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Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou OOCly hands Trisha the mallet
Ramon says, "OOC And if you walk another Pattern, it will flush this Imprint
 out of your system."
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "If we can get to one, that is..."
Ramon says, "OOC Thus cleansing you of the flaw."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly i know this great pattern down in the basement
 of my beach house...."
Ramon says, "OOC Keiko would have to find a different Broken Pattern to walk
 and trade flaws."
Ramon says, "OOC Yeah, like your basement one, Rod."
Ramon says, "OOC Anyway, I have my ideas in mind."
You step off the pattern into the great gates of the fortress, where four
 guards bow to you.  "Greetings, Pilgrims," they tell you.
Shizumaru OOCly says, "Wait, John, since Rod _drew_ his own pattern, wouldn't
 that prevent him from taking on the BP imprint?"
Hiko the Firechilde bows.  "Greetings... is the great and virile Morgenstern at
 home?"
Ramon says, "OOC Hmm, good point there."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou stares blankly around
Ramon thinks for a moment.  Pause
Zankuro> Chris . o O ( .... great and virile Morgenstern. )
Zankuro> Chris . o O ( Help. )
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly facepalm moment.  shaft vs. hiko, ramon and
 keiko."
Keiko bows as well.  "We have come to give our devotions to the marvellous
 Morgenstern.  As well as anythig else he desires of us."
Shizumaru OOCly says, "Otherwise, he'd be able to get rid of his Flawed Pattern
 by walking an unflawed Pattern."
Ramon says, "OOC Good point Drew. Right, Shaft, you know that Pattern makes
 people love and worship Morgenstern, but you were able to fight it off."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly ah... shit."
Ramon says, "OOC Everyone else still loves the big horse dude."
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "That works."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly oooooh shit shit shit."
Ramon says, "We come to bring the glories of football and beer to his temple!"
You page, "Just play along with the rest of them, pretend to have taken on the
 flaw. :)" to Rod.
Hiko the Firechilde smiles.  "I've got a wonderful artifact that has to deal
 with fire to give to him."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly pause a moment...."
Ramon OOC pauses.
Keiko exclaims, "My body and my soul belong to great Morgenstern!"
Hiko the Firechilde says, "No, MY body and soul belong to the great
 Morganstern!  You're worthless to hi.m"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly okay, john, would this effect be dispelled if I
 killed morgansttein?"
Hiko the Firechilde lets go of Keiko's hand abruptly and blows a raspberry at
 her.
Ramon says, "OOC You would need to destroy the Pattern which caused it."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly and to do that i'd need to....?"
Ramon says, "Ladies, ladies, I'm sure Morgenstern is man enough for both of you.
Ramon says, "OOC You haven't got the faintest idea, although if you had your
 Flawed Demi-Jewel, you could probably use that."
Keiko turns on Hiko.  "We are equal before the great Morgenstern, bitch!  And
 _my_ body is much nicer than yours, and will clearly be chosen first to engage
 in carnal pleasures with his equine virility!"
Ramon says, "OOC Killing Morgenstern would mean that he can't give no
 orders,though."
Keiko says, "OOC:  But then his loyal followers would all have to commit
 suicide to follow him to the afterlife.  :)"
The voice of Morgenstern speaks from inside.  LET THE PILGRIMS COME BEFORE ME.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou takes a deep breath, then grins.  "Whasaaaaaaa!"
Ramon says, "OOC Well, avenge his death, then follow him :)"
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "I'M a more powerful fire sorceress than you
 are, strumpet!  And he'll want MY body first, once I've given him this
 wonderful--- oooh!  Is that him?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly er, game in ;_;"
Keiko says, "OOC:  Or, possibly, to spread the cult throughout the universe in
 order to await Morganstern's glorious ressurection.  :)"
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "Er, that was IC, btw."
Keiko exclaims, "We'll settle this later, skankling!  Great Morganstern calls
 us!"
Zankuro> Chris facepalms at the 'kos.
Hiko the Firechilde rushes through the door, ahead of everyone else.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou rushes through the door eagerly.  "Morgansteiiiiiiin!"
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother just ...s at it all.
Keiko tackles Hiko and scrambles over her to get to Morgenstern first.  "I am
 coming, o lord of pleasure!"
Hiko the Firechilde looks around.
Hiko the Firechilde bites Keiko in the arm.
Keiko pulls Hiko's hair.
Beyond the door is a huge courtyard.  There is a giant statue of a horse here
 with glowing eyes, and beyond it, various temple buildings.  The voice comes
 from the huge, very realistic and well made statue.  IT IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO
 MEET FOUR NEW INITIATES.  AND NO BITING, KICKING, OR SCRATCHING EACH OTHER.
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 exclaims, "Catfight!  Catfight!"
LADIES, LADIES, CALM DOWN PLEASE.
Hiko the Firechilde scratches at Keiko's face one last time, and gets up. 
 "Bitch."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou quickly looks around for some place where he can get privacy.
Keiko gets off Hiko and hides her face.  "Forgive me, o lord!  I am not worthy
 to be dung upon your hooves!"
Ramon says, "Oh mighty Morgenstern!  If I had any, I would give you much
 Football and Beer!"  He bows down.
Hiko the Firechilde bows, as well.  "We bring you offerings!"
There is no privacy in this courtyard, although some of the buildings might
 offer some.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly i guess moganstein's spotted me already o.o"
Ramon says, "OOC That too."
Keiko stares up at Morganstern in adoration and undoes the top button of her
 blouse.  "I bring you my body, great lord!  Does it please you?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou waves happily, examining the statue carefully.  "Yo! 
 Morganstein!  Whasaaaaa!"
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 says, "Okay, this is now fun.  :)"
The horse statue smiles and moves slightly to gaze down on you.  YES, YOUR BODY
 IS VERY PLEASING, KEIKO, AS IS THE STRENGTH OF YOUR MIND.
Hiko the Firechilde reaches into her satchel.  "I have this ruby, though which
 Fire powers are contained!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou quickly checks his pendant to see what it says about that
 statue
YOU TOO BRING A GREAT GIFT, HIKO.  I WILL SEND OUT MY HIGH PRIEST, BABBAGE, TO
 ACCEPT YOUR OFFERING, AND TOMORROW, YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE GREAT
 PLAQUE.
RAMON...WHAT IS FOOTBALL AND BEER?
Hiko the Firechilde beams with pleasure.  "He likes my present more, bitch."
Keiko says, "Eat shit and die, slut."
Keiko beams back.
Hiko the Firechilde grins at Keiko.  "Make me, whore."
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "This is... surrreal."
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "Yes, it is. o.o"
Keiko smiles back.  "I restrain myself only because Lord Morganstern commands
 it, o skanky one."
A man emerges from one of the buildings, dressed in resplendant red robes
 decorated with black stallions.  He walks holding a long staff carven with
 runes.
Zankuro> Chris says, "Amusing, though. :>"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou tries a brief mental test to see where Justice is from here
Hiko the Firechilde trembles in front of the man's presence.
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "An emmisary of his Horseness!"
THIS IS MY HIGH PRIEST, BABBAGE, WHO WAS ANNOINTED BY MY PROPHET HORATIO.
