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 W4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe ...Julian.Draven.........Zabyra............Dancer..Normal/Human....Hu 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 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 #-12 in sequence (file #30) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: Z'leyra's IBT - The dates are a bit wacky due to the actions were in blocks. So in order to keep text down (having to not repeat does X spell, etc) every single other line then this was the best. But the dates are still solid. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] [None] ------------------------------------------------------------ [New Stuff] [Octagi 5th, 1634TH] [Sivas, Marentia] Z'leyra watches the group on the roof of the library talking about their plans and treasure. Corona circles high above in a ever increasing arc eager to re-explore the dark city. As the talk starts to end and gems are divided up. Unali approaches and asks if she has a spare set of jeweler tools. Z'leyra agrees and digs into her huge store house of items. She finds the jeweler's tools and hands them over. Unali leaves quickly as she needs to get to Maren. Kiet asks Z'leyra if he could stay with her. She agrees but no one else seems inclined. Soon both walk toward her manor. At the manor she finds only three guards and 2 staff on duty. This is typical for when she has been gone a week or so. She asks for full staff to meet her in the morning. She asks for a late but quick dinner to be made both of them and says good night to Kiet. She ensures that Kiet will be introduced to the full staff and guards by morning. Z'leyra does a cursory patrol of the grounds and ensure all is safe and secure. She ensures Corona has some food and water in his roof perch. She will have to see about getting a 3 sided enclosure be built around his perch to keep him warm from the upcoming cold winter. She will get with a woods craftsman to do so in the morning. Maybe make a door for him to enter/exit and stay warm. Z'leyra casts Mana Sensing on her manor wards to ensure they are intact and working. She does a quick tour outside. Then once inside she casts it once more on her inside wards. They seem to be all in good shape. Course she knows any good thief or wizard could bypass such wards. But this is for the idiot thieves who are on drugs. Course that is why the guards are here. Z'leyra spends a bit of time in her office to see if any papers need to be looked into - mail, letters and bills - over the last week of being away. But there does not seem to be anything of great immediate need. Z'leyra gathers her meteorite to cast some spells. But as long as she holds the spell she knows she can't cast Akasha. It might be problematic at best and fatal at worst. So she decides to leave the stone in her study. Z'leyra then heads to her purified Balance Circle to cast some spells. She casts Purification which she realizes is a bit redundant to casting on a area already purified. But she believes it is safe this way even if the gods find it weird. She then casts Divination to ensure her future spell will work. Course Divination only gives a general sense. She wished the spell would just be able to hear herself say it worked. But it does not. It only gives a quick glimpse of possible spell effects. She then casts Akasha to see if there have been any intruders lately. Of course this spell is after the fact not a future casting so if they had been there it would have been way too late. She knows the gods will see this as a not so on- purpose casting of the spell but a way to improve her spell in a round about way. As would be expected she only sees her surroundings. Years ago Xian even showed that he could easily work against the spell using a simple Invisibility spell to sneak in an area and move one of her items which he did. She saw nothing which proved Xian's claim that the spell can be dealt with with high quality thiesves and intruders. She then heads to her permanent Shamanic purified circle and casts the same set of spells. Both times there is no obvious indication of intruders in the past. Both times the Divination spell only gave a glimpse of her looking left and right but not that the spell actually worked. Still in the Shamanic Circle she casts Orient Self Again and Knowledge spell to learn a bit of information. Finally after a long day with morning only a few hours away she heads to bed. Before she falls asleep she activates her brooch to cast watchful sleep. [Octagi 6th] Z'leyra has a full breakfast with Kiet and is happy to see the local Sath Egg is back in town as the rare orange eggs are rather tasty. Kiet is wary until Z'leyra eats some scrambled and does not die. Kiet realizes that his home island is a bit lackluster in terms of food being so isolated from the mainland. Z'leyra then hears what plans Kiet might have for the upcoming weeks. She doesn't care how long he stays but also realizes that some guests stay way overboard. But she is happy that the acrobat will not be a trouble maker. He is an easier guest than say Varange might. She recalls a certain Inn stay with him with some mysterious items being re-arranged. Z'leyra then gets with her staff to plan for the next few weeks while she is at home. She makes her usual shopping lists for any possible events she may have. Then she dresses in her best town clothing. She leaves