Igfig: Fortuna! Hello again. It's been too long. Fortuna: Hello. Slim_Bankshot: red Igfig: Last time, on Shetland Firestorm Heronius_Napalm: wooooooooo Igfig: Our heroes arrived at the Rock Of Bral, a massive mobile space city built on an asteroid and taking full advantage of two-sided gravity planes Ace_Justice: oh right, what was ace justice's accent? Ace_Justice: I can't remember Igfig: where you sold off a bunch of old gear and bought a new ship (which we still have to figure out sometime, Pie!) Heronius_Napalm: He's your character Ace_Justice: dammit Heronius_Napalm: oh right. Ace_Justice: I remember it was very handsome Igfig: tried to sell some slaves, had a tangle with some illithids Igfig: bought a bunch of gadgets Igfig: including a tongue Lucas_Strongbow: Oh man, I missed awesome stuff Igfig: Met Shippy again Heronius_Napalm: miscellany Thorn: Oh wait I was being Alek. Igfig: and learned of a mysterious figure known as the Maestro Igfig: The Maestro of Rock Lucas_Strongbow: He sounds camp Heronius_Napalm: I burned an illithid Heronius_Napalm: and yelled things Heronius_Napalm: DAVE was there Heronius_Napalm: also, I've got another player on the way, yay! blurb joined #pwot_dnd. Igfig: Hello there blurb quit. Ace_Justice: huh Uovana joined #pwot_dnd. Lucas_Strongbow: Waffle what did you do Heronius_Napalm: there we go Ace_Justice: I smiled Igfig: The Maestro, you heard, might be able to teach the ancient art of Rock Igfig: Shippy had a lead for you, but wanted some kind of favour in return... Slim can tell you the details Slim_Bankshot: Yes. As soon as i remember what it was Lucas_Strongbow: PREVIOUSLY Lucas_Strongbow: On a very special Shetland Firestorm Lucas_Strongbow: Ace Justice struggles with his abortion Igfig: Okay, apparently he was having some trouble with some debt collectors on another planet Heronius_Napalm: so we murder his bookie? Igfig: and also he may be smuggling illegal alcohol and/or monsters Heronius_Napalm: soundslike our cup of tea Igfig: I'm not entirely clear Igfig: but it wasn't a thing that needed handling right away, what with being on another planet and all Slim_Bankshot: Uhg. Sorry dudes. Slim_Bankshot: MC woes Slim_Bankshot: OK I am here now Slim_Bankshot: Dicks. My shit is broked Lucas_Strongbow: Slim's having a breakdown Igfig: Uh oh Igfig: plumbing trouble Slim_Bankshot: In shippys case, probably all of the above Slim_Bankshot: So, who all is with him? Lucas_Strongbow: I guess all of us, makes life easier Ace_Justice: I was back in the market with DAVE Ace_Justice: but okay Ace_Justice: we're all sort of there Heronius_Napalm: We are hanging with shippy Slim_Bankshot: OK then Igfig: Yeah, Hero and Dave were looking for slavers, but couldn't find any neogi Igfig: and frankly, you'd have to be crazy to go looking for neogi in the first place Uovana: where am i this time? Igfig: so let's say they met up with everybody else at the Laughing Beholder Heronius_Napalm: with the rest of us Alek_Deckard: Yup. Igfig: or was it Smiling Beholder Shippy: OK. Everyone is there now Heronius_Napalm: "No slavers to be found." Shippy 4orders a drink Igfig: Smiling Beholder. Definitely smiling Shippy: "So, here's the situation, boys. There's folks here who want me to quit my job hauling cargo." Lucas_Strongbow: I sidle up to the bar all cool like Heronius_Napalm scowls at the seedy patrons Ace_Justice: I am wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses Ace_Justice: leaning on the bar like it's nobodies business Shippy: "And when I say 'quit', I mean 'take my shiop and everything I have cause i kinda sorta maybe owe them a bit of money which is actually wuite a lot'. Yasee?" Shippy: *quite Lucas_Strongbow: Sounds like you're totally in the wrong Shippy: Gah. Sloppy typing tonight. Obviously not quite awake yet Heronius_Napalm: "another one of those eh?" Heronius_Napalm: "Here's the deal, you get us what we want, plus 20% of what you owe them, and we make the problem go away." Shippy: "Yeah, those. Nasty buggers. Kept raising the rates till I was so broke i was eating my cargo. Or rather, more of it. ... I mean...." Shippy: "Sounds fair. I s'pose." Lucas_Strongbow: 20%? Heronius_Napalm: "Good." Lucas_Strongbow: That's not like you Hero Ace_Justice: yeah Ace_Justice: it's weird Lucas_Strongbow: 50%, and work your way down Heronius_Napalm: usually Heronius_Napalm: but I can tell a cheap bastard when I see one. Uovana: Do they sell PanGalactic Gargle Blasters here? Ace_Justice: I sense a reference Uovana: do you?hmmm. Igfig: "Nah, not here," says the beholder behind the bar, Uovana: i just want to feel like my brain has been smashed by a wedge of lemon wrapped around a large brick Heronius_Napalm: "Regardless. Shippy, where are your...associates? we have words for them." Igfig: "Never heard of that one. Is it some regional thing?" Shippy: "Here in port." Uovana: barkeep, just give me your equivelant of ale then. Shippy: "They have an office on the far side of the hangers." Uovana: maybe put an umbrella in the glass for fun. pink if you have it] Lucas_Strongbow: Give me the gayest cocktail you have Igfig: "Sure." He pours you what turns out to be, in fact, some pretty good ale. Shippy 4finishes drink and orders another Uovana: takes a sip. Uovana: that turned out to be some pretty good ale Ace_Justice: "Okay let's just go to the port, ya' drunks" Heronius_Napalm: "Alright, what do you know about their guards, defenses, possible magic users, estimated manpower, etc." Heronius_Napalm: "and the layout of their office." Igfig: An umbrella floats over and lands on your ale. The bartender winks. Or possibly blinks. Alek_Deckard: "Could we not just, talk to them? Surely we don't need to resort to violence first in our efforts to help this man?" Lucas_Strongbow: He is a cyclops Igfig: "There's a fella I know in Sigil who can make any drink known to man, elemental, or immortal. If you really want a Pan-Blasting Gargler, maybe look him up?" Igfig: He's a beholder Uovana: ok. if that was a wink is he hitting on me? Shippy: "Deal with 'em how y'want." Igfig: they have one big central eye and ten small ones on stalks Shippy: "So long as they leave me alone fr'good." Igfig: http://images.wikia.com/forgottenrealms/images/6/66/Beholder_-_Scott_M._Fischer.jpg Heronius_Napalm: "You guys know we are awful at talking. Look what happened with the elves, totally ridiculous." Uovana: oh yeah. a handsome fellow indeed. Lucas_Strongbow: Hey, that was going well Heronius_Napalm: "Either way, they will trouble you no more." Igfig: Probably not hitting on you, no Igfig: but how's your Insight? Lucas_Strongbow: I charmed the pants off of General...Thingy Heronius_Napalm: "When you see us again, you should probably have payment ready." Uovana: i lack insight Uovana: not a wit of it to claim Alek_Deckard: "Additionally, those elves are hardly the sort of example to use when it comes to diplomacy. Especially with their admiral being so, gun ho in his dealings with anything not Elven." Uovana: this umbrella has more insight than me Heronius_Napalm: "Ugh, fine. I don't know when you lot became a bunch of pacifists." Heronius_Napalm: "Let's just be off, take your drinks." Uovana: can i keep the umbrella? Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+6 Insight Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, Insight: [17] = 23 Heronius_Napalm: I toss a couple gp to the barkeep, "and a round for the whole place." Lucas_Strongbow: I will be Uovana's wingman Igfig: "Sure, go ahead. Plenty more where that came from. Gen-dbar, lovely planet." Uovana: thanks Lucas. That will likely help. hey want an umbrella? they are giving them away. Heronius_Napalm exit stage front door. Igfig: On further inspection, the umbrella appears to be all one piece. Like a little tree-mushroom-thing. Alek_Deckard follows Hero. Uovana: i am going with Hero Lucas_Strongbow: I'll get an umbrella when my gay cocktail arrivres Uovana: with my tree fungus umbrella Ace_Justice: yeah I go off with hero Lucas_Strongbow: For a guy with loads of eyes he can't see a customer Igfig: Nah, the drink's coming Lucas_Strongbow: Oh right Uovana: geez, barkeep. give him his sexually disoriented drink. i need my wingman to follow me Igfig: he has more eyes than I have fingers Lucas_Strongbow: This level of gay takes time Uovana: maybe it just needs more umbrellas Igfig: He mixes you a fairly gay cocktail whose name you don't know... it's swirly blue and pin Igfig: k Uovana: a rainbow of them Lucas_Strongbow: Excellent Lucas_Strongbow: Keep the change Igfig: and a pink umbrella (that's the only colour) Lucas_Strongbow: I walk out with my flamboyant drink Igfig: Aright Lucas_Strongbow: It tastes like christmas at Elton Johns Igfig: Yes, exactly Heronius_Napalm: "Everyone gathered? make sure you are with your buddy, don't need a repeat of last time." Lucas_Strongbow: Everyone hold hands Lucas_Strongbow: Sorry, it's the drink talking Heronius_Napalm: "Indeed." Heronius_Napalm: Off we go! Uovana: your drink talks? maybe it is the umbrella. it looks alive Heronius_Napalm: I hold the rope in front. everyone else has a loop tied around their wrist. Ace_Justice: "This is going to end badly" Uovana: anyone mind if i sing a drinking song? Heronius_Napalm: "Of course it is." Heronius_Napalm: "It always ends badly, but we always profit from it ending badly. Ace_Justice: "Then lets. fucking. go." Heronius_Napalm: We are going. Shippy: "They're not so tough. Most trouble you'll have is the big ugly as sin fella who acts as their muscle." Heronius_Napalm: We have like three of those. Uovana: i am not afraid of muscle Shippy: "You'll know him when you see him." Shippy 4points at hero Uovana: it tends to yeild to my axe Shippy: "He looks kinda like you." Heronius_Napalm: "Is that a crack?" Alek_Deckard: "I do suppose that while we do end up taking the violent option, those we act the violence upon are usually deserving of it." Heronius_Napalm: "I could boil your eyes before you blink." Alek_Deckard: "Or at the very least trying to kill us." Shippy: "Well I can't rightly fly if I was blind now would I?" Lucas_Strongbow: Oh, you did not just say that girlfriend Lucas_Strongbow: THIS FUCKING DRINK Alek_Deckard: Oh my. Heronius_Napalm: mage hand flicks the tip of shippy's nose Heronius_Napalm: and now we leave Heronius_Napalm: through the city, past the hangers, and to the office of the debt collectors Uovana: fine. lets go. just as well.. i dont really know any drinking songs anyway Shippy 4leads them across the port to a large radio tower-ish building Lucas_Strongbow: What hero just said has a rhythm, sing that Shippy: "D'ya mind if I stay out here fellas?" Heronius_Napalm: go ahead, you would get in the way Uovana: nah. i actually cant sing a note really. Uovana: dont know why i brought it up actually... Shippy: "Thanks. i'll meet y'all at my ship, then." Ace_Justice: So Ace_Justice: Do we storm the place? Uovana: sure. i have an axe and an umbrella Lucas_Strongbow: Kick the doors in Lucas_Strongbow: Usual Shetland Firestorm smash and grab Heronius_Napalm: okay, bruisers first. Heronius_Napalm: Ace and uovana in front Uovana: oh boy Heronius_Napalm: Alek, try to find a side entrance Heronius_Napalm: or a window or something and sneak in. Ace_Justice: damn right Heronius_Napalm: Lucas and I will take the rear Alek_Deckard: "I"m, well, alright." Uovana: (draws axe, chugs the last of tha ale, throws the glass away after fishing out the precious umbrella) Ace_Justice: do we have a map up? Heronius_Napalm: brb Alek_Deckard: 1d20+9 to discover an alternative entrance. Fortuna: Alek_Deckard, to discover an alternative entrance.: [3] = 12 Ace_Justice: maybe there is some sort of skylight Alek_Deckard: Alek is unfamiliar with the process of breaking and entering. Ace_Justice: how high is it to the roof Igfig: We don't have a map up, no Uovana: it is an easy process. enter by breaking whatever is trying to stop you from entering Alek_Deckard: It is a rather tall radio tower-ish thing, so skylight is a bit unlikely. bodyguard: The door opens and a large man steps out. Ace_Justice: GET HIM bodyguard: "Good afternoon. May I help you fine gentlemen?" Lucas_Strongbow: *downs drink, starts loading up the rifle while humming "I am what I am"* Alek_Deckard: Maybe we should wait for Hero to return? Heronius_Napalm: "Get him." Alek_Deckard: Oh there he is. Uovana: i want him Ace_Justice: I SWING MY AXE AT HIS THROAT bodyguard 4motions to a camera on the side of the building. "You seem confused. We thou- Wha?" Uovana: my axe is thirsty Ace_Justice: 1d20+14 vs ac Fortuna: Ace_Justice, vs ac: [20] = 34 Ace_Justice: OH SNAP Heronius_Napalm: we have a dual axe frontline, that is adorable Ace_Justice: I think I just decapitated him Alek_Deckard: "I see we aren't even bothering to attempt to talk to these fellows then." Uovana: swinging away with my axe Ace_Justice: Igfig? Igfig: You got a crit, dude. You really need me to confirm? Igfig: You did, in fact, just decapitate him. Ace_Justice: Well I was thinking that since I caught him completely by surprise, it could be an auto kill Ace_Justice: hell yes Heronius_Napalm: haha, awesome. Ace_Justice: I gather up some of his blood in a bottle, and slip it onto my pouch Heronius_Napalm: "That went better than planned." Igfig: ...okay Alek_Deckard: "That is a bit macabre." bodyguard: He raises a hand to stop you, but is swiftly decapitated, falling to the ground loudly Heronius_Napalm: Perfect. bodyguard: The camera on the side of the building extends a light which starts flashing red Lucas_Strongbow: We are supposed to be the good guys Heronius_Napalm: I pat ace on the head "good show." Lucas_Strongbow: Blood collecting is bad PR Ace_Justice: PR? Heronius_Napalm: oh well, nobody who saw it will live. Ace_Justice: Power Ranger? Heronius_Napalm: you are adorably dumb. Ace_Justice: well what does PR mean in this context? Lucas_Strongbow: Public Relations Ace_Justice: Aah Ace_Justice: okay then bodyguard: Suddenly the door slams shut and you here the clanging of metal as it locks Ace_Justice: "Well damn Ace_Justice: " Heronius_Napalm: hmm, alek? Ace_Justice: Any windows? Heronius_Napalm: Also, I magic missile on the camera Ace_Justice: Or maybe we can just rip the door off it's hinges bodyguard: A small hole opens in hte middle of it and a small metal sphere is spat out bodyguard: Clanging around before spitting thick gray smoke everywhere Alek_Deckard: "I have a feeling this isn't the first time something like this has happened to them." Heronius_Napalm: "Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound." Heronius_Napalm: Is the camera destroyed yet? bodyguard: Anyone who was near the door make a check to not be knocked out by the gas grenade Igfig: The camera is still there Heronius_Napalm: what kind of check Heronius_Napalm: I missiled it Igfig: oh Ace_Justice: endurance? Igfig: in that case it is not still there Igfig: Endurance, yeah Ace_Justice: 1d20+13 Fortuna: Ace_Justice, 1d20+13: [9] = 22 Uovana: 1d20+13 Fortuna: Uovana, 1d20+13: [20] = 33 Ace_Justice: booyah Heronius_Napalm: I am not near the door bodyguard: THe camera hhas since been blown intio tiny pieces Ace_Justice: OH FUCK YOU Alek_Deckard: I don't have to breathe, so yeah. Uovana: i am immu e to this gassy bomb Uovana: swing my axe at the door to shatter it Uovana: 1d20+12 vs door Fortuna: Uovana, vs door: [2] = 14 bodyguard: A voice emits from where the camera was Uovana: that was largely inneffective Uovana: thievery check Uovana: i am going to try to pick the lock with the pointy end of my umbrella Uovana: 1d20+5 vs lock Fortuna: Uovana, vs lock: [16] = 21 bodyguard: "If this is about that party, I told you. I didn't know it was flamable. I'll pay damages I swear." bodyguard: The door is locked from the inside Ace_Justice: "Good, it will be 500 gold" bodyguard: Not pick-able Ace_Justice: wait Ace_Justice: "2000 I mean" Heronius_Napalm: Okay guys, start smashing the door. Ace_Justice: wep Alek_Deckard: "Ace, leave the money related stuff to Hero." Ace_Justice: 1d20+14 fuck you door Fortuna: Ace_Justice, fuck you door: [17] = 31 Heronius_Napalm: Magic missile on the door. 8 damage. Ace_Justice: 1d12+12 damage on the door Fortuna: Ace_Justice, damage on the door: [2] = 14 Ace_Justice: balls Alek_Deckard: "Also, can you hear me? This is not about the party." Uovana: 1d20+12 vs door Fortuna: Uovana, vs door: [2] = 14 bodyguard: "It's not?" bodyguard: "Who the hell are you? And why did you kill my doorman?" Heronius_Napalm: "we are here to settle a debt." bodyguard: "He was 3 weeks from retirement." Heronius_Napalm: "Consider it an early vacation" Ace_Justice: oh snap bodyguard: Hang on." bodyguard: A hole opens and a jar full of funny colored liquid is pushed out by a tiny mechanical arm. Heronius_Napalm: Mage hand to catch it bodyguard: "Be a friend and stick his head in there before it bleeds dry, please." bodyguard: "THen we can discuss that debt." Alek_Deckard: "Well, macabre seems to be a continuing theme." Alek_Deckard places the guards head into the jar. bodyguard: "Thanks. Now, please enter so we can discusss this matter." Heronius_Napalm: (sounds like a trap." Heronius_Napalm: ) Uovana: hold the head hostage bodyguard: The door opens gradually revealing a short hallway to an elevator Lucas_Strongbow: It's the professor isn;t it Heronius_Napalm: be very cautious Lucas_Strongbow: We decapitated Hermes Lucas_Strongbow: Check your corners Ace_Justice: me and uovana at the front then? Lucas_Strongbow: Watch your 6 and all that jazz Alek_Deckard: "And the ceiling, I've had, bad things happen from not looking at the ceiling." Ace_Justice: also don't blink bodyguard: The elevator doors slide open and wait for you Ace_Justice: Hero, use your freaky magic to check if the elevator is rigged Alek_Deckard: 1d20+12 thievery check on the elevator. Fortuna: Alek_Deckard, thievery check on the elevator.: [6] = 18 Heronius_Napalm: I throw a rock into the elevator Ace_Justice: *explodes* Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 perception on elevator Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, perception on elevator: [12] = 25 bodyguard: The rock bounces off the far wall of the elevator and lands without effect. bodyguard: It seems to be a perfectly normal elevator Lucas_Strongbow: I step in Alek_Deckard: I also step in. Lucas_Strongbow: He who dares wins Heronius_Napalm: I hang back, looking around the room more bodyguard: It's just a short hallway Ace_Justice: I step in Uovana: i am cautious as well, waiting to see what hero does bodyguard: There is a chair where the doorman sat Heronius_Napalm: I step in, scowly and with grumbles of stupid ideas and traps handofevil joined #pwot_dnd. Uovana: i follow handofevil: Wait crap, Chrome is being stupid handofevil quit. Ace_Justice: Which floor do we go to? handofevil joined #pwot_dnd. bodyguard: Top floor, boys Lucas_Strongbow: Hey what's the worst that could happen? Ace_Justice: *hits every button* Lucas_Strongbow has died bodyguard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xutz-28F7w&feature=related bodyguard: After a short ride that came from hitting all 3 buttons, Ace_Justice: darn bodyguard: You arrive at the top floor and the door slides opens, revealing a large, important looking office bodyguard: Hiya holdr Alek_Deckard steps out into the office. Lucas_Strongbow: We all get in at the bottom, but when we arrive at the top Holdr is with us Lucas_Strongbow: We are super freaked out Holdr: Holdr drops in through the top Holdr: "Sup guys." Heronius_Napalm: " get into battle positions" Ace_Justice: Me and ovana once again lea Ace_Justice: lead Holdr: Holdr pulls out his spear and places it between his legs Holdr: "BATTLE READY" Uovana: axe is at the ready Ace_Justice: I take out my axe and rest it on my shoulders Lucas_Strongbow: We all strike badass but ineffective poses Alek_Deckard: "Your poses might work better if you stepped