E[C]gm: ok, as right now you are in the twisty corridor where Gain nearly brained himself on the door and you are surrounded by Dustmotes paladin: oh boy paladin: echo!! *** Dustmotes (Tessa@205.214.207.179) has joined channel #rifts. paladin: "Echo!!" Dustmotes: "Would you shut up already? We're sick of you big critters' games" David decides to stay solid while surrounded by the Dustmotes paladin: "sorry about that paladin: "My mistake" Katalina: echo? ummm Katalina: hehehe Dustmotes: *hrumph* paladin bows Katalina: dustmotes? paladin: "I apologize" Cream_Pie: *timid voice* "Please? Could you clear us a path? It's kinda hard for us to see, there' so many of you." Cream_Pie: +s Dustmotes: "hrm. he asked nicely." 'but we're on strike!' "but he's nice and small, and sparkly even!" "but...oh *FINE* be that way." paladin: "what can we do to get past you kind sirs and lady" Dustmotes spreads out a bit paladin: "Thank you all. Cream_Pie: "thanks bunches!" E[C]gm: you can now see the hand infront of your face that you couldn't before David moves into the mote-free area Cream_Pie follows... paladin follow David follows the group *** rob` (rabos@fraser.sfu.ca) has joined channel #rifts. David mutes hello at rob E[C]gm: *argh* E[C]gm closes some windows Katalina: ( hey Rob) paladin: gm not happy paladin: that mean oh crap for ys paladin: us paladin: :O) Cream_Pie waves at rob... E[C]gm: ok, much better paladin: so now what? E[C]gm: anyway, you can now tell that you are at the entrance of a room, filled with Dustmotes, that Gain pulled the door off of David looks around the room E[C]gm: David: you can't see too much, many Dustmotes paladin: "hmm, which way now?" E[C]gm: as you step into the room, they all start giggling. E[C]gm: strangely, the ground does *not* shift. paladin: "That can't be good" David doesn't like the sound of that ominous giggling, and ghosts Cream_Pie *giggles* too....hee E[C]gm Dustmotes suddenly flock around David, obscuring him from view E[C]gm: the ground shifts again paladin: "AWW crap" Cream_Pie slaps hand over mouth.... paladin: "Hey dustmotes, can you tell us what is going on?" Dustmotes: "Oh *YEAH* like that's just *SO* totally vague now. Get your own clue knightboy." Cream_Pie: btw, Emp: when you get a chance...DCC my sheet? please *eyelashflutter* ;) paladin gives dustmotes the classic anime tongue stick out and lower eyebrow insult Cream_Pie: much grass! ;) David makes a strangled noise in the back of his throat Katalina: (ooc: children children!) hehehe David thrashes about, trying to get free of the dustmotes paladin: "hey where is DAvid?" Dustmotes: *GIGGLE* *GIGGLE**GIGGLE* Katalina: (ooc: and the motes go.. "Dink, dink, dink!") David lets out another strangled noise paladin: "DAvid???!!!!" rob`: o/` dinkdink / dinkdinkdinkDINKdinkdink o/` David goes solid and drops to his knees Katalina: hehehe E[C]gm: *thump* paladin runs to david paladin: "are you okay?" Dustmotes scatter out back away from David a bit Dustmotes: *HEHHEHEHE!* "That was fun!" Katalina: (ooc: David needed a 'pick me up') paladin: "That wasn't very nice" David gasps for breath and clutches his gut paladin uses healing touch on davis paladin: david Cream_Pie: "What did you do to him?" Dustmotes: "oh nothing." *titter* David *glares* at the dustmotes paladin: "you were strangling him" Dustmotes: "Were *NOT!