Shining Force RPG session 17
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===== Session start! =====
The Shining force now leaves the town of Ribble, heading south west towards
Creed's mansion... Where BlackHawk is already heading...
* Lara just keeps walking, her thoughts on what Volcanon told them of a traitor within
the Shining Force.
* Baine drags Chamolo along.. ^_-
Hey! Ow!
Ow? :P
* Kodah walks along, with slighty more energy than the last few days
You were um...cutting off the circulation in my wrist.
Errr..
Hehee ^^;
Oops.. ^_^;
* Baine lets Chamolo go.. ^_6;
* Darton is following everyone else in a somewhat general sense
* Yogurt stays away from the party, looking through his pouch...
* Erin is quietly reading a thick volume on strategy, like always... *
* Kiwi plods along innocently...
* Lara looks back at Baine and Chamolo. She somewhat smiles as she turns her attention
back to the road ahead.
Thanks.
* Baine makes a face at Lara's back :P
Where to from here?
* Chamolo is quiet, still thinking about what happened in Ribble..
I think we should head for Creeds, Kodah.
I thought we were going to Granseal?
Creed.....Dad used to serve him....
Slight change in plans, Cham Cham.
* Baine hauls out AmeShi and stares into the black flames..
Weren't you so insistent on getting back to Granseal? :P
Creed..
Don't we need to go past that Harpie place to get there? :P
Darton, I have a strange feeling that the information we need is at Creed's.
* Erin mumbles from behind the book. * Well, when you all decide where we're going, let
me know...
(Baine)Uh...I wouldn't know
Harpies could be fun.. ^_-
O_o Harpies....?
They would?
Um...let's not and say we did...
* Baine grins savagely and makes a few slices in the air with AmeShi
Is that some kinda kinky foreplay, Chamolo? ^_-
* Kiwi blinks. "Harpies no good... Harpies sing and eat sweet Kiwi... =( "
besides, Prince BlackHawk is making arrangements for us to meet him.
Umm...no comment!
* Kodah slows down a bit and prods Erin a little
* Darton mutters something about vacillating and how it reflects one's intelligence
* Erin is prodded. * Yes?
Do you have a "Strategy for Dummies" book on you?
* Baine hums softly..
No... never really needed one... but if you're looking for a good book I suggest this one *Pulls out a large book. * The Art of War.
Y'know....wonder if we get vacations..
That's a big book O_o
maybe after this is all over, Kara.
Probably not...
Yeah, but it'll tell you everything you need to know. ^_^
* Kiwi frowns. "Kiwi sure no got one when..."
Oh...okay.....can I read that one then?
All this...over..
* Baine darkens a little..
this mission, Kara...not our lives.
Yeah...and I'll hafta go back to...uh..
I don't have anywhere to go..
You're welcome to read them all. I've been through them all at least four times
now...
* Baine shrugs.
* Chamolo hmms. "I don't either..."
Thanks
I've been outsted..
Sigh.
Dust clouds form up ahead...
it wasn't your fault, Chamolo.
* Kodah tries to walk and read at the same time, and fails quite often
I know...
* Baine places a hand on Cham's shoulder..
* Erin smiles. * You get used to it after awhile... but having a natural sense for
obstacles helps. :)
* Lara looks at the clouds..
* Kodah looks up from his most recent face-plant at the dust clouds, "What's that?"
* Baine removes her hand and sighs lightly, muttering about something.
Maybe it's a herd of locusts.
* Darton snickers at Kodah
Oh lovely...
maybe it's something bigger than that, Baine.
Herd of locusts?
* Kiwi looks around...
Try Swarm
Sure
Whatever..
Could be a scuffle...
* Yogurt mumbles... You people don't travel often, do you... :P
Probably a heard of horses..
* Kodah picks himself up off the ground, trying to get the dirt off Erin's book
* Baine grumbles about making Chipmunk Pancakes.
* Yogurt groans and points to the dust cloud... :P
* Lara whispers to Baine, "Chipmunk-kabobs are better than pancakes."