her great sword and rides with her staff. For her intent she needs not to convey a warrior but a healer. She seeks out other healers and possible low level politicians. She has few friends outside party that she can really count on. But she wants to organize for the future. In Sivas with most streets there are blocks of residence, markets, shops of similar category like pottery or bakeries. Her first stop is one such street which is known for healer stalls or shops. Some vendors just sell the basic herbs and common peasant medical supplies. But some have full shops or next door there might be a massage shop to help with that sort of therapy. Most Healers are a tight knit lot a bit closed minded in order to retain their own customers. But she has quietly talked about her Healing School for a long time. Some see it as a bit unworthy for Sivas. They say Maren might be best but they also know the Royal Healer is too closed minded and would want more control than others to give his point of view. But Z'leyra knows that Sivas could use the school as it is a crossroads for other nations. This may not be the center of learning like Ticasi but maybe a branch of that scholarly endeavors will help here. Knowing she has little time before mid-afternoon clients show up for injuries in city projects or city margin farm accidents she collects several healers. She proposes a governing board for her school. A body of elite healers that can foresee the way of teaching and administration. But again most hee-haw back and forth on the issue. Why would they give up their shops or daily rounds to teach new healers? Z'leyra explains that the board might not meet but once a week if that maybe every other week. Healers who would want to teach or treat could do so full time or part. She explains while it will be a school it will also be a hospital a term coined in Ticasi. A place for patients or if not that large then a small time clinic another term she recalls from Ticasi. But in the end it is all down to coins. What is in it for them? First she tries to cover the basic of the healer's code. That the school would be there to improve society and overall health to the nation. By preventing long term health issues and prevent disease and such the province as a whole would benefit with more productivity and good will. After some roll their eyes but not overtly she explains that maybe the school can share profits among the staff of healers. Most money would go back into the school for supplies but if it went well then profits could be shared. Instead of a shop here or a healer doing farm runs they would come to one central place. "Most farmers never leave the farm. They depend on us for our daily runs." One healer objects. Z'leyra explains that healers could still do that but under the name of the school. Then that's when some object that is what the Royal Healer would demand - obligations to him. Z'leyra explains that if a co-op of people collectively do this kind of thing the Royal Healer will have to listen as well. She also explains she has friends in some high places. Best not to tell the others that she has meet the King himself. Not at this time. The discussion goes on for hours back and forth. But in the end she wants to just gauge how folks feel. For the most part most are neutral until more is seen. But a few do seem interested if more details can be refined. A few others just laugh and say its a waste of time. As the afternoon draws on the discussion ends and Z'leyra gets some dinner and shopping before returning to her manor. Tired from the mental strain of the talks she goes over any messages or business first. Before bed she casts Akasha once more to detect intruders but again finds nothing. Before bed she activates her watchful sleep brooch. [Octagi 7] Z'leyra spends breakfast with Kiet asking him about showmen in town. Good places to find them - street corners or maybe entertainment halls. She explains her purpose and Kiet tries to give as much as he can for the limited time he has been here. Raban also shared some suggestions from time in Donara. Z'leyra heads to town to find the best entertainers for her needs. Most seem to be the typical street scam artists. But she finds one that is in a tavern that looks promising. He is very good with cards, juggling and other finger acrobatics. with items. He has quite a show with almost 60 people watching which for this side of town is big. After the show she approaches the man. "Sorry I'm eating lunch next show in two hours." He mutters as he chows on ham. Z'leyra pulls a chair and sits across from him. He eyes here and shrugs. Most men seem to find Z'leyra daunting and dangerous more than attractive. Z'leyra explains she needs a teacher to train her in the ways of dexterity. Not to learn specific skills like card flipping or rock under the cup tricks. But to use her body to increase her dexterity. Best use of finger control, coin and card games and overall balancing are best examples. She explains she is not in it for the money or skill but only to increase her dexterity. She will use her skills as a healer and crafter not the things he does. Not that what he does is bad but that she is a healer first and foremost. The man sits back and wipes his chin. The man is in his mid 20s, average looking but dressed in a nice set of blue tunics and black pants. She can tell the man uses no magic In his show. "Well I do have performances to