Quotes 8001 to 8100

Quote 8001

<Cyrus`> I wonder what the game would have become if MJ had decided to do the goddess thing afterall. :P
* AlcarGM had plans for Cyryus to be the reincarnation of a high priestess of mJ :)
<Cyrus`> O_O
<Cyrus`> Wowzers.

Quote 8002

* Cyrus` fishes out a few sparse breakfasty-items from their hiding spots, and sets them out for Peter to pick something that strikes his fancy, then unwraps some Pop Tarts and starts eating one without bothering to toast it.
<AlcarGM> Peter eats it hesitatly a bit, then devours it. "That .... was good." He looks around some more warily. "This is the .... real world?"
* Cyrus` nods. "Or one of them, maybe. But as far as I know, yeah."
<AlcarGM> He nods. "It feels .. like home, a bit. Neverland. Like .. echoey," with a puzzled frown, then shakes his head. "Do I .. live here?" he points to the wardrobe.
<Cyrus`> "If I said yes, I'm sure I'd be descended upon by Child Services in an instant. No, for the time being, I'll give you the bed, and I'll take the floor. But hoopefully, we'll get something better set up as soon as possible."

Quote 8003

<Mary_jane`^> "Forget the rules, show me my magic or I will do nothing."
<AlcarGM> Silence, then a soft laugh. The eyes open, far larger than you. "You amuse me, mortal." And something . .claw? tentacle? Neither? Both? moves in the living darkess, and you see . .the magic. Your magic, glowing in the air, lpooking much like a very small seed of blue fire. It's all alone, and very afraid.
<Mary_jane`^> "There it is. See, I knew you could be reasonable."
<Mary_jane`^> "Now, what must I do?"
<AlcarGM> It's gone, as you see it. "And must be claimed through fire, and pain, and darkess. Those are the rules," simply.
<Mary_jane`^> "And you still follow these rules? Why?"
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "What makes you think I have a choice?"
<Mary_jane`^> "There is always a choice."
* Mary_jane`^ grins "One is just harder than the other."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "You would do the hard one, then?"
<AlcarGM> (( I love it how players like to make things complicated for themselves :) ))
* Mary_jane`^ grins wider "I haven't been tested in four years. I wouldn't mind a good challenge."
<Cyrus`> (( lol. ))
<AlcarGM> (( *shakes his head* ))

Quote 8004

* Cyrus` starts walking to the next closest MJ on the list.
<AlcarGM> You find the one on campus in the A dorms. A-E are the . .more rambunctious ones. She is about 5'4', double your weight, and rap music is blaring from your rom, making nearby windows vibrate.
<AlcarGM> Mary Jane: "What do you want?" she yells, smoking a cigarette.
<Cyrus`> "Er, sorry to bother you... but ah... do you know anything about.. Lilith, or Mimir?"
<AlcarGM> She frowns. "You mean my ex? What the fuck does she want now?"
<Cyrus`> (( damn my luck... ))
<AlcarGM> (( had to :p ))

Quote 8005

<AlcarGM> Ygg: "Rules are rules, here as much as elsewhere. No one breaks rules but they create new ones, and everything has prices."
<Mary_jane`^> "Yes, and some prices are less than others, all that fluff. You said you were about truth, but you're lieing to yourself."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "All truths are lies."
<Mary_jane`^> "You are mistaken, everything is true."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "Even false things?"

Quote 8006

<Cyrus`> "What should... we do?"
* Mary_jane`^ looks at Cyrus "You a witch at all?"
<AlcarGM> Nora nods, then looks at Cyrus thoughtfully. "I don't know. What can you do?"
<Cyrus`> "Uhm... not that I know of. I'd be willing to learn, though?"
* Mary_jane`^ nods "Anyone can do magic."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "I doubt you'd want to learn anything I could teach," with a smirk. "But you do know Callie, so if that's Luna's disguise you should notice her."
* Mary_jane`^ walks out the door
<Cyrus`> (( "Can you teach me to make people have sex with me?" ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( Probably, that's her big skill ))
<AlcarGM> (( "Yes." ))
<Cyrus`> (( "Awesome, sign me up." ))

Quote 8007

<AlcarGM> Okay, Cyrus back in game2, MJ here....
<AlcarGM> (( or we can end for the night, if ppl are tired. ))
* Mary_jane`^ goes to the library
<Mary_jane`^> (( You're joking... Right? ))
<AlcarGM> (( lol. I'm not tired, but cal IS 3 hours ahead :) ))
<Cyrus`> (( I'm not tired. I think I've successfully bludgeoned my sleep cycle into submission. ))

Quote 8008

<Mary_jane`^> "Why am I hiding?"
* AlcarGM Quit (Ping timeout)
<Mary_jane`^> ok...
<Mary_jane`^> because i'm leaving, Mkay!?
<Mary_jane`^> =p
<Cyrus`> lol
<Cyrus`> the Circle got to Alcar.
* sparkie Quit (Ping timeout)
<Cyrus`> and sparkie, as well.
<Mary_jane`^> lol

Quote 8009

<AlcarGM> You sense the circle watching, or some of it, and a ball . .they don't know where you are, yet....
<AlcarGM> Tad: "..... they're getting closer. Distract them! We need a distraction. Take off your shirt of something. They could be men."
<Mary_jane`^> "oh my god..."
* Mary_jane`^ sighs
<Mary_jane`^> "This is rediculous."

Quote 8010

<Cyrus`> "Well, the dome's gone now, anyway."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "UNless something got her. Shit. Things were normal ....." she sighs, looking around as you reach the building "MJ?"
<AlcarGM> You see . .something .... beside the building. A man, made out of leaves, pop cans, and debris, with coat hangers for fingers. Six of them, wearing ragged clothing.
* Cyrus` STARES. Then taps Nora, and points.
<AlcarGM> Nora looks. Blinks. "Okay. I hope those aren't MJ."

Quote 8011

<AlcarGM> Carl wakens at your Command, looking around in confusion. "Wolf . .wolfd was.....goingot eat me...?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Carl, tell me abut the circle."
<AlcarGM> He turns towards MJ: "My .. my Lady? I tried to find you, but you left the city and I could not."
<AlcarGM> Carl: "I even removed my eyes, but it didn't help. I still See you. Like a thing I see."
<Mary_jane`^> "Where is the circle?"
<AlcarGM> Peter: ".... why are we going with them?" whispered to Cyrus :p

Quote 8012

<Cyrus`> You know, if those cavepeople still need a god, I do wave a spear around like a primitive... j/k :P
<AlcarGM> lol!
<AlcarGM> That would be funny :p
<Cyrus`> "Behold, the new holy symbol: a twenty-sided die!"

Quote 8013

<alcar> Okay....
* alcar is now known as AlcarGM
* Chaos`^ is now known as Mary_jane`^
<Caltak> (( lol, I was about to join #game2 and I was like, "Oh yeah, I forgot. We're actually in the same place." ))
* Caltak is now known as Cyrus`
<AlcarGM> (( heh ))

Quote 8014

<AlcarGM> Curreently, in true Comic Book fashion where the heroes meat and fight, MJ is holding a sword to Cyrus and demanding he produce a spear Cyrus has no idea how to produce. Peter Pan had stood up, knife in hand, and is glaring at MJ. Kiesha is just watching, figuring MJ knows what she is doing.
<AlcarGM> Gabe is just staring at both of you in confusion :p
* Cyrus` looks rather shocked.
* Mary_jane`^ raises her eyebrows
<Mary_jane`^> "Well?"
<Cyrus`> "I- I tried! It won't come, okay? I don't know what's wrong with it, but it wouldn't come!"
<Cyrus`> (( and my dirty little mind perverted that the instant I typed it. *sigh* ))

Quote 8015

<Mary_jane`^> "Wonderful.. you carved a talking tree to death."
* Mary_jane`^ sighs and sheaths her sword
<Cyrus`> "No, not the whole tree, I cut a branch off and sharpened it."
<Mary_jane`^> "So then it grew a tip?"
<Cyrus`> "The spearhead just sort of appeared while we were fighting the wolf."
<Mary_jane`^> "Wolf?"
<Cyrus`> "Yeah, the Big, Bad Wolf. He was wearing a dress and wanted to eat us because Red Riding Hood was missing." *completely seriously*
* Mary_jane`^ looks at Gabe "Where are they?"
<Cyrus`> (( the more I talk about that adventure, the more I sound like a lunatic. ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( Noooo! You're joking? ))
<AlcarGM> Gabe: 'What, magic weapons? How should I know?"
<Cyrus`> (( I'm just glad Pan's here as proof. ))
<Mary_jane`^> "The circle Gabe, Focus."

