Geyze II

Session 135: Magic Unbound

* Day changed to Monday, 6. Oct 2025
<@DeathStar> Alright let us begin
<@DeathStar> Date: 10-644.4.19
<@DeathStar> Location: Illumination Castle
<@DeathStar> *the group has returned to the enemy castle after getting some rest and resupplying themselves; after talking to the people of the town, many of them having been stuck there for many years, some indeed decided to leave, while others decide to remain since it their home. Meaning if they can defeat Miz and take over this realm too, it would mean another area being brought back to the people*
<@Seraphna> **Alt works on her flag**
<@DeathStar> *Mirage leads them through some hidden passages, with Selena and Zayne following behind. Wyrd looks uneasy, keeping close to Heyu*
<@DeathStar> <Azif> What are you doing?
<@Seraphna> Alt> Making a banner for the people!
<@DeathStar> *Gwen walks along, feeding Talia some bread on his shoulder*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> You going to make it a pirate themed flag?
<@Seraphna> Alt> Kinda! **It looks like a Skull and Cross Bones only it's a cool looking Kitty Skull**
<@DeathStar> *Mirage stops in front of a wall*
<@DeathStar> <Qui> I feel like we're being led on a goose chase here...
<@DeathStar> *Fae leans around Terra*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Hidden doorway? **she feels out the wall**
<@DeathStar> *Nicolette is in the back, checking over their supplies*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh? What is this way?"
<@DeathStar> *the wall indeed seems to be designed to be opened up*
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> This way leads to the teleporter I mentioned. If that spirit had brought this place down, the teleporter would have been buried
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *adjusts her glasses* "Let's see..." *looks fort he way to open it*
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> You all are now in the basement
<@DeathStar> *the wall looks like a solid wall with no discerning marks on it; the only thing odd about it is a spider-web on the bottom portion*
<@DeathStar> *and angry spider on it*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....Mr. Spider...could show us the way to open the wlal up?"
<@Seraphna> Terra> Want puzzle solve or should I just knock this wall out?
<@Jackieness> could you show
<@DeathStar> <Qui> A-Are you talking to the spider?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "It could be a magical guardian!"
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> If we had a spell to talk to animals it could be useful
<@Seraphna> Terra> You all can't?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> No
<@Seraphna> **Terra shrugs and talks to the spiders for them**
<@DeathStar> <Fae> My Terra is such a gentle soul
<@DeathStar> *Terra is given a complex wall code to push by the not so angry spider now*
<@DeathStar> *it seems pushing on certain sections makes music*
<@Seraphna> **Terra starts punching it in** Thanks! And we'll make sure to talk to building management about the loud booms.
<@DeathStar> *the wall rises and the portal is there, in shut off mode*
<@DeathStar> *it looks to be a magical circle*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "The spider was upset about the noise?"
<@DeathStar> <Qui> Can spiders even hear?
<@Seraphna> Terra> And I think you called it a bad name by accident.
<@DeathStar> *she approaches the circle*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Azif studies the circle silently while Wyrd and Heyu keep a safe distance; Nicolette moves up to it*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Unfortuntely, I do not think there is a guide on how to reactive this. <Mirage> Don't look at me for this one
<@DeathStar> *the creature leans against the wall, nonchalant*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Lana?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I'll figure it out." *moves over to examine the circle*
<@DeathStar> *a detailed magic spell has been drawn out on the ground, with matching symbols on all four corners of the circle, except one corner they seem to be smudged out; also the circle's magic feels depleted like time has passed and the magic ran out*
<@DeathStar> *Zayne kneels as well, studying it while Azif seems quiet, likely knowing something but never speaking up unless it deals with Alt*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "This circle was disrupted... and quite some time ago. I don't think it was shut off during our raid."
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<@DeathStar> <Selena> Really?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> You think you can get it up and running again? Otherwise we hav a long walk to the south
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Well, ride
<@Seraphna> Alt> That would mean Miz is definitely not expecting us to use it.
<@DeathStar> *Verdant looks around the room* <Verdant> ...
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> After what just happened, he would be a fool not to expect something
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I can supply the magic needed for the circle, but we need to restore what was smudged out
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...still...the question is why it would be disrupted on purpose." *examines the symbols and then the smudged out one* "...looks like sigil magic. Recreate the missing sigil, and it should power up again."
<@DeathStar> <Qui> Do you know the missing sigil?
<@Seraphna> **Alt looks it over with what she knows of creation magic and her own abilities to reason out magic**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...let me..." *starts trying to use weave magic to recosntruct the symbol, using the threads of the other symbols*
<@DeathStar> *it loks like there are four sigils, the bottom two match each other, but the two left is something different, and the top right one is what is smudged out*
<@DeathStar> *top left
<@Seraphna> Alt> These two are the same, so will this one be the same as the missing one?
<@DeathStar> <Azif> Most likely
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe...it would help if we knew what magic we were dealing with...but...we could try making the match." *tries restoring the matching symbol*
<@DeathStar> *the circle glows slightly, just needing magic energy now*
<@Seraphna> Alt> There, now can mana fill it.
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Alright. Hold on
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and steps back*
<@DeathStar> *she reaches out and begins to give her own toward the circle, filling it up until it begins to glow stronger*
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> ... you guys really about to do this?
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> Jump into some teleport circle and enter the enemy castle?
<@DeathStar> *she eyes them as if they're mad*
<@Seraphna> Alt> I mean, we took this entire castle and your old Master threw everything but the kitchen sink at us.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> Yeah, but he's going to be at THIS one
<DS> <Mirage> Yeah, but he's going to be at THIS one
<@Seraphna> Alt> If only we had a wheelbarrow and a holocaust cloak.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "That's what I mean.,.. his good guards are going to be there, with him."
