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Conversation with #dkap_amber on Thu 15 Jan 2009 10:56:41 AM EST:
(10:56:41 AM) The topic for #dkap_amber is: Game as usual, logs at https://www.train-wreck.org/~dkap/Amber/logs wiki-wiki at: https://www.rebel.org/wiki/
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(08:12:09 PM) The topic for #dkap_amber is: Game as usual, logs at https://www.train-wreck.org/~dkap/Amber/logs wiki-wiki at: https://www.rebel.org/wiki/
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(08:13:41 PM) dkap: Greetings.
(08:13:44 PM) dkap: Sorry I'm late.
(08:14:18 PM) Anise: Greetings ... is it just us tonight?
(08:14:26 PM) Auricle [~chatzilla@c-71-192-210-192.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
(08:14:45 PM) Auricle: greetings!
(08:15:03 PM) Auricle: I have to drive greg to a bus, how soon are we starting?
(08:16:59 PM) dkap: When you get back? *grin*
(08:17:08 PM) dkap: Mike should be logging in at some point, I hope.
(08:17:23 PM) Auricle: K
(08:18:37 PM) dkap: I'm a little exhausted after Arisia all weekend, and my lung ick is not ... pleasant.
(08:18:44 PM) dkap: So ... I'm slightly low energy to begin with.
(08:19:34 PM) Auricle: Ahhh
(08:19:36 PM) Anise: How was the event?
(08:21:13 PM) dkap: Most lovely. I ... well ... I had fun as a gamer-geek, as a perv, as an engineer geek, as a fiber artist, as a body artist, had great conversation, great company, and didn't get much sleep. I got to be a Knight in Shining Armor to several younger folks (one who now wants to grow up to be me) build hardware, and blew people's minds.
(08:21:21 PM) dkap: All in all, an average Arisia.
(08:21:22 PM) dkap: *grin*
(08:22:35 PM) Anise: :)
(08:27:18 PM) dkap: So, while Auricle is off with the cat-bus, and her Totoro ...
(08:29:48 PM) dkap: Right ... I have notes here somewhere ... really.
(08:38:37 PM) Anise: Princess Chandra says go prepare the House for Caelin's mom ... raise an army ... calling Benedict ... the thrown knife ... the platonic form of the young male kidnap victim ... zorro running off ... learning the boy's sign language ...
(08:38:40 PM) Anise: etc
(08:38:55 PM) Anise: platonic form/archetype whatev
(08:40:51 PM) dkap: The quote is "The boy hostage that all other boy hostages are merely shadows of."
(08:40:52 PM) Anise: zorro running off to get the plant sample
(08:40:54 PM) dkap: *grin*
(08:40:57 PM) Anise: yes :)
(08:41:51 PM) Auricle: 312
(08:42:51 PM) dkap: Right ... found them. The game logs from last week are now back up.
(08:43:07 PM) dkap: And it was off to confront the Guild member about house marriages.
(08:43:44 PM) Anise: That's correct
(08:43:58 PM) Anise: wondering if maybe I could help sense any hostility
(08:44:30 PM) dkap: Or ... fear, or other strong, modifying emotions that might show this to be more than what was on the surface.
(08:44:44 PM) Anise: Whatever I can do to help
(08:45:01 PM) Anise: I wanted to do an extended working after this meeting to help the house prepare ... I just mention it in case I forget as things go along tonight
(08:46:37 PM) dkap: Right. And you probably want to take some time to tune yourself to the place, as opposed to flying by the seat of your pants as you have been, so far.
(08:46:53 PM) Anise: That would definitely be part of it
(08:46:59 PM) Anise: So I can be effective
(08:47:13 PM) Anise: Just a quick question on that actually
(08:47:18 PM) dkap: Sure.
(08:47:37 PM) Anise: I was wondering if while meditating my awareness could still keep track of the kidnapped boy
(08:48:07 PM) dkap: Probably not.
(08:48:21 PM) Anise: ok
(08:48:22 PM) Auricle: ++++bak
(08:48:35 PM) Auricle: er, really, just bak, all the +'s, those are extra.
(08:48:42 PM) Anise: Maybe I'll stick him in the plant :)
(08:48:48 PM) dkap: You would be able to, were you in tune much more, but ... there is a lot of ... noise here. The Ka of this place is very active, lots of very real folks, and very real things, with lots of investments, pulling in many different directions.
(08:49:03 PM) dkap: This might be your greatest challenge to date.
(08:49:14 PM) Anise: wonderful ;)
(08:49:24 PM) dkap: Extra is good, Auricle. Did he make the bus?
(08:50:18 PM) Auricle: Yes indeed.
(08:50:54 PM) dkap: So, I want Mike available for the ... interactions that might come out of the discussion with the Guild member ...
(08:51:07 PM) dkap: So Auricle, you are going to get a touch more ahead of them, I guess ... *grin*
(08:51:07 PM) Caelin [~arkhon@pool-173-48-174-64.bstnma.fios.verizon.net] entered the room.
(08:51:18 PM) dkap: Ahh ...speak of the devil and he shall appear.
(08:51:30 PM) dkap: (Hey, you are home? Cool!)
(08:51:37 PM) Caelin: I am.
(08:51:48 PM) Caelin: (THough I do have to stay at Sam's tonight)
(08:52:07 PM) Caelin: (So if there's a lull, I'll pack up and head over there and log back in.
(08:52:13 PM) dkap: Gotcha.
(08:52:16 PM) Auricle: Or, you could get mike, and folks catch up a little more.
(08:52:22 PM) dkap: Oh, are we still on for tomorrow night?
(08:52:31 PM) Caelin: Yes
(08:53:12 PM) dkap: Excellent.
