[ We find Our Heroes regatherifying back out in front of the cave where the bad stuff went down not long ago. Fyril is just coming to, and the pixies all seem excited at the prospect of having the chance to interrogate him about his relative lack of stature when compared to other elves. Meanwhile, Nebby's got some 'splaining to do. ] [ Session Start! ] * Sei sits up and stretches. * Ada returns from her mother's house, looking considerably more composed than she did last time Nebrinel saw her. She glances at Fyril. "Good, he's back." Yes, he's just waking up. * Nebrinel is finishing up an arrow. She eyes Ada, and then Fyril. "Poor Fyril. He missed all the interesting parts." * Fyril looks around with heavy-lidded eyes with a hint of a wince. "Mmm? Er... interesting parts?" * Sei grins. "Welcome back, Fyril." * Ethan returns as well, about a half-step behind Ada. He's looking... well, about as lousy as when he left to find Ada, phsyically. He looks a bit cheerier, however. * Fyril leans forward a bit, trying to open his eyes a bit more. "Sei? What are you doing here?" He looks around a bit more. "And where is here?" That was one of the interesting parts. * Ethan finds a comfortable spot and plops down, leaning back against the incline, eyes closed. * Nebrinel gestures with her newly finished arrow. "After the dragon showed up, you were knocked out, and I carried you here." * Sei nods. Nebrinel ran into the cave just before we had to deal with a rather nasty thing that was attacking Ada. Knocked out by an acorn, if I wasn't hallucinating that conversation. * Ada raises an eyebrow. "Must have been an unusually large acorn." It was. We should pick it up on the way back, but carrying Fyril at full speed was difficult enough. * Fyril blinks, and blushes slightly. "An acorn?" * Nebrinel holds her hands out. "An acorn only slightly smaller than your head." That's fairly impressive. ... I shudder to imagine the squirrels that go with that acorn. * Fyril rubs the back of his head and blushes a bit harder. "Still, that's sort of embarassing." He hunches down a bit. "What about the dragon? How did you get away from it?" * Nebrinel shrugs. "It dissapeared." Did it hit down this acorn when it left? Not that I saw. * Nebrinel shrugs again, then looks over at Ada, leaning back and saying casually, "Before we go into the rest of today's story, however, as I have explained why I am here, perhaps a little context from your perspective would explain exactly why a dragon told me to come rescue you. Besides the immediate threat, of course." * Ada rubs at the side of her neck. "Not long ago, I wouldn't have been able to answer you, but it seems that the forest was on our side." * Nebrinel nods. The demon had control over it before. That's why that dragon attacked Ethan, Sei, and myself. * Sei nods. ... not a dragon. Jabberwock. *mutters* Goat-eater... * Nebrinel grins. "A demon and a... Jabberwock. Has anything besides fighting filled your time here?" * Sei nods. "Ada can best explain it, I think. Ethan and I mostly sat around practicing and reading." * Ada finds a place to sit and does so. This might take a while. "The demon impersonated my mother. So yes, there was a time when we weren't fighting." I ate a cookie laced with dragon seditive. ( Ethan and Sei were schmucks. Did I spell that right? ) * Nebrinel says with a slow grin, towards Ethan. "And stabbed innocent elven swordswomen. You cannot forget that." ( Yes. ) * Ethan shifts positions. "Innocent my bony ass. But yeah. Again, sorry." * Ada shakes her head. In any event, the demon was intent on possessing me, and she failed. Now. What are you and Fyril doing here, Nebrinel? * Fyril looks back and forth from Nebrinel to Ethan. "What are you talking about?" He widens his eyes. "You and Ethan were fighting?" * Sei turns to Fyril. "Ethan was under the demon's control at the time, that's all." * Nebrinel shrugs. "Maybe it means you'll give me a real fight someday." She looks over at Fyril, with a grin, but doesn't say anything. Was mind controlled, Fyril. Demon lady was screwing with my curse, making me large and psychotic. Already promised Nebrinel she could slug me a few times to get even. * Nebrinel says, "And as to your question, Ada..." she looks back towards her. "As I said. It appears the elf from Menevia was more than an elf. He was a Jenoine, some sort of... extraworldly nearly invulnerable creature." * Ada frowns. "Jenoine? That doesn't sound familiar." * Sei blinks, and sits up straight. * Fyril looks somewhat confused, and glances concernedly at Nebrinel to check if she's injured as he listens. But the nearly invulnerable part is right. Oh...crap. * Ada looks at Sei. "You know something about this?" * Nebrinel looks very uninjured. "No, it was not familiar to me either, but Xivilai deigned to clear it up." I studied the Jenoine language, although there wasn't much available... ... 