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Boretos:
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I think a bit of intro is in order.
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DM:
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you mean recap, right?
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Keenan has connected.
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DM:
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I did send the full transcript to you
on skype
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DM:
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keenan, I'm not sure how to get it to
you
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Christopher:
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Could put it on Facebook.
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Keenan is disconnected.
Kenan has connected.
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Kenan:
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had to change my name from keenan to
kenan for some reason
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Kenan:
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didnt have to be kenan, but thats the
most common mispelling so i just decided on that 
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DM:
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You were "ThePeople" for the whole
first game, so...
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Kenan:
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and what trascript were you talking
about
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DM:
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I saved everything from last session
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DM:
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so I could send it to you for a recap
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Kenan:
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i remembered most but a reminder would
be nice
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Kenan:
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can you send it trhoug facebook or
would you rather jsut email it too me
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DM:
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over facebook will work for now
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DM:
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I am actually going to read it over my
self real fast
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DM:
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ok, I'm back. Any questions?
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Boretos whispers: the damage I
take is permanent, correct?
You whisper to Boretos: yes
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Kenan:
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just finished readign as well, by
soritng this out between ourselves, does he eman he wants us to be
part of the strike force for the group in the city, or tying to
figure out what had appened
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You whisper to Boretos: it
might heal with time...
Boretos whispers: the damage I
take is permanent, correct?
Boretos whispers: I sure hope so
You whisper to Boretos: lol
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DM:
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Septum has left, and is leaving you to
sort this out. You might be called upon to deal with something in
the future, but you aren't being sent out now.
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Kenan:
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ah, so now we are just meant to talk
amonge our selves about this, and possibly to help the old woman
still here, or is she leaving as well
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Hunter:
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First things first, i think we should
question Fisher here, while everything he says might be made up,
it might still give us some useful clue or starting point, and we
dont really ahve anythign else, unless you can think of somehting
ignatius or constance
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Hunter:
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Another possibility is to question the
liquidmen from where i was in order to see if there story is any
different from ignatius'
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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We should interrogate everyone who
might know somthing, and we have enough agents for it. The
question is who goes with who.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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I think we can all agree that we
should split them up...
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Officer Heintz:
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Aye
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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Probably I should go with Ignatius.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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Seconded, Constance.
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Officer Heintz:
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I disagree. You have conflict of
interest.
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Hunter:
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probably a good idea so that they cant
all tell the same story, and i think that it should probably be 2
a person, in case something odd happens, it might slow things
down, but you never know if something odd can happen when dealing
with the work of dmeons or other unknowns
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DM:
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Ekkhart looks at Heintz, seeming
confused to agree with him
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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As long as it isn't Quick-draw
Ekkhardt with him.
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Officer Heintz:
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Let's have Hunter talk to him. He has
already spoken with other liquid men.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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No, you aren't ever living that down.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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That has my blessing. Hunter, I trust.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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*grumbles*
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Hunter:
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very well, im ok with that.
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Stranger:
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I will speak to noone but Hunter.
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Hunter:
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we should make careful note of any
deviations from what is said between the different liquid men
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DM:
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yeah, gotta stop interuupting you
guys...
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Hunter:
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And very well, but im not going alone
in the room with you, once again, never know what may happen
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Hunter:
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sorry if i am offensive
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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I don't trust it. Hunter, you take
someone to talk to the one that resembles Contance's husband, I
will take Constance to talk to that one.
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DM:
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He moves to the stranger
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Officer Heintz:
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Looks like I'm with you, Hunter...
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Hunter:
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yep
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Old Woman:
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What about me?
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Officer Heintz:
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You don't have critical information.
Talk to the men out front for now. We have your address.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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It was nice to meet you, madam. I hope
the rest of your day is more pleasant than it has been so far.
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Old Woman:
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First gentelman I have met all day. If
you meet any of my relitives out wherever you come from, tell them
I love them...
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Hunter:
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Now, Ignatius, can you think of any
important information that you ahven't already told us that you
may have forgotten or not mentioned for some reason, anything that
might be related to this mess at all?
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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Well, I already told you about dying,
waking up on the shores of the isle of the dead people, chatting
with my father, my wife's ex husband, and maybe a couple other
folks, the whole place got destroyed by a giant arrow, and before
that I saw that I was actually tiny and in the possession of the
wishmaster before the building she was in exploded. After that,
all I remember is falling on the roof of my house 8 years later,
and after giving my newfound family a fright, here I am.
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Officer Heintz:
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You describe a building. What can you
recall about it?
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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Umm... from what I recall, it was a
church of some sort, only it stunk of foul play. I saw giant
organ-like masses connected to it, as if being a part of the
structure themselves. I also saw constance there, briefly, but
before Constance arrived, the wishmaster transformed her own image
into that of Constane's ex-husband. When constance arrived, she
quickly flew out dragging the wishmaster with her to some unknown
fate. If the resultant explosions offer any insight, I would
assume they would indicate the death of the wishmaster.
