The Tennessee Shad says, "Right. You were in the meadow."

Juri of Avalon was sitting down, a bit winded from avoiding groping, and
waiting for Rose to finish cleaning out Corrine's brain.

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "And corrine was tied up with logrus
tendrils."

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "what time of day is it in the meadow?"

Akemi has arrived.

The Tennessee Shad says, "It is about evening."

Corrine of Amber OOCly nods.  'bout what I figured.

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Rose finally finishes scrubbing out Corrine's skull, with some help from
Ishmael here and there.

Juri of Avalon asks, "Is she going to be all right?"

Corrine of Amber is brainscrubbed, still tied up.  It's quiestionable as
to wether she's -concious- right at the moment, but hey, a lil' brillo in
the brain never did anybody any -real- harm....

Ishmael says, "I believe so, though Rose is the expert."

Rose says, "Oh, Corrine will be fine"

Rose says, "I didn't just clean her brain, I applied a nice layer of
psychic wax to keep it shiny."

"Oh," says Juri.

Rose unties Corrine

Mike pages, "You're awake now, btw." to you.

Juri of Avalon stands up and heads over to Ishmael.  "A word?"

Ishmael says, "Sure thing."

Juri of Avalon moves a short distance away with Ishmael.

Corrine of Amber mrgs, waking up.... "....agh... whapppen..." She blinks,
trying to recall the past events... "... what'd happen t' the finndos?"

You page, "And does corrine recall everythign that happened after Findy
ater her brain, now?" to Akemi.
Akemi pages, "Yes." to you.

Rose says, "They blew up real good."

Rhianna says, "The fount detonated and we fled.  I believe the MacFinndos
escaped with Fido."

Katsura says, "Thus moves the hand of fate." He claps twice.

Corrine of Amber rubs her eyes with her hands.  Her eyes widen as memories
of things sink in.  She stares down at her hands, clenches them several
times.  She then punches the ground, leaving a dent in the turf.  "....
-DAMMIT!-"  She then sits down hard, and pulls her arms around her legs as
she pulls them up.

Corrine of Amber sits there for a bit, nodding slightly.

Juri of Avalon glances over at Corrine with a concerned look on her face,
then goes back to quietly talking to Ishmael.

Rose pats Corrine on the shoulder.  "Here, have a cookie."  She hands a
warm chocolate chip cookie to Corrine, pulling it out of her embroidery
bag.

Corrine of Amber sits there, trying to recenter herself with deep breaths.
After that, she looks up, and manages a wan smile.  "Well, we're alive, so
I suppose that's something."  She then rubs her eyes again.  "Thanks,
rose."  She smiles more fully, and eats it, needing the nourisment.

Corrine of Amber asks, "So... who do I have to thank for giving my brain
the Norton Utilities treatment?"

Rhianna digs into her labcoat pockets and pulls out a large floppy hat and
puts it on.

Rose says, "I filled your head with logrusy goodness and drove out all the
bad thoughts."

Corrine of Amber says, "......."

Corrine of Amber says, "I... didn't know it could do that."

Corrine of Amber blinks a bit.

Juri of Avalon finishes her talk with Ishmael and heads over to Corrine.
She sits down beside her.  "How do you feel?"

Ishmael says, "It's amazingly flexible, and great at parties."

Rose says, "The Logrus does many nifty things."

Corrine of Amber looks up at Juri, and manages a smile.  "... Torn?
Between feeling guilty, ashamed at myself, frustrated, worried, and a
heightend desire to force-feed Findy some Whalekiller bolts."

Rose says, "Getting Findy to sit still for that is easier said than done."

"It happens.  Remind me to tell you the story of how I spent several weeks
having Brand and his evil black tar as a buddy in my brain."  Juri pats
Corrine on the shoulder.

Corrine of Amber says, "That's what I'm begging to realize, if she's THAT
damn good with trumps."  She blinks at Juri, and nods, biting her lip.
".... Right." She squeezes Juri's hand, and then releases, taking another
deep breath.  "So.  What next?  Hunt them down again if they try to go to
ground?  Head back to Amber and recoup a little?"

Rose says, "Well, if we return to the Keep, I can try to trace them
through Shadow since Fido uses the Logrus.  Unless they trumped him out."

"The important thing is that Ishmael and Rose took all the bad stuff out."
Juri smiles pleasantly at Ishmael and Rose.  "As for future plans...
returning to the Keep sounds like the plan for now."

