Session Start: Sat Aug 16 17:36:53 2008
Session Ident: #castlevania
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<Holmes> [The intrepid party continues its discussion with Amarette
on the bank of the jungle river...]
* Nyyx stares into the water. "Who wants to go back in there?"
<Biff> I think you just volunteered, toots.
<Biff> I been down to the bottom once, ain't goin again.
<Charlotte> I'm no swimmer.
* Nyyx takes off her cloak, folds it neatly, sets it on the ground,
and puts her hat on top of it. She then fiddles with some unseen
buckles, and the outfit that appeared as a long gown comes away as
pieces of a full suit of mithral plate armor. She sets those on top
of the folded cloak, as well.
<Nyyx> Right. I guess it'll have to be me.
<Charlotte>  Good luck down there
<Nyyx> Thanks.
* Olivia licks her lips and looks at the water, then shakes her head
and says, "Try not to have trouble. I'd have to go in after you, and
who knows where that'd end up."
* Nyyx wades into the water in plain shirt and pants, takes a deep
breath, and dives in.
* Skip joins Nyyx in the water.
<Biff> I'll never understand how you... ffs.
* Olivia glances at Biff, then smiles slightly. "It's easier when
your body isn't covered hair to get all mussed up."
* Skip disappears beneath the surface of the water.
<Holmes> [Skip wanders out to the middle of the river and soon
locates a small cache of jewlery and magical gear holding down a
tattered robe at the bottom of the river.]
<Holmes> [After less than a minute, Nyyx and Skip are coming back out
of the water.  Both are soaked and Skip has a small red bundle in his
arms.]
<Biff> Feh.
* Skip steps out of the water, sets down the bundle, and shakes off
like a dog.
<Biff> FFFFS.  I SHOULDA KNOWN YOU WERE HALF DOG.
* Nyyx wrings out her clothes and does not shake off like a dog.
<Charlotte> Whoa
<Holmes> [Inside the bundle of red cloth is a pair of wands, a
necklace, a set of goggles and a ring.]
* Biff dries himself off on Olivia's legs.
<Charlotte> What's all this?
<Biff> Gregor's stuff, which is now ours by right of killing his
stupid ass.
<Biff> Even though he didn't die when we killed him.
* Olivia gets a slight frown on her face at being dried off on, but
the frown fades as the stuff in the bundle becomes clear. "Well, at
least his stuff is nice. Make him have to take it all back."
* Nyyx ducks behind some rocks to change to dry clothes before
rejoining the group. "What is all this stuff?"
<Biff> Fft.  How are we supposed to know?
<Holmes> [Amarette turns toward the dead woman with the stone mask.]
<Holmes> Amarette: "So, having fun, Chorister?"
<Holmes> [The mask doesn't answer but instead watches the group pick
through Gregor's belongings.]
* Nyyx glances from Amarette to the masked woman and blinks.
* Biff throws up a quick Detect Magic and paws through Gregor's
stuff.
<Holmes> [The wands, goggles, and necklace all glow with fairly
powerful magic.]
* Biff whistles.
<Biff> Well, the ring's just a ring.  If it's some sort of signet or
whatnot, you should keep it, Nyyx.
<Biff> The rest are pretty glowy.
* Nyyx picks up the ring and eyes it closely.
* Olivia glances at Biff, then back to the items. "Well, it is has
been a long day. It might be easier to figure out what it all is in a
warmer place. Or at least another day."
<Charlotte> Yeah
<Holmes> [The ring is indeed a signet ring.  It bears a crest in the
shape of a black shield with a white wolf.]
<Nyyx> Hm. I don't recognize the crest, but thanks, I'll keep it.
* Nyyx slips the ring carefully into her bag.
<Nyyx> Sure, we can look through it tomorrow. Let's take a rest for
now.
<Biff> If we're done here, can we take the fast way back to wherever?
<Nyyx> Is there a fast way back?
<Biff> Yeah.  Get Theo to pop a teleport.
* Nyyx systematically re-dons her armor, cloak, and hat.
<Nyyx> Theo, do you have enough energy left for a teleport?
<Holmes> [The blonde child steps behind Amarette and disappears.]
<Theodore> Where do you want to go?
<Nyyx> Wait, what happened to Estivan?
<Biff> He left.
<Nyyx> I hope we don't need to be worried about that.
<Biff> I'm sure it will bite us in the ass at some point.
<Biff> Let's find someplace to make camp, eh?
* Nyyx nods. "Right. Let's do that."
<Nyyx> So much for a dry bed tonight.
* Nyyx drags out the hammocks and gets to work stringing them up.
* Skip looks around for signs of Estivan's leaving. "Why would he
just wander off?"
* Olivia sighs, then glances to Nyyx and adds, "Well, hopefully we
can get somewhere dry tomorrow. Although are we thinking desert dry,
or just a nice room in Misted Vale?"
