Session Start: Sat Dec 04 10:07:40 2004 Kay, so, there you all are, in a wilderness. You don't know what land this is. You feel oddly dreamlike. Or nightmare like. Your eyes are open. [Are we on a silvery path?] "....Curiouser and curiouser." The unicorn is bidding you farewell. "I will not go further here. It is dangerous to me. I'm sorry I couldn't find a silver path for you. Here in the Dreaming --- ooooooooooooooooh, I must leave now, or I will not exist!" "Hmmm... curiouser and curiouser..." * Garland lifts a hand to the unicorn in farewell. "Thank you!" "Bye, Unicorn! It was good to meet you!" "... I think." * Flora starts crying. [Flora] Flora, you are weeping in the library. You have a book open. It is a mythic fantasy. You don't know why you're crying, but the librarian is pissed off. ??? Am I in two places at once?? "Your ruining that book!" yells the librarian. "Don't you know what it's worth? It's got all the clues about the invasion." Hmmm... read the book???? Anything I can understand, as I cringe? She is trying to pull it away from you. What do you do. I hang on to it, trying not to wreck it. I will get out of the Library if I have to. Yes, I am Breaking the Rules of the Library. OK, I know something screwy is going on. Can I exert some Willpower here? To clear my mind? You will be wrestling with the librarian, then. Roll your strength + stamina. Difficulty 6. Librarian just got 4 successes. What about you.No willpower allowed. Only one success. [/Flora] * Garland looks away from the unicorn, and starts to look at the area around them. [Garland] Garland, you are slowly being strangled by a necklace hanging from a tree. "You abandoned him." you hear in your head, over and over. Youre going to strangle to death in about two minutes. .... oh dear. "You need to sing for your supper, daaahling." Says the necklace. * Garland thinks to himself I CAN'T EVEN TALK FOR IT! [/Garland] * KenKen joins Garland in examining their dreamlike surroundings. o.o [KenKen] KK, you are in a wood. There is a gun. You are holding it. It won't go away. There is a stag in your sights. It is a beautiful beast. It is your soul lookingout of its eyes. Slowly your fingers tighten on the trigger. Am I being forced to shootit, or do I resist? You can resist, but at a penalty. Okay? :) What penalty? Are you trying not to aim right or trying not to press the trigger? Probably trying not to press the trigger. [/Kenken] * Flora appears to be reading something, and looking furtively over her shoulder... still crying. * Bunny sniffles, too. Doing her best to not cry, though! "I'm s-s-s- sorry!" [Bunny] Kels, you are stammering to Cook. She's mad at you about onions. You don't know why. Cook in the kitchen at the School. Very important person. Your BIG boss. ...okaaaaay. ST> "You will gather an entire bushel of onions, peel and chop them all. One of them has the clue." That was Cook. "Chop! Gather! Peel!" "No, get the knife first, idiot!" [/Bunny] "Sshhhh! The Librarian is already angry!" * Garland makes a, well, choking noise as he is pulled back, tugging at something around his neck. * KenKen cries "No!" He's shaking his head and his hands are tense and shaking, in a stiff, awkward position in the air. "I'm being careful with it, ma'm!" A cat wanders in. * Garland begins clawing at his neck, trying to get something off of it, gasping. [save us, kitty!!] "W-what clue??" [Bunny] The cat jumps to the chopping table, and drops a poop right in the middle of the knife. "Damn CAT!" shrieks the cook, and goes for the broom. There are a million onions in the room, and why the Cook wants a bushel more, you don't know. [/Bunny] * Garland makes a couple strangled noises, kicking his legs and struggling more. "NO! Leave it with me! I need it!" [Flora] The librarian grabs the book away. Three pages remain in your hand. "Now look what you've done!" she screams. "Cat, bring that glue!" I try to escape, with the pages. (God, what have I sunk to! Ripping BOOKS!) The cat screams ferociously and leaps. You are left with a couple of scraps of paper, and the cat is chewing happily. Ahhh... chewing the thing above GArland all at the same time as chewing the book pages? Several stories all happeing at once? and the cat is the link. So.. kill the cat... or mollify it?? Your choice. [/Flora] The cat seems to find Garland interesting. It is a very nice looking cat, but its claws are very, very sharp as it climbs Garland like a tree. [Garland] You are really hurting everywhere the cat puts its claws. Believe me, I know. "Hi," says the cat. He sidesteps your hand casually. "You wanna I should bite that neat string? If you do, I won't. Haha." "But you really want me to. Hahah." "i'M NOT STUPID." [/Garland] * Garland drops one hand from his neck as soon as the cat sinks its claws in, attempting to backhand it roughly. * Garland looks at the cat darkly, still struggling, ".... DON'T... bite it... then...." * Bunny whimpers, quietly, and putters about, seeming to be looking for something, very scared. * Bunny squeaks in surprise! "You ripped the book by being so grabby! Hey! You damn cat!" The cat has just pooped on Bunny's head. * Garland gasps for air, bringing both hands to tug at his neck sharply. "... damn... cat..." * Flora kicks the cat, hoping to cause it to let go of what it took from her. * Bunny whimpers again. "Cook is gonna be *so* *mad* at me." * Bunny tries to find a place to hide! "Hey, now that's the ticket," says the cat to Garland. It jumps on her head, poops as an afterthought, and then bites something above Garland's head. Garland immediately stops feeling as if he's going to die. * Garland