Keiko looks as though she's about to have an orgasm at the sight of the High
 Priest.  "Great Babbage!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou sashays towards the man in robes.  "Babbage, baby!  We MUST
 talk!"
HE WEILDS MY SWORD OF JUSTICE.  HIKO, PLEASE GIVE HIM YOUR GIFT.
Hiko the Firechilde looks him up and down.  "Not bad... he'll do for now..."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "Ohh! oohh!  Can I give'em my gift first?  PLEEEEASE?"
AND WHAT IS YOUR GIFT, SHAFT?
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Ota!  I want to give him my gift!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "well, I got this pretty ruby, this neat sword
 that cuts through anything, and LOTS of sexy mojo!"
Ramon begins to cry because he forgot to bring any football or beer.
Keiko exclaims, "I have only the gift of my body to give, Great Lord, but it is
 far more pleasing than hers!"
Hiko the Firechilde pouts.  "I bring FIRE Power... more than you could ever
 need!"
Zankuro> Chris says, "..."
EXCELLENT.  PLEASE GIVE THE RUBY AND SWORD TO BABBAGE.  TONIGHT, I WILL USE
 YOUR BODY TO ENABLE KEIKO TO SHOW HER SKILLS.
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "This is not quite as fucked up as the Beatles,
 but is close."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "Woohoo!"
Hiko the Firechilde pouts.  "I'm sexier than he is..."
Zankuro> Chris says, "Effed up enough. Morgenstern using Shaft's body to do
 Keiko ..."
Keiko cheers and squeals.  "I cannot wait to show you all the arts of pleasure
 I am skilled in upon his most worthy and chosen body, Great Lord!"
Zankuro> Mercutio stares. "Wow. Morgenstern just ordered keiko and hiko to get
 it on."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou eagerly sashays over to Babbage.  Meanwhile, his warfare
 skillz begins some assessing
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly hey, if I go along, I can finally shag keiko
 o.o"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly waitaminute now...."
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR laughs and laughs at what Rod just figured out. :)
Hiko the Firechilde says, "I'm even sexier than she is... Oh, grow up Ramon..."
Hiko the Firechilde kicks Ramon in the head.
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "'Kasumi, baby, I had to do it, otherwise he'd
 have killed her!'  'I'm not buying it again, Shaft.'  'You gotta believe me! 
 I had to!'"
RAMON, YOU MAY SERVE ME BY BEING MY VESSEL DURING THE CEREMONY WITH LADY HIKO
 TOMORROW.
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 says, "Well, this hasn't yet beaten out the dinner party,
 but it's approaching it.  :)"
"Oh yes!  Yes!  Gladly!" Ramon shouts.
Hiko the Firechilde squeals with pleasure!
Zankuro> Chris just ...s.
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "..."
Keiko exclaims, "And then we shall hold a ceremony together, all four of us,
 and I shall _prove_ my superiority as a woman to Hiko!"
Hiko the Firechilde says, "Little girl, I'll have you screaming in pleasure
 before you can lay a FINGERTIP on me..."
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
Babbage begins to sweat.
Hiko the Firechilde sends a pulse of orgasmic energy towards Keiko.
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR laughs at the gaming room again.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou walks up to Babbage, drawing the sword, holding it daintily.
 "See? Isn't it nice?"
Ramon says, "OOC What an entirely petty use of the Heart :)"
Keiko gasps and turns lesbian.
Zankuro> Mercutio exclaims, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!"
Babbage says, "Your sword is quite impressive, Ota."
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "Hey, you didn't say I couldn't do it."
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR busts a gut.
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, ".............."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "daaaamn right"
Keiko exclaims, "Cheater!  You abuse the property of the Great Morgenstern for
 your own selfish uses!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "OOCly Quote file!"
Hiko the Firechilde pulses out more pleasure towards Keiko.  "See, my lord!  I
 am much more worthy than she is!"
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "I do not believe this."
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "This is now beginning to surpass any face
 eating saladd plates."
And then suddenly, the back of his robes slice open as a sword flies up and out
 of a sheathe, flying through the air and into Shaft's left hand.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou charges towards Babbage with both blades
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "LEMME GIVE YA SOME LOVIN!!!"
Babbage, with the speed of a practiced warrior, instantly goes into a fighting
 pose, parrying Shaft
Though he is forced back.
LADIES, RAMON, SUPPRESS SHAFT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
Hiko the Firechilde blinks.  "Ota... what are you doing?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou blinks as BOTh blades utterly fail to slice through
Keiko squeals and shivers, then tackles Hiko and begins erotically groping her.
 "I don't need an artifact to prove myself your superior!"
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "Bloody hell."
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "This is Messed Up."
Babbage grins.  "I wield the power of Morgenstern!  You cannot hope to defeat
 me."
Hiko the Firechilde is tackled and groped, trying to get free.  "Let me go,
 wench!  I need to obey my Lord!"
Ramon charges at Shaft.  "PAYBACK IS A BITCH!!!!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou launches an all-out assault on Babbage, no holding back
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "If only Nanami were there."
Babbage fights desperately against Shaft's assault.  He parries most of the
 blows, but takes several nasty cuts.
Keiko struggles to get her hands untangled from beneath Hiko's clothing.  "Damn
 your tight outfits, whore!  They have trapped me and prevented me from
 crushing Shaft as commanded by our Great Lord!"  She begins struggling to drag
 Hiko towards Shaft, while gnashing her teeth.
And then Ramon leaps onto Shaft from behind, somehow rolls in the air, and body
 slams him.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "AAAAGHSHIT!"
Zankuro> The Prof says, "Heyo, all."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou scrambles to get away
Hiko the Firechilde says, "Whore!  I'm not a whore!"  She slices free of her
 clothing with her silver dagger, and runs, naked towards Shaft, dagger aimed
 high, firing at him.
Morgenstern sweatdrops.
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "...... Naked Morgenstern Warrior Hiko."
Shaft tries to wrestle free of Ramon, but in the process, loses both swords.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "FUCKFUCKFUCK!"
Keiko draws her own dagger and runs after Hiko.  "You dare to bare your body
 before Great Morganstern before he has asked it of you, wanton wench!  I will
 deal with you after I deal with the infidel Shaft!"
Ramon picks up Justice.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly don't Justice have this Power Of Truth thing
 with it?"
Ramon says, "OOC Yes, it does."
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Somewhere out there, Julian (the Amber julian) is
 laughing, and lauhing, and laughing....."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly might'nt I be able to clear their heads with
 it?"
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "Ahem... did i shoot him?"
Ramon says, "OOC Good thinking.  You don't know, but it can't hurt to try."
Ramon asks, "OOC Shoot him with what, Hiko?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou focuses on the sword hard, seeing Ramon holding it.  "SNAP
 OUTTA IT, MORON!"
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "I still have Gabby's ring in crossbow rform."
Hiko the Firechilde runs at Ota, firing.
Ramon says, "OOC Ahh, no, as Shaft's warfare is over ten times yours."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly whew"
Ramon shakes his head.  "What the FUCK am I doing?"
Hiko the Firechilde flings herself at Ota, then, and tries to stab him
 repeatedly.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "LEGGO AND GIMMIE THE SWORD!"