<DS> <Selena> We'll just need to becareful
<@Seraphna> Alt> Wait, aren't you his good guard, Mirage?
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<DS> <Mirage> Guard? No. I go out and slaughter enemies because I like killing
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<@Seraphna> Alt> We need to turn that into something more constructive. Like killing badguys.
<DS> <Mirage> Good - bad? Who can really determine that
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...I think that Mirage means that we really need to be reayd before we try this."
<DS> <Mirage> I just kill where I'm pointed at
<@Seraphna> Alt> Most people with basic morality.
* DS is now known as DeathStar
<@Seraphna> Alt> I'll point you at the bad ones.
* ChanServ sets mode: +o DeathStar
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> If you say so
<@Seraphna> **Alt pats her head**
<@DeathStar> *Selena and Zayne step up to the teleporter* <Selena> I don't think we can hold off much longer. But if anyone wants to hang back and watch over the ship, I get it
<@DeathStar> <Selena> It's already some time since we took over the castle - that's time Miz has to plan who knows what
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Right. Let's move."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...yes. Let's go." *moves on to the teleporter*
<@DeathStar> *Selena, Qui, and Zayne step on. Origin chirps from on Nicolette's head*
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> I guess we're doing this
<@DeathStar> *she backs up Alt as does Heyu and Gwen takes a deep breath and steps on beside Lana*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...y...yes."
<@Seraphna> **Sera squad assembles on it**
<@DeathStar> *Azif floats onto the teleporter with Alt and the group would feel like they're being pulled inside out for a moment as if they're being yanked far away and then dumped onto a similiar spot, but the room is filled with green glowing torches*
<@DeathStar> *before any of them can react, magic axes come flying at them, aiming to end all of them right there and then, and Gwen steps forward, using his Knight armor to take the brunt of them, but surprisingly some of them even begin to smash through the armor* <Selena> ...down! Hit the floor!
<@Seraphna> **Talia uses her group shield ability and Alt ducks**
<@Seraphna> **Terra forms Stone Armor on Gwen and ducks**
<@DeathStar> *the shield and stone armor is heard being hammered on*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *drops down and tries to weave a barrier*
<@DeathStar> *slowly cracking above*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> They won't stop
<@Seraphna> Talia> This is some kind of constant barrage spell?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ok...ok...change of strategy..." *tries to weave and undo any attack mana in the room*
<@DeathStar> *Lana gets a lucky roll and the room quiets*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen remains on his feet, staggering*
<@Seraphna> *Talia touches his back and uses Heal Magic**
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> ... *grunt*
<@Seraphna> Talia> My Mighty Knight~
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *sits up* "Ahhhhhhh...ok. That could have been worse."
<@DeathStar> *Gwen shifts to sit against the wall* Thanks Talia. I think I need to rest for a bit and I'll catch up to you
<@DeathStar> <Qui> .... what sort of trap was that? *She lifts her head up and looks around*
<@Seraphna> **Talia sits a lookout Mana Kitten on his head and nods, foming her swords and armor and beginning to move forward**
<@DeathStar> *the path forward looks to go down a hallway, the green torches continuing all the way down it until a large wooden door*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Magic flying axes... that's a novel one."
<@Seraphna> Alt> From how fast it was, automated attack magic? He assumed no one was coming through here so he left one here.
<@DeathStar> <Azif> I believe going down the hallway is asking for trouble but I see little other paths
<@Seraphna> **Talia frowns and activates her Inner Eye on the hallway**
<@DeathStar> *The entire hallway has traps along it. Anyone who came from that teleporter was not meant to live*
<@Seraphna> Talia> It's just a long corridor of traps.
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> That's cliche
<@Seraphna> Talia> We might be able to spring them all or go around.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I wodner why have the teleporter at all..."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Maybe they set the trap after they the castle was taken?
<@Seraphna> Talia> MOre importantly who was he guiarding from since the teleporter on our end was closed long before we arrived.
<Ariel> * Nicolette ponders, then casts a spell to solidify the stone and fuse loose pieces together. Can't trigger a pressure plate if it can't move.
<@Seraphna> Terra> Ooo, I approve of this magic.
<@DeathStar> *Zayne studies Nicolette*
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> So it's...safe to walk to the door? *she sounds hesitant*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant looks around the room* I will say, I do not think the traps he used in the other castle would work. The illusion of hiding his guards
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well... I can't promise that's everything. I can think of a few triggers that wouldn't be affected by that spell."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I mean, you'd be on guard now
<@Seraphna> Alt> Will probably use something new.
<@DeathStar> *Wyrd hesitantly runs across the room and arrives at the door unharmed*
<@Seraphna> Talia> I was half expecting the hallway to be endless or something. THis feels rushed.
<@Seraphna> **Alt and Talia head after her**
<@DeathStar> *Wyrd opens it and the door opens up to a spiral staircase, going upward*
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> IT appears we are in the basement in this castle as well
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ok, we can cross, it looks like." *heads after them* "I had a thought though... this realm has two castles, not just one... what if this land was made by combining two territories together?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What do you mean? *She and Qui move over to the stairs; Heyu and Azif follow Alt, while Gwen seems to be sitting there while his damaged armor restores itself*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Mmm, three castles...
<@Seraphna> **Terra feels out the stairway for more traps**
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Definitely possible. A few kingdoms have fallen. That's probably the only reason we see knights on the roam."
