Action, Adventure, Excitement, Part 4 Chapter 22 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 04:37:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (take 2) On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 07:09:59 -0500 In Message # 00003286 In alt.callahans Post # 00001499 Caprice said: >On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 19:24:10 -0600 In Message # 00003269 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001482 Michael Jon Knight said: > >>On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 07:04:36 -0500 In Message # 00003264 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001477 Caprice said: *SNIP* >When Legion reaches into her pocket, her hand appears from the >Gateway in front of Grep. Legion'll be handed a switch-blade style >Vibro-blade that can cut through anything up to and including Sherman >tank armour. Legion pulls out the switchblade, and slices up at the beast, effectively gutting it. Still, the creature refuses to die. Claws tear at Legion's shoulders, and for a moment it looks like she will drop the knife. But she somehow manages to slice the creature again across the torso and throat. This finally makes it loosen it's grip on her enough that the lashing hooves of her horse knocks it off of her. >When the fight is over, the twins will send the following: > >/Legion, slip the switch-blade into that same pocket. We'll pass you >a normal blade. It'll be a good enough knife for the job, but >shouldn't look suspicious. -If- the kid can tell the difference, >they'll think he was imagining things, 'cause you'll only have the >normal one./ While Legion rolls to her feet, pocketing the closed switchblade, the enraged mare finishes off the creature, trampling it into the dust. Legion staggers over to where her packs are. Johnathon runs to her, stammering, "It... I..." Legion sits down, fumbling through the packs one handed. "You did exactly what you should have. You got out of the way, and looked for a weapon. You didn't vanish into the woods, but you didn't charge the thing bare handed either. You did fine." >On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:21:23 In Message # 00003277 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001490 Morgan said: *snip* ><*Caprice, since this isn't focused on you it shouldn't blow your >cover....*> The mental voice is mostly Morgan's, but it has echos of >Roland in it. <*But you might want to give a good impression of >running for your life.*> /Morgan, we're in no shape to run anywhere... though give us a few minutes to treat our wounds and we'll ride out./ Legion opens up the leather kit with her medical supplies, and snags a metal canteen that is not the one that normally hangs at her saddle. Johnathon opens it without her asking, and looks to her for instructions. "Use it to clean out me wounds... be thorough." Legion bites down hard as the alcohol burns through the gouges is her skin. When he finishes, she nods to a pouch, which when opened is full of blue-grey powder. "Dust that in them, all of them..." Legion looks to the flame in the dawn sky, where the battle is raging some distance away. "And lets hope we finish before whatever's over there notices us." =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 07:39:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:22:30 -0600 In Message # 00003287 In alt.callahans Post # 00001500 Zia said: As the globe around Zia begins to block of Driss' view of the young woman concentrating within the construct, far away, a Behir rips open local space time to escape. A sudden blank spot appears as one of the 'threads' around the Amberite girl vanishes abruptly. There is a sudden massive roil as the other coils react to the emptiness, shifting and knotting furiously. Zia's song takes on a definite note of pain, but her voice does not quite falter and stop singing. The pentagram lines between herself and the others swim into visible however; two lambent cables in eye-tearing blue, one skimming towards the horizon, and the other dipping almost immediately into the ground. These lines are thin, for all their flash. Then the spiral swims into view as well, a seemingly manufactured rainbow arch that disappears into the distance, in the same one color. It's not thin, but seems somehow hard to discern, as if it's whole form were not visible from Earth's dimension. A small whisker of blue, a line about the thickness of a hair for all it's brightness, works loose of the now-solid Gordian knot obscuring Zia, and snakes over slowly towards Driss. It stops, and raises into the air very like a snake. Then it seems to wait on him to do something. ------- Within Zia's wreaking, thoughts flow among her and the others helping hold the power into the geo-symbols. Behind and through all the thoughts, Sera's song soothes and comforts. There is a deep and easy harmony between the echoes of their voices singing through the Trumps, even though each of them sings of different subjects, and in different languages. The geosymbol link is balancing out the power Sera fed it from both the bomb and residual radiation from Roland's emissions during his confrontation with it, and as it balances, the minds within it are drawn into Convergence. Not quite yet however, as some disinction is still evident, at least to them... Zia's Trump contact is searingly bright as her pain tunnels through it, @That was the first.@ James @calmly now, you've got it, you can hold it@ Sheila sends matter of factly @Countdown begun@ Morgan's grim Celtic 'voice' rumbles bass through to try and get Sera's attention @call him. See if he hears you.@ Zia @But I have a thread - if he touches it then I can speak - @ Morgan @No, Zia, not Driss, the Tin Man.@ Zia to all @But I CAN'T unless the Dream Lord aids me - there just isn't enough power, I'll kill us all.@ Sheila @CALM - you underestimate your ability. Just concentrate - James will keep you from loosing too much power.@ =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:09:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:36:38 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003288 In alt.callahans Post # 00001501 Driscoll said: On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ziactrice Keenan wrote: > A small whisker of blue, a line about the thickness of a hair for > all it's brightness, works loose of the now-solid Gordian knot > obscuring Zia, and snakes over slowly towards Driss. It stops, and > raises into the air very like a snake. Then it seems to wait on him > to do something. Driss backs off from the thread a bit and watches as it follows him but keeps about the same distance. He isn't sure what Zia's doing and meddling with magics you don't know can be dangerous. Still this was obviously directed to him, and she could need help. Driss made his decision, swallowed hard adn reached out towards the thread. =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:10:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 11:51:14 -0600 In Message # 00003289 In alt.callahans Post # 00001502 Zia said: > Driss backs off from the thread a bit and watches as it follows him >but keeps about the same distance. He isn't sure what Zia's doing and >meddling with magics you don't know can be dangerous. Still this was >obviously directed to him, and she could need help. Driss made his >decision, swallowed hard adn reached out towards the thread. Gingerly, it touches his hand with a pinprick like feeling of chill. The bright blue is the ultra non-colored white of Order as mixed with the black everything of Chaotic natured energy, translated somehow by a much smaller vestiege of the same type in Zia. (Driss might be able to see these sorts of things, given whom and what he is.) First just the emotion of relief, and then Zia's voice sounds through his mind directly, although it sounds like spoken words. /"Thank you. I need you to ask the dreaming cat (pic of Fuzzy) to release more energy at one of this temporary Symbol's nodes."/ Faintly, Driss can also discern other voices, none of which he recognizes (not having met James even), and a musical rhythym akin to distant thunder in promise of power. /"I don't have enough, yet to do what needs to be done. Hopefully, we can make a mutually beneficial arrangement."/ /"If you have no handy way of getting his attention here, tug this thread loose and use the Chaotic power in it to warp the Shad- I mean, change reality slightly; he should notice that. You can drop it after and I'll clean up - don't think you can safely use Ordered energy. I don't need to tell you to be careful what you wish for. If you have questions, ask them before you tug it loose - it's hard to form a channel this small right now. Doubt I can repeat the feat."/ =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:51:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:37:26 -0800 (PST) In Message # 00003292 In alt.callahans Post # 00001505 fuzzy said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 11:51:14 -0600 In Message # 00003289 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001502 Zia said: > > First just the emotion of relief, and then Zia's voice sounds > through his mind directly, although it sounds like spoken words. > /"Thank you. I need you to ask the dreaming cat (pic of Fuzzy) to > release more energy at one of this temporary Symbol's nodes."/ > Faintly, Driss can also discern other voices, none of which he > recognizes (not having met James even), and a musical rhythym akin > to distant thunder in promise of power. /"I don't have enough, yet > to do what needs to be done. Hopefully, we can make a mutually > beneficial arrangement."/ Fuzzy Telepathicly to/via Driss, Fuzzy's feel is the Grey of true balance... \Zia, If you thought that I would not see the structure you are building, I am sorry to inform you that you were incorrect... :) I connected, passively, to the outer boundries of Driss' mind when he started to reach for the thread of energy. And I am currently reading the leakage from the thread... Incase he ended up in more trouble than he could cope with... ;) Do you have a preference as to which Node or Nodes and What energy balance? It will be somewhat difficult to directly contact that structure without automaticaly balanceing the Order/Chaos aspects of it... If that is not what you need?\ > /"If you have no handy way of getting his attention here, tug this > thread loose and use the Chaotic power in it to warp the Shad- I > mean, change reality slightly; he should notice that. You can drop > it after and I'll clean up - don't think you can safely use Ordered > energy. I don't need to tell you to be careful what you wish for. If > you have questions, ask them before you tug it loose - it's hard to > form a channel this small right now. Doubt I can repeat the feat."/ Fuzzy Gets back on his HoverCyclone, \ Without risking a teleport, or gate, near those Nodes, I can get there at Mach 5 velocities...\ =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:16:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:57:48 -0600 In Message # 00003294 In alt.callahans Post # 00001507 Zia said: >Fuzzy Telepathicly to/via Driss, > Fuzzy's feel is the Grey of true balance... >\Zia, If you thought that I would not see the structure you are >building, I am sorry to inform you that you were incorrect... :) Driss, and not Fuzzy, being as Driss is the direct contact, gets a slight sense of Zia controlling the urge to snigger at Fuzzy's 'I'm sorry to inform you' so she can continue using her vocal cords to sing instead. Her mental voice shows nothing of this amused reaction however, /"Of course."