Kanna OOCly says, "And with that done, I be good."

Beowulf OOCly nods.

John says, "OOC Okay, let's destroy space and time, then."

Kanna OOCly says, "Let's not, and say we didn't, okay?"

Beowulf says, "OOC Um, right. o.o"

John asks, "OOC Okay, you were gonna jump to Yig and trump people from
there first, right?"

Kanna OOCly says, "Trump to Yig, trump sis, reactivate manifestation so
she and Bey can talk a bit, and so she can relay some messages to mom."

Beowulf says, "OOC Trump to Yig and get the manif. turned on, yes. Not
sure if we would trump people from there, since it's news better given
in person if you can find the person. o.o"

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Alrightie, you trump Gabby, then wait a bit, and the manifestation turns
back on.

Beowulf asks, "...Gabrielle?"

Kanna smiles a bit.  "Hey, sis.  I'm still here."  She looks wry, but
also tired as well.

From the manifestation, Gabrielle's voice crackles.  "Alive and well. 
You two doing okay?"

Kanna says, "We're... hanging in there.  Sadly, our duties are not yet
done.  Fortunately, they should all be on the amber side."

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You page-pose, "Aerianne reminds the GM that this is Kanna/Bey/Ruka
here. *wl*" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Ruka has nothing particularly to say :)" to you.

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Kanna rubs her brow.  "Sis, if you haven't let mom already know about
the fallout of our little run-in with the Abyss, you'd better... as well
as the fact that Lian's funeral is likely to be tomorrow, along with
moriya's."

Gabrielle says, "Mom knows."

Kanna says, "So Funaho had best Coordinate with Lily about arrangements,
since I can't see her -not- attending..."  She sighs.  "... how'd she
take the news?"

She sighs.  "Mom didn't take it too well.  Not as badly as she took
Moriya's death, but..."

Beowulf sighs. "Potential funeral, anyway. I'm still not sure how we're
going to handle it." He frowns. "I don't normally hear you crackling
like that; are you running into some interference?"

"It looks like Moriya's family wants him buried in the Keep and Lian
will be buried in Amber, so I guess we'll have two funerals in one day."

Gabrielle says, "Just a few solar flares."

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You page, "Nothing to particularly worry about on my end? *wl*" to
Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Far as you know." to you.

You page, "(and I take it the news Gaby's talking about is Lian death,
Lian possession, Moriya death? (as in Very Bad reaction, bad reaction,
Very Bad reaction))" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "You'd guess." to you.

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Beowulf nods. "I see. I'm sorry, I've been getting a little paranoid
after... recent events." He sighs. "Which is why I was kind of hoping to
talk to you a little bit."

Gabrielle continues, "Not as paranoid as I get when Kanna goes off to
get herself nearly killed with me turned off, I suspect."  She sighs. 
"Hmm, what, Beowulf?"

Kanna sighs.  "sometimes, it can't be helped, sis... like the Serpent's
Horn, or Cathuria."  She manages a slight smile.  "Though I suppose it's
par for the course, for the paranoia I get for when the Fire Pattern
gets threatened."

Beowulf smiles a bit at that, then goes sober again. "I appreciate your
apology earlier, but I wasn't really worried about the hassle to
myself."

Kanna looks like she'd try to hug her Gabrielle manifestation if she
could.

Beowulf shakes his head. "I can live through that, really. What had me
so angry was worrying about the possible consequences of what happened,
and that you didn't seem to have thought them through."

Gabrielle says, "If I hadn't thought about consequences, the Logrus and
I would have been throwing planets at each other instead of wrestling."

"Or sending giant shadow eating monsters to try to devour each other."

"Or when we got mad, blown up the entire stadium and killed everyone in
a 5000 shadow radius."

Kanna considers this, and glances at Beoulf.  "She does have a point,
Bey."

Beowulf rolls his eyes, shaking his head ruefully. "All right, you got
me there. But it was the consequences of doing it at all that bugged me.
It'd left us alone for 40 years, with some signs that things might even
have gotten better in that respect."

Gabrielle says, "That's because you're not aware of the 563 times it's
tried to blow me up, turn Emberites into potatoes, support revolutionary
movements in the Lava Circle, etc, etc, etc."

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You page, "And how many of those have I heard about? *wl*" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Well, you've been aware of a few problems it's mentioned,
but you weren't aware of any persistant Logrus conspiracy against Gaby."
to you.

You page, "*nod* Well, 563 times in over 40 years is technically
low-key, etc.  I suppose.  Anyway." to Akemi.

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She goes on, "Just because it hasn't been stupid enough to come around
waggling the sign of the Logrus and laying waste to my civilization
doesn't mean nothing has been happening."

Kanna mumbles something about needing Better PR For Ember.  And a Better
News Service.

She says, "And more importantly, I didn't go running around its house
blowing shit up when I dropped in for a visit.  Nor was I there to
murder someone from another universe for no good reason."

Gabrielle says, "It's the nature of Primal Powers to clash.  We're both
sentient enough not to just blow up all of shadow in the process, but we
can't just get along any more than matter and anti-matter can hang out
together without exploding."

Kanna has one of those long-patient looks she gets when she's heard 
this sort of thing before.  She looks sort of wryly bemused, yet
serious, and still listening.

Beowulf quirks an eyebrow. "I hadn't heard about any of those things.
Keeping secrets, Kanna?" He smiles a bit at her, before frowning again.
"Still... call it a personal quirk if you like, but I just have a gut
feeling that deliberately provoking someone is never a good idea,
espeically if you expect to be clashing with them again in the future."

