Fiction talk:Where Ley Lines Meet

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 Valdemar strode swiftly through the snowy roads of the Frontier atop a slender, gray horse, his frail caricature of a figure cloaked in grey robes - barely enough to protect the young mage from the remorseless cold of Saphronian winter. [18:18] <@Imperios> Yet, his steed was steadfast, and Valdemar trusted it. A horse stolen from the Hetmanate's finest stables and charmed with the most potent domination spells the human mage knew, it obeyed his commands without a second thought and gallopped into a raging blizzard that could kill a man in seconds fearlessly. [18:19] <@Imperios> Finally, as the snowstorm began to vanish, Valdemar could at last see the place he had desired to visit. Gorrinholdt, the Klaxxa colony in the Frontier Lands. The dragonlings of Ar-Klith were ingenious craftsmen, but also somewhat unscurpulous, and that was exactly why he was going to visit their town. [18:19] <@Imperios> Yet, doubt also beset him. What would Klaxxa think of him, a human? Would they agree to help him? Would the mercenaries he had called for come to his aid? [18:21] <@Imperios> Klaxxa Guard - Halt. - a tall, dark-skinned Klaxxa dressed in a bright furred attire and holding a gun twice as long as his own body, stared at the human. Valdemar leaned back. [18:24] == TechnoIsBack [6d980985@gateway/web/freenode/ip.109.152.9.133] has joined #LeyLines [18:24] <@Imperios> Valdemar - I am... Valdemar Mistvood of ze Saphronian Hetmanate... - Valdemar coughed, his Saphronisn accent slipping as he attempted to communicate with the Klaxxa in his own native tongue - ''I mean no harm to Gorrinholdt. I am a traveler.'' [18:25] <@Imperios> Klaxxa Guard - ''...Hm. You do not appear to harbour ill intentions. You may proceed.'" [18:26] == Technobliterator [519d3bd2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.81.157.59.210] has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] [18:26]  ("ze") [18:26]  (Dalverat - muh verbal tic) [18:26] <@Imperios> (he is supposed to be Russian/German hur) [18:28] == TechnoIsBack has changed nick to Technobliterator [18:29] <@Imperios> Wasting no more time Valdemar rushed through the clockwork gates of the Klaxxa town. Valdemar couldn't help but admire the view of the buildings. Grey, built of stone and steel, they neverthless appeared quite beautiful, baroque, yet also bore the mark of the Klaxxa race's industrial prowess. Gears were spinning everywhere. [18:29]  (That's a nice gear you have...would be a shame if someone STUCK A SPANNER IN IT) [18:30] <@Imperios> Smog rose to the air, covering the sky with its pure blackness. Steam engines roared. [18:31]  (Beep us when we can introduce our characters) [18:31]  (bak) [18:31]  (and yeah beep) [18:32] <@Imperios> Valdemar - [The tavern must be somewhere here.] - Valdemar rode his horse to the largest building in the town - apparently built to accomodate creatures larger than Klaxxa. [18:32]  (there should be a Fire Drake somewhere hur) [18:32]  (Clotho - muh internal monologues) [18:34] <@Imperios> It looked shanty. Even far away from it, he could hear the voices of drunken men - and women - inside it, as well as some noise that indicated a brawl. Just what he needed. Valdemar left his horse close to the tavern, in the stables, and walked inside. [18:35] <@Imperios> Human - What did you say about my mother?! [18:37] <@Imperios> Klaxxa - I said, gentleman, that she was a figure of such admirable bulk that men fell upon witnessing her awe-inspiring corpulence. [18:39] <@Imperios> Human - ...What? - the human in the tavern slammed his Klaxxa barmate with his fist, who promptly flew away. His opponent continued making rude gestures. Valdemar sighed. [18:39] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ''I expected more civilisation, honestly. [18:40] <@Imperios>  - a smirk appeared on the human mage's strangely crystallised face - This is Valdemar from Morjegrad. Who here wants to get rich?'' [18:41] <@Imperios> Klaxxa and Human - We do! - the two drunken slobs cried in a sudden unison. [18:41] <@Imperios> ( OluapPlayer Hachiman Monet Technobliterator Xho ) [18:41]  (I'll be the last to introduce my char) [18:42]  Sitting on one table, sat alone. She had been listening, and in fact she herself was a traveler. She was interested, and stood up. [18:42]  Sefarina Brightwing - Hey, if there's adventure involved, I'm in! And maybe a few riches wouldn't hurt. [18:42]  Entering through the bar, was a man. Or at least, something that looked like a man. He stood of some daunting height, nearing seven and a half feet tall, and his body was draped in tattered robes, and bandages that seemed blood-soaked. His head was covered in a hood, and a mask which seemed to have multiple faces on it blocked his visage entirely. [18:43] <@Imperios> (wait what) [18:43] <@Imperios> (Sefarina there how) [18:43] <@Imperios> (didn't we