>   
ACTION breaks into laughter. "Hahahahaha...how'd an idiot like you end up in charge? Seriously? Tell me. Good luck finding the guy with the description you got, by the way, mister guard!" Leon taunts as he motions to the crew. "Come on, time to head back to Loco. I'm sure he'll be interested in the news and how these guards are wasting our time. Seriously, some of his mercs find a good lead, and his guards act like greedy retards slow
Aug 15 21:22:34 [Obsidian²] Started caching files...
Aug 15 21:22:34 [Obsidian²] No triggers are defined, cannot build cache.
Aug 15 21:22:36 <Leon>   greedy retards slowing things down? I'm sure he'll love that."
Aug 15 21:30:19 <Admiral_Dracos>   "Hey, we're not going to stand for that..." Four the guards made their way over.  "You're coming with us,"  They lifted their blades, one even sporting a gun.
Aug 15 21:31:16 <Admiral_Dracos>   OOC: Roll init.
Aug 15 21:31:24 <Leon>   "...you're seriously planning on starting a fight over this. You're a bigger idiot than I thought," Leon states as he pulls out his blades.
Aug 15 21:33:13 <Rolland>   !yarr 3k3
Aug 15 21:33:14 <Penuche>   Rolland invokes Penuche's magic: < 2, 9, 1 >
Aug 15 21:33:14 <Penuche>   Rolland keeps: < 1, 2, 9 > {12}
Aug 15 21:33:34 <Admiral_Dracos>   !yarr 2k2
Aug 15 21:33:35 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 3, 3 >
Aug 15 21:33:35 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos keeps: < 3, 3 > {6}
Aug 15 21:33:38 <Admiral_Dracos>   !yarr 2k2
Aug 15 21:33:38 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 9, 2 >
Aug 15 21:33:39 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos keeps: < 2, 9 > {11}
Aug 15 21:33:54 <Leon>   roll 4#d10
Aug 15 21:33:55 <Penuche>   Leon invokes Penuche's magic: < 5, 1, 1, 3 >
Aug 15 21:33:57 <Admiral_Dracos>   !yarr 2k2
Aug 15 21:33:58 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 7, 7 >
Aug 15 21:33:58 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos keeps: < 7, 7 > {14}
Aug 15 21:34:00 <Admiral_Dracos>   !yarr 2k2
Aug 15 21:34:00 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 5, 8 >
Aug 15 21:34:01 <Penuche>   Admiral_Dracos keeps: < 5, 8 > {13}
Aug 15 21:37:42 <Admiral_Dracos>   Leon's turn.
Aug 15 21:40:05 <Admiral_Dracos>   Rollands turn.
Aug 15 21:41:44 <Leon>   !init set SOA
Aug 15 21:41:45 <Penuche>   Phase 1: There are no actions this phase.
Aug 15 21:41:51 *   Rolland throws back his long coat, revealing his four pistols.. Two of which he snaps out and fires at the guard leader..
Aug 15 21:43:01 <Rolland>   !yarr 5k3 (+5 to TN)
Aug 15 21:43:03 <Penuche>   Rolland invokes Penuche's magic: < 8, 4, 2, 9, 1 >
Aug 15 21:43:03 <Penuche>   Rolland keeps: < 4, 8, 9 > {21}
Aug 15 21:44:32 <Admiral_Dracos>   His eyes widen as the blast sends him right off his feet and onto the floor, the quick-shooting taking him out of the fight.
Aug 15 21:48:20 *   Disconnected (Connection reset by peer).
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Aug 15 21:48:51 *   Now talking on #skies_of_arcadia
Aug 15 21:48:51 *   Topic for #skies_of_arcadia is: Topic is topic?
Aug 15 21:48:51 *   Topic for #skies_of_arcadia set by Admiral_Dracos at Sat Aug 15 18:07:44 2009
Aug 15 21:48:51 *   ChanServ sets mode +a #skies_of_arcadia Dracos
Aug 15 21:48:51 *   ChanServ gives channel operator status to Dracos
Aug 15 21:49:32 <Dracos>   Leon's turn.
Aug 15 21:49:58 *   Leon dashes towards the next closest guard, and swings his rapier, attempting to slash through the chest of the guard, leaving an impressive wound to remember, well assuming it's not fatal, which would be just fine by Leon's standards.
Aug 15 21:50:05 <Leon>   !yarr 6k3
Aug 15 21:50:06 <Penuche>   Leon invokes Penuche's magic: < 4, 2, 4, 6, 10, 9 >
Aug 15 21:50:06 <Penuche>   Leon keeps: < 6, 9, 10 > {25}
Aug 15 21:50:06 <Penuche>   DICE EXPLODED! < 7 > Leon's New Total: {32}
Aug 15 21:51:20 <Leon>   !yarr 4k2 (damage)
Aug 15 21:51:21 <Penuche>   Leon invokes Penuche's magic: < 5, 10, 7, 4 >
Aug 15 21:51:21 <Penuche>   Leon keeps: < 7, 10 > {17}
Aug 15 21:51:22 <Penuche>   DICE EXPLODED! < 8 > Leon's New Total: {25}
Aug 15 21:52:18 <Leon>   ooc: holding second action from round 1 btw.
Aug 15 21:53:52 <Dracos>   That guard wasn't going to be getting up anytime soon.  It seemed that they could probably take the whole group if they were fierce enough.
Aug 15 21:54:16 <Leon>   "Are you -sure- you people want to keep this going?" Leon drawls out.
