The Avalon Chronicles

Game Master lynora

Arthur blinks, startled at the sudden request and grabs a pencil, and frowns at it, clearly having something on his mind but doesn't say anything he then takes the paper and grabs a clip board and hesitates "don't get your hopes up, I'm far from the best artists, I only really do anything with pencil," he then shakes his head and begins to do as asked, starting first with her face, drawing the shape of her head, then two gently curving lines quartering the shape, he draws eyes and a mouth with just the hint of a grin and spends several minutes on her hair putting much detail in it, he then outlines her body and the background, focusing very intently on the paper, biting his lower lip in concentration, he puts a few lines to make her clothing before returning to her face adding shade to the areas around her cheeks adding contours to her smile he returns to working on the clothes adding lines were the clothes natural wrinkles occurred.
the graphite breaks and he goes to sharpen it, putting down the half finished drawing onto the bedside table, giving you your first look.

Mel tries not to look but can't contain herself.

a glance down she smiles at the progress. it's true that picture wasn't the best but it wasn't a quality picture she wanted.

As Arthur continues, he gets the feeling that he could have drawn a stick figure and Mel would have liked it.

"It's nothing... I've got to get back to my other group I was with. Helping them delve after a kidnapped student. Hopefully, there talking to the headmaster now."

Nodding in acknowledgement, Tamrin then turns back to his wife.

"C'mon honey. We need to get her inside."

From his hiding spot, Fei can hear the voice of his meldanya, perverted both by age and long years of hatred and anger. She snorts through her draconic muzzle before speaking, displeasure obvious in her voice. Speaking to the Champion of Hope: "Well, it seems one of our fellow Champions has taken it upon themselves to remove our spy. Lumos is annoyed, though we may still be able to work this to our favour."

Fei focuses his attention on the voice...so much so that it takes him a few seconds to process what was just said.

In response, the young monk's nanosuit rapidly shifts once again, this time to encapsulate the last uncovered portion of his body...

His features now hidden and unreadable behind this new change, Fei is (thankfully) able to just keep his emotions in check. His talk with sabumnim Sunwake had helped more than either could know.

He stays motionless, listening. He has to find out why Lumos and Esperanza have allied themselves and what they are doing in this place.

Arthur finishes sharpening the pencil and grabs the paper, seeing her look at the paper he blushes lightly, somewhat embarrassed to have her look before it's done.
He moves on to her arms and legs and has trouble making them. he goes over and erases them several times, to the point where the paper is lightly damaged by this action. as a result the arms look like awkward tubes afixed to her shoulders, not properly shaded and skinnier than they should be, but still recognizable as arms. he sighs and rubs his temples before going back to work. he goes back to the body adding details to her clothing and adding a few shade lines to one side of her face and putting the ribbons and other ornamentation into her hair. finally he smoothes out some of the hard lines into sharp gradiants, before gathering his courage and showing it to you.

Mel looks at the drawing trying hard to look like the cynical art critic. olding the paper this way then turning it that way, sqinting a bit to get a better view.

she then glances at Arthur...looking a bit nervous probably.

then she can't hold it in any longer, and she starts to giggle.

Arthur, hehehe, its....its.... great! she gives him a hug.

I'll keep it in my journal so I'll always remember you by this drawing.

Arthur blinks a few times mildly suprised at her statement then blushes "no really it's not very good, the arms are all wrong, I made one ear bigger than the other and I only had the one pencil so the shade is off..." He cuts off his rambling and says "thanks."

Ephebe suddenly dropped before catching herself just short of hitting the ground and flying back up.

::Lang, how far are we from the temple?::

actually the flight is not too long, its just that I didn't want to move ahead time wise, so I was just holding off.

:: there is the landing are ahead, within the hour.::

lang points to a building built on a high ledge on the side of a mountain. off to the right is a large flat area.

as the group approaches. there is a deep chasm separating the building from the flat area and a bridge connects the two sides.

how big is Ephebe?

Settro wrote:

"It's nothing... I've got to get back to my other group I was with. Helping them delve after a kidnapped student. Hopefully, there talking to the headmaster now."

Nodding in acknowledgement, Tamrin then turns back to his wife.

"C'mon honey. We need to get her inside."

** spoiler omitted **

"Ye-yes, of course," she said, still operating on autopilot as she struggled to get through the shock and denial she was feeling.

Keme leaned against the wall by the door to Aananda's lab, trying to pretend to be patient. If he could find a real clue today, then maybe nobody would end up dying tomorrow.

Fei, of the Sun Soul wrote:

Fei, thankfully, appears to be out of immediate view within a modern facility of some kind.

The young monk crouches down quietly, looking at his attire. His nanosuit shifts slightly, becoming a very flat matte gray-black, non-reflective and inconspicuous.

He begins to take in his surroundings when he feels something...two presences. One he recognizes as the aura of the other Vai. The other, however, gives him pause as he recognizes it too. He last felt it at Avalon a few days ago, but to be out here means only one thing.....

Hope has chosen a new Champion.

From his hiding spot, Fei can hear the voice of his meldanya, perverted both by age and long years of hatred and anger. She snorts through her draconic muzzle before speaking, displeasure obvious in her voice. Speaking to the Champion of Hope: "Well, it seems one of our fellow Champions has taken it upon themselves to remove our spy. Lumos is annoyed, though we may still be able to work this to our favour."