Keiko aims her finger at Shaft.  "Lord Morganstern, may I blast the
 loyal--albeit whorish and unworthy--believer Hiko to subdue the infidel?"
Ramon tosses the sword to you and picks up the Valar sword just in time for
 Babbage to hammer him into the ground.
Keiko says, "Because she is, gracious lord, in my line of fire."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCLy how close is Hiko to me?"
CAN'T YOU AIM AROUND HER?
Keiko whines.  "Do I have to?"
Ramon says, "OOC She's closing in. In a few seconds, she'll be in arm's reach."
YES, PLEASE.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou rushes towards Hiko, intending to Smack her with the flat of
 his blade and give'er some Truth with Justice
Keiko pouts.  "Yes, master."  She fires a Smart Lightning around Hiko towards
 Shaft.
Hiko the Firechilde bares her teeth and gives her best undulating cry.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "Awshit!"
Ramon asks, "OOC Okay, Rod, you can parry the lightning or whack Hiko.  What's
 your call?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly whack hiko"
Hiko gets whacked upside the head with Truth and Justice.
Hiko goes flying.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly not THAT hard"
Hiko the Firechilde falls to the floor, heavily.
Hiko's brain clears, but also goes into the rinse cycle.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou OOCly facepalms
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "Unconscous?"
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Love and Peace."
Ramon says, "OOC not unconscious, you're just gonna be stunned a bit."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly yeah, her'n me both"
Then the lightning nails Shaft.
It hurts like hell.
You're still standing, but you feel fairly crappy.
I SEE I MUST TAKE A HAND.
Ramon is being literally hammered into the ground as he tries to fight off
 Babbage.
Keiko raises her hand again, then drops it.  "Crush him, Lord Morganstern!"
Hiko the Firechilde gets up, woozy.  "What the fuck is going on?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou quickly rushes towards Keiko with the intent to Clear Mind
A huge flaming horsehead begins to form in the air.
Keiko points her finger at Shaft and hits him with anti-Makoto ice spell.
Hiko the Firechilde sees Ramon getting wailed on and stumbles in his direction.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "look!  An ass!"
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "When all is said and done, Shaft's Endurance
 is going to be about 18 million."
Zankuro> The Prof says, "Apparently so. o.o"
"Protect me, oh gracious lord!" Keiko squeals in mock terror.
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Fortunatly for shaft, he's got a spellbreaker."
Shaft is frozen in ice.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCLy oh shit.  I now realize shaft's doing a
 Jubei-chan the ninja-girl imrpession."
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "....or not."
Unfortunately for the ice, Shaft is holding a Pattern Blade.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou . o O (I HATE MAGIC)
It shatters.
Zankuro> Mercutio says, ".. or yes."
Then Keiko gets the tap of Justice and Truth
Keiko casts her Catapult spell as Shaft breaks free, trying to fling him
 towards the statue.  "Destroy him, o lord!  I offer his infidel body to you!"
Keiko says, "OOC:  Or not.  Either way.  :)"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou whirls around and takes a potshot at babbage with a
 crossbow, then rushes with Justice to destroy the Big Statue
Shaft is flung into the air.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly or not"
Just as Keiko gets brainscrubbed.
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "Hee hee..."
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "Too fucked up."
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother stares.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou tries to adjust in the air so that he's coming down with
 Justice before him.  "EAT PATTERN AND DIE!"
Zankuro> The Prof says, "Who did what to who? o.o"
Morgenstern takes a deep breath and prepares to breathe fire on Shaft.
Hiko the Firechilde reaches through the Heart and QUELLS the flames.
And the fire blast snuffs out.
Keiko blinks.  "Oh!  Prince Ota!  I'm so sorry!"  She blanches, then hits
 Babbage with her other ice spell.
Zankuro> Mercutio peels an orange and keeps the peel entirley in one piece.
Ramon is now buried up to his neck in the ground.
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Get him, Ota!"
Babbage curses as ice forms over him.  He begins to slowly struggle free, but
 not so fast as Shaft did.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly i'm still flying through the air X.x"
Keiko hits Babbage with her other Catapult spell, flinging him towards the
 nearest solid object that isn't Morganstern.
Hiko the Firechilde runs over, and uses her own Deep Freeze to get Babbage.
Shaft lands on the ramparts of the courtyard, looking down, on a level with the
 flaming horse head.
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "I meant teh statue."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly she meant the statue!!!! x.x;;;;;"
Babbage goes flying upwards, then goes crashing through the huge stained glass
 window of Morgenstern into castle.
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "NO, to YOU!"
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "Never mind..."
Ramon asks, "OOC Were you aiming at the statue or at Babbage, Hiko?"
Keiko says, "OOC:  Keiko was flinging Shaft towards the statue."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly I am flying AT the statue"
Keiko says, "OOC:  I think that may be what they were talking about."
Ramon says, "OOC Doh.  Right."
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "I was aiming my Deep Freeze at Babbage."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCLy with justice aimed right at it"
Ramon says, "OOC Okay, restart a bit..."
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "And I said 'Get him' referring to the Statue."
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 says, "Okay, I now got to use the Catapult spell.  :)"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou OOCly takes a deep breath X.x;;;;;;
Rod pages, "i owe ya one :)" to you.
Shaft crashes down with the sword, slicing the statue in half.  Sadly, it was
 just a statue being animated by Morgenstern's power
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 says, "I am now happy.  :)"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "Ah shit."
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR exclaims, "Fetchez la vache!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "er... er.. TRUMP DISRUPT!"
Meanwhile double frozen Babbage is fired through a stained glass window into
 the Cathedral.
You page, "You do?" to Rod.
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Yes!"
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Keiko has Mad Skillz."
NOW YOU ALL DIE!
Keiko OCCly plays Green Bird.
Rod pages, "bringing to john's attention that i wasn't a butt puppet" to you.
Keiko looks about for anything mechanical and important looking.
You page, "Ah. You're welcome. :)" to Rod.
Hiko the Firechilde gets up, unconcerned with her nudity, and snatches up her
 satchel.
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "I mean, she's no Lina, but still."
Zankuro> Chris says, "Green Bird is only for flying -out- of cathedrals through
 stained glass windows, Al."
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Guys, strategic retreat... this place is going
 to burn!"
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "Not into them. :)"
Keiko exclaims, "Princess Hiko!  Use the Heart to quell his powers!"
And then there is a huge pillar of flame.
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Someone, dig Ramon out!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "Ah shit."
And Makoto the Mad appears
Hiko the Firechilde QUELLS!
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou runs over to Ramon and despereately tries to drag him out
Makoto the Mad shouts, "YOU WILL ALL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "Aiyah, now they're doomed. :)"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "ooooh, I fuckin' hate magic.  RAMON! WAKE UP!"
Keiko stares at Makoto and desperately wishes she'd racked another ice spell,
 then blasts him with her last lightning bolt.
You yank Ramon up out of the ground.  "I feel CRAPPY!!!" he announces.
Zankuro> Chris says, "Yes. Very doomed. Is tragic story of Amberites."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "You gonna feel worse!  RUN!"
Makoto blinks and is flung back across the courtyard, crashing into a wall.
You page, "Remember that your demijewel is probably somewhere around, as well."
 to Rod.