Quote 8016

* Cyrus` put his hand to his neck. "Man... that was a little extreme."
<Cyrus`> (( I mean, jsut because I have a magic weapon from another world that's seemingly more powerful than a demon and only shows up when I need to kill things, is that any reason to almost kill me?" ))

Quote 8017

<Mary_jane`^> (( Wanna know what's wierd? Peter pan can fly and fight at the same time... How can you think happy thoughts when you're killing people unless you're a sadist? ))
<Cyrus`> (( who said he wasn't? ))

Quote 8018

<AlcarGM> The ghosts are turning themselves into a wall around the three of you, stetching from floor to ceiling in a shimmer of pale grey.
* Mary_jane`^ pushes power against them
* Cyrus` backs up a little from them, looking unsure.
<AlcarGM> The ghosts recoil from then push, but hold together, forming a cage.
<AlcarGM> Kiesha growls at the circle, which actually retreats a little from that for a moment, some of the ghosts dissolving from the cage in fear.
<Mary_jane`^> "Wonderful... More ghosts."
* Mary_jane`^ looks for an eye in the cage
<Cyrus`> "And here we are with no cleric..." *muttered*
<Mary_jane`^> "What?"
<Cyrus`> "Huh? Oh, er... nothing."

Quote 8019

<Mary_jane`^> I meant what are they DOING
<AlcarGM> Tad: "Oh, them? Just a death spell. They need the ball to focus it and take karmic backlash, but it's refusing to work. I think the fisher king is doing something to it."
<Mary_jane`^> "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT EARLIER!?"
<AlcarGM> Tad: "It's not a very good one."
<Mary_jane`^> "So who's it going to kill? I mean, I'm trying to protect my friends here too."
<AlcarGM> Tad: "Oh, us, but it won't get through the wards."

Quote 8020

<AlcarGM> The old witch is looking distinctly annoyed as you come up the stairs. Something slams into your wards, making you dizzy for a moment but nothing else.
<Mary_jane`^> "Why are you doing this?"
<AlcarGM> :"Orders," the witch says. "We do not allow .. interferce, in the Circle."
<Mary_jane`^> "Why?"
<AlcarGM> Witch ;"You ... really do have strong wards... interesting. We'd been told to expect otherwise." A bind slams down around you. "Magic must be protected from the world. It is not ready for magic yet."
<Mary_jane`^> "So why are you killing ME?"
<Cyrus`> (( the same reason the government kills people. You know to much, and are willing to share. ))
<AlcarGM> Witch: "For the same reason government kill speople. You know too much, and are willing to share. We can't have more Initiates in the world at present."

Quote 8021

<Cyrus`> "Um, I'm gonna see if they have a band-aid or something."
* Cyrus` gets out of the car.
* Mary_jane`^ turns "Something wrong?"
<Cyrus`> (( I just said *points up* ))
<Cyrus`> "Well, the bleeding hasn't stopped."
* Cyrus` heads inside.
* Mary_jane`^ sighs and follows him
<Mary_jane`^> "Where are you going? We have a first aid kit at the apartment if you hold on."
* Cyrus` stops. "Oh. Ok. I just didn't want to bleed all over the interior of the car."
<AlcarGM> Peter comes of the elevator has you head inside, scowling. He's holding some gauze in one hand, and glares at Cyrus. :"The . .werewolf . said you'd need this?"
<Mary_jane`^> "It's been bled in before."
<AlcarGM> (( "many times." ))

Quote 8022

* Cyrus` shrugs. "Nothing come without risk. Part of being a hero is putting yourself in harms way for the greater good."
<AlcarGM> Nora stares at you. "Greater good? Besides not dying?"
<Cyrus`> "Yeah, you know, the good of others. If I can make other people's lives better, whats a little hardship?"
<AlcarGM> Nora: "become a stand up comedian, then."
<Cyrus`> "I've been told I'm not very good at telling jokes."
<AlcarGM> Nora sighs and shakes her head. "I've done the hero thing. We did it, four years ago. In three weeks I was .... hurt, cloned, discovered I was a half demon, and ended up fighting demons of Hell and Merlin! We lost four yeas of our lives trying to deal with the shit that went down from that. Being a hero is NOT a good idea. You can still get out, Dor - Cyrus."
<Cyrus`> "And miss all that excitement?"
<AlcarGM> She blinks. Stares at you. "Excitement?!"

Quote 8023

<AlcarGM> Poor Nora. Cyrus is a D&D player. She should just give up now :p
<Cyrus`> Yeah, basically. :)
<Mary_jane`^> Viva la resistance!

Quote 8024

<Cyrus`> Damn Magic Mafia.
<Mary_jane`^> yes, soon they will demand protection erm... power
<Mary_jane`^> I wonder what currancy is amont witches
<Cyrus`> "I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse..." *BIND!*
<Cyrus`> Eye of Newt.

Quote 8025

<AlcarGM> Peter: "It came from clouds. It - it might have." he wobbles in the air, then quickly lands on the roof. :"Vines, from the clouds. It ... he . .shouldn't be here. If it is him. We can't come here."
<Cyrus`> "Who shouldn't?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Hehe, jack, maybe."
<AlcarGM> Peter: "Stories. Us. From . the boundary. We can't cross o ... " he looks at MJ sharply, then just nods once.
<Mary_jane`^> "I was joking..."
* Mary_jane`^ frowns
<Cyrus`> "Jack? Oh, that Jack..."
<Mary_jane`^> "This is bad... I need to speak with the Sree, then."
<Cyrus`> "I wasn't aware that Jack would murder, though. Steal, yeah, but..."
<Cyrus`> "Well, other than giants."
<Mary_jane`^> "Well, maybe he was Jack the ripper and the beanstalk."
<AlcarGM> Peter: "The - giant killer. He'd kill. .. adults, in the boundary worlds. He ... I was told he'd . .got better. Gone after. .the real giants, the .. old ones. With a knife. A knife he .. . cut people a lot with.... "
<Mary_jane`^> "I was joking... WHere'd he find the knife?"
<AlcarGM> Nora: "Maybe . .you should stop joking?"
<Mary_jane`^> "I know.. This is freaky."

Quote 8026

<Mary_jane`^> "It's a thing of evil.. It creates a sadistic mind.. Whoever... TOUCHES the blade becomes an instant killer."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "It wants to be to used. To kill. Calls to peopel. The spirit of murder and pain..." she shakes her head, as if trying to forget it.
<Mary_jane`^> "I'm sort of glad I burned her body, now."
* Mary_jane`^ shivers
<Cyrus`> "Oh, it's one of those intelligent, cursed weapons. Yeah, those are nasty."
<Mary_jane`^> "It's a weapon from beyond creation."
<AlcarGM> (( lol. I can picture Cyrus looking for details on it to give it stats ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( In risus terms Kill(5) Narcodic (3) Kill User's good side (20) ))
<Cyrus`> (( "Ok, so it has a DC 25 to resist the mind control..." ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( Hardly, it means it has 20 d6 die vs your whatever =p ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( 5 at best ;))
* Cyrus` (( has never played Risus. :P ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( 20 is a bit above impossible.. I think 10 is Godlike ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( If nto less ))
<Cyrus`> (( I mean my character. n/m ))

Quote 8027

<alcar> fairy tale story characters coming into the real world just can't be good.
<alcar> Jack: "... so .. many ... .giants...." *brain explodes*
<alcar> Knife: "Cool! A new . .hey. You're putting me in an EVIDENCE bag? What the hell?"

Quote 8028

<GeminiRai> alcar, You wrote a dream where MJ wants to kill you?
<alcar> Me?
<alcar> Erm. No. I don't think so.
<GeminiRai> Yes!
<GeminiRai> MJ becomes murder to kill you!
<alcar> lol.
<alcar> Well ... yes ....
<alcar> Could be seen that way.
<GeminiRai> Well, you and lancelot.
* alcar never thought of that.
<GeminiRai> But killing you would probably be enough.
* alcar makes a note to never tell Chaos where he lives.

Quote 8029

* Cyrus` quietly gets ready for the day, then writes Peter a note saying he went to class and when he'll be back... and then suddenly wonders if he's literate.
<AlcarGM> You could draw a picture :)
* Cyrus` takes another sheet of paper and draws a clock face showing the time not too long after class gets out, and a crude image of a stick figure walking in a door.
<Cyrus`> (( yeah, I thought of that. ))
* Cyrus` draws next to it a picture of a short stick figure opening the door and puts a big X on it.
<AlcarGM> lol.
* Cyrus` thinks, and then draws a window and puts an X on that, too.
* Cyrus` decides that should cover it.
* Cyrus` tapes them up in a conspicuous location.
<Cyrus`> (( Peter: "so... the door and window have treasure in them?" ))
<AlcarGM> (( * Peter gets a shoven and begins digging a hole through your door. ))

Quote 8030

<Cyrus`> "Hey. Sorry about that, but I didn't want to wake you."
* Cyrus` puts his bag down and starts taking things out of it, such as the food, and his books and stuff.
<AlcarGM> Peter: "Oh! It's okay. I once slept through an earthquake. I'm a good sleeper."
<AlcarGM> (( "And I'm really a sleeper agent for the Red Queen." *pulls out a gun* ))
<Cyrus`> (( Oh noes! ))
<Cyrus`> (( oddly enough, the first thing I just thought is that something like that would remove a complication nicely. :P ))
<AlcarGM> (( lol ))
<AlcarGM> (( that is worrying, unless the complication you meant was your PC being alive :) ))
<Cyrus`> (( either way, it'd simplify everything. ))

Quote 8031

<AlcarGM> He points at your drawning. "That's a really bad drawning."
<Cyrus`> (( either way, it'd simplify everything. ))
* Cyrus` nods. "Yeah, I know. I can do a bit better, but this was just a quickie to let you know what I was doing."
<Cyrus`> (( Plus, that's rather good by paleolithic standards. ))
<AlcarGM> Peter: "I *can* read., you know," in an affronted tone. "Wendy -" he hestitates, then leaves memory lane. "she taught us how to. She had a book.":
<Cyrus`> "Ah yes. I forgot that. Well, I'm sorry, then. But you know, just wanted to be sure."
<AlcarGM> He nods. "It's okay. It wasn't a good book. The dog just kept running, and spot is a stupid name for a dog anyway."