"Have I told you yet today how annoying your pointless optimism is?" the red dragon said peevishly and with no small amount of irony. "Please do enlighten me as to how you plan to turn this setback into an opportunity."

She absent-mindedly wing smacked a slave who dripped some of the oil he was rubbing into her scales.

"Have I told you yet today how annoying your pointless optimism is?" the red dragon said peevishly and with no small amount of irony. "Please do enlighten me as to how you plan to turn this setback into an opportunity."

She absent-mindedly wing smacked a slave who dripped some of the oil he was rubbing into her scales.

The great wyrm blue regarded the younger dragon with a long suffering eye. Patience was not something that came naturally to her, but her life had been long. And besides, it had been far too long since she'd had her scales treated this nicely.

"I prefer opportunist to optimist." the blue shot back, her voice lacking any real venom thanks to the thorough rubdown the red's slaves were tending to. "Look at their situation. There are many Champions at that damnable school, all of them being pressured in some way or another by their Patrons. As far as I can tell, they've been sitting at an equilibrium for some time... now they've a catalyst. It was a Champion who slew the other Champion of Light, else Lumos might've been able to interfere. Do you think the other Champions there will tolerate that?"

There's another small snort. "We just have to act calmly and exploit that weakness."

flying along over the mountains Lang looks down and notices a small village nearly surrounded by mountains. only one road leads to the village. Lang looks like he was about to head towrds the village but a glance toward teh tired Ephebe, he decides it best to continue on.

looking toMidori and Sara, That is Chen village. they keep to themselves. they teach a very special for of martial arts, centered in incapacitating the enmy and not killing. many have tried to learn from them, but Master Chen does not teach the style to outsiders unless they can prove themselves worthy of being taught.

They sometimes come to the temple during ceremonies to give demonstations of thier style. it really is awesome to watch.

We will be at the Temple very soon. I can almost make out the landing area in the distance.

Midori blinked at Lang's explanation of the village's martial arts practices. Fighting... without killing? Lang had spoken about this before, even going so far as to make her promise to try the same thing... but... it still seemed like such a foreign concept to her.

So lost in thought as she is, she barely notices Ephebe's subsequent drop and levelling out, glancing over absently at her.

"Lang-kun... how do you prove yourself worthy of their training?" she asked tentatively.

The creature looks back and makes a rude gesture at Lily, "Go ahead and try, leg!" It is clear as the creature gains a little distance, that it is a young kobold, but one that is far more draconic looking than most of its race. It is also apparent that he is, actually, a very skilled flier; had he not been, Lily would likely have been struck.

Lily almost swore at the lizard thing, so angry was she at his taunting that she was visibly shaking, for all her training in grace and calm.

Then her form goes stock still, the Firebird girl staring blankly into space...

Suddenly, Kezzin feels another presence in his mind. A female presence that is initially full of rage, but quickly receeds to panic. These emotions bleed slightly over to Kezzin himself as the panic sharing his mind begins to mount.

Midori blinked at Lang's explanation of the village's martial arts practices. Fighting... without killing? Lang had spoken about this before, even going so far as to make her promise to try the same thing... but... it still seemed like such a foreign concept to her.

So lost in thought as she is, she barely notices Ephebe's subsequent drop and levelling out, glancing over absently at her.

"Lang-kun... how do you prove yourself worthy of their training?" she asked tentatively.

Well to be honest I am not entirely sure, I have not yet proven myself yet. but I was told that you must show an absolute respect for all life, good and evil.

He thinks for a minute, Or maybe you just have to know the right people to put a good word in for you. He adds with his goofy yet cute smile.

Midori, could you keep an eye on Master Blackscales? If she starts to fall again tell me right away so I can help her.

Suddenly, Kezzin feels another presence in his mind. A female presence that is initially full of rage, but quickly receeds to panic. These emotions bleed slightly over to Kezzin himself as the panic sharing his mind begins to mount.

Stunned by the sudden intrusion, something he had not yet experienced, Kezzin fails to turn when he should and plows headfirst into a wall at full speed, there is a crunching sound, and Kezzin disappears.

Rena, the Companion wrote:

Rena grinned at Pyry's boldness, given that it was somewhat unexpected for his quiet demeanor. She'd have to ask him about the snow leopord later.

...Though in the meantime, she figured she might introduce herself as well. Standing happily, Rena turns back to Pyry to wink and then turns, attempting a rather sloppy bow to their teacher, perhaps attempting to mimic something she'd seen. Either way, the manuveur is clearly unpracticed, though her enthusiasm seems boundless. "And I'm Rena! I'm actually not a humanoid at all. I usually live on the Plane of Dreams." she states happily, looking to the teacher for approval before returning to her seat.

He nods his head and shoulders in a short bow to her as well.