do. If this would take the better of a day each day I'd have to also do my own shows as a obligation to those who hired me. We might have to make up the time in morning or night but we can certainly try." He raises a hand for a handshake. "I'm Creighton." She explains she would need a month at least to start in 2 days. That most typically get 2 gold for their time. But he explains he could get that in a few days. They talk back and forth on fees. She agrees to pay for expenses like supplies for herself - not for his shows - food and the like. Plus after a tough round robin they decide on 6 gold. Z'leyra pretends to consider it and stares at the room. She could find that kid at the corner doing dice games for a single gold. But he is a bit smelly and might steal her blind. She agrees for his fee. Creighton smiles and nods. He could make that easy in 2 weeks but then again the winter is coming and most crowds tend to get smaller as the cold increases. But his girlfriend will not be happy teaching this older woman - what she must be in her mid 30s? "Call me Cron as most do." They shake on it and Z'leyra leaves. That night at the manor she casts Akasha once more finding nothing. Then fading to sleep her sleep brooch. [Octagi 8] After breakfast she spends most of the day in her workshop. She spent the last two days shopping for materials - metal, wire and other things. Tool for a proper Lapidary. She supplements her normal jeweler tools - Grinders, scopes, cutters, pliers, sanders and a few other tools. But in the shop she will make a special cutting item. The other tools do little for gem crafting but its the fine tune work a cutter does that makes or breaks them. But Kell also explained that one can have a divine set of tools and a perfect item but be trashed. Being a gem merchant himself he explains that customers are fickle. A shine less there or a bad jewelry design based on a culture bias could make the final sale low or high. She gave her store bought tools to Unali. She knows she will work on this item over the next few weeks to fine tune and enchant it later for magic that will help to improve the cutting. Just after sunrise Z'leyra decides to fly with Corona in her own eagle form. Both sweep the city margins and farmlands. She notices during this time 4 peasants seem to avoid one well in a well spring - a spot where there are 4 man made wells. It seems they collect water from 3 of the 4 but the one on the left is almost avoided. She figures the well is dry. But back at the manor she asks a guard about it since he heads home in that direction. He explains the peasants feel it to be haunted and cursed. It is good water but none seem to want to use it. She will have to ask Arawn to maybe look into that see about faking a ritual to clear it. That is if he is around but may have fled to Donara, Wild Forest, Pavassa or even the dark lands. That night she continues her routine of a new Akasha spell in a different spot of the ground and as usual finds nothing. Then her watchful sleep brooch activation. [Octagi 9 - Novehas 9] Over the next month she works with Cron. Sometimes it is from 8 or 9 am till 7 or 8 at night. All depending on the day and his performances. Cron insists that she study him in his shows so he can learn as well from it. There is little books that are useful on this subject. Some books on ex-thieves or sleight of hand techniques but not the improvement of dexterity. For the most part Z'leyra realizes his shows are a bit low level audiences maybe high merchants or traders. But she does not see nobles or the elite society. She wonders if she made a mistake but in this city culture is a bit low tech compared to Maren where Unali is. For the most part most people who watch Cron are drunk so even a one handed dex master could fool them. But at times she sees a family or two that watches intently from the wide eyed kids to their parents. Many do leave tips but the tavern owners tend to pay most of his fees. Over the next 4 weeks she flexes and balances and plays games of all kinds. In private booths or on the street or in front of others. Nightly at the manor she works on her tool set or other side projects if time allows. Her hands actually ache for the next two weeks until she is used to the new reflexes and muscle movements. Things she is doing with her hands are not like using a staff or sword as it more refined. Again each night she casts Akasha around random places and at bedtime her sleep brooch. [Octagi 10] Riding home after a day of training Z'leyra notices a closed noble style wagon. Most nobles ride well in coaches but this one looks like its 30 years old. No modern noble would be caught dead in one. Yet this one has 2 drivers up front and a man in back holding on to the roof. She notices that the windows are curtained. She also notices that the men are rather scummy looking for coachmen almost looking like wharf rats. It is now twilight but she notices one curtain a eye peeking out and a finger shaking. Curious she watches for some time and the man in back orders the curtain closed in a accent that sounds a bit too much like Climan. Course this all could be a simple thing but she decides to follow the coach as night falls. It ends up at a warehouse. She dismounts and tries to covertly get close. But the men don't seem to care about who is around. They abruptly open the doors and rush out 5 skinny women. They are all bound and wearing