You page, "Can it have sunk in by now that the MacFinndos elven ties are a
bit more cosmetic?  I mean, the names, the writing, etc.... time to
Consult her Elven Lore!" to Akemi.
You page, "(more -than- cosmetic, that is)" to Akemi.

Corrine of Amber swallows her cookie, and nods.

Ishmael says, "Assuming there's a Keep to return to."

Juri of Avalon squeezes Corrine's shoulder and stands up, offering her
hand.

Akemi pages, "Yep, it's sunk in.  In fact, some of the names sound like
ones associated with the ancestors of Arden's elves" to you.

Corrine of Amber looks up at Juri, and hesitantely takes her hand, as if
afraid she'll try to grapple her again.  But once she does, her hand grip
is strong and sure, willing to help her pull up.

Corrine of Amber asks, "So... -that- was the Keep of the Four Worlds?"

Juri of Avalon pulls Corrine to her feet.  "I'm not really sure.  It seems
to blow up a lot in every universe I've been to."

Corrine of Amber hrms, looking thoughtful as she's pulled up.  "... hold
on."

Ishmael says, "I think 'was' is the operative term."

Corrine of Amber asks, "Ishamel.  The names of the MacFinndos are Faenor,
Arwen, Fingon, Maehdros, and Findulas "Findy" for short, right?"

You page, "Which ones match to which ancestors?" to Akemi.
Akemi pages, "Feanor was the original leader of those elves long ago; the
others were his siblings.  Their current leadership in Arden is descended
from Fingon through Tuor." to you.

Rose says, "Yep."

Ishmael says, "I think so. I can never remember Findy's real name, but you
got the others right."

Ishmael says, "All Elven names, I believe."

Corrine of Amber says, "..... Take it as a given that I've spent the next
3 minutes cursing in a Darakoish fashion, Juri."  She looks at the rest.
"Feanor was the -original- leader of the Arden Elves back home, the rest
were his siblings.  The current leadership back home is descended from
Fingon through Tuor, who helped them escape but was lost before father
found them in Shadow and brought them to Arden."

You page, "was Findulas-Gendo's-Lover-Mother-of-Gil-Galad the same as
Findulas-sister-of-Feanor?  Just wanting to check the repetition of
names." to Akemi.
Akemi pages, "No, just a coincidence of names." to you.

Ishmael asks, "Interesting similarities, but why is this bad?"

Juri of Avalon says, "Coincidences of names seem quite common between
universes, Corrine."

Corrine of Amber says, "Now, it could just be a big heap of coincedences,
but -still-..." She sighs, and shakes her head. "... dammit, now I'm
jumping at shadows and postulates."

Ishmael pauses.

Corrine of Amber rubs her eyes again.

Ishmael slowly smiles.

Ishmael says, "I have a cunning plan."

Juri of Avalon says, "The fact of the matter seems to be that the
MacFinndo's our are foes... though I wonder why you were specifically
ordered to immobolize me."

Corrine of Amber says, "And yeah, good point, Juri.  after all, one of
Father's lovers was Findulas, and she -wasn't- Feanor's sister.... mmmm?"

Juri of Avalon says, "I should have expected that the more effective plan
would simply have been to order you to start breaking bones as soon as you
got your hands on me."

Corrine of Amber looks at Ish and Juri.

Rose asks, "Perhaps because they need you intact for something?"

Rose says, "Or perhaps Findy was in too much of a hurry to think it
through."

Ishmael says, "I expect it was because you were the one causing them the
most trouble."

Corrine of Amber says, "Point... though they might not have had a clue of
my strength.  But there is that." She shudders at the memories.

Juri of Avalon says, "Erotic ceremonies for their mole-man gods,
undoubtedly."

Ishmael says, "..."

Juri of Avalon says, "Probably nasty things with all kinds of tentacles."

Juri of Avalon looks appropriately disgusted by the concept.

Ishmael says, "Active imagination you have."

Corrine of Amber looks similarly disgusted.

Rose says, "Tentacles really aren't very useful for sex."

Juri of Avalon says, "I ran a school for girls back home.  You should
_see_ some of those things that used to come crawling out of Shadow and
trying to get into it."