Verris jumps slightly as Kezzin materializes in the bed next to him.
Even now, that is the one thing he still can't get used to. Especially not after his lack of recent sleep.
He sighs and checks the auto report.
Name: Kezzin *last name*, Trauma: concussion and multiple skull fracture, energy affinity: positiveUnless otherwise noted., Current Status: Unconscious.
He sighs and looks at the damage.
"Full frontal collision leading with right temple, traveling roughly 35-40 mph before collision. Judging by fracture pattern, likely a wall... flight training must have started a little early this period. That's going to be fun for the next hour..."
He mumbles to himself, as he is wont to do when diagnosing and considering treatments.
He fiddles with the funny medical stick thing he uses as he mumbles. Working fast is important. Raises are riskier and more expensive.
After some twisting the rod lights up with a green glow, slight green mist trailing off from the powerful healing magic. He traces the injured part of his skull in a circle. Once completed, the green circle glows slightly brighter and the dragon-kobold's skull pushes back out of it's compressed shape, restoring him good as new. He remains unconscious, however. Allowing him to wake up on his own time is safer. With the immediacy of treatment and with quickly he was unconscious after hitting the wall, brain damage is quite unlikely, but one can never be too safe.
I'm not a doctor or a physicist, so this may not all be scientifically sound, but it sounds good to me.

Ace had been quiet, lost in thought, when suddenly he remembers something that had been nagging the back his mind since the first attack "Headmaster, this seems awfully similar to my dream I told you about Friday morning! Pretty sure that's when it was An unseen, unknown assassin stalking the school"

"Tell me more about this dream, quickly."

"Very good. Is your friend set up with something to do while you're in classes?"

Pyry nods and let's arena talk, listening to her.

"There wasn't too much to it. Just that there was some assassin, whose identity I couldn't see, wandering the halls, killing people indiscriminately. I never saw him actually kill in the dream, just knew he was murdering students."

"Well, I'm not sure how well that can.. Wait, could you tell who the students were? What they looked like? If your dream foretold a serial killer, then it might have done the same fir the victims."

Verris jumps slightly as Kezzin materializes in the bed next to him.

Even now, that is the one thing he still can't get used to. Especially not after his lack of recent sleep.
He sighs and checks the auto report.
Name: Kezzin *last name*, Trauma: concussion and multiple skull fracture, energy affinity: positiveUnless otherwise noted., Current Status: Unconscious.
He sighs and looks at the damage.
"Full frontal collision leading with right temple, traveling roughly 35-40 mph before collision. Judging by fracture pattern, likely a wall... flight training must have started a little early this period. That's going to be fun for the next hour..."
He mumbles to himself, as he is wont to do when diagnosing and considering treatments.
He fiddles with the funny medical stick thing he uses as he mumbles. Working fast is important. Raises are riskier and more expensive.
After some twisting the rod lights up with a green glow, slight green mist trailing off from the powerful healing magic. He traces the injured part of his skull in a circle. Once completed, the green circle glows slightly brighter and the dragon-kobold's skull pushes back out of it's compressed shape, restoring him good as new. He remains unconscious, however. Allowing him to wake up on his own time is safer. With the immediacy of treatment and with quickly he was unconscious after hitting the wall, brain damage is quite unlikely, but one can never be too safe.
I'm not a doctor or a physicist, so this may not all be scientifically sound, but it sounds good to me.

Magic, Kezzin did not appear in the infirmary. I will send a PM to you, but other things have already been dealt with and he did not appear there.

Since nobody seems to be driving the scene currently...

Jacob sits next to Gareth, and peeks over his shoulder. "What are you reading?" he asks curiously. Looking at the strange, constantly-shifting language inside it, he adds softly "It looks... interesting, to say the least."

I remember reading somewhere that Gareth's book is constantly shifting languages.

Jacob's eyes are now almost a blur as he looks at it. "It's Ignan! No, it's Sylvan? Wait, now it's Druidic!... I don't even know what that is...." A headache starts forming behind his eyes, and Jacob tears his eyes away from the book. "Ugh... my head..."

"Ye-yes, of course," she said, still operating on autopilot as she struggled to get through the shock and denial she was feeling.

Tamrin adjusts his hold on Vai's lifeless form as he quickly works a spell and then whisks them to Aananda's laboratory door....

Keme leaned against the wall by the door to Aananda's lab, trying to pretend to be patient. If he could find a real clue today, then maybe nobody would end up dying tomorrow.

Both Sunwake parents suddenly appear a few feet from Keme. Tamrin is carrying a limp form in his left arm. A form with blonde hair.

Neither one of them look terribly well at the moment...

The great wyrm blue regarded the younger dragon with a long suffering eye. Patience was not something that came naturally to her, but her life had been long. And besides, it had been far too long since she'd had her scales treated this nicely.

"I prefer opportunist to optimist." the blue shot back, her voice lacking any real venom thanks to the thorough rubdown the red's slaves were tending to. "Look at their situation. There are many Champions at that damnable school, all of them being pressured in some way or another by their Patrons. As far as I can tell, they've been sitting at an equilibrium for some time... now they've a catalyst. It was a Champion who slew the other Champion of Light, else Lumos might've been able to interfere. Do you think the other Champions there will tolerate that?"

There's another small snort. "We just have to act calmly and exploit that weakness."

'Calm' is a somewhat...difficult...state for Fei to maintain currently. He perseveres, however, as only the most faint of vibrations passes through the immediate area - easily masked by the constant thrum of machinery in this facility.

As he continues to listen to the conversation, the young monk puts his past year of modern education to work and tries to discern the function of this place...

Arthur blinks a few times mildly surprised at her statement then blushes "no really it's not very good, the arms are all wrong, I made one ear bigger than the other and I only had the one pencil so the shade is off..." He cuts off his rambling and says "thanks."

