[ We find Our Heroes in one of the smaller, private dining rooms under Black Mountain. The others have waited patiently while Ethan stuffed his face, which he just did. Session start! ] * Ada leans back in her chair, stomach satisfied. * Ethan finishes stuffing his face. Remarkably, he has not spilled any food on himself. Waste not, want not. * Sei is sitting quietly, sipping his coffee. Mmm. Good food. Being an awsomely powerful magess obviously has its advantages. ( A meal with an afterglow. Luigi's just that good a chef. ^_~ ) * Ada nods. * Sei nods. "This is beyond compare." [ Xivilai pops in right about then. Literally; in this small a room, there's a noticable *whoosh* of displaced air as she appears. ] * Yu-Mei is now known as Xivilai * Ethan takes a sip of his drink, swollows, then promptly falls backwards out of his chair in surprise. * Sei stands up and bows, while eyeing Ethan warily at the same time. Skill. Good afternoon, Ada, Ethan, Sei. (Alphabetical order, ho! ) * Ethan scrambles to his feet, and bows. "Sorry. Still getting used to the whole magic thing." *chuckles nervously* * Ada looks up at Xivilai, then bows her head, not particularly surprised. "Good afternoon, my Lady." * Xivilai smirks. "Have you eaten?" As she asks, she sits down, and Luigi comes out with a plate with two light flaky pastries on them and a glass of some sort of juice. Bountifully. * Sei nods. "As Ethan said. Thank you very much." * Ada chuckles. * Ethan picks up his glaive from up against the wall and leans it over his shoulder. * Ethan coughs. "So, Ada... when do you wanna do that target practice thingee?" * Xivilai munches daintily on the yummy pastries, and sips her JUICE. When her mouth is not full, she says "Oh, and I believe you wanted a suit of armor, Ethan?" ( Yooouuu...*punch* Wah! My royal armor!) * Ethan blinks. "... I was just gonna ask you about that. How'd you kn- oh yeah. Phenomenal magic powers." *chuckles* ( Phenomenal magic powers, itty bitty living space. ) * Ada grins at Ethan. "I'm always up for using you for target practice." Yes, I was wondering if you had any human-sized armor lying around that you didn't need. My studded leather armor's not bad, but I figure with what we might be facing, upgrading might not be a bad idea. * Xivilai smirks. "Amongst other things. But, if you will wait but a moment, I shall take you to where I have located something that I believe may be appropriate for your needs, and we shall see if it fits you." Obviously, any help would be greatly appreciated, my Lady. * Capfox is now known as Fyril * Ethan grins at Ada. "Right, right. Anything that doesn't kill me just leaves me with horrible scorch marks." * Xivilai chuckles. * Ada nods, her eyes twinkling. "I think I can manage." Yes, we should definitely get you that armor before 'target practice'. 'sides, I've been stabbed, slashed, beaten, throttled... I'm used to all that. Frying is new. ^_^ * Ethan hrms. "Never had my soul rended into a thousand pieces, either... think I'll pass on that one." Probably a good idea. * Xivilai finishes her food, folds her napkin, places it on the table, and waves her hand. You're in a massive, doorless room lined with treasure, weapons, paintings, and... suits of armor! * Xivilai was sitting when she gestured, but is standing now that the teleport's done. * Ada looks around and nods. (Guns. Lots of guns.) * Sei looks around, impressed once again. ... wow. * Xivilai walks over to a suit that's folded on toip of a pedestal. She holds it up; it looks like a shirt made of a deep blue silk. Here we are, Ethan. Do try it on and tell me what you think? * Ethan takes it. "What's this made of? Some kinda fabric?" ( Is it just a shirt, or a suit? ) (No it's not! It's fake fabric!) ( Shirt. Medium-length sleeves, a bit long for you. ) It's metal. Mithril, specifically. ... yowza. It will not react to magic the way iron does, so you don't have to worry about being shocked or constricted by your armor. * Ethan grins stupidly. "Mithril. Hot damn." * Ethan doffs his tunic and slips the mithril shirt on. * Xivilai averts her eyes with a look of distaste while Ethan's topless. As for the shirt, the sleeves are down to Ethan's elbows, and the main part of the shirt comes down to his knees. * Ethan hrms. "Light as anything... bit long, I guess." (What now? Ethan has too much chest hair? :P) ( Any chest hair is too much. ;P ) (Humans. Ewie.) * Ada shrugs. "It was likely made for an elf." ( No. She doesn't like scars she hasn't caused. =P ) It should function adequately, however. If you used a sword, I could perhaps offer a shield of similar material, but