Kanna shrugs.  "Well, I don't hear -everything-, beowulf.  But, well...
getting once's city nearly totaled by Logrus-Powered-Squids would make
anybody cranky."

Beowulf says, "Or a gut reaction. Whatever... I just get bad reactions
on a very deep level when something like that happens."

Kanna hrms, reflecting.

Kanna says, "Hrm."

Beowulf says, "I mean, look... at what happened today." He closes his
eyes in pain. "If... we'd simply found Lian's body at the edge of the
Abyss, we probably would have mourned her and moved on."

Gabrielle says, "I could, perhaps, bring up the pile of dead bodies the
Logrus left in its wake the last time it dropped in for a visit."

Kanna says, "I think, at this point, it's a case of chicken-and-the-egg,
Beowulf.  Er, I mean the Logrus/Sis thing, not... the thing with Lian."

She continues, "As compared to the no one left dead by my last visit to
its territory."

She says, "And as for provoking it...the Logrus is, by its very nature,
insane.  Anything is a provocation to an utter nutjob."

"I could try to apologize, and it might well vaporize me because it
decided all red things must die."

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You page, "Kanna tries flexing her Diplomacy skills! *flex flex*  Get
the conversational tracks back online!" to Akemi and The_Prof.

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She says, "I'm afraid I will likely feel guilt for having red hair long
before I ever feel any guilt for anything I did to the Logrus."

She sighs.  "I'm sorry Jacqui got hurt, though, but she won't listen to
me any more, so even if I try to apologize, it won't do any good."

Kanna mmms a bit at that, looking pensive.

Kanna says, "Hafta keep trying, though," quietly.

Beowulf stops, mouth open, as he hears the last bit, then takes a deep
breath and sighs. "I'm not asking you to feel sorry for the Logrus," he
says quietly. "I'm just... well, anyway." He pauses, as if looking for
the proper words to say.

Kanna quirks a slight, sad smile.  "All I ask... and I think all that
anybody can hope for, ideally... is the chance for reconciliation. 
Eventually.  Not a miraculous thing, out of the blue, but for it to
happen in time."  She looks wry.

Kanna says, "That's just me speaking here, mind you."

Gabrielle says, "Well, I'm not planning to provoke Jacqui any time
soon."

Beowulf says, "Whatever it might choose to take as a provocation,
there's a difference between that and going down and challenging it to a
duel. Even if it's a relatively harmless duel."

Beowulf sighs. "Yes. Reconciliation is good... especially now." He bows
his head.

Kanna squeezes Bey's shoulder, gently.  She also looks down at her
manifestation.  "Damn, I want to hug you so much right now, sis."

Gabrielle says, "I would like to note for the record that I did not seek
the Logrus out, but rather that it came looking for me."

Gabrielle says to Kanna, "Oh, don't worry about it.  Although I'd say
you need a hug more than I do right now."

Kanna quirks a sad smile.  "Well, that's what Ruka's for."  She blushes.
"Among other things."  She leans over, and one-armed-hugs Ruka.

Gabrielle says, "Ruka, that's supposed to be your cue."  Ruka laughs,
then hugs Kanna back.

Beowulf shakes his head. "I wasn't there for that part," he says
quietly. "All I saw when we got there was you having a shouting match
with it... it certainly *sounded* like... well, anyway."

Kanna blushes more, but smiles honestly.

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The_Prof pages, "She's making it awfully hard for me to avoid using
words like 'like a couple of grade-school kids.' :p" to you.

The_Prof pages, "I'm trying to be a good boy, really I am. o.o" to you.

You page, "And youre' doing wonderfully, and the admittance of error on
having harmed Jacqui is a large step in the right direction." to
The_Prof.

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Kanna says, "Like I said, bey, Honestly, at this point, it's a
chicken-and-the-egg problem."

She continues, "Never mind it called one of my girlfriends a cheap
whore."

Beowulf takes a deep breath, then lets it out slowly.

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The_Prof pages, "Harder and harder. :p" to you.

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Kanna says, "She said this, the Logrus said that, she did this, the
Logrus did that... if we stayed here and tried to list Every Little
greivance the two sides have had, we'd be here until the Hanged Man got
off Yig and went to the Bathroom..." she sighs.  "Yeah... that was low."

"Or that it sends me a severed head every Yule."

She takes a deep breath.  "But I could complain about the Logrus until
the stars went out."

Beowulf smiles a little desperately, keep calm... "I suppose so."

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Beowulf OOCly brings Snickers under control again. x.x

Kanna OOCly says, "Ahh, so she's taken over the keyboard?"

Beowulf says, "OOC Jumped up in my lap and tried to walk on it, anyway.
o.o"

Kanna OOCly hehs.

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Kanna sighs, and releases Ruka, reluctantly.  "Anyway.  I think we'd
better be getting back to Amber, to report to the king and talk to
wasyuu..." She looks tired once more.

Beowulf says, "Anyway... yes." He sighs. "We'll have to save this for 
another day."

Gabrielle says, "Yep."  She sighs.  "As time's running short before the
funeral."

Kanna says, "Yeah." She mmms.  "Let mom know I'm not gonna likely be
home tonight, but in Jade instead?  I'm going to need to let Thropan
know as well, and try to find out who from Earth-Realm and Jade will
want to attend."

Beowulf nods sadly. "Yes. And make sure they're protected against...
another attack by that... that..." Looks like he can't quite bring
himself to say the name.