/ She agrees as blandly as possible. Perhaps a little too blandly, but she IS busy at the moment. > I connected, passively, to the outer boundries of Driss' mind when >he started to reach for the thread of energy. >And I am currently reading the leakage from the thread... Zia unmistakeably is appalled at the intrusion on Driss that Fuzzy has done, even if it were to protect him. She addresses him quickly, /"Just drop the thread to close this channel to you - I had no intention of 'talking over' you this way. I only wanted to ask you to pass a message onward for me."/ This voice came as a whisper, and there was nothing to leak over to Fuzzy's perception of the 'thread'. > Incase he ended up in more trouble than he could cope with... ;) Zia drawls very sourly (either in Driss' head, or through the 'channel' thread if he chose to let go of it), /"Don't trust my word. Can't say I'm surprised. I guess I should take it as flattering that you even considered I COULD cause trouble with a dinky bit of energy like this../" One could get the definite feeling Zia doesn't LIKE asking anyone for help. >Do you have a preference as to which Node or Nodes and What energy >balance? > It will be somewhat difficult to directly contact that structure >without automaticaly balanceing the Order/Chaos aspects of it... > If that is not what you need?\ /"True magnetic south."/ James' mental 'voice'. /"Or Mongolia here (pic)."/ Another man, deep voiced. /"Balancing is the design, intended. And what is needed."/ The voice is now Sheila's, although it's quite a bit like Zia's. >Fuzzy Gets back on his HoverCyclone, >\ Without risking a teleport, or gate, near those Nodes, I can get >there at Mach 5 velocities...\ ((On the Trump linkage.)) /*Speed of sound?*/ Zia. /*600 mph Earth prime.*/ Shiela. /*Then Morgan is in Mongolia? You two swapped. Sheila's Gold Coast. Secant of the arcs.... Mon - /" She stops suddenly feeling oddly at peace, so strongly it interrupts her chain of thought and ... <> /*Mongolia.*/ James, Sheila and Morgan say together quickly/ Their urgency results from knowing that they soon will be joining the link full-bore. Now, two voices are singing the same song - the angel's one about love. ((Back out to Driss (maybe) and Fuzzy.)) /"It will take too long to reach me at that speed. Take the Mongolia site - Sera's point is already suffused."/ James' voice answers, as he speaks up to carry over the now slightly louder angelic singing in the background of the thoughts. =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:00:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:45:12 +0800 In Message # 00003295 In alt.callahans Post # 00001508 fuzzy said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:57:48 -0600 In Message # 00003294 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001507 Zia said: > > Zia unmistakeably is appalled at the intrusion on Driss that Fuzzy > has done, even if it were to protect him. She addresses him quickly, > /"Just drop the thread to close this channel to you - I had no > intention of 'talking over' you this way. I only wanted to ask you > to pass a message onward for me."/ This voice came as a whisper, and > there was nothing to leak over to Fuzzy's perception of the > 'thread'. > Zia drawls very sourly (either in Driss' head, or through the > 'channel' thread if he chose to let go of it), /"Don't trust my > word. Can't say I'm surprised. I guess I should take it as > flattering that you even considered I COULD cause trouble with a > dinky bit of energy like this../" One could get the definite feeling > Zia doesn't LIKE asking anyone for help. \I never heard you tell him that it was safe to touch. and it does not take much energy to affect bio-systems... Less than a watt of Electricity can kill.\ > /*Mongolia.*/ James, Sheila and Morgan say together quickly/ > Their urgency results from knowing that they soon will be joining > the link full-bore. Now, two voices are singing the same song - the > angel's one about love. > ((Back out to Driss (maybe) and Fuzzy.)) \Right, on my way.\ Fuzzy Starts moving... > /"It will take too long to reach me at that speed. Take the Mongolia > site - Sera's point is already suffused."/ James' voice answers, as > he speaks up to carry over the now slightly louder angelic singing > in the background of the thoughts. \Once I arrive, simple contact will trigger a side-effect, from an earlier problem, which will bring the energies I am in contact with into balance, in every aspect that I can perceive... Possibly more...\ \Since you did not object to my avoiding Gate or Teleport effect, I am assuming that they would indeed cause problems, What about Astral Phasing? That would make it about 3 seconds from point to point on this figure.\ =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:05:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE4: Make Room For Daddy! On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:57:13 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003296 In alt.callahans Post # 00001509 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 05:53:58 -0600 In Message # 00003285 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001498 Michael Jon Knight said: > > talking about it, but since Hydra had just boosted the Twin's > abilities, they were presumably too busy processing the wealth of > new information and emotional responses to react before others did. > Not that I minded, I wanted to share the fight anyway. And, Hydra > just gave Knytt some boosting, though in a much more indirect > manner, as you'll see.>> OOC: Well, that settles it. I no longer have a clue about what is and isn't being blocked/jammed anymore. And that being the case.. At some point Jadis uses all these teloports to mask his own port out, leaving behind a full simulacrum of himself. He straightens up, brushes some soot off his clothes, and laughs. OOC: And I'm not saying when he did it either... =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:37:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:13:28 -0600 In Message # 00003297 In alt.callahans Post # 00001510 Zia said: > "Passively"... :)> ---- >Fuzzy Starts moving... >\Once I arrive, simple contact will trigger a side-effect, from an > earlier problem, which will bring the energies I am in contact with > into balance, in every aspect that I can perceive... > Possibly more...\ /"As long as the energies balance in twa the shape, we'll be all right, on that score."/ Morgan reassures. >\Since you did not object to my avoiding Gate or Teleport effect, > I am assuming that they would indeed cause problems, > What about Astral Phasing? > That would make it about 3 seconds from point to point on this > figure.\ There is slight consternation over the link, then James replies; /"If you can transport that sort of power through the Astral and not get killed when it normalizes, go right ahead. Just don't get to close to any of us, say a mile or so, while you're still in the Astral. Dimensional effects don't like being around us."/ =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:03:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (Long) On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:52:01 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003298 In alt.callahans Post # 00001511 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 02:38:20 -0500 In Message # 00003284 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001497 Martin Gerster said: > >>>>Then, on Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Morgan/Roland said: >>>> >>>>"We are FireWolf!" a voice with no clear gender bellows, and the >>>>flame is now _definitely_ magickal, and heading for Jadis as if >>>>alive itself! Jadis's sardonic voice comes from out of the flames, "How very original." Jadis flies out of the path of the flames, which bend to follow him, and begins complex evasive manuevers. A black aura begins to form around him. > (OOC: The Glaive has a 120% chance of hitting. Here, it'll do an > ammount of damage equivilant to that needed to completly destroy a > large passenger airliner, half that if Jadis decides to dodge it by > momentarily "phasing" out of this dimension. Yes; it can still > attack opponents on other planes of existance. Also, _when_ it hits, > it has a %90 chance of severing a limb. Addtionaly, it'll continue > to attack for as long as Dhyrclhanc wants it to. Plus, Jadis *can't* > destroy it -- It's considered a AD&D Artifact. Even if Jadis 'ports > it away, it'll eventualy find its way back to Dhyrclhanc's hands, > even if it's in another dimension) OOC: Whoooo! An AD&D Artifact. The Glaive flies straight towards Jadis, who twists at the last moment and only suffers a deep wound in his side. As the Glaive returns to Dhyrclhanc, Jadis's wounds begin to close and the bleeding stops. Jadis's midair acrobatics become even more wild as he moves away from the Glaive and also tries to avoind FireWolf's attacks. With the Glaive about to slice through his back Jadis twists and makes a catching motion. As he comes to a stop he can be seen to be holding the Glaive encased in some box like structure. It is clearly still moving towards him at a fast rate, yet it stays in the same place. > Meinwhile, Void, the entity once known as once known as Adrianna > Tereshkova, appears. She takes one look at Jadis, says something > uninteligible in Russian (anyone who understands Russian, I'm > assuming this includes Jadis, will recognize it as a string of > slavic curses strong enough to *peel* paint off a battleship), and > then launches a series of pulsed energy blasts at the Mage that > would *melt* the hull off of a battleship. The blasts hit Jadis's sheilds and seem to spread over them, the energy whorling and crackling. Jadis ports behind Void holding a black glowing Kris which he proceeds to shove into her back. Void arches her back and screams and Jadis lets out a sigh of satisfaction. Silver energies flicker wildly over the blade. As they start to mesh with Jadis' aura he gets a sour look on his face. Jadis moves to thrust her away as she explodes like a glass jar filled with mercury. A few dozen yards away from the blast Jadis manages to bring himself to a stop. He shakes his head to clear it and mutters, "Most interesting." =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:03:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (take 2) On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:58:25 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003299 In alt.callahans Post # 00001512 Shadow said: > On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:21:23 In Message # 00003277 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001490 Morgan said: > > Only one word echoes through the link from Roland. > *JAAAADIS!* > With that, he vanishes, reappearing between Jadis and the twins. > He draws and fires the armor's rifle in one fluid motion, > microscopic crystals streaming toward Jadis at relativistic speeds. > "Makes a deLameter look like a popgun, doesn't it?" he snarls as > the air scorches around the beam of matter/energy. (OOC: Roland is > careful to be aiming _up_ at Jadis so that no stray blasts hit > innocents below them.) Jadis extends a hand toward the beam and ends up with two glowing handfuls. He lifts one, "Energy." He lifts the other, "Matter." He lifts the energy hand again and proceeds to 'eat' the contents, "Tastes great." He does the same for the other one, "Less Filling." > *Mel, Grep, get _out_ of here! I'll keep the Vader-wannabe busy!