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Kenan:
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Thats pretty much what i remember
about what happened at the church as well right
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Christopher:
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the wishmaster we stabbed afterwards
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Christopher:
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but blowing up the house was cool 
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Christopher:
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But GOD WAS THAT COOL.
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Hunter:
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That definitely sounds like what
happened at the church. nothing seems wrong with what your saying
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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Anything else?
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Officer Heintz:
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Do you remember anything from your
conversations with the people you saw while in this prison place?
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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They said they were there because they
had sold their souls to the wishmaster, and now they were doomed
to be trapped on that island for eternety, their souls powering
her machinations. The longer you stayed, the worse your condition
became until you coudn't stand nor speak, and just laid helplessly
and motionless on the ground.
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Officer Heintz:
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Then are you certain you were dead?
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Hunter:
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His body atleast was.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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Well, I'd never been dead before, the
evidence certainly seemed to point in that direction.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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but the evidence*
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Officer Heintz:
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It just seems odd how your mind was
still able to function with your brain back here.
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Officer Heintz:
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That's what makes me doubt this story,
and think it was a combination of ilusion and teleportation.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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aaand that's impossible?
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Alright, Where are you origionally
from? You are not a liquid man, correct?
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Stranger:
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Right. I am Macharious.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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You claim you are four hundred years
old?
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Stranger:
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Yes, but I was dead for most of that
time.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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Your story's only getting harder to
follow. Maybe you should start from the beginning.
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Stranger:
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Is my tale not still told amoung the
people I saved?
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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It is, but let's hear your version. If
nothing else, it may help us verify whether you are who you say
you are.
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Stranger:
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I was born a tribesman in what I would
later find out was the southern mountains....
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DM:
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he begins telling his tale...
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Christopher:
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mostly i just want to know if it
checks out or if he's full of it
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Officer Heintz:
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Impossible is a mathmatical concept.
In science, there is only very unlikely.
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Christopher:
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and the former doesn't even prove
anything
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Officer Heintz:
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Perhaps there is some force that can
do this, but we don't have an idea of how that might work, and we
haven't seen it happen in a lab.
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Kenan:
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wait, what part of the teleportation
and illusion seems impossible
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DM:
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he is talking about coming back from
the dead right now
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DM:
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sorry for the spliced conversation
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Kenan:
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ok, just that, yeah, that seems pretty
imposible
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Officer Heintz:
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Did you meet any other liquid men?
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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I did not take this form until I
landed on my house. I had never seen anyone of this form before
then.
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DM:
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Heintz looks to Hunter
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Hunter:
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Before today I never have either, I
really just don't know what to make of all this. there really is
just so muhc that we don't know for sure about this situation.
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DM:
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At his point, the other questionee has
finished telling the tale of Macharious. He includes details
historians don't know for sure, but doesn't say anything
inconsistant with what is known...
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Kenan:
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does he continue into what he claims
happened after his death
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Stranger:
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After my death, I was sent into the
afterworld, the place where all of the dead were locked in stasis
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Stranger:
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I was free to think and move, I don't
know why, but I suspect it was my strength of will...
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Stranger:
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I wandered this land for a ver long
time, until I found death.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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You understand local common knowledge,
but there's the slight matter that you don't seem to be... well,
human.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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That's sort of a big question.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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What exactly are you talking about
here?
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Christopher:
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(From my understanding of the
transcript, he's some kind of xeno.)
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DM:
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I think Hunter told you that he was of
his tribe
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Kenan:
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yeah, im pretty sure he appears human,
but the only reason i realized he was fisher was his voice., i
think that was how it was
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Christopher:
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Do the Wriethor even have a described
appearance?
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DM:
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They are a stockier kind of men, with
slightly glowing, golden skin. Otherwise very human
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DM:
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This guy doesn't look like that
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Kenan is disconnected.
Christopher is disconnected.
Boretos is disconnected.
Kenan has connected.
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Kenan:
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did you guys see what i wrote
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DM:
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Kenan: yeah, im pretty sure he appears
human, but the only reason i realized he was fisher was his
voice., i think that was how it was
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Christopher has connected.
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Kenan:
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yeah, so you should proabbly retcon
what happened then since she wouldnt hhave said that since he
appears human
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Boretos has connected.
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Christopher:
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(nah i got this)
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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Hunter recognised you as one of his
people. I don't know how you managed to change your skin to
something more normal, but there's a lot to question here. Now, I
know Hunter, and I trust his judgement. If he says you're someone
he once knew, I believe him. But that doesn't necessarily mean
you're lying, either.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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That doesn't amke any sense...
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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Well, might it be possible, if we
assume that his consciousness was somehow divorced from his brain,
as seems to be the case with Ignatius, that this mind might have
overtaken the body's native one?
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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I know this is unorthodox, but
tangible explanations are not availing us.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Are you suggesting... that the man
before us is a modern Macharian, who's mind was hyjacked by a
daemon who had previously hijacked the mind of a Wriethor, and
before then had hijacked either Macharious or someone who knew him
well?
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Stranger:
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That is foolish!