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You page, "(I see Kanna'll need to give a little chat with bey as well,
but that can come later. *wl*)" to The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Suppose so. <wry g> As Bey still can't see her as being
anything but deliberately provocative, though he's tried to put it in
other ways, and he still can't see that as doing anything but fueling
the border war. x.x" to you.

The_Prof pages, "Unfortunately, Gaby can't seem to get her mind around
'lower the level of provocation by refusing to respond.' x.x" to you.

You page, "Kanna believes in 1) taking ones victories when one can find
'em, and 2) knowing when one should cut one's losses about a scenario."
to The_Prof.

You page, "*shrug* well, we'll see." to The_Prof.

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Kanna lets out a long breath.  "Abyss-possessed person who used to be
Lian, who I Loved.  Beleive it or not, it -can- be said."  She looks
tired.

Gabrielle nods.  "I'll let her know."

Beowulf sags. "I'm just glad you could say it. I suppose."

Beowulf says, "And we all loved her, I'm sure."

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The_Prof pages, "Still hasn't quite cottened on to that idea... :)" to
you.

You page, "Well, hey, it's not like they evr got anywhere past the
kissing stage, sheesh. :)" to The_Prof.

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Gabrielle says, "Death never gets any easier to deal with."

Kanna nods.  "I'll probably need to ask you for help with gating them,
if we get a sizeable number, but... well, later, as it were."  She
shuffles in her trump deck for the Castle Amber trump.  "...and still
do," she murmurs quietly, under her breath.

Beowulf sighs, and looks much older. "Yes."

Beowulf looks sadly at Kanna and Ruka. "Wasyuu first?"

Kanna takes Ruka's hand, and then looks over at Beowulf to get in the
trumping chain.  "Love you, sis.  Know that, anytime, anywhere, whatever
my mood may be... I love you, 'kay?"  She then looks over.  "Get
wasyuu... then report to the king, I think.  So that they'll both know
future plans and ideas we may have."

Beowulf joins the Trump Chain. Better than a chain gang...

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Beowulf says, "OOC Logically, trumping Motoko from here to warn her
would be a good idea, but I'm guessing we're still ahead of them."

John says, "OOC Yes.  Also important, Alan is idel"

Beowulf OOCly nods.

Kanna OOCly nods.  Well, Bey also has his Aeris. ^_^

Beowulf OOCly heh's.

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You kerblinkie to Castle Amber

Beowulf looks over to Ruka. "Can Aunt Kozue spare you for a while
longer?" He switches the look from Ruka to Kanna and back.

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Kanna OOCly what time is it now, in Amber?

John says, "OOC Late Afternoon."

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Kanna says, "I.. hope so."  She smiles faintly, and a little sadly.  "As
I still owe you an explination of a few things... and I could use your
support for telling Thropan."

Kanna says that to ruka, o'course.

Ruka sighs.  "I really should get back to my duties soon, but I suspect
nothing too important is going to happen before the funerals."

Beowulf looks Ruka in the eye and shifts one eye in Kanna's direction,
hoping he picks it up and she doesn't. Support my sis-of-the soul, if
you can? Please?

Ruka says, "Well, I hardly know Thropan, but if you think it would help
for me to come, I can come, I think."

Kanna nods.  "I hope it will.  Thank you, Ruka." She leans over and hugs
Ruka, and gives him a quick kiss.  "While we're running around here,
feel free to call Aunt Kozue and explain the situations to her as well,
if you want."

Beowulf says, "I think it would help Kanna if you could come." He sighs.
"I at least want to go there with you when you tell him. I'm not sure
how long I can stay without worrying about things back here, but I'll
try. And... I didn't know him that well either, but I liked what I saw."

Kanna nods.  "It'd be appreciated, yes.  I wouldn't be expecting either
of you to stay overnight or anything, I can run around the realms by
myself if need be."

Ruka nods.  "I'd best go talk to her and find out what's been going on
the last day with the fleet."

Beowulf smiles a bit. "Gabrielle will be able to help you there...
probably do a better job than I've managed to do lately. I just had a
sudden daymare of... Lian's body... coming at you at night..." He
shudders.

Kanna winces at that.  "If such a thing happens... I..." She seems to be
a loss for words.  "Bey, let's find Wasyuu and the king.  Ruka... trump
me or hunt me down when you're ready."

Ruka nods, then kisses Kanna's cheek.  "See you later."  And then he
heads out.

Beowulf goes looking for Wasyuu with Kanna.

Kanna kisses ruka back, and watches him head out.  She tags along with
Beowulf.

Wasyuu's office door says, 'Gone to build a very, very large bomb'

Beowulf looks over at Kanna. "Uh-oh."

Kanna sighs, and facepalms.

Kanna says, "I dont' know wether to be worried or to join her to help."

Kanna sighs, and fishes out her trump of Wasyuu, trying it.

Beowulf says, "If I was sure it could work, I'd help."

Kanna says, "sadly, dumping it into the maw of all things would be like
a spark in the grand canyon."

Beowulf says, "Unfortunately, I'm... yah. So I guess I'm worried."

You get a little dancing Wasyuu image.  'Hi, I'm assembling a
matter/anti-matter bomb the size of a galaxy right now.  Please call
back later when my bloody vengeance is complete.  Have a nice day'

Kanna now facepalms more audibly.

Kanna looks up at Beowulf.  "Let's... go see the king.  And then try
calling Wasyuu later.  Perhaps... -I- don't know."  She fehs.