* > With that, he changes into what looks like his Pan-form, but rapidly OOC: The rest of this can be found in Dhyrclhanc's post.... =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:34:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE: Welcome the WildCats On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:09:52 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003300 In alt.callahans Post # 00001513 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 02:38:20 -0500 In Message # 00003284 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001497 Martin Gerster said: > > Dhyrclhanc turns his attention to his two compatriots, "Sythea, > you're not going to be of any use against Jadis either; go with Rhia > and see if you can help the WildCATS settled down here and once you > figure exactly what's going on here you can let me know." Rhiannon starts as she is drafted into hostess duties, then sighs in resignation. > "Ah, Bro!" > > "No talking back to your big brother, besides it'l also give you and > Rhia some time to catch up as well." > > Synthea joins Rhiannon and asks her what's been going on and the > rest of the WildCATS follow. Rhiannon motions the WildCATS close and settles herself, "Well, as you may or may not know, this all started... ...and that brings us up to now. Any questions?" =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:35:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:13:21 +0800 In Message # 00003301 In alt.callahans Post # 00001514 fuzzy said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:13:28 -0600 In Message # 00003297 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001510 Zia said: >>> "Passively"... :)> > > too much of one to think there is a difference between active > reading and passive listening. Hard to say, since I like playing her > mysterious.> > /"As long as the energies balance in twa the shape, we'll be all > right, on that score."/ Morgan reassures. \We are fine on that then... Unless the imbalance is of too high a magnitude, Then the Normalization flow rate might damage one or the other of us.\ > is a good enough telepath to send from London to Mongolia. Because > Morgan is psi-null, however, he can't be reached with psionics. The > 'thread' will work, or James and Shieila can relay.> > There is slight consternation over the link, then James replies; > /"If you can transport that sort of power through the Astral and not > get killed when it normalizes, go right ahead. Just don't get to > close to any of us, say a mile or so, while you're still in the > Astral. Dimensional effects don't like being around us."/ Going to Astral Plane \Right, I will drop back to Normal space at about a mile and a half, to give my self room to decelerate...\ \It is less a matter of transporting power, than ... When I am in contact with Imbalanced Energies A matched intensity Balancing Flow is Evoked Directly from the Multiverse itself... Once I get a good look at the imbalance at that point we will see if we need to buffer the Exposure, to reduce the surge amplitude.\ =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:34:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:12:37 -0600 In Message # 00003302 In alt.callahans Post # 00001515 Zia said: >his Lens..., and Unless Morgan is actively Anti-Psi, He can make >contact, otherwise we will relay...rather than move the thread from >where Zia is, to the Church, then drag it across the world in Astral >Space.> >\It is less a matter of transporting power, than ... > When I am in contact with Imbalanced Energies A matched intensity > Balancing Flow is Evoked Directly from the Multiverse itself... > Once I get a good look at the imbalance at that point we will see > if we need to buffer the Exposure, to reduce the surge amplitude.\ There is a sense of amusement from James /"Seen one multiversal reaction; seen 'em all. Worry about yourself there, dreamer. This is hardly our first go. Better idea - just liberate the force as force; we'll see to the Ordering of it. If you drain it and provoke such an equivalency flow, it could attract back the attention of those whom we'd rather not know of our involvement."/ There is a as another of the Trump linkage falls into Convergence, and then just as Fuzzy arrives, he can dimly feel another. And finally, James is balanced on the edge, but witholds himself there by a straining effort just in case there is any last minute question about balancing or releasing the energy. > Jewel of Judgement itself.> =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:33:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:18:42 +0800 In Message # 00003304 In alt.callahans Post # 00001517 fuzzy said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:12:37 -0600 In Message # 00003302 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001515 Zia said: > > exist as far as affecting Morgan. That's why everybody has been > Trumping or talking to him. If you want to call it 'Actively > Anti-Psi' go right ahead, but it's not active, it's not something > Morgan has to bolster against an attack. Of course, it's also a permanent birth condition - he also cannot be > psionically healed, included in psionic conversations - and looks > really odd to anyone's Aura Sight as well. I'll just say James > relays.> Yep, thats it...> > There is a sense of amusement from James /"Seen one multiversal > reaction; seen 'em all. Worry about yourself there, dreamer. This is > hardly our first go. Better idea - just liberate the force as force; > we'll see to the Ordering of it. If you drain it and provoke such an > equivalency flow, it could attract back the attention of those whom > we'd rather not know of our involvement."/ \ It is not a concious action, which is why it needs a little caution, it does not Drain anything... If there are 3 more units of Chaos than Order in the Energy I contact I will Receive 3 units of Order, Which I will then Release to You... This Happpens Regardless of polarity or which Diametric Energy sets are included, even Several at once... An I have no Control beyond wether or not I release the energy and How fast.\ > ever heard. I'm beginning to think of playing my character with one > teensy tiny ability that is sorta neat... and not much else but a > mouth and some cunning. Once I get rid of Zia's helper, here, should > get MUCH more interesting. And I doubt the power of a single > multiverse could impress an Amberite. Kill one, maybe, impress? > Please. (ROTFLMAO... that is so weird, and so true.)> of the feel... Since this is a balance effect and the Jewel is the source both of the Pattern and the Logrus... I've forgotten which book Corwin finds out about the hazards of drawing effects from the Jewel, Like Weather Control... His Brother who held the throne (and Blinded him) had some trouble with that in his last battle... I do understand, this effect, is a side effect of something that happend in play, and I was not expecting a Lens... Let alone a True Lens... At the Time, I wished Fuzzy had been given a little more notice... I had more than enough little details to deal with... But I also could not see a way around them given the nature of the Character...> =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:33:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Aae: transportation problems. On Fri, 20 Mar 98 19:26:12 -0800 In Message # 00003305 In alt.callahans Post # 00001518 Roland X said: >On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:02:39 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003259 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001472 Driscoll said: > The interferance had been working at his viewing appuratus as well. >He had lost his contact with the Army of Light and with the Borg on >the planet's surface. even the Spidroid on Rhiannon's boot seemed to >be cut off. But by scanning the area indirectly it was obvious his >plan had worked to some degree. Residual information showed that 2 of >the bombs had blown up, though one seemed to have been dampened or >altered in some way. Also the Army of Light had to be getting very >suspicous about Ironman by now. it was time for the final act in the >plot to push them to destroying him and with him, their own self >righteousness as he pointed out their act later. Meanwhile... Thorne backed away from the glowing icon of the Archmaster of the Virtual Adepts, Dante. "Back off, you digital dimwit. I'll shred your precious Marianna-" Dante tapped a few keys in mid air. Thorne's icon derezzed. Painfully. "That'll teach him," Marianna said. With a gesture, she was free. "Shouldn't we go after him?" Dante asked. "Don't bother." Balador's mistress smiled. "Roland and his new mate will keep _him_ occupied for...the duration." Thorne howled in frustration in his inner sanctum. "DAMN them! Damn them all!" His new-found acolytes ran, but one was too slow, and the Shadow Brand cut through him like a buzzsaw through tissue paper. Thorne sighed with pleasure as the luckless would-be Nephandus was turned into so much life energy for his master. "What does my little game with that cow matter, anyway?" Thorne asked himself-the vile room had emptied of sentients. "I got what I needed. Soon the druid bi-" > Re-tuning his equipment he locked it onto Dr. Thorne. Keying the >mike, he transmitted his voice directly between the dimentions. >"Thorne. I want you here now for your final part in our agreement." Thorne stretched almost lazily. "But of course. Your timing, my dear Controller, is impeccable." Thorne steps through the proferred X-Window (or travels under his own power, if none is provided) to the cyborg's side. "Then again, I am Time's _master._ Unfurl your scheme, my foul ally." His tone makes it clear that the last is a compliment in Thorne's light. =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:33:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Metaplot On Fri, 20 Mar 98 19:26:20 -0800 In Message # 00003306 In alt.callahans Post # 00001519 Roland X said: >On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 01:47:14 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003203 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001416 Shadow said: > >> On Fri, 13 Mar 98 21:01:27 -0800 In Message # 00003149 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001362 Roland X said: >> >> The Adversary stops cold. >> The humanoid form fades, shifts, and becomes a pair of glowing >> red eyes, each a meter across. "I have. The question is, why would >> you share such power with me? For that matter, why should I trust >> you to divide the power equally when you are clearly willing to >> betray the spider?" > >Jadis smiles coldly, "When did I _ever_ say I was going to share the >power equally? The 'spider' has already tried to worm his way past my >defenses, I have the suspects under close watch. That I am willing to >share the power with you at all is a measure of the esteem in which I >hold you. Besides, I will fulfill my bargain with him. I will delay >the CAoL as much as I can. And I will not _directly_ help you attack >him. As you are a trusted ally of mine in need of help," (You could >dehydrate watermelons with his tone), "however, I will do what I can >to 'get you back on your feet.' In fact, after our discussion here I >will _tell_ him that we talked, though I may not disclose our full >discourse. It is, after all, a matter of honor." The Adversary laughs. Anything short of Jadis would freeze to death from the sound. "Your partner is, unfortunately, scrupulously honest, except when itself betrayed. It took...exception...to being abandoned on Oa. However, both you and I _might_ be able to use that..." The pair of eyes shrink down to 30 cm. long each. "You obviously want something from me. You are willing to 'pay' well for my...services. What do you require of me?" =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:34:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (take 2) On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:21:50 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003307 In alt.callahans Post # 00001520 Xzerrion said: On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Michael Jon Knight wrote: > The girls send clearly over the link: > /We got company, guys./ > /Backup would be appreciated./ Xzerrion swears under his breath. <* On it. *> He sends back shortly. He calls a quick illusion so he would appear to be a normal, if slightly hort and light-built, human, traces the outline of a gateway with the edge of his hand, and steps through it, reappearing in a place outside the view of anyone involved in the developing fight. (at least, from ground level. Xzerrion didn't immediately consider someone above him, and had little time to choose options anyway.) He silently draws Frostbite and Cobra, and observes ... >> That same slow mad smile spreads across Jadis' face. He raises >>his palm in front of him and blows on it. A fine cloud of dust can >>be seen rising from it to form an achingly beautiful winged horse. >>It rises almost straight up, whinnies then the coat begins to lose >>its shine. Sores and cavities begin to form all over it's body as it >>begins to turn back down. The eyes melt and run down it's cheeks in >>a trail of yellow pus as bits of rotting flesh begin to fall off of >>it. The wings, those pure white wings with just a hint of >>irridescence, turn brown, then black, as feathers fall out and hints >>of bone show through. It accellerates towards Melissa, moving at an >>appreciable fraction of the speed of sound. Xzerrion eyes the creature. "Bloody frigging ..." he mutters aloud. > The girls seem to vanish and reappear well out of the way of the > dead pegasus. > > /Hydra! We found the guy who killed the DISCIE!