Quote 8032

<Mary_jane`^> "Do you have a place to stay?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "The moon, of course."
* Mary_jane`^ frowns "That's no fun... We have a spare couch you can use if you want."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "But I get frequent flier miles going to the moon. And you snore."
<AlcarGM> She grins.
* Mary_jane`^ clenches her Jaw "When did you ever sleep around me before?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "We didn't?"
<AlcarGM> She frowns. "I thought we had. Maybe I forgot."
* Mary_jane`^ raises an eyebrow at her
<Mary_jane`^> "I can still see truth, I hope you know."
* Mary_jane`^ hmphs "you've been sneaking around in my room while Iw as asleep, haven't you?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "I forgot that we hadn't yet. You know. Slept. Something like that. I'm not sure anymore."
* Mary_jane`^ raises an eyebrow
<Mary_jane`^> "Speaking of sleeping with people, I have a boyfriend now."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "What is he?"
<Cyrus`> MJ: "Interested in a three-way?"
<Cyrus`> SORRY!
* Cyrus` hides

Quote 8033

<Mary_jane`^> "You're not staying on my moon again, are you?"
<AlcarGM> Luna follows. "He must be nice then. I'll try to not make fun of him." She skips along absently. "Oh, no. It's too crowded right now. You should charge rent."
* Mary_jane`^ blinks "What?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "You know, a fee."
<Mary_jane`^> "No I mean.. it was just my magic in there last time I checked."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Oh. Maybe they left already."
<Mary_jane`^> "Who?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "I think they were bears."
<Mary_jane`^> "...Bears... IN my head?"
<Mary_jane`^> "WHEN?"
<AlcarGM> She nods. "Uhm. Three weeks and change? Something like that. They kept staring at me and saying I needed to be a good person."
* Mary_jane`^ drops her jaw and picks it up, prelacing it "Bears in my head were playing police?"
<AlcarGM> Luna nods. "That isn't normal for you?"

Quote 8034

<Mary_jane`^> "Why would it be? Were there bears last time?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Well, no, but I thought you'd brought them in to keep you happy. Like drugs. Except furrier."
* Mary_jane`^ shakes her head "Nope..."
<Mary_jane`^> "I imagine they were there because of the open space or something... Anyway it should be void except my magic. If you find bears tell me... Though I imagine my freespace is smaller now that the power is gone... The point I'm trying to make is, would you tell me before you go in there?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Or atleast when you get there..."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Well, they probably left. I think they were like gpysies. And they might have been gay. They kept talking about rainbows and stared a lot at me. Maybe they want to make people gay in the happy way? Or both ways. They couod be like gayness ninjas hiding inside the head. Warriors of the rainbow."
<Mary_jane`^> Gay rainbow ninja bears! Film at 11!
<AlcarGM> The care beares, actually :p
<AlcarGM> hence the staring :)

Quote 8035

<Mary_jane`^> "The ninjas control the TV."

Quote 8036

<AlcarGM> He frowns at the air. "Open." The world .. lurches to your left, and you find yourself standing on a street of the city. Except the sky is a haze of drawn breaking overhead and the buildings around you look to be made out of barbed wire and glass wound tgether, surrounded by electrical fences and dead grass.
<AlcarGM> Gabe looks around, then grimaces. "Lovely."
<AlcarGM> Peter is wearing what he was wearing when you first met him, here and looks around in wonder.
<Cyrus`> "Wow..."
* Cyrus` looks at a building. "Kind of reminds me of some video game I saw once... Silent Hill, I think."
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "Welcome to what suburbia looks like inside the real city, then." he sighs, and begins down the street.
<AlcarGM> Kiesha just sniffs. "No vampires. That's a bonus. but they normally avoid burbs anyway. Too many JWs."
* Cyrus` follows.
<Cyrus`> "JWs?"
<AlcarGM> Peter flies right up into the air with a "Wheeeee!"
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "Jehovah's Witnesses. They object to vampires for the whole blood transfusion thing."
<Cyrus`> "Oh..."
* Cyrus` almost asked why thered be JW's here, but remembers the comment about nightmares. :P

Quote 8037

<AlcarGM> The grey looks up *please?* in your head. *a probing? I need to <following by a very vivid imagine of a rather terrified teenage boy being probed. Painfully> *need. To procreate.*
<AlcarGM> (( Thois is why Greys are dying out. ))
* Cyrus` goes wide-eyed and backs away, rather quickly. "S-sorry, I'm not really into that sort of thing..." *hurriedly*
<AlcarGM> (( Grey female: "It's still not working. We're doing somethng wrong, Xxkjeg." ))
<Cyrus`> (( you'd think they'd figure something like that out. ))
<AlcarGM> (( I bet the women just don't want to be stuck with kids. ))

Quote 8038

<AlcarGM> Nora: "I think .. I think I'm hungry."
<Mary_jane`^> "There's lettuce in the fridge."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "I threw it out. And it doesn't have a soul. Cabbage does. But that's because cabages are smarter than humans. Someday we'll all evolve ki nto cabbages and get turned into coleslaw."

Quote 8039

<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "Left, four blocks. The junkies are blocking off a road."
<AlcarGM> Gabe sighs. "Great. You might want to stay back," to you. "THey tend to get violent."
<Cyrus`> "Ok..."
<AlcarGM> He turns down a side street that wasn't there a moment ago, or maybe was and you couldn't see it.
* Cyrus` follows, at a little distance.
<AlcarGM> The street is filled with dust bunnies. Most of them leaping out of shadows and getting high off of open spaces and roling around giggling like mad.
<Cyrus`> (( rofl ))
<Cyrus`> (( thats awesome ))
<AlcarGM> Kiesha growls, and they quickly scatter off the street. A lblock ahead of you is a giant barricsde of junk, mannerd by what look like pop cans chanting "Say NO to be recyled!"

Quote 8040

<AlcarGM> a teddy bear with its mouth sewen shut is looking up at you holding a pamphlet protesting animal experimentation\
* Cyrus` takes the pamphlet and looks through it briefly. ((Actual animals or stuffed animals?)) "Uh, I could probably fix that for you." *gesturing vaguely at its mouth*
<AlcarGM> (( stuffed ;P ))
<AlcarGM> Tjhe bear blinks a few times, and looks up in surprise, and claps its hands together.
* Cyrus` pulls out his pocket knife that he keeps forgetting he doesn't have ((unless it dosnt work for some reason))
<AlcarGM> it works.
<AlcarGM> Gabe is saying "humans LIKE to recycle. I can't every well change the city so no one does," impatiently. It seems to be an old argument.
* Cyrus` kneels down, opening it. "Hold still..."
<AlcarGM> The bear looks rather worried and trembles slightly but is otherwise still.
<AlcarGM> (( no anaesthesia?! :P ))
* Cyrus` very carefully cuts the strings that're holding its mouth shut
<Cyrus`> (( you dont get anathesia when they remove stitches anyways. ))
<AlcarGM> The bear blinks a few times, a tear trickling down a cheek as you finish and hugs you tightly.
* Cyrus` smiles. "Hey, no problem."
<AlcarGM> The bear pulls back., then says in a very hoarse and scratchy voice: "Your soul is MINE!"
<Cyrus`> (( aw man, I was just typing how I was pleasantly surprised that the bear *didnt* try to kill me, and here you go an ruin it. ))
* Cyrus` blinks. "Wait, what?"
<AlcarGM> Bear: "Oops!" It covers its mouth with its paws. "I must have planned that for the scientists. I am so sorry, but I am abear of very little brain. THey have it on a shelf."

Quote 8041

* Mary_jane`^ looks at the cieling and starts crying "It's not real."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Why does the hyena? I don't know why."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "Sex is real," firmly.
<Mary_jane`^> "NO nono.." Crying and shaking her head "It's not REALLY the universe... It doesn't feel the same."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "It was changed. I saw it, from far away, on my way to nothing where nothing is all. It was very bright. Like a lightbulb!"
* Mary_jane`^ sniffs
<Mary_jane`^> "It's not real... This is fake!"
<AlcarGM> Nora: "'s ... 's one of those metaphors? LIke a normal phore. . But complicated?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Nonono... It's really... I SAW it! It was HUGE! and bright and it talked but I don't think it liked me."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "Probably wanted sex."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "There is more to life than sex." She frowns. "But no life without it."