plan this all through) [18:44]  He was hunched over, and his body shape was powerful in bulk. His hands were covered by more blood soaked bandages and metallic chains which seemed to shape up through his robes. To mask what smelled like decomposition, many powerful spices were possibly stuffed in his mask or his robes. [18:45]  On his robes, was the mark of the Order of the Black Sun; anarchic cultists from the southern reaches of the world. [18:46]  Pushing the drunkards aside with a casual shove, a woman. A drow woman. Her skin as dark as night, she wore a rather fancy, high-class array of attire; a jacket, an unbuttoned shirt beneath that, and tight-fitting trousers with multiple pockets, held up by multiple straps and belts across her waist, upon which she carried additional pockets and slots for weaponry. [18:46] <Hachiman> The weapons slotted in question were a pair of cutlasses of drow design, making them elegant yet serrated and brutal, and a Klaxxa pistol. She wore a hat over her long, decorative hair of almost-white blonde, and a blindfold that hid her eyes. [18:46] <Hachiman> Drow Woman - I might just take you up on that offer, mate. [18:46] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ...Right. [18:47] <Xho> ??? - So...I am not late then? Right on time? ...Early? [18:47] <Technobliterator> (retconned, sefarina is no longer there) [18:47] <@Imperios> (remove Sefarina) [18:47] <OluapPlayer> (Sefarina - but i wanna go shop on klaxxa shops :c) [18:48] <Xho> His voice was croaked and strange, and almost sounding like two or three voices in unison. Whatever was under those robes clearly was not a man. [18:48] <Hachiman> Her face was elegantly carved and enticing, as was the nature of all drow, although her eyes remained unseen by the human. It was a curious feature, one must wonder why such a woman with a blindfold wouldn't require the use of aid such as a walking stick or guide. [18:48] <Hachiman> (move dat up for the drow bit) [18:49] <@Imperios> The human mage looked around. These were... interesting people. He sure didn't feel right about them - he was never that close to nonhumans before - but he sure felt safer. [18:50] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ''If so, I would like to present you an offer. And I will pay in kind.'' [18:51] <Xho> The creature then stood up to his full height. Bones crunched in his back, as if it was not his natural posture. His height was perhaps closer to eight feet than seven feet when fully standing. [18:51] <@Imperios> Valdemar took a bag of coins from his backpack - a sizeable one at that - and showed it to the visitors of the tavern. [18:51] <Xho> ??? - If you present me your offer now...what is stopping me from killing you right now and going back south? [18:52] <OluapPlayer> (are Marcos and Lekren in this intro or do they only come in later?) [18:52] <Hachiman> Drow Woman - I. [18:52] <Hachiman> The drow woman took a glance towards the colossus and stepped to him, smiling deviously as she folded her arms confidently. [18:52] <Monet> (I'll have mrcos coem in later) [18:52] <OluapPlayer> (I won't wait then) [18:53] <Xho> ??? - Admirable. But pretty girls like you don't stop me from eating you...or otherwise. Like dancing with you...or... [18:53] <OluapPlayer> On the tavern's floor, a golden, radiant, eye-shaped sigil suddenly manifested, and from the ground, a golden spectre of a human knight rose, putting his arms up as he made himself visible. [18:54] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ''500 human Royal Aurals. For each of you.'' [18:54] <@Imperios> (wait you will?) [18:54] <OluapPlayer> (but I wanna introduce norrigan dum) [18:54] <Xho> ??? - Five hundred? Caedes...might find that useful. For gluing the coins...to a sixteen year old virgin. [18:54] <@Imperios> Valdemar stepped back, instinctively raising his hand and whispering an incantation. [18:55] <OluapPlayer> The golden aura around the knight slowly dimished, and the sigil disappeared. The knight looked forward and exclaimed, cheerfully. [18:55] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Praise Isiris! [18:56] <Xho> The tall figure looked at Norrigan, inquisitive. [18:56] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ''I'm an Imperial Sigilite Mage. Don't get any closer, ghost!