Mel gets up, So you wanna go visit some people around the infirmary? She asks.

with a hint of a mischievous glint in her eyes

Jacob Forgehand wrote:

Jacob nods to each of the students in turn, then bows to Fieri. He now has his scarf on again, although his jacket is still tucked under his arm. "Hello, Missus. My name is Jacob Forgehand." The boy then hangs up his jacket on a coathanger and takes his seat.

"Welcome, Jacob. I'm Mrs. Sunwake. Which of you would like to introduce yourself next?"

Kim steps forward ummm, I'm, ahhh....Kim. I'm from Kuros. she syas shyly. holding her teddy bear tightly fro personal security.

Arthur Barren wrote:

Arthur blinks a few times mildly surprised at her statement then blushes "no really it's not very good, the arms are all wrong, I made one ear bigger than the other and I only had the one pencil so the shade is off..." He cuts off his rambling and says "thanks."

Mel gets up, So you wanna go visit some people around the infirmary? She asks.

with a hint of a mischievous glint in her eyes

Arthur has, by this point, returned to his normal relaxed posture, the tension removed from his shoulders. "Do you know anybody in here? I'm kinda new here, first day of class even"

Melody Waverider wrote:

Arthur Barren wrote:

Arthur blinks a few times mildly surprised at her statement then blushes "no really it's not very good, the arms are all wrong, I made one ear bigger than the other and I only had the one pencil so the shade is off..." He cuts off his rambling and says "thanks."

Mel gets up, So you wanna go visit some people around the infirmary? She asks.

with a hint of a mischievous glint in her eyes

Arthur has, by this point, returned to his normal relaxed posture, the tension removed from his shoulders. "Do you know anybody in here? I'm kinda new here, first day of class even"

mel smiles, oh silly, I am or am going to be friends with nearly everyone here.

she grabs his hand and drags Arthur out of the room into the hallway of the infirmary. she scans the hallway making sure its clear and turns and heads toward the isolation ward area.

There's someone I think you may have met but if not, well now's the time.

She looks at various doors, until finally reaching a heavy insulated door. Ok its probably cold in here so be ready.

She peeks in the window but its so frosted over she can't see anything. she pulls out her sonic device and with a little wave and a buzz the door unlocks.

she heads into the icy cold room. Hey Tybs, It's me! she says in her usual cheerful tone.

Arthur turns on the heating coils on his suit, works as endure elements, everywhere but his his uncovered head also has resist cold but keeps the Helmont off "Tybalt? Oh yeah, you're the ice cat guy who makes clothes, what'd you do to get landed in here"

He's curled up in a ball with the blanket over him, facing away from the door.
At first his ears flick when the door opens and he turns to face them.
"Hi Mel."
He smiles a little, though he obviously feels quite green.
"And you're the guy with metal ants that doesn't smell like anything."
Either scent is how he remembers people or he's trying to be funny.
"Being friends with that one." He indicates Mel by pointing his ears at her.
"So you better watch out."
He smiles and gives a slight laugh to show he's kidding, before cringing and curling tighter around his stomach.
"I was here before for... a thing, but a friend of mine and Mel's was having a problem and Mel said I could help. I don't really know what went on with that whole thing, but energy stuff hurts so I went to lay down and when I woke up I felt really sick and a Doctor Lady said I had radi something poisoning and I'm going to need to stay here for a while." He explains for real now.

"Metal ants, that's a new one, " he chuckles at his blaming of Mel "well I'll be sure to keep my eyes on her" he says, making a show of looking her up and down while grinning like a loon.
He chuckles before raising his eyebrow "Should we be worried about secondary radiation?"

Mel just glares at Arthur, hand on her hips, seen enough yet?

she looks to Tybs, and pulls out her device. tybs, cover your ears. Once he has done so she scans the room.

the checking the data, No need to worry, secondary radiation is almost non-existent. about the only way you can get radiated from Tybs is if you were kissing him, and even that is minimal.

She gestures to Arthur wondering if he would like to kiss Tybs.

Ok, Tybs, I know you are having some sickness, but the good news is that it will pass and you should have no lasting effects. Well, at least this generation, not sure on any kids. but I can sort of quiet down the symptoms so you will recover faster, but I can't really take it all away. that will have to happen naturally.

as she goes to help tybs, she stops. look, Tybs, I'm really sorry about this, I never realized this was going to happen. I never really intended for the radiation to effect you the way it did.

He does as he's told, glad Mel has learned that he doesn't like the buzzy thing.
"Sorry, no wings. Not my type."
He pokes his tongue out at Arthur.
"Thanks. I don't think I need to worry about kids right this moment. And if I keep on messing stuff up, I might not ever."
He sighs.
When Mel apologizes, he stops her short.
"Hey now, it's alright. We got to help Vai. I'll take a little while being sick if it helps someone else be well. I'm glad you let me help you help her."
He smiles at her, reassuringly.