/ > /And the one who stole Uncle John!/ > /And Dhyrclhanc's Sentinal Ring!/ > /And we don't know how to fight him! Help!/ Xzerrion steps into the open, holding both blades in combat-ready position, and glances back and forth from Jadis to the ghost-pegasis, matching Jadis's mad smile with a feral grin of his own. "Who's first?" he asks calmly. Tezrantha, having been distracted by her work with ley-lines, catches this image across the link. she thinks to herself. And Dantris, where are you now that I need you?> She turns to any CAOL members nearby. <*Folks, I need a ride. Fast.*> =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:16:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:14:29 -0800 (PST) In Message # 00003308 In alt.callahans Post # 00001521 fuzzy said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:18:42 +0800 In Message # 00003304 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001517 fuzzy said: >> On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:12:37 -0600 In Message # 00003302 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001515>> Zia said: >> >> There is a as another of the Trump linkage falls into >> Convergence, and then just as Fuzzy arrives, he can dimly feel >> another. And finally, James is balanced on the edge, but witholds >> himself there by a straining effort just in case there is any last >> minute question about balancing or releasing the energy. The Contrail that James saw aproching is revealed as Fuzzy on a HoverCyclone (Think Robotech'ish) lands just outside of James' Circle Seeing The situation... "The Balance surge will hit in exactly 1 second, Be ready." ... Fuzzy Touches the Node A surge of Energy exactly matching the Imbalance pours into Fuzzy "I am Releasing it to You, Now" Quite a lot of strain is perceptible in Fuzzy's Voice... =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:35:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (Long) On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:20:31 -0500 In Message # 00003309 In alt.callahans Post # 00001522 Martin Gerster said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 Shadow said: > > Jadis ports behind Void holding a black glowing Kris which he > proceeds to shove into her back. Void arches her back and screams > and Jadis lets out a sigh of satisfaction. Silver energies flicker > wildly over the blade. As they start to mesh with Jadis' aura he > gets a sour look on his face. Jadis moves to thrust her away as she > explodes like a glass jar filled with mercury. A few dozen yards > away from the blast Jadis manages to bring himself to a stop. He > shakes his head to clear it and mutters, "Most interesting." As Jadis ports away, the energy construct holding the Glaive disappears. The weapon is released and, once again, returns to the Lensdragon's hand. Dhyrclhanc clips it back onto his dufflebag strap and draws out Redemption from its sheath on the Ruby Fire Dragon's back. The Amethist Greater Rune-nanomagitech sword shimmers, highlighting the espruar/draconic runes running up and down the cutlass blade. Then, the entire weapon freezes over, covered with a thick veneer of Elemental Ice. Using both his hands to hold the blade out from his body, Dhyrclhanc sings out, "One Dream, One Soul, One Prize, One Goal. One Golden Glance at what Should Be. This is a kind of Magic. One Shaft of Light To Show the Way. That no Mortal Man can Win this Day!" Immediatly the frozen amethist sword takes on a soft, holy, golden glow, the espurar/draconic Runes change to Egyptian hierogyphs and Dhyrclhanc switches over to a single-handed grasp while using the other hand to quickly manipulate the controls to his C-Bands. A microsecond later, appearing behind Jadis' current possition and then disappearing from his original location, Dhyrclhanc uses a powerfull diagonal overhand swing to, hopefully, break through Jadis' sheilds and slice into the Mage's shoulder. "You obviously had trouble digesting Void's Orb Energy, I hope you find the power in a Holy Sword of the Egyptian Gods of Light even less appetizing." (OOC: Between the Light/Heat energy and the Elemental Cold energy Dhyrclhanc's temporily "Holy" Rune nano-magitech sword had delt enough damage to Jadis' shields and Jadis, I hope, to completly shatter a large structure made of solid diamond; I underestimated him last time. This time he won't be as lucky.). =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:34:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: AAE: That ain't my father's Tarrasque On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:09:08 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003310 In alt.callahans Post # 00001523 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:21:50 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003307 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001520 Xzerrion said: > > Xzerrion steps into the open, holding both blades in combat-ready > position, and glances back and forth from Jadis to the ghost- > pegasis, matching Jadis's mad smile with a feral grin of his own. > > "Who's first?" he asks calmly. Jadis glances at Xzerrion but keeps most of his attention on the twins. He sends the corrupted pegasi hurtling at Xzerrion while he performs the disintegration spell. The pegasi (after xzerrion jumps aside or makes an attack on it) hurtles off into the distance. OOC: Is Xzerrion inside the globe? I'll write as if it doesn't matter, and you can have him worry about it. Jadis spins toward Xzerrion after casting the spell, "This should keep you busy." He gestures and a scaly bipedal creature appears. It has two horns on its head, a reflective carapace, and it lashes its tail as orients itself. On Xzerrion. =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:36:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (Long) On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:32:51 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003311 In alt.callahans Post # 00001524 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:20:31 -0500 In Message # 00003309 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001522 Martin Gerster said: > > "You obviously had trouble digesting Void's Orb Energy, I hope you > find the power in a Holy Sword of the Egyptian Gods of Light even > less appetizing." Jadis turns, raising his right arm. There is a mighty clang as Redemption hits the modified bat'telh. Jadis continues the swing back and down, pulling Dhyrclhanc forwards. Jadis stares into Dhyrclhanc's eyes, "Gods of Light are an hors de vour." Jadis swings the bat'telh into Dhyrclhanc's neck. =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:06:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Metaplot On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:52:29 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003312 In alt.callahans Post # 00001525 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 98 19:26:20 -0800 In Message # 00003306 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001519 Roland X said: > > The Adversary laughs. Anything short of Jadis would freeze to > death from the sound. "Your partner is, unfortunately, scrupulously > honest, except when itself betrayed. It took...exception...to being > abandoned on Oa. However, both you and I _might_ be able to use > that..." > The pair of eyes shrink down to 30 cm. long each. "You obviously > want something from me. You are willing to 'pay' well for my... > services. What do you require of me?" Jadis is silent for a long moment,"Require? Only insurance. You yourself should be aware of the caliber of the enemies I face, and I am not totally sanguine about the upcoming battle. I do not wish to discorporate, as it is such a pain to rebuild myself up to my current state. If I should not require your help, then I would hope to just continue our partnership." OOC: Well, truth be told, Jadis doesn't want anything from the Adversary for now. As I already know roughly how my run will end, he also won't require the Adversary's help there. Afterward however, Jadis will have undergone a change and will most likely ask for something then. OOC2: Roland, What are the Adversary's goals? From what I have gathered he is concerned with the StarDragon and also tied to the end of reality? =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:33:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE4: Make Room For Daddy! On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 01:10:12 EST In Message # 00003313 In alt.callahans Post # 00001526 Dane0R0A said: << Michael Jon Knight said: ^Hydra, the girls just can't kill things. Not Living Things anyway. It is an absolute last resort before death for them. This is one of their alterations to their programming. I, on the other hand, am under no such limitation. No one messes with my children. If I can't do this on my own, I would request what you gave the girls. Temporarily, of course. He's liable to run first, but I can try.^ >> Knytt feels the full power that was divided between the AI twins flow into his being. "Very well. But Jadis must die. The Stardragon didn't know about the Discie untill the twins called me. It heard them. Oracle is doing his best to hold the child back, but even his ability to divert The Stardragon will fail SOON. Even now it has locked this world. Those that can, can move about, teleport, gate, and so forth, from one point to another on this world, but don't bother trying to get on or off (OOC: astral planes, ethereal planes, and so forth, in this earths hyper volume are ok). The only passage open, or openable at this time is the one that the twins use, and that which Nemo is using. All others are blocked. I suspect that Jadis is co-locating, but the Jadis HERE must die, or The Stardragon will come. That will surely bring MolloM and Aurioch into the battle. The Stardragon would eat them both as an hor dourve, but the fight between them and The Stardragon, and Jadis would surely destroy this world." << ^But Daddy!^ The twins send. ^Girls, stay here. Help Your Greatgrandfather Fuzzy. You can help get that Ward Matrix Barrier in Orbit. And see if he knows of any way to teach you two Magic of some form or other. Maybe I am mistaken to consider Magic solely under Clarke's Law, but if there is a way, I want you two to know it.