221.2 Alicia in Shendilavri

[Corwin]

[18:33] <Kozzz> --------
[18:33] <Kozzz> So directed, Alicia heads to the portal. She finds it as Seira found it - about 3/4ths complete, waiting and quiet.
[18:36] <Alicia> As far as Alicia understands this should be a simple process. Standing directly in front of the portal and bracing her feet squarely on the ground, she draws the Sword of the Sealed Gate and thrusts it directly into the centre of the portal.
[18:36] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
03[18:40] * Sierra_Semilife is now known as Haruka
[18:40] <Kozzz> Alicia draws in the power of her Sword of the Sealed Gate! Plunging it into the gateway, the entire thing contracts on itself! It's a twisting, whirling mass spinning into nothingness, but a great light bursts around Alicia as this happens! (More)
[18:40] <Kozzz> roll 10d6
06[18:40] * Hatbot --> "Kozzz rolls 10d6 and gets 35." [10d6=6, 1, 3, 1, 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 6]
[18:41] <Kozzz> roll 1d100
06[18:41] * Hatbot --> "Kozzz rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[18:46] <Kozzz> Ugh. Alicia's vision is hazy and shaking. Her body hurts all over. Where is she? Her eyes are blurry and don't want to work. Ugh...moving...it's hard. Very hard. But finally she blinks hard enough to dispel the haze in her vision. She's...it's...pretty here? Alicia is resting underneath a tree in the sunshine. It smells pleasant out here, rolling green hills in all directions.
06[18:47] * Alicia rubs her eyes as she props herself up, taking inventory of herself and her belongings before taking stock of her surroundings. She certainly wasn't in a pretty place last she checked.
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[18:48] <Kozzz> All of her equipment is where it should be. Alicia is considerably hurt. HEr last wounds are still there, sa well as burn and explosive charring and chipping all over her body. Lots of bruises, too.
[18:50] <Alicia> Alas she has no means to heal herself, although a few moments of prayer should restore some measure of her healing ability - it's about that time of day by her internal clock, even if it's sunny here. Sheathing the sword of the sealed gate, she gets up and takes a look around.
[18:51] <Kozzz> It looks lik ea pastoral paradise. The hills roll justenough to be scenic without being hard to walk up and down. The warm is warm witout being hot. A soft breeze ripples by to dry Alicia's sweat. The grass is short and even, a manicured version of nature. On the horizon she can see several slender plumes of smoke - like fireplaces emitting out into the sky.
[18:52] <Alicia> OOC: assuming I've been plane shifted, knowledge to figure out where I am?
[18:52] <Kozzz> OOC: Sure.
[18:52] <Kozzz> OOC: KP.
[18:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[18:56] <Alicia> "At least it's not the plane of shadow..." Alicia decides that before she goes exploring this strange place, she really does have to recover in case she runs into any trouble.
[18:56] <Alicia> First of all she uses her survival pack to produce some rations, water, and a tent, then she settles down to spend a few minutes praying to her goddess, restoring her divinely granted abilities through communion with the Mother of All Magic.
[19:01] <Kozzz> REst and eating goes without incident. Alicia feels a little better with recover and food in her stomach.
06[19:03] * Alicia heals herself with her regained lay on hands ability before settling down to rest for eight hours. She doesn't plan on travelling through an unknown locale without having her spells available. "Hell Striker, wake me if anyone approaches," she instructs her sword after crawling into the tent, electing to wear her armour while resting.
[19:03] <Kozzz> roll 1d100
06[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kozzz rolls 1d100 and gets 70." [1d100=70]
[19:05] <Kozzz> Eight hours pass like the blink of an eye. Alicia falls dead asleep, a sleep of pleasant dreams. She dreams of her lost husband almost exclusively - a vividness unknown in recent times savef for one night resting in a temple to Sune, of sorts. The dreams start innocent, but turn towards the intimate easily, a hot haze of memories. Nonetheless, Alicia awakens after several hours of sleep feeling restored.
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[19:08] <Alicia> Such bittersweet memories... Alicia finds herself wondering if she's in Sune's realm as she breaks camp. She would have expected something more wild, though... "I don't suppose you recognise this place, do you?" she asks her sentient sword.
[19:08] <Kozzz> OOC: Have Hell STriker roll K:P?
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[19:09] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[19:10] <Kozzz> 'No,' Hell Striker replies.
[19:11] <Alicia> "Oh well, hopefully we'll get some answers over there," Alicia gestures towards the smoke-plumes in the distance, starting to walk towards them at a brisk pace.
[19:14] <Kozzz> As Alicia walks, the sun begins to set. IT sets into a magnificient haze of reds, golds and yellows, like a sunset in perfection. The hills are peaceful and quiet, the light strong despite the sunset. Going over several hills takes an hour and some change, but at last she ascends one to get a view. Ahead is a small, peaceful village. Gorgeous cabins and houses dot the land here, decadently beautiful and well crafted. Each would be a masterpi
[19:14] <Kozzz>  Gorgeous cabins and houses dot the land here, decadently beautiful and well crafted. Each would be a masterpiece in the upper quarter of a wealthy city. There are gardens around the town, as well as a large artificial lake, lined with stone. People are dotted here and there - almost always two, usually a man and a woman, though there are a few exceptions. People lounge about, talking or whispering, or hugging or cuddling or other things alo
[19:14] <Kozzz> talking or whispering, or hugging or cuddling or other things along those lines.
06[19:16] * Alicia chuckles to herself. Definitely Sune's realm. Well, she has a newfound respect for Lady Firehair, and it's certainly a tonic after spending time with those Sharrans. She walks up to the village quite openly, hoping the residents won't be put off by her martial appearance.
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[19:18] <Kozzz> As Alicia approaches, a man comes out of one of the houses. He is stunningly beautiful, as if crafted by Sune herself. He is atheletic and lithe, wearing white pants and little else. His brown hair is shoulder length, his eyes sparkling. "Ho, traveller," he calls to Alicia, hurrying to meet her before she reaches the city.
[19:20] <Alicia> "Hello," Alicia nods pleasantly in return as she approaches him. "Would you be the welcoming committee?"
[19:21] <Kozzz> "Oh, of sorts," he laughs warmly, "I'm Gregory." Offering a hand out with a flashing smile, "You look like you've come a long way, knight of Mystra."
03[19:21] * Kozzz is now known as Kotono
06[19:23] * Alicia takes his hand and gives it a firm shake. "I suppose I have, although really I've only been walking for an hour. Alicia Reynes," she introduces herself. "I was sealing a portal to the plane of shadow when there was an accident. Since I'm not in Dweomerheart, and still have all my possessions, I'll assume I was transported here whole rather than simply killed."
[19:23] <Kotono> "Yes, I can see you're still wounded. I have some potions and tonics in my house that would treat the rest of your wounds," he offers. "I can offer you a hot meal while you're there as well."
[19:24] <Alicia> "Very generous of you," Alicia smiles. "Though I have my suspicions, why don't you help me out and tell me exactly where I am while we're at it?"
[19:25] <Kotono> "You're in Passendaele." Smiling now, "We can talk more once we get you mended up. Your wounds must be paining you so." Above, the sunset holds in perfect brilliance, no sign of it ending or going away.
[19:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes, that name mean anything?
06[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes, that name mean anything? and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[19:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 why not
06[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 why not and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[19:28] <Alicia> "You get used to it," Alicia admits with a shrug as she follows him along. "What plane are we on, by the way?"
[19:30] <Kotono> "Clearheart. It's a place of rest and recovery and togetherness," he answers warmly.
[19:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes, does this name mean anything?
06[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes, does this name mean anything? and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[19:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 planes, does this name mean anything to my sword?
06[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 planes, does this name mean anything to my sword? and gets 11." [1d20=4]
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[19:32] <Alicia> "Don't think I've ever heard of that one," Alicia furrows her brow briefly. "Oh well, I'm not sure I'll stay too long - I don't suppose you know any portals back to the prime near here?"
[19:33] <Anastasia> "I'm afraid not, but I can find out," he offers as the two walk. "But come," He takes Alicia's hand with a warms mile, "You have so many worries on your shoulders, it shows. Thsi is a place to rest."
06[19:35] * Alicia lets her hand be taken as she strolls along with Gregory. "Yes, well, I was in the middle of fighting my way through a Sharran temple before I wound up here." She shudders briefly, "It's not the sort of thing that encourages a carefree mindset."
[19:35] <Anastasia> "Oh Gods," he openly frowns at that, leading Alicia along. The city is so pleasant, smelling like life and flowers and spicy aromatic things. "Yes, you certainly need rest and recovery now." OOC - MAke a spot check?
[19:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
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[19:38] <Alicia> 'Hell Striker, do you sense anything... odd about these people?' Alicia queries, affecting a nonchalant demeanour as she likewise checks for evil in the vicinity.
[19:39] <Anastasia> 'Evil. Evil overwhelming,' It reports. When Alicia detects evil, she can see that almost everyone here has it. Strong or overwhelming for about half, and some of the toehrs rage from faint to moderate. A few here and there aren't evil, but those are rare islands.
[19:41] <Alicia> This is bad. Very very bad. Alicia's inner monologue becomes very dour as she elects to simply go along with Gregory for the moment. Better that they don't realise she's onto them just yet, since a fight here would do her no good at all.
[19:42] <Anastasia> Alicia is lead into a gorgeous house. She is taken into a room with a divan, Gregory leading her to it. It's soft and passion red, "You can take off your armor if you want," he offers. "The healing tonics are just over here."
[19:45] <Alicia> Once the door is closed, Alicia sidles up to Gregory. "I've got a better idea," she suggests, smiling winsomely while letting her attention-getting holy aura dissipate.
[19:47] <Anastasia> He smiles right back, "Tell you what then...I can massage a healing lotion into your skin," he offers, squeezing Alicia's hand. "Just let me take awa your suffering first."
[19:50] <Alicia> "Hmm... maybe," Alicia slides her hand free of his to trail it up his chest as she stares into his eyes... before abruptly moving with fluid grace to reach around and draw her sword, whipping it down to the side since there's so little space between them and having the blade rest close to his neck. "Or instead you could do everything I say so that I don't kill you? How does that sound instead?"
[19:53] <Anastasia> "Aaaah..." Smiling without pause, "I see you're perceptive, KNight of Mystra. But you misunderstand, my words are entirely sincere." Eyes trialing to the left, where a cherry wood cabinet rests, "Go in there and help yourself to the healing potions if you doubt me."
[19:53] <Anastasia> OOC: Make a will save?
[19:53] <Alicia> OOC: thanks for the spellfire, bitch
[19:53] <Anastasia> OOC: One level.
[19:55] <Alicia> "Not right now, no," Alicia replies. "From all the succubi around here it's fairly plain that I'm on the Abyss - though it has to be said, it's very pleasant as such places go, so I'll give you that much. But I don't especially plan to stay long."
[19:57] <Anastasia> "That's right. I apologize for lying to you, but I did not want to startle you away. This is the realm of Shendilavri, realm of pleasure and of Queen Malcanthet. But you needen't branish your blade, we are not fighters here. I had no intention of harming you."
[19:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 what do I know about Mal-chan?
06[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 what do I know about Mal-chan? and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[20:02] <Alicia> "Sure, sure," Alicia sounds far from convinced. "You'd just screw me to death, that's all. Look, I've dealt with demons before, so don't bother pretending to be harmless - you're probably in telepathic communication with several others right now, just waiting to jump me."
[20:03] <Anastasia> "If you want sex, it can be without draining your life force," spreading his hands with a smile, "We're not vulgar vrocks or mad mariliths or brutish balors here. We celebrate love in all it's passionate forms."
06[20:07] * Alicia laughs lightly, though Hell Striker doesn't even quiver. "You're a charmer, I'll give you that. But fiends don't really do it for me, even if they're disguised as handsome men. How about you tell me how to get off this plane?"
[20:09] <Anastasia> "A portal out? Why, the Puzzling Hedge, of course," HE smiles radiantly, "Come, sit down and I'll tell you about it, for it has special rules to it and an enforcer few would like to engage."
[20:11] <Alicia> "Yes, specifically, where does it lead to?" Alicia wonders, stepping back. "Go ahead and sit down if you like, but you'll forgive me for not wanting to cuddle."
[20:14] <Anastasia> Going to sit, "I forgive you," he smiles, "It leads to the Endless Staircase. I'll be glad to tell you how to navigate that place if you're willing to calm down and relax."
[20:16] <Alicia> "I'm relaxed," Alicia assures him with a serene smile, her sword still held firmly. "But carry on. The more helpful you are the more likely I'll peacefully be on my way instead of just tearing this place apart looking for a way out."
[20:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 endless staircase?
06[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 endless staircase? and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[20:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 why not
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 why not and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[20:21] <Anastasia> "The Endless Staircase can take you anywhere you want, from the Abyss to other realms. But...it's dangerous to get there and dangerousin it," Smiling easily now, "It's quite hazardous, moreso than this fair realm."
[20:23] <Alicia> "I don't know, I think I can appreciate danger that's a bit more up-front about things," Alicia reasons. "Alright, so how do I get there?"
[20:27] <Anastasia> "You have to to travel to the west through a forest to reach it," Gregory answers, "A guide is preferable." Smiling now, "I'd be glad to offer my services."
[20:28] <Alicia> "I'm sure you would," Alicia replies with a saccharine smile. "Why don't you show me the real you, then?"
Session Close: Sat Jan 17 20:31:33 2009

Session Start: Sat Jan 17 20:31:33 2009
Session Ident: #evildunes
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03[20:32] * Topic is 'Pollyanna>Demedais>Oberuth>Mr. Tura'
03[20:32] * Set by Kotono on Thu Jan 15 20:39:14
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[20:34] <Alicia> "I'm sure you'd settle for breaking my heart," Alicia deadpans. "Though I can thank the Abyss for the small mercy that you weren't engaging in cross-gender polymorphing."
[20:35] <Anastasia> "REally?" With an even smile, "If that's what you prefer, merely say the word and Ic an send your heart racing."
[20:38] <Alicia> "Like I said, fiends aren't my type," Alicia repeats. "So what can I expect to find in this Puzzling Hedge?"
[20:46] <Anastasia> "
[20:47] <Anastasia> "It's a large garden hedge maze. It wanders and twists, you must reach the center to find the portal. However, it's far from lacking in dangerous...and there is a risk for cheaters who would fly or attempt to circumvent the hedge's design."
[20:48] <Alicia> "The Abyss punishing rule-breakers? Whatever next," Alicia rolls her eyes. "Okay, what sort of dangers are we talking about, then?"
[20:57] <Anastasia> "Well..." Smiling serenely now, "Why don't you look outside of the room?" Gregory suggests. "I invited several of my friends over to meet you. We can all talk about it like civilized people."
[20:59] <Alicia> "And here I thought you wanted me all to yourself," Alicia sighs, moving towards the corner facing the door. "Go ahead and invite your friends in, so long as things stay civilised."
[21:01] <Anastasia> The door opens with nary a word! They come in - about a dozen of them, impossibly shapely men and women. All beyond perfect, all heart rendingly beautiful. It's the sort of inhuman beauty Antenora or angels have at times, the human form extended to lengths that normal flesh cannot reach. The most any wear are tight clothes, though some forsake even that. They all have bat-wings, looking on at Alicia apprasingly. "Oh, noble hero," A femal
[21:01] <Anastasia> They all have bat-wings, looking on at Alicia apprasingly. "Oh, noble hero," A female one suckles on a finger, "You're so tense, like you're in a far less pleasing place!" (More)
[21:01] <Anastasia> Another male one, with red hair and eyes, "Why don't you take your armor off? I'll give you a backrub. No draining, I promise," he smiles with white teeth, like ivory.
[21:04] <Alicia> "A dozen? Either I do look fearsome, or my reputation has preceded me," Alicia smiles tersely in greeting to the new arrivals. "I'm used to demons launching foolhardy attacks without regard for their safety, but since if I kill any of you here then you face oblivion I'm hoping that'll encourage everyone to stay polite."
[21:05] <Anastasia> "Oh yes," A pouty lipped blonde puts her hands on her full hips, "None of us want that." Chuckling now, "You're a cute one, too, for a mortal warrior. No need for hostility."
[21:05] <Anastasia> The redhead laughs as well, "I'll be as polite as you want me to be, fair lady."
[21:06] <Anastasia> Gregory smiles, going to sit on the divan. "Now then....why don't you put your sword down and rest here a time, hero? There's so many of us here who want nothing more than to make your every wish come true."
06[21:07] * Alicia sighs. "Right now, my only wish is to return to the Prime Material," she tells them. "I'm sadly getting the impression that you'd all far prefer to enjoy my company here on a more long-term basis."
[21:11] <Anastasia> "Naturally," Gregory smiles, "You're a lovely, willful flower that's fallen to us. Why resist it? In a day here we can introduce you to pleasures you've never dreamed of. Give us a day and you'll find a life you'll never want to abandon.
[21:11] <Anastasia> "
[21:14] <Alicia> "I have obligations I don't particularly want to neglect..." Alicia decides a different tack might get their cooperation. "Besides, if I were to stay here then it would surely mar your peaceful facade when Shar's undead shadows and Martinet's diabolical agents came looking for me, wouldn't it? It would be best for us all if you helped me leave."
[21:15] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+14
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[21:15] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+19
[21:15] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+32
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+19 and gets 36." [1d20=17]
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+32 and gets 36." [1d20=4]
[21:16] <Anastasia> The redhead spekas now, "Oh, you have some fearsome enemies. But you needen't worry," Smiling as he appraoches Alicia, smiling full of honey and silk, "No devil or shadow Goddess can violate Malcanthet's realm. But if you insist..." Smiling, "Gregory offered you a guide? I'll arrainge for you the best guide possible, for a small price."
06[21:17] * Alicia shifts back slightly. "Go on?" she replies dubiously.
[21:18] <Anastasia> "Spend that day with us. 24 hours...if you can honestly say you want to leavea fter that, I'll personally guide you," he says, "I can guarantee your safety to the Puzzling Hedge."
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 sense motive, trying to get a feel for this one's stature in the group based on how they've all been acting since showing up
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 sense motive, trying to get a feel for this one's stature in the group based on how they've all been acting since showing up and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[21:21] <Alicia> "Just spend the day?" Alicia asks, eyeing him. "No obligations on what I do while here? You won't use any magical charms or compulsions on me?"
[21:22] <Anastasia> "We won't fog your mind, but let's spend it doing...enjoyable things," His smile is quite telling in it's way, his eyes on Alicia. "If you can do that, sample our life and still walk away...then you'll win and get the prize I agreed to."
06[21:26] * Alicia is conflicted. On one hand it's probably her best shot at getting out of here. On the other, these are demons and not devils - there's no way to know if they'll stick to their word. Besides which... "I don't spread my legs for just anyone, least of all someone I've just met," she remarks, looking at the handsome fiend through hooded eyes.
[21:30] <Anastasia> He smiles winsomely, face open. "I'm sure that by the end of the time you'll have a far more...enlightened point of view."
[21:36] <Alicia> "Hmm... alright, I'll go along with it for now," Alicia hedges. "But if I have to I'll leave and find my own way out of here." Surely her virtue can withstand such puerile temptations, at any rate.
[21:51] <Anastasia> "Good," Gregory smiles, "But first, let's pick up where we left off. It won't do for you to be in pain for the rest of this day."
[21:53] <Alicia> "Right... healing potions," Alicia replies dubiously, glancing towards the cherrywood cabinet. "What's your real name, anyway? Gregory doesn't really sound very demonic."
[21:54] <Anastasia> "But it's far more agreeable for you to say," he says, going and getting several blue, green and purple potions out. "Grengrath." Theo thers come close to Alicia, a few tugging lightly at her armor. "Come, sit down," A pretty brunette girl says, impersonating Antenora at the volcano rather nicely with her lack of attire.
[21:55] <Alicia> "Please, there's no need to paw at me so," Alicia insists as she slips away from the grabby hands, finally slinging Hell Striker on her back once more. She's reasonably confident they at least won't attack her while she's going along with their plan.
[21:56] <Anastasia> "But it's fun to paw," The blonde whines, while the red head settles back, watching. Coming back, Gregory offers her several potions. "Drink these."
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+11 sense motive for any bad feelings before I imbibe the 'healing' potions?
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+11 sense motive for any bad feelings before I imbibe the 'healing' potions? and gets 24." [1d20=13]
06[22:01] * Alicia looks around her pleasant hosts for a moment after accepting the potions. If things are going to go badly, this would be a good place to start. "Bottom's up," she hazards, popping the top off one and tossing it back.
[22:02] <Anastasia> roll 3d8+5
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 3d8+5 and gets 20." [3d8=2, 8, 5]
[22:03] <Anastasia> As Alicia drinks, a finger darts forward from Gregory. It gets an errant drop of potion from Alicia's lips on his fingers. He licks it off his fingers, locking eyes with Alicia, "That's a good start," he says, shifting and using his other hand to pass Alicai another potion. "You feel better already, don't you?"
