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The air inside the cave is indeed quite cold, even with the sunlight a scant few feet away. As the pair cross over the border onto the sandy floor of the cave itself, the air around them becomes tense, and both Belyu and Vickory hear a strange sound at the edge of their hearing - a girl or young woman sobbing.
Suddenly, Yrrin's senses catch a sudden extremely strong flare up of Evil and Chaotic presence around the pair that has just entered the cave. Anahita's Champion senses do not indicate any Living creatures other than Belyu and Vickory within the cave mouth. Phaezeriel's Piercing Sight does not detect anything extra.
The sobbing noise that Belyu and Vickory are hearing intensifies at the same moment, such that the whole group can hear the pitful sound... and Yrrin instantly recognizes this as a haunted location manifesting it's power.
Vickory can feel something attempting to delve into her mind, but manages to throw the sensation away, pushing the intruder of her mind. Belyu, on the other hand, is not so lucky, and seems momentarily frozen...
The sobbing sound only intensifies, indicating that this has only just begun... and the chill is beginning to radiate out of the cave, stealing away the heat from this sunny day. The touch of Undeath.
Phaezeriel, Adon and Anahita's practiced minds are attuned to spells being cast, and they can sense that Belyu is currently being affected by some kind of mental tampering spell-like effect.
Vai doesn't get a chance to respond to Phaeze's reassurances before the sound reaches her ears, and she goes pale, tensing up. "Belyu?!" she cries, noticing Belyu's sudden cessation in movement.
With Tryko'Sam leading the way back to the requested SIM Room, Maya walks along next to Vare, listening to his explanation with the occasional nod of her head.
"Fabulous. Thank you kindly for that. Something to look into in the future, I suspect. Most kind."
She takes a moment before they walk through the opened door, into the blank SIM Room, following Vare as he leads the way, with Tryko'Sam bringing up the rear.
"Well then, how -- or rather, what setting do you two gentlemen prefer while we attempt this memory lane adjustment?"
Maya smiles and walks to the middle of the room looking about it.
Tryko'Sam shrugs, indifferent and clearly brooding on something else.
"Well, if his memories are not there physically, perhaps there is some way we can trigger something spiritually? It is my understanding that when a Soul passes into the Outer Planes to become a Petitioner, it retains a good portion of the memories of it's mortal life. So, even if the physical being is damaged, perhaps your memories are still locked in our Tryko'Sam's soul?" Vare thinks aloud, watching Maya move to the center of the room thoughtfully, a little absent from himself as he tends to be, getting a little lost in his thoughts, hand going to his chin. His eyes still never see to rest, blinking and changing their focus point fairly often, as if averting his eyes from something, or perhaps looking at something unseen.
"From what I remember of what Tryko'Sam has said... your priests held strange beliefs, but perhaps there is something that can be done."
Heading into the cafeteria to get something to eat, Anthony looks over the information Chet had given him. What could he do with this info? What couldn't he do with it? If Jiminy was still around he could help... but he was determined not to need it. There was too much going on anyway.
Anthony gets an outgoing smile from a odd-looking bleach-white gnome sitting at a table with a small plate of food, though the gnome doesn't get up, waiting to see if Anthony will join him or not.
Asha giggled. "I guess you're just as affectionate no matter what your form..."
And then she turned serious as she heard what Miss Jones said to the elf boy. "Was Rena's personality changed too? To make her more affectionate? How can that be a bad thing? I don't understand."
"I... I think he made me want to have sex more than maybe I should've wanted to normally. Sometimes it was all I could think about, even when other things were happening. That's not normal, right? I don't feel any of that right now... but that's because I... I'm not a sexual creature in this form. I don't have the parts." Rena replies quietly to Asha, not wishing to appear as being out of line to the brusque Enchantment Professor.
"I... was this affectionate before, but it's only been recently that I had so many people I wanted to be affectionate with. It was usually only Vare." Rena says after another moment of thought, but proceeds to poke Asha gently with her snout, looking at the Firebird will the same emerald eyes as her other form.
"I do not believe that the demon has enough hold on you to force you to act against your nature, Mr. Denulia, but if you were angry enough that is a possibility...so, yes, I will do what I can. I cannot block her, but I can place suggestions inside your mind to create a counter-suggestion every time she influences you. The overall effect should be enough to allow you to remain free to make your own decisions henceforth. Are you ready to begin?"
'Could you... I mean, would it be dangerous to put a trap in my mind if she tries?' Ehos asks before allowing Miss Jones to continue, but will ascent to whatever Miss Jones felt was best.
He felt uneasy about all this, and briefly wondered if he should contact his Mother for advice, but he should trust the Professors here.