<@DeathStar> *the stairs seem to be void of straps on them or in the walls*
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Bad guy has given up on traps! Horray!
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "The arrangement of these teleporters, for one, with the traps on this side. As though to prevent some invasion."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I suppose we'll find out.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> Do you guys do this every time?
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> Paranoid out?
<@DeathStar> *she follows behind the team, arms crossed*
<@Seraphna> Alt> We do that a fair amount yes. Then I normally just leap into trouble! **She skips up the stairs**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...its actually way worse if we encounter an elevator."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well... huh. Not really. I blame the Miz's love of deception."
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> .... huh
<@Seraphna> Terra> See if he really knew us, he'd have a river here.
<@DeathStar> *As they go up the stairs, the team passes through a window in the staircase looking out at the night sky. Selena pauses, looking confused, since they set out first thing in the morning after resting all night*
<@DeathStar> *through by
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "For some reason, I feel like a nicely cut lawn would be the worst thing he could present us."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...illusions, maybe?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> That or the teleporter took a daY?
<@Seraphna> Terra> Well... actually...
<@Seraphna> Terra> The mana around here is tainted and weaker than we're used to.
<@Seraphna> Terra> Is it possible we overcharged it?
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Are you saying this is my fault?
<@DeathStar> *as they keeping walking up the stairs, outside it appears the moon has gotten closer*
<@Seraphna> Terra> No, wondering if you made it do something it normally can't because it's repurposed Creation Magic.
<@DeathStar> *each window they pass by, it looks like the moon is a little larger*
<@Seraphna> Terra> This is a trap of some kind though.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *adjusts her glasses* "Certainly an illusion."
<@Seraphna> **Terra looks out and muses**
<@DeathStar> <Heyu> Um, the moon looks really angry..
<@DeathStar> *The moon is staring at Terra*
<@Seraphna> **Alt tries her Inner Eye on the moon**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... stay away from the windows."
<@DeathStar> *refusing her inner eye, Alt gets a lucky roll. Ther is something out there that is real. But it's not the moon*
<@DeathStar> *something grabs Alt and begins to try to yank her out*
<@Seraphna> Alt> The moon is fake but sometihng's out there... eep!
<@DeathStar> *Azif grabs onto Alt, as does Wyrd and Heyu*
<@Seraphna> **Talia who used Inner Eye the first time, stabs at tge something**
<@DeathStar> *Talia would see a giant harpy like monster trying to eat Alt*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Harpy! **She stabs at it more**
<@DeathStar> *the harpy lets go of Alt and flies ofF*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Nooo! Not bird ladies!
<@Seraphna> Alt> You are food not me!
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...anyway....stay away from the windows."
<@DeathStar> *Selena oves as far back to the wall as she can*
<@DeathStar> *Mirage meanwhile has vanished - having leapt out the window during all this*
<@Seraphna> **Alt hmms, feeling out her servant**
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Is everyone okay to continue up?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...yes..but we lost someone."
<@DeathStar> <Azif> .. is it really a loss?
<@Seraphna> Alt> Whatever is going on with this stair... I can feel Mirage but she feels super far away.
<@Seraphna> Alt> Should I compel her to return? She can't currently kill anyone but she could try to have Miz mess with her.
<@DeathStar> <Azif> If you must, you can compel her to
<@Seraphna> **Alt muses and compels her** Return to me.
<@DeathStar> *a moment or two passes; oddly, despite the command, Mirage does not seem to come crawling through the window*
<@DeathStar> *Alt does not even feel her getting closer*
<@DeathStar> *Selena glances at Lana, to see if she wants to continue up or wait*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "It must be the magic of this place."
<@Seraphna> Alt> Not sure if she's disobeying somehow or can't obey.
<Ariel> * Nicolette approaches the window and looks out, trying to look beyond the illusion. "Hey Lana, can you scan the castle and try to get a general shape of things?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I do not like this. The traps were easier to deal with
<@Seraphna> Alt> The latter seems more likely. Like we're stuck in here and she's out there.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ok..." *tries weaving to try to scan the environment that the illusion may be hiding*
<@DeathStar> *Selena cranes her head up, eyeing the spiral staircase continue upward*
<@DeathStar> *Lana gets a decent scan - but is it real? *it shows that staircase continuing upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward, upward. upward*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "This doesn't seem right."
<@Seraphna> **Alt tilts her head, then sends a ping towards her father to see how far away he is now**
<@DeathStar> *he doesn't seem that far away, actually*
<@Seraphna> Alt> I don't think we're been going up at all.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...I kind of agree."
<@Seraphna> Alt> Dad's still close by, but we should be some distance above him now.
<@DeathStar> *Selena clicks her tongue* Okay, how do we stop walking in place then?
<@Seraphna> **Terra feels the floor out again, seeing it the stairs themselves are moving at all, like maybe a treadmill**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...Zayne...if you could assist me while I try to pick apart the mana in this place."
<@DeathStar> *the stairs and stairwell appear to be normal*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Certainly.
<@DeathStar> *she steps over to Lana, and she begins to channel her magics*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *starts doing a wave, trying to pick apart whatever is happening in the environment*
<@Jackieness> weave
<@DeathStar> *Origin chirps at Nicolette*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Hmm?"
<@DeathStar> *Lana would sense illusion magic being heavy in this entire area - its so thick in it, that dispelling it might be impossible unless one wanted wanted to try to truly wipe out their reserves to just wipe out small little area*
* Home__ is now known as Alicia
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "The entire place is infused with illusory magic... I could dispel the area.. but I'd be drained... and we would still have the rest of the place to deal with."