* Kiwi looks at the cloud...
Two horses can be spotted pulling a rather large wagon...
Sounds like a plan, Lara..
* Lara places her left hand to the inside of her right fist. "Sword of my soul,"she
exclaims,"APPEAR!" Lara then pulls her hand from her fist as the mystic blade appears
in her right hand.
Meep?
??
* Baine draws AmeShi..the flames flicker brighter than usual...
A cloaked figure can be seen riding the wagon, forcing the horses to their
maximum...
* Darton yawns, unconcerned
* Baine raises an eyebrow..
Oh, goodie.
Hmm...
Maybe it's something to kill..
I just love a good kill... *narrows her eyes*
* Lara looks at the cloaked figure.
I suggest we get off the road... before this guy runs you over...
He'll overwork the horses like that..
* Lara gest off the road...
* Kodah hops off the road
* Chamolo steps off the road
* Baine backflips off the road
* Baine growls throatily..
* Baine draws AmeShi back, ready to throw it..
* Kiwi hides behind someone off the road. =)
* Erin wanders over to the roadside... *
* Lara looks to see if she can get a gander inside the wagon.
Bet'cha I can lop his head off.
If he's not gonna attack, then we're not gonna kill him, Baine.
I'll bet, baine...
Baine...be calm...
O_o
* Baine growls lightly.
Baine!
The wagon runs by quickly... It hits a rock as it passes by, knocking a
small box out onto the road... It continues as if nothing happened...
Uh...hey.....
A box?
* Lara walks over to the box and picks it up.
* Baine stares coolly at the box
Hm.
He dropped something
* Baine sheathes AmeShi..
* Kiwi sniffs at the box.
* Darton plucks it out of Lara's hands and looks at it carefully
o_o;;
Lets open it.
* Baine grins ferally..
But its not ours
so?
It fell outta the wagon, whats he gonna do...come back for it?
Um.....well maybe
Well...finders keepers?
That would surprise me.
* Darton opens it after assuring himself there's no traps or anything :P
* Chamolo pouts "Why can't I be bad every once in a while?"
I say open it... see what's inside. No harm in that.
* Baine chuckles at Chamolo.
o_o;;
The box opens and a cloud of powder spurts out!
* Baine blinks
* Kodah jumps back!
oh great.
* Chamolo coughs!
What is that? O_o
* Erin backs away from the poof of powder... *
Was that supposed to happen?
* Darton coughs and closes the box quickly
* Baine gets powder in her face. "Bleh!"
I dunno.
That sucked like Alexander drunk
* Darton shakes the powder away from his head
* Yogurt sniffs at the powder... Lotus powder.. Poison..
* Erin fans the air with her wings... *
O_o
Shut up, rodent.
Poison..?
Oh no...who besides me breathed it in?! O_o
That's bad, right?
Uhh...I did.. O_o
not me...
P-poison?! Meep...
* Yogurt pulls out a ring...
O_o I..feel all right...but...
* Yogurt uses the ring on the Shining Force...
Great..
^^;;
I knew I shoulda killed that guy.
I used a detox ring... We won't be affected by the poison... But... I think
that wagon had to do with the poisonned river..
See?
Ulp
* Darton fehs, who wants this thing?
Definately shoulda skewered him.
Wagon bad. =p
You mean we would have been...controlled lunatics like the wolfmen?
I'll take it :P
* Darton tosses it to Baine
* Baine catches it
* Baine makes sure it's closed tightly..
Well... maybe we should try and follow it... it was loaded with poison, which
means he was gonna go drop it off... or use it.
* Baine puts it on the ground and chants..
* Baine uses Katon on the box and it ignites!
O_o
* Kodah backs away from the smoke
* Baine grins
Anyone got marshmellows?
Not me..
not me, Kara
Drat..
* Baine looks at the flames
I don't like marshmallows.
Um...how do we keep up with that guy? He has a fast horse, and we're hoofing it
Yummers... Poisonned marshmellows... :P
That was a seriously bad pun, Kodah :P
Erin might be able to catch him...