Silinrul had stayed silent during all of this craziness with some odd human boy, dragon like being and a girl falling through the floor. It was definitely way too much weirdness for him.
However, at the mention of a demoness probably tampering with Ehos and possibly Jaiye, the shaman took a much keener interest in things. "While I haven't fought many demons, I have sworn an oath to protect Agartha from all threats to her. It is likely this demon lady isn't truly acting alone. Therefore, I offer my considerable prowess, both magickal and martial to stopping this vile fiend."
"See, now I'm worried. You're actually not just willing to let me hear embarrassing stories about you, you're suggesting which ones to ask about. Have you finally figured out that no matter how many stories I hear I'm not going to leave you, or are you just that desperate to cheer me up? Do I look that bad off?""A little of both, though you've never looked bad to me. Also, for the record, I never thought you'd leave me because of the stories."
"Then why did you care so much if I heard them? I love you. The embarrassing stories just make me think you're more cute," she said, looking at him confused.
"I think I understand what you're talking about. As much as I think I need to, at least."
She pours a small gulp of seeds into her mouth and chews them up.
"If you want, if we can find some bees, I can ask them for fresh honey and wax from them. I can tell them not to sting us too. We had bees at home."
"That sounds fantastic, Sara. I really admire your ability to talk to animals. It's so useful," she said a little wistfully.
Vai doesn't get a chance to respond to Phaeze's reassurances before the sound reaches her ears, and she goes pale, tensing up. "Belyu?!" she cries, noticing Belyu's sudden cessation in movement.
Sadie watched warily, ready to put up a forcefield in a second if it was warranted.
"Adon, this is your cue....catch up with Belyu right now. Whatever is affecting her probably can't be sustained through your antimagic field."
adon eagerly runs up to Belyu, and a shadowy aura surrounds his hands. He shoves it on to Belyu. The energy is best described as cold, ripping other energy apart once the magic energy was gone.
"Then why did you care so much if I heard them? I love you. The embarrassing stories just make me think you're more cute," she said, looking at him confused.
"Because I'd like to keep embarrassing stuff a secret. But you need something to be happy about, so I figure stories and Anderail will do just that."
Belyu twitches, then falls to her knees and curls up, shaking. A few seconds pass before she remembers to breath, gasping as she stands back up.
"Vai.. You're a very strong girl.." She says quietly, looking at her. "Lets go save your family."
Asha giggled. "I guess you're just as affectionate no matter what your form..."
And then she turned serious as she heard what Miss Jones said to the elf boy. "Was Rena's personality changed too? To make her more affectionate? How can that be a bad thing? I don't understand."
"I... I think he made me want to have sex more than maybe I should've wanted to normally. Sometimes it was all I could think about, even when other things were happening. That's not normal, right? I don't feel any of that right now... but that's because I... I'm not a sexual creature in this form. I don't have the parts." Rena replies quietly to Asha, not wishing to appear as being out of line to the brusque Enchantment Professor.
"I... was this affectionate before, but it's only been recently that I had so many people I wanted to be affectionate with. It was usually only Vare." Rena says after another moment of thought, but proceeds to poke Asha gently with her snout, looking at the Firebird will the same emerald eyes as her other form.
Asha looked worried. "No, I don't think that's normal at all. I mean, I'm no expert, but I know I don't think about it as much as that. But I'm worried now. Does this mean that when we were playing it was because someone messed with your mind? I don't want that to be just because you were compelled. It feels like that makes it a bad thing. Like you were being taken advantage of. Even if I didn't know."
"I do not believe that the demon has enough hold on you to force you to act against your nature, Mr. Denulia, but if you were angry enough that is a possibility...so, yes, I will do what I can. I cannot block her, but I can place suggestions inside your mind to create a counter-suggestion every time she influences you. The overall effect should be enough to allow you to remain free to make your own decisions henceforth. Are you ready to begin?"'Could you... I mean, would it be dangerous to put a trap in my mind if she tries?' Ehos asks before allowing Miss Jones to continue, but will ascent to whatever Miss Jones felt was best.
He felt uneasy about all this, and briefly wondered if he should contact his Mother for advice, but he should trust the Professors here.
"This would place you in more risk and I won't do it. As your teacher it would be unethical for me to put you in that much danger of permanent damage. It's already skirting the edge to leave blocks in your mind in the first place, but since the tampering in your mind can't be undone it's the only way to make sure you remain free to make your own decisions. And it is only done with your permission. It is very important to follow rules of ethics when working with people's minds."
Presuming that Ehos provides his consent she will begin the process of imbedding counter-suggestions in his psyche to undo any outside influence.