- wait, what?'' - Valdemar lowered his arm. [18:56] <Xho> ??? - ...What are you, spectre? A spectre? Spectral? [18:56] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Yes! Spectre! I'm a dead man! [18:57] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ''I know the rites! I can b-b-b-anish you!'' [18:57] <Hachiman> The drow woman turned towards the knight that had mysteriously managed to appear in the center of the tavern. She raised an eyebrow and approached Norrigan, circling him curiously. [18:57] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Oh, no! Don't! I'm here to help you! [18:57] <@Imperios> Valdemar was dumbstruck. [18:58] <@Imperios> Valdemar - So, I'm going to have a ghost bodyguard? [18:58] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Yep, pretty much. The voice from beyond summoned me to this land, and told me to follow you. For what purpose? I don't know. And who the voice was? Perhaps Isiris if I'm lucky enough. Hahahahaha! [18:59] <Hachiman> Drow Woman - Yep, that's a spectre alright mate. Ain't seen one of these for decades. A friendly one, at least. [18:59] <@Imperios> - the human mage shook his head - ''A drow, a ghost, and... whoever you are. This is going to be crazy.'' [18:59] <Xho> ??? - A spectre, man...woman, and ourself/ [19:00] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - I'm quite friendly. Nothing makes me happier than some jolly cooperation between warriors. [19:00] <Xho> ??? - Allow us introduce ourself. We call ourselves Vultusk Kychtdar. High Priests of the Order of the Black Sun. [19:01] <@Imperios> Valdemar - Yeah, ssshuure. - Valdemar exhaled heavily, trying not to panic. [19:01] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Have no worries, fellow human. I will be your knight in shining armor. [19:01] <@Imperios> - And... what of you, mi-ilady - Valdemsr turned to the drow. [19:01] <Hachiman> Drow Woman - Jolly co-operation you say, mate? [19:01] <Hachiman> (remove dat) [19:02] <Hachiman> Drow Woman - Well, allow me to introduce myself, mate. [19:02] <Hachiman> Suddenly, the drow woman turned towards a table where more drunkards were lazily lounging, before leaping from the ground and hopping onto the surface of the tablet, kicking away their drinks, coins, and game board. She then turned to the group and opened her arms, raising her voice confidently. [19:02] <Hachiman> Drow Woman - You're talking to the one and only Ryza Yazzalarn, most infamous pirate of the north! [19:02] <Xho> (Pelagrios - marry me now) [19:02] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Hm. Never heard of you. Sorry. [19:03] <@Imperios> Valdemar - Avast your booty. [19:04] <Hachiman> Ryza - Something's going to avast, I'll tell you that for nothing, matey. [19:04] <Xho> Vultusk - Drow? Blood Elf? [19:05] <Hachiman> Ryza - Yes to the first, no to the second, big man. [19:05] <Xho> Vultusk - Why not? [19:05] <Hachiman> Ryza - Do I look like one of them pansie elf lasses to you, mate? [19:05] <Xho> Vultusk - To us...girl. [19:06] <Xho> (FYI Vultusk is an amalgam of corpses nailed together on one man to form a larger body) [19:06] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - All this friendship has distracted. What is our mission again? [19:06] <OluapPlayer> distracted me* [19:06] <@Imperios> Valdemar - Ahem.- the mage slammed his staff into the floor - ''I assume you came here for money, don't you? My name is Valdemar Mistwood, and I am about to present you an opportunity to explore some... ruins in the frontier. There will be treasure there - and I am going to pay.'' [19:07] <@Imperios> Human - And where exactly are we going? [19:07] <@Imperios> Valdemar - The Scar. [19:07] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Scar? [19:08] <Xho> Vultusk - Many scars. [19:08] <@Imperios> Human - Alright, the sc- WHAT?! - the drunkard spit out his drink. [19:08] <Hachiman> Ryza - I'll have what he's havin'. [19:09] <@Imperios> Valdemar - ''The land north from here. There were human and orc settlements here, before a tide of chaotic magic swept through them.'' [19:09] <@Imperios> Human - ''It is dead! No man came there and returned!'' [19:09] <Xho> Vultusk jolted quickly - a shamble of bones was heard under his robes as the term 'chaotic magic' was heard. [19:09] <Xho> Vultusk - The Black Sun?! [19:10] <@Imperios> Klaxxa - ''Nobody knows. [19:11] <Hachiman> Ryza - That so, eh? [19:13] == Imperios [~Imperios@host-79-152-66-217.spbmts.ru] has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] [19:14] <Xho> Oh wow [19:14] == Imperios [~Imperios@host-79-152-66-217.spbmts.ru] has joined #LeyLines [19:14] <Imperios> Valdemar - ''I suggest we explore that place. There are... things I'd like to see there.'' [19:14] <Xho> Vultusk - We...wish to know what is up there. Chaotic magics...perhaps...the Black Sun has finally come to us. [19:15] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Going to an evil place full of evil energies. I can see why I was summoned now. I must vanquish the evil energies! [19:15] <Hachiman> Ryza - I don't know bout you bilge rats, but it sounds like some unfortunate land lubbers opened somethin' that wasn't theirs. [19:15] <Hachiman> *weren't theirs. [19:16] <Imperios> ??? - And that is for men of science like myself to unravel. [19:18] <Imperios> A small, draconic sillhouette wearing a helmet flew from the opposite part of the tavern, sitting on one of the chairs. He was soon followed by a tall, scarred human clad in heavy armour. [19:19] <Hachiman> Ryza - Oi up, me hearties, look what we have 'ere