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza seems to be indicating interest at the window*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe Mirage had the right idea... a leap of....ahhhh... faith."
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> You're kidding right
<@DeathStar> <WyrD> The monster was real
<Ariel> * Nicolette ponders a moment, then hops up, and steps out of the window
<@DeathStar> *Selena jerks*
<@DeathStar> *then leans out, not seeing Nicolette anymore*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Th-That crazy woman. *she sounds fearful*
<@DeathStar> *she leaps after*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> It would appear our fellow heroes our leaping out the window
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "OK... well... party is split now... we should...ahhh... try to reunite the party."
<@DeathStar> *she peers out - it looks like a massive drop, but oddly enough there is no sign of anyone hitting the ground*
<@DeathStar> *Wyrd and Heyu grab Alt before Azif can protest and drag her out the window*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at Zayne* "Ahhhh...shall we?"
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Lets. *she steps after and Qui leaps out. Azif seems displeased with Alt's groupies, eyeing Lana*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...what?"
<@DeathStar> <Azif> Nothing. *She floats out*
<@DeathStar> *outside, everyone has found themselves in a castle court yard*
<@Seraphna> **Alt leaps out as does Talia**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *takes a deep breath and then drops out the window*
<@DeathStar> *Mirage looks like she has been pushed against the window this entire time*
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> .... *looks pissed*
<@Seraphna> **Terra lets Fae float her out**
<@Seraphna> Alt> If you had said something you wouldn’t be doing that.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "This isn't quite what I expected... but it works."
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I been screaming curses at the window this entire time~!
<@Seraphna> Alt> Before leaping out.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> How was I suppose to fucking know!
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...well... we are all back together now."
<@Seraphna> Alt> Why did you leap out?
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I wanted to stab the monster.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> That counts as a bad guy, right?
<@Seraphna> Alt> **pauses, then gives Mirage pats**
<@Seraphna> Alt> You have earned biscuit.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> ...
<@Seraphna> **Alt hands her a cookie**
<@DeathStar> *Mirage eyes it, then Alt, then it*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Try.
<@DeathStar> *Mirage eats it in one bite, glowering at her the entire time*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *opens her mouth to say something, but decides not to*
<@DeathStar> *Selena looks around the court yard - it has a giant statue of Miz in the middle, as well as a fountain full of water*
<@DeathStar> *There are also several other windows that lead to other rooms much liike the window they just jumped out of. IT appears the window did indeed lead to a spiral staircase*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Why is the water coming out of that snake?
<@DeathStar> <Fae> *covers Terra's eyes*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Zayne eyes the statue* ... what am I even looking at?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> ....*peers to the side, refusing to glance at the Miz statue* So ...
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> Oh come on... it's just a piece of art.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...clearly meant to...compensate for...thing..."
<@DeathStar> *the statue glows and begins to speak* <Miz> So you all have come
<@Seraphna> Talia> Gwen’s is better.
<@DeathStar> *the statue's head turns toward them, one of Miz's eyes appearing on the statue's forehead*
<@Seraphna> **Talia blows the eye a kiss, and sends a fireball at it**
<@DeathStar> *The Illumination eye immediately begins to cause weakness and nausea as the statue begins to move forward, a stone hand moving to grab it*
<@DeathStar> <Miz> Hear my voice and lay down your arms. Surrender.
<@Seraphna> **Terra starts trying to tend the stone apart** Go away backwards tail man!
<@DeathStar> *The statue explodes*
<@DeathStar> *the head rolling toward them*
<@DeathStar> <MIz> I will make a wager with you
<@Seraphna> Talia> We’re just planning to kill you.
<Ariel> * Nicolette eyes Talia at that
<@DeathStar> <Miz> If you can make it to my throne room, I will hand over your precious spirit.
<@DeathStar> *Verdant has formed her giant hammer, eyeing the head*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Cool. Early terms of surrender already. We’ll see you then.
<@DeathStar> *Miz laughs at the surrender line, then the statue goes quiet, returing to normal*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen arrives, his armor looking in better shape; he leans out the window*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> So.... we have a plan of action?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Clearly he has stacked the....ahhh...deck."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> The problem is we don't know where the throne room is either
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Would it be high up or on the bottom level?
<@Seraphna> Terra> I could blow up this castle.
<@DeathStar> *Selena eyes Terra slowly*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What is with you and blowing shit up?
<@Seraphna> Terra> **looks innocent**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "If you did anythign that big...their....ahhh... enslaved spiirt would be on us instantly."
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Terra seems to no longer care about getting into a fight with their spirit
<@Seraphna> Terra> We spank her till she behave.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...but what if she is alot stronger than you are?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Right... so, anyways... which way?"
<@Seraphna> Terra> **surprised Pikachu face**
<@DeathStar> <Qui> Lets explore the bottom level first
<@DeathStar> <Qui> We'd feel stupid if we went up to the top level and it was down here
<@Seraphna> Alt> Mirage.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> ... what?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *tries weaving to scan for the layout of the real castle*
<@Seraphna> Alt> You know where it is?
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I mean, yeah, but Miz also likes to move it around
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What do you mean ... "move" it around?
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I mean this castle is designed to shift around when Miz is paranoid
<@Seraphna> Alt> He made you run his Mana right?
<@DeathStar> *Lana begins to get a layout. The throne room is indeed on the bottom level, near the heart of the bottom level, designed to greet visitors*
<@Seraphna> **with
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...right now....I see a likely t candidate on the ground level, acting as a grand reception."