drops to his knees, coughing roughly... and shaking his head out in ANGER. "Kitty! I have a treat for you, Kitty!" * Flora holds out a bit of food. [KenKen] You succeed. A cat wanders in. "Boo," it says to the deer, who scampers off. "Hi," it says to you. [/KenKen] * KenKen blinks at the kitty. "....Hello, kitty," he says, miming putting a gun away. * Garland gets out his crossbow, "Sonuva..." "Is it poisoned?" the cat asks interestedly. "You eat half first." * Flora eats half of it first. * Flora then offers again, hand outstretched. * Bunny quivers where she has apparently found a place to hide. Quietly, "T-there are already so many onions why does Cook need more?" "Go get that flower," the cat says to KK. There is one flower and one flower only nearby. * KenKen scampers for the flower. * Garland gets up, "What the hell is goin' on here? Who are you??" He asks, glaring at the cat. "You know, I hate onions," the cat says to Bunny. "If you wipe your face with a flower you won't have to peel them. Then again, you won't find out the clue either. Interesting. I'm certain this is a conundrum for you, commoner." "And speaking to you, GOAT, I am here because I want to be here, and you should wipe the poop off your head I think because its smell will give you away." It seems to grin. "I should find out the clue because I'm on an important quest and people are counting on me, but I don't know how to find the clue. Cook didn't make any sense." "I think we all got off to a bad start, Kitty. Can't we all settle down and have a snack?" "Thank you so much for the chocolate." It says politely to Flora. "However, if you knew anything about chocoate and cats, you'd know I would die instantly if I ate it. So, maybe you want to go back to the library?" * Garland would really like to deck that cat, but grabs a couple leaves off a tree to clean his head off. [I assume I have no trouble getting the flower?] The poop sticks to the leaves and rubs through your hair. Suddenly a stench arises. * Flora looks as if she is somewhere else, not focussing on the rest of the party. * Garland wrinkles his nose, "Aw, c'mon!" KK gets to the flower. It is funny looking. Do you have herbalism or science or have you studied flowers for art or something? [I MAY have studied flowers for art, but I don't have the other two. ST call.] Kay, I'll roll, KK. Well, well, well. I rolled one d10 for a chance knowledge. I got a 10. The dice are hot today. You do know that this flower is a DREAMFLOWER. There is only one of it. What are you going to do? [Do I know what DREAMFLOWERs are, if I know the word DREAMFLOWER?] Yes, you do, KK. Remember that it was the drop of water from the special chalice that once held Dreamflowers and saved Lady Sariona's life from the writhen blade. Wasn't it lucky it was YOU who got the flower? [Gahhh, I wish I could find the character notes. XD Were we looking for dreamflowers for anyone, or just the cup of dreams?] Just the cup, at that time. Cat says to the boggan, "If you'd been around, you'd remember, wouldn't you? You'd have it in your little notebook you always carry around. I just use my head. When I feel like it. Which I don't, oh, okay, do, well maybe I don't know right yet. It'll be fun watching." * KenKen squeaks at the flower. Squeak! o.o "Got those onions?" cat says mystifyingly to Bunny. * Garland lifts his crossbow and points it at the cat, "WHO are you?" [Query to Bunny: tell everyone what is in your pockets, but pretend to be taking things out for the cat to see." To Garland, "I'm the one who just pooped on your head." "I ain't kiddin' around, cat." "Flora," says the cat, "You aren't the person in that nightmare." "So, I can't change anything iin it?" "Nope because you don't know what happened in it." "So, why are you showing it to me?" "Oh. You are SHOWING it to me!" What do you mean Flora? * Bunny starts emptying her pockets, looking for something to peel the onions with. "My sewing kit won't help, will it? The onions don't need to be sewed together..." Bunny is going to tell us what's in her many pockets. Right. Sewing kit. I assume WITH the extremely sharp scissors from the dragon? [Yep!] * Bunny takes out a little bag. "Or my candies, I think I have a lemondrop or two left, but onions can't eat candies." Candies. Three lemondrops. Portable glamour. I'm staring at the flower and wandering back over with it, shocked. o.o So shocked! [Ack! I forgot the brackets, sorry.] [YOU PICKED IT???????] [...um...] [...I guess *not*.] [Oh, god, you PICKED IT???] [... pick it!] [call her bluff! :D] [AAcchhh! The world as we know it comes to an end!!!!] [Well, it's a good thing she forgot the brackets.] [....[sighs] Look, I was told to pick it. You didn't mention whether or not I was told what the flower was when it was already in my hands. That's what I was assuming.] Go back, young pooka. You are staring at the flower. It is growing happily in the ground. [okay.] * Bunny takes out a wooden spoon, a tiny whisk, lots of little various portible cooking implaments. Good. Any potatoes? * Garland watches Bunny empty her pockets, impatient, and keeping on eye on that cat. That was the cat asking you, Bunny. * Bunny might have some cooking SUPPLIES in her shoulder-bag, but not in her pockets. "No, not in my pockets. Potatos don't belong in pockets. "Why did you ask me to get *THAT* flower?" Cat to KK: "To see if you would obey me, as is my right." * KenKen lifts his eyebrows. * Garland makes a frustrated noise. "...what am I looking for, again?" "He's probably just jerking us around, Bunny!" [Can bunny hear garland?] Cat to Bunny. "You know. Something for the dusty