Log file opened at: 3/24/01 7:26:27 PM E[C]: E[C]gm: you spy a small plaque like the others on a corner wall. E[C]: Cream_Pie casually reads the plaque (rolled 23%) E[C]: E[C]gm: It appears to say something about a large roc diving in the ocean. Then again, it might say something else entirely Gain sucks up the noddle like Jello! Gain: noodle rather. paladin: what noodle? E[C]: the noodle he got smacked with :) paladin: I see how odd paladin: :O) Gain: .....the noodle I ate. :P E[C]: ready ppl? Gain: Yup. paladin: yep paladin: :O) E[C]: then, ===========*POOF*=========== Gain: Hack cough cough!!! Cream_Pie: line-stealer ;) paladin: a cho!! Gain: Hey, can't help that I'm faster. :) paladin: magic smoke always makes me sneeze E[C]: you are in a roughly diamond shaped room, constructed wth the same fine stonemasonry seen in the rest of the mountain. paladin: "hmmm, odd room" Cream_Pie: okay...so now what? E[C]: it is remarkable well lit, for all that you cannot see a light source Cream_Pie: now I 'member...that chasm thingie E[C]: in one corner there is a plaque seen by CP earlier, on the other side of the room is the entrance with traces of the door hinges still remaining. paladin: "go out where we came?" E[C]: the chasm you re-entered the room by is closed without a trace Gain: "Maybe but isn't it odd...every plaque had a door......" E[C]: likewise the one that Kat entered through from above. Gain examines the area near the plaque. Cream_Pie *shrugs* and looks for a secret or concealed door E[C]: roll ppl. Cream_Pie: roll what? Gain: percentile? E[C]: percentile if you have detect concealment or something like that. d20 if not paladin: 11 Cream_Pie: 17 on D20 Gain: 20 on d20. E[C]: CP: you notice a wear pattern on the plaque. Gain: you note that the wear pattern seems similar to the one seen on the plaque that appeared to say something about a big frog, a small pond, and a robber's cave. Cream_Pie flips the switch paladin: and I notice my shoes paladin: :O) Cream_Pie: Pal: barely ;) paladin: muwahahahahahahah paladin: :O) E[C]: a section of wall slides back, exposing a low passageway Gain: "Ahhhhh, great!" *** J-Rock (slider@dsl081-114-020.dfw1.dsl.speakeasy.net) has joined channel #rifts. Cream_Pie: "ooo! neat!" and flutters his way into the passage... Gain follows CP. paladin follows gain and cp E[C]: you all crawl down the passage Cream_Pie lands and walks upright ;) E[C]: thankfully, it is failrly short, only about a 100 yards or so. paladin: lucky for us Gain: Well I'm fairly short myself. :P E[C]: you end up in a small (but thankfully high-ceilinged) chamber. E[C]: there is a chest in the corner. Gain: "Treasure!!!" Cream_Pie looks around the room for plaques paladin: "hey wait gain, it could be booby trapped." Gain: "Hey CP wanna check to see if it's alright to open it?" Gain: "I know! That's why I asked CP!" E[C]: CP: roll d20 :) Cream_Pie: 18 E[C]: you do indeed see a plaque. in fact, not only do you see a plaque, you see an inscription on the chest. E[C]: the plaque is not near the chest however Cream_Pie attempts to read the plaque....rolled 23% *grin* E[C]: It appears to say something about a mirror and a evil stepmother. Then again, it might say something else entirely paladin: "anything interesting cp?" *** KillJoy_ (KillJoy@friley-169-36.stures.iastate.edu) has joined channel #rifts. Daisuke: [KillJoy_] They say the brightest flame burns the shortest. Where does that leave you? KillJoy_ OOCly pokes his head in. Cream_Pie: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall...what's with the chest? anything at all?" E[C] welcomes KJ to the madhouse. Cream_Pie turns away from the plaque and *shrugs*..."Sure. I'll Investigate [tm]" Gain glances at cp "HUH?" E[C]: The sound of laughing fills the air. Oddly enough, the ground does *not* shake. paladin: "not more laughing!" Gain: "Seems as though the motes are following us, hey motes know anything about the chest?" Cream_Pie gazes at the chest...Sense Magic in effect E[C]: CP: you do indeed sense magic. E[C]: rather strongly infact E[C]: Gain: the laughing fades away. paladin: "I don't like this" Gain: "Hrm.....they seem to enjoy this....." Cream_Pie approaches the chest and attempts to read the inscription on it...rolled 26% *** Cygnata (none@cn616655-a.jamison1.pa.home.com) has joined channel #rifts. *** Cygnata is now known as Tryamour E[C]: It appears to say something about fishes. Then again, it might say something else entirely Cream_Pie scratches his head...."hrmm.." E[C]: you do note that one part of the inscription is damaged however Gain: "Think it's safe?" Cream_Pie inspects the chest more closely....have a latch or lock? E[C]: there is a strangely patterned mechanism on the top of the chest. paladin sits back and watches Cream_Pie: "Dunno...something weird here on the lid." E[C]: one edge is marred by what appears to be a scorch mark Cream_Pie: "Hee....somebody got a tiny itsy bitsy bit frustrated...hee." Gain: "Hmmm, is there blood on it?" Cream_Pie: "nope...burnt, though Cream_Pie: +" Cream_Pie: would this appear to be some sort of puzzle type mechanism? Gain: Man, that invisible guy would be handy right about now. :) E[C]: it would in fact. Cream_Pie: what's it look like? paladin: "I always kick something when it's broken, that usually works." paladin: :O) *** katster (katster@stk-eli-5-37.internetuser.net) has joined channel #rifts. Daisuke: [katster] Roleplaying is life. The rest is just die rolls. Gain: "Yeah go ahead and try" Gain: :) Tryamour: hi kats *** Mode change "+o katster" on #Rifts by Daisuke Gain: Hey kat. E[C]: it appears to be a sliding type of puzzle KillJoy_: poit, kats paladin: hey jat katster: moo. paladin: kat Cream_Pie: ?me turns a glowers at Paladin..."That's precisely why there're burn marks on this chest-lid...duh!" E[C]: the tiles are in various shapes, and in blues and greens paladin: "oh." Gain gets closer and looks at the puzzle. "Hmm what kind of picture would it make?" Cream_Pie: what sort of shapes? E[C]: small geometric ones. Tryamour examines the puzzle, then uses sens magic on it E[C]: Try: you sense strong magic, as did CP Cream_Pie: "hrmmmm..maybe match the sym..Oh, Hi Try!" Gain: LOL! paladin: "good day try." Gain: "Hello Try." Tryamour would have been there the whole time, hopefully npc'd Cream_Pie goes back to analyzing the puzzle-lock...."maybe if we move the tiles to match up the symbols in some sort of order....hrmm." Gain: Well actually we pop in and out. :) Gain: "Or maybe with the same color?" paladin looks confused Tryamour oocly notes, btw, that I WILL have to miss the SDC game. sowwy Cream_Pie: *nodnodnodnod* "one or t'other...lesfindout...you first." Gain: "oh....alright....." Gain tries to move the tiles matching their colors. Cream_Pie casually manuevers *behind* Gain E[C]: Roll D20 Gain: 9 E[C]: the piece moves. Gain: Just one tile moved? E[C]: yeps. E[C]: only one empty slot Gain: Ahh. Cream_Pie: it's the ole mosaic game...;) paladin: ooc I know this puzzle paladin: was never good at it though Gain: Well I didn't think it was THIS big. I mean, I thought I would've moved more than one tile. :) Gain moves another tile. E[C]: roll again. Gain: 1 dammit! Cream_Pie: hee! E[C]: a loud *BANG* and a puff of smoke poofs up in your face Gain: "Gah!" Gain coughs. E[C]: roll defense against non-lethal gas attacks Cream_Pie: Gain: that's Non-lethal poison on d20 Gain: Looking at my saves. :) Gain: Wow! 20! :) E[C]: hee E[C]: the smoke merely forms the letters 'Game Over, Try Again' Cream_Pie gives it a try...."lemme..." Gain: "Whew........you try CP...." Gain moves away for CP. paladin: "you gonna be okay gain?" Gain: "Yeah, just smoke." Cream_Pie inspects the tiles s'more....what shapes in what colors and how many? paladin: "good luck cp" Tryamour would try it, has no dice E[C]: 25 pieces, greens and blues (variegated, seems to be scramble picture), in squares/rectangles/triangles/etc. Cream_Pie shifts a piece..the object being to try to form a picture out of the tiles E[C]: roll. Cream_Pie: nat 20 :D E[C]: you hear a light 'click' Cream_Pie: "ooo!" paladin: "Cool beans." Gain: "Alright!" Cream_Pie: "Okay....that one stays put." Cream_Pie: did the chest unlock? or lock? or is this just one of several "tumblers" in the lock? quite a quandry Cream_Pie tries to lift the chest-lid... E[C]: a slight shock zaps you. E[C]: a puff of smoke poofs up Cream_Pie: "owie!" E[C]: roll... Gain: "Wow." paladin: "hmm, guess not" Tryamour looks for clues around the room that would give a hint as to how the box works Cream_Pie: modifed 23 E[C]: the smoke merely forms the letters 'CHEATER!!' Tryamour oocly wonders why Myst keeps running through her mind Gain: "Stop cheating CP" Gain snickers. Cream_Pie turns back to the puzzle...moves another tile....rolled 15 paladin sighs and justs keeps watching what is going on E[C]: the tile moves. Cream_Pie slides another...17 E[C]: the tile moves. Gain: "Hmmmm.....not clicking anymore...." Cream_Pie: btw...what was the shape and color of the tile that clicked (incidentally, I'm not moving that one.)? E[C]: triangle, blue Gain: Oh geez, I bet she has the whole puzzle made up already. :) paladin: wonder what this will look like E[C]: it was also toward the 'top' of the puzzle paladin: "hmmmm,einy mini miny moe..." *** KillJoy_ has left channel #rifts. Cream_Pie: me shifts another....trying to arrange the tiles so they're triangles in the top row..circles in the next (or whatever) and so on with the colors arranged in vertical columns..triangle(blue), triangle(red)...second row: circle(blue), circle(red) and so on... Cream_Pie: rolled: 10 E[C]: the piece moves. Cream_Pie: surprised? the Chaotic Pest has an ordered mind....hee Gain: Surprised he has a mind at all. :) paladin: hehehehehehehehe paladin: i second that Cream_Pie oocly gives Gain the single digit salute ;) "you're number one! Cream_Pie: hee! Gain: Heh heh. :) Cream_Pie: ..and another....roll: hey! nat20! E[C]: the piece moves and clicks. E[C]: and.... Cream_Pie: color? shape? position relative to the first shape? Gain: "Great!" E[C]: turns silver. Gain: "Wow!" paladin: "What thu..." Cream_Pie scratches his head...."huh?" Cream_Pie: color? shape? position relative to the first shape? E[C]: was green. is now silver. is not next to the first piece, is triangle E[C]: is close to right edge but not touching Cream_Pie: "aha! now we're cooking with gasoline!...." Cream_Pie: are there five triangles in the tiles? E[C]: no Gain: Okay now that makes it harder. :) paladin: hmmm Cream_Pie gives up.."Bo-Ring! I wanna play a different game...." Gain: LOL! Gain: "Wanna try Paladin?" paladin: "sure why not" Cream_Pie: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, I don't like this game...are you insane?!" paladin walks up toward the chest E[C]: *giggling* Gain: ........ paladin tries to move pieces around Cream_Pie suddenly has an idea! Tryamour snickers Gain: Huh? You get ideas? Gain: :) E[C]: Ben: roll. paladin: 6 Gain: Oof. paladin: "hey nobodies perfect." paladin: :O) E[C]: the piece moves. paladin: I keep moving pieces, but keeping the ones that clicked in the same place Cream_Pie slides in under Paladin's arm..."Lemme try something else..." paladin: me looks down paladin: okay paladin moves to the side Cream_Pie takes a deep breath, calms himself a second and attempts Object Read on the puzzle-lock and/or chest by placing his hands/paws on the puzzle tiles... Gain: Hmmm., I gotta go. Sorry. :( Gain: See ya later. Cream_Pie: later Gain E[C]: laters Gain! *** Signoff: Gain (Quit: "I'm not good! You just suck!"-Ryogo) E[C]: this'll take a while anyway :) E[C]: CP: what exactly does that do? Cream_Pie: it's psychometry...the ability to recieve impressions and images from an object regarding its use, history, and last owner E[C]: something seems fishy about the chest. Cream_Pie: eh? paladin: "what?" Tryamour groans Tryamour: +oocly Tryamour oocly eyes emp... this had better not be the pun I think it is Cream_Pie: entails opening self up to the object E[C] eyes try back. what? paladin: ladies be nice paladin: :O) *** rob` (rabos@fraser.sfu.ca) has joined channel #rifts. rob` waves Cream_Pie waves absent-mindedly... Cream_Pie: if successful, can also see images of isolated events in the past, brief snippets, filled with strong emotional content E[C]: waddya roll for it? *** KillJoy_ (KillJoy@friley-169-36.stures.iastate.edu) has joined channel #rifts. Daisuke: [KillJoy_] They say the brightest flame burns the shortest. Where does that leave you? Cream_Pie: (strong emotional content is the easiest to see....) rolled 36% for Impressions, 3% for Images, and 56% for the Present Cream_Pie: roll for each of the categories Impressions, Images, and the present. E[C]: something seems fishy about the chest. Cream_Pie: based on level Cream_Pie: I need 64/56/46% respectively Cream_Pie: anything I can put my finger to? E[C]: you get an image of a fish. Cream_Pie: *cackle* paladin: pun pun *** Signoff: katster (Client closed connection) Cream_Pie looks for a fish image on the chest... E[C]: aside from the puzzle and the inscription, there is nothing. Cream_Pie fingers the inscription...feeling for movement, indentations, anything...*muttering* "I'll bet the puzzle is a decoy..nice trick, that." E[C]: nothing happens Cream_Pie throws up his tiny paws in disgust..."I give up...Next?!" *** Topic for #rifts: http://dagwood.sandwich.net/schedule.html <-- newly updated *** Topic for #rifts set by Phantasm on Friday, March 16, 2001 8:28:32 PM #Rifts: E[C] Tryamour KillJoy_ rob` J-Rock paladin Cream_Pie @Daisuke *** End of /NAMES list. Cream_Pie: re *** Channel Mode is +tnrc *** Channel created at Thursday, March 8, 2001 12:17:04 PM E[C]: Cream_Pie throws up his tiny paws in disgust..."I give up...Next?!" <- last thing I got paladin: hello again paladin: awww darn E[C]: someone repaste for me? paladin: well I kicked the chest as hard as I could Cream_Pie: me smiles Cream_Pie: * paladin smiles Cream_Pie: * paladin runs up and kicks it as hard as I can Cream_Pie: *sing-song* "oyu'll be sowwy..." Cream_Pie: ooc yep, but it's worth the comedic value Cream_Pie: *** E[C] has quit IRC (Ping timeout) Cream_Pie: ack! Cream_Pie: what the?? E[C]: ...nothing happens. J-Rock: Signs Of The Times: "HE HATE(S) ME -- Go Back To English Class" Cream_Pie moves another tile just for the halibut E[C]: *snicker* roll pls :) Cream_Pie: um...you're not gonna believe this ;) E[C]: what? Cream_Pie: nat 20? again? (juju is good, tonight) E[C]: the piece clicks and turns silver Cream_Pie places a hex on Ars's dice proggy Cream_Pie: okay...how're the silver pieces arranged on the puzzle board? E[C]: one is near right edge but not touching.other is near center Cream_Pie: column #'s left to right (1 through whatever)? Cream_Pie is oocly