(08:53:36 PM) dkap: Right then. Anise and Natasha are heading up stairs to deal with the researcher, allegedly from the Guild.
(08:53:53 PM) Caelin: Ahh, yes.
(08:54:39 PM) Anise: (with the boy in tow?)
(08:55:52 PM) dkap: Of course, you aren't letting him out of your sight, right?
(08:56:19 PM) Anise: (not if I can help it, as in So Help Me God (tm) )
(08:59:29 PM) dkap: Right then. Up the stairs, and back into the front room.
(08:59:40 PM) dkap: He is still waiting there, patiently.
(09:00:00 PM) ***Anise while they talk, I do what I can to attune and not lose track of what's going on
(09:00:01 PM) dkap: Are you going to suggest to Natasha any refreshments, after your ... discussion with Flora?
(09:00:24 PM) Caelin: Who, me?
(09:00:36 PM) Anise: (you mean as in making the ettiquite guild member feel welcome?)
(09:01:42 PM) dkap: Exactly.
(09:01:53 PM) dkap: No, Anise, sorry, I should be more clear.
(09:05:01 PM) dkap: If you remember the circumstances, the guild member didn't realize he was talking _to_ the person who might soon be married, just some member of the house who greeted him (just like the greeter in Caelin's Grandmother's Guild)
(09:07:32 PM) Anise: (I'm sorry I must not remember a key detail - I'm not sure how refreshments would fit in given that)
(09:08:00 PM) Anise: (I remember that he didn't realize who he was talking to but refreshments isn't syncing with that for me)
(09:08:49 PM) dkap: Well ... the refreshments weren't brought in by the hand of the person who was meeting with you, of course.
(09:09:15 PM) dkap: So, were she to bring in the refreshments, she would continue the subterfuge of not being the person under discussion.
(09:09:33 PM) Anise: (Ah)
(09:09:50 PM) dkap: Which might be to her benefit, including, perhaps, adding to the confusion, if you are _not_ the one bringing the refreshments in ...
(09:10:19 PM) Anise: To Natasha as we're going up the stairs: Perhaps we should have you bring drinks and food, which may allow us to draw him out more, and buy time for me to examine him
(09:11:01 PM) Anise: If he is an assassin, or some other worst case, it would be best if he didn't know he was speaking with his target
(09:11:43 PM) Anise: I can act as your attendant, and you a high-ranking ... lieutenant of some kind? I'm still unfamiliar with the elaborate ettiquite here
(09:12:28 PM) dkap: Natasha: Or, perhaps, I could defer to you, giving you a higher apparent rank, and yet, he knows you are unassociated, you don't have house colours, or badge ...
(09:12:47 PM) dkap: Natasha: That might keep him off balance enough to find out what he is really all about. A marvelous plan.
(09:13:03 PM) dkap: Natasha detours your party to one of the kitchens.
(09:13:55 PM) Anise: I will be of Caelin's personal guard, or perhaps present myself as a personal attendant - what would you suggest?
(09:14:57 PM) dkap: Natasha: We just won't say, he is the supplicant, he can wonder. *grin* This might be fun. If pressed, you are ... let's see ... under training of one of the house-head's Aunt. Which is accurate enough (nodding to the budgie on your shoulder) as it might be.
(09:15:19 PM) ***Anise smiles
(09:16:16 PM) Anise: (I'd like to do what I can to attune, at least in part, as we prepare, if doing any of it at all is possible - or at least relax and clear my mind)
(09:16:20 PM) dkap: Natasha gathers tea, by her own hands, and some flatish looking sandwiches, which seem to desire to be slowly changing from a flower into a frog.
(09:16:32 PM) dkap: You can, while she is gathering food.
(09:17:09 PM) dkap: And then the both of you head into the room.
(09:17:35 PM) dkap: He immediately sweeps to his feet, sees who has come, nods to the food, and sits again.
(09:17:53 PM) ***Anise pauses ever so briefly at the door before saying greetings, to see what kind of first impression I might get
(09:18:12 PM) dkap: Natasha subtly indicates a chair for you, after your evaluation.
(09:18:21 PM) ***Anise sits
(09:18:36 PM) Anise: Greetings - I understand you are here to discuss a matter involving our Head of House?
(09:18:49 PM) ***Anise pours tea for us both
(09:18:53 PM) dkap: He seems ... scholarly, passionate, but not malicious, focused, and driven, but ... not hateful.
(09:18:58 PM) ***Anise and lastly for Natasha
(09:19:11 PM) dkap: Natasha stands behind your chair as if ready to be sent, or serve.
(09:19:22 PM) Anise: (ok)
(09:19:30 PM) Anise: (no tea for her then)
(09:20:28 PM) Anise: Our Head of House is unavailable, for the time being, I hope I may be able to assist you
(09:20:38 PM) Anise: Please share with me your request
(09:20:46 PM) dkap: guildmember: Yes, of course.
(09:21:15 PM) dkap: Guildmember: I've been doing research about houses, and house-heads, and their appropriate ritual connections.
(09:21:40 PM) ***Anise nods, sips tea, relaxing mentally
(09:22:14 PM) dkap: And, it wasn't until just recently that the very existence of this house even came to my attention, I quickly scrambled through my records, but could find no mention, as if your house sprung into existence at a whim.
(09:22:16 PM) Anise: (when he finishes his tea, I will handle his cup and pour more, seeing if I detect any resonance as the meeting goes on)
(09:22:31 PM) dkap: Not there, one moment, and then, poof, a major house the next.
(09:22:34 PM) dkap: That never happens.
(09:22:48 PM) Anise: All things have a beginning and an end
(09:22:59 PM) dkap: He is intense, but ... just warming to his topic, providing back-story, as it were.
