Crossbow for Dagger

[Dracos]

Dec 22 22:21:19 <Kowork>   As Nikkolai recovers, regaining his(her) senses, the party gathers to talk. Much is on their minds, many a thing possible as they meet in one of the cramped, stony rooms of Hardsoil. OOC: Go ahead and chat it up.
Dec 22 22:23:41 <Knight>   "I took the liberty of arranging a meeting with a trader, nine hours from now," remarks Knight, leaning against one of the cold walls in their tiny room. "It seems that... one woman can be at a disadvantage in such encounters. Why is that?"
Dec 22 22:24:28 *   Adail sighs a bit as he looks at the block of soulstuff, "Tell me, Kamvakua. Is it unjust to think of redemption for even one who has brought the flames of Baator upon their own head?" Then shaking his head, he looks over at Knight, "Apologies, one problem at a time and yours is a bit more immediate."
Dec 22 22:24:29 <Mari>   "A trader in what? And, uh...I'm not sure I get your meaning, Knight. This isn't a respectable vender, I guess?"
Dec 22 22:25:15 *   Mari looks at Adail with some curiosity; whatever he has in mind will have to brought up again later.
Dec 22 22:26:37 <Knight>   "Weapons," replies Knight, gesturing to the spear in the corner. "It's in our interests to be as well-armed as possible at all times. But this spear didn't fill any niches, so..."
Dec 22 22:27:23 *   Adail then twitches his nose, "I have heard some mortal cultures value women far less then men. Perhaps this arms dealer is from one such culture? That would explain why a lone woman may have problems a lone man would not."
Dec 22 22:28:28 *   Adail is of course intellectually aware of the concept of sexism, but it is a bit hard for him to wrap his head around.
Dec 22 22:29:27 <Mari>   Mari's assessment of the worth of such cultures is adequately summed up by an inarticulate grunt. "Well, Knight, I guess having some of us around would help if you needed to lean on someone who was being a ponce."
Dec 22 22:29:33 *   Nikkolai shrugs, having not been the victim of such cirumstances, despite wearing a female form. "It's a man's world, Sir Knight. Well, it's the men's planes, I suppose."
Dec 22 22:29:49 <Kamvakua>   "Well, I will lend an scowl, and that should be sufficient," Kamvakua offered Knight, confident in his scowl.
Dec 22 22:30:09 <Knight>   "Hmm. I see. I never really thought it would make an impact. A knife is a knife, no matter the hand that holds it," replies Knight, with a shrug. "Is it? Is my gender a disadvantage?" she asks, curiously. "Perhaps I could speak with Dame Tam, if it would better my chances..."
Dec 22 22:30:56 <Mari>   "That's pretty rich coming from you, NIKKI."
Dec 22 22:31:13 *   Adail shakes his head, "That would only encourage those who can see through illusions to poke into our buisiness uninvited, I think."
Dec 22 22:31:59 *   Nikkolai pouts a bit in the childlike manner that she's easily become accustomed to. "But it is! Orc lady is too ugly too appreciate truth when it bites her on the snout."
Dec 22 22:32:25 <Nikkolai>   "But I have known women that have risen to the highest of highs."
Dec 22 22:32:34 *   Mari looks around the room. "Would anyone really mind if I punched Nik in the face right now?"
Dec 22 22:32:48 <Knight>   "Hmm..." Knight goes silent for a moment, and seems to be silently weighing up this startling new information.
Dec 22 22:32:57 <Nikkolai>   "And believe me, gender had nothing to do with how high one can rise. Or how low one can sink."
Dec 22 22:33:08 <Kamvakua>   "Perhaps you should come as well, Mari, to let your mind cool," Kamvakua attempted the peacemaker.
Dec 22 22:35:18 <Mari>   "Look, Knight, don't worry about it. He might have just meant some people would be tempted to take advantage of a woman alone. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with being one. Anyway, I can come along and make sure no one jumps you or anything." Mari scrunches up her face and grunts. "Who want mess with big bad orc, after all?"
Dec 22 22:35:21 *   Nikkolai sidles up to the larger orc. "Orc lady, don't be mad at me! I was juss funnin' wit ya!"
Dec 22 22:35:31 *   Nikkolai looks up, wide eyed and innocent.
Dec 22 22:35:53 <Mari>   "Nik, you're better off not talking to me until I've got my own face back."
Dec 22 22:36:19 <Adail>   "It's a bit disconcerting at how readily you adapt to the form of a small girl, Nikkolai."
Dec 22 22:36:44 [Obsidian²] Started caching files...
Dec 22 22:36:44 [Obsidian²] No triggers are defined, cannot build cache.
Dec 22 22:36:45 <Mari>   "It is. I should have made him, I dunno, a snail or something."
Dec 22 22:37:31 *   Nikkolai shrugged. "I had not thought you'd be so vain, Mari." Nikki glances over at Adail. "I'm merely acting how I've observed other girls to act. Apparently, the brattier young girls are, the more innocent they appear to be."
Dec 22 22:37:40 <Kamvakua>   "More than a little.  Perhaps, Adail, could you take him by Granny Tam?" He wondered.
Dec 22 22:37:59 <Knight>   "Ah, yes. Being 'jumped', an ambush, it might be a concern," replies Knight, nodding at Mari. "If others are nearby in the case of such a event, it would be best." Her eyebrows rise sharply. "A snail, if it could cast spells... the small size would afford it great protection! Nobody would be able to tell where an assault was coming from..."
Dec 22 22:38:28 <Kamvakua>   "Knight, I do not think anyone would consent to be a snail."
Dec 22 22:38:29 *   Nikkolai states in a flat tone, "I will NOT become an invertabrate just to be a tactical asset."
Dec 22 22:38:48 <Mari>   "...Hey, what? That's not fair, Kam! If you're going to go beg for him to be turned back to normal, you're taking me first!"
Dec 22 22:39:18 *   Adail snickers a bit, "Perhaps a small rodent then? I can speak from experience that it's quite possible to cast spells from hiding when you're this small."
Dec 22 22:39:32 <Knight>   "I suppose it might be hard to open doors..."