[22:05] <Alicia> "Yes, I can't fault your apothecary, at least," Alicia allows as her scrapes and bruises fade away, proceeding to down another potion.
[22:05] <Anastasia> roll 3d8+5
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 3d8+5 and gets 17." [3d8=3, 5, 4]
[22:06] <Anastasia> This purple potion chases away more of Alicia's pains! "Here, another," Gregory offers, eyes burning bright. "See? We're not interested in flaying the flesh from your bones. You need not be so defensive."
[22:07] <Anastasia> The blonde giggles, as a blonde haired male one twitches his wings, "Being defensive is cute," he opines, gliding closer, Alicia surrounded. "You're such an attention getter."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Perhaps you just want my flesh to be pristine before you flay it?" Alicia retorts with a teasing smile, deciding that if she wants to get through this she needs to take charge instead of passively going along with whatever they plan. Knocking back the next potion she goes on, "The more pure and beautiful a thing is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt? Or so I've heard, anyway."
[22:09] <Anastasia> roll 3d8+5
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 3d8+5 and gets 22." [3d8=7, 3, 7]
[22:13] <Anastasia> Alicia is now fully restored. Gregory chuckles there, a dark, dusky smile. "Maaaybe. But your stunningness has nothing to do with that. Truly, you are a captivating woman. You've had a long trip on the path here - a cooling swim would do much to restore you."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Maybe in a bit," Alicia allows. "But why don't we talk more first?" she suggests. "I've made close acquaintance with eladrins, archons, and even one particularly nice devil, but you're the first demons who've really shown interest in pleasantries. I wouldn't mind a chance to understand what makes you tick," she concludes with an engaging smile as she puts the empty potion bottles aside.
[22:19] <Anastasia> OOC: MAke a diplo check?
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[22:29] <Anastasia> Alicia is surrounded. The blonde male starts to gently stroke her shoulders, as the brunette stunner nuzzles against Alicia's other side. "Well then, we can talk a little and then bathe," he agrees, "It's not all about hateful destructino...there's a time and a place for...pleasure." His smile is so smooth, so tempting in it's way.
06[22:35] * Alicia doesn't resist their invasion of her personal space, which inspires awkward conflicting feelings. "Pleasure is nice," she agrees, "Although I'd imagine the tanar'ri way would be to take it rather than share it, no?"
[22:37] <Anastasia> "Oh, there are...exceptions, like here," Smiling, as the man rubs Alicia's shoulder, whispering hot words into her ears, "Let me take off your armor, so that I can massage you," he says, while the woman continues to stay close to her.  Gregory continues to speak at this, "Queen Malcanthet understands that pleasure cannot be horded all to one person."
[22:41] <Alicia> "A curiously enlightened viewpoint," Alicia concedes, wishing Marie was here. She did fine debating morality with Antenora since they at least had some common ground to work with, but she really has no clue how to relate to demons.
[22:41] <Alicia> Shifting a bit to allow access to the straps holding her armour on, she continues, "Still, we can't pursue pleasure to the exclusion of all else, otherwise you might as well be living in a dream."
[22:42] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+21
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+21 and gets 30." [1d20=9]
[22:43] <Anastasia> Slowly her armor is removed, placed gently onto the floor. His hands go over her shoulders, instantly loosening her muscles. Tension is wrung out of her body shoulders first, then her upper back. His touch is deft and skilled, pleasurably relaxing. "There are the Outer Planes," Gregory spreads his arms wide, "Time isn't relevant to us like it is to mortalkind. We are forever...we can live that dream."
[22:44] <Anastasia> The woman bobs up and down as the armor goes off, before gently starting to rub Alicia's arm, showing much the same skill as the man. "You should sit down," she whispers into Alicia's ear, "Or lie down. It's nicer that way."
06[22:47] * Alicia sits down, not resisting the admittedly skilled massage she's getting. "You have talented hands," she remarks, briefly taking hold of one and pressing the pad of her index finger on a clawed fingertip. "It must require a great deal of care."
[22:47] <Alicia> That digression aside, she continues the debate after sitting. "But in a dream you can't affect anything else. You're powerless - irrelevant to the universe that leaves you behind. Which must be why you take such interest in your guests such as myself, hmmm?"
[22:49] <Anastasia> "Yes," he leans into whisper in Alicia's ear again, "I've trained very well." He continues to work, going lower down Alicia's back. Her tension disspates, her body like putty. Gregory chuckles at that, and the blonde giggles and then speaks, jiggling all the way. "Aaaw. That's such a strange way of saying that we're happy to see you."
[22:50] <Anastasia> Taking over, "There's power...but the rest of the world isn't important here. Just you." As Alicia is massaged, Gregory goes to sit next to her. The other succubi surround her, sitting in a loose circle about her.
[22:53] <Alicia> "Of course you are," Alicia agrees with the blonde. "By bending me to your will you're given a chance to exercise your will instead of simply staying within a pleasurable dream-like stupor. I saw others outside that aren't demons, and I'm sure they were brought here for the same reason, right?"
[22:56] <Anastasia> "To experience pleasure," As the massaging man reaches around to Alicia's front, working her stomach, Gregory continues. "How much do you know of the planes, hero?"
[23:01] <Alicia> So long as his hands don't go up or down, Alicia will tolerate it... for now. "I've visited Elysium, Celestia, the Elemental Plane of Water, and Baator," she admits. "Since most of my enemies come from that pit of tyranny, I've made it a point to study up." No harm in making it clear she's on bad terms with their hated baatezu enemies, right?
[23:01] <Alicia> "But the point I'm making is that there's more important things than simple pleasure. For you it's dominating others, keeping them enraptured with your not inconsiderable charms. And likewise I have things I must do that prevent abandonment to absolute hedonism - enemies I must defeat, friends I must protect, mysteries I must solve."
[23:01] <Alicia> "We all have that drive to affect the universe in some way, and that's why I can't stay here." Besides the fact that demons are utterly abhorrent creatures. But she's trying to be reasonable so long as they are, so no sense being unpleasant.
[23:04] <Anastasia> "I see, I see," The hands go up just a little, ever so close to Alicia's bosom. They restrain, if just baaaarely. "No wonder you're so resistant. You're dreadfully driven. You have to be, for a mortal to opose those devils." Making a disgusted face, "They've dominated you so far that you're not even receptive to pleasure anymore. You're so worried, you had so much tension on you. Perhaps so...but would dalliances hurt you, either?"
[23:04] <Anastasia> Perhaps so...but would dalliances hurt you, either?"
[23:05] <Anastasia> The woman starts rubbing Alicia's side and back now, resting her head on Alicia's shoulder. "Mmm, you're nice for a mortal girl," she says, "Most are filthy cows, but you're not."
[23:06] <Anastasia> The blonde giggles again, "Honestly, I thought you could use a good time when I saw you," she admits, "When's the last time you've had any fun?"
06[23:07] * Alicia shifts to keep her breasts out of reach, cursing herself for feeling far too comfortable with these friendly fiends. "That's kind of you to say," she briefly smiles at the blonde. "The one personable devil I ever met said something similar. But you can't blame the baatezu for my reluctance," she waggles a finger briefly.
[23:07] <Alicia> "I just prefer not to get too intimate with people I just met." Or demons. Whatever.
[23:08] <Alicia> OOC: the 'kind of you to say' remark was at the one saying I'm not a cow, not the one saying I need to get laid
[23:10] <Anastasia> "Then we'll have to get friendier," the blonde huffs, jiggling away again. She comes to Alicia's front, stroking her cheek, before she switches positions with the blonde man, who smiles at her as they lock eyes. The woman starts massaging just where the man left off, just this side of decent.
[23:11] <Anastasia> "You need to open up more, then. There's an an entire existance for you to expereience," Gregory says with almost cheerfulness. "What's a life lived without any joy and fun?"
[23:15] <Alicia> "My, you are persistent..." Alicia raises her gaze a moment, praying to Mystra that she'll get out of this with her life and her self-respect. "I have fun," she then asserts. "I stay busy, but I have good companions to provide me with joy and fun when I'm not fighting for my life." Cocking her head and regarding Grengrath,
[23:15] <Alicia> "But you're right about there being an entire existence to experience. So I can't stay cooped up on one plane, can I?" Inspiration hits as she recalls some of Marie's diatribes on her ethos. "A gilded cage, no matter how fine, is still a cage. I'd think such free-spirited beings as yourself would understand that better than any."
[23:17] <Anastasia> "Yes...and I'm worried you're living in your own cage," Grengrath answers, as Alicia's top is touched briefly. The woman seems to just be teasing, maybe even an accident. "Why don't you tell me about them a little?"
[23:17] <Anastasia> The blonde succubus whispers gently, leaning forward, "So pretty. If I did'nt know better, I'd mistake you as one of us. How did a mortal find such appeal?"
[23:25] <Alicia> "A healthy diet and lots of exercise," Alicia replies, suppressing a twitch as the succubus gets a bit too close to her bathing suit area. "Anyway, most of my friends are probably too orderly for you to appreciate, although I am fond of a charming little eladrin I know, and a rather unpredictable half-dragon."
[23:26] <Anastasia> "Those sound bearable," Grengraths miles, as the male succubus in front of Alicia studies into her eyes, as if staring into her soul. His yees are deep, like pools of seduction. As she is rubbed up in her normally off limits areas again, gently and briefly, the woman whispers, "Relaaax," she purrs. "We're all friends here."
[23:26] <Anastasia> "Still though..." He considers, "You did fall into trouble with the devils. That is unfortunate," Grengrath adds.
[23:28] <Alicia> "Ahaha!" Alicia scoots back a bit. "That's a little too intimate for friends," she protests after having her chest fondled. Looking to Grengrath she siezes on that topic, "Yes, I'd heard of a berserk pit fiend who had taken on the aspect of a balor was causing no end of trouble in Hell - Zquujaj, I believe, but they still seem quite able to expend effort on harassing me and mine."
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[23:30] <Anastasia> Tsking, "Aaaw," The female smiles easily at that, letting Alicia have her space. The man doesn't, scooting to Alicia's side ands tarting on her shoulders again. "I heard stories about that, but...aaaah. We should deal with such affairs after a bathing. We can talk more after and over a warm meal."
[23:32] <Alicia> She probably can't stall much longer, but hopefully she's proving herself sufficiently interesting company for them not to kill out of hand. Or at least try to kill, since she's certain she could escape if it came to that, but she sadly has nowhere to escape to. "I suppose I am a bit grimy after wading through that Sharran filth," she admits.
[23:36] <Anastasia> The succubi stand up, "Let's go," The blonde giggles. OOC - Move along a bit?
[23:36] <Alicia> OOC: yes, though I shall defend my virtue with vigour if it comes to that, and also keep my belongings in sight within my backpack
[23:39] <Anastasia> The stone lined lake is vast. Here mortals and demons play, gorgeous and none with at hing on. The other succubi seem content to join this, perfect bodies tempting Alicia, all so close, lingering close to her. There is a fresh scent in the air here, a scent that stirs in the lower part of her stomach. Gregory stays close as the others slide or jump into the water. "Come," he says, "Put aside your clothes and gear and join us. "
[23:39] <Anastasia> "Put aside your clothes and gear and join us. "
[23:44] <Alicia> There's not really much point being modest, although Alicia will be rather vulnerable without most of her magical attire. She proceeds to strip off, starting with her cloak, boots, and bracers, which are neatly folded up and placed by her backpack by the shore, along with Hell Striker. Then she peels off the black leggings and shirt she favours, before finally removing her undergarments.
[23:45] <Anastasia> The succubi look on, appreciative. "You're lovely for a mortal," Gregory says, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You carry too many weights on your body and mind and soul."
[23:46] <Anastasia> "You do need to...loosen up," The blonde giggles headily at that, blushing red.
[23:48] <Alicia> Certainly the weight of age is starting to have an effect on Alicia, unlike these impossibly perky fiends... still, she keeps in good shape and isn't one to get disheartened over losing some of her youthful lustre. "I keep myself trim," she smiles briefly, fighting the urge to cover herself up with her hands as being pointless.
[23:48] <Alicia> Starting to step into the water, she teases the blushing (yeah right, as if that could be sincere) blonde, "Being loose isn't an ideal quality in a woman, is it?"
[23:48] <Anastasia> Smiling, "Oh, true. But you could use someonet rying to make you that way," she teases back, as Gregory goes with her.
[23:52] <Alicia> "Point," Alicia concedes. She can't really dispute that love and sex are nice things, so she's rather lacking in points to argue against right now.
[23:52] <Alicia> Certainly she can remind herself that these lovely succubi have all surely betrayed and murdered countless poor mortals, but saying that would just provoke a fight that wouldn't really get her anything. "I suppose natural shapeshifting makes it easy to have whatever physical dimensions you need?"
[23:54] <Anastasia> There's a bunch of laughs there and knowing looks, Gregory stepping in behind her, starting to play with her shoulders and hair. "Oh yes. We can give you...anything you want. Anything," he whispers, "Any fantasy, any desire. All for your bliss and pleasure. Whenever you want."
[23:55] <Anastasia> The blonde male just smiles knowingly as well, while the blonde female stays close to Alicia's front.
[23:57] <Alicia> "I'm fine with you keeping your natural forms," Alicia offers, keeping herself moving in the water so she can't be felt up too easily. "No need to pretend to be something you're not, after all," she adds pointedly.
[23:58] <Anastasia> They stay close to her, swimming. Their flesh touches against hers all over, little smooth frictions here and there. The sunset above is utterly gorgeous, the smell in the air a gentle, constant stirring of the abdomen, enough to almost bring light headedness if one breathes too deep.  (More)
[23:58] <Anastasia> "Playing pretend can be superb fun," The blonde huffs, "It's not pretend if magic does it, anyway."
[23:59] <Anastasia> The red headed male, having been silent for a long time and keeping a distance, speaks here. "Does that matter to you? Things being real and true?"
Session Time: Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 2009
[00:01] <Alicia> "An unpleasant truth is better than a charming lie," Alicia nods. ""Well, it must be a pain for all of you to constantly put on an act for your paramours," Alicia replies. "I'm
[00:01] <Alicia> OOC: ack, strike
[00:02] <Alicia> "An unpleasant truth is better than a charming lie," Alicia nods. "Besides, it must be a pain for all of you to constantly put on an act for your paramours," she shrugs, "I've seen enough of the planes that you needn't worry about that with me."
[00:04] <Anastasia> "In a way, you're right. The truth is always at least always true, as long as you believe it's true," The red head says, as if pondering the words. While he waxes poetic, the blonde male swims next to Alicia, looking over at her. "So pretty..." he breathes, "You're so perfect. You should've been born to a better lot with this radiant appeal."
[00:04] <Anastasia> As the brunette girl splashes a little water on Alicia, "Too perfect to be so tense and wordy."
06[00:07] * Alicia cocks her head at the brunette and smiles. "Like I said before, I enjoy conversation," she states simply before turning to the blonde male fiend, "Better than human?" she arches an eyebrow. "We're not the dominant species on the Prime for nothing, you know."
[00:08] <Anastasia> "Perhaps..." His smile is long and teasing, "Can I worship your perfection," he asks gently, "Like a Goddess come to receive the worship of her loving followers?"
[00:10] <Alicia> "Heh... you've got a silvered tongue, but if all you cared for was physical perfection you'd surely be better served to pursue one of your colleagues," she swims around to put the brunette female succubus between him and her.
[00:11] <Anastasia> The brunette turns to Alicia, looking her over ravishingly, hungrily. "You do yourself disservice," she says, "I second him."
[00:11] <Anastasia> The red head manuvers behind Alicia, his voice ever so tempting. "Let us worship you here."
[00:12] <Anastasia> Gregory swims towards Ailcia's side, "That sounds like the best idea I've heard today," h e says. "Worship you from everywhere."
[00:14] <Alicia> Oh dear. Alicia seems to have put herself in a rather precarious situation. Part of her is even tempted - they're surely very talented, after all. But she's sufficiently wilful as to keep her wits.
[00:14] <Alicia> "Has anyone ever told you all that you have one-track minds?" she asks, diving under the water and swimming beneath them before popping back up outside the circle of succubi. "You're all probably hundreds of years older than me, yet you act like hormone-driven teenagers."
[00:16] <Anastasia> This gives Alicia an amazingly good look at what the water barely hides. They're...uh...talented is a good word. Talented indeed. Wow. "We just want to bring you pleasure," Gregory says with his own soft smile, "How nice was our touch? Besides...if you're so strong a will, surely you can indulge and still be able to go on your merry way of fighting the baazetu tomorrow?" The blonde woman swims towards Alicia, bat wings flicking water abo
[00:17] <Anastasia> he blonde woman swims towards Alicia, bat wings flicking water about. "It's just so fun! You should have fun with us too. Come on, breath as deep as you can and relax. Just nod and let us worship you."
[00:20] <Alicia> "Oh, I wouldn't dream of denying your skill at the carnal arts," Alicia shakes her head as she treads water, slowly backing off. "But I'm not interested in a tawdry fling, far less an orgy. Sex for me is something only to be shared with a trusted lover. Though were I less inhibited I'm sure I could do far worse than... any of you." Oh my this is awkward.
[00:21] <Anastasia> Back Alicia goes, the succubi swimming around Alicia. "That's your problem," Gregory insists, as the demons go to try and surround her again. "Your cage, it's keeping you boxed in and away from pleasure."
[00:22] <Anastasia> "We just wnat to help you get out of it," The blonde girl jiggles and giggles at once. "Break it wide open."
[00:23] <Alicia> "Ah, but the pleasure is even greater when it's combined with true love and affection," Alicia insists. "Reducing it to a mere physical act robs it of its meaning!"
[00:23] <Anastasia> The blonde male stays a little back, "An entire new world of bliss," he says, "You'll love us, I'm certain. I'll show you a whole other world of new meaning."
[00:27] <Alicia> They're far too pushy. Alicia continues to drift just a little out of their reach in a meandering fashion, getting herself closer to the shore without being obvious about it. "I'm not so sure. This is all very fast..."
[00:31] <Anastasia> Abruptly, they all stop. The redhead flies out of the water. As he does, Alicia can note a pair of succubi stand around Alicia's gear now. As the red head flies to Alicia, he offers his hand. "Take my hand," he instructs. "Don't worry. They're merely going to transport your gear with us."
[00:32] <Alicia> The abrupt halt to the 'friendly' teasing only reaffirms how false all of this is in Alicia's mind. "Can't I at least get dried off and dressed before we go elsewhere?" Alicia asks, nonplussed.
[00:33] <Anastasia> With a charming smile, "Why bother," he says, "No one minds. In fact, we appreciate your body sublimely."
[00:35] <Alicia> "Bathing is one thing, but I'm not going to walk everywhere here naked," Alicia insists as she starts to swim towards the shore. "Really, now."
[00:36] <Anastasia> Flying above Alicia, the two succubi pick up her undergarments, presenting them to Alicia as she gets out. The succubi in the pool cheer as she does, getting a good view. "You're born naked. There's no shame in it...not for one as divine as you." The redhead keeps pace easily with Alicia.
[00:36] <Anastasia> "He's right," The blonde girl calls, "You're really that incredible! Don't hide it!"
06[00:38] * Alicia first uses her cloak as an impromptu towel to dry the worst of the dampness off while replying to the catcalls. "Surely beings so skilled at seduction would see the value in not putting all the goods on display at the outset?"
[00:39] <Anastasia> "Once they're shown..." Gregory calls, "It really is a shame to hide them again!"
[00:39] <Anastasia> The redhead glances to the succubi, who goe silent as Alicia dresses. "Come with me," he says, taking Alicia's hand in his own onces he's done.
[00:40] <Alicia> Fully attired, except for her armour since that takes a bit longer to put on, Alicia slings on her backpack before taking his hand. "So what's your name, anyway?" she asks.
[00:42] <Anastasia> "Miskcalea." He answers this easily, leading Alicia to one of the incredibly decadent houses. They pass through a few allies, the red head leading you unconcerned past a succubus doing pleasurable things to a male mortal best left unsaid. As you walk past it, "What's your name? You've made a point of not giving it."
[00:45] <Alicia> "To be honest I'm surprised you don't already know. I tend to meet a lot of outsiders who know far more about me than they should," Alicia admits with a shrug. "My name is Alicia Reynes." On one hand if he knows her he'll know she's not to be fucked with. On the other he might also give her less openings to exploit.
[00:46] <Anastasia> "Ah." He simply nods as he heads inside one of the houses, a single story, luxurious stone building. Inside, down a hall, into a room with an oaken door. Inside are several soft chairs and couches, all colored passion red. "Go sit, he says, "I have food from the Fields of Harmony coming. This food is rightly known as a delicacy across the plains."