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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Well, you're clearly not THE Macharius.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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I suggest we take this guy to the safe
room, and meet up with the others.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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I concur. We need answers, and he
doesn't seem to have any.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Come with me.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Hold still. The only way in or out is
teleportation.
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DM:
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Hunter and Iggy hear a knock on the
door
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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Come in.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Finished?
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Hunter:
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I believe so, I can't really think of
anyhting else to ask.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Does this one require special
quarintine or security?
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Officer Heintz:
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He doesn't seem hostile, but I advise
we get one of the anti-gasous bags, just in case.
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DM:
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The bags he speaks up are sealable
horse-sized bags for holding deamons that can turn into vapor.
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DM:
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They aren't too durable though...
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Boretos:
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Would that actually restrain me?
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DM:
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You don't really know. You barely
understand your own power. (you have also never heard of them)
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Boretos:
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well alright then.
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DM:
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All eyes are on you, Hunter.
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Kenan:
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I'm thinking of what i would do, on
the one hand, he does seem to have the consciousness of ignatious,
on the otherhand, I am a fairly suspicious person and all of this
is very wierd and possibly quite troubling
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Kenan:
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sorry for the time
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Kenan:
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its just a very tough decision
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DM:
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seeing your hesitation, Ekkhardt
speaks up...
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Very well.
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DM:
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He walks in with a giant bag.
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Kenan:
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wai, this isnt really in character,
but will doing this really seem effective since there are so many
liquid men
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DM:
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it's just the one you have captured
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DM:
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the other men aren't your problem
right now
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Kenan:
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do we have enough bags, because if we
dont even have close to enough, then since they would all like
come with the same purpose if malevolent, capturing only a few in
the bags wouldnt be very effective
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DM:
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He was just talking about putting this
guy in a bag so he doesn't run off.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Alright, are you going to cooperate?
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Chris has connected.
Adam has connected.
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Kenan:
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wait,t ehy had disconnected
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DM:
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what was the last thing you guys read?
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Boretos is disconnected.
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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If you think you're putting me in
there, you are seriously mistaken.
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Adam:
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^the last thing i read.
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Kenan:
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if its just to stop him from runnign
away though, and if hes not the real him, then he's no different
from all the other liquid men then, and if wecant capture more
than a few, tehn since they all would come with the same purpoue,
wouldnt it probably be better to just not capture one that mgiht
be useful for us
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Kenan:
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or could we hold more then a few of
the ones we have captured here in those bags
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DM:
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You honestly don't know your stock of
giant ziplock bags. Do you say anything?
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Christopher is disconnected.
Christopher is disconnected.
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Hunter:
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Just wondering, how many of those bags
do we have
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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That is not to be discussed in front
of xenos, as you should know.
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Hunter:
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if we do not ahve many, will there be
much point to capturing this one since the others would likely
share the same purpose, we could likely get mreo use out of him
when not trapped in teh bag if he does not have a malevolent
opurpose, and if they all do, tehn just stopping him wont really
make a difference
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Kenan:
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and wait, is that true
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Kenan:
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i thought i would know about that
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DM:
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make a diplo check, and yes, you
generally don't talk tactics in front of someone who might be
hostile
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Adam:
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you wanna see hostile?
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Kenan:
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yeah, but i thought that i would be
trusted by now]
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Adam:
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I'm pretty sure they're referrring to
me.
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Kenan:
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since im an officer and stff, or
atleast truste by the majority if not this guy
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Kenan:
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and yeah, that makes sence
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DM:
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anyhow, make a diplo check to convince
him to not try to put Iggy in a bag
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* Kenan rolls: d20-2 => 13 - 2 = 11
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Kenan:
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though i still do not want t talk
about the actual amount of bags we ahve infont of ig, i dotn trust
hium, i jsut see that theres a chance he might be useful
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Officer Heintz:
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Ekkhardt, he seems to be harmless.
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Kenan:
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and that bagging him will likely not
do us much good
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Ignatius Stendatem:
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And you'd lose a bag, if you tried to
put me in there.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Well I don't want it in the safe room
with the other one, and this isn't secure enough to hold someone
who can turn into goo.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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What do you suggest, officer?
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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I trust him not to start anything, and
if he does, I have faith that I can deal with him.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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We may as well keep him close at hand;
maybe he can help our investigation somehow.
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Hunter:
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While I dont quite share your faith
constance, I agree with the fact that we may as well keep him
clsoe at hand, that way in addition to possibly aiding in the
investigation, we can also keep watch on him as well.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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Very well. Join me in the hall,
officers?
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Officer Heintz:
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Officer Stendatem?
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Kenan:
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did she disconnect without us knowing
again
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DM:
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are you actually sticking around in
there?
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DM:
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I was about to say.. you know that the
player is a guy, right?
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Chris:
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As long as I can tell you're referring
to me, I really do not give a rat's ass what you call me.
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DM:
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Can I call you Kristoph?
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DM:
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I have wanted to do that since middle
school
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Officer Heintz:
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Alright, I can see him though the
window. He's just watching us.