^ >> (OOC: The equations for energy, would clearly show that energy, is energy and magic, quantum, psionic ... are ALL the same to the equations. Just different manifestations of energy) =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:03:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (Long) On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:33:23 In Message # 00003314 In alt.callahans Post # 00001527 Morgan said: >On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:32:51 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003311 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001524 Shadow said: > >> On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:20:31 -0500 In Message # 00003309 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001522 Josh Hill said: >> A microsecond later, appearing behind Jadis' current possition and >> then disappearing from his original location, Dhyrclhanc uses a >> powerfull diagonal overhand swing to, hopefully, break through >> Jadis' sheilds and slice into the Mage's shoulder. >> >> "You obviously had trouble digesting Void's Orb Energy, I hope you >> find the power in a Holy Sword of the Egyptian Gods of Light even >> less appetizing." Before responding to this, Jadis pulled the following: >Jadis spins toward Xzerrion after casting the spell, "This should >keep you busy." He gestures and a scaly bipedal creature appears. It >has two horns on its head, a reflective carapace, and it lashes its >tail as orients itself. On Xzerrion. *<*Oh dear,*>* FireWolf sends, distracting the nearly-unstoppable beast with a psibolt of impressive power. Unfortunately, the thing has very little mind to affect, and it only wobbles slightly, dazed. Then the amalgam of wolf and dragon once again turns its undivided attention to Jadis. >Jadis turns, raising his right arm. There is a mighty clang as >Redemption hits the modified bat'telh. Jadis continues the swing back >and down, pulling Dhyrclhanc forwards. > >Jadis stares into Dhyrclhanc's eyes, "Gods of Light are an hors de >vour." Jadis swings the bat'telh into Dhyrclhanc's neck. A forcefield-enhanced gorget appears around Dhyrclhanc's neck, directly in the path of the betleH. My beloved has a Klingon dictionary. Go fig. -R Then FireWolf's eyes narrow, and one word echoes through both air and link... *<*"Lunch."*>* The dragon's mouth spreads into a half-smile, half-snarl... apparently the two minds are not _entirely_ merged. Anyone care to guess which is whom? Having long since noted that Jadis can absorb most direct matter- and energy-based attacks, FireWolf tries a new tactic. Its great mouth opens again, but this time a _vortex_ appears therefrom, and Jadis' spheres of annihilation are absorbed without so much as causing the being indigestion. Jadis himself is then targeted by the devouring cone. The combined immortals draw with both their specialties. The Roland half draws on the physical forces, while the Morgan half begins drawing the life en.... The expletive that echoes from the draconic mouth was already in common usage when Morgan first learned the English language. *<*This energy isn't right. Folx, that _isn't_ Jadis!*>* *<*This, however, is not a problem.*>* The PK absorption intensifies, attempting to begin dispersing the construct...but not entirely. Not yet. First there is a mental blast that makes the awesome psibolt that struck the Tarrasque look like a slap on the wrist. The full force of two highly powerful wills, merged into a whole far greater than the sum of the parts, shakes astral space as it seeks the mentality _maintaining_ the construct. *<*Jadis, this thought-being is neither Roland nor Morgan. We are willing to give you a chance to surrender. ONE. Continue this battle, and we will make every possible effort to expunge your existence.*>* The thought is without malice or hatred, though an emotion akin to indignation can be sensed behind it. The dragon begins to shapeshift again, but quickly snaps back to the draconian form originally chosen. A sword, however, appears in one taloned fist. It looks like Aramegil's _much_ bigger brother, though it gleams like the Phoenix Claw. FireWolf approaches warily, with the combined swordsmanship of Morgan's faerie training and the hundred-plus years of dueling that Roland absorbed from Byron, and it doesn't look like it wants to waltz.... No, we don't _really_ expect to take out the real Jadis, but whomping on his construct ought to be fun. ;^) =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:03:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:18:25 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003315 In alt.callahans Post # 00001528 Driscoll said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:37:26 -0800 (PST) In Message # 00003292 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001505 fuzzy said: > > Fuzzy Telepathicly to/via Driss, > Fuzzy's feel is the Grey of true balance... > \Zia, If you thought that I would not see the structure you are > building, I am sorry to inform you that you were incorrect... :) > I connected, passively, to the outer boundries of Driss' mind when > he started to reach for the thread of energy. > And I am currently reading the leakage from the thread... > Incase he ended up in more trouble than he could cope with... ;) > Do you have a preference as to which Node or Nodes and What energy > balance? > It will be somewhat difficult to directly contact that structure > without automaticaly balanceing the Order/Chaos aspects of it... > If that is not what you need?\ [If Needed I can add Chaos energy to it to balance it out more first or even unbalance it to Chaotic so you can balance it back with more ordered magics. Then I can draw the Chaos back into myself. Of course it _would_ be nice to know what the heck this thign is for before I risk myself like that.] =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:03:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:25:38 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003316 In alt.callahans Post # 00001529 Driscoll said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:45:12 +0800 In Message # 00003295 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001508 fuzzy said: > >> On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:57:48 -0600 In Message # 00003294 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001507 Zia said: >> >> Zia drawls very sourly (either in Driss' head, or through the >> 'channel' thread if he chose to let go of it), /"Don't trust my >> word. Can't say I'm surprised. I guess I should take it as >> flattering that you even considered I COULD cause trouble with a >> dinky bit of energy like this../" One could get the definite >> feeling Zia doesn't LIKE asking anyone for help. > > \I never heard you tell him that it was safe to touch. > and it does not take much energy to affect bio-systems... > Less than a watt of Electricity can kill.\ Mentally Driss raises an Eyebrow at Fuzzy. [ME?] =========================== Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:33:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Metaplot On Fri, 20 Mar 98 23:23:52 -0800 In Message # 00003317 In alt.callahans Post # 00001530 Roland X said: >On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:52:29 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003312 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001525 Shadow said: > > Jadis is silent for a long moment,"Require? Only insurance. You >yourself should be aware of the caliber of the enemies I face, and I >am not totally sanguine about the upcoming battle. I do not wish to >discorporate, as it is such a pain to rebuild myself up to my current >state. If I should not require your help, then I would hope to just >continue our partnership." The Adversary laughs again, though this time it would only turn a mortal's hair white. "So. You do not wish to be left as I have, these many millenia, a prisoner of the Morpheum. Wise. I suggest that you continue to send your projections, rather than doing battle with these interlopers directly. Let constructs take the risks." The Adversary's eyes become dimmer. "Of course, there _is_ a certain pleasure in taking matters into one's own hands..." >OOC: Well, truth be told, Jadis doesn't want anything from the >Adversary for now. As I already know roughly how my run will end, he >also won't require the Adversary's help there. Afterward however, >Jadis will have undergone a change and will most likely ask for >something then. OOC: The Adversary won't be much use as he is; he's sort of stuck in a section of Earth-9's dreamtime called the Morpheum. He _can_ influence the dreams of mortals, and he has a loyal following of immortal droves, but Gaunt was one of his most powerful servants, and with his loss the Adversary's droves are taking a beating. >OOC2: Roland, What are the Adversary's goals? From what I have >gathered he is concerned with the StarDragon and also tied to the end >of reality? The Adversary has one overriding goal: Freedom! Freedom from his eternal imprisonment! After that, he intends to overrun his Earth, from there his universe, and...well...one thing at a time. As for the Stardragon, that's THE Adversary, what I call (in my paradigm) the Absence, what most would refer to as the Fallen or other names I really don't want to invoke, IC or otherwise. Earth-9's Adversary is an avatar of that force, sometimes known as the Silhouette or the Destroyer. Even if set free, he won't be the equal of a primal like the Stardragon, though he _will_ be able to survive attacks by same. Anything else? =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:54:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 00:23:19 +0800 In Message # 00003318 In alt.callahans Post # 00001531 fuzzy said: > On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:18:25 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003315 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001528 Driscoll said: > > [If Needed I can add Chaos energy to it to balance it out more > first or even unbalance it to Chaotic so you can balance it back > with more ordered magics. Then I can draw the Chaos back into > myself. Of course it _would_ be nice to know what the heck this > thign is for before I risk myself like that.] \Yes between You and I, we can supply any amount of balanced Order/Chaos.\ >> \I never heard you tell him that it was safe to touch. >> and it does not take much energy to affect bio-systems... >> Less than a watt of Electricity can kill.\ > > Mentally Driss raises an Eyebrow at Fuzzy. [ME?] \{Embaressed Shrug}, So I forgot for a moment... Besides She and the Companion she had earlier are both able to alter reality... and are far stronger than I am in that regard. Also since there are two of them they may have been trained in how to do such things rather than learning 'By Guess and By Goly' the way I did, it is probable that they know how to do things that I either don't have the strength to do, or never thought of...\ =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 02:33:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: RETCONNED: AAE4: Galacticly Dysfunctional Families On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 04:09:22 -0600 In Message # 00003319 In alt.callahans Post # 00001532 Michael Jon Knight said: On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 05:53:58 -0600 In Message # 00003285 In alt.callahans Post # 00001498 Michael Jon Knight said: As Nimrod arrived in London with the Twins, Knytt ran over and swept them into a hug. "THANK YOU, Nimrod!" Knytt said, clutching his adopted 'daughters', ^Girls, are you ok?^ Melissa and Grep held on tight to their creator/father. ^EverythingWasGoing Good UntilJadisTurnedUp!LegionHadThatMonster,GrandmotherSentASplitToHelp, THEN JadisSentADeadPegasusAtUsThenTriedToCatchUsInbetweenTwoSpheresThat CouldaRippedUsApart,ButNimrodAndEverybodyCameToHelp.ButJustBeforeThat HydraOpenedAPrivateLinkToUs THEN HeReinforcedThe GateToOurBrain WhichWasGreat,ThenGaveUsABunchOfPowerToFendOff Jadis WhichWasGreat,ThenWanted US To KILL JadisAndDaddy Killing IsLikeLastResortAndRunAwayIsJust MUCH HigherOnOurOptions.ButDaddy Some OfThatStuffOfHydra'sIs HowTheUniverseWorks AndIfYouHadThatYouSaidYouMight Dream Easier.AndWeHaveItAll.