Ishmael asks, "Anyway, as fascinating as this female exploration of
tentacle sex is, look here. Dworkin told you that someone used the
Palantir to bust out the MacFinndos, right?"

Juri of Avalon says, "Yes.  He was right on the mole-men, too."

Corrine of Amber looks at Juri.  "You ran a school?  What kind?  I ran an
art school..." She then looks over at Ish, and nods.  "Yes, he did.  Said
it was hooked up to the Logrus."

Ishmael asks, "By making contact with them, right?"

Corrine of Amber nods.  "And offering power and information.  And think
somebody, you, had been mentioning there was signs of Logrus use in
breaking them out."

"Princess Juri's School for Girls," Juri says pridefully.  "The best
girl's school in the entire universe."  Her expression suddenly darkens a
bit.  "It had some troubles while Brand was a houseguest in my mind, but
that's cleared up now.  I made it co-ed shortly before I left Avalon."

Ishmael beams. "If it can get in remote contact with Feanor and the rest,
what's to stop us from using it to find them?"

Juri of Avalon asks, "Safety?"

Ishmael exclaims, "Exactly! Nothing!"

Juri of Avalon asks, "A remote sense of self-preservation?"

Juri of Avalon asks, "The fact that if it did break them out, it's
unlikely to want to make itself useful to us?"

Corrine of Amber says, "Provided you don't get psychically dominated by
the Palantir, the Silmarils, or Feanor or Unicorn knows what else...."

Ishmael says, "Pshaw. I used the thing when it was hooked up to Feanor's
pet god."

Corrine of Amber says, "... Who was his pet god?"

Rose says, "It could work.  If nothing else, it insures we won't get
bored."

Ishmael says, "Besides, I don't intend on using it without Suhuy there to
help. The Phoenix. It was imprisoned in the Master Palantir."

Juri of Avalon looks rather askance at Ishmael.  "This sounds like a
possible bad idea."

Corrine of Amber says, "Ahhhh.  Hm."

Ishmael says, "Everything is a possible bad idea."

Juri of Avalon asks, "But, then, I'm about as sorcerously-inclined as a
mountain of cold iron, so what do I know?"

Ishmael says, "Well, this has little to do with sorcery. I'm not a
sorceror myself."

Rose asks, "Why don't we go to the ruins of the keep and I can try
tracking Fido first?"

"Sorcery.  Conjuration.  Anything that doesn't involve poking people with
sharp things, hitting them with blunt things, or leading armies."  Juri
shrugs.

Corrine of Amber nods.  "That could give us an estimate of how long
they're going to take to get to wherever they're going...."

Juri of Avalon nods to Rose.  "I like the sound of that better.  Or we
could divide our efforts and do both at once."

Ishmael says, "Well, I suppose we could no that, too." He gets out a piece
of paper and a pen. "Lemme whip up a trump..."

Corrine of Amber watches Ish's skill with trumps, mentally judging how
good he is at 'em.

Rhianna says, "Rule #1.  Don't split your forces if you don't know where
the enemy is unless you HAVE to."

Corrine of Amber says, "And I'd rather have skillset reinforcement." She
smiles, faintly wry.

Juri of Avalon hrms.  "Perhaps I ought to bring some sabretooth cows for
the next MacFinndo confrontation..."

Rose says, "I could borrow some of mommy's carnivorous trees."

Mike pages, "He seems about average. Has a curious art-deco style, but
nothing that strikes you as unusual. He's perhaps preparing it a bit
faster than you could." to you.
Akemi pages, "You estimate he's not as good at you, but he is fairly
good." to you.
You page, "Right.  So prolly better in the Psyche end, but as far as the
art goes, Corrine could do better portraits. :)" to Akemi and Mike.
Mike pages, "Ayup." to you.
Akemi pages, "Ishmael tends to be utilitarian." to you and Mike.

Ishmael finally finishes the trump sketch. "Right. Everyone ready?"

Corrine of Amber nods approvingly at Ishmael, waiting for him to finish
the sketch.  "Nice technique.  You ever do fullscale portraits?"

Ishmael says, "Not often."

Corrine of Amber nods.  "Design-work then, I suppose.  And yup, ready as
I'll be."

Juri of Avalon nods.

Ishmael says, "I'm more of a draftsman than a painter... Okay, conga line,
people, and here we go..."

Corrine of Amber links hands with folks.

Juri of Avalon does the same.

So do the others.