(09:25:03 PM) ***Anise waits for him to go on ...
(09:25:06 PM) dkap: m: Of course they do. But ... usually the journey has ... a change in path, a path that leads there in the first place ...
(09:25:44 PM) dkap: m: One can find intertwining or coalessing intents, that cause a journey to begin, this ... this was out of nowhere.
(09:26:24 PM) dkap: m: I was blindsided. And then to hear, that this ... house phenomonon, was about to also start creating other traditions, I wanted to rush over and lend my advice.
(09:26:54 PM) Anise: Certainly, all effects have within them their causes ... if as you say, there must be path, it must only have eluded you
(09:26:55 PM) dkap: m: For that is my interests in study, how interpersonal, non-house political dynamics effect the political dynamics from afar.
(09:28:37 PM) Anise: And so, how can we aid you in forming your advice?
(09:29:12 PM) Anise: I can assure you, certainly, that the stability of the council and realm is a foremost concern for this House.
(09:30:29 PM) dkap: m: Well ... you see ... it's complicated. Every single case of a non-politically based alliance between a house head an another member of the same house, with two notable exceptions, has ended with the non-house-head being used as a pawn, or leverage against said house head, either by ambitious members of the same house, or by outside enemies.
(09:31:50 PM) dkap: m: So, since I have not been able to find out, being that the house's journey is opaque to me, if this is an affair of the heart, with one so new to being house-head, that the grave danger lurks in the wings, or if this is actually a political move, to stabilize the beginnings of a soon to be strong house.
(09:33:42 PM) Anise: Here, I think, in naming these associations, you plainly describe the way of the worlds. If the intent is to view the full web of alliances and struggles affecting this or other houses, your guild has it's work cut out for you, and would need many more than one representative per house ... a moment, I will have further refreshments brought
(09:34:30 PM) ***Anise turns and leans to natasha and looks at her inquiringly before asking for more robust fare
(09:34:32 PM) dkap: M: I thank you for the more refreshments, and, yes, there are many in my guild, just not many who focus exactly where I do.
(09:34:56 PM) Anise: (Is my sense of him evolving?)
(09:35:07 PM) dkap: Natasha bows to you, pats the boys hand, leaving him with you, and flows out.
(09:35:54 PM) Anise: You mentioned appropriate rituals ... what would you suggest for this House?
(09:37:15 PM) dkap: M: That, I cannot say, because, I do not know of the house. It would be ... shouting in the dark, and hoping that there might be someone in there.
(09:37:33 PM) dkap: Natasha glides out of the room, finds Caelin, and says:
(09:37:57 PM) dkap: Natasha: Dearest, he sounds ... concerned, not a threat, and yet, might have a valid point.
(09:38:04 PM) dkap: Natasha: we might have a problem.
(09:38:11 PM) ***Caelin looks up. "Only one?"
(09:38:27 PM) Anise: (Anise wishes she was a telepath)
(09:38:39 PM) Anise: (hard to communicate to Natasha)
(09:38:40 PM) Caelin: "Good news then, I trust?"
(09:40:53 PM) dkap: Natasha: Well ... one we were not aware of before now.
(09:41:04 PM) Auricle: (makes a mental note to develop telepathy devices for all)
(09:41:06 PM) Caelin: "Ahh, so added bad news."
(09:41:38 PM) dkap: Natasha: Indeed. Anise seems to be comfortable talking to him, hopefully she would have signaled me if she thought he was dangerous.
(09:42:19 PM) dkap: Natasha: So he might, simply be interested, or worried, but ... The dagger that you know where it is, is less dangerous than a hidden dagger, should we guest him, and then, see how this develops?
(09:43:09 PM) ***Caelin thinks for a moment. "Yes, that would be sufficient. We will see what, if anything, comes of it."
(09:44:13 PM) dkap: Natasha: Excellent, I will inform our guest.
(09:44:36 PM) dkap: Natasha gives you a good, squeeze, a quick kiss, and scuttles off.
(09:44:57 PM) ***Caelin smiles and watches Natasha leave.
(09:45:27 PM) dkap: She skips around, waves in your direction, feeling your eyes on her, and then disappears around a corner.
(09:45:48 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(09:45:56 PM) dkap: Natasha returns with the further refreshments.
(09:46:14 PM) dkap: Ahh ... look, Auricle dropped, it must be a game ... *grin*
(09:46:19 PM) Anise: :)
(09:46:38 PM) dkap: Natasha bows to you, the same bow she gave when she left.
(09:47:35 PM) Anise: To Natasha: Our guest hopes to discuss much and learn much, more than is possible in a single meeting. I should make further arrangements.
(09:47:38 PM) dkap: Natasha: Mistress, the Head of House is still unavailable, but he suggested that we offer guesting, so when access is possible, people would be to hand.
(09:47:58 PM) Anise: Very well ... to the guildmember - would this be satisfactory?
(09:48:23 PM) Auricle [~chatzilla@c-71-192-210-192.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
(09:48:25 PM) dkap: M: Yes, yes. Very much so. I have research I can do here, as well as anywhere.
(09:48:56 PM) dkap: m: And, perhaps, I can even persuade the house to open what histories they feel comfortable sharing with me, while I'm here as well.
(09:50:02 PM) Anise: To Natasha: (politely, but appropriate to the stature difference we're putting forward) Please see to his comfort.
(09:50:14 PM) dkap: Natasha: Then, after you have refreshed yourself, I will show you to a room, I am off to ready it for you.
(09:50:20 PM) ***Anise leaves the room to see Caelin
(09:50:40 PM) ***Caelin looks up.
(09:51:07 PM) dkap: He is there.
(09:51:15 PM) Caelin: "Yes?"