^ ^Okay,^ Knytt sent, ^Calm down. Let me see what Hydra sent you.^ In one big burst, the Twins send Knytt the Equations for Matter, Energy, Etc. He blinked for a long time, ^Yeah, those fit a lot of what I already knew in Theory. Let me on your link to Hydra.^ Bouncing a signal from the Twins' and Knytt's Private Link to the Twins' and Hydra's, Knytt sends Hydra: ^Hydra, the girls just can't kill things. Not Living Things anyway. It is an absolute last resort before death for them. This is one of their alterations to their programming. I, on the other hand, am under no such limitation. No one messes with my children. If I can't do this on my own, I would request what you gave the girls. Temporarily, of course. He's liable to run first, but I can try.^ >On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 01:10:12 EST In Message # 00003313 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001526 Dane0R0A said: >Knytt feels the full power that was divided between the AI twins flow >into his being. "Very well. But Jadis must die. The Stardragon didn't >know about the Discie untill the twins called me. It heard them. >Oracle is doing his best to hold the child back, but even his ability >to divert The Stardragon will fail SOON. Even now it has locked this >world. Those that can, can move about, teleport, gate, and so forth, >from one point to another on this world, but don't bother trying to >get on or off (OOC: astral planes, ethereal planes, and so forth, in >this earths hyper volume are ok). The only passage open, or openable >at this time is the one that the twins use, and that which Nemo is >using. All others are blocked. I suspect that Jadis is co-locating, >but the Jadis HERE must die, or The Stardragon will come. That will >surely bring MolloM and Aurioch into the battle. The Stardragon would >eat them both as an hor dourve, but the fight between them and The >Stardragon, and Jadis would surely destroy this world." "All right," Knytt says, barely containing his fury at the Multiverse, "If the only thing that will appease the Stardragon is a dead body, he is going to get a dead body. You, Oracle and the rest of the Starspawn distract him from what I am about to do." Freezing Time in its tracks momentarily, Knytt sits down and concentrates, building a new dream. Reaching out far beyond the normal range of even the most well trained of his race, he gathers EVERYTHING the Multiverse knows about Jadis and funnels it into a carbon copy clone of the... whatever Jadis is. As Time restarts, Jadis-X barely has time to blink before Knytt sucks every form of energy out of it, expelling it back where it came from. "The discie killer is dead. Do what you want with the body." Knytt nearly shoves the boost of power back at Hydra before turning with his daughters and stumbling into the church, the twins having to nearly carry him. Knytt suddenly looks very pale, with a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. "Oh, no...I should have looked at what his plan was, where John was, something...but I just didn't want to know what made that sicko tick. I jus' channelled 'im in, then yanked 'im out." Knytt mutters as the twins finally lie him on the Silver Surfboards, kneeling over him as they hover through the front door into the church. "It's alright, daddy, you did good anyway," the girls whisper. Key to my alt.callahans AAE thread posts: "..." = speech /.../ = Arisian Lens-based telepathy and its derivatives *...* = telepathy broadcast to all sentients indiscriminately {...} = communications methods requiring electronics ((...)) = internal dialogue between the twins ^...^ = private forms of telepathy (mainly Knytt immediate family) =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 08:33:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Aae: transportation problems. On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:59:27 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003320 In alt.callahans Post # 00001533 Driscoll said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 98 19:26:12 -0800 In Message # 00003305 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001518 Roland X said: > > Thorne stretched almost lazily. "But of course. Your timing, my > dear Controller, is impeccable." Thorne steps through the proferred > X-Window (or travels under his own power, if none is provided) to > the cyborg's side. "Then again, I am Time's _master._ Unfurl your > scheme, my foul ally." His tone makes it clear that the last is a > compliment in Thorne's light. The X-window opened for Thorne and he found himself standing next to The Controller in the sterile, dimly lit, greyness of the Borg cube. All around them Borg shuffle about seemingly as oblivious to Thorne's presense as the Controller was to theirs. Other Borg lined the walls in their charging stations waiting for the Collective to call them into duty. The Controller guides Thorne to his control console. "First off, it seems that the Army of Light has been able to find a way to scramble my eavesdropping equipment I recieved from Jadis. You mentioned your magics could affect probabilites. Affect the Probabilities of the machine to interpret the information it has recieved." (Assuming he does so, probably an Entropy effect could work to break down the scrambling) The Controller tests Thornes work by revieving the data from around each bomb. He silently curses as he sees Fuzzy turn a perfectly good bomb into a power gem. But as he turns to the next one he detected explode his glee is obvious as he sees Roland streaking into the stratosphere with the bomb, be engulfed by the full force explosion and fall back to earth as a charred hunk of meat. "Hahahaha Perfect. I doubt even an explosion such as that will actually destroy Roland. But sometimes Death is worse to subject an immortal to than life is. For a Mortal, death brings release from pain. For an immortal there is no such Luxury. He will definiteyl want my head now both on the part of himself and his Lady Morgan. Or should I properly say, Ironman's head? Hahahahahaha" The Controller tunrs to regard Thorne, "Roland will still want hard evidence before he acts though. The time has come for the final assault. Gather the gifts I left for you at my former base and plot your plan of attack. Remember, they are ment to give a good fight but Iknow they will not be able to stand up to the Army of Light. but in this case defeat will be victory. But before you go I will also need you to cast the same enchantment on my X-window generator or I will not be able to fofil my part of our bargain." =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:04:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: That ain't my father's Tarrasque On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:55:58 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003321 In alt.callahans Post # 00001534 Xzerrion said: On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Shadow wrote: > Jadis glances at Xzerrion but keeps most of his attention on the > twins. He sends the corrupted pegasi hurtling at Xzerrion while he > performs the disintegration spell. The pegasi (after xzerrion jumps > aside or makes an attack on it) hurtles off into the distance. Xzerrion glares at the pegasus. "I'd go ahead and swing at you, but it would just be beating a dead horse ..." He sheaths the dagger, pulls out a wand, and fires a globe of intense light, harmless if blinding to most creatures, but as damaging to undead as a medium fireball. > OOC: Is Xzerrion inside the globe? I'll write as if it doesn't > matter, and you can have him worry about it. Xzerrion dives into a roll, dodging the edge of the distintigration globe but losing about half of his cloak. "That was an expensive cloak," he snarls, "You'll pay for that." > Jadis spins toward Xzerrion after casting the spell, "This should > keep you busy." He gestures and a scaly bipedal creature appears. It > has two horns on its head, a reflective carapace, and it lashes its > tail as orients itself. On Xzerrion. "Or maybe not ..." Glancing at this second nuisance, Xzerrion summons a 15 foot globe of darkness around its head, then slips silently aside. He plants a poisoned spear in his last seen (by the creature) location, angling it towards the beast. He then turns his attention to Jadis. "I was going to keep this disguise, but I figure a man ought to know who kills him." The human form melts away, showing a very angry dark elf. "This should teach you to ignore me." He sheaths his sword, and his hands crackle with a sickly green energy, which he fires at Jadis. =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:03:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 13:51:31 -0600 In Message # 00003322 (& 3323) In alt.callahans Post # 00001535 (& 1536) Zia said: >\{Embaressed Shrug}, So I forgot for a moment... If Driss has kept the thread (as Zia said he could do), he'll get even stronger amusement as the angelic choir now echoes behind James' lone mental voice projection. > Besides She and the Companion she had earlier are both able to > alter reality... > and are far stronger than I am in that regard. > Also since there are two of them they may have been trained in > how to do such things rather than learning 'By Guess and By > Goly' the way I did, it is probable that they know how to do > things that I either don't have the strength to do, or never > thought of...\ /"Although using this to kill seems rather like trying to use nuclear boms to wipe out cockroaches. And given Driss' associations, I doubt it would work anyhow. Besides which - why the very Devil himself would we want Driss dead?? You can take caution to far, and into paranoia."/ As they both (or just Fuzzy, in which case, does Driss stay in Timbuktu?) arrive in Mongolia, the Celtic knot display around Morgan is directed out into the symbol itself, so the 6'4" man standing there, dressed in brown leathers like some early Rennaisance forester is visible and unprotected. A large bastard sword is slung over his back, although his size seems to dwarf the sword a bit; his shoulders look broader than an ax-handle long. Intricate blue spiral tattoos decorate various parts of his exposed skin, and his eyes are closed as he sings in harmony with the rest of the link excepting only James now. >> [If Needed I can add Chaos energy to it to balance it out more >> first or even unbalance it to Chaotic so you can balance it back >> with more ordered magics. Then I can draw the Chaos back into >> myself. Of course it _would_ be nice to know what the heck this >> thign is for before I risk myself like that.] > >\Yes between You and I, we can supply any amount of balanced >Order/Chaos.\ /"Then go ahead and get contact or whatever you need. Just warn before you draw Chaos back, Driss as that could upset this wreaking if we're not working with you. It's about time that we expected the final push - we won't be in combative technique; we plan to upset the enemy's plan, not kill their forces. But we may need some type of guards at the linkage points if the enemy figures this out. I'll have Sera ask once we -"/ His voice abruptly fades into the link as well as the energy Fuzzy is adding wriths out through the two pentagram arms running from Morgan. The lines begin to shift to lighter blue suddenly, and Morgan reaches back (or Zia, depending on where Driss stayed/traveled to) and touches Driss to garner Chaotic energy to balance the flows. The multiverse attempts to balance Fuzzy's outpouring, and Morgan struggles to use that channel as little as possible, prefering to draw from Driss. When the three/eight of them manage to get the pentagram balanced, the Trump linkage opens it's eyes. Energy is then shifted into the sprial. Fuzzy and Driss (in secondary link, energy only) can feel the single mind made of five before. 