You appear on the edge of a very, very big crater.

Juri of Avalon says, "Whoa, nelly."

Corrine of Amber whistles.

There's a glowing, bubbling, radiating mass where the Keep was, boiling
with trump energy.

Corrine of Amber tries to judge the size of the crater... and whistles
again at the mass of trump energy.

The Tennessee Shad says, "Several miles."

Corrine of Amber says, "... well aside from the several-mile-wide crater
and the Trump Energy Spill in the middle.... now what?"

Roderick says, "Juri and I could go and scout."

Rose says, "Now I reach out with the Logrus and try to find Fido's trail."

Rose says, "If he used the Logrus to leave, I can track him."

Ishmael says, "Er... Rose..."

Juri of Avalon glances to Roderick, then to the crater.  "It doesn't
really look like there's anything to scout, but..."

Rose asks, "Yes, Ishmael?"

Ishmael points to the huge glowing Trump Reaction.

Rose says, "I don't think he's in there."

Ishmael asks, "Are you sure that would be safe?"

Ishmael asks, "You know, Logrus, trump, boom?"

Rose says, "I'll feel around the pit, not INSIDE it"

Rose says, "Don't worry, I'm a professional."

Ishmael nods, but moves slightly away.

Juri of Avalon rocks back and forth on her heels, whistling some random
air.

Corrine of Amber watches things, curiously, still glancing at the Trump
Reaction curiously every so often.

Juri of Avalon moves over to Roderick and says something quietly to him.

Rose wanders about, waving her arms.  There's nothing obvious going on.

Rhianna sits on a rock and starts making entries in a log book.

You page, "Hm.  Given what Corrine knows about Trumps, and building
Gabrielle, and so forth... what could Corrine conclude about how to boost
the range of her own trumps to reach home/access Gabrielle?  She's
remembering Orpheus's comment about "the principle of similarity should be
your guide"" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "You would guess that you could probably do place trumps
between universes at that place's equivalent in another universe." to you.

Akemi pages, "IF such an equivalent existed." to you.

Corrine of Amber finds another rock, and then sits, and Hrrrrms to
herself.

Akemi pages, "As for People trumps, not a clue, although you think given
enough time, you could learn to tap the Trump energy here to boost trump
range." to you.

Juri of Avalon laughs at something Roderick says.

You page, "*nod* So a place trump would have to be activated at a
precisely analagous spot." to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Yes." to you.

You page, "It's the -tapping- of the Trump Energy that's the tricky stuff.
:) Without frying one's brain or going Brand/Jurtish on yourself." to
Akemi.

Akemi pages, "You'd likely want to build a machine to process it." to you.

You page, "Admittely, while such places are rare, they DO exist.  Like,
say, pattern rooms." to Akemi.

You page-pose, "Aerianne nods." to Akemi.

You page, "Re. the machine... kinda what the MacFinndos were doing, but
saner?" to Akemi.

In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods.  Use it to store and filter the trump
energy.

Corrine of Amber glances over at Juri, and smiles at her laughter.  She
then hrms, regarding the landscape again.  She pulls out a small sketchpad
out of her trumpdeck pouch, and a pencil, and makes some notes and
sketches.

Akemi pages, "Perhaps build something like a geothermal tap, but for trump
energy, using some sort of computer type thing as a processor to hold the
trump images to be empowered." to you.

You page, "Given corrine's knowledge of trump and the decay rate of trump
energy after one's been activated and stepped through... how long does it
look like it'll take for the Trump Reaction in the crater to totally fade
out?" to Akemi.

Corrine of Amber makes more sketches, etc, thoughtful.

Juri of Avalon continues her quiet conversation with Roderick.

You page, "(great, before this Campaign is over, Corrine WILL have a
Photoshop Trump System. ^_-; )" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "You suspect this is some sort of natural phenomenon...it may
not ever fade completely" to you.

Corrine of Amber whistles softly to herself, and her lips curl upwards
slightly.  She nods a bit, and makes more notes.

You page, "Who among those she knows in this Amber could help her build
such a device?  From consulting folks, etc, and what she's heard.  Back
-home- she had a full staff to aide with building Gabrielle... but then
again, Gaby is several orders of magnitude more powerful than what Corrine
would want for here." to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Drake knows about machines/computers/electronics.  Miki
knows about trump devices" to you.