Aug 15 21:55:17 <Leon>   "It wouldn't be too hard to just take the 15 guilders for the old man, you know."
Aug 15 22:01:34 <Dracos>   Get them!  One charged, swinging his blade at leon.
Aug 15 22:01:41 <Dracos>   !yarr 2k2
Aug 15 22:01:43 <Penuche>   Dracos invokes Penuche's magic: < 7, 8 >
Aug 15 22:01:43 <Penuche>   Dracos keeps: < 7, 8 > {15}
Aug 15 22:05:21 *   Glubtz is now known as Trunkyboy
Aug 15 22:05:57 <Dracos>   his blade lashed near as Leon easily sidestepped it...and with a quick blow rendered both remaining unconscious.
Aug 15 22:06:00 <Dracos>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Dracos]

And Carlos's adventure separately:

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Aug 15 21:04:19 <Carlos>   Carlos attempts to sneak in.
Aug 15 21:04:31 <Carlos>   !yarr 7k4
Aug 15 21:04:33 <Penuche>   Carlos invokes Penuche's magic: < 10, 9, 3, 7, 5, 3, 8 >
Aug 15 21:04:33 <Penuche>   Carlos keeps: < 7, 8, 9, 10 > {34}
Aug 15 21:04:33 <Penuche>   DICE EXPLODED! < 3 > Carlos's New Total: {37}
Aug 15 21:05:53 <Admiral_Dracos>   OOC: Well that's a small question there :P
Aug 15 21:06:43 <Admiral_Dracos>   Sneaking around, Carlos found that while the dock entrance was very well guarded, that did not go for all of them.  Indeed, he soon found a side entrance on the mountainside that was so unguarded it practically seemed a trap, sitting their wide open on the side.
Aug 15 21:08:47 <Carlos>   Boldly, or was it foolishly, Carlos continued onward.
Aug 15 21:12:13 <Admiral_Dracos>   Inside the tunnel ran deep, passing by several trip-plates as he managed to pass them without triggering them...or the dangerous detection they'd bring.  Slipping through an open steel door, he spotted a fenced area with several of the Ussurans working hard against the rockside, their work being brought down on conveyers.
Aug 15 21:14:04 *   Carlos looks to see if any of them fits the description of the priest.
Aug 15 21:15:08 <Carlos>   !yarr 4k3
Aug 15 21:15:09 <Penuche>   Carlos invokes Penuche's magic: < 9, 9, 2, 7 >
Aug 15 21:15:09 <Penuche>   Carlos keeps: < 7, 9, 9 > {25}
Aug 15 21:16:22 <Admiral_Dracos>   No luck...and they seemed rather worn at a look, bitter, almost hopeless, the eyes of folks that probably haven't seen the sun in a fortnight.
Aug 15 21:17:59 *   Carlos looks for gaurds as well.
Aug 15 21:21:26 <Admiral_Dracos>   None...  Kind of strange.  You'd think they could just escape back the way he came in with this type of security.
Aug 15 21:32:10 *   Carlos waits until one of the prisoners is near him and whispers. "Keep quiet. i can show you the way out."
Aug 15 21:34:50 <Admiral_Dracos>   The young man's eyes widened and he whispered back.  "What about the room of death?"
Aug 15 21:35:41 <Carlos>   "I made it in, didn't I?"
Aug 15 21:36:50 <Admiral_Dracos>   "You came in from the outside...oh, the door is open now..." He shook his head.
Aug 15 21:38:07 *   Carlos moves back and jams something under the door to keep it from closing.
Aug 15 21:41:05 <Admiral_Dracos>   It's a bit late as he returns to find the outermost door sealed shut, leaving no way back ...at least through this route.  There were other doors he spotted on his way in.
Aug 15 21:43:21 <Carlos>   "Well, that was clever," Carlos mutters to himself.  He checks one of the other doors.
Aug 15 21:44:05 <Carlos>   "Don't worry, i got in, so I can get out.  One way or the other."
Aug 15 21:48:11 <Admiral_Dracos>   He could head further into the mountain, but it'd been largely a single path up until the slaves.
Aug 15 21:48:20 *   Disconnected (Connection reset by peer).
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Aug 15 21:48:51 *   Now talking on #Under_The_Caves
Aug 15 21:50:11 <Carlos>   !yarr 4k3
Aug 15 21:50:11 <Penuche>   Carlos invokes Penuche's magic: < 6, 6, 10, 6 >
Aug 15 21:50:11 <Penuche>   Carlos keeps: < 6, 6, 10 > {22}
Aug 15 21:50:12 <Penuche>   DICE EXPLODED! < 6 > Carlos's New Total: {28}
Aug 15 21:50:52 <Dracos>   He noticed, though darkened, one of the rooms he'd passed to get here had a steel ceiling covered with spikes smeared with blood.  It's quite likely prisoners escaping this way met their end here.
Aug 15 21:52:46 *   Carlos looks at the door that closed behind him, trying to figure how to get it open.
Aug 15 21:54:20 <Dracos>   The outermost door definitely didn't seem like it could be opened from this side if it was shut
Aug 15 21:56:04 <Carlos>   "How often does this door open?" Carlos asks the prisoner.
Aug 15 21:58:43 <Dracos>   Heading back to the prisoner and asking, Carlos got a shrug.  "No one knows...Sometimes it is open.  Usually when they play with us."
Aug 15 22:00:16 <Carlos>   "I think I'm going to kill them all," Carlos says matter-of-factly.  "Where are the nearest guards?"