Quote 8042

<AlcarGM> Bear: "You are a good person, and I thank you. How can I repay you for being nice?"
<Cyrus`> "Oh, no need. The satisfaction of a good deed done is enough for me."
<AlcarGM> The bear looks rather surprised. "Oh. Then you are a saint?"
<Cyrus`> "Um, not that I'm aware of."
<AlcarGM> Bear: "Oh." He plops down on the ground. :"Then I am very confused! You can't go around giving things away. It's rude!"
<Cyrus`> "It is?"
<AlcarGM> Bear: "No one should do things no one else can pay them back for. It just breeds resentment. Gratitude is the hardest thing to bear. I know that, because I used tobe a furture cookie and that is what I said."
<AlcarGM> (( it's a future cookie. People always forget that.. :p ))

Quote 8043

<AlcarGM> Nora: "You should have sex. You have a boyfriend. They exist for sex."
<Mary_jane`^> "I missed you Luna... And when I was alone this summer... I didn't even have nora to talk to, I would talk to the moon at night... I hoped you'd be listening."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "We could call him."
<Mary_jane`^> "Noooo He would think I was a slut..."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "I used to listen, but then I stopped talking."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "All women are sluts. All men are .. are .... soldiers. 's called life."
<Mary_jane`^> "Nonono, it's called sexism!!"
<AlcarGM> Nora: "That's just made up by women who aren't getting any. And . .and .. need ot justifdy. Why they don't get any. cuz they are ugly."

Quote 8044

<AlcarGM> Luna: "Everyone is ugly once you crack the yoke.'
<Mary_jane`^> "I don't get any... but he hasn't asked... atleast not very bluntly.."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "Maybe he is just shy! You need to be forward. Like, naked. "
<Mary_jane`^> "No, he'd run away because I'm ugly." Crying more
<AlcarGM> Nora: "Then you hit him on the head and ..and drag him nback to the cave. It's not rape if you love him."
<Mary_jane`^> "Really?"
<AlcarGM> Nora nods.
<Mary_jane`^> "I don't know... I'd rather have coleslaw."

Quote 8045

<AlcarGM> Bear: "They you are a saint, if there is nothing you want." He looks up. "I am called Mister Bear."
<Cyrus`> "My name's Cyrus Valiton." ((and its interesting that the first time I say my full name to a character, its to a teddy bear))

Quote 8046

* Mary_jane`^ stands, falls backward, and stands again "I have to go." Stumbling
<AlcarGM> Luna: "We all have to go. But .. but thren we arrive, and we never left. Because the keys are always lost."
<Mary_jane`^> "No, I have to go to the bathroom."
* Mary_jane`^ stumbles to the bathroom

Quote 8047

<Mary_jane`^> "What's outside?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Things that are not inside."
* Mary_jane`^ stumbles to the door
<AlcarGM> Luna follows, weaving slightly. "I think ... I think .... I forget what I think. I was thinking."

Quote 8048

<AlcarGM> Luna: "Should we leave money for coleslaw? That is what I am thinking. Now. Or a few moments ago. Now keeps moving."
* Mary_jane`^ pulls out a wad of money "Incase she can't convince him..."
<AlcarGM> Luna:
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Who?"
<Mary_jane`^> "The guy she's having sex with."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Oh. 's not a guy. Girl. Doing deliveries. She brought us coleslaw."
* Mary_jane`^ coughs "Really? I wouldn't mind seeing that." Walking outside
<AlcarGM> Luna: "She bought it to the door. It wasn't much to see."

Quote 8049

<AlcarGM> You waken with a nice headache the next morning.
* Mary_jane`^ rolls over grabbing her head
<AlcarGM> The room lurches, and for a moment everything seems ... different. Smells are .. crisper ... and there are trumpets, and hunting horns.. and then it returns to what passes for normal again
* Mary_jane`^ crawls out of bed and looks around for Luna
<AlcarGM> She is in the living room watching the tv.
* Mary_jane`^ takes a cold shower
* Mary_jane`^ redresses her burn and goes to the kitchen to get water
<AlcarGM> You take a very long, very cold snhower. It helps get rid of the pouding, and the water helps a lot as well.
* Mary_jane`^ stomps into the living room and looks around for Nora
<AlcarGM> You hear Nora stumnbling in thebathrom, muttering something about "who used up all the cold water?"

Quote 8050

<AlcarGM> They have lunch, and begin playing a session of D&D. You're reminded of Ralph :p
<AlcarGM> Shockingly there is a girl playing with them.
* Mary_jane`^ eats behind them, slowly
<Mary_jane`^> what is SHE wearing? =p
<AlcarGM> Just jeans, and a t-shirt. Like everyone else, she doesn't seem to notice the knights are in armour.

Quote 8051

<Mary_jane`^> OMG
<Mary_jane`^> it's not a girl
<Cyrus`> o_O
<Cyrus`> You can tell already?
<Mary_jane`^> it's a guy playing a girl, which is totally sick, and totally gay you know? I can't believe anyone would actually DO that
<Cyrus`> lol
<Cyrus`> Yeah, tell me about it.
<Cyrus`> That's so perverted.
<Mary_jane`^> totally, it's like... I don't know it's almost like a mental rape you know? You can't get any so you play some chick
<Cyrus`> That's almost as bad as those freaks who refuse to roleplay as humans and always have to be some kind of monster or something.
<Mary_jane`^> yeah
<Cyrus`> I mean, you're not a Minotaur or whatever, so get over it.
<Mary_jane`^> totally, you just gotta admit who you are and live with it. I mean, I can see roleplaying a person that is almost exactly like you, because you'd be good at it, right?
<AlcarGM> lol.
<Cyrus`> Yeah, totally.

Quote 8052

<Mary_jane`^> I've had too much la fin lately
<Mary_jane`^> I tried to call one of my co-workers 'luna' today
<Cyrus`> oh?
<Cyrus`> rofl!
<AlcarGM> lol

Quote 8053

* Cyrus` looks at Peter's hand. "How bad is it?"
<AlcarGM> Peter frowns, then opens it. It looks like third degree burns, but as you 1watch the burns begin to fade. He's a bit pal,e but shrugs "it's okay. We heal fast. It melted my knife, though. I stabbed hook with it!"
<Cyrus`> "I wasn't aware you stabbed Hook. I knew you fought each other and that the croc ate him, but... *shrugs* WEll whatever. We can get you a new knife later."
<AlcarGM> Peter: "It was *mine*..." he scowls "And it was magical! No dragon should be able to melt it"
<Cyrus`> (( "Yeah, and how do you think we attracted the croc, anyway? Hook's entrails, duh." ))
<Cyrus`> "I dunno, dragons can be pretty powerful."
<AlcarGM> (( *grins* Pretty much :p ))
<AlcarGM> Peter: "yeah, but it's only the Western ones that are evil.:
* Cyrus` shrugs. "Well, it's not like we can question the thing. I seems to have made it rather dead. *mutters:* Must've got a natural 20...."

Quote 8054

<AlcarGM> Luna: "It could be the drink is making you see things before they happen. Sometimes the effect can be seen before the cause." She frowns at the coffe. "I don't like this. It's making me sound sane."
* Mary_jane`^ pours herself some coffee
<Mary_jane`^> "Or maybe its the opisite. I'm seeing the past."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Oh. THen try not to change it. I wouldn't want to wake up and find out that we were ruled by Darth Bush."
<Mary_jane`^> "Why would someone get together to Lark?"
<AlcarGM> Luna: "To eat birds?"
* Mary_jane`^ drinks her coffee too fast and does a reverse blow, and pours another cup
<Mary_jane`^> "Those knights said they were at some kind of lark last night and saw a werewolf in a dress."
<AlcarGM> Well, they'd said something about the lark in the woods. Maybe it's really a euphemism :p
<AlcarGM> Luna: "Oh. Maybe it was an orgy?"
<Mary_jane`^> "They're playing D&D right now, with dice."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "D&D?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Yeah... I have no idea what it is but nerdy kids usually play it."
<AlcarGM> Luna: "If it involves dungeons, we can be sure larks are orgies."

Quote 8055

<AlcarGM> the larp people became real knights. I am soo having the larp do paranoia next :)
<AlcarGM> dead bodies everywhere :P
<Mary_jane`^> ...
<Mary_jane`^> no
<Mary_jane`^> i refuse
<Cyrus`> noooo
<Cyrus`> UA.
<Mary_jane`^> ...
<AlcarGM> lol!
<Cyrus`> or CoC
<Cyrus`> CoC would rule.
<Mary_jane`^> cock?
<AlcarGM> lol. CoC would be awesome.
<Cyrus`> Um, Call of Cthulhu.
<Mary_jane`^> yeah
<Mary_jane`^> Never use that acronym again
<Cyrus`> Paranoia Engenders Needless Irreversible Sacrifice.