out of the elevator fellows." bodyguard: There is a long desk with a stout looking creature behind it Lucas_Strongbow: Shadow broker bodyguard: "Greetings, gentlemen who killed my latest doorman." strange: "What can I do for you?" Heronius_Napalm: "Greetings, man with a very tenuous grasp on the world of the living." Holdr: Is he a volus? Heronius_Napalm: "We are here to clear the debt of the one called shippy." Lucas_Strongbow: Barla Von strange: "Shippy, eh?" strange: "Yes, I know that guy." Igfig: He is not a volus strange: "Fat. Smells like alcohol and fried food." Igfig: he's short and stocky yes, but rather square and grey. strange: "And he wants his debt clear? He thinks he can hire thugs to take me down?" strange: "What is he giving you in return?" Holdr: Is he a midget Eclor? Holdr: Elcor* Alek_Deckard: "A free trip." strange: "To where?" Holdr: "To the End of the Universe" Holdr: "I hear they have great food." Igfig: I don't actually know what all these mass effect creatures are Heronius_Napalm: "Also, 20% of what you want from him." Igfig: but no Holdr: Elcor's are the massive beasts that talk in monotone and state their emotion Igfig: I hve never played Mass Effect strange: "They do, actually. Right near the end of the universe there's a great- that's beside the point." Holdr: Oh man. New Character idea Igfig: imagine a dwarf packed into an ice cube tray Heronius_Napalm: "Unless you want to give us more money than he is, you are on very thin ice. Heronius_Napalm: " Lucas_Strongbow: We have no sense of loyalty, we're cool with whatever Heronius_Napalm: "indeed." Heronius_Napalm: "also shippy smells awful." strange: "So, you want me to pay you to not kill me on be half of the man who is not paying me." Heronius_Napalm: "Right. Heronius_Napalm: " Holdr: "That's correct." strange: "I have a better idea." Heronius_Napalm: "No you don't" strange: "How about you tell me where exactly shippy is taking you, I cut you a better deal, and we all live happily ever after?" Heronius_Napalm: "Do we kill shippy too?" strange: "I see no reason to, strange: But I also see no reason not to." Holdr: "Why don't you tell us about the deal first." strange: "THe deal is based off where shippy is taking you, of course." Lucas_Strongbow: (where is shippy taking us?) Heronius_Napalm: (dunno) Alek_Deckard: (To a place where a beat is heard, I am not sure if he ever specifically mentioned where that was, but I think it may have been. It's been a while.) Heronius_Napalm: "Do you know where the maestro is?" Igfig: (he didn't say where exactly, no, but it's probably your lead to... yeah, the maestro) strange: "Wait, to where the beat is heard? He knows where that place is?" strange: "Yes.... YES..." Lucas_Strongbow: Do you know where the Maestro is? Heronius_Napalm: "oh dammit." strange: "Go with him. Heronius_Napalm: "Kill him." Heronius_Napalm: "What?" strange: "Find out where it is. Come back, tell me how to get there, and I shall reward you beyond wahtever he had planned." Heronius_Napalm: hmmm Heronius_Napalm: "no. Heronius_Napalm: " Lucas_Strongbow: You'd need to lay low for a while Lucas_Strongbow: Maybe go somewhere that isn't a big evil office Alek_Deckard whispers to Hero. Alek_Deckard: "We could lie, don't have to return to him." strange: "Oh, trust me. I have a plan for that." Heronius_Napalm: "I'd rather loot the place." strange 4hops off his chair, vanishing behind his desk Holdr: Oh man. He's gone to narnia strange: He then waddles out from behind it (his legs are far, far too small for his body) Holdr: Is he a BIOTIC GOOOOOOOOOOD? strange: And hits a remote. A bomb raises out of the floor Lucas_Strongbow: I was hoping a disco ball would descend strange: "I'll blow up the tower, he'll think i'm dead, problem solved." Heronius_Napalm: "I like your style." Holdr: Why are we in a reaper base? Holdr: "I enjoy this idea." Alek_Deckard: "Well it certainly has a taste of our usual flair when we leave places." Lucas_Strongbow: Yeah, it'll look like us strange: "And when you get back, you can kill him if you want. I don't care. As long as you lead me to the sourse of hte beat." Heronius_Napalm: also, some fat lutes to take with us strange: *source Holdr: *Holdr does the beat* Heronius_Napalm: "What is your interest in the beat?" strange: "That's not important. THe details are never important." strange: "You'll either do it or you won't." Heronius_Napalm: "Group meeting!" Holdr: HUDDLE Holdr: 24 HUT HUT Lucas_Strongbow: psst psst pst psst Holdr: "We'll speak in morse code so he can't understand us." Heronius_Napalm: "no we won't" Holdr: "-.. .- .-. -." Lucas_Strongbow: I say take this deal Lucas_Strongbow: We could easily not come back Holdr: "We could get him to pay half up front." Lucas_Strongbow: Someone charm him Lucas_Strongbow: What even is he? Holdr: A dwarf or something Holdr: (I still say a volus) strange: WHatever he is, he doesn't even come up to your waist Heronius_Napalm: "okay." Lucas_Strongbow: Like I said, Barla Von Heronius_Napalm: "Half now, Half when we get back." strange: "Fantastic. Now return to shippy, tell him what you want, and get him to take you to the source. i will contact you when you return." strange: "Half, hm?" strange: "Fair enough." strange: "Do you take space checks?" Heronius_Napalm: "good. Then we have an accord?" Heronius_Napalm: "We take gold, platinum, and astral diamonds." Heronius_Napalm: "Would you really want a paper trail that leads to US?" strange: "What do you think i am? Some sort of galactic ponzi with a vault full of unmarked treasure in a high security vault in his basement under high security?" Heronius_Napalm: "Yes." strange: "I mean.... I don't have lose cash sitting ariound." Heronius_Napalm: "And we can get to that vault with or without you." Holdr: "Really? Then what's in the safe behind you?" Heronius_Napalm: "Also, the explosion does not have to be staged." Holdr: (That is a total guess.) Ace_Justice: I have to go strange: OK man Ace_Justice quit. strange: "I don't hafve a safe in this room you fool." strange: *have Holdr: "Darn. It was worth a shot." strange: (God, my spelling tonight.) Alek_Deckard: (We'll just pretend this strange guy has an accent.) strange: (OK good) Heronius_Napalm: "So, cash or flames?" Holdr: "I like flames." strange: "Fine, fine. I'll have some cash sent up...." Alek_Deckard: "Usually you prefer both Hero." Heronius_Napalm: "Indeed." Heronius_Napalm: "I am unusually kind today." strange: A moment later, the elevator opens and a large suitcase it thrown out before the doors close again. strange: "It shouldd be there. Now will you please get out of my office so I can blow it