stuff. We need a bee, too. Gotta teach it. That bush. good for a flower, don'tcha think?" Everyone can hear everyone except for Flora. Flora's in a world of her own. She's with you, but not, so to speak. "Maybe you shouldn't listen to the cat, Bunny!" "I want a potato," says the cat, frustratedly. [Ah! okay, I thought bunny might still be in bunnyworld.] "A CLUE!" [stands up, suddenly] "That's what I was looking for!" ".. a clue to what, bunny?" "...I... I don't know." "But it was a clue." Good, Elyria is still too far for you to recognize her. Those that might. Cat to Bunny, "She's the only one with sense around here. Good vision, KK. "Who is?" "I don't think you'd be a good judge of that..." arches an eyebrow at the cat. "That is, Bunny is the only one with sense around here. Naturally since she's a boggan. I have no truck with ordinary commoners, but boggans are good. They always know where the food is." "Are you hungry, kitty? You know, my sister's name is Kitty. Well, not her NAME, but that's what I call her." "... I've been called commoner a lot lately, but I'm sure as hell not takin' it from some CAT." [Just to sort you all out, you were all except Flora clustered around the Dreamflower. Probably KK looked up for a moment because her animal senses sensed that the cat knew someone was coming. Work for you?] [Uh, sure. ] * KenKen looks up and squints... "MY NAME IS NOT KITTY. I always want something to eat. But the potato has the clue, idjitboggan." * Bunny pouts. "My name isn't boggin, either. You don't need to get angry." "Zoan?" Elyria holds up a branch to pass under, eyes scanning the scrub for her wayward cat. * Bunny looks to see if any of the food she brought wither her to cook for them is a potato. Bunny, there is a potato in your shoulder pack. It is wizened with age. It has one enormous root on it, going from the eye of the potato in weird directions, all on one "stem". * KenKen 's eyes go huge and he squeaks, then waves. "LADY ELYRIA!" * Bunny takes out the potato, then looks for where Kenken is looking at the sudden yelling. [Flora] Suddenly you are in the library. Is the Librarian still here? Still angry? She's busy gluing pages into the book. As soon as she sees you she throws a bottle of glue at you. It is a very large bottle. It is so large you could fit in it. In fact, let me roll... I dodge!!!! Okay, the bottle misses you but hits the table top up and glue covers you from head to toe, on one side only. I wipe it off as well as I can, and say, "Look, ma'am, I'm sorry we got off to a bad start, but I guess you startled me. I can help repair the book ,if you will let me." Can I look at the book as the Librarina fixes it? She sends the cat to you. The cat says disdainfully. "You can't even read." And to your horror you find you can't. nasty. Well, I can still try to memorize the library, in case it exists, somewhere. Yes, you can do that. I'll give you 7 dice when or if the time comes. Remember that. [/Flora] The cat wanders over to Flora, shaking its head and purring. It rubs up against Flora's legs. Suddenly Flora realizes she is not in a library and there is no glue. "Whoa! That was a freaky dream I was wrapped up in!" * Garland gives Flora an odd look for a second, then looks in the same direction as KK. "... Elyria?" Blinks. * Elyria focuses on the group on hearing her name, a small line between her brows. "...KenKen? ...Zoan! There you are!" [???] "who...?" * KenKen moves over towards her quickly. "Did you know how worried I was--?" * Garland hangs back, a little suspicious at first. * Bunny blinks at the new person, holding the potato still. [... he'd still like to strangle that cat.] "Kitty, what's going on?" [Bunny hasn't LEFT speaking terms with the cat? Though she doesn't like it all that much.] [Who by the way saved your life... It was a real nightmare. REAL.] [Well, mine certainly seemed real!] [... mhm. Still doesn't like that cat.] [He was still a jerk about it, tho ^^] [If you'd died in it, you'd be dead now. How do you type when a cat shoves his head between your hands?} * Garland is keeping an eye on KK an Elyria for now, just to make sure she doesn't turn into something awful and eats him... [sensible Garland. Needs to know.] * Elyria frowns minimally. "No, how worried were you? What /happened/ to everyone after the cantrip?" "THIS BIG." Kenken holds his arms apart. "And wait, you don't know either?" * Bunny is very confused and has no idea what's going on! WHEE "Thank you, KenKen." The line between Elyria's eyebrows remains, though she smiles. "No; I arrived at the castle alone. I - who are your companions?" * Garland steps forward and gives a bit of a bow. "My name is Garland, Lady Elyria." "My name is Flora, miss." [Bunny, you can examine your potato. It really is very remarkable. The root, or rhyzome or whatever it's called is like a road map nose coming out of the face of an old man. [Garland, this is one HOT babe. to you, she's IT. Not quite as gorgeous as Morwen, but oooh.] [Whoa, Elyria grew up? :D] [I thought she was, like, 14!] [Older than she looks. Anyway, have you looked at a 14 year old these days?] [...Point.] [... oh dear. Okay.] [I meant, she's lookingolder than she was. OOhhh I'm in a mess. Sorry. Xander's got me in his sleep spell.] [Ah, okay... I was gonna say, he's not that desperate... yet.] * Bunny looks at the potato, curiously? "And this is Bunny the Mighty," Kenken finishes the introductions. The potato says, "meoww." Apparently the cat can cast his voice. * Garland really hopes he has stopped reeking so much. There are some pine bushes. Kind of like a brush. Smells Christmasy. "I guess