Dec 22 22:40:57 *   Kowork is now known as Kotono
Dec 22 22:41:47 <Kamvakua>   "I would not delay you that, Mari.  I just meant, of the two, you seem far more...stable and sensible."
Dec 22 22:42:30 *   Nikkolai snorts. "Mental stability is a requirement to be a part of this group?"
Dec 22 22:42:37 <Adail>   "That's pretty much been true the entire way, not just when they have forms changed, Kam."
Dec 22 22:42:41 <Mari>   "So, what you're saying is that I should break all the furniture?"
Dec 22 22:44:36 <Kamvakua>   "No, would you like us to go back to Granny tam's now, Mari?"  He wondered down, willing to make such.  She'd seemed surprisingly good natured to it all really.
Dec 22 22:45:36 <Adail>   "Somehow I don't think she'd be willing to change the two of them back until we finish her errand."
Dec 22 22:45:50 <Mari>   "Uh, if you can talk her into uncrusing me or whatever--and it sure as hell's a curse from where I'm standing--that would be great. But hey, if it's useful for intimidating people, I could help out Knight first? I have a feeling Adail's right anyway."
Dec 22 22:45:55 *   Nikkolai shrugs. "I'm agreeable to it. I have to admit, the old bird has an interesting sense of adventure."
Dec 22 22:47:16 <Kamvakua>   "There are many stranger folks along the planes really, though she is one of the less coherent I've met," Kamvakua agreed in a sense.
Dec 22 22:51:43 *   Adail nods absently, having gone back to staring thoughtfully at the soul block.
Dec 22 22:51:59 <Mari>   "Yeah, well..." Mari trails off and just shrugs. "What's up, Adail?"
Dec 22 22:52:42 <Adail>   The musteval half smiles and looks sidelong over at Mari, "Would it bother you to hear that even Celestials cannot always agree on the correct morality of a situation?
Dec 22 22:52:43 <Adail>   "
Dec 22 22:53:36 <Mari>   "You mean you guys don't run off a hive mind? You just shattered my whole worldview, Adail."
Dec 22 22:54:03 *   Kamvakua laughs. "right and wrong is not so easy, if it was, everyone would just do it to have a straight shot at heaven for eternity."
Dec 22 22:54:58 <Adail>   He chuckles, "For some mortals, that idea is actually very uncomfortable. They like to view us as the Absolute Ideal of good, of the absolute certainty of right and wrong. For even us to not always be able to make up our minds is actually quite a troublesome thought to some."
Dec 22 22:56:12 <Adail>   "We do, of course, naturally do the right thing in most situations. It's simply who we are, the values are as much a part of us as our blood, bones and fur. But in some..." He looks back at the block and shakes his head, "Sometimes it's not so clear."
Dec 22 22:56:14 <Nikkolai>   "I find the idea somewhat comforting. It's nice to know that not all of you are as stuck up as that one bi---er, unpleasant individual at our first meeting."
Dec 22 22:56:16 <Mari>   "I've never had much headspace for ideals. You're really just a very large, friendly, occasionally lethal rodent. Sorry!"
Dec 22 22:56:25 *   Nikkolai grumbles under her breath.
Dec 22 22:56:28 <Mari>   "But I mean that in the nicest way possible," Mari adds.
Dec 22 22:57:12 <Nikkolai>   "You know how to put a positive spin on your words, Mari." Nikki adds in a dry tone.
Dec 22 22:57:38 *   Kamvakua laughs at Mari's description of his friend Adail.  It is an interesting view on the Musteval.
Dec 22 22:57:48 <Mari>   "It gives my life meaning. Anyway, Adail...what's with the brick? You keep looking at it."
Dec 22 22:58:44 *   Adail chuckles, "I take no offense, as you mean none." Then his expession sombers a bit again, "That brick, is a soul. A soul of one who, through his own actions in life, damned himself to Baator. This is the soul of one, who by the laws of morality, deserves damnation. And yet..."
Dec 22 22:58:44 <Kamvakua>   "What is it anyhow?  You seemed rather...obsessed with it since it came out of that back," Kamvakua eyed his friend.
Dec 22 22:59:20 <Mari>   "Wait, this is someone's *soul*?" Mari pokes the brick, experimentally, then quickly steps back. "I thought it was clay or something."
Dec 22 23:00:18 <Adail>   "And yet he need not be damned. There is a way to redeem even such a soul. It...is not an easy path, even for those of the sternest will. But I can seek to start this soul upon it. The question is, is that the right course of action?"
Dec 22 23:00:45 <Nikkolai>   "You wish to extract this soul, Adail?" Nikki pores interestedly over the brick. "What if the soul inside was imprisoned for good reason?"
Dec 22 23:01:10 *   Adail continues his musing, "My own instincts tell me that it is. But I know Archons, even even Eladrin who would disagree. They would say that his actions bought him this fate, and that such fate is just."
Dec 22 23:01:46 *   Mari considers this. "Can we find out what it was damned for? I mean...I dunno, can we communicate with ths thing, or what?"
Dec 22 23:02:39 <Kamvakua>   "Trust your heart, Adail.  Others can disagree, can even condemn, but if you do not listen to that first, you will hardly be manifest of your own destiny."  He eyed the mouse.
Dec 22 23:02:51 <Adail>   He then shakes his head at Nikkolai, "Nothing so blunt as extracting the soul. If we take this soul to one of the Upper Planes I can beseech a more powerful celestial then myself to set it upon the path of a Hellbred. A soul once damned, given a second chance at redemption. To walk this path successfully they must be truely Good and seek to spread Good as much as they can. Otherwise, they end right back up in Baator."
Dec 22 23:03:26 <Adail>   "I don't know, Mari. This is actually my first time handling a damned soul, though I knew what it was the moment I saw it."
Dec 22 23:03:35 <Nikkolai>   "Oh? That's all right then. I can't say that I'd like to meet someone who actually *deserved* to spend eternity in Baator."