*" paladin: "Riggggghhhhhhtttt, and David like turning blue." Dustmotes: *sniff* Dustmotes: *chanting* 'get a clue knightboy, get a clue!' paladin: "dustmotes, sheesh" paladin: "O) Dustmotes: *chanting* 'get a clue knightboy, get a clue!' David looks around for a torch paladin: "sticks and stones may brake my bones, but dustmotes will never hurt me." E[C]gm: David: roll d20 David: 1 David: Bad juju tonight E[C]gm: the room goes *very* quiet... E[C]gm: David: you see nothing of the sort paladin: "oh crap" Dustmotes: *DEATHLY SILENCE* paladin: "hmmm, maybe we should leave now" David looks up, not certain of what to do. Stay solid, or ghost? Dustmotes: first one then another then all the Dustmotes giggle evilly and.... Cream_Pie promptly turns invisible, whatever good that might do... Dustmotes: disappear. paladin take a defensive stance E[C]gm: nothing happens.... David slowly gets to his feet after catching his breath paladin: "hmmmm, this is funky." paladin: "you gonna be okay david" David nods, pulls out his sabres E[C]gm: nothing happens.... paladin does the same for his sword E[C]gm: the room is empty. paladin: ooc oh paladin: "we should go" David casts about with his Enhanced Presence Sense and Sixth Sense E[C]gm: David: you sense nothing at all... David nods in agreement with paladin paladin uses sense evil Cream_Pie: actually he senses me...psionic and magic E[C]gm: paladin: you sense nothing E[C]gm: when I say nothing I mean nothing abnormal *** Dustmotes has left channel #rifts. paladin: "hmm, where to now?" E[C]gm: the room seems a lot larger with the Dustmotes gone... Cream_Pie: Emp: exits? E[C]gm: the only obvious exit is the one you came in by Cream_Pie stays invisible David decides to sacrifice a bit of safety for now by staying solis David: -s +d Katalina: (was gonna say solis? new word? hehehe jk ;) ) paladin goes back through the doorway Cream_Pie wanders aimlessly about the room looking around David ventures cautionsly behind paladin E[C]gm: CP: roll d20 Cream_Pie: 16 E[C]gm: you spy a small plaque like the others on a corner wall. Cream_Pie casually reads the plaque (rolled 23%) E[C]gm: It appears to say something about a large roc diving in the ocean. Then again, it might say something else entirely Cream_Pie scratches his head at *that* one..."hrmm..." paladin calls back paladin: "you coming dragon pixie?" Katalina: (pixie?? hehehehehe) Cream_Pie invisibly rears back and lets fly with a 'pie E[C]gm: rool to hit :) Cream_Pie: automatic....semi-illusionary (modified Apparition spell) Cream_Pie: he can dodge at 16+ paladin: wow paladin: this may suck paladin: :O) E[C]gm: roll to dodge :) Katalina: (nah just tasty) paladin: d20? Katalina: (don't forget to add extra cream CP!!) E[C]gm: yeps paladin: mmmm pie paladin: I rolled a 13 E[C]gm: *SMACK* you get hit in the face with a pie Katalina: (be like Scooby Doo and lick it all off hehehe) paladin: you think you hear curses against small dragon creatures but you could be wrong paladin: :O)\ paladin wipes pie off my face paladin keeps going David is glad he was standing behind paladin paladin: "hey david, want some pie?" Cream_Pie: *whisper in paladin's ear* "It's *Mr* Faerie Dragon to you, Buster....teeheehee." David shakes his head 'no'. paladin gives you trademark anime scowl insult look E[C]gm: at least, you would it a) he was in the same room and b) if he was visible paladin: I do anyway paladin: :op so there paladin: :O) Cream_Pie: HEE! Cream_Pie meanders back to the exit and out of the room paladin: "anyway, where do we go?" Cream_Pie: how'd we get here in the first place? I forgot why we're here... E[C]gm: as the last of you leave the room, the air is filled with a faint eery giggling... paladin: do we hear it? David glances back and shudders E[C]gm: if you didn't hear it I wouldn't mentionit E[C]gm: What Went Before: After an epic battle to the north, you had sustained serious damage to your various systems. Deciding that getting money was desperatly in order, you ended up getting a map from the town drunk. paladin: "stupid dustmotes" E[C]gm: Paladin: roll d20 paladin: 18 E[C]gm: your lightning reflexes allow you to see the chasm that just opened under your feet, but are insufficient to save you from falling *up* the chasm. paladin: "AWWW crap!!!" Cream_Pie puzzles...."