the cat is yours, miss.. Elyria?" * Bunny looks up when her name is said! "What?" * Garland rips a couple pieces off that off, trying to get his hair back in order. His beautiful hair. *sobs* [of that off, rather.] [Er, uh, Garland, the pine sticks in your scalp. You look sort of a cross between a greaser and a Christmas tree.] [cute. Looks good on im.] * Garland is going to MURDER that cat. Hahaahmwhaha * Elyria nods to Garland. "And you already know my name, good Garland. Ah, KenKen, could I speak with you a moment?" She nods to the side, away from the others. * Garland tries to inconspiciously get the pine comb out of his hair... if that is possible. "...mister Garland sir are you okay?" Okay, enough meanness to Garland. The cat brushes against his legs and nods three times and purrs once and suddenly your hair is at its gorgeous best. * KenKen sweeps a bow and moves to one side with Elyria. "... of course I am, Bunny." Nods, then glares a bit at the cat at his ankles. "... thank you, cat." "Happy to help, happy to help, dear Goat." says Zoan the cat. * Bunny is relieved Sir Garland is okay. [Does she want to distract him to make him feel better?] * Garland frowns a little as KK and Elyria go off alone, then looks at Bunny. "... that's a funny lookin' potato." [Elyria and KenKen] * Elyria folds her arms, looking serious. "KenKen, I need you to answer one question. How did Aeon and I get together?" "...Well, yay! YOu've just proven to ME that you are who you said you are." He laughs. "Ah -- it was a romantic night, the moon was shining..." [/Elyria and Kenken] [Well, he already seems to be feeling better. ^^;] * Bunny nodnodnods. "It is." ["My!" Garland says, in awe. "What an amazingly-shaped carrot!"] [Quiet you!] * Garland furrows at the potato. "Where did you pick that up?" * Flora wanders around, behind KK's view, seeing if Elyria notices her. After all. E. is not part of the 'friends', yet. Roll for your special ability. I can't remember what it is. Expliquez please. "It was in my bag." [It is Feth Fiada at 4 pips, I don't recall how many dice total to roll, it was 8 or 9 I believe] "That cat said that the potato had a clue... whatever that means. If anything." "The root looks kind of like a map. Could that be it?" Okay, right, I remember. Roll 4 dice with a target of 9, since you don't remember. Meanwhile they roll to perceive you. KK perception + alertness target 9. Elyria same. Are you sure the target is 8 or 9? I think you get a bonus. * Garland squints at the potato. "Maybe... never seen a map like that before." Looks around them, trying to see if there are any paths about. [St, I believe I had more than 4 dice, that is what I was saying, 8 or 9. IS the 4 dice of F.F. added to some attribute?] [or do I remember their target as ebing that?] "A potato map." Nope. Sorry. I think I remember now. The target is 4, and you have now got 8 dice since you don't remember. [One success, but that's a 10. Should I reroll?] They have to roll their perception + alertness with a target of 8. [If I don't reroll 10s, I have 6 successes] KK, yes you should reroll. This is a conflicted thing so you compare successes. [ 1 success total] Well, I mean, you WOULD reroll, but I don't hink you can beat Flora. She's there and you don't notice her, despite Lord Rendarien's specific instructions! How about you, Elyria? Look on your email for Perception which is under Attributes and Alertness which is under abilities. That's the number of dice you have to roll with a target of 8. (You don't add the numbers, you just look to see which are 8 or more). [Okay, kitten taken care of. Four successes, two 10s.] Reroll the tens. You can reroll the tens too, Flora [Nope, no more.] [one more success, making 7] Okay, so the contest is over. Flora has successfully infiltrated your little tete a tete. [so we should put it in the main window, but with a 'private' notice, or--?] Yes The rest of you can roll to see if you see Flora hovering near the two of them. Perception + Alertness difficulty 8. [one 10] That's enough. You could reroll but Flora's not trying to hide from you. So you know she's eavesdropping. * Garland isn't gonna stop her. [After all, Elyria is probably asking KK, "Do you think that goat likes me? Give him this note and tell him to circle "yes" or "no"."] [One sec, wanna roll... Lemme get my sheet again.] [Aside with KenKen] Elyria smiles, the line between her brows disappearing. "Thank you, KenKen. That's what I was looking for. So what happened to you?" [Haha, crap, I actually BOTCH. XD; No successes, one 1.] [dude, don't you have like 8 dice? WOW. XD] You take a thoughtful bite out of the potato, Bunny [...When I'm trying to LISTEN?] No, when you're trying to WATCH. Boggans automatically eat if they're trying to do something and food's in their hands. I will roll to see if you get the "nose" side. [Okay, that's nice to know NOW.] [.......