gags. That is not normal so she gets close and watches through a boarded window through a crack. She counts at least 6 in total females and 9 men walking around. She could probably take out half with ease. But after the estate incident where the girl was killed she can't risk it. She could find other allies like Kiet but the way they are talking seem to indicate they will be gone soon. The women are placed in a single room. She could get in and free them. But it would take 3-4 teleports. She is no Chion. She could leave them alone but Fremea would not like the idea of slavers let free. Maybe it was the whole Donaran thing but she feels obligated to help. Four of the men are on patrol. Leaving five inside. She back tracks to her horse and heads back to where she saw 3 city guards. She explains the situation to them and asks for help. Of course they claim a woman should not be in this mess and they can get reinforcements. But using her more commanding voice she tells either help her or not. She tells where the warehouse is and rides off as the men on foot watch. Either way she will handle this but if the others help so be it. Back at the warehouse she hears 2 on the patrol they will be leaving in less than 20 minutes. She passes the guards who seem oblivious. For slavers they are simply stupid. They even left the back door unlocked. She heads inside into the dark warehouse and rushes to the prisoner room on the left which was once a storage she assumes. Without preamble she engages two of the guards there and using her staff knocks out one quickly. The other guard draws a blade but it is rather short compared to a long staff and he doesn't get much close. Using her own dancing skill she gets behind the man and bashes his head knocking him out. She opens the door and finds the women there but no other guards. She tells them to remain. Two more guards come and are surprised to see the bodies of their allies. They draw swords and rush the intruder. But these guards are no warriors as they probably kill mugs of ale not people based on how they fight. One does get a connect to her waist but her armor blocks it. She sadly kills one and is fighting the last one when she hears arguments outside. Shouting of drop your weapons. Under the authority of the city blah blah. So the city guards must've finally arrived. Distracted the last guard wonders if she should flee or fight. In that distraction Z'leyra sweeps his leg and bashes him out cold. Z'leyra starts to explore for other slavers but the 3 city guards escort two of the slavers at sword point inside. One seemed to have fought back and died. No real match by trained city guards it seems. Z'leyra is questioned and once the female explain they were indeed captured slaves she is not charged. After a half hour of questioniog it seems the slavers are from actually Bhamotin but have Climan accents. They were to meet up with a Climan ship off the coast. But dock inspectors are too nosy and they have to hide their prisoners in town in this safe house. That is it is no longer safe for them. The prisoners are from Bhamotin and even Vahear it seems. Captured by road bandits and sold to the sailors. The city guards take over and Z'leyra heads home. Once there she immediately writes a note to Unali for Duke Aren. If Climans are doing this they should be stopped. She gives all the details for his people to follow up. She hands the scroll to a guard for a messenger to deliver to Maren in the morning. [Octagi 17] [Octagi 28] [Novehas 9] Every other week or so Z'leyra casts a Knowledge spell to learn more knowledge. All spells seem to work. [Octagi 19] Cron decides to take lunch with his friends and gives Z'leyra a hour free. So Z'leyra heads to a nearby place she was told by a healer She hears of some strange things. The place is a boarded up small two story place maybe the size of a small bed and breakfast but not large enough for a normal tavern. She gives the password she was told about and enters a spicy smelling smoke filled set of rooms. Once inside she immediately finds this is indeed a weird place. In one corner she watches a nude teen holding a snake in one hand spraying its venom all over her body as two guys watch. In one corner a half dozen people are sitting around smoking some obvious herbal drugs. One begins to comment about the loudness of the fly on the ceiling. In another room a cook is using a table top cooker of some kind boiling things. There are three older women talking and looking around the table at various items from dog ears and genitals to tray so of ground shark fins in a fine powder. It seems the cook is making odd but strange folk medical or non medical mixtures. One lady explains that it should cure her husband's chronic bed wetting she hopes. But if the bull testicle potion fails she will be sorely upset. Z'leyra shakes her head. She could contradict these things and show better healing methods. But some folks are just set in their superstitions. She saw that a lot in Katai but in this town it seems to be a more private but secret group. She leaves and hopes the smell in her nose will go away. [Octagi 28] After a long day with Cron Z'leyra is riding back on her horse to the manor. It is almost 9 and she is tired. On the road suddenly 12 men surround her. She quickly finds them to be bandits. She actually saw 4 of them and the ambush was lame. But she was so tired she did not want to argue. The men of course