Dec 22 23:05:40 <Kamvakua>   "Then take them along, Adail," Kamvakua considered on hearing his thoughts.  "It will be part of their journey and yours, and while their soul may be dark, it does not mean yours must carry the burden of sending them back."
Dec 22 23:06:18 <Mari>   "You know what? I say try it. People make mistakes. It's just kind of what we're built for. I don't know how likely it is that we'll be in the upper planes anytime soon, but we may as well keep this thing around until then. Unless...someone might come looking for it?"
Dec 22 23:07:02 <Nikkolai>   "Who would come looking for a soul in a brick?"
Dec 22 23:07:19 <Mari>   "I dunno, Nikki, maybe whoever put it there?"
Dec 22 23:07:21 <Nikkolai>   "Perhaps this soul was being transported somewhere?" Nikkolai pondered.
Dec 22 23:07:29 *   Adail nods, "They may, yes. Though anyone likely to come to reclaim such a thing is one I would not mind introducing to the ground a few times.
Dec 22 23:07:49 *   Nikkolai sticks out her tongue at Mari. "Really, must you be such a child?"
Dec 22 23:08:15 <Mari>   "No, that's your job."
Dec 22 23:08:46 <Adail>   "On the subject of the Upper Planes, if Knight's family was truely scattered far and wide, I'm sure one of them resides there. After we finish our business on Earth, is there any reason not to try one of them next?"
Dec 22 23:09:34 <Adail>   He grins, "I'm quite familiar with Celestia and Arborea as well as my own home in Elysium, so I can serve as a fair guide no matter which one we travel to."
Dec 22 23:09:58 <Mari>   "Oh, any place works for me. I've never had any direction before, so why start now?"
Dec 22 23:09:59 <Nikkolai>   "I refuse to stoop to your level." Nikkolai sniffs imperiously. "So long as the celestials we come across aren't quite so narrow minded as the few I've met, aside from Adail of course, I don't see why not."
Dec 22 23:10:01 <Kamvakua>   "There is not, but the road is twisted and long.  It will take us where we shall," He nodded.  "It has been a long time since you were in Arborea, has it not?"
Dec 22 23:10:57 <Adail>   "ACtually, it was Arborea I was just in before travelling to Ysgard. You had already moved on, but I stayed awhile longer. Celestia is where I haven't been to for an age."
Dec 22 23:11:40 <Adail>   "Anyway, that's something to discuss once the end of our business here is in sight."
Dec 22 23:12:58 *   Adail picks up the soul, wraps it gently in a cloth and stows it in his haversack.
Dec 22 23:14:08 <Kotono>   Thus the party spends a little time resting. As they do, there is a knock on their door.
Dec 22 23:14:51 <Mari>   "Probably someone other than the orc should answer that."
Dec 22 23:15:06 *   Nikkolai gets up and answers the door.
Dec 22 23:15:39 *   Kamvakua steps up as well, to open the door, sensing that Nikkolai may not make the best impression right now.
Dec 22 23:16:25 <Kotono>   A stony faced elemental stands there, man sized. It is of pure earth and stone. It points at Kamvakua and then Nikkolai, then the others. "You. Come with me."
Dec 22 23:17:13 *   Adail raises an eyebrow, "Who are you and what exactly do you require of us?"
Dec 22 23:17:17 *   Nikkolai raises his eyebrows. "Well. I do like a gentleman that knows how to get straight to business."
Dec 22 23:17:48 <Mari>   "Where are we going?" Mari asks.
Dec 22 23:17:50 *   Kamvakua steps out of the building.  "It is an elemental.  Answer who summons us."  He didn't expect much in the way of conversation at all.
Dec 22 23:18:42 *   Nikkolai shrugs and follows, slightly wary of whomever would send an elemental to do their talking for them.
Dec 22 23:18:56 <Kotono>   "Come with me." It repeats, pointing at all of them.
Dec 22 23:19:38 <Kamvakua>   "Might as well.  We have some hours yet," Kamvakua moved to follow, not concerned with where the path was leading.  In a stony cavern, the road is not always clear.
Dec 22 23:20:27 *   Mari sighs and does as bidden. It doesn't seem inclined to take argument well and there's no sense pissing off whoever it's unknown master is by starting a fight.
Dec 22 23:21:34 *   Adail clamours up to Mari's shoulder as she's heading out.
Dec 22 23:22:08 <Kotono>   Thus the party is lead outside. The elemental marches them along, heading for the exit to Hardsoil, back the way towards the portal to Air and Dao lands. "Keep coming with me."
Dec 22 23:23:13 <Mari>   "Uhhhh and oh," Mari says on noticing their direction. "This isn't looking like somewhere we want to go, guys."
Dec 22 23:24:29 <Nikkolai>   "But trusting blindly where the elemental leads us is *such* a good idea!" Nikki manages to say that with a straight face.
Dec 22 23:25:21 <Kamvakua>   "Follow a bit further.  If it heads into the Dao city, we will stop," Kamvakua went along simply.
Dec 22 23:25:51 <Mari>   "Sure. Can we stop before the ambush in the tunnels, too?"
Dec 22 23:26:09 <Kamvakua>   "Yes, that won't be hard," Kamvakua returned straightfaced.
Dec 22 23:27:10 *   Adail shakes his head, "I hope you know what you're doing." He then makes sure his See Invisibility power is quite active and raises Protection from Evil on himself, just in case things go badly.
Dec 22 23:27:32 *   Kamvakua does the same with Detect Evil.
Dec 22 23:27:39 *   Nikkolai twitches his fingers, ever ready to melt faces with impunity.
Dec 22 23:27:55 <Kotono>   Thus you are lead into the tunnels! You pass by the toll point without incident and continue slightly past it. Here the elemental stops, turning around and eyeing the party. "You have displeased my master. You must offer compensation."
Dec 22 23:28:34 <Mari>   "We displease a lot of people. Can you narrow this down for us?"
Dec 22 23:28:46 <Nikkolai>   "Displeased your master? I suppose a monetary compensation is what he wants?" Nikki asks in a bored manner.
Dec 22 23:29:51 <Kotono>   "Magic." The answer is right back, "My master wants magic. Do not cross my master, or the wrath of a thousand stones will rain on you!"