[flips through game book. o.o]] Nope. Nowhere near. Sorry Bunny. Can't tell all things at the time when they're most useful. I know stuff the book doesn't KK. You stop waving it at me or I'll send God to get you. [Because this isn't something she as a character would have noticed in 12 years of living?] She would. But notice the "automatically". It's like somebody napping their knuckles. They don't notice till it's done. [Lots of stuff that are instinctive goes nearly unnoticed by the person who does them] Anyway, I'm just being a pest. [Okay, just figured a player should be allowed to decide whether or not her character would do something possible harmful/poisonous, that's all. XD; ] [I notice a great deal of my bad habits. Scratching my head, biting my nails, etc.] Well, sure they should. Okay. You want to roll, Bunny? I already rolled you safe. You want to? It s up to you. [No, nevermind.] [... so the nose side is unsafe. Mwaha.] * KenKen gesticulates wildly. [aside to Elyria] "Well okay there was that thing and then *poof* and suddenly it was like *home run* and--" * Elyria makes shushing motions with her hands, smiling. "More description, please, KenKen? Where did you go?" [Aside to Elyria] "Well, to *my* home base, if not the home base, or what you'd consider home base." * Flora nonchalantly picks at her nails while lolligagging near the tete-a-tete * ST warns that you will have to test again soon. * Flora sees for sure it has worked, gets bored, and heads back to the others * Elyria nods. [Aside to KenKen] "Did no one else appear there with you? If you were there, why are you here now?" [I've moved out of earshot now, so if Elyria and KK want to go private, go ahead] * Garland blinks as Flora returns. "... what? ... why didn't you stay over there?" Quietly. "because if there is something important for us to know, KenKen will tell us, of course." [wanna go private, Elyria? :)] "would you want me to spy on you, Garland?" "... don't you think it's a little important anyway?? We should know everything there IS to know, given our circumstances!" Whispering. "You wouldn't need to - I don't have anything to hide." [Sure. You know I want you in private... /me eyebrow waggles.] "Well, neither does our fearless leader, KenKen." "No, maybe not, but perhaps -she- does." nods towards Elyria. ".. The last Sidhe girl I met tried to kill all of us, remember??" "I remember, but if I would be able to hear it, KenKen would be able to retell it." * Garland frowns, not liking this one bit. [willing, maybe. Able?] [Garland does not like entrusting the pooka with all the info.] * Flora puts one hand on Galand's chest and looks up into his eyes, batting her lashes, "Besides, it's how she speaks that interests you more, not what she has to say, isn't that so, my dear randy goat?" * Garland arches an eyebrow at Flora, "... are you going crazy again?" "nope, just ....observing." * Bunny eyes Flora. "...What are you talking about?" * Garland shifts a little, "Nothing, Bunny." "Garland likes pretty girls, Bunny. SOmetimes he doesn't think too deeply when they are around." * Garland IS trying to think deeply though, and all this lash batting isn't helping. "What pretty girls?" * ST is amused. "You," looks at the cat, "How do you know Elyria anyway?" "See Elyria. She's pretty, isn't she?" * Bunny shrugs. "I guess?" "Well, imagine how you get when a pretty apron comes into your hands. Don't you get lost looking at it for a while?" She's my person," says the cat. "She does what I want. I like her sometimes. I reward her with purrs sometimes." [if a cat could shrug she would have. You get the impression of a shrug anyway.] "I dunno, do I have work to do?" "Don't compare her to an apron," looks at Flora strangely. "Hmmm..., well, GArland is more easily distractable than you, Bunny. At least, by some things." * Garland looks at the cat, narrowing his eyes. "She does what you want? What does that mean?" * KenKen pats Elyria's shoulder sympathetically while talking to her. [Elyria and Kenken] "If there were anyone else, they'd totally have gone with me to find you guys, wouldn't they? How did YOU end up by yourself-?" * Elyria shakes her head. "I don't know. The cantrip brought me back to the castle - alone. And without the Horn... my fath- Duke Egan has disowned me." Her lips tighten. "I daresay he desires me dead." "And wouldn't that be good if it were news?" He sighs, then, greatly daring, pats her shoulder. "Well, you know a few people back home who don't, right?" (He's also fairly obviously referring to Lord Rendarian and Lady Sariona who've been supporting Elyria for awhile.) * Elyria does not reprimand KenKen for the pat, perhaps distracted by thoughts of her troubles. "Indeed. It is good to run into you like this, KenKen - it gives me hope that perhaps the others are well also." [/Elyria and Kenken] * Bunny is possibly confused even more. [/me snickers. "It means Zoan's a cat."] * Flora sees Bunny's confusion, and says, "don't worry about it. Garland is just curious, that's all." [In that case... destroy it!] * Garland looks at Flora distractedly again, "I am not curious! Don't give the kid a funny idea!" Okay, Garland, the cat says, "She lets me be who I am. She respects me. She listens to my advice. She sends me on missions. She feeds me GOOD food that doesn't come from cans. She's a Sidhe, but she's okay. * Garland looks back at the cat. "... how did you know Bunny had a potato in her bag?" * Bunny isn't sure asking Flora to explain something is a good idea. Can ask Kenken later. "You know, for a goat you're kinda strange. I smelled it. It's old. Anyway, everyone knows the clues are in the potatoes." * Garland is trying very hard not to let that cat... er... get his... goat. "Clues to what exactly?" To the way. Goat, you wanna know the way dontcha. I'll show you. Just you follow me...." "Fine," watches to see where the cat goes. The cat sits, wide-eyed, not blinking, staring at Garland. ".... I can't follow if you just sit there!" The cat rolls its eyes, then does as before. * Garland needs a drink. "Zoan...is that you name? Are you trying to do to Garland what you did to me?" The cat gets up, goes to Elyria, touches her (claws in) on the knee, and prrrts. She translates this as him being thirsty. I'm sorry I have to tell you this, but you would know, Elyria. All cat owners speak prrt. * Garland