The air crackles with power.
Hiko the Firechilde sends a Deep Freeze on him as well.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou blikns at Makoto's brief situation.  "Ah, fuck it."
Flames erupt from Makoto's hands, melting her deep freeze.
Ramon says, "Did we get the beating we came for?  Can I go home and die now?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou rushes towards Makoto with Justice and Valar.  "I HATE
 MAGIIIIIC!!!!!"
Zankuro> Chris says, "Shaaaft berserkaaaaaa raaaaaaage! :P"
Keiko exclaims, "Prince Ota, you have Justice!  We have to escape!"
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Awww. Now Keiko can nurse Ramon back to health, and
 there can be a Florence Nightengale thing."
The air begins to turn very, very hot.
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "I can teleport folks one at a time...!"
Makoto the mad hurls fire at Shaft, only to have it parried by Justice
And then Ota chops him into giblets.
The giblets explode
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "YEAH!  BITCH!"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Fuck it... let's go!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "Hey!  THEY STILL HAVE MY DAMN DEMIJEWEL!"
Keiko runs to Hiko, looking incredibly embarassed.  "Err... I'm very sorry
 about all those things I said, Princess.  And did."
And Shaft is blown back, nearly unconscious, to lie smoking on the gruond near
 the others.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "OW!"
Ramon says, "Someone GET US THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "demi..... my demijewwlll....."
The air now feels to be maybe 120 or so degrees...
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "kassssummiii....."
Hiko the Firechilde grabs Ota.  "Gonna teleport away, and use his Trump of
 Ramon to get you out..."
Ramon says, "But if it can block trumps, we'll die!"
He looks terrified.  He's also sweating profusely.
Keiko exclaims, "I don't want to die!  I have lots of dresses I still want to
 buy!"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "I can only do one person at a time!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou shakes his head, trying to clear it
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Ah fuck!"
Zankuro> Mercutio laughs at Keiko.
Keiko exclaims, "I have a Teleport, but it only works with line of sight!"
Ramon whips out a trump of Nanami.  "Mom, pick up the damn phone!!!!"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "FUCK!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "aaah, fuck."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou blinks
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou scratches his ass
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "There's a whole lot of fucking going on down
 there now, and it's not he same sort. :)"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Hiko the Firechilde says, "Keiko... get as far away as you can..."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "Hey... somethin' ain't right here."
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Go now!"
Zankuro> Chris says, "It'S not the sort Shaft would like, no."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou taps Hiko's head with Justice.  "Looka the truth."
Keiko says, "I should be able to take someone."
Ramon grabs Keiko's hand.  "Everyone, grab my hand, Mom's gonna pull us out!"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "What, this place is going to BURN!"
Keiko grabs Hiko's hand.  "Come on, Prince Ota!"
Hiko the Firechilde takes Ota's hand and grabs for Keiko.  "Go!"
Ramon says, "OOC I be page talking to Rod."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "you guys leave, I got business to finish."  He walks
 over to the doors with intent to slice open.
Hiko the Firechilde asks, "What???"
Keiko exclaims, "You idiot!  You're going to die!"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "You're going to BURN!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "you see me sweatin'?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou points to his not-sweating self
You page, "Another slew of logs headed your way." to Akemi.
Literally
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "I can sense it!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "You guys ain't safe. I am.  they still got my
 demijewel, an'as long as they got that, I ain't safe"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "go, i'll try to trump you guys when I get somewhere
 safe"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Ramon, go, pull us out!"
Ramon says, "You sure, man?  Cause if I leave you to die, Mom will kill me."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "Keiko, give Hiko my trump."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou slices the doors open
Keiko exclaims, "Prince Ota, we can come back later, with a larger force!"
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Ota!!!  I'm not leaving you behind, too!"
Zankuro> Mercutio watches Shaft be really noble. "Or stupid."
Hiko the Firechilde cries.... "Go....."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "yeah? Unless you can take the heat, you'd better get
 outta the kitchen"
Hiko the Firechilde squeezes Keiko's hand...
Hiko the Firechilde exclaims, "Go, go, Ramon!"
Keiko fumbles out her trump of Shaft and gives it to Hiko.  "He's determined,
 Princess.  Perhaps he knows what he's doing--perhaps not.  But if we stay
 here, we'll _all_ die."
Ramon gulps.  "Okay, man.  Mom, get us out."
You all trump out.
And about three seconds later, the air turns to fire.
And Shaft walks through it unharmed, Justice in his hand.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou scratches his ass again.  "Damn, ain't this neat."
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  Whew... okay... I can take a backseat to
 watchign this.
Shizumaru OOCly says, "Now that's a way to ruin a dramatic moment, Rod. o.O;"
It takes some searching to find the stairs down.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly is the air all still fire around me?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly he was built to ruin dramatic moments :)"
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "This has been...so very, very strange."
But neither doors nor guards can stand before your blade, even though you feel
 like shit and getting worse from the beating you've had.
Ramon says, "OOC Yep, the air is still fire, which reduces your sight range."
Zankuro> The Prof says, "Greatful Dead strange. o.o"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou grips Justice.  "C'mon, I know this fire's bullshit, can't
 you clear it outta my sight?"
The fire goes out.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "Damn. knew it"
ALRIGHT.  I'M NOT A COMPLETE FOOL.  I KNOW WHEN I'VE LOST.
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "And now I get to watch Shaft turn Horatio into his
 bitch. Joy."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou trumps his weapons cache.  He has a little bit of that
 potion he recieved from the Valar left.  Time to use it.
SPARE MY LIFE AND I'LL SERVE YOU.
Good thinking.  You chug, and then you feel much better.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly exactly where am I now?"
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 exclaims, "Whee, I got to play lesbians!"
Ramon says, "OOC You're going down a staircase."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "I'd rather see my demijewel, thank you."
IF YOU REMOVE IT, I WILL DIE.  I CANNOT ALLOW THAT.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "look, i've got this ruby thing, can ya use it in
 place of that?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou continues down the stairs
IT IS JUST A TRINKET TO FOOL PEOPLE.
Zankuro> Mercutio watches Morgenstern play on shaft's rough-but-good nature.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou realizes he's now seen Hiko and Keiko somewhat naked.  He
 quickly shakes this thought away.  Time and place for everything.
ALTHOUGH GIVEN TIME, I COULD EMPOWER IT TO ACT AS A REMOTE ACCESS FOR MY POWER.
 YOU COULD USE IT TO ACCESS MY POWER AND THAT OF THE JEWEL FROM A DISTANCE,
 WHILE I PROTECT THE JEWEL.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou continues down the stairs.  "Gimmie some reasons why I
 oughta trust you."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "an'I ain't making any deals till I'm face to face
 with my demijewel"
Zankuro> Mercutio beams as his cocnpet gets used by John.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE ME ASKING TO BE FACE TO FACE WITH YOUR STILL-BEATING HEART.
UNLESS PERHAPS YOU CAN SHRINK YOURSELF SOMEHOW?
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Every once in awhile, I have a good idea."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "right now i feel like i'm face to face with a
 telephone, an'where I come from, only fools make deals like that."
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "Heh."