With magical healing, the low dose that it was, and the rate Tybs grows, when he could have kids, any traces of the radiation will be long gone.

not sure in what way magic would affect it, but the way radiation affects your offspring doesn't work that way in relation to time, as far as aging, if your cells work the way a cockroach's work then maybe but then if that were the case the level of radiation you received would have had no effect beyond the heat resulting as a side effect, otherwise time doesn't effect it this way, in most ways it's cumulative ... I could give a 3 page rant on this but it's rather late, and my brain's trying to shut down
He grins at Mel "unless you're offering a closer look, I guess I can be satisfied"
At tybalt's insistence on wings "I could probably build some wings, that'd probably be fun, they'd be made of metal," hmm he seems lost in thought, seeming to have missed the comment about "type" and zones out for the rest of what is said.

Fieri Sunwake wrote:

Jacob Forgehand wrote:

Jacob nods to each of the students in turn, then bows to Fieri. He now has his scarf on again, although his jacket is still tucked under his arm. "Hello, Missus. My name is Jacob Forgehand." The boy then hangs up his jacket on a coathanger and takes his seat.

"Welcome, Jacob. I'm Mrs. Sunwake. Which of you would like to introduce yourself next?"

Kim steps forward ummm, I'm, ahhh....Kim. I'm from Kuros. she syas shyly. holding her teddy bear tightly fro personal security.

"Welcome, Kim. Why don't you take a seat next to Dara there? He's somewhere behind that book fort. I promise you, he's more scared of you than you are of him."

Aanandareavekki wrote:

"Ye-yes, of course," she said, still operating on autopilot as she struggled to get through the shock and denial she was feeling.

Tamrin adjusts his hold on Vai's lifeless form as he quickly works a spell and then whisks them to Aananda's laboratory door....

Keme Tokala wrote:

Keme leaned against the wall by the door to Aananda's lab, trying to pretend to be patient. If he could find a real clue today, then maybe nobody would end up dying tomorrow.

Both Sunwake parents suddenly appear a few feet from Keme. Tamrin is carrying a limp form in his left arm. A form with blonde hair.

Neither one of them look terribly well at the moment...

Keme straightened up as he saw the Professors Sunwake approach and then went pale as he realized who was being carried by Mr. Sunwake. There weren't very many people here that he'd let himself care about, for obvious reasons. But this was two out of the three he'd now seen die within a matter of days. Maybe it was a good thing Nasima hadn't come back.

"Vai," he said, voice cracking a little.

Shirokouruma wrote:

"Very good. Is your friend set up with something to do while you're in classes?"

Pyry nods and let's arena talk, listening to her.

After Rena's reprimand, Asha is sitting and waiting to be called on before sharing.

::Krays, what's going on there? I suddenly felt a lot less pressure to keep the wormhole from growing. I nearly fell out of the sky, it was that sudden. This....does not bode well. ::

narrator wrote:

"Have I told you yet today how annoying your pointless optimism is?" the red dragon said peevishly and with no small amount of irony. "Please do enlighten me as to how you plan to turn this setback into an opportunity."

She absent-mindedly wing smacked a slave who dripped some of the oil he was rubbing into her scales.

The great wyrm blue regarded the younger dragon with a long suffering eye. Patience was not something that came naturally to her, but her life had been long. And besides, it had been far too long since she'd had her scales treated this nicely.

"I prefer opportunist to optimist." the blue shot back, her voice lacking any real venom thanks to the thorough rubdown the red's slaves were tending to. "Look at their situation. There are many Champions at that damnable school, all of them being pressured in some way or another by their Patrons. As far as I can tell, they've been sitting at an equilibrium for some time... now they've a catalyst. It was a Champion who slew the other Champion of Light, else Lumos might've been able to interfere. Do you think the other Champions there will tolerate that?"

There's another small snort. "We just have to act calmly and exploit that weakness."

"Letting them fight each other so we don't have to has a certain appeal...but I'd love to hear how you think we can influence the outcome of their little squabbles. Aside, of course, from giving them an excess of hope...nothing incites mistakes from enemies like letting them think they can actually win," she purred.

"I don't know what that means." She shakes her head.

"Worth a look around, though, right?"

"Well, I can ask. But I think mostly I'm just going to have people telling me I need to practice more so I an get a handle on my abilities," she sighed, setting aside the canvas she had just been given a failing grade for and pulling out a new one. "Well, if I'm getting a failing grade today anyways, might as well just paint what I want for the rest of the time."

Keme straightened up as he saw the Professors Sunwake approach and then went pale as he realized who was being carried by Mr. Sunwake. There weren't very many people here that he'd let himself care about, for obvious reasons. But this was two out of the three he'd now seen die within a matter of days. Maybe it was a good thing Nasima hadn't come back.

"Vai," he said, voice cracking a little.

Tamrin's brow furrows as he looks at Keme. He places his free hand on the door's biometric scanner as he speaks.

"....Tokala, right?" he asks, the first hints of strain in his voice. "This isn't really a good time to be here..."

Keme Tokala wrote:

Keme straightened up as he saw the Professors Sunwake approach and then went pale as he realized who was being carried by Mr. Sunwake. There weren't very many people here that he'd let himself care about, for obvious reasons. But this was two out of the three he'd now seen die within a matter of days. Maybe it was a good thing Nasima hadn't come back.

"Vai," he said, voice cracking a little.

Tamrin's brow furrows as he looks at Keme. He places his free hand on the door's biometric scanner as he speaks.

"....Tokala, right?" he asks, the first hints of strain in his voice. "This isn't really a good time to be here..."