Dec 22 23:30:35 *   Nikkolai has had her interest piqued. "Magic? What do you mean? I can oblige with a bit of fire to your master's face, if it so pleases him."
Dec 22 23:31:03 *   Adail is nonplussed, "I do not fear the nameless. Let your master's name be known if you wish your master to have any respect from me."
Dec 22 23:31:24 *   Mari glances up at the tunnel ceiling. It's all too easy to imagine that happening. "Look, who IS your master? For all we know, you could've been sent by some stranger trying to fleece us."
Dec 22 23:31:45 <Kotono>   "My master is the future lord of all Earth! My  master shall rule first all Xorn, then all that tunnel through this realm!" Indeed, Mari can notice that the tunnel tops look a bit shaky and cracked.
Dec 22 23:32:18 *   Kamvakua eyes the elemental, not yet speaking, his eyes widening a little at that line.
Dec 22 23:33:04 <Mari>   "Oh. Right. So. Does he have any, I dunno, favorite FLAVORS of magic or something?"
Dec 22 23:33:21 <Kotono>   "Surprise him," The elemental stares right into Mari's eyes.
Dec 22 23:34:09 <Mari>   "Well, hey, I've got this magic bracelet a witch in town gave me, but it's magically bound to me right now. Maybe if someone could undo the enchantment, you could have it?"
Dec 22 23:34:38 <Kotono>   OOC: Make a bluff check, Mari?
Dec 22 23:35:11 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11 but I totally do want to get rid of the thing Granny gave me!
Dec 22 23:35:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 but I totally do want to get rid of the thing Granny gave me! and gets 20." [1d20=9]
Dec 22 23:35:24 <Kotono>   roll 1d20 untrained!
Dec 22 23:35:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 untrained! and gets 6." [1d20=6]
Dec 22 23:36:27 <Kotono>   The elemental steps forward to Mari, staring at the bracelet. "Stay here." It steps back then, and in Terran, "Xornalgn, come forth!"
Dec 22 23:37:28 <Kotono>   From above, a bit of the ceiling crumbles away! What crawls forth is a Xorn! Far smaller than the one you battled, clad in strange symbols all over it's body. It's movements are dashing and debonair, coming forth to Mari, it's strange eyes staring at her arm.
Dec 22 23:38:17 *   Nikkolai eyes the Xorn with trepidation. "A Xorn that moves with grace...I never thought I'd see the day."
Dec 22 23:38:25 *   Mari just stands there. If it wants the bracelet, it's free to take a good look at it.
Dec 22 23:38:45 *   Kamvakua tightens his grip on his pike, what an odd creature really, but now that it was seen, it was more important to make sure it didn't try to tear off Mari's arm for the bracelet.
Dec 22 23:38:49 <Kotono>   In precise words of Common, "Have no fear. The bracelet shall be taken without harm."
Dec 22 23:39:16 *   Mari extends her arm. "That would be appreciated, thanks."
Dec 22 23:40:00 *   Kamvakua readies anyway to strike if the xorn attempts to tear off Mari's arm, though not yet lowering the pike in hostility.  He can move fast after all when needed.  He remained watching it all, his opinion hidden behind a mask of stony silence.
Dec 22 23:40:55 <Kotono>   "Magic, be undone!" he calls, drawing arcane patterns in the air!
Dec 22 23:40:57 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7
Dec 22 23:40:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
Dec 22 23:41:11 <Kotono>   But nothing happens, "Ah, fear not, a mere setback!" The xorn says, repeating the phrases!
Dec 22 23:41:12 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7
Dec 22 23:41:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
Dec 22 23:42:12 <Kotono>   The second time is the charm! The bracelet falls right off! Immediately, Mari returns to her old shape and form, no longer ogrish!  The Xorn scoops up the braclet, bowing as much as a horror from Earth can. "My thanks."
Dec 22 23:42:28 *   Nikkolai clears her throat, her childish voice piping loudly in the tunnel. "Ah, I also have a bracelet here for your master."
Dec 22 23:42:43 <Mari>   "You're welcome," Mari says, repressing the desire to dance in joy. "I hope this settles our affairs?"
Dec 22 23:42:47 <Kamvakua>   "You are now pleased?" Kamvakua wondered.
Dec 22 23:42:54 <Nikkolai>   "You may have it if you can remove it as you did my companion's."
Dec 22 23:43:02 <Kotono>   "That will," Eyeing the bracelet on Nikkolai, the Xorn repeats the words a third time!
Dec 22 23:43:03 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7
Dec 22 23:43:03 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
Dec 22 23:43:15 <Kotono>   Again, the bracelet is gone, Nikkolai returning to Nikkolai!
Dec 22 23:43:49 *   Adail twitches his nose, "So...I'm assuming our altercation with the rather large xorn upon entering this plane is the cause of this?"
Dec 22 23:44:38 <Kotono>   "Yes. Thanks to your rough behavior, my master has realized his true destiny over Earth. Perhaps, should you not offend him again, he will see fit to favor yo uonce his domination is complete." The second bracelet is scooped up.
Dec 22 23:44:39 *   Nikkolai pats his chest in a self-reassuring manner. "Well, that's not any different." He pauses and peeks down his trousers. He grins, saying, "Hello there. So nice to see you again."
Dec 22 23:45:38 <Mari>   "If we see him again, we'll be sure not to make a repeat of that little misunderstanding."
Dec 22 23:45:44 *   Adail sighs, "We didn't mean to pick a fight, he sort of came at us out of nowhere."
Dec 22 23:46:09 <Kotono>   "It matters not, for our business is done." The xorn burrows into the ground, the elemental following. They seem content to leave the heroes behind...
Dec 22 23:46:53 <Nikkolai>   "I wonder who their master is. Perhaps we could follow and see?" Nikkolai strides over to the hole and attempts to peer down into it.
Dec 22 23:47:14 *   Mari hugs herself with her arms and practically squirms in place. "Ohhhh, this is SO much better. It's about time. I can't wait to see the look on Granny's face. Figuratively speaking, I guess."