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Chris:
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Since taking German class, I've warmed
to that idea.
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Officer Ekkhardt:
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What did you two learn?
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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In a word, nothing.
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Hunter:
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To be honest, nothing really beyond
what we already learned from his accunt of comign to this world,
all his facts seem right about what happened in the church when me
and constance were there soon before we killed the wishmaster.
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Officer Heintz:
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And you?
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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In a word, nothing.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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He knows the story of Macharius, but
that's hardly remarkable.
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Officer Heintz:
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Did he claim to come back from the
dead?
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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Indeed he did.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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He said he died, but he's clearly
alive.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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He didn't explicitly talk about coming
back, though.
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Officer Heintz:
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So did our man. This seems to be the
only common thread.
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Officer Heintz:
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If I am correct, he claimed to have
sent the liquid men here?
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Hunter:
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Yes, when they appeared in the field ,
he claimed that it was his doing
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Officer Heintz:
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So did you seem him actually
spelcasting?
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DM:
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he raised his hand and was all "look
at what I can do..."
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Kenan:
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i thought i asked if he was and tried
to find out with a spellcraft check
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Kenan:
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nvm, dont have spellcrft, so that
didnt happen
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Kenan:
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so in that case i guess i don't know
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Hunter:
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He defintiely appeared to want to make
it look like he was the one casting the spell, but whether it was
him or not, I do not know.
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Hunter:
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I'm thinking maybe we should question
the other liquid men from my field to see if they claim to come
from the same bottle that ignatius claimed he was trapped in
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
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I really don't know what to make of
that sentence...
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Kenan:
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wait, what do you mean by that?
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Chris:
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not exactly something you hear every
day
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Kenan:
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that we shuld quesiton another liquid
man from the area I found them in, or just the idea of quesitoning
liquid men in general which is rpetty odd
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DM:
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Also, you took others to the city,
where they are being talked to by other officers.
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Kenan:
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but we already did it once so I dont
know why your character would find it odd
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DM:
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This base is equipped with a telegraph
that links, amoung other places, to the office downtown.
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Kenan:
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in that case i didnt say what i said,
and instead said that we should compare the stories told to the
officers by the liquid men from where i was to the story ignatius
told
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Officer Ekkhardt:
|
I will watch the liquid man we have. I
understand you sympathise, but this area contains some sensitive
stuff.
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Hunter:
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Thts definitely true
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DM:
|
alright, I assume you just ask what
they know over the telegraph?
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DM:
|
after several minutes, a reponse comes
over the line.
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DM:
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SUBJECTS REPORT MIXED EXPERIANCES;
LIVING FROM OLD/NEW TIMES; CLAIM TO HAVE DIED
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
And they just start pouring out of the
sky one day. What I'd give to know what's up...
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Officer Heintz:
|
Well lucky you. Finding out is your
job.
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Kenan:
|
do we get any information about
whether the liquid men from where i was gave different stories
then the others or were they all ones from where i was, and if so,
it would be weird if they didnt talk about having thier souls
trapped for so long
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DM:
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the message you got is all you got
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DM:
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it was not a long message
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Kenan:
|
ok, i guess in responce i ask whether
any of them mentioned thier souls being trapped by the wshmaster,
if none of them had, then that is definitely suspiciosu, i also
ask whether the ones being questioned were all from where i was,
or if it was a mix of tose and other liquid men from other areas,
and if the ones from other areas mention thier souls being trapped
while the ones fromt he field where i was dont
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DM:
|
The liquid men are coming from all
different areas. Thousands have been spotted accros Macharia, and
hundreds have been caught. None so far remember anything about a
prison afterlife place
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Hunter:
|
Well thats odd, none of teh others
remember Ignatius' experiences. This means that the others may not
have come from the bottle that ignatius and the others who sold
thier souls to the wishmaster had come from.
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Officer Heintz:
|
Do you have a theory?
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Hunter:
|
I don't think so, besides the fact
that this emans they do not come from a common source, which
actually just seems to confuse matters more, unless either of you
can come up with something based on this information
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Officer Heintz:
|
Then make I make a suggestion?
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Hunter:
|
of course
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Officer Heintz:
|
You found the one who thinks he is
Macharious, so that is your case. I advise you use your
jursitiction and talk to him.
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Hunter:
|
Well thats a good idea, I can't
believe I ahvent done it already, the stress of all that has
happened today must be getting to me, very well, Ill question him.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
He's got some interesting things to
say, if nothing else.
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Kenan:
|
I guess we head to him then
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
I'm not sure I believe his claims, but
with all that's been going on, I wouldn't rule it out, either.
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Guard:
|
Sir, several liquid men have walked up
to the gates.
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Officer Heintz:
|
I'm on it.