Beowulf sighs. "I still feel like we owe it to her to talk to her about
it, since we were sort-of there, but I suppose you're right."

Beowulf says, "Maybe she told Uncle Tylor something, at least."

Kanna says, "and if not, he can be warned."

Beowulf frowns and nods. "Right." He squares his shoulders, then follows
along with Kanna.

Kanna says, "Sis might have the trump coordinates for Wasyuu's shadow,
but I'm leery of jumping straight in.  We'd probably be taken as
intruders and shot on sight."  She sticks out her tounge.

Kanna heads off to try and find Da King.

Beowulf says, "Especially now."

Kanna says, "exactly."

You find the King up in his office, pretending to read reports.  He
looks up at the two of you as come in, and he says, "Hello, Kanna,
Beowulf.  How are you?"

Beowulf winces. "I've seen much better days." He manages a faint smile
at Tylor. "I thought we weren't supposed to feel that way until we got
old."

Kanna says, "By some lights, beowulf, we already are."  She sighs, and
sits down.  "How... how much have you heard of recent events, Uncle?"

Tylor says, "If you're talking about Moriya's death, I have heard all
about it.  If you're talking about something else, I'm afraid I can't
guess what you're thinking of."

Beowulf sighs. "Lian... went into the Abyss yesterday, trying to rescue
the White Knight." He closes his eyes in pain. "Her body came out today.
She apparently wasn't in it."

Tylor sighs.  "I have heard many rumors of the power of the Abyss.  Is
she beyond help?"

Beowulf focuses inward, a snarl forming on his face. "And the bastards
who controlled her body tried to kill us, and *did* manage to kill the
innocent guide House Gainax sent along with us."

Kanna nods.  "I felt her death, yesterday after I got home.  And when
Ruka and I went down to Chaos to investigate what had happened,
Anno-sama said that Hoard was destroyed."  She shakes her head.  "I
don't know, uncle.  Until we can retrieve her body to examine it...."
She shrugs, helplessly.

Tylor winces.  "Poor Lian.  Well, now we know why Wasyuu ran off."  He
sighs.  "I hope something can be done for her, but I fear that the best
we can do is to recover her body."

Beowulf takes a deep breath, trying to regain his balance. "Exactly. We
don't know. Lucien's companion Morrigan thought there was a chance
they'd bottled her soul up instead of just destroying it, but..." He
also looks helpless, twitching a bit.

Kanna reaches over, and squeezes Beowulf's hand.

Tylor sighs.  "I'm afraid I know very little of the Abyss."

Beowulf says, "Did Wasyuu say... anything more than what she left on her
answering machine? I feel like I owe it to her to talk to her, since
we... found 'her', but..."

"I will alert Makoto and have him keep an eye out."

Tylor says, "She simply said she'd be gone for a while."

Kanna says, "Uncle, I would suggest that the word be put out.. those of
us who have our own Shadows, hideyholes and whatnot... that those who
have sufficent power over their reality to shut off Abyss Power within
them."

Tylor nods.  "Yes, of course."

Kanna sighs at this new news.  "Anno-sama said those who seek vengeance
against those of the abyss run the risk of being claimed by it.  But
getting to Wasyuu's place is... difficult.  But I should hope that she
would attend her own daughter's funeral, if nothing else."

Tylor says, "I don't know.  Wasyuu can be pretty obsessive at times."

Beowulf nods. "I want to take them out..." His jaw sets. "For her sake,
yes, but also to keep people that sick from doing it to anyone else."

Beowulf says, "But I don't want to rush in stupidly... and I'm trying to
be a good boy and not do anything unless we can do it without getting
ourselves killed. Maybe... I don't want to lose her, too." He sighs.

Kanna nods, looking grim.  "Believe me, Beowulf, you're not alone in
feeling this way.  But I don't want to lose you or anyone else to that
place, so we will have to bide our time... or itnercept, for that
matter, either.  And nor do I, beoulf.  Nor do I."

Tylor says, "Wasyuu has always been a good servant to the royal family
except when telling everyone Utena is their mother."  He sighs.  "I
would not like to see anything happen to her."

He says, "Revenge leads always to self-destruction.  I do not want to
see her walk that road."

Beowulf says, "I had some information, that..." His voice cracks. "I
wish I'd gotten to Lian before she went off... some ways to possibly go
in the Abyss safely. I don't know, I just heard bits and pieces." He
frowns. "But I intend to find out, when the time pressure is off here."

Kanna nods, her eyes hooded, as she rubs her throat absently.  "Exactly.
 The Abyss of Self-hate, Self-greif, Self-Destruction.  More dangerous
than even thaat bottomless pit."

Beowulf looks struck for a moment, and rubs his arms. "I... suppose so."

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The_Prof pages, "Boy, Kanna with her throat, now Bey with his arms...
o.o" to you.

You page, "Hey, some events just cause psychosomatic reactions ever
after. In Kanna's case, anything that could relate back to her time on
Yig, and hand goes to throat. *wl* :) Her first vision, after all, was
helping her mom deal with the aftermath of the Twilight of the
Cimbri...." to The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Yeesh. How unpleasant was it?" to you.

You page, "Well, let's see you, as Aunt Juri, trying to talk down a
homicidal version of your sister/mother who would want nothing more than
to wipe the cimbri from the face of the earth and then pretty much
commit suicide in Shadow.... *wl*" to The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "...if Bey ever hears that, he's gonna feel pretty small
about the way he's been reacting the last few days. ;_;" to you.