up?" Alek_Deckard: "After you gentlemen." Holdr: "Can I blow up the office?" Holdr: "I like blowing things up." strange: "I suppose. So long as it gets blown up well." Holdr: "Awesome." Heronius_Napalm: I take the case. Heronius_Napalm: " Heronius_Napalm: "Pleasure doing business." strange: "I'll contact you when you return, gentlement." Heronius_Napalm: Perception check on case Heronius_Napalm: 1d20+3 Fortuna: Heronius_Napalm, 1d20+3: [16] = 19 Heronius_Napalm: "right" Lucas_Strongbow: I turn my Hawks gaze toards the case also strange 4climbs onto his chair which decends suddenly into the floor Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, 1d20+13: [5] = 18 Lucas_Strongbow: It is ineffective Alek_Deckard: "Also make sure that guard's family gets... his retirement pension even though he died. He left awfully quick." strange: (I'm not sure exactly how much he is paying you yet, so just assume it is there.) Heronius_Napalm: okay Alek_Deckard gets into the elevator in preparation to leave. strange: Suddenly, the bomb timer startsd Holdr: Wait, I had the bomb thing Alek_Deckard: "Apparently you took too long, shall we leave?" strange: You weren't blowing it up fast enough Heronius_Napalm: Off we go Uovana: dashes into elevator Holdr: Darn Holdr: I wanted to blow it up Holdr: "Let's go" Lucas_Strongbow: How high is this office? Heronius_Napalm: remember not to look at the explosion Lucas_Strongbow: I;m thinking window Uovana: three floors Holdr: Holdr flips the top of the switch like an Jack from ME2 Lucas_Strongbow: Survivable! Holdr: HOLDR JUMPS OUT THE WINDOW AFTER EVERYONE ELSE AND DETONATES THE BOMB Lucas_Strongbow: I jump through the window at the last possible second Holdr: 1d20 cool pose Fortuna: Holdr, cool pose: [19] = 19 Holdr: SUCCESS Uovana: i leap out as well since everyone else is going that way Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+14 acrobatics to look cool Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, acrobatics to look cool: [19] = 33 Lucas_Strongbow: And then I turn and say Uovana: 1d20 to see if i manage to land with my axe and my umbrella Fortuna: Uovana, to see if i manage to land with my axe and my umbrella: [1] = 1 Holdr: ONE LINER Lucas_Strongbow: 'Man, this party really bombed' Uovana: damn it Uovana: the umbrella didnt survive Igfig: Noooo Holdr: Uovana manages to land with his axe and umbrella, but it's stuck inside of him Holdr: It's horribly painful Uovana: which - the axe or the umbrella? Holdr: Both Lucas_Strongbow: I also apply shades in midair, in slow motion Holdr: Holdr already had shades strange: THe tower begins to explode and fall as you escape it in just the nick of time Alek_Deckard calmly walks out the front door after using the elevator. Uovana: the axe needs to come out. but the pink umbrella looks mighty pretty sticking out of the top of my head. Heronius_Napalm: I walk away carrying the money, looking cool as hell. Uovana: i must comission hero to paint a picture of it Lucas_Strongbow: Did anyone grab the suitcase? Heronius_Napalm: I have it Lucas_Strongbow: Because that would be hilarious Holdr: "Oops." Lucas_Strongbow: Son of a bitch! Uovana: my axe hole hurts Lucas_Strongbow: You don't happen to have another suitcase full of money do you? Lucas_Strongbow: And so on Holdr: If only Ace was here. He's an expert on Axe Hole's. I'll have to do though Holdr: I'm only an expert on Futurama References though Uovana: ok holdr. can you take a look at my axe hole Uovana: ? Alek_Deckard: I am a cleric, sota. Alek_Deckard: sorta* Holdr: Pray over his axe hole Alek_Deckard: "I am a cleric, in training." Uovana: someone needs to address my axe hole here Alek_Deckard: "I'm not expecting much more issues before the end of the day. Holdr: "I can't do anything. I'm only an expert on identifying axe holes. Your hole is indeed an axe hole. shippy 4wanders over Uovana: what if it festers? someone smell the axe hole for me Alek_Deckard uses Healing Word on Uovana, while removing the axe from the axe hole. shippy: "So it came to that eh?" shippy: "How'd it pan out?" Holdr: You should've left the axe so he had an axe in a former axe hole Uovana: thanks for healing me. Holdr: "Explosions." Holdr: "Shades" Holdr: "One liners" Uovana: axe holes Holdr: "That is all you need to know." Holdr: "Also an axe hole." Alek_Deckard: "Things went their usual way." Holdr: "Just with more explosions." Heronius_Napalm: "also, loot." Uovana: and slightly more embedded umbrellas than normal Heronius_Napalm: You still owe us money shippy. Alek_Deckard: "There was only one explosion, back on that last planet there was a great deal many more explosions." Heronius_Napalm: You don't want to do that for long shippy: "Yes, yes indeed. Shall we get on with that trip then?" Heronius_Napalm: yes. Heronius_Napalm: Let's move out. shippy 4leads everyone to his ship and boards shippy: "Uh... Sit wherever, gents. Try not to knock over any crates." Igfig: (I guess your new ship is still being built) Heronius_Napalm: right. Heronius_Napalm: The rest of the crew will follow us when our new ship is done. Uovana: sits gently on a big crate. the former axe hole is still a llittle tender Igfig: Wait. Uh, thing. Heronius_Napalm: I sit at the front. Igfig: Before you go. Igfig: Something you should consider Holdr: Holdr leans on the side with his shades still on Holdr: He looks cool Igfig: is that you guys were looking for the Maestro to learn music Uovana: Shades? Pfft. I have an embedded umbrella. Pink at that. I am the epitome of cool. Heronius_Napalm: yeah, isn't that where we are going now? Igfig: Yes Igfig: If you are playing a character that can already play an instrument Igfig: or who doesn't want to learn Igfig: you might consider switching to a different character Holdr: Hmmm Holdr: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Heronius_Napalm: you mean, send our learning character with shippy? Lucas_Strongbow: Can I not just learn more? Lucas_Strongbow: I'm Toki, this guy could teach me to be Skwisgar Igfig: Sure, if you like Holdr: I suppose I'll change to bD Lucas_Strongbow: Yeah, screw it actually Heronius_Napalm: Well I shall take this case of money and go oversee a ship building then. Black_Dynamite: Actually Black_Dynamite: Hmmm Black_Dynamite: I don't know Alek_Deckard: Hmm... I don't really see Thorn or Alek learning to play, Thorn is the manager, Alek would be... something. Heronius_Napalm: also, I shall buy the hell out of some magical stuff Alek_Deckard: Thorn would probably go though because he is the manager. Black_Dynamite: On one hand, BD can punch concepts Black_Dynamite: But Holdr is cooler Black_Dynamite: I have no idea Igfig: Flip a coin? Black_Dynamite: 1d2 BD 2 Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, BD 2: [1] = 1 Thorn: Or: Who seems more likely to play in the band? Black_Dynamite: Holdr it is Lakanu: I've also changed my mind, haven't given Lucas a good run in ages Igfig: Aight Holdr: Actually I'll do bD Heronius_Napalm: Damnit man. Black_Dynamite: I haven't used him since like level 4 Heronius_Napalm: make up your mind. Igfig: Wait, Hero, do you not have any other characters that could learn to play something? Heronius_Napalm: I could extract barvo Heronius_Napalm: and send him to learn the timpani Black_Dynamite: And holdr would be the guy I'd get rid of if I had to Lucas_Strongbow: Extract Barvo Heronius_Napalm: Napalm is a producer Lucas_Strongbow: Eww Igfig: Okay Igfig: That's all settled then Igfig: You all find relatively comfortable spots on Shippy's ship Heronius_Napalm: I sneeze barvo out. Igfig: it's a smallish merchantman Black_Dynamite: Holdr leaves to stand guard at the ship yard Heronius_Napalm: "Barvo, sit in there, do what you are told." Heronius_Napalm: Heronius goes to make some purchases and make life horrible for the shipbuilders Uovana: my umbrella hurts. i am going to lay down and nap. Igfig: small enough that Shippy and Lou (his helmsman) can fly it without extra crew Igfig: Lou is a chitine, a spider sort of fellow with four arms Igfig: Anyhoo Lucas_Strongbow: Hey Lou Igfig: "Hrap." Igfig: You're all introduced and then set off Black_Dynamite: Black Igfig: It only takes about a day for you to get to your destination Black_Dynamite: Black Dynamite punches the concept of slow so we can go faster Lucas_Strongbow: Our version of Black Dynamite is overshadowing the original Black_Dynamite: Well he does have that strange fist from the whateverplanetitwas incident Heronius_Napalm: Afrofist Black_Dynamite: Yes Igfig: A small moon, mostly covered in oceans, in orbit around a great orange-red gas giant Black_Dynamite: His Afrofist Black_Dynamite: "That's no moon..." Black_Dynamite: "Wait." Black_Dynamite: "yes it is." Igfig: "Here's where it was. Lemme get that frequency..." Lucas_Strongbow: Tune into K DST Lucas_Strongbow: THE DUST Igfig: Shippy fiddles with the comm for a moment, and then the static resolves itself into a steady bass beat Heronius_Napalm: uds uds uds Black_Dynamite: WUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUB Heronius_Napalm: brb Igfig: which is soon joined by synth and distorted guitars Lucas_Strongbow: And then that sip from ELO album covers appears Igfig: and then less distorted guitars, some drums Igfig: and within a few minutes it's a completely different song, though you'd never be able to say when it changed Igfig: a few minutes later it's something else Black_Dynamite: "Magic." Black_Dynamite: "They must be harmonizing." Igfig: different songs, different styles, all of them fantastic Igfig: hard rock to death metal to prog rock to bubblegum Igfig: You manage to triangulate the symbol to a small island in the southern hemisphere Igfig: er, signal not symbol Black_Dynamite: TO THE SYMBOL Thorn: "Land this thing." Igfig: On a windswept crag overlooking the ocean Igfig: you find Black_Dynamite: The Grand Canyon? Igfig: uh, the picture isn't uploading Heronius_Napalm: oh my Heronius_Napalm: imugr Lucas_Strongbow: Technical difficulties Igfig: nope, there it goes Lucas_Strongbow: It's probably me, i;m stealing bandwidth to post in the GIF thread Black_Dynamite: Bad Lucas! Igfig: You find this Igfig: A stone circle, a large gate Igfig: Ancient, mossy stonework Igfig: And Igfig: An old woman sweeping the flagstones Igfig: squinting up at your ship as you land Igfig: but when she sees nothing of interest she goes back to sweeping Thorn: "Old woman!" Igfig: "Eh?" Thorn: "Tell us where the music comes from." Black_Dynamite: "Hello mam. Would you be interested in our Deluxe Sweepmaster 3000 X?" Lucas_Strongbow: I am Arthur, king of th-NO Heronius_Napalm: "Hi." Barvo: "Hi." Black_Dynamite: Is there a bridge nearby? Igfig: "The music? What music? Go away, please Igfig: ." Black_Dynamite: Someone play an awesome solo Thorn: "Old woman! If you do not tell us where we can find the music, then we shall be forced, to rock." Black_Dynamite: And roll Black_Dynamite: "Can't forget roll.: Igfig: "Hello and goodbye. I'm not interested." Lucas_Strongbow: Very Billy Crystal in Princess Bride here Igfig: "Rock all you like. Roll, even. I don't care." Lucas_Strongbow: I pull out my guitar Lucas_Strongbow: Which I keep in a special, magical pocket Black_Dynamite: 1d20+9 to punch the concept of lieing Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, to punch the concept of lieing: [14] = 23 Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 performance Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, performance: [1] = 14 Black_Dynamite: "It is impossible to not be interested in Rock." Igfig: Lying's a pretty big and slippery concept. Hard to land a blow. Lucas_Strongbow: I'll be going now Black_Dynamite: BLACK DYNAMITE COVERS HIS EARS Lucas_Strongbow: Mission was a failure Black_Dynamite: THEY BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEED Lucas_Strongbow: Out of practice Black_Dynamite: 1d20+9 to end the horrible music Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, to end the horrible music: [6] = 15 Igfig: "If that's what you call rock, you should quit now." Lucas_Strongbow: Turns out I forgor to string the guitar Lucas_Strongbow: TRY AGAIn Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, 1d20+13: [13] = 26 Black_Dynamite: I pick up a rock. "Actually this is what I call rock." Igfig: "What are you trying to do? What do you want?" Barvo: "Maestro." Thorn: "We're a band, we seek the Maestro who lives in this region, so that he may help us on our quest to slay elves. Also rock and roll." Black_Dynamite: "Also Chicken Noddle Soup." Barvo: ELVES! Beat! Igfig: "Who, me? Maestro? Not here. He's somewhere else." Uovana: uovanais going to bed. someone learn me some music real good. Thorn: "There arent' any elves here Barvo." Barvo: "No elves?" Igfig: "And even if I were, why would I help?" Barvo: "Then why we here?" Uovana quit. Igfig: Bye Uo Black_Dynamite: "Because if you don't. We will.... Rock you." Igfig: oh, too slow Barvo: I'll tell her. Black_Dynamite: 1d20+11 stealth to fade into the shadows mysteriously Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, stealth to fade into the shadows mysteriously: [13] = 24 Thorn: "Yes, let's try to rock a mystical musical being. That sounds smart." Igfig: "Oh no. You'll rock. If you could really rock, Igfig: you wouldn't