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Kenan:
|
does constance come with me
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DM:
|
The entrance to the saferoom is just a
panel. There is one password for teleporting whoever holds the
command rod in, and anthor for teleporting one of the people
inside outside
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Kenan:
|
wait, so someone must be out side to
get those inside out, so both of us cant go in at once without
someone to bring us out again
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Kenan:
|
or did i misunderstand that
|
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DM:
|
yes, you cannot let yourself out
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DM:
|
you could just let him out, however.
|
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Kenan:
|
yeah, i guess we'll do that, but ill
be ready to stop him if he does anythign funny right after release
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Stranger:
|
Wha...
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
You're fine.
|
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Hunter:
|
I am wondering if you could tell us
more of your story and what you claimed happenend after your death
|
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Kenan:
|
also, do we know how marcharious died,
i forget if that was known or not
|
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Kenan:
|
just out of curiousity
|
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DM:
|
Macarious is known to have died, in a
ritual related to his slaying of Malphus. It's Eisenhorn who's
fate is unknown
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Kenan:
|
now im just waiting for his story
|
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Stranger:
|
I wish to speak to Hunter alone.
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Stranger:
|
In a place where we can't be heard
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Stranger:
|
even by magic.
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
That's a bit of a tall order.
|
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Hunter:
|
Can you give any reason why we should
allow that, I don't know why you would only wish to speak to me
and no other
|
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Stranger:
|
No, I can't talk about that...
|
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
If you can't even tell us why you
don't want to tell us, I'm afraid we can't help you.
|
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
Letting our officers go into secluded
areas with people of unknown abilities and intent is just bad
policy. The best I can do is put you both in the holding cell.
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Kenan:
|
can you listen to him while hes in the
holding cell
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Kenan:
|
because if not, then i think that is
pretty much what he wants
|
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DM:
|
With a look of disappointment, he
speaks
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Stranger:
|
I was surrounded by the dead
Macharians, all in a comatose state. I wandered for a very long
time, and eventually ran into a daemon. It called itself death,
and was collecting the souls of mortals that died. I slew the
daemon, and I eventually tore a hole back to this plane, which the
others followed.
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Stranger:
|
Why they are liquid now, I don't know.
|
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Hunter:
|
Why would it have taken so long for
you and the dead to dome back, its been hundreds of years.
|
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Stranger:
|
I wandered for that long, I suppose.
|
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Hunter:
|
Is there anythign else about this that
you could tell us.
|
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Stranger:
|
I have told you all I know.
|
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Stranger:
|
I could go on with details of the
battle, but the point is that I have beaten death.
|
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Hunter:
|
by which of course you mean a demon
that called itslef such, and not the actual concept of death
itself, right.
|
|
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
No, I think he means precisely the
concept of death, if he has come back.
|
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Stranger:
|
I came back. I don't know what those
who die from here on out will do.
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Hunter:
|
Im sorry, but i just dont believe you
actually killed the concept of death, I am quite sure that people
will still be capable of dying, and in addition, if the liquid emn
are the souls of those who had returned with you then why would
some be from your time, wouldn't this entity have collected them
already then, since they had died so long ago, and if not, then
wouldnt far far more souls have been released if he collected them
at such a slow rate, and if so, why are we not completely flooded
witht eh things
|
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Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
He personally conquered it, is what
he's saying.
|
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Kenan:
|
wait, i thought he was saying he
killed ti altogether, which is why he said he does not know what
will happen to others that will die now
|
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Kenan:
|
becasue that seems to indicate taht he
thinks he actually killed the concept of death, sicne he believes
it can no longer ahppen to other people
|
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Chris:
|
my brain doesn't work late
|
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Kenan:
|
anyway, how does he respond to what i
said brian
|
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DM:
|
He just seems to stare at you, waiting
for you to say more. He seems to not particularly want to be
telling this tale
|
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Hunter:
|
I just don't believe you, and I'm
afraid that for now, I will have to return you to the holding cell
if you dont have anythign else to say, I'm sorry, but I just can't
believe you
|
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|
Stranger:
|
You still will not talk to me alone?
|
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Hunter:
|
I still see no reason why you must
only talk to me and no other besides potential attempts to somehow
gain control of me without anyone else knowing. If anything, if
you are teh real macharious, you should trust me less than others
for being a xenos, one fo your old enemies, not more. If you
cannot speak of your reason in front of btoh of us, then I don't
believe that you are likely to speak it at all.
|
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Stranger:
|
Very well. Return me to my cell.
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
Sorry
|
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DM:
|
Alright, you guys want to keep going?
|
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Hunter:
|
Well damn,
|
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Kenan:
|
id be ok with doing so, if you guys
are up too it
|
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DM:
|
You actually wouldn't know what Dman
means, that is a religious term
|
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Adam:
|
I'm cool with continuing.
|
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Kenan:
|
oh, nevermind then
|
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Kenan:
|
cross out what i said then and replace
it with
|
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DM:
|
From now on, no "God" "Damn" "hell"
"holy" or "christ"
|
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Hunter:
|
Well, this still leaves us with
nothing, unless a random man falls on his sword and lives, cuts
himslef in half and lives, and even then i don't think i would
fully believe that he killed death itself.
|
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|
Hunter:
|
What are your thoughts Constance
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
admittedly I considered talking to
him, alone, but that would definitely not be worht the rish that
it might entail unless things get very desperate
|
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DM:
|
hey, I have no character in this scene
|
|
DM:
|
It's just you and Chris for now
|
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Kenan:
|
i know, im waiting for his responce
|
|
|
Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
I'm not sure I trust him. He's too
tight-lipped for his own good.
|
|
|
Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
He wants you alone, but won't say why.