'Leadership' of the linked folks seems to rotate based on the individual mind's best skills. Sheila is managing the energy, Zia is getting ready for a massive spell casting, Morgan is balancing the power input to the symbols, James is preparing the spiral to attempt a world-scale revision of the atmospheric and bioforming operations. And Sera the angel in London is flying down to both aid Knytt who the twins just carried in on their surfboards, and whomever else she can. Really, however, it's more all of them at once doing all of these at once. Zia's spell shifts through the growing power of the pentagram, all exta power being re-focused to the spiral so as not to injure anyone, and her conjuration starts to form. Anyone at all sensitive to a) dreaming power shifts, b) magic period, or c) the fundamental ability to create stuff from nothing at all, especially something as complex and difficult as LIFE itself will be well and truly aware something major just happened somewhere on Earth, although the exact location is muddled between Timbuktu and London along the pentragramic line. A small girl's body takes shape lying near Sera's feet in the church. Wrapped first in lambent blue wriggling line, it then becomes easier and easier to see. Dareth would recognize the face. The body starts to breath, but she does not open her eyes. The angel turns to those who remained here as Driss left, and stops singing. She speaks, her voice soft but firm [think any favorite grandmother/mother type], "Bring me that blade, called Soulstealer. It is time that the innocent are set free." She turns to the twins as the others react to that. "Your father is tired and worn, but not hurt. Would you arrange with your group to watch the others where they are wreaking, perhaps there are those among you who might prefer a defense rather than offense? The final series of battle will soon open. We will not change the course of the struggle physical, but seek to maintain the survival of this world, and the salvation of what the enemy seeks to destroy. The hearts and honor of the Army naming itself of Light. The linkage points are (directly into the twin's minds) *Australia, Gold Coast (here), Antarctica, true magnetic south, here - take care against the environment, Mongolia where Fuzzy and Driss are also - but to engaged in wreaking to properly defend themselves, and Zia is in the central market in Timbuktu.* "I, of course, am here. But the entire cathedral serves as my linkage point, thus I am freer to aid and defend myself. Please ask if any would like to aid, though it may well be they would feel better to be involved directly in the fighting." Sera returns to the newly created body of the girl, and directs that Soulstealer be laid near her. Morgan and James talk with Fuzzy, and Driss, once the power flow is stable, */I plan to set the power into the Spiral construct, and let that sweep the atmosphere clean once more. The conversion plants are located where? Natural disasters can happen at almost any point, but are very slow and thus only good against stationary targets./* The Whole Wreaking (or is that Wrecking?) Crew from Amber P.S. No not really - most of these characters are closer shadows to you CAoLers. Try to guess who is a shadow of whom? =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:04:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Aae: transportation problems. On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:51:40 In Message # 00003327 In alt.callahans Post # 00001540 Morgan said: >On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:59:27 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003320 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001533 Driscoll said: > > The X-window opened for Thorne and he found himself standing next to >The Controller in the sterile, dimly lit, greyness of the Borg cube. >All around them Borg shuffle about seemingly as oblivious to Thorne's >presense as the Controller was to theirs. Other Borg lined the walls >in their charging stations waiting for the Collective to call them >into duty. > The Controller guides Thorne to his control console. "First off, it >seems that the Army of Light has been able to find a way to scramble >my eavesdropping equipment I recieved from Jadis. You mentioned your >magics could affect probabilites. Affect the Probabilities of the >machine to interpret the information it has recieved." > (Assuming he does so, probably an Entropy effect could work to break >down the scrambling) "Simplicity itself." Thorne chants briefly, and there is a brief sound of a death scream. The Shadow Brand glows dully, and Thorne grins ferally. He then looks at the computer. "Time waits for no man." Another computer appears, attached to the Controller's own. "Keep it," Thorne says with a shrug, as the two computers begin to hum softly. Thorne's eyes glow a deep red, and a sigil appears on the computer. "There," Thorne replies. "That device has been truly enchanted; no mere technomagick, that. You should be able to translate any information that your systems can read, and 'coincidentally' find the most obscure threads of reality iin moments." > The Controller tests Thornes work by revieving the data from around >each bomb. He silently curses as he sees Fuzzy turn a perfectly good >bomb into a power gem. But as he turns to the next one he detected >explode his glee is obvious as he sees Roland streaking into the >stratosphere with the bomb, be engulfed by the full force explosion >and fall back to earth as a charred hunk of meat. "Hahahaha Perfect. >I doubt even an explosion such as that will actually destroy Roland. >But sometimes Death is worse to subject an immortal to than life is. >For a Mortal, death brings release from pain. For an immortal there >is no such Luxury. He will definiteyl want my head now both on the >part of himself and his Lady Morgan. Or should I properly say, >Ironman's head? Hahahahahaha" Thorne smiles at the Controller's laughter. "I never thought I would _enjoy_ that accursed child's immunity to death. Working with you is quite...satisfying, I find." > The Controller tunrs to regard Thorne, "Roland will still want hard >evidence before he acts though. The time has come for the final >assault. Gather the gifts I left for you at my former base and plot >your plan of attack. Remember, they are ment to give a good fight but >Iknow they will not be able to stand up to the Army of Light. but in >this case defeat will be victory. But before you go I will also need >you to cast the same enchantment on my X-window generator or I will >not be able to fofil my part of our bargain." "The grimoire-database will affect your X-Windows as easily as the rest of your systems. Simply interface the two. As for Roland..." Throne frowns. "He's very reluctant to kill, and he can smell a setup from three realities away. The child of Phoenix is not as stupid as he appears. We must be convincing beyond doubt..." Thorne stands there for a long moment. Finally, he smiles once more. "Yes...I do believe it will work...yes...can you create a replica of this 'Iron Man?' I can conceal the true Iron Man for a short time, if you can isolate Roland at the same time. Your replica must make a convincing assassination attempt immediately after the hologram appears; have it rant about becoming immortal once he has Roland's aura. Have it use a melee weapon and aim for his heart or neck. It will in all likelihood lose; I can then Timeshift it away, 'saving' my ally. "It can return to attack again _after_ Roland kills the genuine article." Thorne cackles. (Yep, honest-to-badness cackling! ) "I can't _wait_ to see the look on that supercilious simpleton when he realizes he's killed an innocent man..." =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:34:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: RETCONNED: AAE4: Galacticly Dysfunctional Families On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:08:29 EST In Message # 00003328 In alt.callahans Post # 00001541 Dane0R0A said: <> In N-Space Oracle and Hydra act (no need to describe it, except to say it's dangerous) to distract The Stardragon. << Freezing Time in its tracks momentarily, Knytt sits down and concentrates, building a new dream. Reaching out far beyond the normal range of even the most well trained of his race, he gathers EVERYTHING the Multiverse knows about Jadis and funnels it into a carbon copy clone of the... whatever Jadis is. As Time restarts, Jadis-X barely has time to blink before Knytt sucks every form of energy out of it, expelling it back where it came from. "The discie killer is dead. Do what you want with the body." Knytt nearly shoves the boost of power back at Hydra before turning with his daughters and stumbling into the church, the twins having to nearly carry him. Knytt suddenly looks very pale, with a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. >> A tremendous head, that dwarfs the planet, appears in space, the head of The Stardragon. The head looks down. Every living thing on the planet can feel the anger radiating from it. It "speaks" /This is the body of the one that killed one of my children?/ A second voice can be heard answering (the CAoL members who were in the Legion HQ, on the previous Earth recognize it as Oracle's) /Yes, mighty one. That does indeed appear to be his body./ The Stardragon's eyes narrow to slits. It scans the body, looking for the molecular traces of memories. It seems to find what it's looking for, because after a moment, it turns away, radiating loss and sadness. /I must tell my children about their loss,/ The Stardragon says, as it vanishes. Oracle replies, /I will be along presently. Go on without me./ << >> (OOC: I think, that I should mention, that The Stardragon would not have destroyed this world on its own. But unlike Hydra, in its anger over the murder of one of its "children", it would not have cared about Mollom, or Aurioch and the fighting between the four of them (Jadis included) would probably have destroyed the world (please note the exchange between MolloM, Aurioch, Hydra, and NEMO during the first meeting with the greys)) << >> (OOC: no problem. I probably should have had Armagedon fly there, but Legion didn't want her cover blown, I knew that you would use the power given you with restraint, AND Armagedon was busy waiting to see if Dhrylanc needed help also. Add to that the fact that Hydra CAN'T re-enter this 3-space without starting a cosmic war, AND he CAN'T stand by and just let Jadis KILL the twins. Top that all off with the fact that (at least) a reasonable facsimile of Jadis had to die, BEFORE The Stardragon lost patience. My congratulations on creating a facsimile that WOULD fool The Stardragon. Had you simply created a body (without all the other information you gathered) it would never have been fooled. THANKS.) =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 20:37:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 20:34:45 -0800 (PST) In Message # 00003330 In alt.callahans Post # 00001543 fuzzy said: > On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 13:51:31 -0600 In Message # 00003322 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001535 Zia said: > The multiverse attempts to balance Fuzzy's outpouring, and Morgan > struggles to use that channel as little as possible, prefering to > draw from Driss. The multiverse tries to balance whatever Fuzzy is touching, by supplying whatever energies would balance what Fuzzy is touching, to Fuzzy. The outpouring is Fuzzy the Releasing that Energy to the "Node Manager" Sorry an arbitrary Title... > When the three/eight of them manage to get the pentagram balanced, > the Trump linkage opens it's eyes. Energy is then shifted into the > sprial. Fuzzy and Driss (in secondary link, energy only) can feel > the single mind made of five before. 