Quote 8056

<Cyrus`> "No, LARP. Live Action Roleplay." *as if explaining to a slow person*
<Mary_jane`^> "What's that? Some knights were talking about it today. Do you know craig, the werewolf? he was wearing a dress?"
<AlcarGM> Nora: "You mean like Cowboys & Indians?"
* Mary_jane`^ opens the door and goes back to her meal
<Cyrus`> "Knights?" *ignores Nora's question* "What do you mean, Knights? Like, in armor?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Yeah, two of them. They went to class, but no one noticed... I figured it was just my Site acting up. I was pretty waisted last night."
<AlcarGM> Nora: "I doubt it. Knights couldn't really be good cowboys."
<Mary_jane`^> "They could if you gave them swords..."

Quote 8057

<AlcarGM> Kiesha sniffs. "The air is ... cleaner here. Strange."
<Cyrus`> "I didn't see any industry last time I was there."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "No, I mean...." she shakes her head. "I'm not sure. It smells. Innocent. Purer." (("Like babies breath."))
<Cyrus`> "It wasn't very pure before... It was actually a bit corrupt, it seemed."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha shrugs. "That's.... " she stops. "..I am not saying we're not in kansas..."
<Cyrus`> "I made the mistake of saying that last time."
<AlcarGM> the field has turned into corn, again. As if you stepped throuugh a doorway. You seem to be near the edge of the field and you can hear voices. Men, it sounds like
<Cyrus`> (( And if anyone should it's me, cause you're more like ToTo. ))

Quote 8058

<Mary_jane`^> Pappa smurf can I lick your ass?
<AlcarGM> It's actually a plot :p
<AlcarGM> WEell, not the smurfs gangbanging Smurfette, but what the tv shows :p
<Mary_jane`^> ...

Quote 8059

<AlcarGM> Luna: "Everyone has secrets. We have to, to have places to hide. Otherwise we have nothing private in our lives. Like celebrities. It's why they don't become gods."
* Mary_jane`^ motions a finger in the air, as if to symbolise she is speaking wisdom "A good friend does not watch her friend kiss a friend and brag about it!"
<AlcarGM> Luna considers that. "I like that. It's very fortune cookie. I prefer 'suck face' because it would also cover some forms of possesssion."

Quote 8060

<AlcarGM> You walk. You can see the fire to the south, and several emergency vehicles go by with their sirens singing strange songs, as if they were glorying that it could be the end of the world.
<Mary_jane`^> "Hmmm... I think that's the apartment we found Maxine in."
<AlcarGM> The park is the same one you went to earlier. Swingset. Playground. A few lonely trees. An old woman is feeding some dicks breadcrumbs, but they likely won't follow the trail back to her home.
<AlcarGM> Err .. ducks.
<Mary_jane`^> ROFLMAO
<Mary_jane`^> freudian slip eh?

Quote 8061

<Denise^_^> what game is this?
<GeminiRai> Mortal City!
<GeminiRai> The sequel to The end!
<GeminiRai> Er, La Fin!(de siecle)
<Denise^_^> what happens in it?
<GeminiRai> Don't know!
<GeminiRai> I'm guessing the mortality of a city comes up.
<Denise^_^> huh?
<GeminiRai> Well, it's called mortal city after all.
<GeminiRai> It seems to suggest that a city is not immortal!
<GeminiRai> Perhaps it is going to be destroyed by militant trash.
<GeminiRai> in La fin, Mary Jane, an angel, a succubus, a fisher king, the moon's soul, a wizard, a little girl werewolf, and a butler save the world by killing Merlin, Arthur, and several million demons...well, and other stuff along the way.
<GeminiRai> At the end, MJ sacrifices most of her power, which comes primarily from being the embodiment of a spark of creation from the beginning of the universe(as well as holding another)
<GeminiRai> And Mortal City is the people who managed to survive.
<GeminiRai> the trash thing was just something that happened last night:P

Quote 8062

<Mary_jane`^> what's anne's maiden name?
<AlcarGm> Hrmn .... i have no idea.
<Mary_jane`^> my point is
<Mary_jane`^> that MJ saw the dragon
<Mary_jane`^> and said he knew she was a consequence because he met her mom whe she was a kid
<Mary_jane`^> but she wouldn't have been a consequence then
<Mary_jane`^> unless...
<Mary_jane`^> ewww
<AlcarGm> lol! That is a good point...
<AlcarGm> oops :p
<Mary_jane`^> anyway, it's highy suspect =p

Quote 8063

<Mary_jane`^> bah, I've dealt with tired before =p
<AlcarGm> yes, but you were 337 then :p
<Mary_jane`^> I'm still 337, you can't outgrow \337tness
<AlcarGm> Well, yes, but not in the same way :) And you're feeling very tired.
<Mary_jane`^> But the light is just upahead... Just a little longer?
<AlcarGm> The lkight is all around you. blue and red, and yoiur body is feeling further away.. as if you could just wander out and never go back
<Mary_jane`^> Oh, good... No wait..
<Mary_jane`^> "LUNA!"
<AlcarGm> distantly, a void seems to be yelling your name but it's very far away
<AlcarGm> eerr, voice :p
<AlcarGm> You sense some .... things... becoming aware of you, but you have no idea what they're saying, nor how to reply to them.
<Mary_jane`^> "Erm... Excuse me, has anyone seen Luna?"
<AlcarGm> Whatevcer is aware of you ..says ..or does . .something, but you have no idea what. Your brain can't make heads or tails or anything else about whatever is here.
<Mary_jane`^> (( English seems to be the universal language in TV shows... ))
<Mary_jane`^> "Erm... What I mean to say is... Could you tell her I"m here? I'm sort of waiting for her."
<AlcarGm> (( Yes, but not to 134th dimensional beings who are wondering if you are a virus :p ))
<AlcarGm> Something .. pushes at you. Searching. Or looking. Or maybe it's mating with you. You are not sure :p
<AlcarGm> So, a pan-dimensional entity slums into a 4th dimensional universe. "hi mom!" Or not :P

Quote 8064

<AlcarGm> You drift backwards.. or downwards ....'that-wards' probably decribes it best, and find yourself back in your body again. it feels cold, and strange, and it could probably stand to lose a few pounds.
<AlcarGm> Tad: "Are you completely batshit?!" frantically, from your shadow.
<AlcarGm> The fact that a voice is talking to you from your shadow would, of course, normally make it a rhetorical question :)

Quote 8065

<AlcarGm> Your class is a lecture on comparative religions and you find the prof's suggestion that Bugs Bunny is Loki in the modern world quite amusing, if nothing else.
* Mary_jane`^ wonders if he hit the acid this morning, and drinks coffee after class
<AlcarGm> (( it makes some sense; they're both tricksters :p ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( I prefer not to think about it ))
<AlcarGm> You drink some more coffee and are feleing ..well ..awake, if nothing else. Tad is busy remaking wards, and ignoring you
<Mary_jane`^> Great
<Mary_jane`^> i'm mad at myself
* AlcarGm grins. Yup :P

Quote 8066

<Mary_jane`^> MJ should go to a cullinary school just to piss people off
<Mary_jane`^> "YOU BURNED THE SALAD! HOW DO YOU BURN SALAD!?"
<AlcarGm> lol! Yes :)
<AlcarGm> "It is physically impossible to burn a caesar salad!"
<Mary_jane`^> "Erm... I gratted the cheese a little fast?"
<AlcarGm> lol

Quote 8067

<AlcarGm> So . .what is Brianna going to be..
* AlcarGm ponders
<Mary_jane`^> a delivery girl?
<AlcarGm> oh! Got it.
<Mary_jane`^> she's just really good at her job
<AlcarGm> Please, in this game? No one is normal :p
<Mary_jane`^> damn
<Mary_jane`^> one can dream

Quote 8068

<Mary_jane`^> I need a good word to use in Hightongue
<Mary_jane`^> Home
<Mary_jane`^> what's Hightongue for Home?
<AlcarGm> "I stubbed my toe!" alkso know, in the tongue of a lesser age as, "$^%^&#!"? :p
<AlcarGm> Erm. No idea....
<Mary_jane`^> Don't you have a dictionary or somethign?
<AlcarGm> Wait.. "Kedva" :p
<AlcarGm> of? :p
<Mary_jane`^> hightongue
<AlcarGm> no :p
<Mary_jane`^> How do you get the words?
* AlcarGm makes them up based on other words. Tad Etad is sanskrit :p Kedva is from Jainism.
<AlcarGm> I think.
<Mary_jane`^> LoL
<AlcarGm> it might have ben Kevda.
<Mary_jane`^> Kevda flows off the tongue better
<Mary_jane`^> I'll use that

Quote 8069

<Mary_jane`^> "She doesn't have a soul... And she doesn't not have one either... SHe doesn't NEED one."
<AlcarGm> Nora: "... what the hell doesn't need a soul?"
<AlcarGm> Nora: "besides lawyers and politicians."
<Mary_jane`^> "Here's a hint... Her family's from Ireland."
<AlcarGm> Nora: ".... oh."
* Mary_jane`^ drinks some more Tea, letting Nora sort through it
<AlcarGm> Nora :"But .. she Looks human..."
<Mary_jane`^> "They all do."
<AlcarGm> Nora: "No, I saw through the ones at that ..bookstore thing."
<Mary_jane`^> "They weren't hiding it well."
<Mary_jane`^> "They thought they were in control."
<AlcarGm> Nora: "There's something else beind them ... shit. I mean .shit. What is up with the lack of normal people in this world to bloody well screw?!"
<Mary_jane`^> "Her lack of a soul is a dead givaway... You might want to mention it to her."
<AlcarGm> Nora: "Right, like THAT is going to come up in a casual conversation...."