If that's not suspicious, what is?
|
|
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Hunter:
|
Exactly
|
|
|
Officer Constance Stendatem:
|
But I think you can handle yourself if
you want to see if he has something to say.
|
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Kenan:
|
are you typing something brian, or
jsut stalled on a line
|
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Kenan:
|
k, was just wondering, because i was
waiting for it to stop sayin you were typing
|
|
Kenan:
|
can magic of any kind be used in that
room?
|
|
DM:
|
It is not equipped with an antimagic
field, but it has the same multi-colored spray used to deter
scrying when you firs met Septum.
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
If it came down to a simple fight,
tehn yes, i am fairly confident in my ability to fend for myself,
however, I am afraid that he may have access to some magic to gain
control of my mind, adn to that, I am as vulnerable as any other
indivisual. I do think i should question him alone, but since he
is so suspicious, and since he is fisher from my old village, we
cannot do so until we bring him to a location where we can be sure
that he can not use his amgics to gain control of another, in
order to potentially infiltrate the city.
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
until we can place him in one of those
rooms,I do not believe the potential information we would gain
would be worth the reasonably high liklihood of an attempt to gain
control of me and from there possibly other officers and officials
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
I think that trying to get access to
one of those rooms to talk to him there should likely be our
priotity until something else pops up
|
|
DM:
|
most officers (non-casters like
yourself are pretty rare) ususally have enough anti-mana on hand
to make an anti-magic field.
|
|
Kenan:
|
im a caster, just not a good one, adn
really, we can just do that
|
|
Kenan:
|
that makes my whole speech pretty
pointless, im kind of dissapointed
|
|
DM:
|
...but the only caster on hand is
Ekkhardt
|
|
Kenan:
|
well, i dont see why he wouldnt hellp
us, no reason that he would want to slow us down and surely he
coudl see the reason in not wanting to talk to such a suspicious
person alone without protection
|
|
Kenan:
|
Unless does he really really not like
me
|
|
DM:
|
Yeah, he really has no reason to
disagree. He tells constance to guard Ignatious while he makes an
anti magic field
|
|
|
Officer Ekkhardt:
|
Keep in mind that this won't last
long, so choose your questions carefully...
|
|
Kenan:
|
how long does it last, out of
chareacter of course
|
* DM rolls: 4d6/3 => 17 / 3 = 5.666666666666666666666666666666667
|
Kenan:
|
ah, then i get ready to leave before
time is up
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
I enter, knock on the dorr to signal
to put the anti magic up, and tell him to tell me in half a minute
or not at all.
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
Ok. I'm not Macharious.
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
I am from Wrieph.
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
I knew that, your fisher
|
|
DM:
|
Just then, you hear a battlecry from
outside
|
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 7 + 2 = 9
* Kenan rolls: d20+4 => 10 + 4 = 14
* DM rolls: 1d20+3 => 6 + 3 = 9
|
Kenan:
|
by the way, is there any sign that the
anyi magic field went down
|
|
Kenan:
|
wel, the others havent rolled yet
|
|
DM:
|
if nobody else wants in...
|
|
Kenan:
|
talk on facebook, tehy mgiht have
stopped paying attention since they werent needed for so long
|
* Adam rolls: 1d20+3 => 14 + 3 = 17
* Chris rolls: 1d20+2 => 16 + 2 = 18
* DM rolls: 1d20+1 => 5 + 1 = 6
|
DM:
|
yeah, you guys then NPCs
|
|
Kenan:
|
ok, i guess you 2 are ahead of me
|
|
Chris:
|
And now I shall channel.
|
* Chris rolls: 2d6 => 7
|
Kenan:
|
open the door fast and say
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
Whats happening out here
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
I... don't know.
|
|
Kenan:
|
i was asking ekkhardt
|
|
|
Officer Ekkhardt:
|
I don't know
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
damn, I guess we will have to continue
this tommorow when you can cast the spell again, because it is
might be too dangerous to jsut continue the questions while
whatever is going on is occuring, im sorry, but i think well lock
you up for another day, and continue tommorow
|
|
DM:
|
Alright, that is a round of talking
|
|
|
Officer Ekkhardt:
|
What is going on?
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
wait, i say that as i walk him back
and place him in the cell
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
Wait!
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
what
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
I need to talk to you, in case this is
God.