You page, "Not likely.  As Kanna knew IC that it had resolved well in
the end.. she just didn't know the DETAILS, and that was the key thing."
to The_Prof.

You page, "And it's a Yig vision, which means No Speak About. *wl*" to
The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Yah." to you.

You page, "(same as for when Kanna lived as Juri when she escaped from
the Alans and had to convince Drake she wasn't a traitor.  It's one
thing to have heard about it... it's another thing to CONVINCE Drake of
it. :)" to The_Prof.

You page, "anyway,
http://www.jurai.net/~pmoyer/betas/Amber/branch.day1.txt for the start
of the first bision." to The_Prof.

You page, "Er, vision." to The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Ah. Thanks... but I'll probably wait 'till this is all
over, since it shouldn't be long now. I hope. o.o" to you.

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Kanna murmurs, quietly, "i know so."  She then blinks slightly, seeming
to come back to herself.  "Is Lily going to be in charge of both
funerals, then?"

Tylor says, "Well, it is technically her job, although I know Yumi and
Rimururu have been doing some of the work for Moriya's funeral."

Beowulf looks at Kanna. "We should probably talk to her directly about
that, not take up Uncle Tylor's time." He smiles sadly at Tylor. "Unless
you want to just talk for a while?"

Beowulf asks, "Could use someone to talk to for a while, that is?"

Tylor sighs.  "I have too much work, I'm afraid, much as I hate
working."

Kanna hehs softly at that, and nods. She gets up, and moves over to hug
him from behind (she he doesn't have to get out of his chair.).  "I
understand, uncle. I hope the ship will help serve as a good
distraction, though, when you need it."

Beowulf smiles ruefully. "I hear that, Uncle. It's only when I would
feel worse about not *having* worked that I don't hate working." He
tilts his head a little, hoping to see Tylor smile a bit, at least.

Beowulf looks at Kanna, eyebrow raised in surprise. "Ship?"

Tylor hugs Kanna back.  "This is the sort of time when I can always use
a distraction."

Beowulf says, "Well, I could always see if the Marx Brothers could put
on a command performance --" He stops, gulps, and winces. "Or maybe
not."

Kanna ehs at that.  "eh?"

Kanna says, "Anyway, I bought you a Zepellin, and Ruka and Uncle Tylor
little flying Phoenix Fleet ships."  She blushes a tad, but smiles.

Beowulf asks, "I warned you about the Commiecorn, right? And asked you
to pass that along to your mother?"

Tylor asks, "So what exactly IS that Commiecorn thing, anyway?'

Kanna blinks.  "Commiecorn?"

Beowulf says, "From what I could gather from Anno, it was some sort of
Pattern avatar from another universe."

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You page, "I don't think Kanna catually heard... or if she did, it
dodn't get digested/lost in the shuffle. :)" to Akemi and The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "I'm *sure* I told you... it was right after the cage
match, when Bey came back from trying to comfort the logrus. o.o" to you
and Akemi.

You page, "Oh, right." to The_Prof.

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Kanna blinks.  "Oh.  right.  That thing."

Kanna says, "I never -did- get a chance to warn mom... it... Kinda got
lost in the shuffle."  She looks embarrased.

Tylor says, "Well, I suspect the Logrus would have a hard time
convincing a Pattern avatar to do anything for it, so it probably won't
become an issue."

Beowulf blinks. . o O (I wonder how he heard about the Logrus trying to
get it, if he didn't know what it was...)

Beowulf . o O (Since Gabrielle's here, probably best not to stir
troubled waters just now.)

Beowulf nods. "I hope so."

Kanna nods.  "anyway.. we'll get out of your hair now, Uncle, and try to
find Lily." She smiles slightly.  "Give my love to Aunt Yuriko, would
you?"

Tylor says, "Of course I will."

Beowulf smiles. "And mine as well." He blinks. "That reminds me... I
don't think I ever asked you how those earplugs I made for you two
worked."

Tylor says, "They've been very useful.  They worked quite well, thank
you."

Kanna just arches a curious eyebrow, but says nothing.

Beowulf sighs in relief, and smiles. "I'm glad. At least I could do
something right lately." He looks over at Kanna. "I'll tell you after we
leave, so we don't take up any more of Uncle Tylor's time."

He waves goodbye as you go.

Beowulf waves back. "Take care!"

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John asks, "OOC Who to next?"

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Beowulf leads Kanna in looking for Lily as he explains. "One time when I
visited him in the last few weeks, he and Aunt Yuriko were about to go
listen to... I forget just who it was, now, but someone who loved to
sing but was awful at it."

Kanna says, "Ah-hah."  She looks wry.  "Right.  Sounds like a useful
thing to have."

Beowulf says, "So I made up two sets of earplugs that let you listen to
the song the way the singer intends it, not limited by their ability to
sing it."

Kanna whistles, quietly impressed.

Beowulf shrugs. "It wasn't that hard, but I'm glad I could do it. It
saves face all around, and you get to hear how they really feel about
their music. If they love it that much..." He sighs. "I've never tried a
pair, myself. Sometimes I'm tempted. There must be some beautiful music
out there..."

Beowulf keeps looking for Lily as they talk.

You eventually find someone who tells you Lily went down to the Church
of the Unicorn to go talk to the priests.

Kanna hehs, softly.  "Beautiful music is where you find it... mmm, makes
sense that she'd be down there."

Beowulf nods. "Yes. And... probably the best place to find out what's
going on, too." He winces. "Let's head over there."