AHH, I KNOW.  YOU BEAR JUSTICE.  ASK IT IF I LIE.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou checks with Justice
He's telling the truth.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "What'bout your friendship with wosisname, that
 Horatio dude?"
I WOULD HATE TO TURN AGAINST MY FATHER, BUT I WOULD HATE MORE TO DIE.
HE MADE ME, BUT YOU CAN UNMAKE ME.  THAT TERRIFIES ME.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "I need assurances.  I can unmake ya now, but if i
 walk away, you can pull some shit on me later.  I need a guarantee."
I CAN SWEAR AN OATH UPON YOUR SWORD IF YOU LIKE.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly since when does swearing on a pattern blade
 seal a deal? just curious"
Shizumaru OOCly says, "But it's also the Sword of Truth, eh?"
Ramon says, "OOC You'd guess it has something to do with the 'Truth' powersof
 your blade."
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "Now Gabrielle can mock Sahft for having a much lamer
 Construct than her. ^_^"
Zankuro> Chris smirks.
Hiko the Firechilde OOCLY says,  "LIke swearing by the river Styx in Greek
 Mythology?"
Zankuro> Chris says, "At least he -has- a construct."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "we'll do that when I see my demijewel."
He sounds desperate.  You reach a pair of doors labelled 'MCR'
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou slickes the doors open
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "-> slices"
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 says, "I got to throw a High Priest through a
 stained-glass window.  Life is now complete."
Inside is a huge mass of machinery in 19th century style, all brass and steam
 and polished metal.
Zankuro> Chris grins.
Various panes of glass around it show various readings.
Zankuro> Mercutio exclaims, "Vote Steam! Keep the Anachonism Alive!"
Zankuro> Chris says, "Usually you throw the OUT though, not IN."
YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE.  WE CAN BARGAIN, OR I CAN BREAK THE JEWEL, KILLING BOTH
 OF US.
IF I MUST DIE, I WILL TAKE YOU WITH ME.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou stops walking
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "Now that I'm here, we deal."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly am I able to lie with Justice in hand?"
Ramon says, "OOC No."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "I'm holdin' justice, see? no hablo lie-o.  "
YES, I SEE.  I WILL BELIEVE YOUR WORDS.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "I won't rip justice outta yer guts.  I just wanna see
 it."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "where I come from, seein' is believin."
Shizumaru OOCly says, "Won't rip the demijewel out."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly oh, right"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "I won't rip the jewel outta yer guts.   I just wanna
 see it."
A schematic appears on one of the panes of glass, showing the location of the
 Demi-Jewel.  It's buried deep inside the machine where it would be hard to get
 to.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou eyes the demijewel.
YOU CAN ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AROUND TO ITS LOCATION, BUT IT WOULD BE RATHER
 DIFFICULT, AND PROBABLY UNPLEASANT FOR YOU.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "so.... let's talk"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "seems t'me you're a machine"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "a construct, whatever"
Zankuro> Chris . o O ( Okay, Morgenstern. Here's the deal. You will serve me.
 You'll get a more pleasing manifestation. Here, use Kasumi as a template. )
 I go to attend to other business before meeting her."
TO BE PRECISE, I AM A TENTH-GENERATION BABBAGE-LOVELACE ENGINE.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "you betray my trust, I'm screwed.  We're hardly even
 if I walk away, even if you do swear."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "You've got my life in your hands, I want yours in
 mine."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "then we call it fair."
I WAS CREATED TO GUARD THE SWORD AND THE JEWEL AND KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HANDS
 OF ANYONE NOT APPROVED BY MY MAKER.
Zankuro> Mercutio says, "He's a reasonable man."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou crossees his arms, still holding Justice.  "Any way to
 change that situation?"
BECAUSE I AM SENTIENT, I AM CAPABLE OF REPROGRAMMING MYSELF TO HAVE OTHER
 PRIORITIES.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "hey, yeah?"
YEAH.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "okay, let's see... how's this.  You live, you go on,
 you don't go messin' with people in a mean way, you don't double-cross me.  If
 you do, you shut down."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "you live happy, everyone else lives happy, I leave
 you be"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "except when I need to use the jewel's power"
YES, SIR.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou holds justice, intending to use it as a truth-meter.  "Okay,
 now say it back to me, what's the plan?"
I CAN INSTRUCT YOU IN FURTHER PATTERN ARTS, SHOULD YOU SO DESIRE.
THE PLAN IS FOR ME TO NOT GO MESSING WITH PEOPLE IN A MEAN WAY OR DOUBLE-CROSS
 YOU , OR I'LL SHUT DOWN.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "you swear by the sword?"
I SWEAR BY THE SWORD OF JUSTICE TO DO THIS
There's a crackle of lightning between the sword and the machine.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "right, next order of business... can you do somethin'
 about Horatio?"
HORATIO IS CURRENTLY NOT IN TOUCH WITH ME.  HE INFORMED HE HAD TO GO AND OPEN
 THE GATE OF REVOLUTION AND WOULD COME BACK AFTERWARDS IF ALL WENT WELL.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "if horatio returns, you shall be his enemy and do
 anything to stop him from getting t he jewel.  swear by the sword."
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "Oh. Yeah."
IF HORATIO RETURNS, I WILL BE HIS ENEMY AND DO ANYTHING TO STOP HIM FROM
 GETTING THE JEWEL, I SWEAR BY THE SWORD OF JUSTICE.
Another bolt of lightning.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "hn."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "alright, seems t'me the sword's sayin' you're cool.  "
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "you stay cool, i stay cool, we all happy"
RIGHT.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "now what'sthis about pattern tricks?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou does not let go of his swords
I AM WELL VERSED IN THE ARTS OF PATTERN SINCE ONE SUCH IS INCORPORATED INTO MY
 STRUCTURE.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "yeah, go on...."
I AM FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO USE IT TO TRAVEL THROUGH SHADOW, TO DEFEND ONESELF
 FROM OTHER POWERS...
He rambles on for quite a while.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "hn."
Basically, he can teach any basic pattern and some advanced pattern powers.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly and the cost? I'd like to get back on the Good
 Stuff side of the equatoin o.o"
Ramon says, "OOC Well, that's another story. :)"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly okay, right. so what's the strings attached to
 taking Morganstein 101?"
Ramon says, "OOC Basically, it costs you points.  That's the strings."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly as I'm already in an unknown negative.....
 unless I'm wrong..... no."
Ramon says, "OOC I need to reconfigure the cost of your powers since you're now
 stuck with Flawed Pattern, which is a little cheaper than regular
 Pattern...but has the built in bad stuff problem."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "gaaah!"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "OOCly GAAH!"
Ramon says, "OOC Check.  Should you feel the need later to buy some powers,
 though, Morgenstern can teach you."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "what happened to Not-Flawed Pattern?"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly"
Ramon says, "OOC Drawing a Flawed Pattern imprinted you fundamentally with
 Flawed Pattern."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly so now my soul is imprinted with the iron
 pattern, the broken patten, and naked kasumi."