(09:51:20 PM) Anise: My primary concern is the detailed information he seeks about the origin of your House, the story of its beginnings and the web of alliances and relationships that make it up
(09:51:40 PM) Anise: He would know too much, in my opinion, but is not a direct threat
(09:51:49 PM) Anise: as best I can tell.
(09:51:51 PM) ***Caelin nods. "As well he would be."
(09:51:54 PM) Anise: Is the ettiquite guild known for this?
(09:52:12 PM) Caelin: "Better that you're the one to be point on this, considering your ignorance on the origins of the house.
(09:52:31 PM) Anise: I'm happy to help.
(09:52:38 PM) Caelin: "But yes, Ettiquette guildmembers would be well equipped to handle it."
(09:53:02 PM) Anise: Soon, however, he will be pressing for knowledge that shed much light on the people and relationships that define your power structure.
(09:53:12 PM) Anise: that kind of knowledge is a vulnerability.
(09:53:22 PM) Caelin: "My first guess would be an information probe for a few of the more vocal houses."
(09:53:26 PM) Anise: sheds*
(09:53:36 PM) Caelin: "Though it's almost always more complicated than my first guess.
(09:53:59 PM) Anise: I suggest adhering to the forms, but finding a prompt way to kick him out
(09:54:10 PM) dkap: Caelin, you can almost hear your Fiancee's voice echoing in your head "Always, yes."
(09:54:12 PM) Anise: Perhaps we can maneuver him into a personal affront?
(09:54:23 PM) ***Caelin grins.
(09:54:27 PM) Anise: Enough to dismiss him for the insult?
(09:55:00 PM) Caelin: "If he presses too far for information, then yes, that is agreeable. Though I would caution..."
(09:55:40 PM) Anise: His first request already is for your House histories
(09:55:50 PM) Caelin: "There has been a spike in the number of requested duels versus my person. An additional one wouldn't add much to our woes, but would ADD to them nonetheless."
(09:56:04 PM) Anise: I see
(09:56:31 PM) Anise: Perhaps not a duel worthy slight ... enough for us to publicly declare him unfit for our hospitality.
(09:56:35 PM) Caelin: "I would suggest a mid-level or higher member of the ettiquette guild to assist."
(09:56:46 PM) Caelin: "THAT may work, yes.
(09:57:11 PM) Anise: He himself is a member of the ettiquite guild.
(09:57:17 PM) Caelin: "I see your knowledge of form and politic in this realm grows by the moment."
(09:57:25 PM) Anise: I adapt quickly.
(09:57:34 PM) Caelin: "Erm...that complicates things...
(09:57:39 PM) Caelin: "A confirmed member?"
(09:57:59 PM) Anise: Confirmed ... that is a form with which I'm still unfamiliar
(09:58:03 PM) Caelin: "As in, other members of the guild have confirmed his membership?"
(09:58:11 PM) Anise: Ah
(09:58:23 PM) Anise: well, certainly, we can send to the guild - slowly - to confirm his status
(09:58:32 PM) Anise: which will buy us some small amount of time.
(09:58:57 PM) Caelin: "Indeed."
(09:58:58 PM) Anise: Shall I dispatch someone on your behalf?
(09:59:05 PM) Caelin: "Please do."
(09:59:37 PM) Anise: Afterward, I would like to meditate and see how I may aid your battle preparations. Can you see that Zorro's companion is guarded well in the meantime? I made him a promise to keep the boy safe.
(10:00:03 PM) Caelin: "Which companion? The boy?"
(10:00:06 PM) Anise: Yes
(10:00:10 PM) Caelin: "absolutely."
(10:00:32 PM) ***Anise heads off to dispatch a House representative, then perform the extended working
(10:00:48 PM) Anise: (I'll tell you what I have in mind in a sec)
(10:00:53 PM) ***Caelin nods as you exit. "Thank you."
(10:02:20 PM) Anise: (I'd like to first attune, then work to ensure that preparations reach their maximum possible peak ... where weapons are sought from storage, they are found in good repair and in in abundance; what fortifications are attended to, are sturdier than ever; what drilling and training takes place has exquisite rigor and sinks in well ... etc.)
(10:02:35 PM) Anise: (I would carry this through Bennedict's arrival, if that's practical)
(10:02:59 PM) Caelin: BBS
(10:03:03 PM) Caelin left the room (quit: Read error: EOF from client).
(10:03:28 PM) dkap: Sounds like a plan.
(10:07:58 PM) dkap: So, Auricle, you are sitting by the pool, timeline in hand, Jagers around you, contemplating Zack movement.
(10:08:21 PM) Auricle: Yes.
(10:08:39 PM) Auricle: Because we lack trumps, gates, and other methods than ...walking.
(10:09:35 PM) dkap: And, apparently, not having him attuned to your pattern, makes his walking of it ... difficult.
(10:09:42 PM) dkap: (It being shadow, not your pattern)
(10:10:06 PM) Auricle: I suppose I could walk the Pattern, teleport to him, walk the Pattern in my own head, teleport with him back to here.
(10:10:50 PM) Auricle: It has the advantage of I know it would work.
(10:11:04 PM) Auricle: But, not particularly time-efficient.
(10:11:09 PM) dkap: Probably provided that that would work (the walking the pattern and then teleporting back) you've not done that yet with your pattern, and don't know if it would work.
(10:11:16 PM) Auricle: Dammit, and I forgot to ask Dworkin about trump.
(10:11:30 PM) dkap: Well ... you could trump him and ... oh wait ... never mind.
(10:11:45 PM) Auricle: (I haven't? I could swear I had to teleport out of the center when I walked it before.)