Whatever he'd been going to say, he left unsaid. "Yes, sir. Aananda-sensei asked me to meet her here. To go over security footage. I've been investigating the murders. I...I can leave. Just, if there's anything I can do to help...." He stepped out of the way so they could get into the lab without difficulty. "I'll just be out here."

Whatever he'd been going to say, he left unsaid. "Yes, sir. Aananda-sensei asked me to meet her here. To go over security footage. I've been investigating the murders. I...I can leave. Just, if there's anything I can do to help...." He stepped out of the way so they could get into the lab without difficulty. "I'll just be out here."

Tamrin looks over to his wife briefly as the door unlocks.

"If you've got information already, or even just some educated guesses, then come on in, son. We need as much intel as we can pull together, and we need it yesterday. I found something that needs to be checked anyway, which is why we're here and not the Infirmary," he says as they enter the lab.

::Krays, what's going on there? I suddenly felt a lot less pressure to keep the wormhole from growing. I nearly fell out of the sky, it was that sudden. This....does not bode well. ::

::I...I'm unaware of anything. Since there's only 2 ways that can happen, I'll head to the infirmary. You'll know as soon as I do!::

"Keme, who is he holding?"

As they approach the temple landing area. Lang looks over and notices Ephebe struggling and fatigued.

Sara, I need to to guide Simba, tell him to land quickly. Midori Hold on, You'll be safe with Sara. Lang's voice is more authoritative than usual, this is not a suggestion, he seems concerned.

Once Sara and Midori are in good hands. Lang leaps off the Owl and flies to Ephebe. He then evelops her in a sphere of air. keeping her aloft and able to continue without expending to much energy. he thn flies as fast as possible bringing Ephebe to the safety of the temple.

Don't Worry Master Blackscales, your tired, I'll carry you the rest of the way. Her size is a struggle but Lang is able to manage but definitely is struggling as he does so.

Sara will guide Simba down as told.

Why are you doing this to me!? You don't know how hard it is to get late arrivals into classes!

I'm glad to see more vict- um, players join in the fun.

Don't mind him. He's just cranky because of all the recent crises he's had to deal with. I'm sure things will settle down soon. ^.^

Er, well, at least for certain value of settle down and soon....

Alright, I've posted a quick (to read at least) guide to Agartha on the Discussion thread. That should answer any questions you have about the setting, but if it doesn't feel free to ask. And I'll add to the document until it actually does contain everything you need to know about the setting. :)

stardust and LazarX, if either of you are still interested in joining the game, please consider the invitation still open. :)

Just thought I'd bring this thread out of the archives to see if there are any new people who'd like to join.

Since we are currently in the middle of an invasion from creatures of the Lower Planes, most(if not all) of the students and non-combatant teachers are in shelters.

After the invasion is over, it is assumed that most of our current teachers will quit, so anyone wanting to run the part-time posting gig that is an educator is welcome to it.

Yes, for some reason there's a high turnover for staff at this school. I can't imagine why so many people run away screaming in horror from a job teaching super-powered kids... ;P

"I blame Vakller, he scares more teachers away than students." *Said while giving a 'toothy' grin.*

Well at least it's not my fault this time. :D

I'm not really interested in being a teacher, but I'd like a chance at the Entrance Exam to be a student. :P

I'm interested in being a Warforged-Like Engineer, trying to control his use his intellect to destroy.

He'd have the standard Warforged outlook, for the most part, with a seemingly-insane bent from time to time. While not an extensive user of the Death ray, Every once in a while, he just gets that urge. Since coming to the Academy, however, he has gotten much better about hurting those that don't deserve it in a moral sense, but he still gets angry and isn't afraid to get in a scrap.

Hey Edgar. Edgar cool peoples. You trying to make a mad scientist Iron Man?

can i join?

can i join?

Sure, it's open enrollment. Do you want to play a teacher or a student? What sort of concept(s) do you have in mind?

Hey Edgar. Edgar cool peoples. You trying to make a mad scientist Iron Man?

I definitely also want some more details on this idea. Tell me more. :)

TheDarkKing wrote:

can i join?

Sure, it's open enrollment. Do you want to play a teacher or a student? What sort of concept(s) do you have in mind?

um student or teacher doesn't matter.

I'm not sure if you know what the Warforged are, but they're basically already Iron Men, or, if you will, Adamantine Men in my case. In their original campaign setting [Eberron], they were forged in giant, magical artifacts, which either bound a soul or created a soul to inhabit their metal and wood body structure.

Through Science, I would create for myself not only the obligatory Wondrous Items, but also fantastical devices, such as those that can double the size of their creator, or [if I so choose] one who has been given authorization. They can create temporary magic Armor, weapons, etc. through the use of these devices, and in doing so, accomplish their goals.

They also enhance themselves with mechanical implements, in the case of warforged Artificers, building directly onto their existing anatomy. All either make a mechanical hand which increases their strength or manual dexterity, or a set of Clockwork Armor, enhancing their often-frail forms to much more capable levels. These do not come without a cost, however, as the use of these objects is physically demanding.

Some Engineers put forth their efforts into alternate methods of travel, putting together mechanical sets of wings, or augmenting their Battle Fists into a high-power Digging Implement.