Ramon says, "OOC The one way around it would be to get the Jewel of Judgement,
 and use it to turn Shamber into a true Fire Pattern."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly  crap."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly yeah, that'll happen"
Shizumaru OOCly says, "That could be one of your epilogue quests, Rod, if you
 survive that far. :)"
Gabrielle says, "OOC: Ain't no-one drawing ANOTHER fire pattern."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou OOCly we'll cut here and save Shaft's Triumphant Return for
 later.  I don't suppose i got any points fer this
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCLy oh, one more ICIly adjustment"
Ramon says, "OOC Now, so long as you have a manifestation of Morgenstern,
 though, you can ask him to use Pattern abilities for you, through the
 Manifestation."
Ramon says, "OOC This doesn't cost points, but manifestations are vulnerable to
 being destroyed or cut off."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "oh, two more things before I go, Morgy my homie....."
MORGENSTERN GOES IC.
YES, SIR?
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "One, get started on makin' this jewel thing a
 conduit'a the demijewel's power like you said"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "and two.... if anyone walks that freaky pattern
 outside.... they're loyal to me."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "swear by the sword"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "i feeel like a preacher sayin' that so much....."
I WILL MAKE THE JEWEL AS FAST AS I CAN.  I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TURN UP TIME HERE
 SO WE CAN RELAX THE TIME IT TAKES TO DO THAT.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "haleluja"
Shizumaru OOCly waves out. You did pretty well, Rod, all things considered. :)
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCly Pulling It Out Of My Ass"
Shizumaru OOCly says, "Heheh."
BUT I'M AFRAID THAT CHANGING THE FLAW IN MY PATTERN IS BEYOND MY POWER.  I
 WOULD NEED THE TRUE JEWEL OF JUDGEMENT.
Zankuro> Squidstealer DaR says, "Surprisingly well.  Buttmonkey to new toy in
 30 minutes or less."
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "..."
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother says, "Yep."
Dancing Ed OOCly says, "And seconded, on doing well. :)"
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou exclaims, "post a damn warnin' sign around it, then!"
Zankuro> Funk Soul Brother gripes. Again, Rod gets all the cool toys. ;.;
Sword rings true to both and affirms the oath.
HOWEVER, I CAN COMMAND MY WORSHIPERS TO OBEY YOU IN ALL THINGS AS MY PROPHET
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "_me_.  As _your_ prophet.  Just tell'em to not mess
 with me and NEVER ask why."
YES SIR.
Crackle of lightning.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou asks, "OOCly was that the sword or him bullshitting?"
That was him oathing again.
Ota 'Shaft' Tenjou says, "OOCLY AAAAND CUT."
Ramon says, "OOC Righto."
Ramon says, "OOC You'll be out of action for a bit while he prepares you a
 manifestation, but he should prove of some use to you."
Rod asks, "what, I have to STAY there with him?"
Rod says, "aw, heck with that, set shadow, maximum speed......"
Ramon says, "Well, unless you wait for the manifestation, he doesn't have a
 good way to get to you."
Gabrielle beams as his anti-theft cocnept is used in another game.
Rod says, "right.  set shadow, maximum speedo."
Ramon says, "He could try sending a flunky to carry it to you, but..."
Rod says, "if morgy can, that is"
Rod asks, "1 amber second  = 1 morgyverse year?"
Rod shrugs helplessl
Rod says, "y"
Ramon says, "Yeah, Morgy will turn up time so he can fairly quickly get the
 manifestation made."
Gabrielle says, "OOC: I reccomend insisting on the flux-pin, Rod."
Rod asks, "flux pin?"
Gabrielle says, "There are three ways for the thing Morgy give you to be
 conncted to him."
Gabrielle says, "Flux-pin is the best. The other two.... not so good."
Rod says, "righto"
Rod sighs
Gabrielle says, "People can mess with them and sue them to find you and stuff."
Rod exclaims, "okay, now for the post-game show, Where Did They Fuck Up, with
 John Biles!!!!!!"
Rod says, "though i must say, we all know the big highlight of the night :)"
Zankuro> rodm has arrived.
Zankuro> The Fount flares at rodm's arrival.
Zankuro> Corruptor ROd says, "nnng."
Ramon says, "Heh."
Ramon says, "The #1 biggest mistake was setting the entire shadow on fire."
Rod says, "okay, so i assume the first big oops of the night was the napalm...
 yep"
Ramon says, "Especially after being told by one of the worshippers that
 Morgenstern had absolute power over fire."
Rod says, "aiyaaaah."
Rod says, "name one Shaft adventure that didn't have a major 'oops' :)"
Rod says, "standard operating procedure n.n;;;"
Gabrielle says, "Morgoth."
Ramon says, "fortunately, Morgenstern wanted to herd you into walking the
 Pattern and becoming his slaves instead of burning you to death."
Gabrielle says, "That was oops-free."
Rod says, "No, i'm fairly sure i blundered once or twice"
Ramon says, "So he let the shadow burn slowly instead of making it all blaze up
 in one firey second."
Rod says, "oooh, was that it"
Rod asks, "did we stand a chance against the fire?"
Ramon says, "Hiko and Keiko could have held it off for a while, but eventually,
 they would have tired and everyone but you would have fried."
Rod says, "so once the fire started, really, we were screwed."
Ramon says, "Yep."
Rod asks, "okay, what other options aside from broken pattern walking did we
 have?"
Ramon says, "1.  Teleport into the center, by fire or normal."
Rod asks, "patterns don't mind t hat?"
Ramon says, "A broken Pattern can't stop you."
Ramon says, "A normal one could."
Rod says, "aah"
Ramon says, "Especially with Hiko having the Fire Icon, and a Spikard backing
 her up."
Gabrielle says, "Patterns are weird."
Gabrielle says, "I am one, so I should know."
Rod says, "man, I TRIED to egg somebody into givin an alternative to the
 pattern"
Gideon tickles Gabby with logrus tendrils. :)
Gabrielle says, "Stop that! *giggle*"
Rod says, "okay, so, teleporting was a bona fide option, likely _the_ bonafide
 option"
Rod asks, "and beyond that?"
Ramon says, "2.  Secondly, if you'd concentrated on it, you could have
 teleported Justice out of the castle into your hands."
Rod says, "shit."
Gideon asks, "Oh, the classic Summon Sword trick?"
Rod asks, "what kind of attention would that have started on my ass?"
Ramon says, "At which point, you could have used it to eventually whack the
 Broken Pattern to bits, as a Broken Pattern can't stand before a Pattern
 blade."
Rod says, "oooooh"
Rod ponders trumping gabby.  "Gabby, this is Morganstein.  Y'all make nice now,
 y'hear?"
Ramon says, "Lots, but with a Pattern blade in your hands, and the fact that
 Morgenstern was trying to use the Flawed Jewel you're already attuned to
 against you..."
Gabrielle says, "Oh, God. Gideon is attuned to the Fire jewel."
Rod says, "so this coulda been muuuuuch easier :)"
Gideon whistles innocently.
Rod says, "but not nearly as fun.... i have a feeling john was staring at the
 screen with a stupified look on his face.   i.e.  'they actually walked the
 broken pattern.  oh shit.'"
Gabrielle says, "That's what Mike was doing when we let Brand out...."
Rod says, "followed by lots of maniacal laughter by john and mike......"
