HT Aliaver/Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar .. Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe R3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma R1.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma R4.J H Hooten........YN..Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human....Ma W4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe R1 John.Stowman......YN..Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe -- Npc...............YY..Etain.............Teacher.Normal/Elf......Ma Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell, Wolf - Will Game Web Site - http:/nrgcomputers.com/pbem/ Public posts/actions to pnpgm@list.powersandperils.org (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm@comcast.net Game Update #97 in sequence (file #382) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Arawn: [Re: Actions] [ * Arawn - As you can see from the time ticks you are at least a full hour ahead of Kiet's group. So do you want that hour or go to find Jordi? Wasn't sure. ] It depends on whether Z'leyra and Kiet decide to return to the inn before that hour is up at 10:10:33 am. If they return before then Arawn will ask how the investigation at Bogan's place went. If/when he finds out that they didn't make it inside the building then Arawn will postpone looking for Jordi and head to Bogan's place as quickly as possible. His hope is to covertly make it inside the building to locate anything of interest, in particular linking him to the faerry slaver ring and any connection to Varange or the faerry court. If Z'leyra/Kiet do not return to the inn before 10:10:33 am Arawn will head out towards Jordi. But if he runs into them on the way to look for Jordi he'll speak with them and pursue the action listed above. GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Sepes 29th, 1634TH] [Location: City of Samma, Donara] [Fremea/Raban group] [Time: 9:11:00 am - Samma city, Donara] Fremea considers her options. The guard is of no concern other than just getting in the way. Of course even if he is just paid to protect this slug, he deserves to get anything coming. She thinks for a moment about what to do. Pull the bow and put a hole right into the head, sneak up behind and quietly dispatch him with her hands or daggers? Paralysis him, and make him watch his failure happen right in front of his face. These are all good options, but her mouth curls into a large smile. Almost letting out a laugh, but quickly getting herself in check. Fremea shifts a bit in the bushes watching. The sun is bright and the bushes hide her form but a person with any eyes could sill see her if not so distracted like these two. She smiles the irony of her plan. A slaver being tricked by her in such a way is just pure irony. Grosis is now about 20 feet and moving fast toward her general direction. It might be only seconds before they pass. She begins to whisper a few words of magic in her special tongue. She then flicks a finger only for the gesture toward the guard behind the slug. She extends her own senses to test the validity of the spell. The guard slows his pace and then seems to remain silent and motionless. The weak willed fool. Now her own slave to use against the slaver. She uses her mind to order the fascinated guard to move forward and get the slug's dagger from his belt. The guard quietly steps forward and catches up to the grumbling Grosis. "...will treat this walking tree a lesson!" Then the guard reaches to the slug's right and quickly grabs the top hilt of the dagger. Grosis turns around quickly. "What the -." The guard is given an order to knock the man to the ground. He uses a simple side kick to one leg and he drops to his knees. The guard then uses both arms and shoves the man backwards to the ground. "You idiot!" Grosis falls to his back and tries to get up. But the guard moves forward and using his arms to sit on the slaver's waist and leans down to hold his arms above his head. "If it's coin-" Grosis begins to plead. Then Fremea steps out of the bushes. Now without her disguise and in full glory of her wings unwrapped. She can't help but gloating and smiles. Holding her dagger in her right hand, twirling among her fingers. Grosis eyes bulge like a deer about to be mauled by a bear. He begins to stammer. "You...Yo..You..yo..." "Hello Grosis, it seems you have gotten soft. Or actually, it seems you have lost what made you look important and in control." She watches his reaction as the recognition dawns on his face for who she is. She smiles a little, "There is really only one way that you might get out of this alive and keep your important bits. Of course you can also end this faster by answering everything I want to know truthful. Or you can let me have some fun by not saying a word or telling me a lie each time." Fremea waits a few heartbeats. Most thugs this time either gloat or threaten. Some deny or grovel. She wonders which this slug will do first. "You will die for this!" Grosis spits at the air toward Fremea. She sighs a threat from such a low scum. "I have a dozen or so more men behind me you can't do this to me." Fremea knows this to be a lie and tells the guard to growl and move his knee into the slaver's ribs. "Ow. Listen! Listen. I changed. I was going to free you before you..before you left." Growl. "Seriously I had turned a new life. I wanted to get fully legit." Growl. Fremea ignores the overweight ex-slaver. "First question, are you the master of the slave ring still or did someone else take it from you? It seems like you are easy pickings now a days. What is the name and can I find the one that controls the trade now?" She waits for response, Grosis tries to get up but the man on his waist has a good position to stop him. The slug snarls and tries to flail his arms. Fremea decides to kick the slug in the face for not answering. Immediately a bruise swells on his right cheek bone and blood swirls around the bruise head. "You winged foul dem-" Fremea kicks him again in the temple causing his head to rock back and forth. She will NOT let him call her a demon again. Not without ripping out some eyes and limbs. "The slave