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I mean, I'm adapt at illusion magic, so I can use mana and stuff I guess. But at the same time ... *it eyes Lana and Nicolette* I seem to have a weakness to it. <Selena> Which is odd because you act just like those creatures we found in the cave
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "So he likes to shift things... how quickly can he do that? Like, could he keep moving the room so we never find it?"
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "As I said... he probbaly has a stacked deck."
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> *turns to Nicolette* I mean, I never saw it in action because he's never been attacked, but .... this place is designed to shift rooms pretty fast. Like, I do not know how it works exactly. But the court yard here can even be moved to another location.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I have no idea how this castle works. I'm sure all of this could be broken though
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Okay. So objective A; stop the shuffle castle."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Come on...though i suspect he will have mvoed it by the time we get there." *starts moving toward the room she found*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Nicolette I think has the right of it
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Keep your mana senses open too. There is likely a focus hidden somewhere in this castle, so it should light up when the place shifts."
<Ariel> * Nicolette follows, but she's focused on the mana of this place. Waiting for something to change on them.
<@DeathStar> *Qui follows Lana. Lana would move along through beautiful rooms and what not. The servants of the castle watch them as they walk along*
<@DeathStar> *many of them cowering *
<@DeathStar> *as they begin to near the location of the throne room, sounds can be heard in the distance; the map begins to update itself as the throne room is shuffled form the north all the way to the west, and a new room is posted up in front of them; Qui opening the door and the team finding themselves in a strange mirror room*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Did anyone sense the castle's focus?"
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I sensed nothing
<@Seraphna> Alt> See if I had a shifting castle I’d put the kitchen next to my room.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Huh... could it have been a fake shift?"
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I don't know."
<@DeathStar> <Qui> I definitely heard something
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> *muses* Unless we want to believe there is a massive ability to move rooms around on some sort of grid
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Magic has to be being used
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "That is my thinking..."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Terra?
<@Seraphna> **Terra frowns and feels out the structure**
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Do you feel anything that can move the grid about? If not, it owuld mean magic has to be being employed
<@Seraphna> Terra> Well on the PAX we mostly use holoconstructs but that tech is beyond here… there’s no grid.
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> This might be stupid
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> But...
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Can Nico or Lana use magic scans on the room to find anything? Or can we rip up the room to see if there is anything?
<@DeathStar> *Nicolette
<@DeathStar> *Gwen offers his sword to begin hacking the floor*
<@DeathStar> *while they group walks, their mirror reflections have begun to act oddly - at first, nothing has been going on, but some of them have begun to stare at the team*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *tries weaving to scan the room in a more detailed manner*
<@DeathStar> *Lana's presses her face against the mirror*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I'd been trying to feel if magic altered the castle, but..." She shrugs.
<@Seraphna> Alt> Mirror doubles! Do we break the mirrors?
<@DeathStar> *Nicolette's motions at Alt to come closer*
<@Seraphna> **Alt flicks a magic blast at that one**
<@DeathStar> *Lana would not feel any active magic, but she would find something under the floor - traces of something*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "There is definitely something under the floor."
<@DeathStar> *when alt brekas the mirror, Nicolette and Lana would begin to feel magic going out of control in this room*
<@DeathStar> *the mirror doubles begin to step out of the mirrors*
<@DeathStar> <Wyrd> Uh, people?
<@Seraphna> **Alt breaks more double mirrors as quick as she can**
<@DeathStar> *Azif's double slowly begins to transform into some eldrrich horror*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?! What did you do?!"
<@DeathStar> *and crawls rapidly toward them as Alt breaks more of the others*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Stopping doubles!
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "This is a classic arcane trap! You don't touch or break the mirrors!"
<@DeathStar> *Gwen swings his sword to fight his double while Azif is jumped by her eldrich horror double*
<@Seraphna> **Talua uses a Faniliar Blade strike using Holy Weapon**
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well, that broke the equalibrium alright."
<@DeathStar> *the horror hisses and scurries off*
<@DeathStar> *Heyu's double just sort of lingers about*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Azif your double isn’t nearly as sexy as you.
<Ariel> * Nicolette channels earth, corroding the metal in the mirrors so they loose their ability to reflect
<@DeathStar> <Azif> ... *Rises, eyeing a scratch on herself* ...
<@DeathStar> *the mirrors and the doubles slowly begin to vanish*
<@Seraphna> **Alt heals it**
<@DeathStar> *The scratch seems resistant to healing, but it fades a little* <Azif> Thank you, Mistress
<@DeathStar> *Gwen lifts his sword up and begins to hack the floor, revealing what looks to be a teleport sigil like what the group encountered at the beginning*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> ... is this what you felt before that mirror stuff?
<@DeathStar> *he seems to be out of breath*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath* "...yes......this is it. This is how he moves his rooms."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Why did I not sense the magic being used..
<@DeathStar> *she looks disturbed*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Maybe because we’re inside the spell?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yeah... I didn't feel it either."
<@DeathStar> <Qui> If we're inside it, is that a bad thing?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I don't know...that's the problem..." *moves to examine the teleportation spell further*
<@Seraphna> Alt> It’s hard to look for the core of a spell while inside the core of the spell. You’d just get “here” or “nothing”.
<@DeathStar> *the teleport sigil seems to be a little different than the main teleporter they encountered before. The sigils are written differently and are positioned differently, indicating it might be part of a larger system, as if this is one piece of a giant teleport sigil in the castle grid unlike the standalone ones connecting the two castles*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I am wondering if Alt is right and each room has one of these
<@Seraphna> Alt> So the rooms aren’t moving, they’re translocations.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...but that was my hypothesis..."