'nearly' invulnerable? Nothing's invulnerable. It is collecting Great Weapons, and it is not because he enjoys how they look. Great Weapons are his weakness, and that makes our continued existance, and our weapons, a threat. * Fyril squints and frowns slightly at Nebrinel, but ends up looking back to the rest of the conversation after a few seconds. ... vulnerabilty to Great Weapons is good. Word 'collecting' along with 'Great Weapons'... not so good. * Sei nods. ... so, what, next time we see this thing, it's gonna be coming at us with a dozen Great Weapons? No, It cannot stand the things. That's slightly reassuring. * Nebrinel says, "However, he does have... I believe, at least 7, said our favorite Fenarian assassin." That's...significant. * Ada raises an eyebrow. "Fenarian assassin?" ... well, at least it's not using them. (... I honestly don't recall Nebbie ever learning Mario's name, so.) (I don't either, although I accidentally said it last session.) (I can, however, recognize human accents.) * Nebrinel nods. "The one who seemingly assassinated Friyas." Oh, him. He's the one who warned you, then. * Nebrinel nods. "Yes, he did." And Fyril apparently now wants a lizard. * Nebrinel overdramatically rolls her eyes. * Sei blinks. "A lizard?" * Ada chuckles. ... ah. To eat the acorns. Gotcha. * Fyril cheers up a bit, still rubbing his head lightly. "Yeah! He had this one that was really, really smart. And it liked my cooking. And it can do lots of cool stuff." Interesting! * Fyril nods brightly. "It was a Jhereg, he said. Named Loiosh." He cocks his head. "Wonder where you get those?" (...>_>) * Ada ignores Fyril for time being, looking to Nebrinel. "So this Jenoine is hunting us down, and we should return to Elnofey to figure a way to deal with it?" ( That... is a secret. ) (Hey, that's something Fyril can spend his CP on. ;P) ( Screw that. Get a pet Jabberwock. ) (Jabberplushie!) (Sadly, yu said that's impossible.) * Nebrinel chuckles, and says, "More or less. The major issue is dealing with the fact that active Great Weapons make us easily detectable." And that he still believes you three are alive, while Fyril and I are dead. I wouldn't know for certain. Perhaps you could reason with them... well, that's interesting. I did say active. Plaguebringer, at the moment, is being very well behaved. * Ada nods. Back in the cave is the first time mine's been active. ... s'a good thing I don't have much of an appatite right now, hmm? Likely. * Ada climbs back to her feet. "Well, if we need to go back, we'd best start. Assuming you're all up for traveling." * Ethan groans, and pushes himself up to his feet. "Not really, but I'll make do." * Ada looks Ethan over for a moment, then turns to Sei. "Heal him?" * Nebrinel stands and stretches. "The exercise will most likely allow my new side to get a workout." * Sei nods, gets up, and smiles sheepishly. "If the Great Weapons are going to be important, it sounds like I should ask for more training at some point." Ah, sure thing. * Sei walks over to Ethan and casts Cure on him. Training in what? If you need help in the fine art of blowing stuff up, I can probably tutor you some more there. * Ada grins. "If you're up for it." With the sword, I think. Considering that this is a fairly powerful weapon, I should learn to use it. * Nebrinel grins too, then says, "And as a clarification, it is really the Morganti effect that makes us visible to him." * Ethan stops Sei before he casts. "No need. Physically, I'm fine." * Fyril pushes himself smoothly off the ground, and stretches before feeling the back of his head, and smoothing out his hair. * Ada nods. Ah? Okay, then...you need to get some rest soon, though. Brain's still just a bit munged up from that lady mucking around in there. *nods* That'd prolly help. * Sei nods. * Ethan mutters as he hefts his glaive over his shoulder. "Hate people muckin' with my head." * Nebrinel