Quote 8070

<AlcarGm> Tad: "I'm not insulting you you dumb noodeloaf! YOU. CAN'T. SAVE. HER. We don't have enough power to get far enough!!"
<Mary_jane`^> "How can I get enough power, then!?"
<AlcarGm> Tad: "Become a source for Merlin," sarcastically. "There's no other power than strong in this universe for a source. And he's no longer in this universe thanks to you and Gabe so that's out."
<AlcarGm> Your Shadow isn't lying.. but he's not telling the whole truth either....
<Mary_jane`^> "Tell me... I can't lie to myself for long!"
<AlcarGm> Tad: ".... wanna bet?"
<AlcarGm> he sounds afraid :p
<Mary_jane`^> "Don't make me come in there!"
<AlcarGm> Silence in reply :p
<Mary_jane`^> "Tell me."
<AlcarGm> More silence. He is making wards. Against you.
<AlcarGm> You suspect the Circle would laugh themselves to death if they could see this :p
<Mary_jane`^> "You can't ward from ME! I AM ME!"
<Mary_jane`^> "Why me... Uhg!"

Quote 8071

<AlcarGm> Tad: "Listen. We became ... when we .. woke up .... when we saw.... that was nothing. Anyone can become that, if they need to. Anyone can do it. The grail is ..magnitudes above that. It could bring her here in . .seconds."
* Mary_jane`^ stares at Tad
<Mary_jane`^> "First you were affraid of it, and now you're trying to talk me into it?"
<AlcarGm> Tad: "No. I'm saying it's the only way to do it, if you want to do it. And I ..am you. Mostly."
<Mary_jane`^> "Yes, then you know that the answer is No and that I'm going to try to help her help herself."
<AlcarGm> Tad: "Oh. Good luck." he doesn't add that it's a waste of time, but you can see it in his eyes. He looks almost sad
* Mary_jane`^ shoves a pile of rope into his arms "Atleast make yourself useful and swim out to the coral line and make some bueys for the incomming ships."
<AlcarGm> Tad: ".. what ships?"
<Mary_jane`^> "I don't care! You're thinking about me dieing too much and you need to stop. If a ship were to ever come in, it needs to know where it can land and where it can't. Get to work."
<Mary_jane`^> "We need to lose weight, which means you need to do more manual labor." Nodding sagely
<AlcarGm> Tad: ".. what?"
<Mary_jane`^> "I'm joking. You need something to occupy yourself. Get to work."

Quote 8072

<AlcarGm> To save time, and end@scene .. you follow. The path is weaker now, and you're more following your own trail than hers, but you do follow. You have no idea if you make it as far as before, or further, but you don't sense her at all. Just infinity unfolding around you like an onion of infinities piled on each other.
* Mary_jane`^ yells a few times, brightens herself up with blue light, then gives up when her power gets low
<AlcarGm> You seem you hear the music of . .flutes...? when you brighten yourself
* Mary_jane`^ leaves all the same, she can't venture far on her power
<AlcarGm> k.
<AlcarGm> The fluting was strange and thin, and there might have been drunms..but it was far away
* Mary_jane`^ checks on Tad before goign to bed
<AlcarGm> Tad is making ships now ;)
* Mary_jane`^ frowns at him
<Mary_jane`^> "I suppose that's one way of doing it..."
<AlcarGm> Tad: "The Buoys need a use."
<Mary_jane`^> "You could build a port city, if you get bored... but more importantly we need a library for you to learn the magic stuff so you can tell me when I need it most..." Thinking to herself "Can't see how I can get a library in my head of things I don't already know."
<AlcarGm> Tad; "Everyone forgets things."
<Mary_jane`^> "Then the library will be of what I've forgotten." Nodding to herself "I think."

Quote 8073

* Mary_jane`^ puts a hand on his shoulder "LIsten..." Motioning to the bouys and ship "This is optional... I just don't want you dwelling over death all the time. Do what you want, I just hope this helps.."
<alcar> lol. It's msotly that your subconsciousness thinks you have a death wish :p
<Chaos`^> alright
<alcar> like superheroes who become normal and still try and give Galactus a wedgie
<Chaos`^> I'll have you know
<Chaos`^> that superheros do become normal and try to give galacticusususes a wedgie... and in the end they get their powers back

Quote 8074

<AlcarGM> The 4 tax collectors don't look at al lplaced at the old man saying he can't pay any more taxes. The one standing beside his horse frowns, even as you're ytrying to work your head around taxes in story book land. "Children, then."
<AlcarGM> Old man:"Excuse me?"
* Cyrus` steps out and walks over. "Good sirs! Can't you perhaps overlook it this one time?"
<AlcarGM> Tax collector: "Subsection 4, article 33a of paragraph 16 of book 4 of the tax laws clearly states that children can be substitutes as tax payments, provided theyn are nice and plump and not too stringy."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha "What are you - " Then mutters something under her breath and follows you
* Cyrus` blink-blinks. "The Sherriff is a cannibal, now?"
<AlcarGM> The Tax Collector stares at you disdainfully. "Of course not. They're told to witchesin exchange for magic. " He then frowns at a list. "I don't recnognize you. Where are you from, strangers?"
<Cyrus`> "The r-- Bellona."

Quote 8075

<AlcarGM> The Tax collector stares at the money in your hand. "How did you come into the kingdom of King Dick -" *one of the other tax collectors coughs* "Ahem. King Richard the Lionhearted without ever using the local currency - unless you are vagrants?!"
<Cyrus`> "We travel simply, and live off the land."
<AlcarGM> Tax Collector: "NO one lives off the land in this day and age. Arrest them for thievery," to the other 3 tax collectors.
<AlcarGM> They draw their swords/.
<AlcarGM> Old Man: "Er. I do. With my farm?" in a small voice. No one pays any attention to him :p
* Cyrus` puts up his hands in a calming gesture. "Good sirs, I do not wish to fight, but I have far too much to do to be arrested at present."

Quote 8076

<AlcarGM> Kiesha walks for a bit, then says "They're going to want you to slay a dragon, you know."
<Cyrus`> "Tch, yeah, probably."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "No probably. I overheard two of the others. Apparently a live dragon slayer is almost unheard of."
<Cyrus`> "I can easily imagine why."
* Cyrus` doesnt seem all that worried, strangely.
<AlcarGM> She nods. "at least it scared them. killing people - even tax collectors - is a bad way to enter any new place."
* Cyrus` nods. "Exactly."
<Cyrus`> "I hoping we can just manage to rolepl--talk our way through any problems like that, untiul we can figure out what's going on here."
<AlcarGM> You walk down the road, past other rather shoddy farmsteads. Lots of green rolling hills, and to thw west Sherwood Forest, of magestic trees and probably famous outlaws as well. As long as it's not the Disney version with antropomorphic animals.
<AlcarGM> Kiesha doesn't catch the slip and just nods. "I think they need money."
<Cyrus`> (( but I like anthropomorphic animals. ))

Quote 8077

<AlcarGM> Kiesha sniffs the air. "Nothing i'd call dragon. People. Lots of animals. Some scents I have no idea about ....." She shrugs. "That oldman didn't seem to have much at all."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "You can't tax dead people, after all."
<Cyrus`> "No? *shrug* Might be because he's just a background character. This is all a Story, afterall."
<Cyrus`> (( oh, much money? ))
<Cyrus`> (( I might have read that wrong ))
<Cyrus`> (( I thought she meant much scent. :P ))
<Cyrus`> (( which is it, so I can correct myself if need be? :P ))
<AlcarGM> (( lol. money ;p ))
<AlcarGM> Kiesha gives you a blank look. "What?
<Cyrus`> "Hmm? Oh, you meant money? Sorry. In that case, farmers aren't usually known for being the richest people, unless it's an unusually wonderful season, or something."

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* Cyrus` looks at Kiesha. "So, as I was saying earlier, want a lift?"
<AlcarGM> Kiesha nods.
* Cyrus` picks her up carefully and flies them to the other side.
<AlcarGM> John scowls and gijves you both the finger.
<Cyrus`> "Show some manners! She is a lady, afterall."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "....so why are we following the road? Couldn't you just fly to the castle?"
* Cyrus` blinks.
<Cyrus`> "Er, I guess. But... I mean, that kind of removes all the adventure, doesn't it?"
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "Adventure?"