<@DeathStar> <Heyu> Alt is so smart~
<@DeathStar> *Gwen parts Lana* We know
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> Hey, genius, here's a better question then
<@Seraphna> Talia> Our little girl is learning and going off your theory Pillows.
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> How you gonna stop it?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "It's still weird though... if glyphs are moving rooms or moving us, then the mana around us should be different when things happen."
<@Seraphna> Alt> Break a few runes.
<@Seraphna> Alt> It should cause the whole thing to short out.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....yes...this is part of a system of teleporters. They should be tied together by some means, which means we could use that..."
<@DeathStar> *Zayne thinks* Nico is right. Even if we break this, that is still a oddity that will bug me
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "What oddity?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Things have changed, but it feels like nothing has moved. Just like the staircase."
<@Seraphna> Talia> It is the rooms moving or how we reach each room? If the doors are changing we wouldn’t notice.
<@DeathStar> *Selena checks the map - the throne room is still being shown to be to the west*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> So what is our theory?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Anyway...in theory... we could bring the throne room to us."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> If this is all real, yes.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well... you can try it. It won't leave us worse off. I'm trying to think how to test the other thing."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Alrgiht
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Do it, Lana
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Well...assumign Zayne isn't right and we're not just in another illusion, the other option is destrying each room one by one until we trap the throne room. Time consuming, obvious." *then nods and moves to the teleportation spell, trying to start a weave to move the throne room closer*
<@DeathStar> *a moment or two passes, then suddenly the room changes and the group is inside the throne room. Light passing through glass pane windows with Miz on them and the throne room looks empty of anyone. Qui looks around and Heyu moves up to Alt to protect her*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Stand on guard
<@DeathStar> *Gwen looks around* We won your game. Come on now
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *looks around*
<Ariel> * Nicolette changes tack, and instead of trying to make sense of the castle around her, she searches for Shin's energy. She knows that well enough that she should be able to determine that true.
<@DeathStar> *Nicolette detects her suddenly when a death strike goes for Alt and Talia, Shin's ultimate move to one kill an opponent, when Wyrd shifts in front of the strike and the scythe slams into her body. The weapon winces, changing back into her weapon form and slams into the ground, cracking into a few pieces. Shin then turns and twirls and swings for Lana next, bypassing Nicolette altogether like she is refusing to aim for her head*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Lana!
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *raises her hands and weaves a barrier*
<@DeathStar> *The scythe begins to cut into the barrier, slowly entering it like butter*
<@DeathStar> <Shin> .... *she begins to press it further for Lana's forehead*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *gestures with her hands and bends the barrier around Shin, trying to encase ehr like a mummy*
<Ariel> * Nicolette throws herself at Shin in an attempt to tackle them to the ground.
<@DeathStar> *Shin and Nicolette roll and Shin glances at her*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant kneels and begins to work on speeding Nicolette up*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *steps back* "Ahhhh...they probably already marked her."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Then where is the hell is Miz then? Or at least the tools to undo it
<Ariel> * Nicolette looks Shin in the eyes, "Don't let him make you a slave again. You're better than that."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "....good question..."
<@DeathStar> <Shin> .... Heh. *she takes deep breaths, then grabs her scythe and shifts it and stabs herself right in the area of the mark, which is painfully in the gut area, kneeling over*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...definitely a Shin move."
<@DeathStar> *Zayne and Selena have taken up positions as Shin kneels there*
<Ariel> * Nicolette winces and places her hands over the wound and channels energy, "...definitely definitely a Shin move."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Well, Miz wasn't the brightest in marking a Death spirit.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Still...we need to find him to finish this."
<@DeathStar> <Shin> Sorry for the loss of senses. *she seems to have "killed" the mark, or at least damaged it*
<@DeathStar> *Selena and Zayne look around the throne room. A figure can be seen running for the exit*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> .. *points* There
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Our fault for you getting taken. But... glad to have you back."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> /lana A"hhhh...that way!"
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...that way!"
<@DeathStar> <Shin> We underestimated the lunacy of these lands and that enforcer the Bandit King has
<@DeathStar> <Shin> It will not happen again
<@DeathStar> *Selena dashes after the figure*
<Ariel> * Nicolette gets up and looks for the controls to the castle's movement
<@DeathStar> *Zayne warps in front of the figure, tapping into her spirit form and unleashes a magic attack; it indeed appears to be Miz, who slaps down a piece of paper with an eye, causing Selena and Zayne to grab their heads*
<@DeathStar> *the throne room does not seem to have any visible controls oddly enough. Shin watches Nicolette* What are you seeking?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *steps forward, rapidly weaving to try to bolster her allies' resistance*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Trying to figure out how Miz controls this place."
<@DeathStar> *Zayne gathers her magic scythe and turns it into a gun to fire at Miz, blasting at him; a moment later there appears to be nothing left*
<@DeathStar> *except ash*
<@DeathStar> <Shin> Controls the place? He mainly was sitting here and waiting for you it felt like.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...it can't have been that easy."
<@DeathStar> <Shin> And then he hid and ordered me to kill you
<@DeathStar> *Heyu meanwhile has been gathering Wyrd's fragments while Azif stands guard*
<@DeathStar> <Shin> ... *glances over, deciding she will need to address that sooner or later after this is over*
<@DeathStar> *Selena muses*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What are you thinking Lana?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "This is kinda frustrating" She inspects Shin for what's left of the control mark, seeing if it's fully destroyed Or if it's still linked.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Another illusion, maybe."