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Beowulf says, "OOC I suppose we could have trumped her, but somehow that
feels like cheating. o.o"

Kanna OOCly says, "Well, you can haave Aeris trump you o the chapel.. is
the Church of the Unicorn in the standard deck? *wl*"

John says, "OOC I don't think the Chapel's in the Standard Deck."

John says, "OOC No, I'm wrong, it is."

Beowulf OOCly nods... well, we probably need to save time anyway.

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The two of you trump down to the Church, then run about, looking for
her.  You finally find her consulting with some of the priests about the
funeral rites.

Once she finishes with that, she comes over to Beowulf.  "Hi, honey,"
she says, kissing his cheek.  "How are you?"

Kanna waits respecfully for a moment or two.  She smiles, relaxing
preceptably as she sees Lily kissing Bey.

Beowulf just looks at Lily for a moment, drinking in the sight, then
hugs her tightly. "I've been better..." He smiles. "And now I *am*
better, since you're here."

She smiles.  "Thanks.  Hello, Kanna.  How are you doing?"

Beowulf sighs. "It's been another very bad day."

Kanna grins, quietly.  She quietly asides to Lily, "He's been needing
something like that for a while.  Hugs from me don't quite have that...
thing..." She then sighs, and nods.  "Lian's dead, or pretty much
effectively so.  Hoard of the Dragon was destroyed, I felt her death in
ember, and the Abyss claimed her body."

Lily sighs.  "Poor Lian.  She deserved better than that."

Lily says, "Nothing left of her to bury, then?"

Beowulf nods slowly. "And the bastards who did this... no. Not yet. It's
worse than that."

Kanna says, "And when we went down to Chaos to investigate... somebody,
I don't know -who-, used her body and those of the knights of Hendrake
that had accompanied her to try and ambush us.  We survived, but..." She
gestures a bit, helplessly.  "Yes, she did, Lily.  Much, much better."

Kanna says, "I suppose that was part of the trap... if we recovered
'Lian' and thought she was actually alive, for all I know she could have
infiltrated us that way."

Beowulf nods. "Whatever controlled her body managed to escape. Those
sick twisted people are probably going to keep sending it out until we
manage to either capture or kill it."

The look in his eyes just now could probably melt trestone.

Kanna says, "And going purposefully after it to give closure to Lian...
will probably not turn out well for ourselves."  She sighs.  "Not at the
present time."

Beowulf sighs, shaking his head. "Not that I'm not tempted... but that
would probably just get me killed." He kisses Lily. "And there are too
many people I don't want to leave behind."

Kanna NODS.

Kanna says, "Which brings up the issue ... I don't know if you've been
contacted already, I think sis might be relaying stuff to you soon, or
Lady Funaho for scheduling arrangements... of a double funeral."

Lily nods.  "No, I hadn't been contacted yet."  She sighs.

Kanna says, "As I -cannot- see my mother -not- attending either, and
I'll be damned to Brand's Maelstrom if I cannot attend or speak at it." 
She mmmfs, and sighs.  "Right."

"Well, this is just going to be ugly.  And I need to somehow chase down
Wasyuu, as I don't know where she wants to be buried."

She pauses.  "Where Wasyuu wants Lian to be buried."

Kanna rummages in her trump deck, and hands over a trump of Lady Funaho
to Lily, then hesitates.  "Do you already have a trump of Funaho?"  She
looks wry.

Beowulf rubs his eyes. "I was afraid of that. Gabrielle seemed to think
Lian would be buried in Amber, but didn't say who said that. I assumed
she'd talked to you."

Kanna mmms at that.  "That's going to be a problem.  As Wasyuu's headed
off to get vengeance for Lian, ivolving a galaxy-sized matter/antimatter
bomb."

Lily says, "Well, other than Vector or Wasyuu's lab world, I'm not sure
where else we'd bury Lian."  She frowns.  "No way to get hold of her
father for the fun..."  She stares at Kanna.  "That sounds very ugly."

Beowulf says, "If you want to track down Wasyuu..." He sighs. "Yes. And
she's got her trump redirected to an answering machine." He hmms, then
taps his Aeris badge.

Beowulf asks, "Aeris?"

Kanna shrugs, and hands the trump to Lily anyway.  "Vector and
Mechanus... I'm not sure what's going to happen with them.  I need to
see what would be in Lian's files."

Kanna says, "and as for Uncle gideon.... noooo, I don't think gettign to
him anytime soon will be feasable."

Aeris says, "Yes, Daddy?"

Beowulf hears this as he waits for Aeris to answer, and sighs. "No, I
doubt we could reach him just now."

Kanna says, "As much as mom would like to reach Avalon... for various
and sundry reasons... we'll probably have to send a letter to him if
certain Dread Pirates ever contact us."  She looks pained at the
thought.

Beowulf gives the badge a little hug around the edges. "Hi, honey. I was
wondering... is there some kind of Trump equivalent of a mail drop?
Wasyuu sounds like she doesn't want to be interrupted this minute, but
I'd like to get a message to her where she'll see it when she looks away
from her work."

Aeris says, "She's got her shadow trump blocked, so there's no way for
me to get a message in, although I guess you could try sending her a
messenger bird or something."

Kanna frowns.  "And aside from Pattern Telporting..." She purses her
lips.  "I could send one from Jade tonight, perhaps."

Beowulf hmms, and looks at Lily. "I'm afraid I'm out of my league, here.
Can you and Aeris put something like that together?"