(10:12:07 PM) dkap: *grin* "Email is down. Please don't check your email until it is back up." "How will we know when it's back up?" "We'll send you an email ... "
(10:12:41 PM) dkap: Oh, going there is not a problem, it's the walking it in your mind, and teleporting back with more than just you, that is the question.
(10:12:48 PM) Auricle: Oh, yes.
(10:12:56 PM) Auricle: *that* I haven't done with the new pattern yet.
(10:13:06 PM) Auricle: Which means....I should test this out!
(10:13:45 PM) Auricle: After all, I know I can Walk back to The City Under Kolvir Which Deirdre Really Needs To Name Before It Is Permanently The City Under Kolvir.
(10:13:46 PM) dkap: Indeed you should.
(10:13:59 PM) dkap: Indeed. Sounds like a plan.
(10:14:22 PM) Auricle: Ooh, and I can give Zack some Jagers.
(10:14:31 PM) Auricle: The Rangers have no sense of humor.
(10:14:43 PM) ***Auricle claps her hands together.
(10:14:47 PM) dkap: *grin* It might be he prefers that ...
(10:14:49 PM) Auricle: "Jagers!"
(10:14:56 PM) dkap: But ... presents are always delightful.
(10:16:07 PM) ***Auricle starts counting the Jagers near her.
(10:16:44 PM) dkap: You are on the side of the pool, and there is an altercation going on. Jagers don't really stand still well to be counted, you are at the "one-many-horde" sort of counting at this point.
(10:17:06 PM) Auricle: Altercation?
(10:17:13 PM) dkap: And, yes, the Jagers are, indeed, arguing with each other, as well as the folks around.
(10:17:14 PM) Auricle: Go and investigate the altercation.
(10:17:38 PM) dkap: Yes, it's been going on around the reflecting pool, since before you headed toward Dworkin.
(10:17:43 PM) dkap: As Gargoyle reminds you.
(10:18:01 PM) Auricle: "What's the problem?"
(10:18:10 PM) Auricle: I ask of, well, anyone.
(10:18:14 PM) dkap: You don't have to head _toward_ it, you just can just stop avoiding it.
(10:18:34 PM) Auricle: I wasn't avoiding it. I was investigating other things.
(10:18:45 PM) dkap: One of the Jager by you grins and says: "Good jabber. We win."
(10:19:13 PM) Auricle: "Good...what?"
(10:19:45 PM) dkap: Jager: "Diz-gush-in."
(10:21:04 PM) Auricle: "Ah. About...what are they discussing?"
(10:21:09 PM) dkap: Jager: "Da coffee gerl said it named 'jabber', becuz we jab."
(10:21:22 PM) dkap: Jager shrugs. "Zat matter?"
(10:22:28 PM) Auricle: "Well, I'm curious. Which one is the coffee girl?"
(10:25:29 PM) dkap: Jager: "Da vun cho meks da Coffee."
(10:25:41 PM) dkap: Jager: "She niz."
(10:25:55 PM) Auricle: "Is she here?"
(10:26:36 PM) dkap: Jager looks around for a bit.
(10:26:55 PM) dkap: Jager: "Noooo ... I'z not zee cher."
(10:27:14 PM) Auricle: "Okay." A pause. "What is the discussion going on right here about?"
(10:27:28 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle: Gargoyle! Help! What *are* they talking about??
(10:27:44 PM) Caelin [~arkhon@c-66-30-2-79.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
(10:28:53 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: 'They seem to be fighting to a level of stupor, but not a majorly destructive level. Those taken out of combat by a lack of consciousness do not seem to be being vindictively targeted afterward, and seem to mostly be shifted to the side."
(10:30:06 PM) Auricle: And there are normal people involved?
(10:30:32 PM) dkap: Yes.
(10:30:41 PM) dkap: And they seem to be being treated as equals by the Jager.
(10:31:36 PM) Auricle: Okay...well....does everyone seem to be enjoying themselves?
(10:31:40 PM) dkap: Yes.
(10:32:49 PM) Auricle: Well...then I guess this is fine. Wait.
(10:33:01 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle: Is anyone we know, other than Jagers, involved in this?
(10:33:39 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: Not specifically identifiyably, but, being that they have been at this a while, Achieving Zach, while this works as a distraction might be a wise choice."
(10:34:04 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle: Okay, no problem.
(10:34:16 PM) Auricle: "I do need a couple of Jagers to come with me..."
(10:34:51 PM) dkap: There are a some standing between you and the altercation to make sure you aren't overrun, you could pull those.
(10:35:03 PM) dkap: But, how are you going to take the Jager on a pattern teleport?
(10:35:36 PM) Auricle: Same way I take anyone. Extend arms over the Pattern, grab, and port.
(10:37:04 PM) dkap: You could try. It's a long way from the pattern, all the way down to the city ...
(10:37:18 PM) Auricle: No, I'm taking them up to Kolvir.
(10:37:29 PM) Auricle: Oh, wait.
(10:37:37 PM) Auricle: Jagers + Unicorn = ...
(10:37:45 PM) dkap: Exactly.
(10:37:54 PM) Auricle: (Even Auricle can't manage to forget the Unicorn)
(10:38:48 PM) Auricle: I guess....I can...leave them. And just let Zach be upset I don't have an escort.
(10:39:18 PM) dkap: True enough. Or maybe you could find a few local to him?
(10:39:26 PM) Auricle: There might be.
(10:39:32 PM) Auricle: They did spread across Shadow.
(10:39:51 PM) Auricle: And the Pattern ought to know how important Zach is, when I made the Jagers, so...
(10:40:09 PM) Auricle: With that thought, Auricle simply changes shape and flies back up to Kolvir.
(10:41:50 PM) dkap: And gets there, this time, without a problem.