watches the cat go over to Elyria, arching an eyebrow. "What, she's the way?" The cat ignores him. Waits. * Garland mutters something and follows the cat. * Bunny watches Garland go. Elyria and KK, roll charisma + etiquette to see if it seems rude to you for Garland to interrupt your conversation. * Bunny puts her stuff back in her apron and putters along after Garland to see where he's going. Difficulty for Elyria is 6 and for KK is 9. * Flora sits down and starts making notes about her recent experience which she wants to remember. [1 success, then. But it's Garland, so even if it's against etiquette, Kenken won't mind -- they're a motley! :D ] [Two 10s.] [Would it be poor etiquette to kick her cat in front of her?] Rude. Ruder. Perhaps death. [Garland, as he dies for cat-kickery: "I regret nothiiiing!"] * Garland nods to the both of them, "Very sorry to interrupt..." Looks down at the cat pointedly. "Oh! Hey, Garland!":D * Bunny manages to stop herself before she bumps into Garland's back. "Hey, KenKen... just... following, uh, Zoan here. In case he forgot, he is supposed to be showing me the way somewhere." "What, like, the silver path?" Cute. Hey, hey, the gang's all here, what the heck do we care what the heck do we care... "I don't know, but apparently that funny lookin' potato is a clue." * Bunny holds out the potato. * Elyria unslings her gourd canteen and fills her bowl with water for Zoan. "Enjoy," she says, rubbing gently behind Zoan's ears for a moment before looking up at Garland, frowning. "Zoan's simply thirsty. Ah - a potato?" She looks at the root Bunny is holding out. * Garland coughs, looking slightly embarrassed when Elyria frowns at him. Garland, your window. "It's a clue? I don't know." * Bunny looks greatly confused. * Elyria holds out her hands to take the potato. "If I may, ah, Bunny was your name?" * Bunny nodnodnods! Lets Elyria take the potato. * Garland blinks, then looks down at the cat. "Hey..." Zoan looks up from his dish. Very, very delicately he washes his face. Then he says, "So, what you gonna do about it?" * Garland wants to know The Way. Zoan rolls his eyes again. "Already showed you. Damn stupid cloven-hoofed idjit." "Garland, what were you experiencing a while ago, where it looked as if you were choking?" * Elyria takes the potato and examines it thoughtfully. * KenKen blinks at the potato. For its appearance or for the lore? "This is just more proof to me that God is a pooka. Just so you know." * Garland stops clenching his fists at the cat to turn and look at Flora. ".... I was being strangled, by a necklace." "well, remember the details. I think it might be important." * Bunny is just listening to people, waiting for anyone to talk to her or need her for something. "Bunny, you too were having some kind of a dream, weren't you?" "I was being strangled by a necklace hanging from... that tree," Points towards the tree, furrowing a little and looking at it. "Yeah, I guess it was?" [Appearance, then lore; since it looks awfully strange, I imagine I'd look for clues /why/. :) ] "and where did that revery lead you?" * Garland is looking back at where Zoan was sitting before, thoughtfully. To Elyria: The appearance seems like perception + survival difficulty 6. "And GArland, what was the nature of the necklace, of it's attachment to the tree?" Garland might seem a little confused here. He's thinking about three things all at once. "I don't -remember-..." "Ummm... Cook wanted me to chop and peel onions but there were already so many onions I didn't see why I had to go out and get some more." [Five successes, two of which are 10s.] "OK, Bunny, and what did looking for more onions do for you?" Because you rolled tens in your specialty you can reroll them. You do need quite a few successes here. [Two more successes, one of which was a 10] "I didn't go look for the onions. I hid so Cook wouldn't yell at me anymore." "There's a reason why I am asking you guys these questions. I was in a nightmare which I think pointed me to a place with terribly important information." [Do I reroll that one also?] Roll that 10 again, Elyria. In real life what you are doing is something with the potato that is giving you ideas. Are we onto Lore yet? [One more success.] * Garland frowns and looks to Flora for now, "Information? Of what sort?" [Now we are!] Okay, Elyria, you just made it. But was it Lore or was it just the shape etc. of the potato? [Just shape etc, I believe? That was still per + survival.] "I was in a library, and part of the nightmare was that I couldn't read. But there was a book in my hands, and the Librarian took it away from me, telling me that it had 'all the clues about the invasion'." Okay, so roll intelligence + Lore (what is your Lore in?) [ the Dreaming, according to me sheet.] "Cook said something about a clue, too. That one of the onions had it?" "I've been consciously trying to remember and write down all the details, because I think somehow this part of the Dreaming, or Zoan, or something, has given us this clue. And Bunny was going on about a clue, too, no?" [ What's the difficulty for this one? Still 6?] Not with Lore Dreaming of 4. I'd say 5. "And didn't Bunny's dream, or Zoan, lead to that potato?" "The kitty did." [Six successes, one 10.] "So let's see what Elyria has to say about it." Reroll the ten. "There was no mention of a clue for me..." [One more success.] "Let's work on yours next." * Garland moves back over to where the cat was standing before, looking around. * Garland pauses, then sits down. * Garland settles in and looks straight ahead, doing his best not to blink. Garland, you are thinking