Dec 22 23:47:41 <Kamvakua>   "That was...different," Kamvakua turned.  "I wonder if we have perhaps set off something more dangerous than we are aware.  If, perhaps, by our actions, we have caused the Xorn to organize with the goal of domination, it would lay on our heads if they were to strike at Hardsoil."
Dec 22 23:47:43 <Adail>   "I think you should wait, at least until we finish the job for her. Who knows what she'll turn you into next?"
Dec 22 23:48:37 <Mari>   "Yeah, well, maybe if we see more Xorn, we can suggest they go after the dao instead. At least they deserve it."
Dec 22 23:49:35 <Mari>   "I don't know, Adail. If she throws a fit, I can insist the bracelet be my payment for the job."
Dec 22 23:50:26 <Adail>   "Oh, I'm not concerned she'll be angry. I'm concerned she'll think it's funny and decide to one up you for getting out of her little trick early."
Dec 22 23:50:28 <Kamvakua>   "I am unsettled by the pebbles we have sent down the mountain.  While they may have developed in culture...we may have started something terrible."  Kamvakua mused, gazing down the tunnel left by the xorn, if there is any such remaining.
Dec 22 23:51:23 <Mari>   "If that happens, Adail, than I'll take comfort from the fact that Nik gets to suffer the same fate."
Dec 22 23:51:32 <Kotono>   There is indeed a tunnel. It's narrow and dug - Adail could go down it perhaps, though it looks unstable.
Dec 22 23:52:20 *   Nikkolai looks back at Mari. "It would be an honor to suffer such a fate at your side, o once again definitely female."
Dec 22 23:52:30 *   Adail shakes his head as he looks down the tunnel, "I couldn't keep up, even if I were inclined to follow. Possibly facing a Xorn inside the earth itself is about the last thing I ever want to do."
Dec 22 23:53:35 <Mari>   "Yeah, you know, following this thing back to its lair doesn't strike me as the greatest idea right now. We dealt with an ultimatum by letting someone else solve my problems, and I call that a win. Want to get back to town?"
Dec 22 23:53:59 *   Nikkolai shrugs. "What else is there to do in town?"
Dec 22 23:54:40 *   Adail nods, "Let's go ahead back, yes."
Dec 22 23:55:22 *   Kamvakua nods.  "The path goes where  it may.  Sometimes even strange invitations are worth following," He eyed the two raising a ruckus earlier.
Dec 22 23:57:38 *   Kamvakua heads back to town.
Dec 22 23:58:01 <Kotono>   Thus several hours pass! The party re-gathers, the time and place for Knight's business now! OOC: Knight, it's your ball, set up.
Dec 23 00:00:52 <Knight>   Knight doubts the entire group can fit into the alleyway, and requests that only Mari accompanies her in her shady business dealings, whilst the others loiter in the nearby soup kitchen where she started out from. She heads into the alleyway, Magmacore in tow...
Dec 23 00:02:33 *   Mari keeps an eye out for brigands and the like, dark alleyways and the like being old business for her.
Dec 23 00:03:13 <Kotono>   Thus the two advance in! The dice holding man is there, another person with him. Whomever it is is about 16 feet tall or more, making the both of you look like little gnats! He casts his own shadow, wrapped in a thick green cloak and hook, face obscured.
Dec 23 00:05:02 *   Mari sizes up both men (if that's what the tall figure is) and nods politely. It's Knight's show, so she can do the talking. Mari will keep an eye out for any...opportunistic inpropriety on the part of the dicing man.
Dec 23 00:05:11 <Knight>   "I'm here, as promised," announces Knight. "Let's get down to business."
Dec 23 00:06:18 <Kotono>   The dice tossing man steps forward, "Go ahead, show him Magmacore."
Dec 23 00:07:16 <Knight>   Knight spins the weapon about, and slams the spearhead into the ground, leaving it standing straight up, ready for inspection.
Dec 23 00:10:58 <Kotono>   The man does not move, impassive. His head tilts ever so slightly towards the dice tossing man. The hooded man steps forward, opening his cloak! He wears thick armor inside, the cloak lined with weapons. Bows, melee weapons, simple weapons, heavy weapons, all of them are lined up, neat as can be and hanging from his cloak.
Dec 23 00:12:25 *   Mari makes a mental note: do not antagonize the sixteen-foot-tall walking armory.
Dec 23 00:13:16 <Knight>   "That's quite a collection," remarks Knight, scrutinizing the various pieces of equipment on display; her gaze eventually shifts towards the bows, as she wonders how all of this manages to fit inside one (admittedly large) cloak.
Dec 23 00:15:49 <Kotono>   One bow is plain wood, fragile looking and scarred, yet somehow holding together. Another is made of solid metal, down to the bowstring. A third is made of a strange greenish metal.
Dec 23 00:17:10 <Knight>   "What qualities do these weapons have?" asks Knight, glancing at the metallic bows.
Dec 23 00:18:08 <Kotono>   The dice tosser steps forward, "The battered looking one there? It's over a thousand years old. It just won't quit and fires good shots every time. See the metal one there? It's carved out of the arm of an iron golem. The greenish one? Ever heard of Starmetal?"
Dec 23 00:19:13 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10 K:P I dunno, have I?
Dec 23 00:19:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 K:P I dunno, have I? and gets 22." [1d20=12]
Dec 23 00:19:56 <Knight>   "I haven't..." replies Knight, glancing at Mari.
Dec 23 00:20:35 <Kotono>   OOC: K:A, actually.
Dec 23 00:21:03 <Mari>   OOC: Never mind, then!
Dec 23 00:21:28 *   Mari shakes her head.
Dec 23 00:22:29 <Knight>   "Their history might be interesting enough, but I'd like to know how they perform in combat," replies Knight, flexing her fingers.
Dec 23 00:23:55 <Kotono>   Nodding, "Try them," The dice tossing man says.
Dec 23 00:24:36 *   Knight reaches for the greenish bow, and begins to inspect the shaft and test the pull; foreign materials or not, she knows her weapons!