(10:42:11 PM) Auricle: Yay!
(10:42:32 PM) Auricle: head for the Pattern
(10:42:44 PM) dkap: Dworkin heads over to you.
(10:42:56 PM) dkap: Dworkin: So, was it trumpish, in nature?
(10:43:28 PM) ***Auricle looks completely blank for a moment.
(10:43:37 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle?
(10:43:51 PM) Anise left the room (quit: Read error: EOF from client).
(10:44:25 PM) dkap: Gargoyle plays back the conversation with Dworkin, about finding out if the blue glow or what was done to the Reflecting pool was trumpish, and if there was still a connection to Chef D.
(10:44:40 PM) Auricle: "Oh! It was....interesting.
(10:45:13 PM) Anise [~masscom@c-24-62-251-105.hsd1.nh.comcast.net] entered the room.
(10:45:15 PM) Auricle: "I could...hmmm...there was a sense of translocation...of being slightly out of beat."
(10:45:21 PM) Anise: (sorry)
(10:45:38 PM) dkap: (Anise, it happens to us all.)
(10:45:44 PM) Auricle: "Almost like being separated from where I was by a curtain. But not actually having gone anywhere."
(10:45:57 PM) Auricle: "I couldn't contact Chef D, though."
(10:46:43 PM) dkap: Dworkin: So ... no.
(10:46:51 PM) dkap: Dworkin: Ok, what's the next step?
(10:47:35 PM) Auricle: "I'm getting Zack."
(10:47:50 PM) dkap: Dworkin: "Ok, I'll continue to work on the defenses, then.
(10:48:05 PM) Auricle: "Okay."
(10:48:19 PM) Auricle: continue heading to the Pattern.
(10:49:39 PM) dkap: You reach it, the growth in the print of the unicorn's shoe is even taller now.
(10:51:06 PM) Auricle: I'm not sure there's anything I can do with it...or would actually want to do with it...I'm a little intimidated by the Unicorn.
(10:51:29 PM) Auricle: So I will leave it alone, and walk the Pattern.
(10:53:03 PM) dkap: The pattern is ... there to be walked. It is not the joy of the old pattern, nor is it the drinking of you that Tir was.
(10:53:14 PM) Auricle: I miss Tir.
(10:53:28 PM) dkap: You walk to the center, becoming more and more focused, and pure, until you and the gargoyle are glowing with energy.
(10:53:37 PM) Auricle: And this Pattern and I need to know each other better, as Dworkin said. walking it more often will help
(10:53:49 PM) dkap: Indeed it will.
(10:55:34 PM) Auricle: So, at the center, focus on Castle Amber....and where in Amber to teleport to?
(10:56:47 PM) dkap: You might, actually, want to teleport to Zach's favorite ranger station, because gargoyle reminds you of the boobie-traps in Castle Greater Arden that might still not have been deactivated yet.
(10:57:16 PM) Auricle: Okay, Ipull up the Ranger Station from gargoyle, teleport.
(10:58:59 PM) dkap: A moment of twisting energies later, you are in the familiar ranger station. Much to the surprise of the occupants, who swiftly go from reaching for weapons to saluting.
(11:00:09 PM) ***Auricle blushes a little.
(11:00:14 PM) Auricle: "Oh, don't do that, please."
(11:01:10 PM) dkap: The highest ranking individual in the room turns to the others, says "Dismissed" and turns back to you.
(11:01:24 PM) dkap: Ranger: "Auricle. How may we be of assistance?"
(11:01:36 PM) dkap: The other rangers file out, quickly, but orderly.
(11:02:05 PM) Auricle: "I'm looking for Zack."
(11:02:33 PM) dkap: Ranger: "Of course, shall I escort you to where he was, when he last checked in?"
(11:03:10 PM) Auricle: "Sure."
(11:03:45 PM) dkap: Ranger: "This way, then." And leads you off.
(11:04:05 PM) ***Auricle follows along.
(11:04:34 PM) dkap: After a few minutes of walking, he clears his throat, and asks: "Umm ... the ... two other rangers that went with you last time ... are they ... well?"
(11:04:50 PM) Auricle: "The telepathic ones?"
(11:04:57 PM) ***Auricle frowns.
(11:05:18 PM) dkap: Ranger: "Sure ... the telepathic ones."
(11:05:39 PM) Auricle: mumbling .. "Did I dissect them? No...Zack wanted them back....so....didn't I send them back? Umm..Gargoyle?"
(11:06:28 PM) Auricle: (I have this horrible feeling all those other rangers got dismissed to protect them from Auricle)
(11:07:50 PM) dkap: Gargolyle: We lost them in one of the cross-shadow chases.
(11:08:30 PM) Auricle: "Oh."
(11:09:20 PM) Auricle: "Theorectically? They are fine. In specific? They are in Shadow. Um. Somewhere. There was a hellride in there at one point, and later a lot of people shooting, and perhaps a couple of Gates..."
(11:09:45 PM) Auricle: "I'm sure I can *find* them again...It may just take...um...a while."
(11:09:50 PM) dkap: Ranger: "Ahh ... good to know."
(11:10:16 PM) dkap: Ranger: "Just a little while longer, and I'm sure Zach will be available to you, almost immediately.
(11:10:20 PM) Auricle: "Gargoyle, Add: Find the telepathic Rangers to my list."
(11:10:56 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: Priority rating?
(11:11:45 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle: Minor unless Zack is really upset. D is more important. And the Pool.
(11:12:13 PM) Caelin left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving.).
(11:12:53 PM) Caelin [~arkhon@c-66-30-2-79.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
(11:13:14 PM) Auricle: to Ranger: "Thanks."