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<Cyrus`> "This is a storybook land. What's the worst that could happen?" ((and just then, something unimaginable horrible occurs, just cause I said it.))
<AlcarGM> You come to a clearing as you say that. There;s a knight, with a sword, in black armour.
<AlcarGM> Kiesha stops. "I didn't smell him.,..."
<Cyrus`> (( Cthulhu: "Hi, hows it going?" Keisha and Cyrus: *heads explode* ))
<AlcarGM> Knight: "None shall pass."
* Cyrus` grins madly. "Stand aside."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "What's funny? WHatever that is, it's not human...."
<AlcarGM> Knight: "None shall pass."
<Cyrus`> "I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must cross this br--oh. Clearing."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha: "What are you talking about?"
<AlcarGM> Knight: "None shall pass." He draws his sword.
<Cyrus`> (( "Shut up, you're ruinging it!" ))
<Cyrus`> "Wait, aren't you supposed to say, 'Then you shall die?'"
<AlcarGM> Knight: "None shall .... what?"

Quote 8080

<Mary_jane`^> "Gabe... They want you dead... D-E-D DEAD."
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "Lots of people do. I can't do much about them right now, so I'll deal with the water later, whenever there's resources to spare on it, okay?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Resources... what? What else is bothering you? THis is serious gabe.. I saw kiesha beign torchered and you dieing."
<Cyrus`> (( he's irregular :P ))
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "Kiesha and Cyrus are .. I have no idea where, primarily. Some junk fairies created a god somehow, there are dragons in the heart of the city and at least 7 dwarves... should i go on?"
<Mary_jane`^> "Stories are... comming here?"
<AlcarGM> Gabe nods. "I think so. It's the only thing that explains the dragon. I should have had Peter try and find out where it came in last night, but I was . .being stupid, and didn't."
<Mary_jane`^> "Just one dragon?"
<Cyrus`> (( Just?!? ))

Quote 8081

<AlcarGM> The knight charges. Your spear has appeared in your hand, luckily :P
<Cyrus`> (( just as I expected. ))
<Cyrus`> "Hah!" *sets spear against his charge swiftly, aiming for his shoulder*
<Cyrus`> (( I can totally see his arm coming off and he cries and goes home cause he already botched the whole thing up :P ))
<AlcarGM> Your spear hits.. and punches through the shoulder. THe knight staggers back, bleeding. "What did you do THAT for?" in an ominous aggreived tone :p
<Cyrus`> "Um, you were attacking me."
<AlcarGM> Knight: "It's what I DO! I'm a Black fucking Knight! ONly, not the fucking, since i stil can't figure out how to get this sodding armour off and that really doesn't impress the ladies. Especialy when they have to oil me."
<Cyrus`> "You can't honestly expect people to just let you attack them with a sword."
<AlcarGM> Knight: "Do YOU want to be a black knight, huh? You think you can do it better than me?!"
<Cyrus`> "At least I know the lines properly instead of just chanting 'None Shall Pass' like a broken record."
<AlcarGM> Knight: 'I have no idea WHAT you are talking about, but if you're from the union you can get lost!"
<Cyrus`> "Well fine, we'll just be on our way, then."
* Cyrus` starts walking.
<AlcarGM> You've almost left the clearing when the knight says "Hey, wait a minute...."
* Cyrus` walks more quickly. :P
<AlcarGM> Thre knight reaches the edge of the clearing as you leave it, and seems unable to leave himself. "GET BACK HERE! I'LL GNAW OFF YOUR BABY TOES!"

Quote 8082

<Mary_jane`^> "Alright... no funny business." Looking at his clown suit of an outfit "And change your clothes you look like you belong in the circus."
* Mary_jane`^ grins at him and goes to the couch to sit down
<AlcarGM> Gabe:: 'Drycleaners in the heart of the city leave a lot to be desired. And I can't change the pants," with a shrug. "Not without help. So they're fine."
<Mary_jane`^> "They're... PINK..."
* Mary_jane`^ sighs, and walks over to gabe's laundry pile
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "They're clothing. I'll live."
* Mary_jane`^ uses some magic to clean off a set of clothes
<Mary_jane`^> "You will do nothing of the sort. We will change and you will look better. When was the last time you took a bath?"
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "Thursday, okay?"
<Mary_jane`^> "NO!"
<Mary_jane`^> "Bathroom, you, NOW!"
<AlcarGM> he stares at you, then just nods.
<Cyrus`> That's so funny how MJ is talking to a Fisher King like that.

Quote 8083

<AlcarGM> Ygg: "Fae do not ... involve themselves.. with mortals. They remain outside all stories by not acting in them."
<Mary_jane`^> "She's not exactly a mortal. SHe's half demon."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "THere is no force that could make them do so ..... save one, and I shall not name it."
<Cyrus`> (( Plot. ))
<AlcarGM> (( Ygg: "Excuse me? That's a stupid name for someone." ))

Quote 8084

<Mary_jane`^> he's going to send the chick... the mean evil.. NASTY chick.. er.. wolf.. cub... female...
<AlcarGM> Yup. The one that is feisty :P
<Mary_jane`^> Fenrir has trouble with her
<Mary_jane`^> FENRIR!
<Cyrus`> Get her spayed. She'll calm right down.
* AlcarGM grins. That would be a session in itself :P

Quote 8085

<AlcarGM> THe guard frowns. "There is the ... man ... in the woods. Some say he is a man. others a devil. People leave the land because of his crimes."
<Cyrus`> "Oh? Can you tell me more?"
<AlcarGM> The guard looks around conspiratorily and lowers his voice. "Robin of the Hood."
<Cyrus`> "Oh, him? He's supposed to be here. No, I meant something bigger."
<AlcarGM> Kieshan manages to turn a laugh into a cough.
<AlcarGM> Guard: "What? HERE?! In the city?!"
<Cyrus`> "No, in Sherwood. It's part of the story. What I'm looking for is something big and out of place."
<AlcarGM> Guard: "Story?! The man is ruining our kingdom! He steals, and gives to his friends, and the government kills whoever is trafficking in stolen goods and some of it ALWAYS goes missing and taxes go up and he robs the tax collectors again . .and people call him a hero?!"
<Cyrus`> "I thought he gave to the poor."
<AlcarGM> Guard: "Oh, sure, if you're his friend or family, or his swiss bank account maybe! Like the poor can use gold coins? 'Here, mate, I have gold!' 'where did you get it from?' ' uh ....' and then they're in jail.:"
<Cyrus`> "Wait, did you say Swiss Bank Account?"
<AlcarGM> Guard: "Of course I did. You've nevter heard of a bank? They're this Jewish heathen invention."
<Cyrus`> "No I know what a bank is. But isn't sending money to Switzerland a huge pain in this time period? I thought sticking your money into a Swiss Bank Account was just a modern-age thing."
<AlcarGM> Guard: "What age IS this if it's not the modern age ye daft loon?"

Quote 8086

<AlcarGM> Ygg: "Do you have any other reason to trouble me, mortal?"\
<Cyrus`> (( "I just love your sparkling personality." ))
<Mary_jane`^> "Huh? Oh, i was hoping you'd want to get involved.. being the eldest... Doesn't that make you a leader or.. Figurehead or... Hero or something?"
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "it means I nhave survived where others died, by knowing when to pick my battles."
<AlcarGM> (( aka I am a coward :p ))
<Mary_jane`^> "Great... This is a nice battle to pick... So, you comming?"
<Cyrus`> (( he's such a shut-in. He needs to get out and mingle. ))
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "No."
<Cyrus`> (( OH! Maybe he stays in the dark all the time cause he has horrible dragon-acne. ))

Quote 8087

<AlcarGM> Ygg: "If the Fae are pushing at the boundary lands, the stories will come to your world for refuge. There is nothing I could do to prevent that, even if I wished to. I have not lived long by gaining ulcers trying to herd cats."
<Mary_jane`^> "Listen... I need your help... and you are just avoiding the inevitable... You even ran into my head."
<AlcarGM> Silence, then: "It was large enough, and safe until you came barging into it," reproachfuly. "Do you know nursery rhymes?"
<Mary_jane`^> "A few."
<AlcarGM> Ygg clears its throat, then chants: "For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy or there is none. If there be one, seek till you find it; If there be none, never mind it." The ts eyes close. "Go away."
<Mary_jane`^> "No! You are the one, then!"
<Mary_jane`^> "You are very bad at dissuading me."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "For one with knowledge of the High Tongue, you have a poor grasp of English. What part of 'Go away' do you not understand?"

Quote 8088

<Mary_jane`^> "How did you know I knew High Tongue?" I never used it infront of him =p
<Cyrus`> (( he lives in your head. go figure. ))
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "It is written on the skein of your soul."
<Mary_jane`^> "I have birds on my soul?"
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "... pardon?"
<Mary_jane`^> "You said you read the skein of my soul... Like a flock of birds?"
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "I *meant* like a thread, or tapestry."\
<Mary_jane`^> "Oh. You could have said thread.. or tapestry."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "I am a dragon. I have a reputation to maintain. We do not say 'hey, dude'".
<Mary_jane`^> "You just did..."