*huh!?*" David whips out a length of his rope and casts it to paladin Katalina: (reverse gravitation... love it) paladin tries to grab it E[C]gm: roll d20 E[C]gm: paladin paladin: bad juju bad juju paladin: !! paladin: 3 E[C]gm: you do not catch the rope as you fall up into the ceiling chasm David recoils his rope and tosses it again rob`: .. 9.8m/s^2? E[C]gm: David: how long's this rope? David: 50ft paladin tries again E[C]gm: Roll again. paladin: bad juju bad monkey paladin: 5 Cream_Pie: time for a die re-alignment ;) E[C]gm: you sail upwards out of reach of the rope. paladin: "oh crap!!' Katalina: (hehehe) E[C]gm: a whispering voice in your ear calls "Enjoy your flight!" David recoils the rope and looks up to where paladin's falling Cream_Pie swoops up into the chasm in a dive(?) David: Can we see the 'bottom'? paladin: "DAMN YOU DUSTMOTES!!" E[C]gm: cackling laughter fills the air... E[C]gm: the direction of your fall is abruptly reversed Katalina: (hehehe) Cream_Pie: *ouch* E[C]gm: no. paladin: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! paladin: *SMACK* paladin: "owwwie!!!" E[C]gm: ... David breaks out his medkit E[C]gm: you haven't hit bottom... E[C]gm: there's a chasm *below* you too remember? rob` heeees paladin: okay paladin: "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" rob` peers down the chasm with a watch, counting the seconds until the wet *smuck* Cream_Pie: super-ball, anyone? *grin* David tosses his rope again E[C]gm: rool again. paladin: 13 paladin: be right back paladin: :O) paladin: hall meeting E[C]gm: you manage to barely grasp the rope with the tips of your fingers... E[C]gm: David braces for the slack to jerk taut Katalina: rob` paints a new pause button on katalina's cheek. *press* Katalina: hehehehe Katalina: ;) Katalina *winks* at rob' "Thankes!" rob`: no worries. Cream_Pie oocly discovers he need to acquire some additional spell magic...but from whom? hrmmm Katalina: hehehe Katalina: brb gonna grab a quick drink Cream_Pie: as opposed to a slow drink? ;) Katalina: hehehe Katalina: well unless you can cast slow on me water Katalina: hehehe *** Signoff: kjatster (Ping timeout) Cream_Pie: *tinyvoice* nope. Katalina: not in your spheres eh? hehehe Cream_Pie: I'm using Rifts spell stuffle, not AD&D Katalina: ahhhh hehehehe Katalina: ;) Cream_Pie: basically revamped into a Rifts RCC Katalina: hehehe I'm gonna be DMing online soon hehehe believe it? hehehe Katalina: AD&D game Katalina: got a few who never played and are curious Cream_Pie: 'bout time ;) Katalina: so gonna run them thru an easy 1st lvl campaign hehehe Katalina: :P Katalina: It ain't hard David: Don't forget to drop a few green slimes and a goop dragon on them Katalina: I like doing it; just depends on whom Katalina: hehehe Katalina: yeah UL hehehehe >:) Katalina: Arc ain't never played Katalina: just Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 Katalina: was like Cream_Pie groans...downloading eudora pro will take anywhere from a half hour to an hour.. Katalina: it ain't quite the same way Katalina: but similar Katalina: ewww Katalina: gonna stay up that long Praxx? Cream_Pie: not tonight...prolly do it *early* Sat morning Katalina: early, eh? hehehe ;) Cream_Pie: like about 6am Cream_Pie: low traffic Katalina: hehehe Katalina: yeah Katalina: atleast ya hope Katalina: ummm I might be up then, dunno depending on how I sleep hehehe Cream_Pie: *nod* it usually is Katalina: saw Castaway and Sweet November just recently Katalina: Ari dragged me out of the house to see Sweet November *** J-Rock (slider@dsl081-114-020.dfw1.dsl.speakeasy.net) has joined channel #rifts. Katalina: hey JR J-Rock: 