ring...such harsh words my friend!" A growl this time it seems even without a order form Fremea. Then Grosis nnarls. "You did this. After you escaped. The others saw this...failure. My backers in the city..they left me and I was forced underground." Grosis seems to slur a bit of his speech and then turns his head to spit out a tooth from Fremea's first kick. Fremea kneels down and stares at Grosis waiting for him to answer who is in charge now. She stares at his eyes and shows the greatest malice she can. Arawn may be a great help to her calm nature but he can go jump in a hole to to the lower world at this point. For long moments Grosis seems to weigh his actions. No weapons. No real hand combat training. A man at least 75-100 pounds more muscle than him on his body. Fremea only inches away with a dagger and pure hatred. He sighs and seems to give up. "Captain Mavac. He was my man in town. But now he deals with the nobles and rich merchants who want the supply of ...bodies." A bit of courage seems to climb. "You can't stop him. He is powerful and his friends are powerful. You take one person down 10 others take his place." A growl from the guard. "Second question, I already checked your old warehouse, and I have your home address. Well, at least one of them, as I am sure you have at least two. So, where are you keeping your slave pens/ housing and where are your records and vault for your stash?" Grosis snarls again, "I have no pens you id-." he stops and continues, "The one named Bogan betrayed me. I had no choice but to send him my girls.. The others...the ones like you Mavac took. I believe rumor has it that he dealt with a thief. Why a thief I have no idea. Now let me up. I may not be..as rich as you saw me once. But I can pay you to leave me alone." Fremea growls and so does the guard by the mental connection between the two. Fremea slides her dagger alone his left unhurt cheek up, down, left and right. ON the last pass to the right she knicks his face drawing a thin line of blood. She then makes a diagonal line bisecting that to make a X scar o the man's face and knicks it. Her eyes question him again about his home and stash. "The home?...hmm...I sold my ..." A growl since the guard knows he lost his home for other reasons. "I moved out and took a small place across town. It is cheap and not even worth a beggar to look around." He smiles and looks to Fremea closer. "Let me up and I can take you there. You..in your...condition might be a bit hard to find it without ...trouble. As to a stash I have none I am a poor man now." A very loud growl from the guard. Before Fremea can ask more she hears voices behind her some distance away. Sounds like a kid and a female maybe a mother. Could they be heading to the park? Grosis seems to hear this and begins to open his mouth to yell. But Fremea places her boot on his neck to strangle his voice. She orders the guard to throw a fierce punch and knock him out. A second later the slug is unconscious. Fremea orders the guard to drag the body off the main path into the bushes. Ahead about half a mile Raban shows the small pond to Camile. He feigns sadness that the doves are gone. Course they were never around but he doesn't show it. Camile smiles and seems to realize that she has left her bar a bit too long. "I enjoyed the small walk. Maybe you can come and sing at the bar?" "It would be my honor ma'am." Raban smiles and does a small bow toward her. All the while he wonders how Fremea is doing. Camile notices his distraction. "I should be going back. Sisana would be upset leaving her alone to pour drinks." "Fine. Let me tell you some of the type of songs and dance I do at times.." Raban leads the woman back down the path toward where they left earlier. Fremea orders the guard to hide himself from view and listens for the new comers. Sure enough a kid around 10 and his mother are walking toward the park. She smiles. The kid is happy and oblivious to schemes and mayhem by slugs like Grosis. She wonders though if he will grow up to be a Mavac or a Ozon or or a Grosis. A bit of sadness comes to her and she looks away as she considers her next move. "Oh dear!" The female exclaims making Fremea to turns around. The blood on the path? "Mom? What is that?" "A very...tall man. Let's move to the side and hmm..let them pass." Fremea then realizes it must be Raban coming back down the trail some distance away. [Time: 9:19:21 am - Samma city, Donara] ------------ f [Kell/Unali's group] [Time: 9:27:54 am - Samma city, Donara] Bored Kell begins to tell some colorful jokes from Ba'ru to get Unali talking. --------------- [Kiet/Z'leyra/Etain's group] [Time: 8:58:17 am - Samma city, Donara] Z'leyra turns back to Bogan's place a very easy target. Even a blind wizard could get inside. She turns back to Kiet to see what he think they should do or just go find his shops to find the items he wants. ----------------- [Arawn/Will's group] [Time: 10:10:33 am - Samma city, Donara] Arawn waits a bit and watches the crowd in the tavern and considers waiting for Z'leyra or finding Jordi. ---Ending Time--- [Current time for each group] [Time: 9:19:21 am - Samma city, Donara] - Fremea/Raban [Time: 9:27:54 am - Samma city, Donara] - Kell/Unali [Time: 8:58:17 am - Samma city, Donara] - Kiet/Z'leyra [Time: 10:10:33 am - Samma city, Donara] - Arawn/Will Actions? Comments? Next Update...Friday... GM: A short update but not much posted for others to deal with so just did this short one. I'll try to work on it again Wednesday afternoon if posts come in and time. Since Thursday tends to be difficult to work on it. But we'll see. My vacation time is coming up I have 28 days or so for the end of the year.. I suspect I will take every Monday till the end of the year (giving me M-Wed off). I may also take SOME thursdays off which will help with Friday updates. So that will help a bit later on. I will await for others to post and catch up. GM: Tasks to do - * Find mysterious Mage - Upcoming updates * Sell loot if possible Upcoming Updates GM: Teams - Find Fremea's slaver - Fremea, Raban Town slavers - Kell, Unali Find Moon Gort - Arawn, Will Bogan scrolls - Kiet, Z'leyra, Etain