You page, "Well, I meant -this- Amber, Squid Gumi Amber.  And I don't
-think- Corrine consulted with Drake and Miki in Ember when she was
building Gabrielle." to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "True.  In this Amber, you don't have a clue who could help
you" to you.

Akemi pages, "Other than Dworkin...but can you really trust his help?" to
you.

You page, "Right. *wl* Corrine just remembers what rose was saying who the
'experts' were, but she doesn't know the extent of their knowledge." to
Akemi.

You page, "*snrk* Iiii think Dworkin's last resort in this case. *wl* And
this is more a long-range-after-the-Finndos-are-Spacked plan, not an
immediate one." to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Well, you could ask Ishmael; he likely knows who are the
best trump people." to you.

You page, "Corrine's got downtime, so she's thinking of stuff to while
away the time while the rest do their stuff." to Akemi.

In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods

Rose returns and sighs.

Rose says, "They must have trumped Fido out, as there's no traces of
Logrus energy."

Rose says, "I can start searching shadow for him with the Logrus, but that
could take just about forever."

Juri of Avalon frowns and looks up from her conversation with Roderick.
"The Palantir, then?"

Ishmael says, "Unless anyone has any other suggestions."

Rhianna says, "Hmm.  I could try rewinding history in this shadow to study
it, but I fear the explosion would probably prevent me observing
anything."

Corrine of Amber looks up and gets up.  "Right... none here at the moment
that's viable to our planned situation...."  She quirks an eyebrow at
Rhianna.

Corrine of Amber pockets her sketchbook back into its pouch.

Rose says, "It's quite easy to do with a shadow, Corrine."

Rhianna says, "Well, the Font might inhibit the observation as well.
Perhaps we'd best just go to Suhuy."

You page, "History-reqinding I get the feeling Corrine never really knew
about/studing, etc? *wl*" to Akemi.
Akemi pages, "It's a lot easier with Advanced Pattern" to you.

Corrine of Amber hehs a little bit at Rose.  "I'm afraid my studies with
Pattern never got that high, Rose."

Rhianna looks over at Juri for a moment, then frowns.  "I hope Aunt Dara
isn't around during this visit."

Corrine of Amber hms, and moves over to tap Juri on the shoulder and
murmur something as they all gather together.

Ishmael shuffles out Suhuy's trump.

Juri of Avalon asks, "Pardon?"

Juri of Avalon glances at Rhianna.

You page, "[Corrine] Oh, just want to mention before we tramp off to the
depths of Chaos... I -think- I may have a way for us to get home... it'd
involve us consulting those who know Trump damn well here, and tapping
that glowing monstrosity, but if we could channel the energy safely, it
could boost people-trumps." to Kima.

Rhianna says, "It's just that you look rather like Aunt Dara and Uncle
Corwin's kid would have looked like if they'd had one.  And
well...anything that reminds Aunt Dara of Uncle Corwin tends to lead to no
good."

Corrine of Amber hms? glancing over at Rhianna, too.

Corrine of Amber says, "Ah."

Corrine of Amber asks, "Would I remind anyone of anybody there?"

Juri of Avalon says, "Well, hopefully, she won't be there."

Rhianna says, "I don't think so, although you look a little like Theresa."

Ishmael stares at the trump, and then says, "Right, everyone grab hold."

Rhianna nods.  "Hmm.  I suppose Aunt Dara might have broken out the
MacFinndos to use them against Uncle Corwin..."

Corrine of Amber nods, and grabs hold of folks.  TRump Conga!

Juri of Avalon grabs hold.

You appear in a courtyard in what is obviously Chaos, with a crystal
fountain spewing red liquid. Tables and chairs are scattered about, and a
stooped demonic figure in a yellow caftan is just releasing Ishmael's
hand.

Ishmael says, "Hullo, Uncle."

Corrine of Amber stares.  She can't help it.  This is the first time she's
been to Chaos -anywhere-.

Ishmael says, "I've brought you some trans-universal visitors."

Corrine of Amber stares not at Suhuy, more just at the general landscape.

Corrine of Amber says, "Woah," cogently.

Juri of Avalon bows to Suhuy.  "A pleasure, Lord Suhuy."

Juri of Avalon says, "I am Princess Juri of Avalon."

Suhuy cackles, showing some worn but nasty fangs. "So I see. Princess Juri
and Princess Corrine. A pleasure to meet you both."