(11:15:57 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "Check"
(11:16:07 PM) dkap: Ranger: "My pleasure to serve."
(11:16:09 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle: Thank you.
(11:16:35 PM) Auricle: "So are all the Rangers telepathic or just those two?"
(11:18:12 PM) dkap: Ranger: "Umm ... I think just those two."
(11:19:42 PM) Auricle: "Hmm. I wonder what caused it. Do they normally patrol together?"
(11:21:25 PM) dkap: Ranger: "You'd have to ask Zach."
(11:21:32 PM) dkap: And I'm going to hang you threre.
(11:21:37 PM) dkap: There even.
(11:21:39 PM) Auricle: Okays.
(11:21:39 PM) dkap: Right ...
(11:21:43 PM) dkap: Caelin.
(11:21:48 PM) dkap: Ainise.
(11:21:51 PM) Caelin: Yes?
(11:22:15 PM) dkap: Anise, you are meditating in your room, when an proverbial Ka elephant stamps into existence, nearby.
(11:22:25 PM) dkap: Caelin, a runner comes to tell you that Benedict has arrived.
(11:22:40 PM) ***Caelin nods. "Magnificent."
(11:22:47 PM) Caelin: "Welcome him in."
(11:23:14 PM) Anise: (Ka elephant? lol)
(11:23:56 PM) dkap: Runner: "Sir? He ... umm ... isn't alone, and asked if you would receive him outside?"
(11:24:52 PM) Anise: (I'd like to keep meditating - hopefully I can help Benedict too)
(11:25:18 PM) dkap: Your meditations are all ... afoweled.
(11:25:26 PM) Anise: (oh)
(11:25:45 PM) Anise: (but did things generally go ok and end, or did Bene mess it all up?)
(11:25:47 PM) dkap: The elephant has more hatred, pain, snarled, twisted, untrustworthyness, and years and years and years ...
(11:25:47 PM) Caelin: "YOu've confirmed it is Benedict, yes?"
(11:26:23 PM) dkap: Runner: "He looks like the picture in the shrine that Natasha keeps?"
(11:26:49 PM) ***Anise gets up from her meditations and goes to join Caelin.
(11:27:04 PM) ***Anise checks on the boy's welfare
(11:27:19 PM) dkap: The boy is nowhere to be seen.
(11:27:23 PM) Caelin: "Okay. I'm on my way"
(11:27:39 PM) Anise: (DAMMIT!)
(11:27:44 PM) ***Caelin heads out of the room.
(11:27:57 PM) Anise: (CAELIN AND HIS DAMN BAD STUFF! WHERE IS THE KID!)
(11:28:21 PM) Caelin: (Are there any etiquette guild members about? Aside from the shrewd guy attended by Anise and Natasha?
(11:28:40 PM) ***Anise Anise starts to search for the boy ... sending her perceptions rippling out...
(11:28:43 PM) Caelin: (LOL-get used to it)
(11:29:16 PM) Anise: (I should have given him my focus, it actually would have helped me find him)
(11:29:30 PM) Anise: (well, maybe)
(11:29:56 PM) dkap: Maybe.
(11:30:06 PM) dkap: But you can't locate him with that elephant stomping around.
(11:30:06 PM) Caelin: (GM, is Flora about?)
(11:30:16 PM) Anise: (ghaaa!)
(11:30:18 PM) Caelin: (Or Natasha?)
(11:30:25 PM) dkap: Not that you can tell, she might be in Benedict's party, though.
(11:30:30 PM) dkap: Natasha is settling the guest.
(11:30:34 PM) ***Anise Anise starts to ask House members if they've seen the boy
(11:31:07 PM) ***Caelin motions for the runner to accompany him. (Is the runner known to him, btw?)
(11:31:21 PM) Auricle: Night, all!
(11:31:27 PM) Anise: night
(11:31:28 PM) Caelin: (Good night!)
(11:31:32 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Quit: Chatzilla 0.9.75.1 [SeaMonkey 1.1.14/2008120416]).
(11:32:20 PM) dkap: None of the house members are near you, Anise, you went ... aside somewhere quiet to meditate.
(11:32:29 PM) dkap: Caelin, she is in the wedding party, so she is somewhat familiar to you.
(11:33:06 PM) Anise: (I will work my way back to where people are then, touch base with Caelin and ask where they boy is or how he had him protected and see what I can find out)
(11:33:08 PM) Caelin: (Good. Then head out to meet Benedict)
(11:35:35 PM) dkap: Out on the front lawn, is Benedict, somewhat more wounded than you saw him last, with a huge strange gun-like thing strapped across his back, his sword in it's sheath at his side, his hands empty, but crossed across his chest, there are about 18 or 20 of Count Cagliostro's very specialized Ifrit around him, protectively, in a semi-circle, and a few scattered humans, including one quaddie.
(11:36:01 PM) dkap: (who does _not_ happen to be Johnny, in case you are going to ask)
(11:36:10 PM) Caelin: :)
(11:36:19 PM) ***Caelin (was not going to ask)
(11:38:00 PM) dkap: Anise, there doesn't seem to be anyone immediately locatable, and the house ... well ... you still haven't figured out all the twists and turns to the house, when you find yourself coming around a corner, to the front door, where Caelin has just stepped out.
(11:38:09 PM) dkap: No sign of the boy, though.
(11:38:35 PM) ***Caelin bows to Benedict appropriately.
(11:39:01 PM) ***Anise walks through the front door
(11:39:15 PM) ***Anise bow if I arrive soon after Caelin and see his example
(11:39:19 PM) Anise: bows*
(11:39:44 PM) dkap: He has already bowed by the time you get there.
(11:40:16 PM) dkap: Benedict: "Caelin! I hear rumor that you might have an engagement, that would be worthy of my skills?"