<Nyyx> Great Library first, I think. If we can't find our answers
there, we can do the desert thing.
<Nyyx> I, for one, am not looking forward to the sunburn.
* Nyyx smiles slightly. "Skip, he's your tribe-mate. Wouldn't you
know better than we would?"
<Holmes> [The party settles in for the night.  Skip finds a few
markings of Estivan's progress, but he is a trained scout with shadow
powers and Skip quickly loses the trail.]
<Holmes> [In the middle of the night, the camp is awakened by a loud,
low crash in the direction of the temple.  A comet streaks from that
direction and disappears at the opposite horizon.]
<Holmes> [Otherwise, the night is peaceful.]
* Nyyx thrashes awake and falls out of her hammock.
<Biff> Well that was about ten thousand times our recommended daily
allowance of bad omen.
<Nyyx> No kidding.
<Nyyx> Well, that takes care of burning the place down, at least. I'm
sorry to see the old architecture go, but I can't say I'll miss the
contents.
* Nyyx is now known as NyyxFeed
<Holmes> [The next day starts without incident.  The party breaks
down camp and prepares to depart.]
* Skip is now known as SkipFeed
* Biff yawns loudly.
<Holmes> [After the camp is broken down, Theodore gathers everyone
together.]
<Holmes> [The party splits into two groups and Theodore and Biff each
teleport safely to the House of Secrets.]
* Biff looks up at the undead formerly known as his pet. "You want
off here?"
<Holmes> [Both groups appear in front of the inn where they spent the
night several weeks ago with a slight woosh.]
<Holmes> Mask: "That was my idea.  Thank you for being polite."
<Holmes> [The woman wanders off into the crowds.  As before, they
mind their own business.]
<Holmes> [Theodore and company arrive safely at the front gate of
Misted Vale, no worse for the wear.  Biff's group, on the other hand,
finds itself on a series of gentle hills leading down to a beach in
the distance.]
<Biff> ...crap.
* Olivia licks her lips as she looks, then says slowly, "I... don't
think this is quite where we were intending to go."
* Biff sends off a quick message to Theo, Nyyx, and Skip, "We're,
uh... quite a bit off target, somewhere near the ocean. I'm outta
juice, here, so we'll see y'all tomorrow."
<Biff> Thank you for the keen insight, Commander Obvious.
<Biff> I think I did pretty well for having only seen the place once
in my life, and then only through a bloody portal.
* Biff sighs.
<Biff> You may as well identify those items, we've got a bit of a
wait before I can teleport again.
<Biff> At least I'll get two shots this time.
* Olivia half-smiles. "I try." She glances to the beach, then sits
down. "I was thinking of it, yes."
<Olivia> I had hoped to find some time to begin work on my equipemnt,
but I suppose that will have to wait.
<Holmes> [Theodore and company move away from the gate and after a
little over an hour of concentration, Theodore disappears...]
<Holmes> [And appears next to Biff.]
<Theodore> Hi.
<Theodore> Shall we join the others?
<Biff> How'd you find us?
<Theodore> oh a little spying.  the usual
<Biff> Ah. 
* Biff points to Olivia. "Let her finish, then we can go."
<Holmes> [Theodore and company wait the better part of an hour.]
<Holmes> [After Olivia is finished with her work, the group teleports
back to the rest of the party.]
<Charlotte> HOpe we don't run into any more complciations
* Olivia looks towards the Library, when they're there, with a smile.
"Mmm. It's been a while."
<Holmes> [The party has passed through the gates and is now before
the Great Library of Boccob.  Granite and impassive as always.]
<Biff> Now this is the place to be.
<Biff> I bet there are more secrets here than anywhere else.
* Olivia smiles to herself. "How secret can they be in a library?"
<Biff> You'd be surprised.
<Biff> ...or maybe you wouldn't.
<Biff> It's pretty easy to hide one secret in one book when it's just
one book among six million.
* Olivia keeps that smile on her face.
* NyyxFeed is now known as Nyyx
<Nyyx> Let's hope Roland or Olivia or one of their friends knows the
library index better than I do.
* Biff laughs.
<Biff> I'm sure we'll manage.
<Biff> Let's get some rooms first, though.
* SkipFeed is now known as Skip
<Nyyx> I think I remember where we stayed last time. It was decent.
<Holmes> [The party finds a few spare rooms at the in and lets the
mages get to work.]
* Nyyx makes sure to wash and get that swamp smell out of her hair.
* Charlotte stretches, then gets ready to head to bed and have a
decent night's rest.
* Nyyx scrawls out in her journal the details of Gregor's death and
the party's temple escapades before going to sleep in a dry bed,
clean, for the first time in days.
* Biff just plain goes to bed. Such a crazy cat.
<Holmes> [END OF SESSION.]
Session Close: Sat Aug 16 21:25:27 2008