Um...no offense Erin ^^;;
With her wings...
and besides, eating them with that powder stuff is probably a bad idea
I guess we could just follow the road...
Cham's right... I can fly...
I know, Darton... ;)
leave markers for you to follow.
Oh
The wagon is already out of sight...
It's worth a try!
better hurry, then, flying thing
* Baine mutters.
Can't be too hard to spot a dust cloud from the air.
true
Hurry Erin, before he...she...it gets away!
Keep your eyes open, there'll be trail markers at forks in the road if there are
any.
shoulda killed the guy... :P
* Chamolo pat pats Baine.
Sorry.
* Baine smiles a little at Chamolo
S'okay.
* Erin is off, and soon disappears over the tops of trees in pursuit. *
* Darton shrugs as everyone ignores him
Good luck Erin...let's follow her...
Um...I guess we're not going to Creed's place then?
Uhm...if this leads to Hassan..
Then I'll just sorta stay here.. :P
* Chamolo shrugs. This might be more pressing at the moment.
Get off of it, already.
* Kiwi looks confuseled.
Suck me, Darton... :P
O_o
What?!
* Darton grins toothily... "Be glad to, toots."
* Baine smiles coldly..
I might get rabies, though.
* Chamolo chuckles despite himself.
===== Cut scene! =====
The wagon rides quickly towards the collapsed cave where the Shining force
came from... At its entrance, it stops and the cloaked passenger gets off to inspect
the cargo...
Erin is now in sight of the wagon...
* Erin quickly drops to the ground, hiding in some bushes, where she can see the wagon
and it's mysterious driver. *
The man pulls back his hood to reveal Chamolo...
?!
* Erin keeps very quiet. *
From inside the cave, a bishop walks out to greet Chamolo...
* Erin listens to their conversation... *
The Shining Force was on the main road...
I know... They're heading toward Creed's mansion... Prince BlackHawk holds the
Star blade...
If I catch up with them, I can probably drive them off course... But not for
long...
They musn't reactivate the Star blade...
They won't... I'll make sure... You take this shipment further up north... We
can't control the wolfmen tribe anymore...
* Chamolo suddenly blurrs and changes... His face reforms into Jeyer's face...
They won't suspect a thing... *grins evilly*
* The Bishop grins... Go... Quickly...
* Jeyer walks off while the Bishop hops in the Wagon, driving it into the cave...
* Jeyer heads towards the bushes where Erin is hiding...
* Erin backs away quietly, spreads her wings, and quickly, yet silently begins darting
between the trees back to the party. *
===== End cut scene! =====
The Shining Force sees Erin flying back towards the team...
Ah.
Hey, Erin!
* Kodah looks up at Erin
Erin!
* Kiwi meeps, curious.
* Baine smirks lightly..
* Erin returns... still flying, just kinda hovering there. * Bad news guys... confusing
too...
* Darton yawns
?
what's up, Erin?
What's going on?
Like what?
The driver... well, at first it was Chamolo... or someone who looked like him...
* Chamolo adjusts his glasses, then gapes.
o_O
Looked like me?
O_O
Eh..?
that explains the mess in that last town.
He met with this bishop guy, talked for a bit, and then revealed himself to be
Jeyer...
Not the "evil twin" thing...
O_o
It sure does! There's hope now!
....
* Baine's face darkens..
Wait, he was Chamolo....then Jeyer?
He's coming here to fight us to stop us from reaching Creed's mansion...
A shapeshifter, I'll bet.
A what?
then we'd better hit the road.
oh goodie.. blood ^_^
* Lara starts walking toward Creed's.
Something about BlackHawk, and reactivating the Star Blade...
Someone who can shapeshift...since "Chamolo" ran over the REAL Jeyer..
then we'd better hurry.
* Baine chuckles softly..
but at the same time, he transfered the poison to this Bishop guy, to use on the
wolfmen.
At least, that's my thoughts.
I could be wrong.
A bishop?!
Or so I am understanding.