Dec 23 00:25:05 <Kotono>   Knight inspects the shaft and gives it a few pulls! It looks to be quite strong and resilient, well kept. It's a finely made weapon.
Dec 23 00:26:30 *   Knight notches an arrow to the weapon, and takes aim at the ground down the street; each bow should be tested in a similar fashion, so she's sure of their quality. "Mari, can you fetch Nikkolai?" she asks in the process, leaning over.
Dec 23 00:27:56 *   Mari resists the obligatory What Do You Need Him For and obliges, walking off to retrieve the sorcerer.
Dec 23 00:28:04 <Kotono>   The starmetal bow has an outstanding pull and aim. The metal one is hard to draw but is tenser than a muscle held for an entire night just so. The beaten bow juts barely manages to draw, but has surprising tensile strength.
Dec 23 00:31:19 <Kotono>   As Mari brings Nikkolai back, "Well?" The dice tossing man asks.
Dec 23 00:34:18 <Knight>   "They're all finely crafted," replies Knight, in approval. "The bow from the iron golem, it's a powerful one alright. I'd be tempted to put the spear up for it." As Nikkolai returns: "Nikk, can you check these for magical properties?"
Dec 23 00:35:13 *   Nikkolai eyes the weapons. "I'll be glad to."
Dec 23 00:35:24 <Nikkolai>   OOC: KO, you want me to roll K:A?
Dec 23 00:35:39 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Seperate roll for each?
Dec 23 00:36:11 <Knight>   OOC: Detect magic!
Dec 23 00:36:24 <Kotono>   OOC: You can use detect magic to see if each bow is magical(You can see an aura.)
Dec 23 00:36:35 <Nikkolai>   OOC: All right.
Dec 23 00:37:06 *   Nikkolai waves his hand over the items, muttering under his breath. He casts Detect Magic!
Dec 23 00:39:26 <Nikkolai>   "Hmm. All three have magical properties. Let me see if I can't figure out what they are..." Nikkolai pores over the items, ignoring the others in favor of an intense study of the auras surrounding the bows.
Dec 23 00:40:04 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+13 Spellcraft
Dec 23 00:40:04 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+13 Spellcraft and gets 14." [1d20=1]
Dec 23 00:40:07 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+13 Spellcraft
Dec 23 00:40:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+13 Spellcraft and gets 30." [1d20=17]
Dec 23 00:40:10 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+13 Spellcraft
Dec 23 00:40:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+13 Spellcraft and gets 32." [1d20=19]
Dec 23 00:45:09 <Nikkolai>   "Well, I can't seem to put my finger on what kind of magic the beaten looking bow holds within it. I can tell you that the Full Metal Alch-er, Full Metal Bow holds conjuration magic and that the Starmetal Bow holds evocation magic."
Dec 23 00:45:34 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Asked Ko if I could study more. Waiting on him.
Dec 23 00:45:43 <Knight>   OOC: You'd usually need an ID.
Dec 23 00:46:00 <Knight>   "I think the metal bow suits me more," replies Knight, glancing at the larger man. "I'm prepared to make a deal. Or make a bet."
Dec 23 00:46:44 <Kotono>   "Trade," The dice man says, "Bow for the spear."
Dec 23 00:49:09 *   Nikkolai idly asks the Dice Man, "Does your friend have any decent daggers I could have a look at?"
Dec 23 00:51:07 <Kotono>   Asking right back, "Got anything to trade or the money to buy?"
Dec 23 00:51:14 <Knight>   "That's acceptable to me," replies Knight, with a nod, and she extends a hand. "A deal, then."
Dec 23 00:53:38 <Kotono>   The bow is traded for the spear!
Dec 23 00:54:03 <Nikkolai>   "I have a crossbow to trade. Or if I find anything that I particularly like, I'd be willing to make a toss of the dice." Nikk grins in a friendly manner. "I was reckoned a fair hand at sixes at one time. I just think I was lucky."
Dec 23 00:56:32 <Kotono>   "Magical?" The answer is laconic as the man eyes the crossbow
Dec 23 00:56:33 <Kotono>   .
Dec 23 00:59:21 <Nikkolai>   "I'm afraid not. It's still a fine piece of equipment, though."
Dec 23 01:01:25 <Kotono>   OOC: MAke a diplo check?
Dec 23 01:02:16 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+19 Cha Tank, baby
Dec 23 01:02:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+19 Cha Tank, baby and gets 28." [1d20=9]
Dec 23 01:03:26 <Kotono>   Going to the man and reaching into his cloak, the dice tosser returns with a knife. It's carved of what appears to be twin, razor sharp bands of dull gray metal. "It's not magic, but this is the real stuff. Got a fey or a demon problem? This'll hurt 'em good."
Dec 23 01:05:08 <Nikkolai>   "Oh? I believe that I might find a use for that...I take it you'd simply like to trade?"
Dec 23 01:05:39 <Kotono>   A nod. "Fine by me."
Dec 23 01:06:57 <Nikkolai>   "Fair enough." Nikkolai hands over the crossbow.
Dec 23 01:07:44 <Kotono>   Thus the crossbow is traded fo ra dagger. "Pleasure doing business with you," The dice tossing man says. "Go on, get."
Dec 23 01:08:30 <Nikkolai>   "Before we go, I wonder if you'd be interested in a game."
Dec 23 01:08:59 <Kotono>   "Get going," The man gestures, "Got other business today."
Dec 23 01:09:14 *   Nikkolai shrugs. "Another time, perhaps."
Dec 23 01:09:44 *   Knight gives the men a nod, and turns to head out the alley.
Dec 23 01:10:21 *   Nikkolai turns on his heels and follows.
Dec 23 01:10:32 *   Mari waits until the two men are out of earshot to turn to Nik. "Were you raised in a barn? Don't challenge people who do business in dark alleys to games of chance."
Dec 23 01:10:51 <Mari>   "Oh right, you grew up in a closet," she corrects.
Dec 23 01:12:23 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Dec 23 01:12:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 42." [1d100=42]
Dec 23 01:12:42 <Kotono>   Thus you take on the path to Magma! The first day is peaceful again, nothing happening and rest coming. The second day...