Corrine of Amber blinks, and remembers herself, and bows to the nice
Logrus Master too.  "Likewise, Lord Suhuy.  I am Princess Corrine, of
Amber... just not the one from around here."

Corrine of Amber stands and smiles.

Rose waves energetically.  "Hi, Suhuy-sama!"

Suhuy waves one hand. "No need to bother with the Lords and Samas, just
Suhuy will do. So. How can I help you?"

Juri of Avalon looks to Ishmael.  "Your Palantir."

Ishmael says, "We were hoping to use the Palantir to track down the
MacFinndos. Dworkin said that it was used to contact them, so we were
hoping it could track them."

Rose says, "Also, I'm wondering how best to get this stench of coffee off
us."

Juri of Avalon says, "Oh, and any information you could give Corrine and
myself about returning to our own universes would also be appreciated."

Corrine of Amber chuckles a bit softly.  "I apologize for us barging in
like this with all these questions...." She looks around the landscape
some more.  "I must admit this is a fascinating place, though, a pity I
doubt we'll have time for a tour." She smiles wrly.

Suhuy says, "Well, you could boil yourself in lemon juice, Rose. As for
locating Finndo's children, can you not use the Pattern or Logrus to find
them?"

Suhuy turns to Juri. "That is a simple matter of negotiating the Cabe of
Worlds."

Rose exclaims, "See, I said the Logrus was the best way!"

Rose sticks out her tongue at Ishmael.

Juri of Avalon asks, "Oh.  I was told by a fairly reliable source that I'd
die if I went near the Cave of Worlds.  Do you have any idea why?"

Rose then sends logrus tendrils looking for lemon juice.

Ishmael says, "Uncle, we tried finding them with the Logrus, and it didn't
work."

Suhuy says to Juri, "I'm afraid I don't. You have the mark of doom on you,
but it's an expired sort of mark of doom, if that makes any sense."

Juri of Avalon says, "Possibly a leftover from Brand's evil black tar."

Corrine of Amber raises her eyebrows at this.

Rose asks, "Perhaps a psychic imperative in your mind would have killed
you.  Have you walked the Pattern since you were told that?"

Juri of Avalon says, "I think my intended role might have been that of
Tragic Self-Sacrificing Heroine, but I avoided the Self-Sacrificing part."

Corrine of Amber says, "Yaaaaay."  She smiles slightly at Juri.

Suhuy flexes his fingers, and waves his arms for a second. Then he says,
"The MacFinndos are no longer in this universe."

Juri of Avalon says, "No, I have not."

Corrine of Amber blinks.

Corrine of Amber asks, "Errrrm?"

Juri of Avalon says, "Oh dear."

Rose hmms.  "Perhaps your movement into another universe has altered your
destiny."

Rhianna says, "Ahh, the exploding Keep blew them into another one?"

Juri of Avalon asks, "Any idea just which universe they've gone too?"

Corrine of Amber purses her lips.  She then glances at Juri, and nods.
"Was about to ask that... if we can even tell..."

Suhuy says "I'm not sure. I'm also not sure how the Palantir could have
ordered them or helped them in any way, as I didn't use it, it's not
sentient, and the Logrus..."

Suhuy pauses, and begins to mumble.

Juri of Avalon sighs.  "So, the suspects for using the Palantir to free
them would be... yourself, and the Logrus?"

Rhianna . o O (Given the way Aunt Dara bosses the Logrus around...)

Corrine of Amber narrows her eyes slightly, looking around the environment
more critically now.  Sizing it up....

Rhianna says, "Aunt Dara has shown signs in the past of being able
to...convince the Logrus to do things."

Juri of Avalon hrms.  "I remember Nanami doing something similar."

Corrine of Amber hehs a bit, softly.

Juri of Avalon says, "In a cow-induced rage, admittedly, but..."

Rhianna continues, "Perhaps this is one of her....cow-induced rage?"

Suhuy continues to mumble.

Juri of Avalon says, "When I went to school with Nanami, there was an
incident involving her being turned into a cow."

Ishmael asks, "A werecow?"

You page, "did something similar happen to Corrine's Nanami?  Not that
she'd know until WAY after the fact....." to Akemi.
Akemi pages, "Nothing you know of." to you.

Juri of Avalon says, "We used it against her in the Battle of the Fount.
Psychological warfare.  Yes, something like that."