[00:47] <Alicia> That's it? "You play your cards close to your chest, don't you?" Alicia observes at the non-reaction, going to sit on one of the armchairs. Better than a couch since it prevents anyone sitting next to her!
[00:49] <Anastasia> Sitting near her but not directly opposite, "So do you. A most lovely chest, too," he admits, "Before anything else, I'd like to say that I mean every word I say about your beauty. Were I a mortal, I would seek to marry you. For a random mortal that came here in an accident...you are well suited here. Perhaps it was less of an accident and more of fate?"
[00:50] <Anastasia> As he talks, on smooth timing, two male succubi come in. They wear nothing but the trays they carry, full of fruits and vegetables. Ruby red cherries, perfectly globular, grapes, long slender carrots, cucubers, bananas, soft, slit breads.
[00:53] <Alicia> "Say what you will about my looks, but nothing else about me is suited for here," Alicia observes, not touching the food for the moment. "I am a mortal, not a being of the planes. My morality and ethics both stand in stark opposition to everything that the Abyss stands for. To be sure, this is a very beautiful realm, but beauty is only skin deep, Miskcalea."
[00:56] <Anastasia> The food is set down, the servants lighting a set of candles in the back. A sweet, musky scent fills the air. Alicia's innards stir again faintly, as the servants leave and shut the door behind themselves. "Ah, and yes, you'll go on and on about that." He steeples his hands together, "Yet you wouldn't find a lick of evil on me if you tried. The Abyss is chaos, Alicia Reynes. Chaos...and change. Things change, nothing is static. There are
[00:56] <Anastasia> Alicia Reynes. Chaos...and change. Things change, nothing is static. There are places where eladrin live in the Abyss. This is a place where everything changes. Those who are opposed to change...are lost in resisting it forever.""
[00:58] <Alicia> "That's a nice trick," Alicia agrees. "Why don't you try to sense for any good in me?" she offers in the interests of fair play.
[01:01] <Anastasia> "No need," Waving his hand, "It's also not relevant." Turning, "I am certain you have been brought here to liberate your true self. It's not a question of good or evil...but of simple pleasure. You are a crusader at heart, your devotion and actions declare it. Yet I wish to have you find time for our pleasure. Tell you what..." HE smiles, a momentary heartbreaking look that freezes Alicia's blood. "Just the two of us...the rest of the 24
[01:01] <Anastasia> momentary heartbreaking look that freezes Alicia's blood. "Just the two of us...the rest of the 24 hours, bringing you as much pleasure as I can. Then...we travel together for a special journey to the Puzzling Hedge. If, by the time we get there, you still wish to leave me, I'll personally escort you to the center."
06[01:05] * Alicia hesitates a moment after that stunning glance. After regaining her composure, though... "Hmmm, so let me see if I understand your proposition correctly," she begins. "You have sex with me... for a mind-bogglingly long time - then either escort me to a portal or keep me around, depending on what I choose at that point?"
[01:05] <Alicia> She cocks her head, "I'm having a problem with the part where our copulation is treated as simply a given rather than any sort of goal on your end. It's the sort of one-sided bargain I've come to expect from fiends, admittedly, but you're not even trying to be subtle."
[01:06] <Anastasia> "Well," He leans back with a smile, "You wound me. The pleasure alone is a great gift! Mortal lovers, ones with limits and stamina of mortals...are nothing compared to me. But I admit...my patience with you does begin to run thin. You are indeed alluring and tempting, but I'm not truly in the mood for an extended game of this today."
06[01:10] * Alicia laughs, a harsh and mocking sound. "And so your true colours are revealed," she comments after expressing her mirth. "I could just threaten your cooperation, but that would merely invite a backstab down the line." She stands up, looking down at the alluring but emotionally immature figure before her,
[01:10] <Alicia> "I'll be leaving now. You can try to stop me if you like, but having killed one of Jubilex's balor servants in melee combat I can't say I favour your chances."
[01:11] <Anastasia> "LEaving? Try." With a warm smile, "It's far harder than it appears to be. Further...bored succubi and servitors of Malcanthet so love a chance to track live, beautiful prey over the open spaces of her domain.  Without knowledge of where to go and how, you're lost and against impossible odds."
[01:12] <Anastasia> Smiling now, "The reward they take from you on capture..willb e one you will regret giving them."
03[01:15] * Haruka is now known as Sierra_Deadness
[01:16] <Alicia> "I'll take my chances," Alicia declares haughtily, walking towards the exit. "Besides, I might actually consider a better offer than the one you just gave."
[01:17] <Anastasia> "Really?" A slight chuckle, "For the sake of curoisity, what offer would you like," he asks. "Try me."
06[01:19] * Alicia pauses at the doorway. "Your original one wasn't bad," she notes. "I even made an effort, putting up with the pawing hands of your colleagues and bathing with you, so you can hardly say I wasn't playing along. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you're fantastic in the bedroom, but a real woman prefers to be wooed. Something to remember for your next conquest, perhaps?"
[01:21] <Anastasia> "Yes, well...I'm in a direct mood today. Your loss," he chuckles again, making an easy gesture at Alicia. OOC - Make a will save?
[01:21] <Alicia> OOC: thanks for the spellfire, bitch
[01:22] <Anastasia> OOC: Five levels. Roll initiative here?
[01:22] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+8
06[01:22] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[01:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[01:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
03[01:23] * Anastasia changes topic to 'Alicia>Succubus'
[01:26] <Alicia> It's tempting to stay and kill the arrogant fiend, but it'll just buy time for reinforcements to arrive. She needs to get out of here and fast. Not knowing if the building is warded or not, she flees out the door first before teleporting!
[01:26] <Alicia> "Wings of magic, take me away, free me from these easy lays!" she uses a whimsical variant of her usual spellcasting, focusing on the description she had of the Puzzling Hedge. A large maze of hedgerows with a forest to the east. Hopefully it's enough.
[01:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 false destination
06[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 false destination and gets 100." [1d20=20]
[01:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 false destination 1d10 mishap so far
06[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 false destination 1d10 mishap so far and gets 93." [1d20=13]
[01:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 false destination 2d10 mishap so far
06[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 false destination 2d10 mishap so far and gets 97." [1d20=17]
[01:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80 false destination 3d10 mishap so far
06[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 false destination 3d10 mishap so far and gets 89." [1d20=9]
[01:27] <Alicia> roll 3d10 damage
06[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d10 damage and gets 10." [3d10=6, 3, 1]
[01:27] <Anastasia> OOC: The funny part? That doesn't matter.
[01:28] <Anastasia> Alicia attempts to teleport! She feels a weight on her shoulders, pinned down! Chuckling now, "Really, I deal with fiends who can teleport as easily as you breathe. Do you that would work," he asks. "Would you like to reconsider the offers before things have to degenerate?"
[01:29] <Alicia> OOC: just to be clear, I was outside of the building before I teleported, if I can't get that far in one round I've had kept moving till I was outside before trying to do so. Does that matter?
[01:29] <Anastasia> OOC: AS far as I was aware you were still in the room. Which I missed in your line, sorry. Strike all that.
[01:30] <Anastasia> Alicia attempts to open the door. Oddly, the knob doesn't seem tow ork on this side, hard and unturning!
[01:30] <Anastasia> Chuckling, "Do you think you'll get out that easily? It only opens from the outside," he says, "Now, perhaps you'd like to reconsider?"
[01:31] <Alicia> "My, you are good at the whole rape thing, aren't you?" Alicia marvels. Are there any windows in this room?
[01:32] <Anastasia> Not a one. "Yes, I like to call it my rape room," he says brightly. He's standing up in more than one way now. "I fully intend to violate you in every way now...since honestly, you've managed to irritate me with your willpower. Most mortals would be a husk or in blissful oblivion by now."
[01:33] <Alicia> From what she recalls of the exterior and her journey in here, how far away is this room from the outer walls?
[01:33] <Anastasia> A fair bit. IT's pretty  much in the middle of the building.
[01:34] <Anastasia> Down a hall right into the center. OOC: Are you doing anything with your action or are you going to hold?
[01:34] <Alicia> OOC: Or the roof for that matter? I have a plan, but I need to figure shit out first.
[01:35] <Anastasia> It's one story.
06[01:36] * Alicia draws hell striker and casts a spell to grant herself the power of flight. "For what it's worth, I'm a lot more comfortable now that we're being honest with each other," she smirks.
[01:37] <Anastasia> "You'll be much more comfortable chained ot my bed," he banters back, approaching Alicia! From his back, flesh colored tentacles with stingers strike out at Alicia!
[01:37] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+30
06[01:37] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+30 and gets 40." [1d20=10]
[01:38] <Anastasia> roll 1d4+4 and fort
06[01:38] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d4+4 and fort and gets 8." [1d4=4]
[01:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 +4 vs poison
06[01:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+21 +4 vs poison and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[01:39] <Anastasia> The stinger goes right into Alicia's right breast, making it go numb for several seconds, but feeling quickly returns! The others beat against her armor uselessly for now! They flow out of his back like extra appendages!
[01:39] <Anastasia> OOC - You're up, Alicia.
[01:41] <Alicia> Moving adroitly through the air, Alicia dodges the flailing tentacles and flies up towards the ceiling. "My apologies to your architect," she offers before a massive blast of spellfire engulfs the room and beyond, tearing through the ceiling above!
[01:42] <Alicia> roll 7d8 DC 24 reflex half
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 7d8 DC 24 reflex half and gets 43." [7d8=6, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 8]
[01:42] <Anastasia> roll 1d20+24
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Anastasia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 42." [1d20=18]
[01:44] <Anastasia> The spellfire destroys the ceiling, making a perfect hole that leaves a gap to the sunset sky ahead! As the ruby light washes over her, the red head scowls. "Horrible manners. Good flair for destruction...mph, perhaps you have some Marilith in you." With that it is gone in an instant now, vanishing!  OOC - Goa head and act?
[01:45] <Alicia> Surely it'll return soon, or other demons will be drawn by the destruction. Flying well clear of the wrecked building, Alicia proceeds to teleport away based on the sketchy description she was given of the puzzling hedge.
[01:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+80
06[01:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+80 and gets 91." [1d20=11]
[01:48] <Anastasia> Alicia vanishes! She reappears in a garden, surrounded by hedges. Like a row of them, a hallway of them with no roof. The sunset sky is above her. It's pleasant here.
[01:49] <Alicia> Not wanting to draw the ire of whatever guardians prevent flight, Alicia floats up just a little above the hedgerow, checking for the forest to the east and whether this actually is a labyrinth or just a garden.
[01:50] <Anastasia> It's a large garden with a small hedge maze. The garden blossom outs around her - lush waterfalls, a few fountains, beautiful plants, heady smells, tall trees here and there. It's gorgeous...with beautiful female succumbi all over. They were nothing but metal chokers, lounging around and being served by bloated quasits. Some are looking about as Alicia peeks over.
[01:52] <Alicia> Shit! No luck for her. Alicia ducks back down behind the concealing hedges hopefully before anyone spotted her. Digging her armour out of her backpack, she proceeds to get rapidly dressed. No sense being unprotected when she's next attacked.
[01:53] <Anastasia> As this happens, Alicia hear ssomething - not far away, somewhere in the hedges nearby.She thinks. Giggling - two women giggling? "Oh...E'Gur," one says, "You're soooo naughty! You rounded the edge of that longsword off? My...that will be..."
[01:53] <Anastasia> "I'm sure you can manage, Laan," The other voice says smugly. "Lady Zuz will like it."
[01:55] <Alicia> Yes, so long as they're too distracted by... that, to bother looking for her, Alicia's fine with letting them be. Once she's dressed she can try sneaking out and... figuring out what to do.
[01:56] <Anastasia> OOC: Sneaking in the hedges or in the air?
[01:57] <Alicia> OOC: sneaking through the hedges, but flying to avoid making any noise
[01:59] <Anastasia> Alicia glides down the hedge maze! She comes to a two way path choice - one way that curves back towards where those voices were coming from, or the other way. The other way should lead out of it from what Alicia remmebers from peeking over, though within sight of several of the succubi.
06[02:01] * Alicia retreats back a bit, her intent being to reach any of the outer edges of the maze that aren't adjacent to where those succubi were lounging around earlier, and not wanting to bump into any other 'explorers' on her way.
[02:02] <Anastasia> This takes a little bit of time, perhaps a minute. But with her eagle eyed view she got she's able to come out the back. Here the garden stretches out, but no succubi are immediately around. There's a waterfall ahead adn then a thick grove of what look to be apple trees. Ruby red apples hang and sway on the branches, with a single white dimple in the center-front of each.
06[02:03] * Alicia skips out of the maze and moves off and away from the garden, heading into the apple grove. Not that she intends to eat any Abyssal fare, but it should provide her with some cover at least.
[02:05] <Anastasia> The apple grove is quiet and sweet scented. The tree trunks are thick and sturdy, giving lots of shade and hidding to Alicia. Beyond this is a walled end to the garden, about twenty feet tall. Near the wall are four succubi, chatting together and laughing. Near them is a large granite statue of a marilith, twenty feet tall and well made.
03[02:06] * Taishyr is now known as tai-concert
[02:07] <Alicia> With the trees hopefully concealing her from anyone below, and distance helping for anyone else, Alicia starts to fly straight up into the sky, hoping for a birds-eye view that might reveal this puzzling hedge somewhere in the distance. If it's even real. If it even leads to the endless staircase. But she's scant on options.
[02:08] <Anastasia> Alicia takes to the air! The garden is pretty large, about a mile wide. It's dotten with tall granite statues of a marilith and connects to the rear of a grand mansion. Around you are beautiful fields as far as the eye can see.
[02:10] <Alicia> Higher and higher Alicia goes, all the landscape of Malcanthet's realm spreading out below her as she gazes all around for any helpful landmarks!
[02:11] <Anastasia> As she goes up, the ground below tends to fade into a soft, romantic red and pink, the sunlight cloaking it. Things become indistinct from here, blurry and impossible to see much of anything.
[02:14] <Alicia> Okay. Maybe if she had more accurate directions, then? Time for a few changes - first she casts prestidigitation, changing her armour to a burnished looking black that blots out her normally visible holy symbols.
[02:14] <Alicia> Then she casts alter self, assuming the form of a stunning youthful blonde woman with faintly red eyes and just slightly too sharp teeth, and lastly she casts voice of the archon to give her powers of persuasion a little kick.
[02:14] <Alicia> That all done, she starts to descend a bit aways from the manor, trying to see any lone fiends she could accost.
[02:15] <Anastasia> OOC: Spot check, +8 bonus?
[02:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[02:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[02:17] <Anastasia> Cresting one of the hills is an attractive man. He walks with a sword slung across his back but nothing else. His physical form is entirely perfect, too much so. Not mortal, likely.
[02:19] <Alicia> Right! Act like a slutty fiend and you'll blend right in! Approaching, Alicia descends before the man, studying the strength of his evil aura while approaching. "Well hello there," she purrs, licking her lips as she lewdly looks him up and down. Part of her worries she might be overplaying it, but considering how succubi act it's probably not going to be an issue.
[02:20] <Anastasia> He looks over Alicia, nodding to himself. "Yeah," he asks gruffly, "Whadya want, woman?" The emphasis on woman sounds lewd, casually demeaning. "I'm on business. Make it good."
[02:23] <Alicia> Then again, surrounded by all these whores of the Abyss, who would actually be won over by casual seduction? Oh well, live and learn. "I'm sure I can make it worth your while," she assures him breathily. "I'm only looking for some directions since I had to make an unexpected trip to Lady Zuz's and got a bit turned around. You'll help me though, won't you?"
[02:25] <Anastasia> "Maybe," he says, looking over Alicia again. He smirks, ":Yeah, I might just do that, woman. What way are you going?"
[02:26] <Alicia> "I'm headed for the puzzling hedge," Alicia sidles closer, voice oh so sibilant and tempting. "How about you be a good boy and tell me how to get there?"
[02:26] <Anastasia> OOC - Diplo?
[02:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+38
06[02:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 and gets 40." [1d20=2]
[02:27] <Anastasia> "I'll tell ya," he says, voice smelling like hot blood. "Then we'll have a good time? A nice break on the trip?"
[02:28] <Alicia> "Hmm, I like the way you think," Alicia concurs, nodding and caressing his chin with her index finger, staring intensely into his eyes.
[02:35] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
06[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]

[Corwin]

[17:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm headed for the puzzling hedge," Alicia sidles closer, voice oh so sibilant and tempting. "How about you be a good boy and tell me how to get there?"
[17:30] <Kotono> > OOC - Diplo?
[17:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+38
[17:30] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+38 and gets 40." [1d20=2]
[17:30] <Kotono> > "I'll tell ya," he says, voice smelling like hot blood. "Then we'll have a good time? A nice break on the trip?"
[17:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Hmm, I like the way you think," Alicia concurs, nodding and caressing his chin with her index finger, staring intensely into his eyes.
[17:30] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+25
[17:30] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 and gets 35." [1d20=10]
[17:30] <Kotono> OOC: Refresh me, what was the last roll for?
[17:30] <Alicia> OOC: you had me roll to see if I would have saved against the poison Gregory wanted to give me when I first arrived
[17:31] <Kotono> OOC: Oh yeah, disregard that roll then.
[17:32] <Kotono> "Good," With sharp teeth that aren't quite human he grins, the scent of spilt blood on his breath. "Go westward for a few days. You'll hit a ring of forest, go through that, it's in the center. Just don't get cute and try to fly or cheat. I'd hate to see your pretty little face get splattered." With a leer at Alicia, "Splattered hard."
[17:33] <Alicia> "I heard there was a guardian that didn't like cheaters," Alicia nods mournfully, affecting what she hopes is a cute pout. "Any idea what it is?"
[17:35] <Kotono> "Dragon. Big green dragon," His hand goes out, taking Alicia's cheek and starting to run down her neck and below. "Done using your brain yet and ready to play to your strong suit?"
[17:36] <Alicia> "I've a better idea, there's some succubi by the statue over there who'd love to meet you, why don't you go and play with them?" she suggests while drifting backwards. Quite strongly.
[17:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 SR
06[17:37] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 SR and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[17:37] <Alicia> OOC: DC 21 will save
[17:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[17:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[17:38] <Kotono> "Yeah," Grinning, the man goes to do just that, abandoning Alicia to herself1
[17:40] <Alicia> Now armed with directions, a rough distance, and a more accurate description of the surroundings, Alicia attempts once more to teleport to the Puzzling Hedge!
[17:40] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[17:40] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 75." [1d100=75]
[17:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+22
06[17:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[17:44] <Kotono> Woosh! Alicia teleports! She appears at the edge of a forest. Ahead of her, in a vast clearing, like a mammoth hedge maze! It's walls are twenty feet tall and dominating, a single entrance seen. The rosy red sunset is unseen - something big is distantly glimpsed in the sky. Something -huge-, big enough to shadow the sun.
[17:44] <Kotono> OOC - Will save?
[17:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[17:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[17:44] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on
[17:44] <Kotono> .
06[17:45] * Alicia peers up at the sillouette in the sky, putting her extensive knowledge of battling fiends and dragons to work on trying to identify it.
[17:45] <Kotono> OOC: K:A.
[17:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9
06[17:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
06[17:48] * Alicia sighs. She'd been so tempted to just chance the dragon and fly rather than exploring a no doubt cheating Abyssal maze, but that one's considerably larger than any dragon she's ever fought before, and she's lacking in any allies. Nothing for it but to risk her sense of direction and head into the maze.
03[17:48] * Sierra_Hibernation is now known as Sierra_OHGODTHELIGHTTHELIGHT
[17:56] <Kotono> Alicia heads into the maze! The entrance is lined by several mushrooms with big, red and flesh colored heads and long stalks.  Past that, the interior of the maze is pleasant leafy greens and soft grass. Alicia heads ten feet in and then five to the left. A branching path here - continuing to the left and west, or going north.
[17:58] <Alicia> The rule with a maze is to always go left. It might take a while, but you'll eventually get where you want to go. Unfortunately, this being the Abyss, Alicia can't be sure that it won't just change its layout as she moves through it. Again the urge to fly up manifests, but for now she elects to travel left.
[18:01] <Kotono> Alicia goes left for a few minutes. Ahead, in the path but not stopping it as it goes on, is a small stone plate with metal riveted to it. There looks to be writing on it.
[18:01] <Alicia> It's probably in abyssal, but Alicia gives it a glance on the off chance she can read it.
[18:04] <Kotono> It is indeed in Abyssal. Alicia can't read it at all. It's several lines of neat, pleasant writing. At the end there is a painted on set of ruby red lips with a blood drop dangling from one end.
06[18:06] * Alicia consoles herself with the fact that whatever was written there was surely put there to deceive her and simply continues onwards.
[18:08] <Kotono> After about another fourty feet Alicia comes to another intersection. She can continue left, head north, or head to the northeast. The northern path has nothing unusual. The western path has heavier greenery to it, thick and lush. The northeastern path has mushrooms lining the ground.