looks about, and shugs. "Apparently, we are all ready. Walking back across the Ironwall, then?" * Ada pats Ethan on the arm, then nods to Nebrinel. "I suppose so. It was an uneventful journey here." Let's hope it's the same on the way back. * Sei nods. * Fyril looks around the area a couple of times, trying to get his bearings, then shrugs. * Nebrinel nods as well. "I've always liked the Ironwall." She starts walking, slowly. "Does the path back from here go through any human settlements?" Outskirts. * Ada walks along. "So, no. Not if you wish to avoid them." * Sei starts walking. * Ethan walks along as well, remarkably not eating a single thing. At the moment. * Nebrinel goes to a 'normal' walking speed. "Simply asking. As I've said before, it will be much harder to pass for human." * Fyril follows along behind, looking around curiously. * Ada frowns. Well, if you don't to object going to Black Peak, I could request My Lady teleport us there. * Nebrinel is walking out of the forest. Which would make sense. She even knows the way! "Well, it can't be worse than last time." Perhaps I should ask for a permanent room. * Sei smiles. "I don't really need a room, with the library." She might set one aside for you. * Nebrinel chuckles very slightly. "I was joking darkly, Ada." * Fyril cocks his head. "I don't think it'd be that bad. She's got all those books. And kitchens." His eyes sparkle a bit. * Ada returns with a faint smile. "So was I." She pulls out her deck of trumps and flips through the cards until she finds the one she wants. * Ada concentrates on it. ( A deck full of trumps. That'd be killer in Bridge. ) (You know it.) * Ada moves her lips silently. You know how it works. * Nebrinel fixes a neutral expession on her face pre-emptively. * Fyril looks to be counting a few things off on his fingers. He mumbles a bit as he does so. * Ethan smoothes out his mithral shirt, and runs his fingers through his goatee. Gotta look your best when going to meet your girl's stepmom, after all. * Sei is already sharp as usual. ^_^ [ Sei be pimpin'. ] ( Word. ) (You daaamn right.) ( Slowest... teleport... EVER. ) (You have to talk. Talk talk talk. Taaalk talk talk.) (It was all of six lines. Shush up.) ( Ada's typing slow tonight. ) (*sulks*) * Ethan blinks, holds the blade of his glaive up in front of his face, and uses it like a mirror to make sure his hair doesn't look too dumb. * Nebrinel eyes Ethan. "What -are- you doing?" [ Foomp. All of a sudden your ears pop and you're back in Black Peak, in what appears to be an entryway in that it has coatracks and boots placed along one of the walls. Xivilai's there, too, but with her boots on, 'cause they're nice and clean. ] * Sei shakes his head, amused. * Ethan wobbles for a moment before regaining his bearings, and looks around for a moment. * Ada rubs at the side of her head. "I never get used to that." * Sei swallows to settle his ears. * Fyril shakes his head out really quickly, and looks around. "Wow." * Nebrinel does her best not to react, but pops her ears anyway. "Well, a mostly successful jaunt, with only minor overall injuries." She looks at Xivilai. [ "How are you all feeling?" asks Xivilai. ] * Fyril rubs the back of his head sheepishly. "Well enough." * Ethan bows his head slightly. "Not too bad, Lady Xivilai." * Sei bows respectfully. "Fine, thank you, milady." * Nebrinel says dryly, "Respectful of the luck which keeps me from dying once more." * Ethan manages not to wobble after the head-bow, settling instead for simply rubbing his left temple with his left hand. [ "I am pleased to hear so," sayeth she. "Ada told me that you appraised them of the situation, Nebrinel?" ] Basically. Without the history lesson. [ "That will do for now, I suppose. Do any of you wish to wash the road off of you before we begin to discuss the predicament in depth?" ] * Ada nods. That'd be much appreciated. * Fyril nods quietly, and brushes a hand through his hair softly. * Sei nods. * Ethan mutters as he rubs his head. "Could get the rock dust outta my hair." * Nebrinel shrugs. [ Xivilai nods. "Very well. Rooms have already been prepared for you, and I shall arrange for baths to be drawn. Most of you will find your rooms down the hallway to your left." ] [ Aaaand unless you're all gonna bathe together (Obligatory Onsen Episode, Go!), that's about the end of tonight's session. ] [ Session End, then. ;P ]