you need both hands with your weapon of choice. * Ethan nods, and hefts his glaive experimentally. "Glaive, make me taller! ... dang. Was worth a shot." * Ada facepalms. * Sei eyes Ethan. * Xivilai chuckles. "And I'm afraid Great Weapons aren't quite that easy to control." * Ethan shakes his head. "I've trained most of my life with a glaive, my Lady. A shield just isn't for me. But thank you nonetheless for this armor. Rest assured I will use it to get whacked many times in defense of Ada and your cause." *eyes the mithril shirt* Nice color, too. * Xivilai smirks. "Well." And then you're in the training room again. (Xivie too?) ( Yup. ) Now, is there anything else you may need before we each go about our respective buisnesses? * Ethan shakes his head. * Ada smiles faintly. "Not at the moment. Thank you." * Sei considers. "I don't think so, milady." * Xivilai nods. "Very well, then. I bid you all good day, for now." * Xivilai disappears. She's good at that. * Xivilai is now known as Yu-Mei * Ada watches her go. "You get used to it," she says, answering the unasked question. * Ethan hrms. He ties his belt around the waist of the mithril so it only hangs down to about mid-thigh (enough to cover various important parts), then puts on his sleeveless tunic over it. "Not bad at all." * Ethan swings his glaive around a bit, and hrms. "Interesting..." * Ethan looks around the room. Anything that looks fairly heavy, Yu? ( Well, there's some of those bigass elven swords. ) * Ethan walks over to a rack with those bigass elven swords, rests his glaive over his left shoulder, and tries to pick up the sword with his right hand. Ethan succeeds! The sword must be at least a foot taller than he is, tho. ... interesting. * Ethan swings it around experimentally. (That's not safe. c.c;) ( This is Ethan. ^_~ ) Ethan swings the sword like it was made out of styrofoam, with a hollow center. * Ada shakes her head. ...impressive. * Ethan puts the sword down, then goes to pick some random piece of heavy training equipment to be determined by the GM. Ethan picks up a mighty piece of gymnastics equipment of some sort. It's definitely very big. * Ethan grins, and sets the equipment down. "Well that's new." That...is some very nice magic armor. If it suddenly stops working, though, things could get unpleasant. I'll remember that if I find myself lifting a boulder or large anvil. But yeah, this is some pretty spiffy armor. Better protection, and makes me stronger to boot... a guy could get to like this magic stuff. *big grin* * Ada chuckles. * Sei nods. Just remember that you might be stuck without it. Still have my old reliable leather armor up in my room. * Ethan grins. "Besides, the point of the exercise coming up is to help me avoid getting broiled, ne?" * Ada nods. "You could say that." Or to let you work out some pent-up aggression and get revenge for any number of my bad jokes. But let's go with the first one. * Ada grins. "Aww, why? The second one's much more honest." Because if I went with the second one, I'd be very, very afraid. ^_^ * Sei grins. But enough of that. Let me just make out my will, and we'll get started. All right. You have... ten minutes. * Ethan hrms. "Okay. I leave my glaive to Sei. Pointy stick beats staff. My goatee, too... Ada, you get my mace, my armor... that's about all I own." ...your goatee. I could give it to charity, I suppose... Yep. It'll make all the other elves jealous. You're so manly, you have facial hair! * Ada rolls her eyes. * Sei sweatbeads. * Ethan grins. "Time to meet my doom, then. How far away should I stand, Ada?" ( What's that on your chin... *HAIR*?!?!? UHG! EW! ) * Ada chuckles. "As far as you like. Pick a ring." She gestures. ( ... ah. Peace at last. ) * Ethan picks a ring, and sets himself up about 45 feet from Ada. *hefts his glaive* Ready when you are... * Sei stands to the side, equidistant between Ethan and Ada. * Ada steps in and nods. "Ready." (We're gonna need Dicey, I think.) * Ada sweeps one hand towards Ethan. "Chill Needles." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 1. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 7. Kablooey! There's a fairly impressive explosion around Ethan, although most of it turns out to be show. * Sei peers at Ethan. "Shall I?" He's fine. * Ethan shakes it off. "Nah, I'm fine. Ada took something off it." *grins* "Keep goin', Ada." * Sei nods. * Ada snickers. "Needs to learn how to move, though. Try this one." She touches the ground with her fingertips. "Fissure." (And Yu used the wrong special effects.