Lily calls up a small pile of black energy and shapes it into a bird,
then whispers into its ear, and it flies away.

She says, "There we go."

Beowulf smiles at Lily, though there's still a bit of sadness lurking in
his eyes. "Thank you, Lily." He puts an arm around her again.

Kanna watches as the little Logrus Boid flies away.  "Hope that'll
work... I'll send something tonight as well, I think."

Beowulf asks, "Well..." He rubs his forehead tiredly. "I suppose now we
have to wait... how long do you think it'll be?"

Kanna says, "I imagine it depends entirely on where exactly her Lab
Shadow -is-... which to tell the truth, I never really learned."  She
looks embarrased, and then reaches over and squeezes Beowulf's shoulder.

Beowulf smiles ruefully. "I think the only time I've ever been there was
the one time we went there to..." He winces, and a tear trickles down
his cheek.

Lily says, "It's somewhere on the Amber side of things, I know that
much."

Kanna sighs, and moves to hug Beowulf.  Okay, so she ends up hugging
Lily too, but too heck with it.

Lily says, "I just hope it's close enough for her to get it in a day or
so."

Lily continues, "As otherwise, she may have to miss the funeral."

Lily says,"Which would be terrible."

Beowulf nods. "Yes. And since we can't get to her shadow, and..." He
sighs. "From what Kanna says, Mechanus is still rebuilding, we'll
probably have to hold it here."

Lily nods.  "I will have to see about arranging a tomb and a casket. 
Well, the casket is largely symbolic with no body, but..."  She sighs.

Kanna nods, and sighs.  "Sorry 'bout dropping it like this on you,
Lily..."

Beowulf nods. "I wasn't sure just what we would do about that. As
somehow, if the... body still is being used as a puppet..." A little bit
of horror dances at the back of his expression. "Yes. What can we do to
help?"

Kanna says, "I hold out hope... and perhaps, one day, that hope may be
realized.. but the realist side in me puts other things as much more
likelier."

Lily says, "Well, if you could look into a nice tomb site and a
casket..."  She sighs.  "I suppose Wasyuu may want to build the tomb
herself."

Kanna mmms at that.  "Perhaps... perhaps something on Jade."

Kanna says, "As both she and I spent a decent amount of time there, and
thropan.... her lover... lives there."

Kanna says, "And it would be unfair for him to have to trek here or
through shadow to see it."

Lily says, "Well, Wasyuu may not want to have to trek through shadow to
get to her daughter's tomb."

Beowulf sighs. "Yes, that might be a good place as well." He pinches the
bridge of his nose. "With all these things still unsettled... perhaps
it's too soon to try to plan it for the same day as Moriya's funeral."

Lily says, "Yes, with only one day to go...that's too soon."

Beowulf thinks about the burial issue. "I think... perhaps with Wasyuu's
help, we could build a tomb that has entrances in both places? As it'd
be appropriate for..." He chokes up. "An artificer's tomb."

Kanna sighs.  "If we can get to her... but yes.  It would be..
appropriate."  She sighs.

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Beowulf says, "OOC What was the last you saw? Only two or three lines
since your lag message."

Kanna OOCly last was me cursing the lag... looks like that connection's
just slow or stalled, as I'm connecting from another sasami window just
fine.  Ah, there it unstalled a bit.

Beowulf asks, "OOC Other lines came through, then?"

Kanna says, "Yup, they did eventually."

Beowulf OOCly nods.

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Kanna says, "And yes, Lily, you do have a point."  She mmms.  "This will
give us a better window for contacting Vector, though, as well."

Beowulf says, "We should probably make some sort of announcement at
Moriya's funeral, though Unicorn knows what we should actually *say*,
then hold the funeral when we get a chance to talk to everyone, instead
of trying to throw together everything in a rush."

Beowulf hmms. "Didn't I hear Gabrielle say once that there was some kind
of Construct's Network? Perhaps one of them could contact Vector?"

Kanna says, "Well, I've trumped there before, actually.  And sis has the
info online.  I was thinking more visiting In Person for this."

Lily nods.

Gabrielle says, "I can always call Vector if you need me to."

Beowulf nods. "I suppose so... as long as we're sure he hasn't closed
off Mechanus, or something like that. Probably would be best to call
ahead."

Kanna nods.  "We can hold a little bit on that.. but not much.  After
seeing thropan, I have a feeling my threshhold for running around will
be worn out for today."  She smiles wanly.

Lily sighs.  "Poor Thropan."

Beowulf nods. "I didn't know him very well, but I liked and respected
what I did know of him."

Kanna sighs, and nods.  "Yeah.  At least she and he knew each other for
ten years... but still... that's not enough.  I know the Edge Guard will
hang in there for him, and I will, of course.. but it's still gonna be
hard."

Beowulf says, "And Vector must be hurting as well. It can't be easy,
losing the one who made you..." He clutches the Aeris badge
convulsively, then looks into it. "We'll try to keep that day as far
away as we can, honey. I always want to be there for you."

Beowulf sighs. "Yes. I can't help thinking there ought to be something
we can do for him... I don't know if he has any interest in visiting
strange new places, or whether he'd want to run around with us for a
while, or what, but... I feel so helpless without being able to do
something."

Lily says, "He may want to be away from things which would remind him of
her.  Or perhaps not.  It's hard to know."

Beowulf nods slowly. "I suppose so. The only way we can find out is to
ask, though."

