From rhea@ikkoku.maison-otaku.net Sun Dec 3 00:32:34 2000 Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 10:49:34 -0800 (PST) From: Rhea Seraph To: John Walter Anthony "Ranma" Biles Subject: Another Hiko Log: Page Convo after the Quest (fwd) John Biles Emperor of all He Surveys http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html "I can't die now! I have to give my daughter a stuffed fish." --Shinesman Sepia, _Shinesman_ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:01:40 -0500 (EST) From: Trisha L. Sebastian To: Jimbo Biles Subject: Another Hiko Log: Page Convo after the Quest Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Can we take care of stuff by page?" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "No actual RPing, just questions, etc." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Sure." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "You said that you'd give me later the names of the shadows that trade with the City of Brass. Do you have those handy? I'm trying to do the Brass Desc now." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Gimme a second to make some up." to you. Akemi pages, "Umayadd, Abbasid, Fatmid, Zoroastria, the Emirate of Ylarum, Nithia, Dysthenia" to you. Akemi pages, "Any other problems?" to you. Akemi pages, "Oh, did you decide how to spend your point award?" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "When did Bargle come to the City with the Heart?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "I think I said in the log. If I didn't say, then let's say...fifty years ago." to you. Foxtrot lowers the prod and will check. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "You said six centuries ago..." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Six centuries then!" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Um, what does the Heart of Flame DO?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "You have no idea :)" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "How can I write about it then, if I have no idea?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "No one has told you, and you haven't had time to experiment with it yet. You do know it can shoot flame at you :)" to you. Akemi pages, "You wait until you know what it does :)" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hiko returns to Arden with Juri in tow, and requests the boon of the Green Knight." to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "I'm getting this stuff out of the way, NOW, damnit!" to Akemi Foxtrot lowers the prod and grins unashamedly. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "If the GK can grant that sort of thing, that is." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Heh :) Just understand if you get neglected in favor of this very improtant scene where Shaft and Corrine will die horribly if they screw up." to you. Akemi pages, "You want the boon to be the ability to return to Arden at will, right?" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "That's okay. I can defer in favor of you killing PCs. ^_^" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Yeah, from ANYWHERE, without having to shift shadow or use pattern." to Akemi Akemi pages, "He tells you they can grant you that ability, but it won't work in shadows where Pattern is barred, as Arden's power is based on Pattern." to you. Foxtrot lowers the prod and waits on pins and needles, wondering if she should show Rod her copy of this log later... Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Good god, this is tense. I definitely can wait." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Do you want to go ahead with that as your Boon, then?" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Uh, yeah. That's what I want my boon to be. Ya think you can handle that? ^_^" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Yes, I can" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "How much are Power Words again?" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Never mind, I'll look it up." to Akemi Akemi pages, "1 point each" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "I want to buy Trump Disrupt, but tell me what it can do first." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Trump Disrupt closes Trump connections. You have to know the person's true name or beat their psyche, and it doesn't work as well vs. Trump Artists" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Then I don't want it... I was trying to think of something I could use to defeat Annadil's trump effect." to Akemi In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods. Well, you could also use it in case someone trumped you and tried to eat your mind, etc. Akemi pages, "Or tried to fire a machinegun through the link :)" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Okay... can we get back to taking care of stuff by page?" to Akemi In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "I want my extra four points, damnit, so I can get more goodies!" to Akemi In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hiko bids farewell to the GK, and Juri and she ride back to the Castle Amber, the Heart in the telekinetically held firecage. She asks to see King Tylor for a private meeting, after first hiding the Heart in her room (sneaking into the castle with Juri's help) in the wooden box that had formerly held the spikard." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Okay!" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hiko tells King Tylor of her success in the quest, and asks to take leave with Juri to train to use the Heart in Avalon, and to also train to become a better fighter. She also asks for a glass box of sorts." to Akemi Akemi pages, "King Tylor tells you that he trusts in your judgement as to the best use of your time, and wishes you well in your training. And he sends a servant to bring you a glass box from the storage room." to you. Akemi pages, "The servant soon returns with one." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hiko asks that no one know of where she and Juri are going, only that they will return when the time is right. When the servant returns, she takes the box and thanks King Tylor, then goes back to her room, packs up, draws the curtains closed, puts a magical 'DO NOT DISTURB OR I FRY YOUR ASS' spell on her room and departs with Juri for Avalon." to Akemi Akemi pages, "No problem. Juri turns up the time flow so you can have as long as you need in Avalon. Like for a looon grest to start with." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hiko rests for about a couple decades, has long heart to heart talks with her mother in which most of her life story is revealed. In lieu of a professional counselor, the two women help Hiko work over her grief, pain and loss, until she becomes very, very stable, almost like her dear mum." to Akemi Akemi pages, "No problem." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "In that time, Hiko manages to have a somewhat normal relationship with the steward of Juri's estate in Avalon, flirting, going out on dates, having deep conversations in the wine cellars, dinners, until they finally start having sex, like a good Amberite does with the hired help. ^_^" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "When Juri deems her fit to begin work, Hiko starts to split her days by trainig with her mother in the mornings, studying the Heart in the evenings and having sex with the Steward (whose name is Byron) all night." to Akemi In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods. Righto. [Shaft, discipline of Ghetto-Fu. Vixxy the Vixen whistles slowly... the Xena-Cut-Off-Your-Circulation-Chop... wonder if I could incorporate that into my char.... RodM says, "well, there's the You've Got A Cute Ass, Let's Fuck Pinch, but that's later..."] Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "So... in about two centuries of time, and given that all ten of my points are going towards my Strength, with one additional point from the contribs going to each state (heh... buying up in Psyche, too), how good will Hiko have gotten in that time?" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "And what did I learn about the Heart of Flame?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "So you're going to effectively raise Strength from Chaos to 1 and raise all other stats by 1?" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Yep. And how much would the Juri story be good for?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Once I see it, depends on length" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Yep... and then I plan on doing writeup on EACH of the Shadows the City of Brass trade with..." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Oh, don't forget you're currently 4 contributions points in the hole. Although with enough writeups you'll be able to get out of the hole." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "I'm sending four once you tell me what the Heart does." to Akemi Akemi pages, "It destroyes your soul and forces you to watch Baywatch! :0" to you. Akemi pages, "Actually, studying it, you see it enhances fire magic and can augment magic which enhances passions--love, hate, fear, lust, joy, etc." to you. Akemi pages, "You also have the impression it may do some other things that you aren't good enough at sorcery to figure out yet." to you. [Utena sighs. "At the rate things are going, I suppose Hiko will somehow turn out to be my daughter who was transferred backwards through time into Juri's womb." Shaft flinches at the Crazy Woman's name. "Ooh. That ain't funny." Utena says, "I really can't see how I could possibly have given birth to two more children." Hiko wails, oocly, "But I LOOOOVE you, Shaft! Utena says, "OOC Hiko and Shaft = Leia and Luke? :)" Queen Corrine OOCly says, "......" Shaft OOCly .... Yes, let's give Juri a reason to kill me too. Trisha Lynn OOCly says, "Oh, John, that is SO not funny..."] Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Right. So you won't be able to tell how good I get until you get the four points?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Until I get all your submissions for points so I know the total points you have, I canna tell you how good you get, other than to say if you spend all your 10 from the Quest on Strength, it goes up to Amber, regardless of the other points." to you. [Queen Corrine says, "Amber for Earth. Rebma for water. Tir-na'nog for dreams and air. And Ember for fire and the sun." Shaft OOCly dreads to ask what the Kingdom of the Moon is. Shizumaru OOCly kicks Rod. Shaft says, "OOCly john, if you inflict Amber Moon on my ass, I swear....."] Akemi pages, "Physically, the Heart of Flame is a ruby the size of a fist, heavily faceted, with bonfires burning inside it. It seems to work well with your spikard." to you. [RodM says, "'''I Was A Chaosian Love Child! Next on Springer!'''"] Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hah! I just send you four descriptions... so there!" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Hiko learns many new spells, amps up her power, increases her skill level in fighting, has sex every night with first Bryon the Steward, then after he's killed in a freak vinter's accident, Pedro the cabana boy, and gets closer to her mother, learns how to use the Pattern like she once used the Broken Pattern, and generally becomes a more stable individual. All in about five days Amber time, two centuries Avalon time." to Akemi [Trisha Lynn OOCly says, "I think somone stole Shaft's mojo." Mercutio says, "C'mon, Shaft. Sleep with the ten-year-old Costruct. It'l be just like Hiko. " Vixxy exclaims, "Hey!" RodM says, "er, no." Zankuro o.O] Akemi pages, "Heh. Sounds good. You gonna send me the Juri story too, or have you not finished it yet?" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "I haven't finished it yet. It's at work." to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "So how many more days out am I now?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Five days puts you on Day 36" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Just out of curiousity, how am I doing, gamewise?" to Akemi Foxtrot lowers the prod and widens her eyes. "Or me!" Akemi pages, "You're doing pretty well. Using the fire from the Heart to teleport out was a nice trick :)" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Eh, I knew my foot was gonna be on fire, I knew I had to keep everything I wanted together to teleport, and I knew that I needed to make the flames higher, too." to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "So I'm doing okay gaming wise?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Yep!" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Oh, and every day Amber time, Juri checks in with Tylor to see how things are going in the realm." to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "If 5 days in Amber equals 200 years in Juri's Avalon, how many Avalon years is in one day?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Wouldn't that come out as 40 years of Avalon per Amber Day?" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "I'm not sure. It's been YEARS since I had to do conversions, John." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Divide the number of years by the number of Days." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "Okay... it's so. EVery 40 years, Juri checked in with Tylor to see what was going on in Amber." to Akemi Akemi pages, "Hai." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "So what day is Hiko on now by the time of her last 'day' in Avalon?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "Day 36" to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "And everyone else is... where? Which menas, what does Hiko know by the time she gets back?" to Akemi Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "And did you get the descriptions?" to Akemi Akemi pages, "No one else is past day 21" to you. Akemi pages, "So I can't tell you because the events haven't happened yet." to you. Foxtrot stops prodding and says, "So if I'm on day 36... then all the stuff that happened is PAST knowledge for me, ne?" to Akemi [END OF LOG] Trisha L. Sebastian tls@thekeep.org http://www.thekeep.org/~tls/spotlight.htm Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -- Jules de Gaultier