[18:10] <Alicia> Left it is!
[18:11] <Kotono> West Alicia goes! The greenery is thick here as she walks along, quite thick and with several vines growing over the hedges. OOC - Make a spot or a K:N check, whichever is better?
[18:12] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
06[18:16] * Alicia elects to give the assassin vines something else to think about, pausing just outside what she estimates their range to be and summoning a small group of fire elementals which promptly hurl themselves at the vines before Alicia makes a dash past them!
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 small fire elementals
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 small fire elementals and gets 3." [1d4=2]
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental 1 vs vine 1, charge
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental 1 vs vine 1, charge and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental 2 vs vine 2, charge
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental 2 vs vine 2, charge and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[18:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 elemental 3 vs vine 3, charge
06[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 elemental 3 vs vine 3, charge and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[18:17] <Kotono> OOC - Firs tone hits.
[18:17] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1d4
06[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1d4 and gets 6." [1d4=2][1d4=4]
[18:18] <Kotono> The vines are assaulted! Fire elementals distracta nd burn at them, one of the slams hitting and setting a long vine aflame! The assassin vines come to life, looking to start lashing out at the elementals! OOC - You can act, and if need be after, we'll do initiative.
06[18:19] * Alicia runs through the path between the fire elementals and the vines, hoping they'll be more focused on the fiery creatures attacking them to come after her!
[18:20] <Kotono> Indeed, the vines are far more occupied with the elementals! Alicia is able to dash through without incident, hurrying along past the battle! OOC: Going to keep going or turn back to watch or anything?
[18:21] <Alicia> OOC: I've got no real reason to stick around
[18:22] <Kotono> Alicia hurries along! The path curves north here for a ways, leading onward. There is then a four way path. Alicia comes from the south, with passages to the other three cardinal directions ahead. The western path is quiet, the northern path has more mushrooms, and the eastern pathhas red flowers all over it's hedges and ground.
[18:23] <Alicia> West is left, and that's where Alicia will go!
[18:26] <Kotono> The western path leads around a sloping bend. As Alicia crests it, she sees it curves south after a ways. "Yoo hooo...!" A charming female voice calls from down it, though Alicia can't see anything actually calling.
[18:28] <Alicia> Joyous, another succubus. Well hopefully this one can at least keep up the pretense of being friendly for a bit, and maybe her own faintly inhuman appearance will inspire a bit of professional courtesey. "Yes?" she carols back sweetly while rounding the curve.
[18:29] <Kotono> OOC: Are you still alter selfed?
[18:29] <Alicia> OOC: yes, and my armour has any holy symbols blotted out since it's all black
[18:30] <Kotono> "Oh, someone is here!" she sing-songs, a sweet voice of pleasing, female tones. "Come down this way!"
06[18:31] * Alicia continues onwards to meet the owner of said voice.
[18:33] <Kotono> Down a little ways you come to a dead end. Here a woman is half integrated into the endwall hedge. Her lucious body is tinted green, covered with six vines that writhe around her body. They go places that vines really shouldn't, as well as wrapping around her. "Oooooh..." She purrs, "What brings you into the maze, fiend blooded?"
[18:35] <Alicia> "Why I'm looking for the endless staircase, of course," Alicia smiles, baring her slightly too sharp teeth and licking her lips. "A shame this is a dead end, but you look like you're having fun." Just act like a vapid whore and you'll blend right in, she tells herself!
[18:37] <Kotono> "This is a loooovely diversion!" Purring happily, "I got so tired of mortal men and their petty, short sighted souls. I need such a break from them...my friends here," Patting a tentacle across her front, "Don't get tired and don't cry when they realize they've damned themselves becuase they're too foolish."
[18:39] <Alicia> "Mmmm, I can see that," Alicia agrees with a sinister little giggle. "But you must be lonely, or else you wouldn't have called out so?"
[18:42] <Kotono> "I do get bored sometimes..." Sighing, "Oh, want to join in?" she offers, "I haven't been out of here in about fourty years now and I'm starting to get peckish. What IS everyone in Rivenheart up to?"
[18:44] <Alicia> "Oh, the usual dull schemes," Alicia waves dismissively. "Really most of the creatures around here seem to think seduction involves clubbing someone on the back of the head instead of the front. It's been such a frightful disappointment."
[18:46] <Kotono> "Really?" Putting a hand to her forehead, "Oh my, my absence must be a greater burden than I expected if things have gone that downhill! Horrible!" Now with a piqued look all over her face, "I told Lyansta that Rivenheart would be lost without me there periodically!"
[18:48] <Alicia> "I suppose so, but if you're having fun here why should you care what those idiots do?" Alicia suggests with a smirk. "Let them waste away like the bad jokes they are."
[18:50] <Kotono> "Mmmph." Crossing her arms as she considers that, "It would do them right...Oh, what's your name?" Smiling at Alicia with charm that would leave a man disarmed, "I don't think I caught it."
[18:52] <Alicia> "Lissa," Alicia drops into a polite curtsey. This succubus at least seems fairly harmless, and a reasonable conversationalist. On one level she's somewhat distressed that she can have such an easy conversation with a woman currently having sex with the foliage, but a lot of her taboos are being tested lately. "And yours, fair lady of the vines?"
03[18:54] * taiscape is now known as tai-headache
[18:56] <Kotono> "G'renna," As if Alicia's thought of it made it more pronounced, G'renna's eyes narrow and a hot breath escapes her mouth. "Ooooh, good vines. Lissa...not a bad name. I like you," Purring again as she walks a few steps towards Alicia, the vines following with plenty of length as she detangled from the hedge, "What are you doing in the Puzzling Hedge?"
[18:57] <Alicia> "Like I said, I'm looking for the endless staircase," Alicia replies, not shirking or hesitating from G'renna's approach. "I'd considered just cheating and flying to the centre, but..." she briefly casts her eyes upwards, "That dragon is so... big," she concludes with a naughty smirk.
[18:59] <Kotono> "Oh...yes, big..." Looking up, "I've heard that Malcanthet put him there personally after granting his desire..." Licking her lips as she comes to stand besides Alicia, "It's not a very good idea to cheat unless you think you can really get away with it."
[19:01] <Alicia> "Yes, I've tangled with dragons before, but... well, there's not much point risking my neck with that when there's so much more stimulating company to be found here in the maze, wouldn't you say?" she smiles openly at her new 'friend'.
[19:03] <Kotono> "Oh yes." Smiling now and sliding an arm around Alicia's midsection, "Maybe you can take a break here for some...stimulation? The Hedge is a dangerous place even for fiends if you don't know what you're doing. I could give you some pointers."
[19:06] <Alicia> Vapid whore! With all her will, Alicia keeps up the act of being a complete slut as her best chance of avoiding pointless combat and gaining useful information. Just so long as she doesn't go too far she should be fine! Hopefully.
[19:06] <Alicia> "Hmm... and I suppose you've gotten to know every hedgerow in... intimate, detail, G'renna?" she enquires, trailing her fingers over one of the vines hanging off the fiend's body.
[19:08] <Kotono> Oh, they're warm and they throb. Ooooh, they feel...strangely good to touch. "Oh yes, there's a lot of dangers from the plants. Assassin vines, red death shrubs, poisons, cannibal plants..." Resting against Alicia's side, "You know, I really like you, Lissa. You're so authentic. All these idiot mortals or escapees try to get all huffy instead. But you're okay with everything here and I like that."
[19:13] <Alicia> "Well, I did get a bit huffy with some of those other fiends who weren't very charming," Alicia admits with a sidelong smile. "But you're not like them. With you I feel like I could stay or walk away and you wouldn't mind either way. That's refreshing."
[19:13] <Alicia> Working her way to the succubus's back she rests her hands on G'renna's shoulders. "Why don't you let me show you that a pair of talented hands can do things no vine can?" Hopefully if she takes charge of the encounter she can get the fiend's help without having to surrender her own body.
[19:22] <Kotono> "Oh, you're a giver, too." Sighing in contentment, "This must be my reward from Malcanthet. Please, by all means, go on."
[19:25] <Alicia> As a skilled warrior who endlessly hones her body to its peak, Alicia is thankfully well versed in the various muscle groups and how they all relate. Starting to work her fingers forcefully into G'renna's back, she guides the succubus first to her knees and then to lie on her stomach as she begins to give her a vigourous back massage.
[19:25] <Alicia> It's not terribly sensual, but it's a wonder for relaxing strained muscles and invigorating neglected ones, of which she probably has a fair few after spending forty years in a hedge.
[19:28] <Kotono> "Oh..." Sighing in contentment as she is massaged, G'renna relaxes. Her flesh is milky smooth and soft, supple and warm. The vines writhe and tense around her body, a few going to gently tangle around her arms without stopping her. "Mmmmm...yes, that's it," G'renna sighs. "Keep going, Lissa."
[19:32] <Alicia> "You need this, don't you?" Alicia muses as she works her strong fingers into all the knots and kinks (har har) that G'renna has surely accumulated over the years. "Even as soft and supple as you are..."
[19:34] <Kotono> "Vines are nice, but...hands are better for some things," she agrees, as the vines clear away from her lower back, legs and groin areas. "Lower now," she purrs again. "I have a lot of tension down there, too."
[19:37] <Alicia> "No doubt," Alicia snickers darkly, briefly drifting towards the upper curve of G'renna's rear end before she moves to start working on her calves. Really, this isn't so bad, she reflects. Hopefully it'll be a sufficiently pleasant and novel experience that G'renna won't push for anything dirtier once she's done, and then she'll hopefully get a useful guide.
[19:37] <Alicia> Then again, she'd hoped to interest those other succubi enough that they wouldn't push their luck earlier, and look how that turned out...
[19:39] <Kotono> Her calves have lots of tension, too! "Mmmm..." Sighing again, "Oh, you're nice at this," she purrs away again. Once it's done, G'renna turns up to lie on her back. Her legs are well apart and open, "That was...so nice," With a contented smile, "Help yourself to whatever you like," she offers. "You've earned it."
[19:43] <Alicia> Gods help her, Alicia is almost tempted. Damn these fiends and their confusing sexual allure. "Thank you, but honestly I'm not much interested in women, even if you do tempt me to make an exception," Alicia smiles almost guiltily as she leans on her arm next to the satiated succubus, still entirely resolved to be nice so long as G'renna is. "So... what can you tell me about this maze?"
[19:45] <Kotono> There's a shift - her below parts aren't female anymore, not at all. "Ride away, then, if that suits you," she laughs, cocking her head to stare at Alicia. "It's pretty much a lovely death trap. All sorts of dangers. Besides teh plants, there are wandering succubus warriros and champions who train in here, portals that plummet you into another layer, other desperate mortals trying to escape...you know, lots of things."
06[19:48] * Alicia stares at the new addition to G'renna's anatomy, momentarily stupefied. "Well yes, I suppose I did ask for that," she admits with a nervous little laugh. "So is there any trick to it that'll make getting to the centre easier?"
[19:49] <Kotono> Patting Alicia's hand as she smiles, "You did. Help yourself," she offers again, "There's really no tricks that I know of. That damned dragon," Looking up at the shadow casting wyrm glimpsed in the skies above, "Then again, Malcanthet appreciates guile. Maybe if you come up with a good enough sneak it'll work?"
[19:53] <Alicia> "I did have one idea," Alicia admits, not taking the most generous invitation.
[19:53] <Alicia> "I thought about maybe teleporting really high into the sky - much higher than the dragon is - then flying so I'm directly above the centre and letting myself drop. I know a trick for surviving long falls, but depending on how easy it is to access the staircase I might have that wyrm diving on me before I can escape. Do you know what it's like at the center?"
[19:54] <Kotono> "I've never been," she admits, thinking as she leans a little closer towards Alicia's face. Her breath smells...good. Like cinnamon and sugar. "Mmm. It might be fun to go, though..."
[19:54] <Alicia> Against her better judgement, and rationalising that a guide would be useful, Alicia says, "Want to come with me, then?"
[19:56] <Kotono> Kiss! Alicia gets one right on the lips, a brief one. With a giggle after, "It'll be fun, Lissa, and you're a lot of fun! Hold on, I just need to get the vines to calm down."
06[19:57] * Alicia blushes crimson at being kissed by a... well, she's not even sure whether to be more mortified by the woman part or the demon part, really. "Of... course," she smiles after a moment, gliding to her feet. "Take your time."
[20:14] <Kotono> It takes a few minutes for the vines to deentangle her. The green tint from her skin is gone, leaving her with porcelin white skin and scarlet red hair. She wears nothing but the smile Malcanthet created her with, soft bat wings flapping like decliate fans. She's back to the right gender, too. Thereafter she throws an arm around Alicia's shoulders. "Let's go have some fun. If anyone crosses up," Leaning in to whisper softly, "We'll have a g
[20:14] <Kotono> "Let's go have some fun. If anyone crosses up," Leaning in to whisper softly, "We'll have a good time tormenting them, too. Ooooh, I hope torture isn't on the decline in Rivenheart as well. Is it? I'll have to show you some if we run across anyone if it is."
[20:17] <Alicia> Well, that helps remind Alicia exactly what she's dealing with at least. "I'm not much of a torture fan," she admits, starting to walk back down the curved path with her new 'friend'. "But anyone who crosses me won't be having fun, that much is guaranteed."
[20:19] <Kotono> "Mmmm, you passed on sex and torture," As the two walk back, G'renna going for the eastern path with red flowers, "What are you into, then? Murder? Rape? Desceration? Soul Harvesting? Mmmm. No. You look like you could be good at any of those. Oh, are you more of an unholy champion?"
[20:22] <Alicia> "Well... murder and desecration, I suppose," Alicia admits, pausing as they reach the crossroads. "I was thinking of going North," she points that way before G'renna can go too far. "There's a trick to mazes where if you keep going left you'll eventually get where you want to go... but if this maze changes its layout I suppose that won't do us any good."
[20:23] <Kotono> "That and I know how to get past those red flowers safely," G'renna says, "They're easy for me to stop. The mushrooms, ugh. They're harder and tend to release the drug inside of them even if you stop them quickly. It's fun, but seeing colors and then getting mind numbingly aroused...Unless you want to do that, of course." With a pleasant smile, "This way's less hazardous is all."
[20:25] <Alicia> "I'll trust your expertise," Alicia returns with a sweet smile of her own. "But anyway, torture leaves me pretty cold, and as for sex... well, I prefer a long and drawn out seduction before getting to that. Something those idiots in Passendale wouldn't understand."
[20:26] <Kotono> "Oh, Passendale," Tossing her hair as she stops in front of the flowers, "Is Gregory still there? He's good at being subtle and seductive." The red flowers seem to wither and lie down gently, G'renna then crossing through them.
[20:28] <Alicia> "He made some effort," Alicia allows as she follows along, "But most others there didn't have any appreciation for the thrill of the chase."
[20:30] <Kotono> "Tsch. I really should return soon. Clearly the court needs me," G'renna huffs loudly at that, before taking Alicia's hand. With an evil twinkle in her eye, "Maybe I should chase you some, then. Make a game of it through the Puzzling Hedge?"
[20:34] <Alicia> "It could be fun, but I might fall into a trap while I'm running," Alicia sidles closer to the succubus. "Better if we stick close together, right?" she adds as they stroll along, "But really, screw that useless court, you're better off leaving them to wither if they can't even grasp such simple concepts."
[20:36] <Kotono> Alicia finds an arm around her again, while the succubus rubs her hip against Alicia. "Mmmm, maaaybe," she laughs. Leaning into kiss Alicia again, briefly, "You're so pretty...but let's be going for now. We have to get to the center, don't we?"
[20:38] <Alicia> "That we do," Alicia briefly skips along almost childishly while still holding hands to pick up their pace for a few yards before resuming their stroll. "See, you keep your eye on what's important. I respect that."
[20:39] <Kotono> "Yes," Her gaze travels plainly to Alicia's bosom a moment, before she dissolves into giggles and leads Alicia along! You come to a three way junciton here - continue east or head north or head northwest. The northwest passage has some charred grass about twenty feet into it, a large patch of it.
[20:40] <Alicia> "Lets head North for the moment?" Alicia suggests. The charred grass means whatever obstacle is down there likely isn't plant-based, so G'renna won't have any power over it. Probably.
[20:41] <Kotono> "Yeah," G'renna agrees, the two going to the north! The path twists several times ahea d- going east-west at times, zig zagging around! As you wander this part, "So I assume you're not a native to this realm? Was your mother a succubus?"
[20:44] <Alicia> "Come on, if I were a half-fiend it would be terribly obvious, wouldn't it?" Alicia grins, giving G'renna a little nudge. "No, both my parents at least are human."
[20:46] <Kotono> "Heheheh, I thought so." Nodding to herself as you travel the zig-zags, "Can you use any innate magic because of it?" OOC - Make a survival check?
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+1
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[20:48] <Alicia> "I do have some innate magic, although it's fairly trivial compared to my self-taught magic," Alicia briefly waggles her fingers of her free hand in the pattern for magic missile, "You know, the kind that needs words and gestures?"
[20:49] <Kotono> "Oh, you're a sorcerer!" Nodding to that, "You wear armor, too and use a fancy weapon. Impressive," AS you talk, you come to the next choice - a path to the west again, very long and going out of sight, or a path to the east, also long and going out of sight.
[20:51] <Alicia> "I'm a woman of many talents," Alicia nods smugly, briefly eyeing the two paths. "I think we're still on the Eastern side, so West is more likely to lead to the centre. Unless it doubles back, of course. We'll try it anyway, for now."
[20:52] <Kotono> "Makes sense," Thus the two walk along, down the path...OOC - MAke a spot cehck, Alicia. SE bonus applies.
[20:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[20:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[20:54] <Kotono> The two walk several minutes. As they do...Alicia detects overwhelming evil in the left side wall of the hedges.
06[20:55] * Alicia stops and holds up her hand in the universal gesture for 'stop', pausing to try and locate the exact distance to the aura - is it within the hedge or on the other side?
[20:56] <Kotono> It's just within the hedge on this side, 20 feet away.
[20:56] <Alicia> "There's something in the hedge, twenty feet ahead," Alicia cautions, smoothly drawing her blade as she stops holding hands with G'renna.
[20:58] <Kotono> "Oh," Making a nasty face, you hear a strangled curse from the bushes! A female's voice, sounding very pissed! "Okay, you're dead for making me get leaf stains all over for nothing!" OOC - Initiative here. No surprise, whatever it was was waiting for you.
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 ????
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 ???? and gets 17." [1d20=14]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20 ?????
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ????? and gets 17." [1d20=17]
03[20:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>????1=????2>G'renna'
[20:59] <Alicia> "I don't think she shares your fondness for the foliage," Alicia remarks conversationally to G'renna, waiting for their foe to appear before she moves.
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Holding?
[21:01] <Alicia> OOC: actually, no, casting shield
06[21:02] * Alicia casts a spell to protect her with a shield of force!
[21:03] <Kotono> As Alicia casts shield, there is more cursing from the bushes, "Oh, you're getting fed to the glabrezu now!" The woman that comes out is a succubus with long black hair down to her calves. A greatsword in both her hands bursts into flames, body clad in black full plate armor. "Oh, you made a bigger mistake than that, though. You pissed off Ebony! You are soooo dead!" With that, she charges Alicia!
03[21:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Armored Succubus=????2>G'renna'
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (+2 charge, +12 smite, -8 PA)
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (+2 charge, +12 smite, -8 PA) and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:05] <Alicia> OOC: AC 33, anyway
[21:05] <Kotono> roll 2d6+32+1d6 (fire for the d6)
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+32+1d6 (fire for the d6) and gets 41." [2d6=1, 4][1d6=4]
[21:06] <Kotono> The blow is massive, hitting Alicia right across the body! "Hey!" G'ranna swears, "What the fuck? What does Ebony have to do with this?"
[21:07] <Alicia> "I dunno!" Alicia grimaces as she recoils from the blow, "I've never even met anyone called that!"
[21:07] <Kotono> "If you're not Alicia, surrender!" The succubus demands, "Or die here!"
[21:08] <Alicia> "Bitch, as if I'd do what you say after you attack me like that! I'm going to gut you like a fish!" Alicia replies defiantly.
[21:08] <Kotono> "I'm not an Alicia!" G'renna scowls, "Give me one good reason not to fry you here, you little uptight bitch! I like Lissa here, and you're messing with MY toy!" With a snarl, lightning begins to form around her!
[21:08] <Kotono> A lightning bolt crackles from G'renna out at the succubus!
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 60*1.5
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 60*1.5 and gets 90."
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC - STrike, I had an epic moment of stupidity.
[21:11] <Kotono> Vines erupt from the bushes, lashing out at the armored succubus rapidly!