demand her riches. She raises a hand and touches her firestone in her dragon helm. One of the men is hit by a flame dart in his chest searing deep inside. The man screams. The others look at Z'leyra and decide a magic user is not one to go up against. They scatter like roaches in the wind into the darkness leaving their almost dead ally. Z'leyra considers helping the dying man but it would mean severe healing, regeneration, taking back to a guard station or healer. A lot of work. But her healer code is too much. But she knows if she dismounts she could be swarmed by the dozen men. She might take out half but some might get a lucky shot. As she considers this the man gives his last gulp of air and dies. The bandit may have been a son but at this point he is just a bandit. Z'leyra rides on and tells the guards to fetch a city guard about the mysterious death on the road. [Octagi 30] Cron decided today Z'leyra will do her first set of real testing. He has decided she will do a bit of performance like he has been doing in a tavern after him. Z'leyra is a bit reluctant but part of the deal was to fool others not just the teacher. So that night around 9 or so Cron does his performance to a caravan of merchants form Bhamotin in a upscale tavern. The audience are outrageous but appreciate the show. Then Z'leyra does her thing. She considers holding her Alectorius stone but that would defeat the purpose of using both hands. So she hopes her nerve will not break. She can go into battle or heal many folks or fine tune intense crafting but this is new. Z'leyra does make two minor mistakes but most do not even notice but Cron does. Her biggest mistake was not slipping the correct coin under the correct mug in time and it flipped off the table. Cron quickly recovers and distracts the audience. But overall the audience appreciates the show. Hours later Z'leyra is walking home and its is late around 11:30 or so. Since it was unclear how long the show would take she did not bring her horse. Coming down one she enters a shop district. Walking in the cool night breeze she notices a fan lying face down about 100 feet away. Probably a drunk but she rushes to check on him. As she passes a two story shop with a awning porch over some of the street she notices something dissolve in front of her A section of wall or something. Then she realizes it was an illusion dissolved by her necklace. She sees a form run on the awning and leap off the awning toward her. The form lands to the right of her and using very agile legs get behind her. But Z'leyra twirls and raises her staff to block any possible attack. Still unsure if this an attack Z'leyra stares at the form who begins to speak low unknown words. Z'leyra then realizes if that was an illusion on the awning then this is a magic caster. Stepping forward she swings at the form so to not let her cast a spell. The form ducks and weaves missing the staff blow. The form completes the spell and pushes forward her hands toward Z'leyra. Suddenly Z'leyra is hit by a blast of cold all around her. The cold is so intense it does 15 points of damage immediately to her. Z'leyra with shaking teeth swings at the form and misses again. The form pulls a dagger of some sort and slashes at Z'leyra's chest hitting. But her armor protects her. The form begins to chant again another spell. Z'leyra swings her staff and hits the form in the left ribs doing 11 point of damage knocking the form backward. The form throws the blade but it goes wild and clatter to the ground. The form then thrusts out another hand and finishes the spell. A bolt of lightning shoots out toward Z'leyra. But it seems to fizzle out as the charge hits her staff thanks to the laurel. Z'leyra rushes forward intending to knock this person out. But the swing is high and takes the form off balance. The staff hits the form in the head doing 19 points of damage. The skull cracks and the form tumbles backwards dead instantly. Z'leyra waits and watches around her. Seeing nothing else she examines the form. Dragging it a bit toward a store lantern in the awning. She then recognizes it as a female Jinn. Z'leyra is amazed how the cold spell affected her even with her high defenses but it did. The Jinn has a gold bag around her belt with Marentian coins. Z'leyra moves to the other form the man face down and checks him to find him dead. Based on his lips and eyes it seems this one did not fare well to the same cold spell. A mark on his shoulder looks like that of a fire dart but in this case looks like a ice dart. It looks like the Jinn was simply robbing this man? This is a bit rare but does happen if the Jinn is deep in unfriendly territory. Z'leyra knows there is nothing to do and leaves the bag of gold for the city guards to at least use to bury him once they find out who he is. Z'leyra treats her damage but there is little to do since it was cold internal damage. Z'leyra returns to her manor for a very hot brew of tea. It is two days later when Z'leyra discovers that her Clove Pink cloves in her satchel froze and were destroyed by the sphere of cold. [Novehas 3] Z'leyra is heading to meet Cron for some marble games that should improve her less commonly used fingers. As she passes a merchant vendor she notices two people arguing. One is a elderly lady and one is a Marentian dealer who seems to be selling perfumes. Z'leyra listens for a few seconds and realize the lady is speaking Caldan but the