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
then tell me fast
|
|
DM:
|
cut off until next round
|
|
|
Officer Ekkhardt:
|
What is going on?
|
|
DM:
|
The guards fire their rifles
|
* DM rolls: 1d20+4 => 7 + 4 = 11
* DM rolls: 1d20+4 => 5 + 4 = 9
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 12 + 7 = 19
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 14 + 7 = 21
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 3 + 2 = 5
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 10 + 2 = 12
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 1 + 2 = 3
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 11 + 2 = 13
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 17 + 2 = 19
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 17 + 2 = 19
|
Kenan:
|
that is alot of rolls
|
* DM rolls: 1d8+2d4+6 => 2 + 5 + 6 = 13
* DM rolls: 1d8+2d4+6 => 2 + 7 + 6 = 15
|
Kenan:
|
what do you guys do
|
|
DM:
|
next door is also closed
|
* Chris rolls: 2d6 => 4
|
Chris:
|
a decent roll would be nice
|
|
Kenan:
|
i listen a bit as he tells me and
ready an action to send him in the cell, im hoping that hif he
motor mouths he can speak fast, and ig et as close to whats
happenning as possible while still being in distance of sending
him into the cell
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
I went to Agony, but it's nothing like
what you think it is! It's this crazy cave where everything looks
like pain!
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
Thats exactly what i think it is,
thats part of the reason i escaped
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
what else
|
|
|
Stranger:
|
I found a way out, to the surface!
|
* DM rolls: 2d6 => 6
|
Kenan:
|
did i know about the way out that was
the one i found as well right
|
|
DM:
|
you found a way to another cave, then
the wishmaster teleported you
|
|
DM:
|
you hear clawing at the door
|
|
|
Ignatius Stendatem:
|
You may want to back up, Constance.
|
Ignatius Stendatem: (( sword is drawn, btw. ))
* Chris rolls: 1d6 => 3
Ignatius Stendatem: (( open door ))
|
DM:
|
4 medium-size, bipedal dinosaurs are
on the other side
|
|
DM:
|
as well as a guy in a cloak.
|
|
DM:
|
cloak man uses a readied action to cast
|
|
DM:
|
into which Ekkhardt dumps his anti-mana
|
|
DM:
|
do you add anthing, Chris?
|
|
Chris:
|
Sure, I'll add my anti-mana as well.
|
|
DM:
|
Okay, iggy and constance, you need to
make fort saves
|
* Adam rolls: 1d20+5 => 13 + 5 = 18
* DM rolls: 7+7+9 => 7 + 7 + 9 = 23
* DM rolls: 23/5 => 23 / 5 = 4.6
* DM rolls: 1d20+8 => 4 + 8 = 12
|
Adam:
|
he's looking it up.
|
* Chris rolls: 1d20+3 => 10 + 3 = 13
|
DM:
|
ohh what is your SR right now?
|
* DM rolls: 1d20+3 => 19 + 3 = 22
|
DM:
|
Any guesses to what happens to you?
|
|
DM:
|
Hint: any DM but me would not let it
happen
|
|
Kenan:
|
liquidmanification
|
|
DM:
|
you and that raptor turn to stone
|
|
Kenan:
|
oh, well atleast its possible to turn
back with a good mage or bard
|
|
Chris:
|
fortunately antimana is a thing
|
|
DM:
|
alright, you still have a standard
action adam
|
|
Adam:
|
are the guards alive?
|
|
Chris:
|
you people and your fucking dinosaurs
|
|
Adam:
|
can I occupy the square with dino 1 or
pass through it without penalty?
|
|
Adam:
|
I'm going to stap the dino
|
* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 10 + 7 = 17
|
Kenan:
|
wait, the stone one
|
|
Adam:
|
the one called "dino"
|
|
Kenan:
|
that makes more sence
|
|
Kenan:
|
so, what dmage do you do
|
|
DM:
|
sorry, missed seeing that roll
|
* Adam rolls: 1d8+4 => 6 + 4 = 10
|
|
Ignatius Stendatem:
|
We got more of the monsters that
killed me!
|
|
|
Ignatius Stendatem:
|
Erkhardt, I hope you know enlargement
magic.
|
|
|
Officer Ekkhardt:
|
I don't have that prepared!
|
|
|
Ignatius Stendatem:
|
*heavy sigh*
|
|
|
Hunter:
|
Shit that sounds bad, you keep
talking, but stay back and dont let yourself be seen and targeted
by them
|
|
|
Ignatius Stendatem:
|
They killed Constance!
|
|
Kenan:
|
i then fire my bow twice, first at the
bleeding dino
|
* Kenan rolls: d20+10 => 5 + 10 = 15
|
Adam:
|
you might wanna get some LOS first,
|
|
Kenan:
|
oops, yeah, jsut realized i cant see
that one
|
|
Adam:
|
you can hit dino 2 and mage
|
|
Kenan:
|
guess i aim for the mage then, sicne i
couldnt even see dino, would that have hit the mage
|
|
Chris:
|
one of these is really nasty
|
|
Adam:
|
one of these turns people to stone.
|
|
DM:
|
alas, full plate prevents it.