Silinrul had stayed silent during all of this craziness with some odd human boy, dragon like being and a girl falling through the floor. It was definitely way too much weirdness for him.
However, at the mention of a demoness probably tampering with Ehos and possibly Jaiye, the shaman took a much keener interest in things. "While I haven't fought many demons, I have sworn an oath to protect Agartha from all threats to her. It is likely this demon lady isn't truly acting alone. Therefore, I offer my considerable prowess, both magickal and martial to stopping this vile fiend."
"Glad you feel that way," she growled quietly. "Once we find her you can help hold her down while I rip her godsdamned throat out."
"It isn't so big. Anyone can use magic to talk to animals easy. I wish I could sew like you do. You can't do that with magic." :)
She shuffles through her material component bag, wondering why the older Cariban told her to get the things it did. Candle stubs and acorn shells were silly things to keep in a bag, especially when you use them to make magic happen.
"Because I'd like to keep embarrassing stuff a secret. But you need something to be happy about, so I figure stories and Anderail will do just that."
"Then why did you care so much if I heard them? I love you. The embarrassing stories just make me think you're more cute," she said, looking at him confused.
"I may never really understand you....but I guess that's okay. Come on, then. We'll go say hello to your parents, hear some embarrassing stories, then go exploring in the trees," she said, holding his arm, leaning her head against his shoulder. "I don't know how long it's going to be before I stop feeling like I hurt too much to move, but I'll keep trying."
Lewis is still trying to unwrap himself from the grabby plant.
>_<
I don't know how to deal with plants.
Belyu twitches, then falls to her knees and curls up, shaking. A few seconds pass before she remembers to breath, gasping as she stands back up.
"Vai.. You're a very strong girl.." She says quietly, looking at her. "Lets go save your family."
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"Okay, folks, stick close to Adon if possible. If the magic of this place starts to overwhelm you he can dispel it. Let's get moving," she said briskly, seeming to come out of the funk she'd been in since they arrived.
"It isn't so big. Anyone can use magic to talk to animals easy. I wish I could sew like you do. You can't do that with magic." :)
She shuffles through her material component bag, wondering why the older Cariban told her to get the things it did. Candle stubs and acorn shells were silly things to keep in a bag, especially when you use them to make magic happen.
"I like making things. Especially things that make people happy. Fire doesn't make very many people happy."
Lewis is still trying to unwrap himself from the grabby plant.
>_<
I don't know how to deal with plants.
"what are you doing?"
Yrrin, seeing the manifestation of the Haunt acts with haste... He calls down fiery holy energy onto the haunt, blood seeping out of his armor to empower the spell
"What was that, bylu?"
"What Yrrin's burning? I don't know, but it made me see things... All those poor girls..."
Nurse Julie hesitantly enters the room. she addresses Ace as the other boy that answered seemd a bit distracted. You say they are not related? that is very strange indeed. I will have to do some testing to be sure but they seem have some matching neural patterns.
she goes to Nala excuse me ma'am, but if you will look at these scans. this first one is Ms Waverider from the scans the hairy man did. she then flips to Renkai's chart that she was supposed to file away.
this is Mr' Urmas' scan from a few days ago after a duel he had with another student.
she places the two patterns together now if I overlay the two, look at this. the two patterns seem to be, in sync or something.
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"Hmm. Interesting. I've never seen this pattern before. Page this Mr. Urmas. See if we can get him to come in. If their brains are in sync, then maybe his presence might help revive Miss Waverider. Good catch," she added with an approving nod.
"Hmph. If people can't fit out of the past and need to shove it on others, then they need to move on. Let's take care of whatever caused the problem."
adon is ready with his sword.
"Hmm. Interesting. I've never seen this pattern before. Page this Mr. Urmas. See if we can get him to come in. If their brains are in sync, then maybe his presence might help revive Miss Waverider. Good catch," she added with an approving nod.Nurse Julie hesitantly enters the room. she addresses Ace as the other boy that answered seemd a bit distracted. You say they are not related? that is very strange indeed. I will have to do some testing to be sure but they seem have some matching neural patterns.
she goes to Nala excuse me ma'am, but if you will look at these scans. this first one is Ms Waverider from the scans the hairy man did. she then flips to Renkai's chart that she was supposed to file away.
this is Mr' Urmas' scan from a few days ago after a duel he had with another student.
she places the two patterns together now if I overlay the two, look at this. the two patterns seem to be, in sync or something.
** spoiler omitted **
Nurse Julie nods yes ma'am, already done
she then turns to take another look at Mel, looking over any vital signs. she glances toward Ginni then to Ace. Knowing He does not want her looking in on Ginni, she just sighs and heads out to hopefully meet up with Renkai when he arrives.
