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Author Topic: Life Begins At Death - Epilogue: We Live And Live Again  (Read 565312 times)

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4500 on: May 05, 2013, 08:37:57 pm »

"Okay then, good."
Look around for a mage.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4501 on: May 05, 2013, 09:11:38 pm »

[I'm sure you'll be fine. Although you may want to think on finding pure water quickly to wash out the salt in the tree trunk.]
[there is a bar here achool will be fine]
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4502 on: May 06, 2013, 01:15:43 am »

In the home of the Artiste...

Scott, his experiment still in progress, looks for a knife to further his own goals. He finds a kitchen knife easily enough. Not a ridiculously sharp one or anything, but a reasonably lethal kitchen knife no less. He then smears death paste all over it.

Then Niklas dumps a pot of soup all over him, washing off most of the horse innards he worked so hard to put on! Damn it all, you're going to pay for this, you weirdo!

[Scott vs. Niklas: 5+1 vs. 6]

As he swings the knife, Niklas takes a step back. How impolite! Niklas washed him and everything, not to mention prevented access to the eldritch mysteries falling under the purview of master chefs, and this is the thanks he gets?


At the storefront of Brenwicke's Books...

Sigmund tries to enter the store as noiselessly as possible. However, the door is locked, as are the windows on the first floor. He isn't so sure about the upper two floors, though. Couldn't hurt to check.

Pretty well-secured bookstore, this place.


At the top floor of the Artiste's house...

Morton tries to quickly relay the information he possesses. He is not entirely successful.

"Ah, good morning master, I'm glad to hear that you slept well. Not used to sleeping though? I recall wasting many hours sleeping when I was yet still alive."

"Yes, but you've been a living human for far longer than I have."

"Ah, yes, sorry for drifting off topic there. Anyhow, the night fared me well, very well. Kevin and I managed to get into an agreement with a ship captain of a galley. They agreed to take us where we wished for no monetary cost, although they did wish us to change the look of both them self and their ship. Seeing how the cozy manor of my previous master is no longer standing here, instead this interesting structure of stone, I attributed it to no large task. I assume the captain to be undead however, ghost perhaps? They did mention being dead and how money no longer served them, but seeing as you don't mind the rest of us 'second-chancers' I didn't think this to be a problem."

"Indeed! Fine work... Morton, was it? I think it was Morton. I suppose those are agreeable enough terms. After all, we have Erin. I have confidence in her abilities!" he says, nodding at Erin. Erin smiles and waves back.

"So, no sense in fooling around."

He walks over to the sleeping woman and pokes her.

"Are you awake yet? Because you should be!"

She clearly isn't. Heavy sleeper, looks like.

"Ah. Well, then. Guess we'll wait for her to get up. No sense in having a grumpy, sleep-deprived mage running about destroying things, eh?"


In the sea next to Shriekpot...

Mark, confident that nothing can go wrong, waits in the sea for the fungus to die off completely.

[Tree endurance roll: 3]
[Fungus endurance roll: 5-2]

The mushrooms seem to be mostly gone. However, his leaves also seem to be in quite a sad state right now. They seem to be beginning to shrivel up.


In an alley in Emlocke...

Darren is content at the man's affirmative.

"Okay then, good."

He then begins to look for a mage around the area. The dog sniffs the air as it follows him, but says nothing.

After searching the neighborhood thoroughly, he comes to the conclusion that there aren't any mages here! In fact, it's possible that they never have been. He relays these troubling news to the dog.

"Yes, naturally. All dead. We eliminated. Now shush."

Sniffing the air and pointing its head in a certain direction, the dog heads that way, the man following it. Having very little better to do, Darren follows.

Soon enough, they come upon a curious scene. A woman covered from head to toe in heavy armor purposefully striding down a ruined street, shield and hammer in hand.

"That's one. Walking alone. Possibly unstable. Some knight."
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4503 on: May 06, 2013, 01:18:18 am »

Kitchen access is restricted. What you want?
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4504 on: May 06, 2013, 01:24:37 am »

*Grummbles*
Scott takes off the pot and throws it at Niklas
He then goes to find an Alchemist or apothecary in town to find the equipment to...enhance himself.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4505 on: May 06, 2013, 01:26:10 am »

Hey!
Dodge/block pot. Evict this rabblerouser from my kitchen.
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without injuring him.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4506 on: May 06, 2013, 01:46:29 am »


without injuring him.
who are you and what have you done to lovable crazy Xantalos
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4507 on: May 06, 2013, 01:48:25 am »


without injuring him.
who are you and what have you done to lovable crazy Xantalos
I would, but I'm under soulbind not to.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4508 on: May 06, 2013, 02:30:45 am »