Dec 23 01:12:42 *   Nikkolai says mildly, "You're right, I did. I suppose my master didn't beat enough of my obstinancy out of me."
Dec 23 01:13:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Dec 23 01:13:21 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
Dec 23 01:14:57 <Kotono>   As things get hotter, you endure and move along. The path becomes swealtering hot, the heat sticking to you t hick. Ahead the air seems to boil and roil with the heat, a downward slope detected, hot air rising up out of it.
Dec 23 01:16:09 *   Kamvakua works with Adail to endure elements the whole party.
Dec 23 01:16:58 *   Knight is visibly relieved when the spell is cast, and wipes a sheen of thankfully non-replenshing sweat off her forehead.
Dec 23 01:17:07 <Kotono>   At this, the heat lessens and fades away, the magical wards stopping the miserable heat from doing any more harm. The air is no longer hostile and draining.
Dec 23 01:17:36 *   Mari hardly seems bothered by the heat and cna only shrug at the discomfort of others.
Dec 23 01:17:42 <Adail>   "It should last an entire day, so don't worry about it vanishing at an in convenient moment."
Dec 23 01:18:01 <Knight>   "We shouldn't be too far now," opines Knight. "I hope not, anyway."
Dec 23 01:18:56 <Kotono>   Thus the party descends down! The path is a balmer an balmer one, but your barriers hold. After a few more hours, you come to a steep decline. Here steam, lava, rock and heat whirl together into a nexus, as if pouring stone into it to be turned into magma itself.
Dec 23 01:20:19 <Mari>   "Well, this entrance looks safe. Hey Ni, want to go first?"
Dec 23 01:20:23 <Mari>   *Nik
Dec 23 01:20:54 *   Nikkolai agrees pleasantly. "Why not?"
Dec 23 01:21:55 <Kotono>   With a step ahead, Nikkolai plunges into the nexus, vanishing away from the sight of the rest of the party!
Dec 23 01:21:59 <Knight>   "This is.. a portal?" asks Knight, squinting at the nexus. "It looks like a furnace... reminds me of Limbo, actually."
Dec 23 01:23:29 *   Mari waits for a moment. "I don't hear any screams of agony. Maybe he's just trying to spite me in his final moments." Mari shrugs and follows Nik.
Dec 23 01:23:44 <Adail>   The musteval nods and hops in after Mari.
Dec 23 01:23:48 *   Kamvakua steps through after Mari, not wanting those two to be caught alone.
Dec 23 01:24:05 <Knight>   "There's no smoke, or hissing sounds," replies Knight, trudging through after the others.
Dec 23 01:24:12 <Kotono>   You stand amid boiling air. Everything here is hot as you land on stone about ready to melt beneath you. Flows of magma are all about you, like lines of red syrup carved into the rock. A path straight ahead leads onward, with magma bubbling at it's edges. Behind and slightly above you, you can see the nexus. Nikkolai is just ahead, peering down the path.
Dec 23 01:24:59 <Knight>   Knight grimaces as she touches down and catches up to the rest. "The heat here is severe, even with these protections," she notes. "Although the lack of weight is welcome, too."
Dec 23 01:25:01 <Nikkolai>   "I'll scout onwards a bit, shall I?" Nikkolai calls out behind him.
Dec 23 01:25:42 *   Mari nods to Knight. "Every plane's a tradeoff, seems like. I can deal with being lighter on my feet again."
Dec 23 01:27:01 *   Adail scurries back up to his usual place at Kam's shoulder, "Interesting looking place, isn't it?"
Dec 23 01:27:18 <Nikkolai>   Without really waiting for an answer, Nikkolai scouts forward a bit, eying his surroundings warily.
Dec 23 01:27:25 <Kamvakua>   "Nikkolai, don't head off by yourself," Kamvakua discouraged.  "Wait for us to catch up," And catch up he did with a few long strides.  "Definitely.  It seems we have a walk to the village."
Dec 23 01:27:32 <Kotono>   Nikkolai goes ahead. The path winds and leads deeper on in the immediate - though the stench of something strong and foul can be detected. It smells terrible, like rotten eggs.
Dec 23 01:28:03 <Knight>   "Tactically speaking, we're at a terrible disadvantage," notes Knight, eyeing the bubbling magma with trepidation. "One slip, and that's it."
Dec 23 01:28:25 *   Mari walks along, eyeing the liquid landscape at the sides of their path. "You know, this place really makes me want some...tomato soup."
Dec 23 01:28:26 <Knight>   "Meanwhile, any aggressors could strike and retreat at whim.. well, as the old woman said, best to avoid confrontations."
Dec 23 01:29:00 *   Nikkolai walks ahead within shouting distance of the party.
Dec 23 01:30:30 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20 Wonder if I see something interesting
Dec 23 01:30:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20 Wonder if I see something interesting and gets 5." [1d20=5]
Dec 23 01:30:46 *   Kamvakua looks around, seeing if they see the village, or the cause of the stench.
Dec 23 01:30:58 <Kotono>   As Nikkolai walks a little more ahead, the foul smell gets worse.
Dec 23 01:31:19 <Kotono>   No sign of a village - it's cavelike still, with walls and lots of magma.
Dec 23 01:31:44 *   Nikkolai walks slowly, giving his companions time to catch up. He goes onwards, though.
Dec 23 01:31:45 *   Adail uses his innate magic to adopt the appearance of a fox, and to make sure he'll see anything invisible that might come along.
Dec 23 01:32:14 <Mari>   "So, look," Mari calls ahead. "This town's run by devils, right? Do we have some sort of excuse for being there to feed the locals? Although they probably aren't actually locals, but never mind."
Dec 23 01:32:35 <Knight>   "I'm afraid I don't know, but I'd like to hear about devils in general," replies Knight, grimacing. "In case worst comes to worst..."
Dec 23 01:33:09 <Kotono>   OOC: Make spot checks, all besides Nikkolai? +5 bonus for Adail.