Kanna rests a gentle hand on Beowulf's shoulder.  "I... don't know. 
Vector's a bit different than other Constructs.. his central core was
made by the Nomad Artifacers, but Lian was the one who tied him into the
Broken Patterns of Mechanus, and..." She shrugs again.  "I'd need to
think back on what Lian said about him in my presence, try to figure out
what'll happen."

Beowulf nods to Kanna. "Aeris? Do you ever have much chance to talk to
him, outside of business?"

Aeris says, "Vector pretty much doesn't talk much about anything but
business."

Beowulf sighs. "Poor fellow. I guess Lian kept him pretty busy."

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You page, "(Okay, I know I've discussed lots of stuff about
Vector/mechanus OOC with Chris/Lian via page... how well does that
translate to what -Kanna- would know about all this? *wl* )" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Well, from what you understand, Vector was pretty much
locked down to prevent it developing much of a personality" to you.

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The_Prof pages, "Hm. Anything else you can think of to do here? I admit,
I'm tempted to visit the chapel proper -- praying at both ends of the
universe, so to speak -- but I suspect you want to get to Jade fairly
quickly. Not sure if Lily wants to come along or not." to you.

You page, "Not really.  Jade is the next on the agenda and that'd be it
for me of rht enihgt. *wl*" to The_Prof.

You page, "Er, evening." to The_Prof.

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Aeris nods.  "Yes."

Aeris nods.  "Yes, I think that's the case."

Kanna just nods, pensively.

Beowulf asks, "I suppose we'd best head to Jade, then, if Lily can spare
me for a few minutes of fasttime." He gives Lily a quick squeeze.
"Unless you want to come along as well?"

Lily says, "I'd best stay here and work on things."  She kisses your
cheek.  "Have...well, good luck anyway."

Kanna nods.  "thanks, Lily.  Take care, and hope things work out on the
scheduling front."  She hugs Lily breifly.

Beowulf smiles sadly, then kisses her on the nose and tries for an
impish grin. Which only partly succeeds, but... "Thank you, love." He
turns to Kanna. "There is one more thing I want to do here..." He looks
towards the main chapel.

Kanna mmms?  And then nods.  "Of course," she murmurs.

Beowulf nods somberly, then leads her into the chapel, and finds an
empty pew.

Priests bustle about, but they leave you to your prayers.

Kanna follows, and waits for Beowulf to choose a pew and kneel before
doing so herself.

Beowulf kneels and bows his head. "I know... I haven't been a very
religious man," he says softly. "And I still don't know why I'm supposed
to be your Heir, or anything. But right now..." He stops, trying to
think of things to say.

Kanna just remains quiet, letting Bey find his own words at his own
pace.

Beowulf says, "Innocent people have died, and I haven't been able to
save them."

Soft music plays in the distance, as some acolyte plays a hymn on the
organ.

Beowulf says, "I... don't ask for anything for myself. I know I'll learn
to live with it, in time. But if there's anything I can do to.. to save
more, to ease the suffering of those left behind when I fail..." His
voice chokes up. "Please, let me do it. I'm not asking for a sign or
anything, I'm... I'm not sure what I'm asking."

Kanna mmms quietly, and reaches over to squeeze Beowulf's shoulder,
gently.

Beowulf smiles ruefully. "I'm mostly confused. But I want to stop the
hurting. I know we stand or fall on our own feet, and that we can't be
propped up all our lives. I just want to feel like what I'm doing has
had some good. That's all."

Kanna smiles slightly.  "Amen to that, Brother."

Beowulf says, "I was down at the chapel of your counterpart, earlier
today. I hope you don't mind, but... that poor girl... if there was
anything I could say down there that would help her and those who loved
her, I had to. And if there's anything you can do to help her soul... or
Lian's, or Moriya's... please. Please, help them."

Kanna nods, quietly.

Beowulf says, "I don't know what else to say. Just... if you can help
them, thank you. Take care." He smiles a bit. "I was a little envious of
Jacqui meeting you, back when I was troubled and confused and searching
you out, but... it was probably better this way. Thank you."

Kanna quirks an eyebrow at that, but says nothing.

Beowulf bows his head a moment more, then stands slowly up to leave,
legs aching a bit more than when he did the same thing earlier today,
then smiles at Kanna. "And thank you for bearing with me. Ready to go?"

Kanna gets up. "Yup.  I'll trump Ruka and see how he's doing, and then
we'll go from there."

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Kanna OOCly says, "and actually, I think fork for tonight, as it be
late. *wl*"

Beowulf says, "OOC Ag. Sorry for stretching this out so long, then."

Kanna OOCly no problems... 'sokay.  the more chatting we do, the more
time others have to catch up. *wl*

Beowulf OOCly grins wryly. "Ayup."

John says, "OOC HEh."

John says, "OOC Well, I can run y'all more tomorrow"

Kanna OOCly says, "Anyway, g'night, good whenever the two of you are in
the evening... cool."

Beowulf OOCly nods. "Works for me. How long d'ya think we'll run Wed.,
since it's not going to be over at the union?"

Beowulf says, "OOC G'night, Phil. Sleep well."

John says, "It'll depend on when Arthur needs to go home."

John says, "And how long D and B can stay"

Kanna OOCly hehs.  "Wed, I'll prolly be running late, running around
after work for comics and various purchases, etc."

Kanna OOCly says, "So don't expect me then."

Beowulf nods. "Right. Hopefully we'll find out if the courtesan could
train our mage well enough -- whoops, wrong plan. :)"

John says, "Heh."

Kanna OOCly waves, and punts.