A little pot won;t hurt you.  ::)
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4509 on: May 06, 2013, 02:34:39 am »

A little pot won;t hurt you.  ::)
It better not, or IIRC you'll get your soul oliterated or somesuch.
If I die as a result of this.
Probably not.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4510 on: May 06, 2013, 02:42:42 am »


without injuring him.
who are you and what have you done to lovable crazy Xantalos
I would, but I'm under soulbind not to.
I forgot about that
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4511 on: May 06, 2013, 08:38:40 am »

Sigmund throws a stone at a window and runs to come back later.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4512 on: May 06, 2013, 09:50:32 am »

"Indeed sir, it is Morton. I... Hm..." Morton paused for a moment, trying his best to remember. After a moment though, he sighs. "I'm dreadfully sorry Master, but I'm afraid I don't think I ever caught your name. Also, living human? I figured you all to be mages, am I mistaken?" Morton questioned while they wait, keeping a quiet-ish tone to respect the sleeping.

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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4513 on: May 06, 2013, 03:39:24 pm »

In the kitchen of the Artiste...

Niklas, not terribly impressed by the terribly indignated Scott's terribly inept swing, informs the fellow of certain truths he holds self-evident. As well as one particular truth he'd like to ascertain.

"Kitchen access is restricted. What you want?"

Scott just grumbles in his standard manner, taking off the pot currently on his head. He hurls it at Niklas!

[Scott vs. Niklas: 5-1 vs. 3+1]

As the pot sails toward Niklas' head, the chef swats it away with his powerful hand. Mere pots cannot harm a man of the kitchen! Mere men follow a similar principle, Niklas finds. He quickly pushes Scott out of the kitchen, who insists that he's going already, geez.

Speaking of going already, this is in fact what Scott does. He gets out, mounts his horse and rides off into the approaching dawn, reaching the town rather quickly. Now to find an apothecary or something.

After an hour of searching, he comes upon an interesting place - a gray stone temple, it seems. It's certainly not an alchemist's shop, but perhaps they have certain specialists within that could help him. There certainly don't seem to be any other places in town he could check.


At Brenwicke's Books...

Sigmund forms a quick plan. Quick plans are the best plans, as they require none of this elusive thing called 'patience'. This quick plan requires a stone.

Fortunately, there is a loose cobblestone right at his feet. Step one - complete. Now for step two. Sigmund throws the stone at the window, which proceeds to break rather easily before the mighty cobblestone's mass and velocity. Giggling wildly, Sigmund runs away.

When he figures the coast is clear, he comes back. Unfortunately, it is hardly clear - several armored people seem to be investigating the area. Bugger.


On the top floor of the Artiste's home...

Morton, having done his share of work for now, smalltalks his new master.

"Indeed sir, it is Morton. I... hm... I'm dreadfully sorry, Master, but I'm afraid I don't think I ever caught your name. Also, living human? I figured you all to be mages, am I mistaken?"

"Oh, you can call me the Artiste. I like that name. One of my best friends gave me that name. Well, more like inspired it, but still. Wonder what happened to him. Oh well. And yes, we are all mages of sorts - Erin's a transmuter-something-or-other, Evelyn modifies magic, Art and Bernie do necromancy and other odds and ends, while I can do spacewarping! It's rather neat, if I may say so myself. Got this body only yesterday, and already it's proven to be such great fun. Yay."

The Artiste raises his arms joyfully at that last word.

"But I do suppose you're wondering who I am really. It's true, I'm currently only manipulating this mortal body as part of an incredible stroke of luck on my part and a terrible bit of misfortune on the original owner's part. Took over his mind and imprisoned his very being into the Mental Department of Dirty Jokes. Mostly because it was the largest safe one. Now I'm riding in this sweet body with no internal force to really oppose me. Pretty great."

He looks over at the sleeping mages and continues at a slightly slower pace.

"As for what I am really, I don't think you really have a name for that. You know of the Five Gods, the ones that make the rules. You also probably know of demons, who follow said rules with reasonable enthusiasm, keeping everything as it should be, things coming and going as they're supposed to. I suppose you couldn't call me either of those - I haven't really had much of a hands-on approach in this setup since... well... ever. That's changing, though. This place turned out to be pretty fun, I must admit."

The robed man stares wistfully off into the distance, his speech trailing off into a bit of a mumble.
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Re: Life Begins At Death - Chapter 5: The Path of Dreams
« Reply #4514 on: May 06, 2013, 03:43:57 pm »

Scott will check the temple, albeit cautiously, wary of any priest that takes a little bit too much interest in him.
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