'llo Cream_Pie: in fact, I'm pondering going to bed in a few... Cream_Pie: oi JR rob`: moo, JR David mutes hello at JR Katalina: yeah I gotta get soon meself Katalina: 30 mins paladin: sorry all Katalina: spec since I only got 3 hours yesterday Katalina: and only like 1 or 2 the other night E[C]gm: alright then Katalina: :( silly worrier me E[C]gm: paladin: took longer than ex[ected Katalina *sighs* loudly Katalina: no prob hehehe paladin: yes Katalina: well since rob painted a 'pause' on me check guess I can unpause hehehe E[C]gm: anyway, paladin was falling paladin: I was trying to catch a rope paladin: :O) E[C]gm: and had barely managed to grasp a rope paladin: was it up or down? E[C]gm: down Cream_Pie runs through his list of spells...and comes up spell-less... Katalina: (or all around??) hehehe paladin: that whats it all about paladin: :O) Katalina: hehe Cream_Pie oocly rears back and winds up for the pitch...again. ;) E[C]gm: anyway, the rope snaps taut... E[C]gm: David: rool. David: What die? E[C]gm: 20 David: D20? David: 9 E[C]gm: you find yourself sailing down the chasm after the knight David ghosts and curses the motes paladin mumbles and curses paladin: :O) E[C]gm: the chasm turns and you fall sideways with it Katalina: nifty paladin: "awww man!!" David stays ghosted and goes with the roll Cream_Pie: is it by magic? E[C]gm: yepses E[C]gm: you turn the corner and head up again... E[C]gm: and down... E[C]gm: and up... E[C]gm: and sideways... paladin: "This sucks" E[C]gm: and up... E[C]gm: and down... Katalina: (hehehe waterfall sounding..) E[C]gm: and up... paladin: "and I'm getting sick!!" David nods in agreement Katalina: (or yo yo?) E[C]gm: and... *poof* E[C]gm: you're back in the dustmote room Cream_Pie: "Are you guys through playing yet?" David goes solid, attaches his grappling hook to the rope and tries to anchor himself to the wall paladin: "you call this playing!!!!" E[C]gm: there is no sign of a chasm here E[C]gm: there is a wolfen here. paladin: are wolfens bad? David ghosts. Woud mutter something but has no usable vocal cords Katalina: (upright walking humanoid wolves) Katalina looks at 'paladin' cocks head to the side paladin: "hello?" Cream_Pie turns visible and flutters up right in front of the wolfen..."Hi! I'm Cream Pie. Who're you?" Katalina is a 8' tall female grey/lt grey wolfen with emerald green eyes she has 2 armbands on her upper arms sword at hip sm pouches on belt infont Katalina: "Hello, I'm Katalin Greyshadow. Um ya know where we are exactly?" paladin: I look up "Not a clue" Cream_Pie: *matteroffactly* "You're in the Dustmote's play-room." David remains ghosted and silent paladin: "well I guess so" Katalina shrugs, "Oh well, their play room, eh? What are dustmotes?" she cocks her head to the side again swivering her ears forward paladin: "David you here?" David: I'm right next to you, just semi-transparent and intangible paladin: ooc can I see you? David: SEMI-transparent Katalina: "So you know how to get out of here I do hope?" she'll sling her rifle over her shoulder and grab her back pack. "Um little voice from you there Cream Pie, what are you?" paladin: " paladin: "where did you come from miss Katalina" Katalina: "Um from up there, but up there ain't there no more. Was climbing the mountain" Katalina: "Ground shook and I fell down" paladin: "oh I see" Cream_Pie: "I'm a faerie dragon, of course" *asifyoudidn'tknow* Katalina: "Yeah, strange, atleast I thought so." Katalina: "Um faerie dragon? You are just myths from my people, that is the Sioux have pictures of you, but never thought I'd see one for real. You are very cute looking, um bet you are as mischevious as the legends say aren't ya?" she'll smile at CP paladin: "yes VERY mischevious paladin: "be warry of pies" Cream_Pie: *secretively* "*I'll* never tell...heee." Katalina will chuckle, "Pies is it? Um, what flavor? Coconut? I love coconut" Cream_Pie: "um..nope. guess again." Katalina will look around, "So do ya know the way out of here? Or ya kind'a got stuck in here as well?" paladin: "I think it was chocolate, but can't be sure" David crosses his legs and drops to a sitting position, silently grumbling to himself Katalina ears perk up "Chocolate? Umm like that too!" She'll lick her canines paladin: "remind me not to piss you off miss katalina" Katalina: "But I don't remember the Faerie Dragons being cooks?" she looks puzzled for a sec then glances at Paladin "Oh, hehehe fear not, I don't anger easily" paladin: "Lucky for me" paladin smiles Cream_Pie does too.... Katalina: "So guess you all don't know the way out, eh? Well shall we off to find it? Or are you all exploring this place? Anything interesting yet? I LOVE to explore!" Cream_Pie: "Well, there *were* some very interesting Dustmotes here earlier, but you missed them..." Katalina ears perk up again and her tail commence to wagging Katalina: "Dustmotes?" paladin: "dustmotes are bad!!" Katalina: "What are they?" David goes solid and stands up Katalina cocks her head to the side and looks at David paladin: "evil tricksters Katalina: "Neat trick" and smiles Katalina: "My adopted father could do that" Katalina: "But his was a spell instead of naturality" Cream_Pie turns invisible.."Can he do this?" Katalina looks at the spot David shrugs, scribbles a note, hands it to Kat paladin justs sits and waits for everyone Katalina: "Well I can" and she giggles and says something and goes invis after taking the note from David Cream_Pie: "well, how 'bout this..." Cream_Pie blinks in and out repeatedly.... Katalina becomes vis and reads the note Cream_Pie can also 'strobe', but it gives him a headache... Katalina: "Oh! a pitty, would like to see that!" she smiles paladin gets bored and begins to take nap paladin: :O) Katalina: "Well let's off" paladin wakes up Katalina looks at you all expectantly smiling Cream_Pie stays visible and heads out of the room paladin: "oh sorry." Katalina: she smiles and heads off paladin gives kat a funny look and then smiles paladin follows kat Katalina: after reading the not she'll look at David "Thanks, so they're painful tricksters, eh?" Katalina: opps "note" Katalina will walk out and head.... where to head? Katalina: madam gm? hehee E[C]gm: as the last of you leave the room, the air is filled with a faint eery giggling... Katalina stops in tracks and glances back hackles raised ears cocked forward E[C]gm: Kat: there is only one passage that you can see. Cream_Pie covers his mouth and *muffledgiggles* Katalina: using nightvision (unless light emints out here) she'll head down passage paladin follows paladin Katalina: hehee Katalina: following yourself in circle? E[C]gm: the ground shakes again Katalina braces and falls to all 4s Katalina: hackles raised Katalina: "Um this place does NOT seem stable..." Cream_Pie oocly wonders if he should end it all and bust out laughing hilariously...hee paladin: "I'm sick of the floor moving" Katalina: "Oh so this happens regularly then I take it?" paladin: "yes" David ghosts and glides over to hover next to Kat Cream_Pie: I've got to go to bed before my forehead hits the keyboard... David: Later CP Katalina: hehehe g'night Cream_Pie: g'night all paladin: later you dragon pixie!! E[C]gm: nighters! Katalina: hehehe *** Signoff: Cream_Pie (Quit: Zoiks! ...and Away!) E[C]gm: well that brings us down to 3 ppl. pause till next week? David: Yeah *** David is now known as UpLink *** E[C]gm is now known as Empress Katalina: ok Katalina: yeah gotta run here in about 15 mins meself Log file closed at: 3/15/01 10:47:10 PM