trying to draw a pic Cream_Pie: or is this immaterial? paladin just watches cp Cream_Pie can't roll 20's all night... E[C]: there aren't columns Cream_Pie: huh? Cream_Pie: rows? paladin: now this is confusing E[C]: not rows either E[C]: it's kinda tanagram-ish Cream_Pie: huh? a what? E[C]: um, don't worry about it. paladin: tanagram? paladin: oh well E[C]: buncha moderately random geometric shapes that can be arranges to form a square E[C]: in this case, more than a few ways E[C]: +in paladin: oh boy E[C]: so rows and columns don't matter. Cream_Pie Legend Lores these types of puzzles....rolled 35% *** katster (katster@stk-eli-5-37.internetuser.net) has joined channel #rifts. Daisuke: [katster] Roleplaying is life. The rest is just die rolls. Tryamour: re kats *** Mode change "+o katster" on #Rifts by Daisuke E[C]: "Often a game for ages 4 and up, picture tanagrams are also often used for a sometimes bewhildering number of uses, including edible origami and locking mechanisms.' (The Big Book of Obscuse Trivia) katster: moo. paladin: mmmmmm edible origami... Cream_Pie: hrm...would the pieces possibly be arranged in the shape of a fish? paladin looks at box again paladin tries to move one of the pieces around E[C]: roll. paladin: cool, I gotta 20 E[C]: *click* *silverturns* paladin: "What an odd puzzle" paladin: me thinks everyone has given up paladin: this one is very hard to do with out a picture to look at Cream_Pie: or a loaded die ;) E[C]: well you now have 3 silver pieces that are beginning to look scaly... Cream_Pie thinks he hit on something with the fish comment paladin: wait are all the pieces that are silver paladin: triangles? E[C]: no. paladin: what are each? E[C]: it doesn't matter. Cream_Pie: "they're beginning to outline the shape of a fish, silly" paladin: I got that paladin: but if a certain shape was for each silver, then that shape would consist of the paladin: fish Cream_Pie mmoves the rest of the tiles in an arrangement that forms a fishy outline E[C]: I'll be nice and let you roll for the whole series. Cream_Pie: 15 E[C]: several pieces click and turn silver, others just move. paladin: I try as well E[C]: a couple click and do not turn paladin: 19 Cream_Pie: the ones that don't turn colors are in the wrong spots.... Cream_Pie: +"" E[C]: *click* *poof* paladin: did I dod it? paladin: :O) E[C]: a cloud of pink smoke poofs up Cream_Pie looks at paladin..."*poof*?" E[C]: forming the words 'Good Going!' paladin: "hmmm, excellent." E[C]: a button appears paladin presses the button Cream_Pie: Ack! [mclean.va.us.undernet.org] Replied (private) CTCP PING from Sandman E[C]: *chunk* paladin: is this gonna hurt? Cream_Pie tries to lift the lid...straining his wittle muscles... E[C]: the lid flys open paladin: "you keep the treasure cp." paladin: "you did the most work for it" Cream_Pie stands on his tippy-toes and peers in... E[C]: a silver flying fish is the only thing in the trunk paladin: "hahahahahahahahaha." Cream_Pie tries to lift the statuette(?) out of the chest..."Ungh! help!" paladin lifts it out Cream_Pie: how big is it? E[C]: about palm-size Cream_Pie: who's palm :) Cream_Pie: +? E[C]: human :) Cream_Pie: read: about the size of my head... paladin: "can you carry it cp?" Cream_Pie: *nod* "Think so..." Tryamour imagines the size of a Fairy dragon's palm Cream_Pie: coin sized paladin: " enjoy." Tryamour: heh Cream_Pie wonders if it'll fit in his Dimensional Pocket... Tryamour: *sigh* gotta go paladin: me too Cream_Pie: *sigh* later Cyg....sleep good paladin: it was fun Tryamour: see y'all tomorrow, I guess Cream_Pie: *hug* paladin: nice job though Tryamour: err... Monday, I mean E[C]: nighters! E[C]: good place to stop anyway.