"New people have showed up, so for those that don't know, melody breathed in a large amount of hot air, burning her on the inside."
igni gives a quick recap, never looking up from his blade.
Renkai walks casually in
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Renkai walks casually in
A somewhat short young blonde haired nurse Julie approaches as Renkai enters.
Mr Urmas? she asks politely in a timid voice. Kai has probably never seen this nurse before, most likely brought in as a replacement after the attack the day before.
If you would please, sir, tell me of your association with a Ms Waverider? I am researching some anomolies identified during an examination of the charts Nurse Julie's voice remains calm and careing, as though she has a genuine concern for Melody's well being as well as Renkai's.
"Fire makes people happy when it gets cold. And it helps us cook things. I liked to use the fire to make ash drawings back home. It isn't bad that you make fire. We just need to help you make it do what you want instead just happening."
Sara doesn't have the best grasp on things, but she tries to help reassure Ignace about her abilities.
"I saw something move in the bush and when I went to see it this plant grabbed me and now it won't let go. I don't know how to deal with plants that grab me."
He continues to thrash about trying to free himself and tangling himself in it more, clearly not strong enough to break the thick vines and in no position to try to cut them with his claws.
>_<
Renkai walks casually inA somewhat short young blonde haired nurse Julie approaches as Renkai enters.
Mr Urmas? she asks politely in a timid voice. Kai has probably never seen this nurse before, most likely brought in as a replacement after the attack the day before.
If you would please, sir, tell me of your association with a Ms Waverider? I am researching some anomolies identified during an examination of the charts Nurse Julie's voice remains calm and careing, as though she has a genuine concern for Melody's well being as well as Renkai's.
"Melody is my girlfriend, What charts???" Renkai starts looking for melody, ignoring the nurse
"Uh... Ok."
riviarti looks around for a storybook, and picks up a simple and short storybook, depicting some old legends.
Lim-Môr quietly jogs off to another section.
÷You aren't going to show her /that/ are you? It's so lame....
÷No it isn't it's sweet. I like it when we do this. And the part at the end will be nice. I think she'll like it. She seems like that type.
This was the funny section, the one where none of the books had writing or drawing. They were all blank. He grabs a big black book with a white square and title at front and u-turns back to Reviarti. He grabs an abandoned pencil off a table.
He meets her back a minute or two later at the section they split at and motions towards a table at which he sits.
"OK. Do you have a good one picked? What's it about?"
÷Here we go...÷
"A book of old legends. It's about someone who fought off an entire horde of demons on his own. Seems a little exaggerated, but it'll do."
she places the book on the table.
"Now, why did you what this book?"
"You know it was probably the bush itself that you saw move, but don't worry, I can help!"
He stands up strait and his eyes glow green a long green/black tendril comes out of his right sleeve and before your eyes becomes a giant black scythe that seems to both glow and absorbe light
When it is fully formed he grins a toothy grin, raises the scythe above his head and....
"Melody is my girlfriend, What charts???" Renkai starts looking for melody, ignoring the nurse
Please Mr Urmas, sir, I will take you to her, but she needs rest. she is undergoing some specialized treatments. there is little you can do at the moment. but if you will allow me the time, I would like to show you some thing after you see her.
Nurse Julie is almost pleading with Kai trying to maintain some sort of control, but like many times her timid nature sometimes prevents that from happening.
she hopes this time is not one of them.
He begins thrashing harder, desperately trying to escape from the vines and now the boy with the weapon.
"Please don't kill me! I have to take care of Tarka!"
T-T
Looks at the dog lady...
"Any more questions?"
His eyes flicker and then stop glowing he lowers the scythe and his fanged grin becomes a confused frown "whaa? I was just going to cut the vine.."
"You'll see. Now if you'll read me the first section..."
As you read it off, he takes a pencil to the second blank page. When you're finished describing the scene, he's depicted a version of it in stunningly realistic, yet slightly Gothic detail.
He uses the dull end of the pencil to shade in and finish it out before he shows it to you.
"I like to draw. I thought we could maybe illuminate this book together?"
"But the people with the sharp things always try to hurt us..."
He calms down some but is still tugging at the plant.
"..."
Grim crouches down and places his hand on the vine and it shrivels up and dies along with a 5ft radius circle of the surrounding vegetation
"What did you do?"
He flips over right side up and backs away from you some, keeping his head and the rest of him low to the ground, much like a cornered animal.
"Not really, no."
"Oh, neat. Sure, I'll keep reading. Let's see what you can do."
she reads clearly, letting you draw.
He backs up shakily "I... I was only trying to help..."
"Are you going to hurt me?..."
To correct, he doesn't look snarly or anything, just scared.