|
|
DM:
|
turns out the robed figure is armored
underneeth
|
|
Kenan:
|
mage wearing full plate
|
|
Kenan:
|
dont think ive ever seen that before
|
|
Kenan:
|
what about the arcane spell failure
chance, does that not exist with the current rules
|
* Kenan rolls: d20+10 => 3 + 10 = 13
|
Kenan:
|
damn, that doesnt hit either, anyway,
during this, what else does fisher say
|
|
DM:
|
he uses his fallen comrade as cover,
and split channels
|
* DM rolls: 1d6 => 3
* DM rolls: 1d6 => 2
|
DM:
|
Adam, you now have a magic shield of
+4 AC
|
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 1 + 7 = 8
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 20 + 7 = 27
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 7 + 7 = 14
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 20 + 2 = 22
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 16 + 2 = 18
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 5 + 2 = 7
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 18 + 2 = 20
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 3 + 2 = 5
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 2 + 2 = 4
|
DM:
|
which of those hit you?
|
|
Kenan:
|
ne non confirmed crit isnt bad
|
* DM rolls: 1d8+4 => 8 + 4 = 12
|
DM:
|
from a talon to the face
|
|
DM:
|
you now have a cool mushy scar
|
* DM rolls: 2d6 => 4
|
Adam:
|
I defer until after ekkhardt
|
|
|
Officer Ekkhardt:
|
Fall back!
|
|
Kenan:
|
i shoot at the mage twice more
|
* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 16 + 12 = 28
* Kenan rolls: d20 +12 => 13 + 12 = 25
|
Kenan:
|
just making sure, this isnt some kind
of demon right, for dmages sake
|
Kenan is disconnected.
Kenan has connected.
|
Kenan:
|
sorry, i disconnected
|
* Kenan rolls: 2d8+2d6+10 => 12 + 8 + 10 = 30
* DM rolls: 1d6 => 5
* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 9 + 7 = 16
|
Adam:
|
I brace for the pain train.
|
|
Kenan:
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you have 20 ac, only crits hurt you
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* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 5 + 7 = 12
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 13 + 7 = 20
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 13 + 2 = 15
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 20 + 2 = 22
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 19 + 2 = 21
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 4 + 2 = 6
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Kenan:
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by the way, i asked fisher to be
talking to me, has he said anyhting
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Fisher:
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I know the way to Bliss and Agony,
Hunter!
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Fisher:
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I can take us back there!
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Fisher:
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That's why God wants me dead
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Hunter:
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Why didnt you say that before!
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Kenan:
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aim at dino 3 and fire twice
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Fisher:
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He can hear what we say! I didn't want
him to come after me.
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* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 11 + 12 = 23
* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 19 + 12 = 31
* Kenan rolls: d20 +12 => 11 + 12 = 23
* Kenan rolls: 3d8+2d6+19 => 7 + 7 + 19 = 33
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Hunter:
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Well he apparently already knew
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Kenan:
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and did i knock out that dino
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DM:
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you now have 5 temp HP, Ignatious
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* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 13 + 7 = 20
* Adam rolls: 1d8+4 => 2 + 4 = 6
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DM:
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it's hurt, but now down
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* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 20 + 7 = 27
* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 4 + 7 = 11
* Adam rolls: 1d8+4 => 3 + 4 = 7
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 8 + 7 = 15
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 20 + 2 = 22
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 12 + 2 = 14
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 2 + 2 = 4
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 3 + 2 = 5
* DM rolls: 1d3+2 => 2 + 2 = 4
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Kenan:
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aim at dino for first arrow, fire twice
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* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 4 + 12 = 16
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Kenan:
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same targe for second arro
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* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 9 + 12 = 21
* Kenan rolls: d8+d6+7 => 8 + 2 + 7 = 17
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DM:
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Ekkhardt pulls out a pistol
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* DM rolls: 1d20+3 => 12 + 3 = 15
* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 3 + 7 = 10
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 20 + 7 = 27
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 1 + 7 = 8
* DM rolls: 1d20+7 => 3 + 7 = 10
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 4 + 2 = 6
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 10 + 2 = 12
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 6 + 2 = 8
* DM rolls: 1d20+2 => 4 + 2 = 6
* DM rolls: 1d8+4 => 4 + 4 = 8
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Kenan:
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on my turn i fire again
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* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 7 + 12 = 19
* Kenan rolls: d8+d6+7 => 3 + 1 + 7 = 11
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Kenan:
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then my next target is dino 2
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* Kenan rolls: d20+12 => 8 + 12 = 20
* Kenan rolls: d8+d6+7 => 3 + 2 + 7 = 12
* Adam rolls: 1d20+7 => 16 + 7 = 23
* Adam rolls: 1d8+4 => 6 + 4 = 10
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DM:
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alright, want to call this a stopping
point?
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Kenan:
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sure, definitely got some interesting
info
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DM:
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I level you when I say you level, and
this encounter wasn't quite enough
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DM:
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Chris dieing has no baring on the
challange level
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Adam:
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you saying chris doesn't contribute?
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Kenan:
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oh well, i guess now we just get the
remaining info out of fisher as we get a mage to heal chris
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DM:
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I'm saying Christopher getting
insta-gibbed happens all the time, challange or no.
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