'Leadership' of the linked > folks seems to rotate based on the individual mind's best skills. > Sheila is managing the energy, Zia is getting ready for a massive > spell casting, Morgan is balancing the power input to the symbols, > James is preparing the spiral to attempt a world-scale revision of > the atmospheric and bioforming operations. And Sera the angel in > London is flying down to both aid Knytt who the twins just carried > in on their surfboards, and whomever else she can. What Fuzzy refers to as a Rapport state... > A small girl's body takes shape lying near Sera's feet in the > church. Wrapped first in lambent blue wriggling line, it then > becomes easier and easier to see. Dareth would recognize the face. > The body starts to breath, but she does not open her eyes. The angel > turns to those who remained here as Driss left, and stops singing. > She speaks, her voice soft but firm [think any favorite grandmother/ > mother type], "Bring me that blade, called Soulstealer. It is time > that the innocent are set free." > She turns to the twins as the others react to that. "Your father is > tired and worn, but not hurt. Would you arrange with your group to > watch the others where they are wreaking, perhaps there are those > among you who might prefer a defense rather than offense? The final > series of battle will soon open. We will not change the course of > the struggle physical, but seek to maintain the survival of this > world, and the salvation of what the enemy seeks to destroy. The > hearts and honor of the Army naming itself of Light. The linkage > points are (directly into the twin's minds) *Australia, Gold Coast > (here), Antarctica, true magnetic south, here - take care against > the environment, Mongolia where Fuzzy and Driss are also - but to > engaged in wreaking to properly defend themselves, and Zia is in the > central market in Timbuktu.* Nemisis Speaks "I will have dispatch some Splits, They should arrive within 15 seconds, Evidence indicates that they will require Sentient guidence, But they should provide good support, And they will do their best with or without Guidence." =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:06:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:58:52 -0600 In Message # 00003332 In alt.callahans Post # 00001545 Zia said: > >The multiverse tries to balance whatever Fuzzy is touching, by >supplying whatever energies would balance what Fuzzy is touching, to >Fuzzy. The outpouring is Fuzzy the Releasing that Energy to the "Node >Manager" Sorry an arbitrary Title... Once the linkage recognizes this, then, they draw more of Chaos from Driss until the imabalance draw through where Fuzzy is touching (Morgan in Mongolia, isn't that nice?) is smaller, and not so much strain for him to manage the passage of Energy to the 'Node Manager'. <> Driss and Fuzzy can remotely sense the enormous expenditure of energy to fuel Zia's talent as the girl takes form at the church in London. Morgan turns, and takes a hand of each of them. This gives a better contact, and he can also help them stay steady. /"This Ward Major in your mind, " the linked minds ask, "Could we do it with five points and use the pentagram or spiral we have?" There is a snicker as well, "I guess your getting that formal introduction, now, Driss."/ If either are very skilled with psi, they might notice something very odd about this link. <> >What Fuzzy refers to as a Rapport state... Re: Sera asks for someone to guard the "Node Managers" >Nemisis Speaks >"I will have dispatch some Splits, > They should arrive within 15 seconds, > Evidence indicates that they will require Sentient guidence, > But they should provide good support, > And they will do their best with or without Guidence." The angel nods, and smiles ... well, angelically (how else??) and nods to the other CAoLers here "I'll let you decide on sentient companions then. I have a soul to transfer." She turns back, waiting patiently for Soulstealer to be set out near the inanimate but living body of the girl. =========================== Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:35:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE 4: Life Spiral of a Dancer On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:20:06 -0800 (PST) In Message # 00003333 In alt.callahans Post # 00001546 fuzzy said: > On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:58:52 -0600 In Message # 00003332 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001545 Zia said: > > Once the linkage recognizes this, then, they draw more of Chaos from > Driss until the imabalance draw through where Fuzzy is touching > (Morgan in Mongolia, isn't that nice?) is smaller, and not so much > strain for him to manage the passage of Energy to the 'Node > Manager'. <> Seems to happen that way alot... :) > /"This Ward Major in your mind, " the linked minds ask, "Could we do > it with five points and use the pentagram or spiral we have?" There > is a snicker as well, "I guess your getting that formal > introduction, now, Driss."/ If either are very skilled with psi, > they might notice something very odd about this link. < know, and I'll fill you in.>> \Hmmm, Give me a moment.... Yes and No, The Wards Major Matrix set is very much tied to a four point system, However a modified Solomon Seal... {Image: A Pentagon in a Circle, with Runic Notations and what looks vaguely like circuit diagrams (TechnoRunes) at each vertex} Would work fairly well...\ >>> Morgan and James talk with Fuzzy, and Driss, once the power flow >>> is stable, */I plan to set the power into the Spiral construct, >>> and let that sweep the atmosphere clean once more. The conversion >>> plants are located where? Natural disasters can happen at almost >>> any point, but are very slow and thus only good against stationary >>> targets./* >>> >>> The Whole Wreaking (or is that Wrecking?) Crew from Amber \Well,if the Wards work right, The conversion plant will not be able to get power to operate until we let them... Have you noticed the Dimensional Twist in the Molecular bond structure of that Purple Crud in the Air? One of the data points we have indicates that at least one person is of the opinion that we will need those plants in operation to reverse all of their effects. We suspect that opinion came from one of our members who may be on this planet...\ =========================== Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 02:25:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: AAE: Legion's Travels (Tying this baby up) On Sun, 22 Mar 1998 05:17:31 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003334 In alt.callahans Post # 00001547 Shadow said: > On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:33:23 In Message # 00003314 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001527 Morgan said: > >>On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:32:51 -0500 (EST) In Message # 00003311 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001524 Shadow said: >> >>> On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:20:31 -0500 In Message # 00003309 >>> In alt.callahans Post # 00001522 Josh Hill said: > >>> Immediatly the frozen amethist sword takes on a soft, holy, golden >>> glow, the espurar/draconic Runes change to Egyptian hierogyphs and >>> Dhyrclhanc switches over to a single-handed grasp while using the >>> other hand to quickly manipulate the controls to his C-Bands. >>> >>> A microsecond later, appearing behind Jadis' current possition and >>> then disappearing from his original location, Dhyrclhanc uses a >>> powerfull diagonal overhand swing to, hopefully, break through >>> Jadis' sheilds and slice into the Mage's shoulder. >>> >>> "You obviously had trouble digesting Void's Orb Energy, I hope you >>> find the power in a Holy Sword of the Egyptian Gods of Light even >>> less appetizing." > > Before responding to this, Jadis pulled the following: >>Jadis spins toward Xzerrion after casting the spell, "This should >>keep you busy." He gestures and a scaly bipedal creature appears. It >>has two horns on its head, a reflective carapace, and it lashes its >>tail as orients itself. On Xzerrion. OOC: To put this on the right time frame... The beast picks the spear out of its chest armour and advances on Xzerrion, orienting by sound and last known position. The fact that it's doing this is only evident by the fact that the globe of darkness begins to move toward him. > *<*Oh dear,*>* FireWolf sends, distracting the nearly-unstoppable > beast with a psibolt of impressive power. Unfortunately, the thing > has very little mind to affect, and it only wobbles slightly, dazed. > Then the amalgam of wolf and dragon once again turns its undivided > attention to Jadis. > >>Jadis turns, raising his right arm. There is a mighty clang as >>Redemption hits the modified bat'telh. Jadis continues the swing >>back and down, pulling Dhyrclhanc forwards. >> >>Jadis stares into Dhyrclhanc's eyes, "Gods of Light are an hors de >>vour." Jadis swings the bat'telh into Dhyrclhanc's neck. > > A forcefield-enhanced gorget appears around Dhyrclhanc's neck, > directly in the path of the betleH. My beloved has a Klingon > dictionary. Go fig. -R > Then FireWolf's eyes narrow, and one word echoes through both air > and link... > *<*"Lunch."*>* > The dragon's mouth spreads into a half-smile, half-snarl... > apparently the two minds are not _entirely_ merged. Anyone care > to guess which is whom? > Having long since noted that Jadis can absorb most direct matter- > and energy-based attacks, FireWolf tries a new tactic. > Its great mouth opens again, but this time a _vortex_ appears > therefrom, and Jadis' spheres of annihilation are absorbed without > so much as causing the being indigestion. Jadis himself is then > targeted by the devouring cone. > The combined immortals draw with both their specialties. The > Roland half draws on the physical forces, while the Morgan half > begins drawing the life en.... The cone begins devouring Jadis's shields, which regenerate themselves instantly. > The expletive that echoes from the draconic mouth was already in > common usage when Morgan first learned the English language. *<*This > energy isn't right. Folx, that _isn't_ Jadis!*>* > *<*This, however, is not a problem.*>* The PK absorption > intensifies, attempting to begin dispersing the construct...but not > entirely. Not yet. > First there is a mental blast that makes the awesome psibolt that > struck the Tarrasque look like a slap on the wrist. The full force > of two highly powerful wills, merged into a whole far greater than > the sum of the parts, shakes astral space as it seeks the mentality > _maintaining_ the construct. *<*Jadis, this thought-being is neither > Roland nor Morgan. We are willing to give you a chance to surrender. > ONE. Continue this battle, and we will make every possible effort to > expunge your existence.*>* The thought is without malice or hatred, > though an emotion akin to indignation can be sensed behind it. > The dragon begins to shapeshift again, but quickly snaps back to > the draconian form originally chosen. A sword, however, appears in > one taloned fist. It looks like Aramegil's _much_ bigger brother, > though it gleams like the Phoenix Claw. FireWolf approaches warily, > with the combined swordsmanship of Morgan's faerie training and the > hundred-plus years of dueling that Roland absorbed from Byron, and > it doesn't look like it wants to waltz.... > No, we don't _really_ expect to take out the real Jadis, but > whomping on his construct ought to be fun. ;^) Jadis begins dueling with Dhyrclhance, betleH to betleH. He also keeps a wary eye on the approaching FireWolf, which is causing him problems in his fight with Dhyrclhanc. As soon as FireWolf is within melee range, Jadis spins about and dives straight for it. The sword slides through Jadis but he keeps coming. As he hits FireWolf, (Or a reasonable proximity thereof), he explodes with all the force of a 200 Megaton Nuclear explosion. Astral space resonates with *<*Here is your 'surrender'.*>* ===========================