then. [19:19] <Imperios> ( Monet ) [19:21] <Hachiman> (hurry dis up plz) [19:23] <Imperios> That's where Marcos comes up [19:24] <OluapPlayer> (Monet seems to be ded) [19:24] <Imperios> (damnation) [19:24] <Monet> (okay i'm here) [19:25] <Monet> The tall human figure had a hood hiding his face, but to some a drak presence could be felt upon his body. He looked at the group through the shadows of his hood, glaring with cold eyes, observing everyone. [19:26] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Good! More warriors to cooperate with! [19:26] <Monet> His person was laden with weapons - daggers, a shortwsord, a greatsword and a set of javelins. [19:26] <Xho> Vultusk - Another human? ...We are beginning to think that we could be made of finer form... [19:27] <Monet> Marcos - I prefer to wander alone...whoever you all are. [19:27] <Imperios> Lekren - Lekrenad of clan Laxandsar' - the Klaxxa smiled as he took vials, machines and potions from his backpack - And this is my friend, Marcos Ridgewood. [19:27] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - You must be a very lonely man then. I'll teach you what a good partnership is all about. [19:28] <Imperios> Valdemar - ''Good! A human!'' [19:28] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Silly, I'm also human. [19:28] <Monet> Marcos - "teach" me? [19:29] <Hachiman> Ryza jumped off of the table and approached the human confidently. Although she could not see him, she could definitely feel and identify his presence, and did stop walking until she was up in his face, grinning widely before placing a finger on Marcos' chest. [19:29] <Hachiman> Ryza - I'll have you know, mate, that you happen to be talking to Ryza Yazzalarn. CAPTAIN Ryza Yazzalarn, that's who the bloody hell I am, mate! [19:29] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Yes, teach! Through our quest! You'll see that working on a team is much more satisfying than working alone. [19:29] <Monet> Marcos glared at the Drow who walked up to him and gave her a cold look, although fully aware she could not see it. [19:30] <Monet> Marcos - You speak like the former baron of Redshire has never worked with anyone in his life. [19:31] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - I've never heard of Redshine, so I have nothing else to assume. [19:31] <Hachiman> Ryza - Redshire? You mean that scanty armpit of a town, the one that got raided by them weird lads? [19:32] <Monet> Marcos glared to Ryza and moved his hand to grip the handle of his longsword. [19:32] <Xho> Vultusk - Kill each other...and I can rebuild myself better... [19:32] <Imperios> Valdemar - I heard it was a beautiful place. [19:33] <Monet> Marcos - The only shame in that assault was that the raiders needed to vastly outnumber my own knights. [19:33] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Hm. I know how that feels. That's how the Knights of the All-Seeing were wiped out. [19:34] <Hachiman> Ryza reached out a hand on Marcos' own as he touched his longsword and passed a smile to him, chuckling to herself. [19:34] <Hachiman> Ryza - Avast your arms, mate, twas only havin' a laugh. Never been to Redshire myself, cuz you know, humans and all. [19:34] <Xho> Vultusk walked over to the door, flinging it open. [19:34] <Xho> Vultusk - Are we going north...or am I eating you all? [19:35] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Good luck eating me, friend. I am all metal and no meat. [19:35] <Xho> *are we [19:35] <Monet> Marcos - I am only passing through. Unless there is proper reason for venturing though the frontier [19:35] <Imperios> Valdemar - ''Money. 500 Imperial Aurums.'' [19:35] <Xho> Vultusk - We say that the Black Sun is further north. Chaotic energies. Dead dying. Life living. Confetti falling. [19:36] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Confetti? I don't know what that is but I like the word already. [19:36] <Monet> Marcos - So evil is rising. FIne. [19:36] <Hachiman> Ryza - You hear that, humie? 500 doubloons, that's reason enough for me. [19:37] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - My only reason is vanquishing the evil. I have no need for money. [19:37] <Xho> Vultusk - No such thing as evil. No such thing as good. Only chaos...and those who revel in it. [19:37] <Monet> Marcos - I suppose the Aurums will support me for a few winters. [19:38] <Hachiman> Ryza - Tally ho, then, ladies! We ain't gonna get anythin' done around here if we spend all our time chattering and squawking now are we? [19:38] <OluapPlayer> Norrigan - Indeed! Onward, to our quest! [19:38] <Imperios> Valdemar - And what of you, Klaxxa? [19:39] <Xho> Vultusk - If any of you falls behind...I will nail your corpse to us. Fine additions to the Amalgam. [19:39] <Imperios> Lekren - ''I will go with you. I have... my own reasons.'' [19:39] <Monet> Marcos glared at Vultusk. [19:39] <Imperios> Valdemar - ''Very well. Board the zeppelins and onward!''