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 26." [1d20=11]
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2+2d6
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+2+2d6 and gets 12." [1d6=6][2d6=2, 2]
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 grapple
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 grapple and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 grapple moot
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 grapple moot and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[21:12] <Kotono> The succubus is beaten by a vine and it wraps around her throat! She gags as her throat is crushed against, G'renna laughing as she struggles. "She hit you. Gut her like a fish, yes, LIssa," she encourages. OOC - Alicia.
[21:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge devotion
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 knowledge devotion and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[21:15] <Alicia> As flames erupt around both ends of Hell Striker, Alicia lays into the blackguard with a fury! "Watch out, there's something else behind her, twenty feet away!" she cautions while doing her oh so violent work.
[21:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 4th level channel, divine might
06[21:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 4th level channel, divine might and gets 29." [1d20=1]
[21:15] <Kotono> "Tsch," Making a disgusted noise, "Really now? Get it to reveal itself and I'll tie it up all nice for you!"
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 4th level channel, divine might
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 4th level channel, divine might and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 4th level channel, divine might crit check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 4th level channel, divine might crit check and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might and gets 43." [1d20=20]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might crit check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might crit check and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might crit check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 4th level channel, divine might crit check and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 4th level channel, divine might
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 4th level channel, divine might and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[21:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 4th level channel, divine might
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 4th level channel, divine might and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[21:16] <Kotono> OOC: Three crits and a hit. The 1 misses and the 25 misses.
[21:17] <Alicia> roll 7d8+112+8d6+4d6+16d4
06[21:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 7d8+112+8d6+4d6+16d4 and gets 227." [7d8=2, 2, 1, 4, 6, 4, 6][8d6=5, 6, 2, 6, 4, 1, 1, 6][4d6=3, 4, 3, 2][16d4=4, 4, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4]
[21:19] <Kotono> With a fury that comes from deep within her heart, Alicia literally shreds the champion of evil! The killing is a joyous one, her head bouncing on the ground next o Alicia, armor and sword landing with a clatter. It's...strange...here, but the killing blow makes a hot feeling race up and down Alicia's body. It's enough to make her vision go blurry a few seconds. "Hah!" G'renna calls, even as something rushes at Alicia!
[21:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC +2 invis. Flatfooted?
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfoote dAC that is.
[21:20] <Alicia> OOC: 28 sadly
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 2d8+10
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+10 and gets 19." [2d8=1, 8]
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC - Opposed grapple check time.
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+33 and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[21:21] <Kotono> Alicia is rent by a claw across her shoulder! It's not the deepest wound and she's able to avoid away! Appearing in front of her...she's fought this type of demon before. A glabrezu! It dominates the path ahead with it's bulky body, claws snapping and eye glinting with malicious light! OOC - G'renna's up.
[21:22] <Kotono> G'renna grins as she steps back, "You're going down too!" she calls, "No one crosses me!" With that, four vines whip at the glabrezu!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2+2d6
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+2+2d6 and gets 13." [1d6=4][2d6=2, 5]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 grapple
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 grapple and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 and gets 35." [1d20=5]
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC - Higher mod wins.
[21:23] <Kotono> The Glabrezu resists the vines, being whipped and hit with them overa nd over and over! IT roars in fury at Alicia! OOC - Alicia.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Heh... the last time I fought one of you it was a challenge," Alicia remarks as she recovers from the blow she just took. "I don't think you'll be, though," she concludes, leaping at the fiend and using its own body as a springboard as she gains sufficient height to slash wickedly at its dog-like face, her whirling blade leaving a map of scars down its body as she descends!
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 42." [1d20=14]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 39." [1d20=11]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+23 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 30." [1d20=7]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 4th level channel, bracers, divine might
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 4th level channel, bracers, divine might and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 22 hit.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 6d8+96+12d6+6d6+24d4
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 6d8+96+12d6+6d6+24d4 and gets 254." [6d8=2, 5, 6, 8, 4, 3][12d6=2, 6, 4, 4, 5, 2, 5, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4][6d6=3, 6, 3, 4, 6, 4][24d4=4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 3, 3]
[21:28] <Kotono> With a savage fury of arcane fire, the glabrezu is ripped into shreds! The killing again makes Alicia feel hot and good, passing through her like a ripple. The glabrezu fades away into it's oblivion without even a chance to roar defiance! "Hah!" G'renna laughs heartily at this, going over to sweep Alicia into a tight embrace, "Oh, that was so marvelous! You didn't hold back at all when you killed them! A succubus c hampion didn't even last
[21:28] <Kotono> You didn't hold back at all when you killed them! A succubus c hampion didn't even last a moment against you or did that horrible beast of a glabrazu!"
[21:29] <Alicia> Swept up in the moment, Alicia actually returns the embrace. "When idiots want to leap upon my blade so easily, who am I to argue?" she smirks.
[21:31] <Kotono> "Exactly!" The kiss comes abruptly, hotly. This time, well, it's French too, given passionately. When she breaks away, "You must have been looking in all the wrong places. Rivenheart will be sorely hurt to lose someone so thrilling."
[21:32] <Alicia> The tonguing at least gets Alicia to return to her senses and quickly part from the embrace, blushing more than a bit. "Their lose, I'm sure," she nods after a moment, taking a quick look through the remains of the succubus on the off chance she had any potions on her.
[21:34] <Alicia> Or even a wand!
[21:34] <Kotono> There's a set of armor lying there and a still hot greatsword. There's a single glass vial resting beneath a breastplate.
06[21:34] * Alicia picks up the vial, hoping they have the sense to label their potions here.
[21:36] <Kotono> There's some writing but it's in Abyssal. As Alicia looks, "She have anything fun in there?" G'renna asks, peering over Alicia's shoulder. "Oh, a potion of 'cure serious wounds?' she reads. "Better thant bleeding...unless you enjoy the pain?"
[21:37] <Alicia> "It reminds me I'm alive, but no sense making things easier for the next obstacle," Alicia reasons as she knocks back the potion.
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 3d8+4
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+4 and gets 12." [3d8=2, 3, 3]
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC +1.
[21:38] <Alicia> roll 3d8+5 I think
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 3d8+5 I think and gets 8." [3d8=1, 1, 1]
[21:39] <Kotono> The potion only does a little. It feels weak, or perhaps understrength. Ugh.
06[21:40] * Alicia makes a face and tosses the vial aside. "I've had cure light wounds spells that did more than that," she huffs, briefly eyeing the sword and armour left behind. "Magic weapons are worth more than magic armour, and I don't really want to be weighed down too much," she decides, picking up just the sword and working it into her baldric, settling for carrying Hell Striker for now.
[21:41] <Kotono> "It's probably cheap trash, like that cheap whore," G'renna trots along Alicia, purring and taking her arm. "Let's keep going. But, what was that about that Alicia?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "Well, before we get into that, what was that little crack about me being your pet, hmm?" Alicia retorts, butting her hips against G'renna's.
[21:51] <Kotono> "Oh, I just want to pet you," Her hand strokes Alicia's front, not particularly shy. No, not at all. "Hug you..." She's doing that or close to it, "Feed you.." she giggles wickedly at that.
06[21:54] * Alicia laughs as she does her best to dodge such intimate caresses. "Well I suppose that's not too bad. Anyway, I honestly don't know anything about anyone called Ebony, but I did leave Passendale somewhat violently after Miskcalea invited me to his charmingly named 'rape-room'." She then cocks her head and smiles, "Alicia, Lissa. In some respects I'm not very imaginative, am I?"
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[21:56] <Kotono> "Oooooh. Oooooooh." Blinking before her color drains a little bit, "Well, this'll be interesting," she admits, color returning almost instantly. Then she's on Alicia hard, hard and tight. "We should either hurry along...or go see and petition Malcanthet to call off the Radiant Sister Ebony. With all your skill, you could impress her. Plus, when you killed them, did you feel anything? A rapture?"
[21:57] <Alicia> "There was a slight tingly feeling," Alicia admits with a blush. "But why would Ebony care about me? Unless... is she more imaginative than me with the fake names and also goes my Miskcalea?"
[21:59] <Alicia> goes by*
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[21:59] <Kotono> "Uh huh," With her own little smile, her eyes light up. "But if you felt a rapture, then you really do have potential." Rubbing Alicia's arms, "It's the feeling of Malcanthet's will and the will of the layer. Granting you a pleasurable rapture when you kill. Killing is another form of bliss in it's way. Malcanthet would value someone like you, help you grow stronger, and tell her Radiant Sister to back off. I could even get you into the pal
[22:00] <Kotono> and tell her Radiant Sister to back off. I could even get you into the palace safely."
06[22:03] * Alicia makes a dismissive gesture. "I tried playing nice with her and all it got me was a promise that I'd spend an eternity being violated. Going straight to her lair seems like suicide - lets keep going through the maze instead," Alicia decides, not really wanting to become a minion of the Queen of Succubi.
[22:03] <Alicia> "The annoying thing is that I had Ebony right where I wanted him- her. Whatever. I could've dismembered her as easily as those two fools back there, but I decided it would be easier just to make a quick and clean escape before any reinforcements came. Oh well, live and learn, eh?"
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[22:09] <Kotono> "Of course," Smiling now and hugging onto Alicia, "But Alicia, listen to me a moment." She takes a long look at her, "I'm very serious now. Malcanthet is a glorious ruler to serve and I can assure you that she'll grant you a far higher station than any you may have been offered before. You're getting a glimpse of what she offers. You'll get many things...including me," Batting her eyelashes, "I'd be happy to stay with you and help you whate
[22:09] <Kotono>  Batting her eyelashes, "I'd be happy to stay with you and help you whatever MAlcanthet's will is on it.
[22:13] <Alicia> "That's very sweet of you, G'renna," Alicia briefly presses her finger against the succubus's lips, "But I'm used to finding sad catches in such arrangements - a certain baatezu who shall remain nameless has tried to court my services as well. And quite frankly it means I'd have to work alongside the likes of Ebony and that alone sickens me."
[22:13] <Alicia> She shakes her head and then leans close, voice dropping to a whisper, "Besides, I already have an important mistress to serve."
[22:16] <Kotono> G'renna's eyes widen, before a little smile plays across her face. "Oh," she whispers back, reaching up to run a hand through Alicia's hair. "I understand...no wonder Malcanthet wants you." Lowering her voice as her hot breath places on Alicia's lips, close to her, "You deserve a reward for being so tempting. Lower your pants and I'll...eat up," she says, "You're so manipulating, it makes me so hot."
[22:18] <Alicia> Despite the perverse urge to give it a shot, Alicia stands firm. "My, if I didn't know better I might even think you were trying to stall me." Giving G'renna a little swat on the butt she resumes walking. "Come on, we've still got an endless staircase to find."
[22:20] <Kotono> "I can't help it, I want you." She admits openly, following to keep Alicia's hand in her own. "It's like it's own form of torture, you denying me. Oh, but I could make it feel SO good. You'll think you've found paradise." Her voice becomes a soft purr, "You're just such fun!" AS you walk along, you come to another intersection. One path north, one continuing west.
06[22:21] * Alicia laughs. "I never thought I'd be the one to seduce a succubus. It's a pleasant torment, isn't it?" she teases, continuing to the West.
[22:22] <Kotono> "Mmmm..." She rubs against Alicia's arm, content to follow for now. As you do, you see mushrooms ahead - the same bulbous mushrooms by the entrance. That makes G'renna perk up a little, stopping Alicia about 80 feet away fromt hem. "Hold up," she says. "Remember those mushrooms I mentioned?"
[22:23] <Alicia> "Ah, the pretty colours and mind numbing arousal?" Alicia nods. "Think you can get them to quiet themselves before we get too close, or shall we go back and take the other path?"
[22:24] <Kotono> "It's a risk. To be close enough to do it is close enough for them to spray and get us," she warns.
[22:25] <Alicia> "Lets go back and head North instead?" she suggests, appreciating G'renna's honesty in not luring her to the spores.
[22:27] <Kotono> Changing path, the two go north! This leads to a little cube of a clearing, the walls expanding out to give you some space. A few trees here hang, a long tube fruit and perfectly round, soft peaches seen. The path continues onward past this. "Hungry," G'renna asks. "They're quite tasty."
06[22:29] * Alicia shakes her head, recalling the lower planar food that was on offer back at that circus. "It probably wouldn't agree with me. I've got rations and the magic to make them taste like whatever I want, so might as well stick with that when I need to dine."
[22:30] <Kotono> "Oh well, suit yourself." Trotting off and getting a peach and starting to slowly lick at it, "Shall we continue on then, or do you want to stop and eat those rations?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "I'm good for the moment, and considering Ebony might send someone more competent after us when she finds out what happened to those idiots we might as well keep moving," Alicia nods decisively. "At least her minions should be threatened just as much by the dangers in here, right?"
[22:33] <Kotono> "MMm-hmm," A nod there sa the two continue on, the peach lovingly eaten. Thereafter you come to another path choice - to continue on this one or go to a branch to the west or to the east a little further down.
[22:34] <Alicia> "Hmm... lets go east now," Alicia decides, figuring they've been heading generally west for long enough.
[22:36] <Kotono> Walking east, Alicia and G'renna travel about ten minutes. G'renna seems content to stay arm on arm. At two points there are assassin vines, but G'renna can stop them easily enough. All they do then is stroke against your legs and stomach without pain or damage.  (More)
[22:36] <Kotono> Eventually you come to a fork off to the northeast, continuing east or to the west. OOC: Spot.
[22:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[22:36] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{31}
[22:37] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 +1 vs evil outsiders
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 +1 vs evil outsiders --> [ 1d20=10 ]{17}
[22:38] <Kotono> G'renna glances down the northwestern passage, scowling and pulling Alicia's arm. In her mind, 'I saw someone sneaking there,' she says. 'Hiding.'
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: CL check on DE?
[22:38] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5
[22:38] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{11}
[22:39] <Alicia> 'Flush them out with your vines?' Alicia suggests.
[22:39] <Kotono> 'Easily done,' G'renna grins, as vines can be glimpsed ahead, thrashing!
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{27}
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{22}
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{30}
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{34}
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 4d6+8+8d6
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6+8+8d6 --> [ 4d6=11 8d6=34 ]{53}
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{39}
[22:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:40] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{36}
[22:41] <Kotono> "Aaaaaaagh!" You her a man's voice cry out in pain! Vines come out of the bushes, dragging a male succubus out, body painted green. It holds him securely with all four vines, a wicked looking black knife having fallen from his hands to the ground.
[22:41] <Kotono> "Hello there," G'renna purrs. "Alicia, feel free to do whatever you want with the swine. You'll do something marvelous, I'm sure."
[22:42] <Alicia> "Well, well, well... look what we have here," Alicia saunters up to the bound succubus with Hell Striker held ready. "Another of Ebony's minions?"
[22:44] <Kotono> Coughing and struggling, in vain with four tentacles holding him, "Let...me...goo!" he declares. "You're crossing a Radiant Sister here!" Then after a choking gasp struggled out, "Wait, you know her name...Alicia...!"
[22:44] <Kotono> "Oh, if you want him to talk, I can have the tentacles violate him," G'renna says cheerfully. "Oh, it'll hurt too. It'll help open him right up to talking."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Really, he has nothing interesting to say," Alicia opines, leaning close to the bound succubus. "I've fought dukes of the Nine Hells. I'm not scared of Ebony, far less her pathetic minions." She raises her flaming blade to his neck. "You know what's really sad, though?"
[22:46] <Kotono> "He'll die like a dog here?" G'renna smirks, questioning.
[22:47] <Kotono> "You can spare me," he tries, "I get it, you're too strong. I'll go away and not hurt you!" His words come quite quickly at the sword to his throat!
[22:47] <Alicia> "Yes," Alicia agrees. "Normally when I kill his kind, I know that they'll respawn back in their pit, and can tell all their friends about me. But this poor fool only has oblivion to look forward to - I can't even send a message to Ebony through him."
[22:48] <Kotono> Going to stroke Alicia's side and the side of her chest, smirking at him, "Do it. He couldn'te ven hide well enough to fool us. He's worthless."
[22:50] <Alicia> "Perhaps your failure to return will be a message all by itself?" Alicia wonders, drawing back before stabbing Hell Striker into his chest!
[22:50] <Kotono> OOC: Treat is as a coup?
[22:51] <Alicia> OOC: works for me
[22:51] <Alicia> roll 2d8+66+2d6+1d6
[22:51] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d8+66+2d6+1d6 --> [ 2d8=4 2d6=3 1d6=1 ]{74}
[22:52] <Kotono> Thrusting into the waiting warmth of the succubus, he dies and fades into eternal oblivion! As the kill is given, Alicia's midsection bursts in warmth. The sensation is stronger this time, hotter. Her breath comes rapid, her senses tingling with raw sensation. It feels...soo, sooooo good to kill him. It echos for upwards of ten seconds, making her legs a little weak.  OOC - Make a will save.
[22:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
[22:53] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{40}
[22:54] <Alicia> "Oh!" Alicia staggers a bit, having to lean on Hell Striker. "Gods that felt so dirty... I'm soaked," she blurts out before collecting her wits and looking terribly embarrassed. "Well..." she fidgets, "This'll be inconvenient if it happens during a fight against multiple foes..."
[22:56] <Kotono> "That was glorious," G'renna looks smug, "Such a beautiful execution! You felt how good that was, how nice it was to show him his place," Taking Alicia's arm, leaning close to her, "It's good to feel dirty like that. Relax...relax...I can make you feel dirtier...soak you again," she whispers into Alicia's ear, licking it. "Just agree to it."
[22:57] <Alicia> "Ah... no," Alicia disengages from her affectionate guide, "Need to focus on getting out of here, remember," she breathes a little bit deeply as she casts detect magic and has a look at the dagger dropped by their would-be assassin.
[22:58] <Kotono> "Aaaaaw," Staying close to Alicia, brushing her hand against her every so often, she follows. The dagger radiates no magic, though it looks shiny and sharp - silver.
06[22:59] * Alicia doesn't bother taking the dagger, choosing to head down the Northwest path that the interloper was on. "I'm well used to killing, but it never normally feels like that. This is how disturbing fetishes are born..." she notes mournfully.
[23:03] <Kotono> "It's not disturbing...you're feeling dirty and you're wet." Sliding along, her voice a sultry tease that accents every suggestive word, "This realm is speaking to you, Alicia. It's showing you the rapture and bliss that you could have here. That's all. Don't worry about it, embrace it."
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[23:08] <Kotono> "It's not disturbing...you're feeling dirty and you're wet." Sliding along, her voice a sultry tease that accents every suggestive word, "This realm is speaking to you, Alicia. It's showing you the rapture and bliss that you could have here. That's all. Don't worry about it, embrace it."
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06[23:08] * Alicia gives G'renna a sidelong look. "Ebony and her friends were talking like that earlier. Before the whole 'I'll violate you for eternity, hahaha' bit. I don't think embracing these feelings is going to help my long-term health." Her tone then becomes more relaxed, "Besides, really? Getting off on killing people? That's just stupid - I mean, it's not arousing at all on any level."
[23:12] <Kotono> "Malcanthet teaches that everything is about sensation and rapture. It's showing you one of those," Smiling now, "If you change you rmind about getting off, say the word." Swiftly kissing Alicia again, lingering there, "But let's keep going now?"
[23:14] <Alicia> "Hmph. Strange compelled feelings aside, that kiss was sexier than killing anyone, and I meant every word about not being into women," Alicia affirms as she presses on through the labyrinth.
[23:15] <Kotono> "Yet I bet you're feeling something trickling down your legs," Teasingly the two press on to the northwest! This path goes on perhaps 5 minutes, before coming to another slight open space. Here a fountain burbles - a succubus, her various orifices gushing water out in an erotic pose. G'renna goes to it, sipping water and slowly cleaning her face. "We're making progress, I hope."
06[23:16] * Alicia looks up into the sky. "Do you think that dragon would mind if we just peeked over the top a little bit?"
[23:17] <Kotono> "Probably," The sky is still shadowy and hidden by the dragon's body. "I'm having too much fun to risk it on an acid bath," G'renna flicks a little water at Alicia, giggilng. "Come over here and clean yourself up a little? We can take a moment or two."
[23:19] <Alicia> "Yes, you're probably right," Alicia agrees, "We're not in a desperate situation yet to risk it." Walking over to the fountain she proceeds to wash her hands and face. "Think that's a real statue or someone got unlucky with a flesh to stone spell?"
[23:21] <Kotono> The water is cool, soothing and clinging to her flesh. As G'renna splashes it onto her body all over, glistening there, "Could be either," Reaching out to tap it, leaning forward so that she's almost into the water, "There's a Marilith that has a thing for sculptures in this realm. Could be one of hers too. Or hell, she could've petrified a succubus and called it art."
[23:21] <Kotono> "Oh," Smiling up at Alicia, "This feels so pleasant. Why don't you  take off that armor and cool off for a few? I feel better already."