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 7. ( There was not, in fact, an explosion. But nevermind. ) The ring shakes, and a swelling crack runs from Ada's fingers towards Ethan! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 8. Ethan trips on the crack and falls face first onto the ground. ... that I do. *grimaces; gets back up* Again. * Ada shakes her head. "Normally, you would be eight meters underground from that." She points her palm towards Ethan. "Shrieking Wind." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 5. (+1 to defend, Ethan.) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-1) and gets 3. ( Thank you, Dicey. =P ) Wind shrieks towards Ethan! But he gets out of the way, this time. * Ethan grins slightly. "You've used that one on me before, I think." * Ada laughs. "Yes, I did." And you crashed into the wall, if I remember correctly. Chill Needles! * Ada sweeps her hand towards Ethan again. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 8, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying about me." (... Thanks, Dicey. :P) s'not like dodging arrows or throwing knives... much bigger radius. Gotta get used to that... Ada's hair suddenly frizzes to amazing heights! * Sei blinks. * Ada mutters and gestures again, trying to get her hair back to normal. * Ethan blinkblinks. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 5. There's an audible *PWAF* as this happens, and the air around Ada looks chilly. Then Ada gets her hair back to normal. *That* wasn't supposed to happen. Aww, I thought the frizzy look worked for you. * Ada eyes Ethan, then flicks a finger towards him. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 2. Ethan's hair goes uberfrizzy. Yes, even his goatee. * Ada folds her arms and looks at him crticially. I like it more on you than me. * Ethan patpats his goatee. "... interesting." * Ethan smirks. "Your hairstyling skills are impressive." *hrms* How 'bout we make a game of this? Make it a bit more interesting... Oh, my. * Ada raises an eyebrow. "What do you have in mind?" Simple. s'like a training exercise I used to do back home, where we'd train along with the archers. Melee combatant starts far enough away so that the ranged attacker can get off three attacks before the melee attacker can reach them. Object is for the melee attacker to dodge three times in a row. * Ada taps her chin. "Hmm. And if you win?" Trains guys like me to close in on archers, and people like you to concentrate with a person waving a sharp piece of metal charging at them. * Ethan furrows his brow. "Dunno. We'll worry about that later." * Ada grins. "All right, then. You're not going to hit me with that sharp piece of metal, are you?" 'course not. I'm only holding this 'cause I need to be used to the restrictions it puts on my movements when I'm trying to dodge. ... 'sides, I'd be a pretty bad bodyguard if I went around slashing you. *grins slightly* * Ada chuckles. She considers. "All right." What do you want if you win, then? Oh, I'm not sure. Blowing you up seems to be reward enough. ( /me SNERKS. PsiAmp cues up "Evan and Jarod - Crazy for that Girl". =P) (o_O) * Ethan chuckles. "Now why would you wanna blow up l'il ol' me?" Do you want a list? Sure. Why not? Being aware of one's faults is the first step to self- improvement. *winks* * Ada laughs. "Well... how about I summarize it by saying I want to do it because you're you. I wouldn't say they're necessarily faults, though." * Ethan laughs. "Eccentricities, then?" That's a nice way of putting it. * Sei grins. Understandable. I've never been accused of normalcy. Nor would I want to be. See? So you wouldn't change even if I wanted you to. 'course not. I'm wacky *and* stubborn. * Ada smiles. "Exactly." * Ethan smirks. "'course, you're not exactly Miss Progress either..." * Ada sniffs. "Progress to what?" A full sense of humor! I've been tryin' to cheer ya up and all, but then you get all scowly. * Ada smirks. "Perhaps you're the one with the faulty sense of humor." ... an interesting point. * Ethan shrugs. "A question for another day. You ready?" * Ada nods, then points one palm towards Ethan. "Shrieking Wind!" 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets -1. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 1. ( Ack, forgot the +1. Doesn't make a difference, though. ) Ethan barely dives out of the way as the wind shrieks past! * Ada flicks that same hand towards the ceiling as Ethan nears, not saying anything this time. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 5. * Ethan rolls out of the dive and continues charging towards Ada. He's now 30 feet away or so. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( Just made it. ) Ethan skitters out of the way just in time to not be zapped by a strike of lightning. Yipe! *stumbles, but regains his footing and continues charging* * Ethan singsongs. I'm a comin' o/~ * Ada clutches one hand around her pendant, while the other raises towards Ethan. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 1. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ethan (2d6-2) and gets 2. Ethan avoids the brunt of a swirling inferno of flame! * Ethan narrows his eyes, grins, charges full bore at Ada... and then skids to a stop with a foot to spare. He then pokes her gently in the nose twice with his index finger. "Beepbeep." *biggrin* * Sei applauds quietly. "Nicely done." * Ada stares at Ethan for a moment, then smiles. "Good job. What would you do if I were flying?" Jump, probably. * Ada bats Ethan's finger away. "Right." * Ada looks over at Sei and grins. "You want a turn?" * Sei considers. "Sure. I could use the practice." (Be right back. ^_^;) * Ethan smiles, and steps back a bit. "I'd figure something out. Probably." * Ada stretches. Yeah, I imagine you would. For all we know, Pantryfiller might be a throwing weapon. You've got some nice moves, Ada. Just barely dodged those, 'specially that lightning strike. ( Pantryfiller as a throwing weapon... *cackles maniacally* ) * Ada nods. "I'm better here than I am outside of Black Peak," she admits. "Normally I can't use that lightning spell indoors." ( Add a Morganti whisker, and you can toss it like a spinning disk of sharp tasty death! =P ) Well, it's good practice. Last thing I was expecting was a bolt of lightning from the ceiling. Heh. Most mages will shield themselves if they see you coming. Or take to the air, or teleport. This 'not getting fried' thing is harder than it looks. *chuckles nervously* * Ada grins. "Yeah, it is." s'why I need you to take down their shields. As for the teleporting and flying... well, I'll burn that bridge when I come to it. * Sei nods. Worst case scenerio, I'll try'n make them so mad they'll come down to earth and try to throttle me. * Ada chuckles, then makes a quick gesture, and Ethan's hair is back to normal again. "So, you won." * Ethan patpats his goatee. "That I did. My Avoiding Messy Death trainer would be proud." You had an Avoiding Messy Death trainer? Y'know, I was the first guy ever to get a perfect score in the 'Not Getting Your Skull Caved In' final. * Sei winces. "Effective exam." Combination of hard training, catlike reflexes, and a really thick skull. ^_^ A really, really thick skull. ( DRAGU SLAVE! *watches* Copycat. ) (Xivi wouldn't appreciate me casting that. :P) (HA. ^_^) ( Xivie wouldn't let you succeed. ^_~ ) * Sei walks over to the one end of the ring, and slips on his ring. * Ethan nodnods. "Thick skulls evidentally run in the Swordbreaker family." * Ethan scoots out of the way of Ada and Sei. * Ada makes a quick gesture. "Black Barrier." She's surrounded by a... well, a form-fitting lack of light, really. Ooh. Nifty. * Sei casts Air Valm. * Ada bows to Sei. "Do you want a duel, or would you rather do what Ethan did?" * Sei bows. "A duel sounds good. I need practice with melee combat, but I'd like to try a few things out." Just spells, then? * Sei nods. "Just spells for now." * Ethan munches on a carrot. "A cookie goes to the winner." * Ada nods, too. "You get first shot, then." She glances at Ethan and grins. Okay... * Sei raises his hands towards Ada. "Dam Brass!" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (2d6) and gets 7. (Sorry. Brain not working. @_@ That's a -3.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 4. Ada shimmies out of the way as Sei's blast sails past her! * Ada keeps running as she presses her hands together, then pulls them apart, angry, crackling black energy appearing between them. She releases it towards Sei. "Void Spike!" 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets 2. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (2d6-2) and gets 9. (You'll probably want to roll Magic (Mysticism), too.) Sei isn't as lucky, however, and Ada's spell slams into his shield! He needs a ... right, one of those. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sei (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ada (2d6-4) and gets -1. (Because, I mean - I think I made that - if the GM can't pay attention, what the heck are we supposed to do? ^^;) * Sei stumbles slightly. "Nicely done." * Ada stops. "Your shield is down," she comments, almost casually. * Sei nods. * Sei smiles. "I'll definitely need to practice more." [ To Be Continued... DUN DUN DUN! ]