<@DeathStar> *Shin seems to have almost completed destroyed it, meaning it is unlikely to function again, but Nicolette can see fragments of it still there, meaning it's not completely gone. Who knows if that means it could be a problem down the road*
<Ariel> * Nicolette focuses a scrying spell on the mark, attempting to trace it back to the person who controls it.
<@DeathStar> *Nicolette's scrying would discover that the person is no far from the castle*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Wait. If that mark is still there...
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Then Miz is still....ahhhh...alive."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yeah, he's out there still. Hasn't made it far though."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Do you have a bead on him?"
<@DeathStar> <Qui> He most likely directed us toward the throne room to give us either a death at Shin's hands or a victory by defeating his decoy
<@DeathStar> <Qui> While he fled
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yep. Wanna go say hi?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I know I would love to
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Let's go."
<@DeathStar> *Origin glows and using Nicolette's bead, warps them outside*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> You know that was extremely risky
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Which part? Also, that way." She gestures in the direction of the Miz.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... Selena means spirit teleportation."
<@DeathStar> *standing outside the castle, Miz's guards look confused at the team appearing outside of the castle; up ahead a flying magic device can be seen up ahead. It looks to be using magic to fly away and almost looks like giant balloon carrier ship*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> I'm guessing that is him
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "He cut and ran, abandoning his men."
<@DeathStar> *Miz looks to be headed deeper into the Bandit King's territory, likely toward another of the Lord's realms*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I admit I am surprised he would go running ot another Lord
<Ariel> * Nicolette frowns, "Well... that won't do." She calls upon the wind to create a storm, because she hears balloons and lightning don't mix.
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Well, the next two Lords are a bit special
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "What about them?"
<@DeathStar> *The balloon airship can be seen struggling with the storm and is forced to make an emergency landing*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> They're both Rogue Knights. The first is actually a bit popular among the people. The second is rather ruthless and is the last defense for the Bandit King. It's rather hard to call him a Knight anymore.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "You grounded him, Nico..."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> But either way, picking fights with either of them will be rather ... tough
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I guess he got lucky then. Probably for the best. Rather turn him in than kill him."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...what should we do now?"
<@DeathStar> *suddenly, while they're talking, Mirage slithers up behind them*
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> I eat him now
<@DeathStar> *she begins to move toward the ship*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...we better go." *points toward Miz's ship*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Um... doesn't that count as killing?" She quickly heads for the ship.
<@DeathStar> <Shin> If Nicolette wants him to stand justice, then it shall be done
<@DeathStar> *Selena hurries up to the ship where crew can be heard screaming as Mirage is tackling them in a blob like form*
<@DeathStar> *Miz is grabbing various magical weapons to try to defend himself*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...wow..."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> That thing is terrifying
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "And clearly not under control!"
<@DeathStar> *Mirage approaches Miz slowly who is firing magic blasts at it; they force Mirage back*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...he's seems dependent on magic items."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> It does seem to work
<Ariel> * Nicolette attempts to channel the storm winds to restrain Mirage.
<@DeathStar> *Mirage keeps trying to get in only to be driven off. Miz seems to be debating overloading the ship to kill Mirage when Nicolette restrains the creature. It sulks, but accepts it for now*
<@DeathStar> *Miz eyes the team catch up to him, and shifts his pretty boy hair back* <Miz> Well. Is this the part where you kill my yourself?
<@DeathStar> *me
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Ugh, he's one of those guys
<Ariel> <Nicolette> *eyes Miz* "Only if you insist on fighting. Though honestly, after all you've done, it'd be justified."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?" *looks at Gwen*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> That stares at the mirror all day long. *He mostly sounds jealous*
<@DeathStar> *Miz eyes everyone gathered, then drops the weapon* I know when I am beat. I am not the fighter type.
<@DeathStar> <Miz> So what do you plan to do with me, might I ask?
<@DeathStar> <Mirage> Argh, you should have let me eaaat him
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh....?" *looks at the others*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I know a woman who'd like to speak with you. We'll leave you to her supervision." She looks to Gwen, "Can you search him for any more tricks?"
<@DeathStar> *the masked man leans in over Lana's shoulder, so when she turns she's staring right into the mask*
<@DeathStar> <Masked Man> You can give him to me
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Miz jerks, revolted at the idea the creepy masked man handling him as Gwen moves over and examines him for tricks; his armor seems to shift a times as if alive. He then begins to breaks something in Miz's pocket* <Gwen> You won't need that
<@DeathStar> *then hands over something else to Nicolette*
<Ariel> * Nicolette doubletakes. "H-huh? You...? I..." She shakes her head and composes herself, "I'm sure you could, but... I'm confused about your motives."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh....but...really...who are you?"
<@DeathStar> *the masked man seems to consider something, as if he has to think hard on what his motives are, scratching the mask* <Masked Man> I don't remember. This mask seals away my memories. So I have no motives or identity anymore. But the idea of.... watching over the prisoner....questioning him...making him give answers to what he knows. That excites me for some reason.
<@DeathStar> <Miz> Ugh.... *he steps back*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Nicolette
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Hmm?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> No offense, but you guys have gotten some weird allies since we last saw you
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...well.., he really more just follows us around afetr we rescued him..."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Ah, well, I honestly barely know him. Which is why I rather turn Miz over to someone we have a better grasp on."