Dec 23 01:33:24 <Kamvakua>   "I am hoping we do not need such excuse.  We should get near in case of trouble, but let the stealthiest discover what they may."
Dec 23 01:33:24 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11 EYES
Dec 23 01:33:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 EYES and gets 17." [1d20=6]
Dec 23 01:33:35 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+9 eyes
Dec 23 01:33:37 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+9 eyes and gets 20." [1d20=11]
Dec 23 01:33:42 <Adail>   roll 1d20+10
Dec 23 01:33:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
Dec 23 01:33:51 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1 !!!
Dec 23 01:33:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 !!! and gets 21." [1d20=20]
Dec 23 01:34:50 <Kotono>   OOC: All of you but Nikkolai(Rotten luck todya) can notice faint yellowish-mustardy vapors in the air. Adail, you can see them a bit better, they drift in and out of the visible range of sight.
Dec 23 01:35:37 <Knight>   "Nikkolai, hold!" calls Knight, in alarm.
Dec 23 01:35:45 <Kamvakua>   "Does anyone know what those are?" Kamvakua wondered, pointing at them with his spear as he looked around with detect evil.
Dec 23 01:36:08 <Mari>   "Generally I try to avoid breathing anything that color," Mari says, wrnikling her nose at the vapors.
Dec 23 01:36:21 *   Nikkolai hears Knight call out and immediately stops in place, waiting for them to come abreast of him.
Dec 23 01:36:44 <Adail>   "They just look like yellow vapors to me. Though...they do seem drift in and out of visibility."
Dec 23 01:36:51 *   Adail then turns his Detect Magic on the vapors.
Dec 23 01:36:56 <Kotono>   OOC: K:P or K:A if you want to know more on them. K:A's preferred here if you have it.
Dec 23 01:37:20 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8 planes, don't have arcane
Dec 23 01:37:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 planes, don't have arcane and gets 24." [1d20=16]
Dec 23 01:37:40 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10 K:P mysterious gas, what is it?
Dec 23 01:37:40 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+6 planes
Dec 23 01:37:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 K:P mysterious gas, what is it? and gets 24." [1d20=14]
Dec 23 01:37:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+6 planes and gets 25." [1d20=19]
Dec 23 01:37:49 <Knight>   "There are vapours in the air," she notes, grimacing. "I can't say if they're poisonous or not, but..."
Dec 23 01:37:57 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+13 Icky stuff
Dec 23 01:37:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+13 Icky stuff and gets 22." [1d20=9]
Dec 23 01:40:27 <Mari>   "They are poisonous. Really, would you trust anything that color? Stay back for now, alright?"
Dec 23 01:40:32 *   Adail narrows his eyes and sniffs a small bit, "I've heard Magma is full of poison gasses. Perhaps wrapping cloths around our mouths and noses to breathe through might help?"
Dec 23 01:40:42 <Kamvakua>   "It's poisonuous gasses," Kamvakua recognized them after another moment of thought.  "...I should've thought of that.  It's natural with Magma that it produces this.  It won't slow me down, but ...yes, indeed."
Dec 23 01:41:07 <Kamvakua>   "Do you have anything for this, Adail?" It outside his own skills to produce clean air.
Dec 23 01:41:12 *   Mari nods. "Worth a shot. If this gas is everywhere, we don't have much choice but to try."
Dec 23 01:41:57 <Knight>   "Hopefully, it is filtered out of the cities," remarks Knight, stowing her helmet away and reaching to tie a scarf around her face.
Dec 23 01:42:35 *   Adail shakes his head, "I'm afraid not, no. My clerical magic is still too weak to do anything about poison."
Dec 23 01:42:57 *   Nikkolai simply wraps his mouth and nose with a bit of his robes.
Dec 23 01:42:58 <Knight>   "
Dec 23 01:44:34 *   Adail wraps a bit of cloth around his face for poison filtering purposes as well. It's a crude solution, but maybe that combined with his natural resiliance to damn near everything will do the trick.
Dec 23 01:44:58 *   Mari looks distracted. She glares at the drifting mass of vapor and glares at it, waving a hand in front of her face irritably! Somehow this produces a breeze that rushes out ahead of her.
Dec 23 01:44:59 *   Kamvakua heads forward, carrying on at ...as fast a pace as knight can keep, trying to keep from breathing in too much of the noxious stuff.
Dec 23 01:45:13 <Mari>   "That's uh. That's new."
Dec 23 01:47:00 <Kamvakua>   "But useful, let us hurry on before the fumes return."
Dec 23 01:49:50 *   Kamvakua moves along?
Dec 23 01:50:48 <Adail>   Being that he's on Kam's shoulder, Adail naturally does so as well.
Dec 23 01:52:14 <Kotono>   Thus the party hurries along! Most of the gas is moved out of the way, only a few bits lingering to bother you as you get past it! OOC: Fort saves all, +7 total due to covering and gust of wind getting rid of most of it in your way.
Dec 23 01:52:29 <Knight>   roll 1d20+19 zz
Dec 23 01:52:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+19 zz and gets 30." [1d20=11]
Dec 23 01:52:41 <Mari>   roll 1d20+14
Dec 23 01:52:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+14 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
Dec 23 01:52:51 <Adail>   roll 1d20+22
Dec 23 01:52:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+22 and gets 33." [1d20=11]
Dec 23 01:54:05 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Dec 23 01:54:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
Dec 23 01:54:43 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+25 uh?
Dec 23 01:54:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+25 uh? and gets 34." [1d20=9]
Dec 23 01:55:40 <Kotono>   The gasses are not problem at all, the party past the toxic air without difficulty.
Dec 23 01:56:14 <Mari>   "So, anyone else ready to set up a summer home here yet?" Mari wonders as they continue down the path.
Dec 23 01:57:13 <Knight>   "The proximity to the plane of earth would allow for great forges and ironworks to be constructed here. There is some strategic value to it," notes Knight, always prepared to offer her opinion.
Dec 23 01:57:32 <Kamvakua>   "Not particulary," Kamvakua is mostly focused on keeping an eye out for approaching EVIL.