[23:24] <Alicia> "Lady Zuz? I think I had a stop near her place earlier," Alicia nods, settling for cupping water in her hands and splashing her face. "Sorry, but I've not been blessed with deceptively soft yet stronger than steel skin, unlike some I could name," she briefly pokes G'renna below the ribs. "Wouldn't want some nasty glabrezu stumbling along while I'm without such protections."
[23:25] <Kotono> "Oh, do that again," Sliding closer and flicking water against Alicia's breastplate, "Would it be too forward to say that Malcanthet could do something about that."
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[23:27] <Alicia> "I'm sure she could. Talos already did a little bit to toughen my flesh up, but it's still a far cry from how resilient most outsiders are. But it was free, so I certainly can't complain - I'm sure a stronger toughening up would carry a heavy price, though," Alicia explains.
[23:28] <Kotono> "Perhaps, or perhaps not." Drinking a little more water and then standing up, "Shall we go on then," Hooking her arm with Alicia's, "Let's see what stimulating fun is ahead?"
[23:29] <Alicia> "Certainly," Alicia agrees as she gets up as well and continues onwards.
[23:30] <Kotono> A little later, another patch of red flowers are tamed, then assassin vines and a fly-trap like creature. G'renna has control over all of them with ease. Five minutes later, heading along...you can see a four way intersection 100 feet away, glimsped. However, 40 feet before that, is a large patch of mushrooms, smack in the middle of the way.
[23:31] <Alicia> "Oh, typical..." Alicia chuckles on seeing the mushrooms. "If nothing else I could set them on fire from a distance. Think that'd do any good? I don't know if the demonic resistance to fire extends to fungus as well."
[23:32] <Kotono> "They burn...but the smoke is heavy and the spores spread with it and linger," G'renna warns. "If we do that, we'll neeed to fall back and wait about...ten minutes for it to dissipate."
[23:34] <Alicia> "Well, getting affected by the spores would probably cause us a longer delay - fun though it might be," Alicia observes, walking up to 60 feet away from the fungi before she launches several rays of fire in amongst them, a wide arc to ensure the whole patch catches fire swiftly, then proceeds to back off.
[23:35] <Kotono> G'renna scoots well back as well, well out of the range of the smoke. "Me too," she murmurs, "We're not immune to it's effect, unlike most poisons."
[23:38] <Alicia> "I'm pretty resistant, but no sense chancing it," Alicia agrees. Since they have time to kill she elects to keep G'renna occupied with conversation less she come up with other diversions. "So, did you travel around a lot before taking your extended break with your friendly vines?" she asks.
[23:40] <Kotono> She goes to sit down, patting the ground next to her. "Oh yes, mortal soul gathering for a long time." Rubbing her hair gently and stroking it out, "Putting in my dues and getting in Malcanthet's good graces."
06[23:42] * Alicia sits next to her. "You've probably never been to my prime material - the fact that there's more than one was really strange for me to get to grips with, I might add. It's been all but cut off from the planes and the gods until recently. Gnomes and their God-King, if you've ever heard of that."
[23:44] <Kotono> Resting her head on Alicia's shoulder, "Mmm, no, but I've been busy." Alicia noticies she smells good - strangely good to her. It's a light scent that makes her feel a little warmer. "I heard a wise man call the Prime like an endless prism, with each 'world' being a reflection."
[23:45] <Alicia> "I suppose that makes sense," Alicia considers. "I always just thought there was the prime in the middle, then all the elemental planes in one ring, then the outer planes in another. Having more than one prime upsets things, but if you visualise it as a prism it does work..."
[23:46] <Kotono> Nuzzling against Alicia's cheekbone and resting a hand on Alicia's upper leg, "Yes. I don't worry about it too much, doubly so since I'm done with that for a good while. I admit...you remind me why I enjoyed it. Every so often there's an interesting mortal out there. One that makes me feel hot inside."
[23:48] <Alicia> "That you just can't wait to corrupt into doing all sorts of sordid things?" Alicia concludes, resting her hand on G'renna's to keep it where it is and stop her from moving further.
[23:50] <Kotono> "Sometimes...some if it really is enlightening them. Some of them have such potential, but they'll never reach it alone." The kiss is slow and lazy, across Alicia's lips before she speaks again. "You're one of those. It brings the teacher out in me." Her hand takes Alicia's holding and giving it a little squeeze. "We have ten minutes...let me teach you something. You'll feel so good...and I promise we'll be done and moving in ten minutes."
[23:50] <Kotono> You'll feel so good...and I promise we'll be done and moving in ten minutes."
[23:55] <Alicia> Admittedly Alicia is entirely at fault for leading the conversation in this direction, something that she mentally berates herself for quite severely. "You know," she begins slowly, thinking that she really needs to raise her guard better in case G'renna decides to energy drain her sometime with one of those (admittedly very good) kisses.
[23:55] <Alicia> "You know my real name now, but you haven't seen the real me yet," as she speaks her features blurr slightly as she dispels the alter self magic before reverting to her natural, less youthful, less blonde, and less inhuman form. "You're not the only one who can change shape."
[23:58] <Kotono> She looks Alicia over long, fixiating on her holy symbol. She smiles, "So?" She leans in to kiss Alicia again(OOC: You can opt to stop her if you like), "I like you. Hoping to scare me off with that?" With a heady smile, "Alicia, I've seen it in your eyes and I can smell it on you. You fit in this realm and you agree with me. You're gorgeous as well. Do you think I couldn't guess?" With a teasing, sultry smile, "A succubus champion like tha
[23:58] <Kotono> Do you think I couldn't guess?" With a teasing, sultry smile, "A succubus champion like that is always a dark paladin or blackguard. Always. They only send those after heroes, not half fiends who irritated a Radiant Sister." (More)
[23:59] <Kotono> Putting her hand over Alicia's holy symbol and above it, loosely, "Don't worry about that here. You know what you feel...you don't need to w orry about anything but these ten minutes. Just say yes and let me. We can talk better after that, I promise."
Session Time: Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 2009
06[00:03] * Alicia does dodge the kiss, though just barely. "You're good..." she admits breathily. "You know, I haven't had sex or even masturbated in years? And even then I've never been interested in a woman. Then there's the fact that I spend most of my time fighting fiends..." she gently cups G'renna's cheek. "But you have me tempted, I can't deny that."
[00:06] <Kotono> "Give in. It's not for your soul, not for light or dark or good or evil." G'renna whispers back, looking into Alicia's eyes. "It's because I like you. I want to make you feel good, it's what we do here to our friends. WE're having fun together, aren't we? Trust me here, just a little. I know you've probably learned never to trust a fiend, but," With a soft, lustrious smirk, "But you saw the disdain I had for how the others worked. I just wa
[00:06] <Kotono> lustrious smirk, "But you saw the disdain I had for how the others worked. I just want to make you feel good. It's been so long for you. Let me give you a token of our friendship."
[00:11] <Alicia> Shaking her head, Alicia silences G'renn by delicately placing a finger over her lips. "You're wrong. There is one fiend I learned to trust. She's not as charming as you are - she was often rude and disagreeable, even when she was trying to sway me to her side."
[00:11] <Alicia> "But eventually, after a long time and a lot of work by the both of us, we learned to trust one another - with our lives and with our souls." She leans closer and plants a soft and chaste kiss on the succubus's forehead. "I like you, G'renn, but it's too soon for us."
[00:11] <Kotono> OOC: Make a charisma check?
[00:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
[00:11] <Kotono> OOC: +2 bonus.
[00:11] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{9}
[00:11] <Alicia> OOC: 11...
[00:16] <Kotono> The soft laughter tickles around Alicia's finger. "Is it? We'll have to part ways if you're going back to your world, then. This is our chance right here." Looking Alicia dead in the eyes, deep eyes that stir Alicia along with her scent, "I'm not going to drag you to Malcanthet or anything not and I'll even help you get to the center since this is so much fun. But...let us have this here. Then we'll get you to the center, tell that bitch Eb
[00:16] <Kotono> But...let us have this here. Then we'll get you to the center, tell that bitch Ebony that she failed, and have good memories to cherish."
[00:28] <Alicia> "If we don't have the time to develop our relationship, so be it," Alicia can't help but keep some melancholy from her tone - she's honestly somewhat interested. "But I don't want it to be like this, just a quick roll in the hay - or hedges. Whatever."
[00:28] <Alicia> She puts her arm around the succubus and gives her an affectionate squeeze, "If things had been different... but we're from two different worlds, and I suppose it'd never work out." She shakes her head, "It's so hard for me to refuse you, but... I have to."
[00:29] <Kotono> "Are you sure," she asks gently. "I won't push it again, but..." She smiles, "Or even just my hands. Something for you to savor. But if not..."
06[00:31] * Alicia bites her lip, fighting against the temptation to go for it. "If all demons were like you, everyone would be damned," she marvels.
[00:33] <Kotono> Leaning in to kiss Alicia again, "It's okay. Just close your eyes and nod, and my hand will do everything. Just marvel at it and..." She smiles radiantly again, close to Alicia's face.
[00:37] <Alicia> She's not sure where it came from, but some surge of assertiveness helps Alicia master herself. Grabbing G'renn's wrist, she leans close to stare intensely into her eyes. "I'm not the type to lie back passively and take it," she almost growls. "If we do this, you'll get a few memories of your own... but it's not time, yet." And with a superhuman effort of discipline, she pulls away and stands up.
[00:38] <Kotono> G'renna's smile actually grows. "I was right. You have a force of will about you like us," She stands up now with Alicia. "I'm really impressed," Cheerfully now, smoothly, "You're only the third person to ever spurn me like that. You really are interesting!"
06[00:39] * Alicia isn't sure what she did technically counts as spurning, but she'll take what she can get. "What happened to the other two?" she can't help but ask.
[00:40] <Kotono> "One was a holy saint. The other turned out to be castrated," With a smirk as she takes Alicia's hand and squeezes it, "Congratulations. You've joined an elite group. You're going to do this on your terms...be it nothing or everything. Then direct me and us in this maze, to pleasure or progress or what have you. You have..." Her voice is so sultry again, "My full attention."
[00:43] <Alicia> "So you've never had a woman reject you?" Alicia is surprised. "Well, admittedly I've never even considered it, but you did a good job of putting the concept in my mind...." Squeezing her hand back she starts heading back to see if the spores have dissipated.
[00:44] <Kotono> "Once you get someone interested...and I know how to choose good targets," G'renna travels with Alicia, the two finding the spores dissipated. The road ahead is clear.
[00:45] <Alicia> Here Alicia chooses to go West, since they went for some distance on the last East path.
[00:47] <Kotono> The western path has more assassin vines, easily disabled by G'renna again. As they are walked path, the two hand in hand, "What did you think about my vines, then," G'renna breaks the silence.
[00:49] <Alicia> "They're very compliant with you. Were I alone I'd probably have to burn all of them as I approach," she briefly glances down at G'renna's healthy looking crotch, "Sadly my mortal body likely wouldn't endure forty years of their attentions."
[00:50] <Kotono> "Oh, were you interested. IF you want..." She looks to the vines, "It needn't be fourty years, of course. But I have a spiritual body while you have a body of dirt and flesh."
[00:52] <Alicia> "Flesh and blood and bone, but no dirt," Alicia assures her with a squeeze of her hand. "But really, it's not for me. Friendly and attentive they may be, I prefer a degree of intellectual stimulation from my partners as well."
[00:52] <Kotono> "Fair enough, though I can be very skillfull with controlling them," she says as they walk along. "Oh! What's it like getting older?"
[00:57] <Alicia> "It's actually not that bad," Alicia opines. "At first it's great, when you go from being a child to an adult - some of the changes are a bit awkward what with growth spurts suddenly making you lose your coordination and so on, but it's well worth it to get bigger and stronger, and be taken seriously by everyone."
[00:57] <Alicia> "Then things naturally go downhill from that youthful peak - I haven't really hit the worst of it yet, but my skin's a little less smooth and my figure a little less trim and perky. I work hard to stay in shape, although I can't really stop my degeneration, only mitigate it."
[00:57] <Alicia> "Still," she smiles, "Age supposedly brings wisdom. I'm not so sure about that, but it does let you feel some smugness when looking at the younger generation."
[00:59] <Kotono> "Mmmhmmmmm," Murmuring that as the two come closer to another intersection - several paths, narrow and going in all directions, nine of them and this path. Some of them take squeezing to get through, incredibly narrow to begin with. "I know freshly formed succubi are so imcompetent at first. It might be the same thing? Though th erest of that...do you really want to degenerate physically?""
[01:02] <Alicia> "Not particularly, but the only real alternative is to become some horrid undead thing, and that certainly holds no interest," Alicia makes a face. "I'll die one day, one way or another, and then I'll be just as ageless as you are." She pauses a moment at the paths. "Any preference?" she asks curiously.
[01:03] <Kotono> "There's ways to stall it and regain youth. Occasionally powerful mortals come here for it, though I don't know the details," Then a shrug comes from G'renna, "Your choice, I'll take care of any hazards."
06[01:05] * Alicia settles on just taking the leftmost path, which should lead South - they've been favour North for a bit, so that's probably their best bet. "It's only delaying the inevitable though, isn't it? Really, if I want to make myself look like a pretty young girl I have magic for that, but I'm comfortable with the way I am, and I expect I'll remain comfy in my own skin no matter how old I get."
[01:07] <Kotono> "Perhaps so." There's a little quiet as the two walk on. For about 3 minutes, coming to a 90 corner. At 40 feet away, you see someone come around the corner! It's a beautiful succubus, wearing a leather bustier and carrying a whip! Her eyes widen in alarm, "Guh! H-Hold it there! By the command of the Radiant Sister, all within the Puzzling Hedge are to be stopped!" OOc - Neither side is remotely surprised, both sides chances on each other.
[01:07] <Kotono> OOc - Neither side is remotely surprised, both sides chanced on each other. Initiative?
[01:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
[01:07] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{26}
[01:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[01:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[01:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[01:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{20}
03[01:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>G'renna>Succubus in bustier'
[01:07] <Kotono> OOC - Go Alicia.
[01:08] <Kotono> "Sneaking around like a rat in a hole," G'renna sneers at the succubus. "You couldn't even manage a competent ambush!"
[01:10] <Alicia> "I'm not stopping for that bitch!" Alicia replies, rushing forward to slash out at this new threat!
[01:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge devotion
[01:10] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+17 knowledge devotion --> [ 1d20=13 ]{30}
[01:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -5pa
[01:11] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 -5pa --> [ 1d20=7 ]{27}
[01:11] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
[01:11] <Alicia> roll 1d8+22+2d6+1d6
[01:11] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+22+2d6+1d6 --> [ 1d8=8 2d6=6 1d6=6 ]{42}
[01:12] <Kotono> The blow is a serious one, drawing a solid slash of blood! A moment later, four tentacles lash out from the bushes!
[01:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[01:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[01:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[01:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
[01:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{29}
[01:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{29}
[01:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{32}
[01:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{18}
[01:12] <Kotono> roll 3d6+6+6d6
[01:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 3d6+6+6d6 --> [ 3d6=11 6d6=21 ]{38}
[01:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[01:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{34}
[01:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[01:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{24}
[01:13] <Kotono> Beaten and whipped, the succubus is pinned, her bustier broken and bloodied! Held rigid and spread eagled by the tendrils, she looks helpless! She attempts to struggle out!
[01:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
[01:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{28}
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (+5 bonus for each that hit her after the successful grapple)
[01:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 (+5 bonus for each that hit her after the successful grapple) --> [ 1d20=7 ]{37}
[01:14] <Kotono> But she can't! She's hell tight! "Finish it," G'renna says the succubus beaten and held vulnerable!
[01:14] <Kotono> OOC: You're up.
[01:15] <Alicia> First Alicia wants some information. "How many other minions has Ebony sent in here after me?" she demands of the bound sex-demon, sword held ready to strike.
[01:15] <Kotono> "Go to Hell and fuck a lemure," she snaps in pain, "I won't tell you anything, you stupid mortal!"
[01:16] <Alicia> "Have it your way," Alicia shrugs, whipping her blade through the air for a decapitating strike!
[01:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -10 pa
[01:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+15 -10 pa --> [ 1d20=19 ]{34}
[01:16] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -10 pa crit check
[01:17] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+15 -10 pa crit check --> [ 1d20=8 ]{23}
[01:17] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[01:17] <Alicia> roll 2d8+64+2d6+1d6
[01:17] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 2d8+64+2d6+1d6 --> [ 2d8=12 2d6=11 1d6=4 ]{91}
[01:18] <Kotono> The decaptation sends blood everywhere! Hot blood gushes, not that Alicia notices! The thrill through her is stupendous, rocking her knees and making her innards explode! It's orgasmically powerful this time, washing Alicia in a savage bliss! For those long, long, long moments time is irrelevant, the feeling of the kill infusing into her. Every part of her body is alive with fires of pure pleasurable bliss! OOC - Will save, -4.
[01:19] <Kotono> fires of pure pleasurable bliss! OOC - Will save, -4.
[01:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
[01:19] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{26}
06[01:23] * Alicia falls to her knees with the overwhelming fire that burns through her, breathing heavily and sweat dripping from her brow. "Oh... my..." she grimaces, disgusted at herself yet still craving the feeling that now flows away from her. "We need to hurry..." she gasps, picking herself up, "Much more of this and I might not be able to continue..."
[01:23] <Kotono> G'renna offers a hand out for Alicia. "Or you won't want to, even if you can," she queries.
06[01:26] * Alicia nods shamefacedly. "It's sad..." she observes, taking the hand. "In my mind you're the most tempting thing here, but those feelings burn away all reason... I might even attack you to feel it again, if this keeps up." She raises her gaze upwards, almost beseechingly. "Mystra, give me strength. Please..."
[01:26] <Kotono> OOC: You can rol a d1000 if you like.
[01:26] <Alicia> roll 1d1000 does this ever work?
[01:26] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d1000 does this ever work? --> [ 1d1000=432 ]{432}
[01:27] <Kotono> OOC: It hasn't yet, but it's a nice random option to have.
[01:28] <Kotono> Alicia feels a little better after praying. "Let's keep going," G'renna prods Alicia gently. "Hopefully we're close?"
[01:30] <Alicia> "Oh, I hope so..." Alicia takes several deep cleansing breaths. "If not, desperate measures may be called for. Still... while I still have the wits to use it, I have one other trick to try." She casts a spell to boost her persuasive powers, something that might just let her dodge the next fight. When she speaks next she sounds far more composed even if she doesn't feel it. "Let's keep going."
[01:31] <Kotono> The two go on! The path starts to curve, twisting around in a tightening spiral! You notice something after about ten minutes of this - the sun is getting brighter here.
[01:32] <Alicia> "Think that means anything?" Alicia asks, looking up at the sky.
[01:32] <Kotono> "Maybe we're getting close to the center," G'renna has Alicia's hand again, leading the way right now. "I hope so."
[01:34] <Alicia> "We've worked hard enough for it, considering we've had to deal with Ebony's minions more than the maze's usual hazards. Most people probably have an easier time of things, I'd imagine," Alicia comments, feeling somewhat better by now, although there's still a gnawing *need* in her abdomen that craves satisfaction.
[01:36] <Kotono> Walking a few more minutes, the two come to an end! At last! Is this the center? It's a 100 foot wide circle, the inner 50 feet taken up by a stone inlay. In the center of that rests a single doorway, closed shut. Standing in front of it are two people - another succubus in full plate armor and a woman with sea green hair, four tendrils coming from her back. "Oh, so they made it," The armored one sing-songs brightly, "They made it to their
[01:36] <Kotono> "Oh, so they made it," The armored one sing-songs brightly, "They made it to their graaaaaa-ve1"
[01:37] <Alicia> "Oh, how utterly fantastic," Alicia grimaces. "And why the hell isn't the dragon mauling you right now for having so clearly cheated to get here?"
[01:37] <Alicia> She sounds a bit put out. That's because she is.
[01:38] <Kotono> The lilitu grins ear to ear at that, "That's a seeecret," she sing-songs in a deeper, heavier voice. "You really pissed Ebony off! She got us here damned fast."
[01:40] <Alicia> "That's because Ebony's a stupid bitch who needs a good being killed," Alicia replies hotly. This won't work at all - if she kills one the other will be able to attack her with impunity while she's incapacitated with those sweet sweet feelings. "By Shar's saggy black teat, she clearly can't handle rejection."
[01:43] <Kotono> "Problem,' Your succubus friend sends in Alicia's mind, 'They're too far from the bushes to entangle or attack that way.'
[01:43] <Kotono> Swinging a greataxe about, the armored succubus giggles, "Yes, yes. But we get to kill you, so it makes it okay!"
[01:43] <Kotono> OOC: Let's do initiative here and then pause for the night?
[01:44] <Alicia> 'Have any other tricks? If nothing else try to charm one into flying up to see if that'll get the dragon's ire?' Alicia suggests, intent to do that herself.