Ramon says, "3.  You could have avoided Shadow walking to this Shadow, Pattern
 Teleported into the control room, then tried to get your Demi-Jewel out of
 Morgy before he could shatter it (very risky)"
Dancing Ed says, "I wouldn't be at all surprised. <wry g>"
Ramon says, "I was freaked."
Rod says, "so THIS is how john felt when the golden warrior got zapped :D"
Gabrielle says, "Anyway, Rod, every game needs one Good Construct (me) and one
 Bad construct (Morganstern)."
Ramon says, "Mike suggested I have Morgenstern suck the rest of the Children
 in, use you all to kill Annadil, then take over theuniverse."
Gideon says, "Morgenstern isn't bad ... he's just flawed."
Keiko says, "What's with this 'we let Brand out' stuff, Merc?  :)"
Ramon says, "Which would have made for an interesting chronicle, but not quite
 what I planned :)"
Gabrielle says, "Do you WANT full responsiblity, alan? ^_^"
Rod says, "once again, Shaft's 300 year old strategy, 'pretend that you're gay,
 sneak up and grab the other man's sword firmly' trick, comes through"
Keiko says, "Damn straight.  :)"
Keiko says, "Although Venir can have some of it too.  :)"
Ramon says, "Thinking to summon your sword to you probably saved your life."
Gabrielle says, "Well, WR's Bad Construct was Mikage."
Gideon says, "He's not -that- bad, really."
Rod says, "thinking the sword can clear heads saved my life o.o"
Ramon says, "As Babbage with Justice in his hands, would have killed you."
Ramon says, "That too."
Rod says, "though I didn't mean to whomp hiko o.o"
Keiko says, "I'm happy because I got to fling a man through a stained-glass
 window, and I got to grope Hiko."
Gabrielle says, "Yeah. Shaft actually tries to figure ways ot; Hiko and Keiko
 decide to be lesbian."
Rod says, "shaft will be happy because he got to check out lesbo mind control
 action, which he's only ever heard about in porno mags"
Ramon says, "The heat of combat makes things go crazy at times."
Rod says, "and now shaft joins Hiko in trying to crush Leviathan like a nut."
Rod says, "at firrst, i thought I had a plan"
Rod says, "when makiko the mad or whatever he was came in, I decided 'fuck it,
 let's just try killing everybody'"
Gideon exclaims, "Remember, I get the body!"
Rod says, "Gimmie guns, bitch"
Gabrielle says, "Construct Dynamics are interesting to learn, Rod. Most of the
 time, Morgenstern will be a very, very useful tool. this will be puncutated by
 times whe  you'll have to jump through hoops to keep him that way."
Ramon says, "My plan if Drew hadn't pointed out Shaft would be immune to the
 mind control was to have Morgenstern send you on some mission where you'd have
 a chance to be un-mind controlled."
Shaft gives Shizumaru a soft, gentle kiss to his ear, nibbling as he does so.
Gideon says, "You'll get guns. And if Washuu can crank up the time factor on
 her shadow high enough, you might even get some big guns."
Ramon says, "As you're all very valuable assets, and once the fun of having mad
 passionate sex with you wore off, he'd use you."
Rod says, "i think this is just about the closest i've come to being FUBAR."
Ramon says, "No, you've been closer"
Rod says, "no way"
Ramon says, "Yes way, Ted."
Rod asks, "when?"
Rod says, "don't tell me it was the squid"
Rod says, "this felt a lot worse than the squid"
Ramon says, "If you had ignored one more warning at the Whirlpool, you'd have
 been sucked in, and the Outsiders would be taking turns reaming you right now."
Rod says, "oooooh, good thing I didn't kamikaze then o.o"
Gideon winces. "That would have been bad for Shaftie."
Gabrielle says, "The Outsiders have been having a good week."
Ramon says, "It wouldn't have been impossible for them to rescue you, but you
 would have had no prayer of rescuing yourself."
Ramon says, "As they would have shattered your psychic barrier and mental
 butt-toyed you in about a secnd."
Zankuro> Damask V2.0 waves out.
Gabrielle asks, "Still, once you take Leviathan..... that's more-or-less
 everythign back to normal, right, John?"
Keiko waves out.  "G'night."
Dancing Ed says, "Seeya, Alan."
Ramon says, "Bye, Alan."
Keiko says, "o/~ I am Kraken / When I waken / You will know."
Ramon says, "That would be telling, Merc :)"
Ramon says, "There is one complication remaining from this, which Morgenstern
 will warn you about."
Gabrielle says, "Ah, right."
Rod says, "ah, shit"
Rod asks, "i'll be sexually attracted to horses?"
Ramon says, "No."
Gabrielle says, "Although now that you mention it...."
Ramon says, "But Ramon and Hiko need to walk a Pattern before they next sleep,
 or when they wake, they'll be crazed Morgenstern worshippers again."
Rod exclaims, "wait... they'll be MY butt-toys!"
Rod gets a crazed look in his eyes
Ramon says, "Fortunately for them, Nanami can tell this."
Rod snaps his fingers
Ramon says, "With her Mad Pattern Skillz."
Ramon says, "Nanami's also going to hve to find a different Broken Pattern for
 Keiko to walk, or she'll rever to mad Morgenstern Love too."
Gideon says, "That would be amusing to watch. :>"
Rod says, "well, i've got this nekkid kasumi......"
Gabrielle says, "Keimo can walk me.. oh, wait, no, she'd die."
Gabrielle asks, "Would walking my gem help?"
Rod exclaims, "OKAY KEIKO!  NOW WALK REEEALLY QUICK BETWEEN HER TITTIES! 
 THAT'S IT!"
Ramon says, "Heh."
Dancing Ed says, "With your luck, Rod, you'd end up getting more bad stuff from
 that. ^_-"
Rod says, "keiko will find herself saying 'oh my' a lot more than she used
 to...."
Rod says, "and her cooking will improve"
Ramon says, "Actually, yes, you could help Keiko attune to Gabrielle's Jewel,
 and then she could walk the Fire Pattern"
Rod says, "and ramon will buy her leather"
Gabrielle says, "And then we can be sisters, and we can have sleepovers, and
 she can braid my her, and I can brush her pigtails....."
Ramon says, "As her Psyche is high enough."
Rod says, "hrm."
Gideon says, "That'll mean a happy Keiko."
Ramon says, "I'll ask Alan tomorrow which option he likes better :)"
Gideon says, "A prince, an elemental pattern imprint ..."
Rod says, "so..... next scene I'm needed in, john, it's the triumphant Return
 Of Shaft to amber >:)"
Ramon says, "Yep."
Ramon says, "Oh, and you now have more points to spend."
Rod says, "i loved that anticlimactic bit."
Shaft scratches his ass and looks around.  "Hey, cool."
Rod asks, "do I have enough points to get my ass out of this
 double-barrel-of-badness I'm in?"
Rod guesses with all the complicatoins from tonight, john's calculations are in
 chaos
Rod says, "Oh shit, trisha's gonna kill me"
Ramon says, "Once I add up your points for this and the points you saved
 because your Pattern imprint dropped to Flawed Pattern..."
Rod says, "she's got bad stuff now, and a broken patern struck on her ass."
Rod says, "dropped...."
Ramon says, "She can walk the Pattern and flush that out, though."
Rod says, "er....."