Over the course of their life, Engineers often find that almost anything can be accomplished through a generous application of Science, whether for good or evil, in the pursuit of Law or chaos.

lynora wrote:

TheDarkKing wrote:

can i join?

Sure, it's open enrollment. Do you want to play a teacher or a student? What sort of concept(s) do you have in mind?

um student or teacher doesn't matter.

i was thinking a expert and powerful gunslinger i was thinking he has a troubled past as he accidentally destroyed a settlement when he was battling his evil younger brother. that it for a concept

Okay, well first I would recommend reading through the campaign info and get some baseline knowledge of the world. And then we can work on fine tuning the concept from there. Think about what race you'd like to play and what type of region you'd like your guy (or gal) to be from.

I'm interested in joining this as a teacher. What information do I need to know when creating my character?

...lots of description...

Warforged I know. Engineers I am a little less familiar with. I was hoping for more details about this character in specific. I already have a construct engineer type in play and I want to make sure we don't end up with too much overlap. I'm more looking for details on personality and specific abilities at this point. Sorry, I was totally murky about that at first. One of these days I will learn not to post while distracted...okay, the chances of that are not high, but I can hope. :)

Ah. I have much less of that information ready to spout off at a moments notice.

Give me some time, like a day, and I'll have a much more refined character concept for you.

I'm interested in joining this as a teacher. What information do I need to know when creating my character?

Well, reading the campaign info is a great place to start. There's a level cap for students of 16, but teachers can be higher level. Or not. Sometimes expertise is more important than power level. Teachers can follow a more casual posting schedule than students since they usually interact with the student storylines a little more tangentially. Which doesn't mean that you can't be more involved, just that it's easy to step back for a bit when you need to.

Well it seems that the school specializes in studients with superior magical powers from what I've gleemed from the campaign info(though I've only had a quick glance). I was thinking of being a teacher that emphisises that not every problem has a magical solution. That would require me to be a more mele based character. I'm thinking either fighter(old war general type) or rogue(reformed theif). I'm thinking the general would be around level 12-14 while the rogue would be more around level 10.

I'm open for criticism if you have any of course since these are just starting ideas.

Math you would be my favorite teacher ever if you went the old war general type teacher. You were thinking more rough talking get stuff done type or the type that people just listen to because you can tell they know what they are talking about?

Ah. I have much less of that information ready to spout off at a moments notice.

Give me some time, like a day, and I'll have a much more refined character concept for you.

That's fine.

Well it seems that the school specializes in studients with superior magical powers from what I've gleemed from the campaign info(though I've only had a quick glance). I was thinking of being a teacher that emphisises that not every problem has a magical solution. That would require me to be a more mele based character. I'm thinking either fighter(old war general type) or rogue(reformed theif). I'm thinking the general would be around level 12-14 while the rogue would be more around level 10.

I'm open for criticism if you have any of course since these are just starting ideas.

** spoiler omitted **

Well, we already have a teacher for swordwork...I think the rogue is probably something we could use more, but I'm sure we can find a place for the general if that's what you prefer...or you can play both. Although I recommend introducing one at a time.

Absolutely no problem. I've had the same problem when trying to DM home games. Two people come up with similar concepts, and I have to make sure that no Toe-stepping is going on.

Hmm I might just do both. for the general type I'm thinking he's going to specialize in either two handed weapons(great weapons) or axes to give a little variety. And I'll bump up the rogues level. I'll have characters up probably tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest.

Are you guys still looking for more? This seems extremely interesting.

Are you guys still looking for more? This seems extremely interesting.

This is a pretty unique game situation in that there is no cap on how many can play. So if you want to play you're welcome here. Come up with a concept and we'll see if it fits. :)

I'd say we are always Looking for more people.

Absolutely no problem. I've had the same problem when trying to DM home games. Two people come up with similar concepts, and I have to make sure that no Toe-stepping is going on.

** spoiler omitted **

Sounds like the personality and outlooks are different enough. :)

I'd say we are always Looking for more people.

Yes. Yes, we are. :)

Hmm I might just do both. for the general type I'm thinking he's going to specialize in either two handed weapons(great weapons) or axes to give a little variety. And I'll bump up the rogues level. I'll have characters up probably tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest.

After the current situation and some others coming up, I'm thinking we should have him teach a remedial combat course, subtitled how to avoid a massacre. Might help ease the outcry from angry parents....not to mention the school board. *shudder* ;P

Awesome. I was thinking some sort of half-dragon who had been used as a labrat by her decidedly more evil green dragon father, and rescued and taken away by the school.

Hey now Lynora we are doing a good job about massacring the other side.

Awesome. I was thinking some sort of half-dragon who had been used as a labrat by her decidedly more evil green dragon father, and rescued and taken away by the school.

Ummm....dragons are tricky....I can make this work in a couple of ways from the rescuing standpoint....might require some serious illusions while at school. I'd suggest you read the campaign info before seriously committing to this. If you still want to do it then we can work out the details and find a way to make it happen. Just know it comes with some extra roleplaying challenges.

Hey now Lynora we are doing a good job about massacring the other side.

This is true. But you know the school board only looks at the losses on our side not the other guys. All the want to know is why the other guys weren't massacred sooner. ;)

Ummm....dragons are tricky....I can make this work in a couple of ways from the rescuing standpoint....might require some serious illusions while at school. I'd suggest you read the campaign info before seriously committing to this. If you still want to do it then we can work out the details and find a way to make it happen. Just know it comes with some extra roleplaying challenges.