Damnit..
o_O
O_o
That's got to be a fake...yes, of course!
* Kiwi meeps cootly.
O_o
* Baine growls.
...whatever, when do we fight?
* Yogurt crawls away from the Shining Force while they talk...
So Lara, you're the leader. What's the plan?
LET'S MOVE!
I don't get it o.o
TO CREEDS AND ASAP.
Right-o!
Ahem. ^_^
if this joker gets in our way, we kill his ass.
* Baine sighs.
No fight?
Yeah..
Lets go or something...
* Lara rushes off toward Creed's.
* Kodah follows, still reading his book/falling down
* Darton perks a little and hopes that "this joker" does indeed get in our way
* Baine follows Lara..
* Erin keeps flying... *
* Chamolo follows the others.
* Darton follows the shining force a bit more closely now
* Kiwi follows.
Something in a nearby bush darts away quickly, heading north...
ignore it...
Ignore what?
* Erin's eyes follow that something... * Wonder what it was...
* Baine mumbles.
* Darton follows the thing, curious
She's right. It's probably the 'distraction' we've heard about.
* Kiwi peers curiously... "Meep?"
* Baine looks extremely down
Cheer up, Baine!
* Chamolo pats her back. "We'll be okay."
Darton, Erin, folks, let's keep on course. We can't be distracted.
The little form moves so quickly, Darton has no chance of catching it...
* Baine snarls softly..
but I like distraction...
* Baine sighs after..
Okay..
* Kiwi awps.
* Kodah trips, and falls off the trail into some prickle-bushes O_o
Yeah...you're probably right..
* Baine laughs at Kodah ;)
Yow! O_o
You okay, Kodah?
* Kodah extracts himself painfully from the bushes, "More or less, ouch!"
Kodah! O_o
hahahahaha.. ^_^
* Chamolo heals Kodah, chuckling
yep, he's not the BRIGHTEST bulb in the bunch....
Or the sharpest crayon in the box..
* Kodah puts the book aside and works on removing the myriad prickles from his person,
looking slightly hurt at the accusations
* Darton eventually gives up on chasing the darn thingy and wanders back to the so-
called Shining Force
Something from behind the Shining Force can be heard yelling, "Wait up!"
We're kiddin, Kodah
* Baine blinks
* Baine draws AmeShi swiftly and turns to meet the voice.. :P
Wait up! K'mon!
* Lara places her left hand to the inside of her right fist. "Sword of my soul,"she
exclaims,"APPEAR!" Lara then pulls her hand from her fist as the mystic blade appears
in her right hand.
Jey-..
can't be...
Him...
....yay
* Chamolo snarls. "You!"
let's keep going...this is probably that distraction.
oh, it's our traitor... can we kill him now?
* Baine blinks a few times..
Can't be..
* Kiwi hisses...
I mean..
* Jeyer freezes... Traitor..? Wha..?
* Chamolo is about to rush at him, anger clouding his judgement!
* Kodah ignores Jeyer, working on his prickles
* Jeyer takes a step back... Uhm...
* Baine stands in front of Jeyer and eyes the group..
We don't know anything..
I know what I saw...
How can we know if he's the fake one?
He could be the real one.
I'm not taking any chances, Baine...
* Kodah grumbles under his breath
let's get going. We need not your assistance, Jeyer.
... See, I knew I shouldn't have come back.. Forget this..
Jeyer..
* Jeyer teleports away...
* Darton yawns and waits for something to happen, preferably violent
* Chamolo is about ready to strike...so um...if you wanna hold him back, now would be a
good time!
Damn!
* Baine closes her eyes..
ah well...
....
* Baine's form blurs with fire..
* Baine growls..
I wanted to...
* Chamolo throws his staff on the ground
We have more important things to worry about... 'cmon...
* Baine sighs and disperses the fire..
Cham?
* Kiwi meeps sadly... "Chammy okay?"
* Lara turns and starts walking again.
...tearin' me apart...
* Kodah limps after the others, working on the last prickles