(11:40:20 PM) Anise: (Then I will take in the scene at a respectful distance)
(11:40:36 PM) Caelin: "It is so confirmed, that rumor!"
(11:40:47 PM) dkap: Anise, his voice carries with it the natural power of command. He is used to being obeyed, unquestioningly, and to the death.
(11:42:29 PM) dkap: Benedict: Do we have a field? And will it be honorable?
(11:44:08 PM) Caelin: "I cannot speak to the tactics or the honor of she who would seek me. I would say to anyone other than you, that the task will be nigh impossible."
(11:44:53 PM) dkap: Benedict: "A challenge, no less. Then, we shall show our enemy what it means to fight with honor, even if she does not bring honor to the battle herself."
(11:45:05 PM) dkap: Benedict: "What are our assets?"
(11:45:33 PM) Caelin: "We know her goal."
(11:45:59 PM) Caelin: "Beyond that we also know that others related to that goal may be at risk if caught unprotected."
(11:46:30 PM) dkap: Benedict: Excellent. Can her goal stand as bait, or is that too high a risk?
(11:47:04 PM) ***Anise Interjects ...
(11:47:24 PM) Anise: Caelin, is there anything she holds dear, something a small force could secure while she is preoccupied, then hold hostage?
(11:47:53 PM) Anise: That would help a small power trump a larger
(11:47:53 PM) Caelin: "Possibly too high. Knowing the limits of the influences of her power are sobering enough. If it increases as a result of attaining her goal, whether bait or by rightful conquest, that would not be recommended."
(11:48:35 PM) dkap: Benedict, pauses, looks Anise up and down, and it feels like he has just grasped all your history ripped it from your very body, gone through it like a bloodhound searching for a scent, and then, dismissing you casually, as not really worth his focus.
(11:48:55 PM) Anise: (bastard)
(11:49:02 PM) Caelin: (lol)
(11:49:06 PM) dkap: Anise, big time.
(11:49:15 PM) Caelin: (that hardly distinguishes Amberites)
(11:49:22 PM) Anise: (I hope he never gets laid)
(11:49:53 PM) Caelin: (that's something we hope for MOST Amberites. Caelin included)
(11:50:29 PM) dkap: Somewhere, Natasha is looking inward toward the baby, growing inside her, and thinks otherwise.
(11:51:02 PM) Caelin: (ha)
(11:51:03 PM) Anise: My advice though, Caelin, is to not do all of your gambling on one roll of the dice
(11:51:39 PM) Anise: If her power is so great, an additional, unexpected, subtle strike may give you an advantage
(11:51:40 PM) Caelin: "Trust me. I try for as many opportunities to roll as I can muster."
(11:51:41 PM) dkap: Benedict: "I do not gamble when war is on the table. I win."
(11:52:11 PM) ***Caelin nods to him, then to Anise. "It's true. He does win. A lot."
(11:52:23 PM) Caelin: "He even tends to win the unwinnable."
(11:52:28 PM) ***Anise shrugs
(11:52:38 PM) Anise: (not disrespectfully)
(11:52:51 PM) Anise: I will do what I can, as I've promised.
(11:53:01 PM) Anise: This advice is one offering in that spirit.
(11:53:03 PM) Caelin: "All the same, thank you for the warning. So noted."
(11:53:27 PM) dkap: Benedict: Our enemy, she would give my father trouble, yes? She has the ways to go around, to be ... unlikely?
(11:53:48 PM) Caelin: "So it appears, yes"
(11:54:45 PM) Caelin: "If she would give more than your father trouble, it was not shared with me. Having no memory of dealing with her, strangely I am not the best consultant."
(11:54:49 PM) dkap: Benedict: Excellent. I've been looking for an Enemy of that type. I learned a lot from my ... other-self.
(11:55:02 PM) Caelin: "I would recommend those who do know of her and her tactics."
(11:56:00 PM) dkap: Benedict: Excellent! I will be delighted to take up this battle. I would ask to bivoac outside, here, if I may to begin my operations, that way I am making no assuptions.
(11:56:44 PM) Caelin: "You are granted such permission. Do beware of the moat, of course, and make sure none of your troops touch it."
(11:57:23 PM) dkap: Benedict: Of course! I'll make it so.
(11:58:05 PM) Caelin: "I thank you, Benedict. Such service will not go unnoticed."
(11:58:40 PM) Anise: (Do I have the sense that an extended Ka working would make no difference or be ineffective in helping bennedict?)
(11:58:40 PM) dkap: Benedict: "Service? Ha! You give me something I can enjoy. It is a rare, and wonderful gift.
(11:59:57 PM) dkap: His Ka is old, and well-fixed. You would have to work for centuries to fix him.
(01/21/2009 12:00:15 AM) Anise: (I mean in aiding the battle preparations)
(12:00:21 AM) Anise: (Like I did for caelin)
(12:01:31 AM) dkap: Nope.
(12:01:37 AM) Anise: ok
(12:01:40 AM) dkap: But it's a good thought.
(12:02:07 AM) Anise: (I have to sign off ... Caelin I will quiz you about zorro's boy next time :) )
(12:02:15 AM) Caelin: "Enjoy, then, with all my blessings!"
(12:02:19 AM) Anise: (night you guys)
(12:02:21 AM) Caelin: (Uh oh)
(12:02:24 AM) Caelin: (Good night)
(12:02:31 AM) Anise left the room (quit: Read error: EOF from client).
(12:02:59 AM) dkap: And, actually, that's probably a good place to hang, regardless.
(12:03:04 AM) dkap: Benedict setting up.
(12:03:10 AM) Caelin: Okay. good night.
(12:03:14 AM) Caelin left the room.