I sorta skimmed the campaign reading (at work atm), but the basic idea was that she's a bit of a tortued soul (or literally tortured), who acquired her magic through illicit means, but not by her choice. (Was infused during lab tests or something)

Mrdarknlight wrote:

Hey now Lynora we are doing a good job about massacring the other side.

This is true. But you know the school board only looks at the losses on our side not the other guys. All the want to know is why the other guys weren't massacred sooner. ;)

Man people are not just happy. We stop an legions of things but no we should of killed them sooner.

lynora wrote:

Mrdarknlight wrote:

Hey now Lynora we are doing a good job about massacring the other side.

This is true. But you know the school board only looks at the losses on our side not the other guys. All the want to know is why the other guys weren't massacred sooner. ;)

Man people are not just happy. We stop an legions of things but no we should of killed them sooner.

Yep, welcome to the fun and rewarding field of education. ;P

lynora wrote:

Ummm....dragons are tricky....I can make this work in a couple of ways from the rescuing standpoint....might require some serious illusions while at school. I'd suggest you read the campaign info before seriously committing to this. If you still want to do it then we can work out the details and find a way to make it happen. Just know it comes with some extra roleplaying challenges.

I sorta skimmed the campaign reading (at work atm), but the basic idea was that she's a bit of a tortued soul (or literally tortured), who acquired her magic through illicit means, but not by her choice. (Was infused during lab tests or something)

Yeah, you really need to read the background info for this one. The whole Dragon Empire thing plus the whole dragons are eeeevil belief held by most Agarthians are particularly relevant here. No worries if you don't have time right at the moment. But I'd rather you knew what you were getting into before we went forward with this concept.

So, I'm thinking it's gonna be Warforged Engineer 16. How do I choose stats?

Also, Mrdarknlight, I'm not sure if this:

Hey Edgar. Edgar cool peoples.

was a description of me, or an introduction for me concerning the others in this thread.

Alright, now I'm even more determined to roll with this kinda backstory (I read the campaign info).

Basically, my character would be a girl who was kidnapped, or put up as a sacrifice to a local deity (secretly a green dragon). The dragon subjected her to a battery of tests and experiments, the result of which infused her with his own sorcerous powers (she'll be a sorcerer with the green dragon bloodline). So she's a scared teenager with massive power.

She's well aware that if the source of her powers is ever discovered, everyone would either cast her out, or simply kill her on the spot. As such, she'd be very shy. In addition, she might suffer from a form of paranoia or even psychosis as a result of her treatment at the hands of the green dragon (won't go into detail here as I'm not sure how mature of a game this is).

Alright, now I'm even more determined to roll with this kinda backstory (I read the campaign info).

Basically, my character would be a girl who was kidnapped, or put up as a sacrifice to a local deity (secretly a green dragon). The dragon subjected her to a battery of tests and experiments, the result of which infused her with his own sorcerous powers (she'll be a sorcerer with the green dragon bloodline). So she's a scared teenager with massive power.

She's well aware that if the source of her powers is ever discovered, everyone would either cast her out, or simply kill her on the spot. As such, she'd be very shy. In addition, she might suffer from a form of paranoia or even psychosis as a result of her treatment at the hands of the green dragon (won't go into detail here as I'm not sure how mature of a game this is).

Would fit in with my character. Well fit in oddly well with him.

Forum ate my post.

So, right now I'm loking at Warforged Engineer 16. How do you want stas done?

Also, Mrdarknlight, I'm not sure if this:

Hey Edgar. Edgar cool peoples.

was describing me, or meant to introduce me to the cool people on this thread.

Alright, now I'm even more determined to roll with this kinda backstory (I read the campaign info).

Basically, my character would be a girl who was kidnapped, or put up as a sacrifice to a local deity (secretly a green dragon). The dragon subjected her to a battery of tests and experiments, the result of which infused her with his own sorcerous powers (she'll be a sorcerer with the green dragon bloodline). So she's a scared teenager with massive power.

She's well aware that if the source of her powers is ever discovered, everyone would either cast her out, or simply kill her on the spot. As such, she'd be very shy. In addition, she might suffer from a form of paranoia or even psychosis as a result of her treatment at the hands of the green dragon (won't go into detail here as I'm not sure how mature of a game this is).

Okay, since you know what you're getting into and this concept sounds pretty cool I'm giving you the green light for this one.

Background:

Forum ate my post.

So, right now I'm loking at Warforged Engineer 16. How do you want stas done?

Also, Mrdarknlight, I'm not sure if this:

Mrdarknlight wrote:

Hey Edgar. Edgar cool peoples.

was describing me, or meant to introduce me to the cool people on this thread.

Rule of cool. In other words, use what stats you like. Don't go too ridiculously nuts with it, but yeah, that's pretty much how we handle stats.

Also, Mrdarknlight, I'm not sure if this:

Mrdarknlight wrote:

Hey Edgar. Edgar cool peoples.

was describing me, or meant to introduce me to the cool people on this thread.

Was describing you. I say <insert name> is cool peoples.

Gotcha, lynora. And thanks, Mrdarknlight. Apparently, everyone I game with enjoys my company, pretty much.