<@DeathStar> *The Masked Man rubs his mask, as if he can't argue that*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Hm. I suppose we can watch him on the ship for now
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Lana - you think we can turn a room into a brig?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I think so..."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Shin and I can take turns watching him then. <Shin> I can do that. *she seems to have a death glare*
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Peacemaker Landship
<@DeathStar> *Gwen and Shin are below deck with Miz with everyone having returned back to it now*
<@DeathStar> *Selena is eyeing a map of the lands*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We'll be heading southwest and once we go across the river, we'll be in the newlord's land. According to Gwen, it's run by one of two Knight's. Supposedly, it's a female Knight that the people actually somewhat like and she's located in a major city where while they do the slave system, she runs it a bit differently from the other Lords
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...is there any chance to persuade her to change sides...or at least stay neutral?"
<@DeathStar> <Qui> It'll be nice change of pace. Especially if the people like her - getting into a fight with her would be bad
<@DeathStar> *Selena grabs the controls and begins to march them southwest*
<@DeathStar> *Zayne is on the top of the deck when the skies begin to grow darker*
<@DeathStar> *Selena pauses then turns to Lana* We might have an issue; spirit energy is building up in the air
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "A storm spirit then?"
<@DeathStar> *Miz, down below, begins to shout, begging them to let him out and off the ship*
<@DeathStar> *Shin warps up to grab Nicolette by the waist and then onto the deck*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Something like that ... *she peers outside and then up ahead of them is the silver haired spirit, directly in their path*
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza begins to chirp and mumble worriedly, even going human size as she fiddles with her hands*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...well...so...what attracted it?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well..." She sighs, and waves to the spirit.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I can't think of a single thing. Unless Yoiyami was up here doing spirit chants
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Think it could track our guest?"
<@DeathStar> *the spirit lands on the deck, a bit away from the team* <Unknown Silver Haired Spirit> Surrender?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I admit, I did not think it could talk
<@DeathStar> <Shin> I think it only is doing so due to Nicoltete waving
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Surrender? Why? Is something wrong?"
<@DeathStar> *it points at them* <Spirit> You are enemies of the state - and you have with you powerful entities that must be taken in to my Master. Please surrender.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "If some of us come with you, could the rest remain with the ship, unharmed?"
<@DeathStar> *the spirit seems to be thrown off by that*
<@DeathStar> *and then turns, thinking* <Spirit> Will you be ceasing your evil ways?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "What do you consider evil?"
<@DeathStar> <Spirit> Attacking the state.
<@Seraphna> Alt> But we aren’t attacking the state.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Hm... is the state the government that runs it, or the people that it consists of?"
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Shhhh...let Nico handle this..."
<@DeathStar> <Spirit> All serve the purpose of the Bandit King - and he appoints his Lords to see to it his affairs are managed. You have been removing his lords, not to take over their duties, but to leave chaos in your wake
<@Seraphna> **Alt tilts her head**
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I admit, we've been a bit rushed. But chaos is no our purpose. We strongly support the prosperity of this land."
<@DeathStar> <Spirit> ..... *she eyes Nicolette, dubiously* I still will need your powerful entities.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Really? Is gathering 'entities' in defense of the state, or to personally empower the bandit king? I'm confused about your directive."
<@DeathStar> *The Spirit seems to get shifty now, as if not liking being questioned, or perhaps not liking her Master*
<@DeathStar> *The Spirit seems to get shifty now, as if not liking being questioned, or perhaps not liking her Master being questioned*
<@DeathStar> <Spirit> You -- You talk too much! *she spits out a like a child and she does appear to look around Verdant's size*
<@Seraphna> Alt> If only she wasn’t marked we could probably tell. What’s your name?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "We would meet with the bandit king, but sending off our friends to be imprisoned for their power would be bad, wouldn't it?"
<@DeathStar> *the Spirit eyes Alt, then seems to strain a bit, trying to come up with a approrpriate response for Alt* <Spirit> I'm.... they call me... the Enforcer.... Yes. I enforce. *She floats up and away* I do not talk. I enforce. *She seems to be talking to herself*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Egat do you call
<@Seraphna> Alt> What do you call you?
<@DeathStar> *the spirit lifts her hand up toward the spirit energy she collected a moment ago and in the sky, a moon begins to form, shaking the earth. It appears she is drawning upon the lunar forces itself, but this close it is shaking the Peacemaker vehicle*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I'm getting the idea she plans to drop a moon on us. That would be end of the world stuff, wouldn't it?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...yes. Such an act...would....ahhhh... it would destroy the state!"
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> A bit overkill just from some pushback from Nicolette and asking a name
<@DeathStar> *he holds onto the ship, having come up*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> *speaks up over the shaking* "How about Lua? Do you like that name?"
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *lowers voice* "You clearly caught her in a logic bomb. She's lashing out now."
<@DeathStar> *The spirit pauses at that* Lua?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yeah. Lua. Like the moon."
<@DeathStar> *The spirit pauses, as if trying to process that* Lua. My name is Lua.... *she seems to have begun to shrink the moon from wherever it was formed, when out of nowhere, just before it's entirely gone, a magic blast from the horizon, shaped like a shell, blasts through it and causes it to explode right next to the spirit and the ship, causing a massive wave of spirit energy and more to go off, engulfing everything*
<@DeathStar> -TBC-
* DeathStar changes topic to: Geyze II: Monday 7:30 - 10:45 PM | Act 2: The Grand Time Tour | Session 136: The Grand Time Tour Part II | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze2/Sessions/index.php | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze2/Bios/index.php | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze2/Spirits/Spirits.php

<@DeathStar> So - Minis Open -
<@DeathStar> *Heyu hangs out in the lower decks while the masked man examines Shin since there is no doctor doctor*
<@DeathStar> <Shin> Are you sure you're a doctor? *The Masked Man considers*
* Day changed to Tuesday, 7. Oct 2025