about the potato. In that position exactly, doing what you are doing, you are thinking "the clues are in the potato." * Garland smacks his knee, "WELL I KNEW THAT!" * Garland gets up from sitting, moving straight ahead until he reaches where the Dreamflower is. [So, several paths of logic and thought and guessing lead to the potato...] [... and the private stuff that we could do with Elyria and the potato...] [I bet all the girls call you 'spud'.] In your mind, you follow several paths of logic and thought. None of them help. Then you remember a book you read once on Lore of Finding Food in the Dreaming. You remember there was something about potatoes... But if only you could think what....Are you really, really trying to remember? [Me? ... because Garland would be REALLY REALLY REEEEEALLY trying.] [Is this Flora who read that book??] Talking to Elyria now here. Sorry, Flora, you will get your time. So will you, Garland. [In other words, am I willing to spend a point of Willpower on it? Yes. It's a mystery! I want to know!] "Mister Garland, sir, are you okay?" [Yes, I'm really really trying. :) ] [Don't be sorry, just didn't know who you meant.] Kay. Ante up. And roll intelligence + alertness difficulty nine. You will get one automatic success with your WP point. How did you know that? You're really GOOD. "... yeah, yeah, I'm fine, Bunny." Crouches down to inspect this flower a little. It's a ways back from where you were. * KenKen notices Garland and hurries over, looking a bit alarmed. Any successes, Elyria? [One 10.] Besides your automatic one? [Yes.] And it was in your specialty. Roll the ten again. * Garland looks up at KK, "What is it?" "Do you know what that is?" [A success! Not a 10, though.] * Bunny worries. About to ask if he's hungry, but then Kenken shows up, so just quiets. [Would I know what the Dreamflower is, ST?] That's OK. I mean OOOOKKKKK. You did it. Three successes you needed and you got it. Hurray for the Sidhe! So now, your box. [Woo! That was close.] Garland, your turn. [ You remember at last that in one legend someone brought a potato in from the World to the Dreaming, without really expecting to use it, and that person forgot about the potato until it got old. It grew poisonous roots, not poisonous to touch, but to eat, from the eye of the potato. After that it was said, "The eye is blind, but Dreamflowers can read the Way from it." It was blind because they had to cut the eye out before the potato was edible..] Garland and KK are having a conversation. [Sorry, would he know what the Dreamflower is?] Sorry. Didn't see the question before. NO. * Garland blinks at KK, "No... do you know what it is?" "I'm just a wealth of odd knowledge, aren't I?" "... something to that effect, yes." Just for the ease of the transcriber, let's stick with Garland and KK for a bit. "Do you know how they cured Duchess Sariona?" He crouches beside the flower. * Garland shakes his head, "Can't say that I do, no..." * KenKen grins at Bunny. "You were in the palace at the time, right? Any palace gossip about that? I can give you a hint..." He points to the flower. "But can you believe, that much power and only from the traces of it, not even the whole thing?" [Palace... manor? I forget what the place *is*. The freehold, at any rate.] * Garland lifts an eyebrow, looking from KK to Bunny then. [Bunny] Bunny there was a lot of gossip about it. The idea was that there is a Cup somewhere which is full of Dreams, and that when water spills from the cup dreamflowers grow. They are VERY rare, since the Cup is missing. And if you grind up a dreamflower with the right stuff you can cure all fatal diseases. And that's what the Duke did to save Lady Sariona. Or, something like that. [/Bunny] * Bunny 's eyes go big. Holds up her hand to be called on. "... Bunny." "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" "um like there was a lot of gossip at the time and there was supposed to be this cup that was full of Dreams and that when you spill water from the cup dreamflowers grow there but the cup is like missing so that's why dreamflowers are rare and if you grind up a dreamflower with the right stuff you can cure fatal illnesses so that's what the Duke did to save lady Sariona." "GOOD JOB, BUNNY!" He ruffles her hair. "And whaaat are we looking for? :D" "... the Cup of Dreams!" "So it was here." Okay, Flora, go ahead with your stuff that you were trying to do earlier. "So guys, I've been thinking." "We show up in this place, where there is a Dreamflower, right, and all of us are looking for the Cup, right, and "we all start having dreams which seem unrelated, but I think they are related." "I had a dream, not my own according to the cat in it, which may or may not be Zoan, but which took place in a library, and I got a look at a book which the Librarian said had clues about the invasion." "I think that library exists somewhere, and is related to our quest. So if my dream is related to the quest..." Serious nod to Flora. "... in my dream I was getting strangled, by a necklace like I said. A long time ago I hung a similar necklace on a tree in the Dreaming, but it wasn't anywhere around here..." " then maybe all our dreams, here by the Flower, are related to the thing we seek, which is the thing that made the flower." * Garland gets up from crouching, taking a couple steps past the Dreamflower to see if he can see anything more in that direction. "Would a dream that seems to just be of your chrysalis be related, you think?" As you pass the Dreamflower the hairs on your legs kind of brush the Dreamflower and a cloud of pollen comes up. It smells divine. But of