[01:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
[01:44] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{14}
[01:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[01:44] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{9}
[01:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[01:44] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{25}
[01:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[01:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{27}

[Corwin]

[20:45] <Kotono> <Alicia> 'Have any other tricks? If nothing else try to charm one into flying up to see if that'll get the dragon's ire?' Alicia suggests, intent to do that herself.
[20:45] <Kotono> <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
[20:45] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{14}
[20:45] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+5
[20:45] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{9}
[20:45] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+6
[20:45] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{25}
[20:45] <Kotono> > roll 1d20+8
[20:45] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{27}
[20:46] <Kotono> 'A few,' G'renna answers swiftly, as the armored succubus comes 40 feet, ten feet away from Alicia! "Oh, you're going to like usss," she carols to Alicia! OOC: Will, +5.
[20:46] <Alicia> 'Or wait for them to charge us, I doubt they'll be too patient.'
[20:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[20:49] <Kotono> Alicia's will is imposed on, but her well tested irons resist the charm! The lilitu hangs back, only advancing 30 feet, 10 feet away from the succubus. "Just say there," she laughs, as she focuses on Alicia, "And BOW!" OOC - Will.
[20:49] <Alicia> OOC: thanks for the spellfire
[20:50] <Kotono> Alicia absorbs the magic, channeling it into herself! The touch of spellfire pours through her body! OOC - Alicia
[20:52] <Alicia> "Oh come on," Alicia challenges as she casts a spell to expand her stature to giant-size, looming over the pair. "You're not convincing at all!"
[20:52] <Alicia> OOC: 5ft step back as well
[20:52] <Kotono> To the Lilitu, G'renna grins as she flals back behind Alicia, "No, I'm the one who gives commands here!"
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[20:53] <Kotono> The lilitu goes somewhat slack, eyes glazing over! Smirking, 'Got her!' G'renna purrs, 'Bitch had the will of a blade of grass. Do something about that succubus, Alicia?'
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Succubus is up.
[20:55] <Kotono> The succubus scowls, looking to run past Alicia and at G'renna! "Stupid! Let her go!" she commands, her sing song evaporating! OOC - Alicia, you can AoO if youlike
[20:55] <Kotono> .
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 knowledge devotion
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 knowledge devotion and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 melee touch for trip
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 melee touch for trip and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 opposed str
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 opposed str and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[20:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 17." [1d20=12]
[20:58] <Alicia> "All that heavy armour's making you clumsy as well as ugly, dear," Alicia taunts as she kicks the succubus's legs out from under her.
[20:58] <Kotono> Woop! With a deft trip the succubus falls flat on her armored back! She lands with a clatter, G'renna laughing as the lilitu mechanically walks towards her! Reaching up to stroke the Lilitu's face, "Good girl," she says, as Alicia sees the succubus try to get up! OOC - Alicia, you're up. Succubus is prone by you.
06[21:00] * Alicia slashes her blade downwards to shatter the one carried by this so-called champion!
[21:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 -5pa 3rd level channel, divine might, opposed roll for sunder
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+30 -5pa 3rd level channel, divine might, opposed roll for sunder and gets 46." [1d20=16]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC - Success.
[21:02] <Alicia> roll 2d6+29+3d4+1d6
06[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d6+29+3d4+1d6 and gets 53." [2d6=5, 3][3d4=4, 4, 3][1d6=5]
[21:03] <Kotono> CRACK! The hardness of the blade is not enough tos ave it, sundered in two by Alicia's overwhelming blow! OOC: Antyhing else this round?
[21:03] <Alicia> OOC: not just yet
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Ending here then or...?
[21:04] <Alicia> OOC: yeah, that's pretty much me for the round
[21:04] <Kotono> G'renna strokes her newly dominated pet's cheek, "Having fun playing with her," she asks Alicia.
[21:07] <Alicia> "A bit..." Alicia leers down at the disarmed sex demon. "I could have a lot more fun... severing your head would give me rapture far beyond anything your pitiful charms could dream of offering," she notes, her tone both lustful and ominous.
[21:08] <Kotono> "Do it," G'renna says, voice a hot whisper as she walks over to Alicia, at her back. "Finish her. We need to finish this battle...and you deserve this rapture." Meanwhile, the succubus glares up at Alicia, focusing magic on her! OOC - Will, +5 Alicia.
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: thanks for the spellfire
[21:08] <Kotono> Alicia absorbs the spell easily! OOC - Alicia is up.
[21:11] <Alicia> "No, I have a better idea," Alicia reaches down and cups the fiend's chin. "You're going to go back to Ebony and tell her to come here." She licks her lips, eyes not entirely focused.
[21:11] <Alicia> "Tell her I've got something long... hard," she takes her hand away from the succubus and begins to caress Hell Striker, just shying away from its flames, "And very hot, that I just can't wait to stick into her." She's sick of leaving powerful enemies behind her, and if she's going to endure that bliss one last time, it might as well be on a meaningful opponent.
[21:13] <Kotono> "Oh, what a lovely idea," G'renna purrs, "That's taking charge!" She leans forward, arms draped over Alicia. Kissing her neck a few times before whispering to her, "I can think of nothing more magnificent than seeing a Radiant Sister die."
[21:13] <Kotono> With a look of fear in her eyes, the succubus scowls. "You're gonna die," she promises with a softly whispered fury.
[21:14] <Alicia> "And then I'll go to heaven," Alicia titters, before lowering her blade towards the demon's face. "But if you die... there's nothing after that, is there?"
[21:15] <Kotono> Without a word the succubus vanishes!
[21:15] <Kotono> "So beautiful, so magnificent!" G'renna embraces Alicia, arms around her mid section from behind. "You're so good at this!"
06[21:16] * Alicia exhales sharply, quickly casting a shield spell. "Think your new pet will be any use to us? I know Ebony won't come alone," she notes, her mind clearing slightly now that there's no longer an easy kill directly in front of her. Even so she knows she's hardly acting close to normal... 'I might have to rely on you, Hell Striker, if I lose myself here,' she warns her sword.
[21:17] <Kotono> There is silence from Hell Striker, 'Do what you will. It's your soul.' It's voice is detatched, 'You have been a good master. I only ask that you pass me to another champion who can take me up.'
[21:18] <Kotono> "Oh yes, she should know magic," Smilling as she starts to rub Alicia's breastplate and stomach, "I can have her heal your injuries."
[21:20] <Alicia> That cold appraisal from the sword does a good job of shocking some sense back into Alicia, who suddenly worries she may have made a terrible misjudgement. "Do that," she agrees, quickly casting Mirror Image on herself. 'Don't let it come to that... please,' she asks Hell Striker. 'Just get me through that doorway if I get dominated or lose control. I can't stay here.'
[21:20] <Alicia> roll 1d4+4
06[21:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+4 and gets 7." [1d4=3]
[21:22] <Kotono> 'Alicia.' Hell Striker continues to speak, 'You are on the very edge of a long fall into oblivion. Your soul is clouded by lust and pleasure...If you fall here, I will not...because you will not be a master worth saving. I will respect your choice either way and not attack you, but I will not save you.'
[21:22] <Kotono> The lilitu walks forward, touching Alicia on the forehead!
[21:22] <Kotono> roll 4d8+9
06[21:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+9 and gets 28." [4d8=8, 5, 1, 5]
[21:24] <Kotono> "See? Useful," G'renna pats the lilitu's cheek, continuing to molest Alicia. "Ready?"
[21:25] <Alicia> "That won't happen..." Alicia whispers aloud, rallying her wits to try and suppress the bewitching influence this realm is having on her. "I belong to Mystra, no one else. We'll kill that demon and then we're gone." She starts moving towards the doorway, just in case a quick retreat is called for.
[21:26] <Kotono> Following and staying behind Alicia re botht he lilitu and G'renna. "Hm?" she asks, "Is something wrong?"
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 3d8+9 more Alicia heals
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+9 more Alicia heals and gets 20." [3d8=2, 4, 5]
06[21:28] * Alicia exhales a deep cleansing breath. "Everything... A few hours in this realm and I'm on the verge of completely losing myself. I have to hold it together..." then abruptly switching topic, "What if she doesn't even come?"
[21:28] <Kotono> "Then she's a coward," Sneering at that, "And you've won completely. You can dipose of the pet there to celebrate."
06[21:29] * Alicia looks around the centre of the maze, sweat dripping from her brow as she counts the seconds. One... two... three... four... five...
[21:30] <Kotono> As nothing immediately happens, G'renna comes forward. She goes to kiss Alicia on the lips again, as if stoking flames that lie barely dormant. "This should be your triumph. Relax..."
06[21:32] * Alicia evades the kiss. It's strange, she considers her affection for G'renna seperate from the will-sapping attentions of Malcanthet's layer, but she can't afford to risk losing her tenuously regained focus. "Please, G'renna, I need to stay focused. I need a cool head to get through this," she almost pleads, continuing her mental countdown. Six... seven... eight... nine... ten...
[21:33] <Kotono> G'renna smiles, and nods. "Very well." She stands at Alicia's side, more time passing. 11...12...13...14...15! Still no sign of Ebony.
06[21:35] * Alicia looks up into the sky to see if she can spot that dragon before scanning her surroundings once more. Then she pulls down her blindfold, just in case the radiant sister arrives under an invisibility spell.
[21:35] <Kotono> The dragon's shadow is much lighter here. Blindsight doesn't reveal a Radiant Sister at all. "Ooooh, kinky," laughing at Alicia now, "A magical blindfold, I presume?"
[21:36] <Alicia> "Grants me blindsight," Alicia confirms. "It's very useful." The waiting is hell on her nerves. At the thirty second mark she elects to give Ebony ten more before assuming she's not coming.
[21:38] <Kotono> 3...2...1...0. Fourty seconds. Still no Ebony at all. "Mph," Looking about, "Either she's preparing a horde or she's too afraid," G'renna's smirk grows by the moment. "I believe you have the radiant sister quaking!"
[21:40] <Alicia> "I'm not going to wait any longer," Alicia shakes her head. "If she comes now it'll be with far too many reinforcements for us to handle." Pulling her blindfold back up, she opens the doorway. "If you ever go back into soul gathering, please don't come to my world, G'renna. I'd rather not fight you," she admits honestly.
[21:41] <Kotono> "Oh Alicia," Smiling and going to her, "I suppose that means you'll get away after all. But...Give me one thing, at least. A kiss, an innocent kiss." G'renna approaches her lightly, lilitu standing dumbly and woodenly behind the pair.
[21:48] <Alicia> Funnily enough, Alicia had been entertaining lurid thoughts of giving her a very passionate thankyou/goodbye kiss before parting. The thought appeals less now that she's regained some of her faculties, although that oddly leaves her disappointed. Still, she can't really refuse this particular succubus after she's helped her so much, and there is still an attraction there.
[21:48] <Alicia> Shrinking back to normal size, she sweeps G'renna into a hug and captures her lips in a not entirely innocent fashion...
[21:50] <Kotono> G'renna is far from innocent here. Tongues meet, the two kissing intently! Oh, she's not shy about it at all. She drags it out as long as it will go, fires burning in Alicia's body once more. But at last it breaks, a haze of heat creeping into Alicia's vision. "Go. No matter how much you do or how far you go..." G'renna walks away, backwards to keep her eyes on Alicia, "Y"ou'll never forget your time here. You'll never forget the raptures a
[21:50] <Kotono> "Y"ou'll never forget your time here. You'll never forget the raptures and the blisses. I'll be here...if you change your mind."
06[21:53] * Alicia exhales slowly, her cheeks very red. "Not that I expect you'll consider it, but if you ever decide you've had enough of the whole damnation thing... well, you know. I won't forget you, G'renna, I can promise that much at least." And with that she steps through the doorway!
[21:57] <Kotono> Hazy darkness. It's hazy here, dark. OBvious, yes. Alicia's mind is a little dazed as she looks about, breath still coming quickly from G'renna. She stands on a platform in the darkness, wide and endless, and yet able to easily see over the edges.  Stairways are all over, leading up and down to move platforms. There is no logic to it, no geography, just maddening stairs going right ways and wrong ways and up and down and left and right and
[21:58] <Kotono> just maddening stairs going right ways and wrong ways and up and down and left and right and sideways and wrongwyas and frontways.  (More)
[21:59] <Kotono> As you stand here, a momentary pang of addiction hitting Alicia, 'You made the right choice, paladin.' Hell Striker's voice again, 'One step away from the Abyss, one day at a time.' Thereafter the sword goes silent.
06[22:01] * Alicia shudders, spending a moment just to wipe her face. "Gods... I didn't even spend a full day there, and look at me? How can you fight a plane that turns your own victories against you?" Her hand drifts towards her legs, a maddening itch that sorely wants to be scratched if only to feel something. But she resists, deciding to just pick a random staircase and see where it takes her.
[22:02] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Any change of line, Alicia?
[22:05] <Alicia> Well, do I see any doorways from here before I start moving?
[22:06] <Kotono> The only doorway is one behind you. It's a pretty one, a romantic red wood color and with a few phallic mushrooms living in the platform around it.
[22:06] <Alicia> Since it looks entirely harmless otherwise, Alicia takes note of the phallic mushrooms and makes a mental note to avoid any doors with similar imagery. Then she just takes random stairway to see where it leads.
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 4d12
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d12 and gets 15." [4d12=2, 5, 2, 6]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 92." [1d100=92]

[Corwin]

[20:03] <Kotono> ---
[20:05] <Kotono> Thus Alicia begins to walk up the stair! Soon the platform below fades into the black hazy. Around Alicia she can occasionally glimpse other stairs and other platforms as she walks up, but she is by and large alone. Perhaps a mercy, for the pangs of addiction rattle her several a time. A primal craving for that rapture of slaughter, the overwhelming sensations she felt in Malcanthet's realm. (More)
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
05[20:05] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#evildunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
03[20:05] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-66-25-141-28.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #evildunes
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[20:06] <Kotono> In her weary mind, as she drives herself onward: Made it back safely, didn't need the ring. I'll return the favor and come for you. Where are you, which plane? Seira. Demedais says hi.
[20:06] <Alicia> Do I recognise the voice?
[20:08] <Kotono> Alicia's mind identifies it as Father Ceiar of the Church of Helm. They've met a few times in various duties and visits.
[20:10] <Alicia> Normally when receiving such a spell, Alicia replies in as concise and informative a fashion as possible, intending to get the most pertinent details across with the greatest efficiency. Right now she's not really up to that, and so comes across a bit rambly as she starts talking to herself while trudging up the stairs.
[20:10] <Alicia> "I'm in the Endless Staircase... I think there's a door to the prime, or maybe a friendly plane where I can find someone who can plane shift me. The identify spell never said this could happen when I used the sword like that. At least I made it out of the Abyss safely, but... I don't really know how long this'll take."
[20:20] <Kotono> Alicia gets no reply, the stairs stretching ahead. Ahead and long, long and ahead...She's been at this several hours now. Her legs lightly protest the effort, yet her body goes on. There is a gorgeous monotony to it all, an allure. Only her vile-inspired cravings disrupt the travel...(More)
[20:21] <Kotono> 'We're coming over. Will scry on you in 15 minutes. Will keep in touch. Try narrowing down your location just in case. Seira and Demedais.' Again voices play in her mind, telling her of wills from friends far beyond this transitive plane.
[20:25] <Alicia> "Uh... there's stairs everywhere. I'm... no, I don't really know, I left the portal to the Abyss hours ago, but... it's just stairs. I haven't even found another doorway yet," Alicia responds uneasily. "Did you get all of that?"
[20:30] <Kotono> Again, no reply...just the steps. Always the steps. The endless steps. Steps. Steps. Steps. Clic-clak. Clic-clak. Foot after foot meets the stairs, going into endless practice of the same perfected sound, always yet finding a new wrinkle. As she walks...OOC - Will save. You can choose to take it or not, since they mentioned they were scrying. Your call.
[20:30] <Alicia> OOC: they have to win CL vs my nondetection first
[20:33] <Kotono> Nothing happens. Thes tairs stretch on...
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100 resolving earlier rolled random encounter
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 resolving earlier rolled random encounter and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[20:36] <Kotono> Clic-clak...clak-CLIC! Hm? Alicia's concentration on continuing is disturbed. She's been at this several hours, but there is no real sense of time here. But above, descending the stair...is a five person group. Four lithe, suntanned humans carry a noble's litter. Sitting on it is a bored looking man, florid and fat. He reads a book, while his working men carry him, not saying a word and stone faced.
[20:36] <Kotono> working men carry him, not saying a word and stone faced.
06[20:37] * Alicia tenses, not knowing if this is just a harmless traveller or a potential threat. "Hello there," she calls carefully, checking for evil auras as she gets closer. If they're travelling this way, are they heading for Malcanthet's realm?
[20:38] <Kotono> "Out of the way," One commands brusquely, "Out of the way for Viscount Tanla!"
[20:39] <Kotono> Said Viscount looks up from his book briefly, before going back to it.
[20:39] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes, who the fuck are you?
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes, who the fuck are you? and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[20:40] <Alicia> They're not worth her time, and Alicia sure doesn't consider them reliable guides, so she shifts to the side of the stairs, guarded in case they try anything while passing...
[20:42] <Kotono> As they pass by, the Viscount looks up again. "Mystrite?" He asks, looking at Alicia's breastplate. His voice is icy-cold, "Hmph." He says nothing more, going back to his book.
[20:42] <Alicia> "Do you have a problem with the goddess of magic?" Alicia asks, eyes narrowing.
[20:43] <Kotono> The men continue carrying him, though he spares a glance back. "I find her...irrelevant." he says, as they continue to travel down. "Good day to you."
[20:44] <Alicia> Bah, fine. His loss, and so long as he doesn't insult Mystra, Alicia doesn't care. "Same to you," she replies, continuing her own upward journey.
[20:50] <Kotono> SEveral more hours past. Alicia is very tired now, her legs aching. But at last...a platform! It's a large one. There are a pair of doors here, as well as a few people set acamp. They even have a tent and a fire going. They are blue skinned, large and tall and incredibly skinny with bony protrusions. They were dark blue robes and have light blue skin.
[20:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 planes wtf are they?
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 planes wtf are they? and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[20:53] <Alicia> Belatedly realising how filthy she is (perhaps that's why those others turned their noses up at her?), Alicia casts prestidigitation and makes an effort to clean herself, removing the musky scent of arousal that sticks to her clothing after her time in Malcanthet's realm. Then she climbs up the rest of the way, calling out a greeting. "Hello there!"
[20:55] <Kotono> Near the perimeter is a man in scale armor and with a longspear. He nods to Alicia, 'Hail, traveler. Speak this way with us, I did not understand your language.'
[20:56] <Alicia> 'I'm used to telepathy,' Alicia replies in the same manner, 'Although I can speak the tongue of the angels or the baatezu if either suits you.'
[20:57] <Kotono> 'Either would be sufficient.' Then he goes into Celestial, "If you are not hostile, we are willing to welcome you to our camp. You look like a prosperous planar traveler."
[20:59] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia manages a wan smile as she ascends onto their platform. "Unfortunately I have little to trade, since my journey was unplanned for. But I would be glad to stay a while and rest my legs here."
[21:01] <Kotono> "There is profit in information as well," The voice is one of the ones around the campfire. He is a man with fingers nearly a foot long, tapping them together with a CLICK that's far too close to the sound of feet on stairs. "We are Mercane. I particular, I am Gre, cartographer of existence. Whereever do you come from...and where does that stair you are on go?"
[21:03] <Alicia> "Pleased to meet you, Gre. I am Alicia Reynes, native of the Prime Material." She exhales and glances back down the stairs before going to sit by the fire, "The next platform down those stairs has a doorway leading to the Abyss. The layer of Malcanthet in particular. I would not recommend it."
[21:03] <Kotono> The others look at Alicia - no not quite. IT's more like stares, unblinking. They don't even seem to have eyelids. One nonetheless goes into a pack, pouring something into a bowl and then taking hot water boiling on the fire and mixing them. The smell is strong and of food - instantly, Alicia realises that she's starving.
[21:04] <Kotono> "Good, good." HE snaps his fingers, a map appearing on his lap. He begins to work - a vast map in tiny flawless detail, "Malcanthet's realm. There are still not many of those known of, as her realm is relatively new in the Abyss."
[21:05] <Alicia> It has been a few hours, and she's had a draining day. She produces some iron rations from her survival pack and offers them out to the one preparing the bowl, "A trade, perhaps?" she offers, hoping she's pegged them right and they'll appreciate even a minor transaction like this.
[21:08] <Kotono> The rations are taken, a nod, "A fair trade," he agrees, soon after producing a steaming hot bowl. It's a dark stew, smelling like...food. She can't quite put her finger on it, but it smells good.
06[21:09] * Alicia focuses on sating her hunger for the moment, devouring half the stew before she takes a minute to examine the doorways on this platform. "Where do the doorways here lead to?" she asks the one with the map.