Juri of Avalon says, "It made her very angry, and people fight stupid when
they're angry."

Juri of Avalon says, "It made her angry enough, in fact, to summon the
Logrus and order it to kill everyone."

Ishmael says, "Yikes."

Juri of Avalon pauses for a moment.  "Perhaps we shouldn't have made her
_that_ angry."

Corrine of Amber whistles softly.

Suhuy says, "Aha."

Juri of Avalon says, "The Sebastian Dior cowbell atop the sabretooth
cows..."

Suhuy says, "Apparently someone in another universe used the Logrus to use
the Palantir as a sort of broadcast station into Feanor's mind."

Corrine of Amber giggles softly.  "Can't say my own Nanami ever had a
smiliar thing happen.... hm?" She blinks at that.

Corrine of Amber asks, "Can you ask the Logrus who that someone was?"

Rose asks, "So the Logrus can reach into other universes like that?"

Juri of Avalon frowns heavily.

Rose asks, "Could I use it to trade recipies with mes from other
universes?"

Suhuy says, "The Logrus exists in every universe, Rose. Different
realities, same Logrus. And yes, you could."

Suhuy says, "In this case, one Kiryuu Nanami, an Assistant Keeper of the
Logrus, instructed Feanor and helped him escape via the relay."

Juri of Avalon facepalms.

Corrine of Amber says, "......."

Juri of Avalon says, "On behalf of my universe, I apologize for her
existence."

Corrine of Amber says, "Apology accepted, Juri."

Rose asks, "Right.  So do I need to add a universe code to my logrus
searches or what?"

Suhuy says, "First you must come to understand the multifractal nature of
the non-Logrus."

Rose turns into Einstein.

Juri of Avalon says, "So, the Nanami of my universe (presumably) let the
MacFinndos out..."

Suhuy says, "This will result in your shrieking gibbering madness for ten
years or so, so budget time accordingly."

Corrine of Amber says, "This still begs the question on where the
MacFinndos and Fido -went-, universewise."  She sighs.  "I've got a
sinking feeling it'll be either Juri's universe, or mine.  I could
easily... hopefully... be wrong."

Suhuy says, "Well, let me check the file server."

Rose-Einstein says, "Right.  And then divide by Q?"

Juri of Avalon says, "Most importantly, wherever they went, how do we go
after them?  Presuming that's the best thing to do, of course."

Ishmael says, "To hell with the best thing. They aren't getting away with
my engine of massive destruction."

Rhianna says, "Can we use the Palantir to backtrace the access and lead us
to the appropriate universe through the Cave of Worlds?"

Juri of Avalon glances at Ishmael, and mutters something about boys and
their toys.

Suhuy says, "Yes, you could, actually."

Corrine of Amber OOCly tries to imagine a Chaosian Logrus File Server.
Corrine of Amber OOCly 's brain hurts.
Juri of Avalon says, "www.logrus.com"

Corrine of Amber hehs a little bit. "I hate to leave business unfinished."
She looks wry at Juri.

Juri of Avalon sighs.  "Well, I suppose it can't be worse than diving for
the Eye of Fire."

Corrine of Amber asks, "Eh?"

Juri of Avalon chuckles.  "We can swap stories some other time.  For now,
I think we play Follow the Finndos some more."

Ishmael says, "Time to follow them to the Brave New World, I think."

Corrine of Amber says, "Right." She quirks a smile.

Ishmael says, "What's the Cave of Worlds like, Uncle? I've heard rumors,
but..."

Rose says, "It's a big cave."

Rose says, "It's got rocks in it and air and everything."

Suhuy says, "It's a large, twisting, and confusing place, filled with
doors, passages, and rank symbolism. Your Hall of Mirrors in Amber is a
sort of analogue to it - the opposite of a reflection, if you will."

Corrine of Amber quirks an eybrow, and nods.

Suhuy says, "The difficult aspect is that it moves between universes, as
it goes along what for the sake of reference we shall call the outer edge
of the Logrus. Because of this, things from outside the Universe as we
understand it have some influence and purchase."

Juri of Avalon asks, "The Outsiders?"

Corrine of Amber purses her lips.  "The Outsiders."

Corrine of Amber glances at Juri again.

Suhuy says, "Of a sort. Most of them are content to simply make cryptic
remarks and try to rattle you, but some can be dangerous."