Rod asks, "i assume i can do the same?"
Ramon says, "Nope, because you drew a Flawed Pattern with a Flawed Jewel
 instead of the real thing."
Rod asks, "eh?"
Ramon says, "By creating Shamber, you permanently imprinted a Flawed Pattern on
 yourself."
Rod scratches his head.  "So, er, walking this broken pattern wasn't a change
 up or down for me."
Gabrielle says, "Well, I was perhaps a bit more ticked tan I should have been,
 as I've been feeling lately my Abyss Powers haven't been giving me my money's
 worth."
Ramon says, "IT didn't help or hurt you."
Rod says, "oh. shit."
Ramon says, "That's why you didn't end up as Morgenstern's Butt Toy"
Rod says, "oh. good."
Ramon says, "Now, you can still walk normal Patterns because you have Blood of
 Amber"
Rod says, "i despereately want to get out of Badstuffland o.o"
Ramon says, "Well, you now have less bad stuff than you did."
Rod says, "blow all of my points towards digging my ass otu of hte grave"
Rod asks, "how many points did I earn anyway?"
Ramon says, "Ten points"
Ramon says, "One thing...you still qualify to earn 2 more contributions points,
 so if you do a shadow writeup for me or soemthing, you can get rid of 2 more
 of your bad stuff"
Ramon says, "As you have 2 less than the max # of contribution points"
Rod says, "i'll write up Shamber"
Ramon says, "Like say, a Shamber writeup."
Rod nods
Rod says, "I think I'll write my own guide to be put next to Mike's.  'Bungling
 Your Amber Game For Fun and Profit'"
Ramon says, "Well, actually, I'd say you came out on top from this mission"
Rod says, "1) Always believe in yourself, think positive!  2) a family should
 be trusted"
Rod says, "3) the GM's just trying to spook you, don't stop now"
Ramon says, "And while drawing your Pattern has screwed up your Stuff, it's
 also saved your ass several times."
Rod says, "several? more than once? O.o"
Ramon says, "You'd be down the Whirlpool giving head to Cthulhu without it."
Rod asks, "no way.  how's that work?"
Ramon asks, "Remember when you guided the boat to shore after you got stuck in
 Kozue's boat?"
Rod blinks
Rod says, "I was curious about that"
Rod says, "cos I knew my shadow shaping skillz blow"
Ramon says, "Without your link to a Pattern, your feeble Pattern skillz would
 have failed you, and Shaft would have gone DOWN THE HOLE"
Rod asks, "actually, i could've abandoned ship and shouted 'pretty princess
 makeup power! ne?"
Ramon says, "Yes."
Rod says, "but that wouldn't be shaft, now would it"
Ramon says, "But you wouldn't have been able to get out of the Whirlpool shadow"
Rod says, "oh.... I wouldn't? huh."
Ramon says, "And then the spell would eventually have worn out."
Rod says, "hm."
Ramon says, "You had to shift shadow to get out."
Rod says, "definitely saved my ass"
Ramon says, "Because of the shadow storms."
Rod says, "actually, i never woulda been in that stupid situation save one damn
 thing.    'STOP THE MUSIC!'   'hey now...'  *poof*"
Rod says, "that was so not my fault o.o"
Rod says, "amazing, tho, i thought the kasumi pattern was just good for sex."
Ramon says, "Yep."
Ramon says, "Getting stranded wasn't your fault."
Rod says, "i just realized."
Gideon says, "Rod, personal Patterns, like constructs, are fairly useful
 things. :>"
Rod says, "I can apply Justice to Mikage's sorry little ass."
Rod says, "ooooh yeah"
Gideon laughs!
Rod says, "time for some answers, biyach"
Gideon says, "You realize he'll hate Shaft forever for that. :)"
Rod says, "oooooh yeah"
Rod says, "but Shaft's got a hate-on that's raging hard right now :)"
Ramon says, "Heh."
Rod says, "'are you tryin' to score on my gramama?'   'yes.'    'Oh, THAT'S
 IT!'"
Ramon says, "Just remember he has an Icon too...:)"
Rod asks, "what's his icon?"
Dancing Ed asks, "Doesn't he have the wind-bag?"
Gabrielle says, "He could also let Juri use it to get answers from Gid."
Rod exclaims, "HAHAHHA!"
Rod says, "that's right, the windbag...."
Dancing Ed smirks.
Rod says, "Gid is only in hte picture in this light:  'Give Shaft Guns'"
Rod says, "Juri is only in the picture in this light:   'mean bitch, looks like
 auntie'"
Gideon says, "Gideon will be working on lots of amusing toys. :)"
Ramon says, "He has the Bag of Wind."
Gabrielle says, "You're just jealous she can take you, Rod."
Rod says, "I ain't gonna kill mikage, i'm just gonna Truth his ass till it
 hurts"
Rod says, "hrm, actually, he'd find that kinda kinky"
Ramon smiles.
Rod says, "technically not related, and has to admit, juri's a babe"
Ramon smiles.
Ramon smiles.
Rod says, "too bad she's frigid."
And you're engaged and she's taken...
Rod says, "present Shaft with a willing babe right now and he'll shag'er
 rotten."
Ramon says, "But I should now go sleep"
Rod asks, "ciao, john, when's next game time?"
Rod asks, "or is it shizuu's turn?"
Somewhere on the muck, Hotaru has connected.
Ramon says, "I'll likely run some people tomorrow, but not sure if we'll need
 Shaft"
Rod nods
Ramon says, "As various folk will need to catch up to you."
Rod says, "my joint is running at warp speed, it 'll take but an hour :)"
Ramon nods.
Ramon says, "Yes, but it took you a good day or so to get to it."
Rod says, "i wonder if i can get mmorganstein to talk jive"
Ramon says, "Putting you ahead of the rest."
Ramon laughs.  "He could be reprogrammed to."
Rod nods
Gideon says, "... oh gods."
Rod says, "Yeeeees, that's exactly what we'll do."
BUT HE'LL ALWAYS TALK LIKE THIS.
WHASAAAAAAAA
YO, SHAFT!
Gabrielle notes that TAMD has so far taken almost TWICE as long as WR.
Ramon says, "Anyway, I go sleep now."
Rod says, "ciao, john"
Akemi has disconnected.
Zankuro> Michelle falls asleep.
Rod says, "nothing quite as satisfying as pulling a solution out of my ass"
Gideon says, "Solutions are boring. Now, cool toys on the other hand ..."
Rod says, "blundering, blundering is cool"
Gabrielle whaps Gideon. "You're almost as bad as your cousin."
Rod asks, "was makoto the mad someone i shoulda known? obscure ref?"
Rod asks, "sword fodder?"
Gabrielle says, "Keiko's Nemesis."
Rod blinks slowly
Rod says, "oooooh, may ain't gonna be happy"
Gabrielle says, "She keeps killing him. He keeps coming back."
Rod says, "nooooo, may definitely ain't gonna be happy"
Rod says, "time to avoid my urban homefor a  while"
Gabrielle says, "Kasumi will at least be a good wife."
Rod says, "yes, they will."
Rod exclaims, "WAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA!!"
Rod frowns
Rod says, "I now have a sentient construct toy that can kill me at any time"
Rod says, "I don't like this."
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