Quote 8089

<Mary_jane`^> "My world isn't a very fun place for freeloaders... You could atleast PRETEND to do your job and be the eldest... It's a responsibility you now."
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "It is because I survived, where others died. Nothing more."
<Mary_jane`^> "It also means you have a responsibility... It's like falling into being hero of the world... You just have to do it."
<Cyrus`> (( I want to see you evict him, just so you can try to explain a huge dragon popping out of your head in Gabe's apartment. ))
<AlcarGM> Ygg: "I am NOT a hero. I am a dragon, and we have far more sense than to be heroes. We leave it ot knghts. And then we eat them."

Quote 8090

<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "That is true, but you are not powerful enough to kill one who cannot die."
<Cyrus`> "How can I get more powerful, then?"
<Cyrus`> (( Initiate + Spark :P ))
<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "Find his heart, of course, and his name. Knowledge is true power, in stories. Luck, courage, and accepting aid when offered, and not harming in exchange for aid."
<AlcarGM> Kiesha frowns. "There's a lot of stories...."
<Cyrus`> "Hmm. I'll bet that's going to be tricky."
<AlcarGM> The dragon nods. "Tricks help, too. Even in your world, everything is a Story. Only here, it is .. more obvious."
<Cyrus`> "Can you tell us any more about him, so we can figure out who he really is?
<Cyrus`> (( hmm, I suddenly got a weird theory that popped out of nowhere. ))
<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "I do not know any more than I have said, and it is all myth and legend in any event."
<AlcarGM> (( oh? :p ))
<Cyrus`> (( Yeah, I got this strange notion that it's going to end up being Jesus or something. ))
<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "To know the name of something is to understand that. The Enemy hides its name and nature to increase the fear..."
<AlcarGM> (( .. rofl! ))

Quote 8091

<Cyrus`> "I doubt I can trick him into giving his name, and people around here probably won't know anything. Hrm."
<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "the Wizard in Oz may know, but Oz has closed it's borders due to the Munchin rebellion."
<AlcarGM> Munchkin
<Cyrus`> "Well, we'll just have to break in, I guess."
<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "I have no idea how you'd do that. You'd need allies, for one thing. And power in this world."
<Cyrus`> "I have a spear that I slew a dragon with. I got it from this world originally."
<Cyrus`> "Plus, the Tooth Fairy owes me one."
<AlcarGM> Rolodex: "Hmm. Magic items are .. useful, but anything given can be taken away, lost, or destroyed. It can be most vexxing, especialy if you didn't keep the recipt."
<Cyrus`> (( I dont know why it didnt occur to me right away that I shouldnt be mentioning slaying dragons to a dragon. *sigh* ))
<AlcarGM> (( I am not sure either. She has decided to ignore it since you're obvious THAT kind of hero :p ))

Quote 8092

<Mary_jane`^> (( Can wolves frown? Nevermind.. ))
<Cyrus`> (( Fenrir can do as he pleases. ))
<Cyrus`> (( he swallows the moon, remember. ))
<Mary_jane`^> (( Luna wouldn't like that... ))
<AlcarGM> (( unless it was in a sexual sense. ))
<Cyrus`> (( Well then, she'd better make with the bribery. ))

Quote 8093

<AlcarGM> You wander off the path for a bit, and finally find the mewrry men. Via a not so merry Friar stumbling through the woods singing about "Mary, Mary, Was a Virgin, til I stuck her full of sin .."
<AlcarGM> with accompanying hand gestures
<Cyrus`> "Sober up, you're disgracing yourself."
<AlcarGM> The friar spots you, and blinks, surprised. "You - you got no right to shay - say that. Only God can judge me." He hiccups.
* AlcarGM is quite disturbed the friar tuck "song" popped right into my head.
<Cyrus`> yeah.

Quote 8094

<Cyrus`> "You know what? You're too drunk to waste this speech on. Just take me to Robin."
<AlcarGM> Tuck: "If . system can be broken, maybe it needs fixing, eh? Eh? Eh? Eh?"
<AlcarGM> He grumbles, and stumbles back towards the Merry Men, basrely noticing that you follow since he's convinced you're DT anyway :p
<Cyrus`> (( DT? ))
<AlcarGM> (( delerium tremens (sp?) - the whole withdrawal from the drink stuff :) ))
<Cyrus`> (( oh ))
<Cyrus`> (( I wouldnt know. ))
<AlcarGM> (( Denial is the first sign! ))

Quote 8095

<AlcarGM> There are men with bows and sword around, at least a hundred all told that you notice offhand, probably more in other buildings, locations, or hiding.
<AlcarGM> A tall man approaches you, a sword in hand. "Who are you?" he snaps.
<Cyrus`> "I'm Cyrus Valiton of Bellona, and I'm seriously considering wearing a name tag. Who're you?"
<Cyrus`> (( I have to introduce myself properly, or I'll never get known properly :P ))
<AlcarGM> Will Scarlett blinks at you. "Will Scarlett, archer and confidante of Himself, and I don't believe you are from around these parts. Spies for John, perhaps?"
<Cyrus`> "Tch, Hardly. I hate John, because I'm supposed to. Despite that, I think your operation has sort of strayed from its initial vision."
<AlcarGM> he blinks, loooking taken aback. "Say what?"

Quote 8096

<Cyrus`> I'm trying to force Robin and his Merry Men to fix their operation as part of a larger plan to save a world, and MJ and Gabe are eating Pizza and reminiscing. :P
<Cyrus`> That feel sort of unfair, to me.
<Mary_jane`^> actually
<Mary_jane`^> we're arguing over whether MJ was selfish in killing gabe or not

Quote 8097

<Cyrus`> "In short, I hear you've become a bit corrupt. The drunken Friar over there singing about sex with virgins named Mary sort of confirms it. You're harming the poor by your actions, which isn't right."
<AlcarGM> Will Scarlett: "Wha the hell? Where do youn get off being high and mighty, mister?"
<Cyrus`> "I read your story when I was little. I know what its supposed to be. This isn't it."
<AlcarGM> Will Scarlett: "Story? What the hell are you talking about? I didn't write no story about nothing.
<AlcarGM> A few poeple are coming over, most armed, and curious . .so far just curious :Lpo
<Cyrus`> "This is bigger than Nottingham, or your world, even. That's all I'll say about that, but the point is that you've all gone offtrack here."
<AlcarGM> Will Scarlett: "Excuse me? *I* have gone off track? We are robbing the rich and giving to the god-damned poor you self righteous shit!"
<Cyrus`> "You're robbing from everyone and, from what I've heard, keeping far too much of it. You've got to be more strategic here."
<AlcarGM> Will Scarlett: "What the hell? I mean, what the hell? Where do you get off telling us what to do ,buddy?"
<Cyrus`> "Because I'm trying to save you god-damned world from being taken over by some shithead immortal with no heart!"
* Cyrus` takes a deep breathe, and puts a hand to his temple. "Sorry. I'm just getting frustrated."
<AlcarGM> Will Scarlett: "You're a loony, is what you are."

Quote 8098

* Mary_jane`^ raises an eyebrow "Have you been paying any attention to the real world, at all?"
<AlcarGM> Tad: "I have been making a city. It is an art. So .. err.. no."
<Mary_jane`^> "I see... Well I brought Gabe, and Fenrir.. and Gabe's evil bear."
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "bear?"
* Mary_jane`^ looks at Gabe "The one on your lap."
<AlcarGM> Tad: "Oh!" He looks alarmed ."But I didn't finish the walls, or the .. the .... well. I guess... it'll have to do. You could have warned me you were bringing guests!"
<Mary_jane`^> "I figured you were watching... You tend to do that."
<AlcarGM> Gabe: "... Oh. That bear." He blinks. "Is there a reason your magic is currently harry potter?"
* Mary_jane`^ shrugs "He likes Harry potter?"
<AlcarGM> Fenrir frowns at the bear, but says nothing.
<Mary_jane`^> "I don't pretend to understand his motives most of the time.
<AlcarGM> Tad: "And he's cute." Except not for the scar thing. That could use, like, plastic make over, or whatever it is." The scar vanishes. "The liibrary is this way," he says, heading down a street
<Mary_jane`^> "He's cute... great he's gay..."
* Mary_jane`^ sighs and follows Tad
<Cyrus`> (( Um, he's you. And you're female. And the fact he might like guys troubles you? ))

Quote 8099

* AlcarGM wants to see clerics use Turn Undead on Jesus now ;P
<Cyrus`> I always figured he counted as a demi-god.
<AlcarGM> it'd be an awesome! "This is my god, vampire, and in HIs name i turn .. wait. I turned Jesus, too?! What the hell?!"

Quote 8100

* Cyrus` lifts off the edge of the well (( and hopefully isnt grabbed by a pissed off ghost of a little girl )). "Guess we should head out."