Juri of Avalon asks, "The ones that want their lawnmower back?"

Corrine of Amber asks, "So keep going forward, try not to get spooked,
don't accept any gifts from passing weirdnesses, etc?"

Suhuy blinks. "Lawnmower?"

"The lawnmower that the serpent and the unicorn borrowed off them and
never gave back."  Juri looks at the ground.
"...dworkinsaidsomethingaboutit.nevermind..."

Corrine of Amber smiles slightly, and pats Juri on the shoulder,
reassuringly.

Suhuy says, "Dworkin, I fear, is what we in Chaos like to call 'stark
barking loony'."

Rose says, "..."

Rose says, "You'd better make shadow travelling items for yourself and
Roderick and Rhianna, Ishmael, as we may go where no one's Pattern works."

Ishmael says, "Right ho. I've already got one; my ring has that function."

"To the Cave of Worlds," Juri murmurs.

Corrine of Amber considers her ring.  "Will Juri's and mine rings work as
well, hopefully?"

Rose says, "They should; conjuration works all over, far as I can tell."

Corrine of Amber says, "Okay, cool then."

Corrine of Amber pats herself down, verifying she's got all her stuff.

Rhianna says, "I can conjure up my own item, but yes, that's a good idea,
Rose."

Suhuy says, "The important thing is not to be sidetracked."

Corrine of Amber nods.  "So we all stick together as best we can."


Suhuy says, "Going for a side trip could land you in some bizarre
universe."

Juri of Avalon asks, "I expect the Cave is full of the usual things, like
dead relatives and lovers who try and tempt you into following them?"

Corrine of Amber asks, "Would tying ourselves together with rope help?"

Rose says, "We'd better blindfold Ishmael, or he'll start seeing
Demi-Jewels everywhere and we'll all end up in 'Otho is God' land."

Suhuy says, "I expect so. It usually has a bunch of my students who whine
at me for giving them low marks on their exams."

Rhianna shudders.

Ishmael looks injured.

Suhuy says, "At the moment, the enterence to the Cave is the mansion on
the hill past the mausoleums."

Rose asks, "The big spooky one that horrible screams are always coming
from?"

He hands Rose the Palantir. "That's the one."

Juri of Avalon asks, "Oh.  Were horrible things done in it long ago,
leaving a stain that can never be erased?"

Rose nods and inserts a logrus tendril into the Palantir.  "Thanks,
Suhuy."

Suhuy says, "Yes."

Suhuy says, "The Great Bore gave a party there."

Juri of Avalon blinks.  "Some kind of monster?"

Corrine of Amber hehs a bit, and bows to Suhuy again.  "Thank you, Suhuy,
for your assistance. It was a pleasure to meet you.  We won't forget
this." She stands, and quirks a curious eyebrow.

Juri of Avalon icks.  "Probably some abomination with tusks and red eyes.
And tentacles, of course."

Rose says, "A horrible monster."

Ishmael shudders.

Ishmael says, "Nothing so pleasant."

Corrine of Amber says, "We had a Great Boar charging for Arden once...."

Rhianna says, "The Great Bore of Chaos is rumored to be able to put entire
shadows to sleep just by telling one of his old, incoherent war stories."

Corrine of Amber says, "...... eygh."

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The Tennessee Shad says, "We should likely halt here, as it's late and the
next part will be fairly involved."

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "figured, but -nice- progress."

Juri of Avalon says, "Tomorrow, then?  More accurately, evening tonight?
^^;;"

The Tennessee Shad says, "Aye, though don't forget the auction."

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "well, I have Work Monday as well, and I'm
trying -not- to be zoned.  I'd have a 12 PM EST cutoff."

Juri of Avalon says, "That works out perfectly, due to the auction."

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "(I'm trying to 1) do work, and 2) find new
job in LM.  Fun. ^_-; )"

The Tennessee Shad says, "Yeek."

Mike has left.

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "On the opposite end, given this IS a sunday,
I'm here whenever I've gotten online."

Ishmael says, "True..."

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "Which means around 4-5ish EST, depending on
things I need to start doing, and waking up. *wry look*"

Corrine of Amber OOCly says, "But before that, I need to sleep.  So, I
shall.  Night!"

Corrine of Amber OOCly waves.

Juri of Avalon says, "Night, Phil."