have come here in the first place." Igfig: Sure BD, you hide Barvo: Barvo take out axe. Thorn: "Barvo, wrong axe." Barvo: "bwuh?" Thorn: "We don't cleave the old lady's head from her shoulders." Barvo: "barvo was going to make drum with axe." Thorn: "Carry on then." Black_Dynamite: Can I explore around a bit and look for secret rock stuff? Igfig: "Fine, you can play some tunes. So what? Who can't?" Igfig: Sure BD Thorn: "I can't, I'm the manager. But we're here to play more then just tunes!" Barvo: "We use tunes to beat elves." Barvo: "Bring rock to whole galaxy." Thorn: "And if we can't rock now, then we need to learn to rock so we can." Black_Dynamite: 1d20+9 perception to search around for stuff Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, perception to search around for stuff: [16] = 25 Barvo: "Or even this major galactic cluster" Igfig: "Do tell. You need to learn rock so you can kill elves?" Igfig: "Maybe you should just learn how to fight." Barvo: "To teach other people not to fear the elves. I kill elves with my axe." Barvo: "We need to sway the oppressed people." Igfig: "And then you won't waste everybody's time." Thorn: "Yes, what the big, strangely sense making, guy said." Igfig: "Yes, well, that's very noble thoughts I'm sure" Black_Dynamite: What about my percpetion check? Igfig: Oh, sorry I didn't see that Igfig: Uh Igfig: You don't see any secret doors or anything, but you do notice something odd about the wind here Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 perception on wind Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, perception on wind: [13] = 26 Black_Dynamite: I tell them about the wind Lucas_Strongbow: 1 better fantastic Igfig: I mean, you're at the top of an ocean cliff, and it should be windy as balls... and it was windy when you were walking here from the ship... but inside the circle, it's very still Igfig: except for a slight rhythmic pulse of air Igfig: moving... upwards, it feels like Black_Dynamite: Ooooh Barvo: "This island, is large instrument." Lucas_Strongbow: OOOOHHHHH Black_Dynamite: HOLY CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP Igfig: The old lady smiles. Lucas_Strongbow: That's very cool Black_Dynamite: BD grooms his afrofist Igfig: "Well. Perhaps you are not unfit after all." Barvo: Barvos moment of clarity over, he goes back to picking his nose. Igfig: "The soul of rock may dwell within your heart." Barvo: "Bwuh?" Igfig: "That's one test you have passed. The test of Taste." Barvo: "I like meat." Black_Dynamite: "Meat good." Barvo: "Cooked over fire of hickory trees." Igfig: "And now, in earnest let the tests begin!" Igfig: "Your instruments. Unsling them. Now begins Black_Dynamite: "My instrument is my fist. It shall not go." Barvo holds axe Igfig: The Test of Harmony! Go, play a note!" Igfig: Okay Igfig: So Igfig: this is the Test of Harmony Igfig: It's kind of a skill challenge Black_Dynamite: Can I punch it? Igfig: What you have to do Igfig: is make Perform checks Igfig: Doesn't matter how high the checks are Igfig: you have to all get results within one of another person Igfig: bonus points if you all get one continuous range Barvo: oh my Barvo: so can barvo use strength for the check? Barvo: or is it still dex or cha? Igfig: Still Dex or Cha Igfig: but you can use Strength for secondary checks Barvo: k Igfig: and remember: you can use secondary checks to give a +2 bonus or -2 penalty to another check (or even more, if you get a good result) Barvo: so we start with primaries, then move to secondaries to adjust the harmony? Igfig: Something like that! Black_Dynamite: So are we doing anything specific with our actions? Barvo: Play a rousing beat on a drum Barvo: 1d20+7 Fortuna: Barvo, 1d20+7: [15] = 22 Barvo: Bum BUM bum BUM Barvo: Bum BUM bum BUM Igfig: Also if you don't have instruments, the Maestro provides some Igfig: Okay, we've got a 22 to start Igfig: Who wants to make the next check> Igfig: ? Lucas_Strongbow: Yo Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 Smooooooooth guitar Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, Smooooooooth guitar: [7] = 20 Igfig: Cool, you get your guitar humming at very close to the same rate as the drum beats Igfig: Next up? Black_Dynamite: I'm going last sjust so I know whate veryone else has picked Thorn: Guess what, your turn. Igfig: So Thorn then. Since Ace and Uovna have already left Thorn: I'm the manager. Igfig: Not going to learn to play anything? Black_Dynamite: Fine. Can I have a Theremin? Black_Dynamite: It looks cool and works with BD's fists Igfig: Sure Black_Dynamite: Awesome Igfig: A theremin is produced for you. You have no idea where the old lady was keeping it. Black_Dynamite: 1d20+6 Perform Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, Perform: [2] = 8 Thorn: I came along cause I'm the manager, and cause I didn't think Alek would learn something to play in the band. Black_Dynamite: Aaaaaaaaaaw crap Black_Dynamite: "This Insturment is confusing." Barvo: He could have a guitar full of weapons Barvo: like desperado Thorn: That's going to take some work. Or a whole new roll. Igfig: Well Igfig: You all have some secondary checks left Igfig: Two each, let's say Barvo: 1d20+12 Fortuna: Barvo, 1d20+12: [13] = 25 Barvo: I roar along with my drum beats, inspiring the players Igfig: Oh nice, that's enough for +4 or a reroll Barvo: also, the guitar strings could be used as garrotes Igfig: True, I suppose Igfig: What'll it be? The +4 or the reroll? Barvo: Me choose, or next in line? Lucas_Strongbow: Definitely the reroll, BD Barvo: well, same either way Barvo: reroll it BD Igfig: You can apply it to whoever you like (so prolly BD) and I figure you can all decide together Black_Dynamite: Oh i was in the wrong chat Black_Dynamite: Alright Black_Dynamite: 1d20+6 Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, 1d20+6: [16] = 22 Black_Dynamite: Wooooooooo Barvo: perfect Thorn wanders off to see if he can get at one of those creatures in the crate and eat it. Igfig: hahaha Barvo: Bum BUM bum BUM Black_Dynamite: I start playing this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJYho56INKU Igfig: Barvo's roar refocuses BD, who flexes his fingers with much greater passion! Igfig: BD and Lucas still have secondaries left Black_Dynamite: 1d20+6 str to make the music more intense I guess Fortuna: Black_Dynamite, str to make the music more intense I guess: [18] = 24 Alek_Deckard wanders out of the ship, sorta enjoying the sunlight without letting it actually touch him. Black_Dynamite: WOOOOOOOOO Lucas_Strongbow: 1d20+13 to start windmilling and showboating and shit. You know, for inspiration