course, pollen is not seeds. [Uhoh! Now you have to find another flower and snuggle up to that to make baby flowers, Garland!] [... no way is a flower gonna get more action than my satyr.] "Oh that smells lovely." "Every dream here is important. Remember the details, 'cause they may be useful later." Everyone but Garland can roll perception +kenning difficulty 9 except for those with acute vision. [Sadly, of the three women you have to chose from, two of themn make you a pedophile. Sorry, Garland.] [...] [16 is still kinda young too. Damnit!] [HAnds off, buddy!] [ Four successes, one 10. ] [ST: 1 success] Were either Perception or Kenning 4, Elyria? [no successes] Reroll the ten. Wow. [...another 10.] Okay, who's bought your dice? [Nothing. Got a 10, but it is cancelled out by the 1.] [I don't know. o.o] Hehheh. Just a failure, then, not a botch, Bunny. Reroll the ten. [Alas, no more successes.] Total is? [Five.] Okay. Flora and Elyria had successes, right? [yup.] [Flora] In the glare from a setting sun, you notice that the Satyr's leghair is more attractive than usual on one leg. Of course, you're not really INTO leg hair, but still... You look at Garland with new eyes. [/Flora] [Elyria] You notice in the glare of a setting sun that the Satyr's leg hair is more attractive than usual. It sort of shines. In fact, it might even be contributing to the lovely scent as he goes by you, looking down the world past the Dreamflower. Also, you are thinking about that potato. Something about the potato and the pollen.... [The potato has a bunch of roots that all center on the eye or something like that, doesn't it?] Yes. [/Elyria] * KenKen sniffs. "...potato pollen?" * Elyria frowns thoughtfully, glancing at the potato, then at Garland's legs. "Hold still a moment, Satyr." * KenKen gets a stupid idea. But waits to see what Elyria plans to do with the satyr and the potato. o.o * Garland does as the attractive sidhe tells him. * Elyria hands Garland the potato. "...try to get some of the pollen from the flower on the roots of this, would you?" She gestures at Garland's legs. "Well, you know, if it's sprouting, wouldn't it be better to... you know?" * Garland gives KK a funny look, then takes the potato from Elyria. "Sure, one sec..." * Garland tries to get some of the pollen off his legs and onto the potato root. * KenKen makes digging gestures.... then watches Garland rub his legs with a potato. Giggles, high pitched. The roots get sparkly. but of course, the long weird nose thing starts to break off... * Bunny looks at kenken, wondering what he's giggling at! KK you are a bad example. "You know, the duchess was a giant potato fan, and she went to all their concerts, even the underground ones." "...I never understood her taste in music." * Garland lifts the potato as it begins to break, "What's it doing??" * Bunny doesn't get Kenken's joke, but eeeks at the breaking potato! ; hms. "Not the effect I was hoping for. Ah..." He face lights up. "Er, before that breaks off... try sticking it - /gently/ - in the flower? Like a hummingbird. Don't hurt either of them, please." * KenKen shakes his head. "But--" * Garland clears his throat slightly at the concept, then looks to KK, "What is it?" "KenKen, she is pollinating the flower, as a bee would." "...Do you know how you get another potato? Any farmers or cooks among us? 'cause -- isn't a potato a *root* vegitable?" "two birds with one stump, KenKen." "...Ummmm... I dunno, that root isn't... uh... it's kind of poisionous...? "Yes, KenKen? This potato has /something/ to do with the flower, I know." Elyria shakes her head. "Planting it... the flower is... here. I read in a book of lore; 'The eye is blind, but Dreamflowers can read the Way from it.'" "....okay, Flora, but if you break off the sprout, don't come running to me." "Right, and before this breaks, let's give this a try." So doesn't Garland do it? I don't know why you mentioned Flora... "Go ahead, Garland." * Garland lifts the potato root and, er, sticks it in the flower. Gently. He seems to have practice with this sorta thing... Okay. Botany 101. Potatoes reproduce with rhizomes, i.e. the root like thing growing from the eye of the spud, or they reproduce as usual, if allowed to flower.\ [He should waggle his eyebrows at Elyria as he does this.] So, now what do you do, waggling weirdly. I expect he does. Is anybody looking at the Dreamflower? [Probably, if they're sticking things in it. XD] [NO! he doesn't really] "after pollinating the flower, plant the 'root'." [I'm looking at it.] [we all are looking.] * Bunny is watching, sure, why not? INTERESTING THINGS. [I am indeed.] The Dreamflower is starting to glow. It is suddenly its own sun, brilliant with opalescent hues of yellow, purple, green, orange, and carmine, full of life, full of silver, silver, silver It simple glows with silver and suddenly the silver overflows as if the Dreamflower were a cup and the silver covers the land in a very narrrow path, And you shall see, if ye look, that it seems remarkably like a narrow Silver Path there going across the wilderness. And it shall be as if Moses raised his staff and suddenly God has shown the way. "Ooooh!" "Ha HAH!" "Yayyyy!" The cat licks its left shoulder. "Well, didn't I TELL you?" "Ohhhh WOW." * Garland looks back at the cat, "Not in so many words." Flatly. * Elyria smiles with satisfaction. "You did indeed, Zoan. Excellent!" Okay, I'm beat. You did it. Good good work. I liked everyone's playing. You're great together. You make it a pleasure to ST you. Thank you for a great game. Will you play with us again, Harle? I'd love it if you kept on being Elyria?