[21:11] <Kotono> The taste...it's meaty, but Alicia doesn't reconize what it is. "Baator and the Negative Energy Plane," Gre answers. "In particular, frozen Cania and a pointless point of oblivion in the Negative Energy Plane."
[21:12] <Alicia> "Had enough of the lower planes myself for now," Alicia nods, shifting slightly in her seat away from the doorways. "Do you know of any doorways leading to the Prime?"
[21:13] <Kotono> "Mmm, the prime...yes, three stairs away," Nodding to himself, "A kingdom called Solamnia."
06[21:15] * Alicia has never heard of that one. Of course, it could well be one of those alternate primes... "I haven't heard of it," she admits, "It could be a different prime than the one I call home." She briefly looks around the group, "Do any of you know anything about the world Daa-vid the Gnome God-King came from?" It seems to be her world's biggest defining characteristic, anyway.
[21:17] <Kotono> A pause to consult the map, "Yes, yes I do. There was a horrible war on that world a few thousand years ago...hm, about the same amount of time as Malcanthet's been in power. No relation as far as I'm aware, there aren't any doors from one realm to another close by." Scribbing away at his map, "Doors to the realm for a long time barely worked, if at all. I hear reports that this is changing recently."
[21:24] <Alicia> "Yes, it's like that for us on that world - dormant portals and gateways are starting to be re-established, and some are building their own - which is how I ended up here myself," Alicia explains. "Hmm... well, I could just keep looking, or else go to one of the upper planes I have friends on. Do you know of any doors to Elysium or Celestia in the vicinity?"
[21:25] <Kotono> "There's one to Aborea nearby...one stairway away. Elysium is 2 and Celestia is 5. Oh, there is one to ARcadia 1 away as well." Writing as Alicia speaks, "Fascinating, a new market opens. Is there wealth in that world now?"
[21:27] <Alicia> "You said yourself that I appeared to be prosperous," Alicia replies. "A lot of cities are expanding right now, and for all the problems that the gnomes caused, they had a talent for magical artifice. Many of their artifacts remain to be bought and sold."
[21:28] <Kotono> "It'll be worth commitee investations," Changing to a different sheet of paper, this time a rolled scroll, "Outstanding."
06[21:31] * Alicia finishes off the rest of her stew. "I think I'll chance the doorway to Elysium. Before I go, I may have something to trade, though." She unslings the succubus's greatsword she took back in the maze. "I'm not quite certain exactly how powerful the enchantment is on this, but I can probably approximate it with a little practice."
[21:33] <Kotono> "Hmph," Looking it over, "We can do apprasials, included in the final price of any transaction," he says, "'tis a simple enough matter."
[21:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 sense motive, coupled with what I got of their rep from my planes roll, are they trustworthy?
06[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 sense motive, coupled with what I got of their rep from my planes roll, are they trustworthy? and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[21:35] <Alicia> "That sounds fair to me. If you don't have anything I'd like to trade for its worth I have enough coin on my to cover the appraisal at least," Alicia agrees.
[21:36] <Kotono> "It will take a little time," He says, taking the sword. "Wait here."
06[21:37] * Alicia doesn't mind waiting a bit and resting herself, producing a waterskin from her survival pouch and drinking down before offering it to anyone else at the campfire who wants some.
[21:41] <Kotono> Water is taken. Most of them look at Alicia with unblinking eyes, but it's otherwise a peaceful wait. When it's done, "8,000 gold," he answers. "We pay out in bars of mithril, due to it's lightness and compact nature."
[21:42] <Alicia> "Do you have any magic items you could trade for?" Alicia asks, having been hoping for something more interesting than simple trade goods.
[21:47] <Kotono> "Our stock is low," he apologizes, "We mainly have arcane and divine scrolls right now, up to the 5th circle."
[21:50] <Alicia> "That... could actually work," Alicia smiles as an idea forms. "A scroll of dismissal would solve my problem at a stroke. There are a few other spells I could do with scrolls of, if you have them. Let me think a moment..." she drums her fingers on her knee as she tries to work out the costs of the scrolls involved.
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Are ou going to line again after you work that out?
[21:51] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[21:58] <Alicia> "Okay. one of dismissal, one of wall of force, two of break enchantment, two of passwall, one of locate creature, and... one haste, one web, and we'll call it even? Using the prices I get back home they'd be worth say 7,975. Assuming you have all those spells available, I suppose."
[21:59] <Kotono> "Done," With that the Mercanes go and bring out several scrolls, passing them over. "Good doing business with you."
[22:01] <Alicia> "Excellent," Alicia happily accepts the scrolls, carefully putting them in her pack except the dismissal one. "It's been a pleasure doing business. Good luck in your future dealings." Standing up and away from the Mercane, she proceeds to dismiss herself!
[22:01] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d100 epic comedy incoming
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 epic comedy incoming and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d100 epic comedy incoming reroll that
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 epic comedy incoming reroll that and gets 6." [1d100=6]
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d100 epic comedy incoming reroll that x 2 since fuck working out limbo here today, I'll choose one if this doesn't take
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 epic comedy incoming reroll that x 2 since fuck working out limbo here today, I'll choose one if this doesn't take and gets 10." [1d100=10]
[22:07] <Kotono> Splash. Alicia is wet. No, not like that(Though a craving does ripple through her body at that, oh God), but Alicia is wet. As in, she's now in water. She hears a splash, her vision a haze of dark waters.
[22:07] <Alicia> Uh oh. Alicia didn't have anything waterproof to store all those scrolls in.
[22:08] <Alicia> She quickly starts swimming upwards, hoping she can dry them before they're ruined!
[22:08] <Kotono> Alicia quickly breaks the top of the warm water! Her eyes take it in in a haze - a great mountain, wine dark water...Celestia? The bottom of Mount Celestial? She's near the shore, the beach glimpsed in her confusion.
[22:09] <Alicia> Oh, thank goodness! Alicia quickly swims closer so she can stand up, then holds her backpack above the water and dries off it and its contents with prestidigitation. Admittedly she'd far rather have made it home, but this isn't a bad place to be at all.
[22:12] <Kotono> Drying the scrolls, they look okay with quick action and magic. The section of the beach is rather empty and peaceful. A few lantern archon fly about 150 feet above, laughing and playing like contented children. Alicia feels a great sense of peace here, peace and belonging. It contrasts with the still strong cravings she feels even as she looks about.
06[22:13] * Alicia trudges onto the beach, dries the rest of herself off, then slumps down onto the sand to lie on her back. She needs a rest and this is a good place for it. Hopefully being in the absolute opposite of everything the Abyss represents will soothe her battered psyche and calm her overstimulated libido.
03[22:15] * Haruka is now known as Sierra_Comatose
[22:15] <Kotono> If the Gods were cruel, shirtless angels would be coming back from a swim, surely. But instead...it's simply peaceful, letting her wounded feelings and pysche rest for a time. OOC - Pause you for a few.
[22:24] <Kotono> It's not a part of her. As much as it ravages her, tempting her to sin, vice and corruption...here, it feels like it's not what she truly is. It's a foreign entity to her here. Manageable. Yet as she struggles with these sinful feelings, '"We're coming, Alicia. Stay strong, you're not alone. Requesting current location, ability to stay there safe for a day, details. Will get there soon. Demedais.'
[22:24] <Alicia> "You don't need to say your name, I recognise your voice," Alicia chuckles softly. She sounds a bit more composed, although the use of extraneous words in her reply is still somewhat telling. "Base of Mount Celestia. Should be fine here for a while. See you tomorrow."

[Corwin]

[19:38] <Kotono> ----(Double Ko)--
[19:44] <Kotono> As she rests, sleep comes to Alicia. It's comes like a thief in the night, the exertions with G'renna and then hours on hours of stairclimbing force even her strong vitality to require rest. It is a vivid dreaming, a dreaming that is seamless in it's segue from reality to imaginary. Alicia sees a thousand images replayed in her mind. Scenes of valor and bravery, of kindness and preservance. She cannot remember details, a haze that flows int
[19:45] <Kotono> She cannot remember details, a haze that flows into each other like a life giving nourishment.  Yet throughout them...there is another, a feeling. A foreign feeling, stabbing into the dreams pediodically. It is a feeling of dirtiness, of lust, of murder. It clashes violently for several nightmarish moments with the better half of your dreams, but always loses. It retreats back, the dreams flowing on.
03[19:46] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
[19:46] <Kotono> Alicia awakens from one of those battles at last. She blinks away the sleep that came to her so readily, looking around. It is quiet here, only a gentle stirring of waves on the shores of Mount Celestia. But you smell something good - food. Hot foot and smoke.
06[19:48] * Alicia sighs softly, feeling mostly rested after her nap although still troubled by the lingering aftereffects of her brief sojourn through Shendilvari. The itch doesn't need to be scratched right now, at least, although there's no telling when it'll rear up and demand her attention again. Getting up and dusting herself off, she sniffs the appetising scent for a moment, looking around for its source.
[19:48] <Alicia> for a moment, looking around for its source.
[19:49] <Kotono> About fourty feet away, a small pile of stones lies on the beach. An old man with a quiet demeanor sits in front of the fire, a pot supported over it. His expression is thoughtful, lips pursed, as if pondering a great mystery.
[19:50] <Alicia> Slinging her backpack and sword back onto her back, Alicia approaches the man. "Greetings, sir," she begins respectfully. "Are you a native of this realm?"
[19:51] <Kotono> He wears sandals with wraparounds on his ankles, a white tunic, and simple shorts. He looks up and shakes his head, a whisker covered face. He taps his throat thrice, then shakes his head.  Then, he pats the ground and gestures to the pot.
[19:53] <Alicia> Wondering whether he's maimed or following an oath of silence, Alicia simply nods in understanding as she kneels down beside him. "My name is Alicia Reynes," she introduces herself. "Also not native here."
[19:54] <Kotono> He nods once to that, going to a small bag that lies besides him. He takes out a wooden spoon, cleaning it with a soft cloth before handing it to Alicia and gesturing at the pot again. AFter that, he reaches in again and takes out a well worn scrap of paper. He gingerly presents it to Alicia.
[19:55] <Alicia> Accepting the spoon, Alicia uses it to scoop out some of whatever's in the pot and has a taste - if it's as good as it smells she should be pleased.
[19:56] <Kotono> It's a porridge with a strong taste of applies, cinnamon and a hint of honey. It's smoothl ike syrup and not sticky, but sweet as it. He continues holding the paper a little longer as Alicia eats.
06[19:57] * Alicia finishes off her spoonful, leaving the spoon half in the pot as she expresses her appreciation. "Thank you, that was nice," she smiles before accepting the paper and taking a look.
[19:58] <Kotono> It reads in careful letters of Celestial: I AM KELBRU. I AM A TRAVELER. I COME IN GREAT PEACE. BLESSINGS OF THE EMPRESS SULIA ON YOU.
06[19:59] * Alicia smiles widely as she hands the parchment back. "Greetings Kelebru. I recently had the fortune of visiting the endless plains that Empress Sulia protects. It is a pleasure to meet you."
[20:02] <Kotono> Kelbru inclines his head forward, before taking the wooden spoon and taking a mouthful. After swallowing it down, he smiles at Alicia. He reaches into his bag again, taking out a small token. It is a carved image of a redheaded woman - Lady Firehair, Sune. Written in tiny letters on the chin, 'Sulia will protect.' He presents it to Alicia.
[20:07] <Alicia> Speaking in Celestial, "Thank you," Alicia accepts the token gratefully, studying it for a moment before she puts it on her lap and helps herself to another serving of porridge.
[20:07] <Alicia> After that goes down, she reaches into her backpack, "In return for your gift, please accept this," she hands him a polished golden disc with a hole in the middle, inscribed with various runes to protect against a very specific despair. "May the Celestial Hebdomad watch over you."
[20:08] <Kotono> He takes it and smiles, putting it into his pack. He stands up, bowing to Alicia, before he begins to walk down the quiet, restful beach.
[20:10] <Alicia> "Farewell, and good luck in your travels," Alicia calls after him, feeling slightly heartened by the pleasant and undemanding encounter with a fellow traveller. She elects to stay a bit longer, filling up on the sweet porridge before she kicks sand over the fire to put it out and washes the pot and spoon, leaving them on the pile for the next traveller.
[20:12] <Kotono> As Alicia finishes that up, it comes again. The cravings. It brings Malcanthet's realm back in near vivid clarity to her. It gnaws at her innards, making her palms sweat. It is not a strong one, only a few savage pullings.
[20:14] <Alicia> It's enough to shatter her pleasant mood. "If I can even feel it here, how bad will it be when I go home?" she wonders aloud. Maybe she'd be safe in Mystra's realm - Elysium felt even nicer than Celestia during her brief visit there. But she can hardly spend her life hiding in the heavens, can she?
[20:14] <Alicia> Quenching the unnatural lust, she looks around for any sign of civilisation either down the beach or up the mountain.
[20:15] <Kotono> There are quiet, serene paths up the mountain. There isn't any civilzation immediately visible on the beach. Alicia can remember climbing up the first level of Celestia before as well, meeting a former enemy for both her and Antenora.
[20:15] <Alicia> Are any of those lantern archons she saw earlier still around?
[20:16] <Kotono> There are a few of them, playing upwards in the sky happily.
06[20:17] * Alicia walks over to more directly beneath them and calls up while waving. "Hello!"
[20:18] <Kotono> The little heavenly beachballs descend at that, the sound of giggles sounding all around Alicia as they surround her like a swarm of fireflies. "Hello!"
[20:19] <Alicia> "Hi there," Alicia instinctively adopts the mannerisms she normally uses when speaking with children, "My name's Alicia. What are yours?"
[20:20] <Kotono> "Sharde! Lightmorn! Radiancesi!" These names come quickly as the lantern archons fly around Alicia. "Are you lost?"
[20:21] <Alicia> "A little bit," Alicia admits. "I only just got here by mistake, and I need to return to my world on the Prime - it's called Earth. Do any of you know how I could get back there?"
[20:23] <Kotono> "An angel? A Deva?" These come quickly, "Can you fly with us?"
[20:23] <Alicia> "I can," Alicia agrees with a smile, casting a spell to provide her with said gift and lifting up into the air.
[20:25] <Kotono> Flying in a cloud of archons, Alicia is lead up Mount Celestia! It takes about twenty minutes of flying to reach a sharp cliff above the beaches. Here a small, well made house of gold and marble sits. It is shaped like a star, each of the five points having a white nimbus around it. "Wisdom of Virtue lives here."
[20:26] <Alicia> "Will he or she help me get back, do you think?" Alicia asks.
[20:26] <Kotono> "He can," One prods, "Go on! He's nice!"
06[20:28] * Alicia nods. "Thank you Sharde, Lightmorn, and Radiancesi - you've all been very helpful," she smiles approvingly at the trio before she lands by the door and gives it a knock.
[20:32] <Kotono> The door parts open as Alicia's hand goes up. Inside she sees that the building inside is hollow. Here a small group of archons work - seven trumpet archons play a melody of strikign clarity and tear inducing perfection. A single Throne Archon directs it. As the music plays, every so often a perfect note forms into a faint wisp of golden energy. It flies around the Throne Archon, who molds it with her hands into the air. In the air in front
[20:32] <Kotono>  It flies around the Throne Archon, who molds it with her hands into the air. In the air in front of her, writing in Celestial blazes in the air, rotating around him.
06[20:34] * Alicia steps inside and goes to wait by the orchestra, listening attentively. Even leaving aside that she wouldn't be so rude as to interrupt, it's wonderful music.
[20:40] <Kotono> For a long time this continues. The music soothes Alicia, making the realm of succubi feel all the more distant. It seems to go on for a long time...but it's also not long until it stops. The Tome Archon turns, armor burnished to an impossible gleam that makes it's body painfully bright to look at. (More)
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[20:41] <Kotono> "Servant of Mystra," He nods, "You come here cloaked in powerful magics, as befitting your Goddess. Does Mystra have a message for me?"
06[20:42] * Alicia shakes her head. "This is a personal request. Are you Wisdom of Virtue?" she asks, tone eminently respectful.
[20:43] <Kotono> "I am." As the trumpet archons turn to Alicia as one, "Speak freely."
[20:48] <Alicia> "Three Lantern Archons directed me to you - Sharde, Lightmorn, and Radiancesi," Alicia begins. "After an accident while sealing a portal to Shar's realm on my native world of Earth on the Prime Material, I was cast adrift to the Abyss."
[20:48] <Alicia> "From there I was able to escape to the Endless Staircase, and eventually find my way here. Though it's a far nicer place to be, it brings me no closer to home. Those three lantern archons said that you might be able to help me, however."
[20:50] <Kotono> He concentrates on Alicia, before the radiant figure nods. "It is good. Your words speak of truth and devotion, and the pains of your struggle linger on your face. 'twill be a simple matter to return you to the Prime."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Oh, thank you," Alicia smiles in open relief. "My name is Alicia Reynes, by the way. I'm in your debt for this, Wisdom of Virtue."
[20:55] <Kotono> He comes forward, a hand coming out. It briefly touches Alicia's face, "You survived the horrors of the Abyss?"
[20:57] <Alicia> "My life was in far less danger than my virtue," Alicia admits shamefacedly. "I can still feel its touch clinging to me. Apparently I had 'potential'," she finishes with a tone of disgust.
[20:59] <Kotono> "Rest then. It takes time to recover yourself against that corruption." With that suggestion one of the Trumpet Archons comes forward. "I shall take you home."
[21:00] <Alicia> "I need to finish the struggle against those Sharrans, but after that a break is certainly going to be in order," Alicia agrees, turning towards the trumpet archon. "Thank you - my home is the city of Balmuria, by the Bay of Sparkling Stars."
[21:00] <Kotono> "Very well," He takes Alicia's hands, chanting...!
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 5d100
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d100 and gets 314." [5d100=62, 96, 19, 97, 40]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 3." [1d9=3]
[21:01] <Kotono> Dark. It's quite dark here. Alicia is standing in waist high water - a river? No, a stream. Around her is thick, untamed forest. The only faint light comes from the light that clings to the Trumpet Archon.
06[21:03] * Alicia looks around briefly. "Looks like the Barbarian Lands, east of my home," she opines. "I can teleport the rest of the way - can you return immediately or do you need time to regain that spell? I'd be glad to offer you hospitality if you need it."
[21:05] <Kotono> "I can return. The melody must continue, for battles will depend on it," he says, a quick smile to Alicia. "Travel in the light."
[21:08] <Alicia> "And you as well," Alicia replies fondly, focusing on the garrison in Balmuria as she teleports!
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d100
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 and gets 80." [1d100=80]
[21:12] <Kotono> The garrison is very well hit here. Torcehs hang aplenty, lights easily seen. A few guards are walking by the front entrance of the garrison as Alicia appears! They immediately salute and stiffen! "S-sir!" one of them stammers.
06[21:15] * Alicia salutes back. "It's good to be back," she manages. "Who's in charge right now?" It might be late enough that Obureth has went to bed, but she really can't tell, her internal clock having been messed up by planar travel and naps.
[21:20] <Kotono> "C-comander Oberuth," He says, "He has orders out that you need to report immediatley if you return."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Alright, where can I find him?" Alicia asks, before adding belatedly. "At ease. You look like you've seen a ghost, guardsman."
[21:22] <Kotono> "It's not every day a captain appears out of thin air!" he blurts, "In his office."
[21:22] <Alicia> "No, I suppose not," Alicia concedes. "I'll go report to him, anyway. Thank you," she salutes before heading off to find the Commander.
[21:24] <Kotono> Commander Oberuth is found at his office, going over various papers. HE looks up when Alicia comes in, a little pixie-eladrin talking as he does. Talking something about stairways and dragons and all of that.
06[21:26] * Alicia salutes after stepping in while Marie gives her a very concerned look. "Hope I didn't miss too much excitement, sir," she offers gamely.
[21:26] <Alicia> "Are you alright, Alicia?" her familiar asks quietly, having a better insight into Alicia's emotional state below the surface.
[21:26] <Kotono> "Alicia?" Looking up with a long sigh of relief, "Good to have you back."
[21:27] <Alicia> "It's good to be back," Alicia replies honestly, giving her familiar a brief nod. "If I'd known there was a risk that portal could have sent me away, I'd have taken proper precautions..."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Ah. At this rate we'll need a planar travel hit to be handed out to our officers," he observes.
[21:30] <Kotono> *kit
[21:30] <Alicia> "I wish I had as easy a method to escape as Marie did when she was sent to the Abyss..." Alicia admits, giving her familiar a long look. "I'm probably going to look into getting a magic item of some sort to deal with it in future."
[21:32] <Kotono> "The others are in KEsse, but it did not sound like it was to be a long trip," Oberuth explains, "Go home and rest for now."
[21:33] <Alicia> "With pleasure," Alicia salutes. "Come on, Marie," she adds as she steps out, the eladrin giving Obureth a little shrug before she flutters after Alicia.