Fortuna: Lucas_Strongbow, to start windmilling and showboating and shit. You know, for inspiration: [11] = 24 Barvo: we are harmonious as all hell now. Barvo: Imagine brigsby here, improving lyrics Lucas_Strongbow: Let's all revel in how cool that would be Lucas_Strongbow: Aah Igfig: You harmonize the fuck out of those instruments, all hitting precisely the same notes Alek_Deckard: 1d20+6 Perform since between the light and the music makes Alek feel like singing along to the music. Hopefully not wrecking the harmony. Fortuna: Alek_Deckard, Perform since between the light and the music makes Alek feel like singing along to the music. Hopefully not wrecking the harmony.: [5] = 11 Alek_Deckard: I shouldn't have added that last statement. Igfig: well, uh Black_Dynamite: I glare at Alek Igfig: you start singing right as the rest of them stop Alek_Deckard: Alek shuts up. Alek_Deckard: Alek sits down and promptly tries to ignore that whole happening. Alek_Deckard: 1d20+12 for stealth. Fortuna: Alek_Deckard, for stealth.: [5] = 17 Igfig: "Good work! The skills may not be yours, but yet Alek_Deckard: He doesn't do so well at hiding from the happening. Igfig: the principles are well within your grasp." Igfig: "And funny you should speak of lyrics now..." Black_Dynamite: "I can't sing. Dont' ask." Alek_Deckard continues to fail at hiding, likely due to the heavy cloak, and the bright sunshine, and sitting in the open grassy space. Igfig: "The next test is the Test of Lyricism." Barvo: "bwuh?" Igfig: "Who cares if you can't sing a note? Fuck that." Igfig: "Voice is not the thing. No, spirit is." Lucas_Strongbow: Oh shit Igfig: "Give me a new song. topic of your choice." Lucas_Strongbow: This is like Whose Line is it Anyway Igfig: Yes, it's exactly like that Barvo: brb Igfig: You get a choice: Roundup or Irish Drinking Song? Igfig: Er, Hoedown Lucas_Strongbow: Roundup Igfig: not roundup Lucas_Strongbow: Hoedown even Igfig: If you haven't seen Whose Line Black_Dynamite: "Question." Igfig: In Hoedown you each sing an entire verse Black_Dynamite: "Do the points matter?" Igfig: in Irish Drinking Song you each sing one line of each verse Lucas_Strongbow: Oh definitely drinking sog then Barvo: Irish drinkiing song Igfig: The points matter exactly as much as the dice roll of a falchion with Brutal 3 Black_Dynamite: Black Dynamite takes a swig of irish rum Black_Dynamite: "OY. LET'S GET THIS STARTED SHALL WE?" Barvo: Bum BUM bum BUM Black_Dynamite: I'm imaging Barvo to have this tiny little drum Igfig: Oh, lye di dye di dye di dye di dye di diy DI DYE Lucas_Strongbow: Irish rum? Alek_Deckard: "What is it about?" Black_Dynamite: "THERE ONCE WAS A SAILOR WHO'S MOTHER WAS A DOLT" Igfig: Topic of your choice Lucas_Strongbow: We have not established an order either Barvo: HE WRAPPED HER IN A NET AND PUT HER IN HIS BOAT Alek_Deckard: Shippy it is then. Black_Dynamite: Who's next? Alek_Deckard: "He rowed it out upon the lake." Black_Dynamite: BD Glares at Alek again Lucas_Strongbow: THEN DROPPED HER IN FOR PEACE'S SAKE Lucas_Strongbow: LYDE DI DYE! Igfig: Do make a point of keeping in metre Lucas_Strongbow: I decided to keep in metre with Alek Lucas_Strongbow: Trying to save face Barvo: Metered couplets Black_Dynamite: "And at once he did celebrate, and sung a quick sarenade!" Lucas_Strongbow: Barvo... Barvo: thinking Lucas_Strongbow: Also, 1 too many syllables there Barvo: HE DANCED AROUND WITHIN HIS BOAT, HE WOULDN'T BE AFRAID. Black_Dynamite: Syllable Schmylable Igfig: Okay... let's just declare this test finished. Lucas_Strongbow: No Igfig: okay Black_Dynamite: NO WE MUST CONTINUE Lucas_Strongbow: It;s fun Lucas_Strongbow: Alek's turn Igfig: Okay! Continue then! Alek_Deckard: "Though perhaps he should have looked out." Lucas_Strongbow: Godammit Alek_Deckard: ? Barvo: everything is wrong there Black_Dynamite: BD Glares reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally hard at Alek Barvo: every single thing Lucas_Strongbow: Someone give me a third line Alek_Deckard: Oh come on, I'm listening to irish things and that sentence works with their jig thing. Igfig: I should have had us all listen to a Whose Line song before we started Lucas_Strongbow: 3 of us know it Lucas_Strongbow: 3rd line! Lucas_Strongbow: Quick! Lucas_Strongbow: Someone! Black_Dynamite: "For soon he would be a maid" Black_Dynamite: It's horrible but it's the best I could think of that rhymed Barvo: yes! cross dressing irish drinking song Black_Dynamite: What have I done Lucas_Strongbow: Didn't need that rhyme either Alek_Deckard deposits himself back in the boat. Black_Dynamite: +1 for Effort Lucas_Strongbow: 3rd line is... Black_Dynamite: DO SOMETHING ABOUTU COOKIES Black_Dynamite: Or Turtles Lucas_Strongbow: BUT THE BOAT WAS ROCKING HARD, AND HIS BALANCE WAS UNSURE Lucas_Strongbow: SO HE ENDED UP IN THE DRINK, SWIMMING BACK TO SHORE Black_Dynamite: OOOOOOOOOOOOOH I DI DYE DYE DI ETC Igfig: "Your lyrics, they are awful. But at least Black_Dynamite: "+1 for effort I suppose?" Igfig: you argue like a proper band. So yeah." Black_Dynamite: "Do we have groupies for sex like a proper band though? Nooooooooooooo" Igfig: "And truly that is the important part." Lucas_Strongbow: Our vocalist had a previous engagement Igfig: "And now the Test of Spirit will be next." Black_Dynamite: "Can I punch it?" Igfig: "Prepare to face the restless spirits of Igfig: rockers of ages upon ages past!" Lucas_Strongbow: We're boned Black_Dynamite: Can't we fight the Jehovah Witness's instead? Barvo: fights? Igfig: From between the cracks in the stone, a dark mist begins to rise Black_Dynamite: "WE HAVE OUR OWN RELIGION. GO AWAY." Igfig: coalescing into shadowy black figures with indsitinct features Thorn comes back outside, eating the leg of some unidentified creature. Igfig: you can only make out basic shapes Black_Dynamite: "Thorn. The Jehovah Witness Spirit Babies are here. Get rid of them." Lucas_Strongbow: The ghosts of Chuck Berry, Jim Morrison, and Prince appear Igfig: the squat forms of dwarves, the powerful frames of orcs Igfig: the height and spines of gratch, the massive jaws of giff Barvo: Barvo Hefts his axe Igfig: even...could that be an elf? Black_Dynamite: Did we step into a Dr. Seuss Book? Black_Dynamite: "LOOK BARVO." Black_Dynamite: "ELF" Barvo: ELF!!! Black_Dynamite: "FETCH BARVO" Black_Dynamite: "FETCH" Barvo: BWUAHHHHH! Igfig: The ghosts rise all around, packed tight about you in the circle Barvo: Can I smash them now? Thorn chews on the leg a little slower. Igfig: They all stare at you. Barvo: Barvo charges the elfiest one. Black_Dynamite: "Hello. 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