merchant is telling her to go away she is annoying him. Then the merchant notices a nice bracelet and offers to help her if he can have it. But the female refuses. Z'leyra decides to help the poor foreigner. She interrupts at the scowl of the dealer. She does not know Caldan but has heard Cholan give some colorful jokes in Caldan so recognizes that dialect a bit. She asks the woman in Zen'dali but she shakes her head. Then She asks in Donaran and the female nods. It seems the older lady is lost and needs direction to a map shop. Z'leyra is unsure on this map shop but recognize the street name. So she directs the older lady to the street. The older lady thanks her and leaves glaring at the rude dealer. [Novehas 4] Z'leyra is walking down the street talking with Cron on the merits of juggling. Cron is distracted talking about all that has juggled. But Z'leyra notices 7 people moving fast down the street behind her. They are not running but they are like a fast walk almost to a jog. Half of this group all look back often as if being chased. The group passes and takes a side street quickly but Z'leyra has to stay with Cron. But that is the only eventful thing today. A guard at the manor is overheard talking about some violence in a couple gangs but no other details are learned. [Novehas 10 - Novehas 14] After finally finishing her dex training she feels a bit differently. Her fingers are more agile and slim as she has lost just the bit of fat on her fingers and muscles show where they never existed before on her hands. She has learned that Cholan is having a party in a few days at his tavern. Something about Damon possibly getting a second ship or something. She has been so busy she only visited the tavern a couple times in the last month. Last time few days ago she noticed a cute little dancer which seemed to be liked by many of the male patrons. The way she used her body and scarves to hide and show parts was a new way in these parts. These last 5 days she will work on her armor repair. She had to collect the metal and other materials for the repair. During these 5 days Z'leyra teaches Unali as much as she can on armorer skill. Course she reminds Unali it may take weeks more to learn not just a few days. [Novehas 12] Today while shopping Z'leyra notices two patrolmen fighting. This is not so rare as boys will be boys. But one seem sot be trying to prevent the other from doing something. Normally Z'leyra would not care but it is almost to blows and a healer may be needed. She discovers the other is prevent him from seeing a girl. They continue to argue and the one in love swings and hits the other. Soon a brawl stops but Z'leyra steps in and uses her staff as a blocking agent. Separating both men she learns the details. It seems the younger man fell in love with some girl recently but the other feels she is dangerous. Then Z'leyra notices the in love has a bracelet with a obvious set of runes. She learns the girl gave it to him. She explains it is probably magical in order to gain his love. Z'leyra explains take the bracelet off and see how he feels in a few hours. A bit surprised the one in love does this. She leaves and hopes the man realizes love can be blind or just magical. [Novehas 14] It is just after sunrise and Z'leyra is in town to get a bit of more metal for her armor repairs. When she encounters a city guard on his back in a alley. He is wounded and stabbed. But the wound is not deep and the guard should live. But witnesses say the guard was harassing a shop owner for money or threatening him. But they only saw a masked man with a cloth over his face attack the guard and flee. Z'leyra is unsure how to deal with this. Is he corrupt or is this a mistake? She asks the guard's name and offers to get help. Why heal the man if he is dirty? Z'leyra tells the guard that she will ask for Commander Farseeker to help investigate. This thin threat is enough to shock the man so he becomes quiet. Z'leyra leaves and finds a guard on another street to help the man. Actions? Comments? Next update...Soon... GM: Compared to the last 6 or so IBTS for Z'leyra this was the easiest. :) Not as many spells but then again Alex was rushed a bit due to computer crashes and such. Next to work on is Arawn's in the next 2 days (days off days) and there is a slight chance can be done with it by then. So we are a week at most 2 weeks before we start. Just a reminder it is storm season in Florida. Some years like last year it rarely stormed. This year is back to normal. Course a storm can last 10 min or 2 hours. But during this time I do shut computers down so that will delay things for updates. * Expenses Expense Amount / Notes Corona enclosure 2 SC Woof Craftsman Cron Trainer 6 GC Armor materials 4 GC Manor minor expenses 3 GC Supplies with Cron 6 SC Total 13 GC 8 SC * Skills Skill Expertise Blacksmith 9 R/W Marentian 4 War Staff (14) to CEP CEP: 133 * Spells Spell # EL Expertise Exp Notes Mana Sensing 2 2 8 4 Purification 2 6 8 32 Balance w/staff Purification 1 10 2 24 Shamanic w/staff Divination 1 0 2 2 w/staff Divination 1 0 2 2 Shamanic w/staff Orient Self 6 0 12 12 w/staff Akasha 36 0 186 180 6 Fail w/staff Knowledge 4 1 Sh 31 45 1 Fail w/staff Enchantment 1 1 12 18 w/staff Knowledge/Enchantment EL +1 MEP: 319 GM: IBT Process Player IBT Sent in IBT Processed Arawn Yes Next Fremea Yes Done (#2) Kell Yes Done (#3) Kiet Yes Done (#1) Unali Yes Done (#4) Zabyra Yes Done (#5) Z'leyra Yes