AGWW Online - Log 2003/06/18

WoD: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Session 5

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 Ali'ha'Hadin, "Aladin" - played by Dingo
 Lawrence Michael McCarthy (Toreador) - played by Caelian
 Sir Matthew Deckard - Runs with Steel (Glasswalker) - played by Asmodai
 Lady Victoria Annabelle Montgomery (Electrodyne Engineers) - played by Stayka
 Willow O'Day (Dreamspeaker) - played by Fuzzy

 Storyteller - Dingo

<Storyteller> Last time you were exploring the archeological dig of the camp of Julius Caesar in Egypt, close to Alexandria.

<Storyteller> There where many more guards then to be expeceted. And the guards acted as if they were one creature.

<Storyteller> After a quick sneak in using your respective gifts, you were almost caught by the guards, if it were not for Alladin saving the day. He almost collapsed doing this and urged you to run. In the end Matthew Deckard carried him away.

<Storyteller> On board of the Zeppelin it was noticed that Alladin does not have any patterns.

<Storyteller> And Matthew had a chat with Hiyena

<Matthew_Deckard> (and Jackal)

<Storyteller> (and Jackal)

<Storyteller> Now the story continues when Sir Matthew Deckard returns to the cabin from his visit on top of the blimp.

Matthew_Deckard appears from the top entering the cabin, lookign grim...

<Lady_Victoria> (Did anyone tell Vicky what they ecountered outside yet?)

<Matthew_Deckard> We are in trouble... and so may be the world...

<Lady_Victoria> Sir Matthew?

<_Willow_> whats up?

<Lady_Victoria> What makes you say so?

<Matthew_Deckard> Is Alladin allright?

<Lady_Victoria> Well...

Lady_Victoria frowns

<Alladin> Yes, I'm much better now.

Lawrence looks up at Mr Deckard

<Lady_Victoria> I tried to scan him, but I got no conclusive data I would understand

Matthew_Deckard looks at lady victoria inquisitivley while getting rid of the black beduin outfit and remining in a black suit...

Matthew_Deckard looks at Alladin...

<Matthew_Deckard> What did you mean by that, Lady Victoria?

<Lady_Victoria> (ST, please thell the non-eidetic player what exactly it was that I could figure out)

<Storyteller> That he had no recognizeable patterns.

<Matthew_Deckard> Alladin what was down there that felt so wrong?

<Storyteller> As in.. there was something there, but you could not discrn what..

<Lady_Victoria> (Patterns as in Matter, Prime or what?)

<_Willow_> (I checked for life and prime)

<_Willow_> (and spirit)

<Storyteller> You could only see his presence by the fact that his clothes are here and that he moves.

<Matthew_Deckard> ... and why did the guards act as bugs?

<Alladin> I will explain later.

<Lady_Victoria> (So neither Matter, Mind, Prime, Forces either?)

<Matthew_Deckard> (i'd check hi mwith correspondance if I were you)

<Alladin> Lady Victoria, now please turn the ship 36 degrees to the south.

<Lady_Victoria> (If I had cCorr...)

<Lady_Victoria> Well, what do we find there, Alladin?

<Storyteller> Vicky: This will take you past Alexandria quite a bit.

<_Willow_> (/me wants to look at his umbral reflection)

Lady_Victoria goes to the controls with a slight frown

<_Willow_> ("peek" at him in the umbra)

<Lady_Victoria> Alladin? What shall we do there?

<_Willow_> !dice 5d10 _Willow_ rolled 5d10 dice and got: 2, 7, 9, 2, 9

Alladin is not visible there either.

Lady_Victoria is very puzzled by the scans she got from Alladin and wonders iof she really should trust him

Matthew_Deckard grabs the pistols from his shoulder holsters and chekcs the barrels...

<Alladin> I will bring you to a place where I can explain everything in patience.

<_Willow_> couriouser and curiouser

Lady_Victoria looks to Matt

Lawrence tries to take a more closer look at Alladin's aura now that we're in a slightly more relaxed situation

Matthew_Deckard twirls each of the gun drums and swiftly returns them to the holsters...

<Lady_Victoria> Well.

Alladin has no aura.

Lady_Victoria sets the course

<_Willow_> Alladin does seem to have a umbral reflection?

<_Willow_> err does not

<Lawrence> (ST: Need recapp on Auspex ... Don't have my rules handy here)

<Lady_Victoria> She is not really convinced this is a good idea, but she is very curious to get the explanations

<Storyteller> You check: He has no aura.

<Matthew_Deckard> Alladn what was there...

<Alladin> Lady Victoria, just continue untill we reach the Nile, then follow it south.

<Matthew_Deckard> from what I heard somethign is there... waiting... to come out and devour the humans...

<Alladin> Quite probable.

<Matthew_Deckard> what?

<Lady_Victoria> I will do so, Alladin. But I expect an exhaustive expolanation

<Matthew_Deckard> What did you feel?

<Alladin> That it wants to devour the humans.

Alladin seems quite weak at the moment

<Matthew_Deckard> YSOu were a bit more shocked when I picked you up...

Matthew_Deckard looks a bit amused...

<Alladin> I will explain later.

<Matthew_Deckard> (when I picked Alladin up and flew him over the dunes... was he proper to touch and correct weight ?)

<Storyteller> Yes

<Alladin> I will return soon.

Lady_Victoria is annoyed that she has to man the controls right now, or she would have stood in front of him, arms akimbo and forced him to explain *right now*

<Alladin> Lady Victoria, just follow the river, and around dawn I will be back.

<Matthew_Deckard> And where are you going?

Lady_Victoria does as she is told.

<Alladin> I am going to rest.

<Alladin> I will be back near dawn

<_Willow_> so ... we follow the river and get where need to be?

Alladin draws a few sigils around him on the floor, they seem to be "burning" in the deck and he fades away

Alladin leaves just a small pile of black sand.

Matthew_Deckard whispers To the Jackal... follow him, and see what he is doing...

Lady_Victoria can scan them right now as she needs to stay at the controls

Lawrence instinctively flinches

Nick change: Alladin -> _Jackal

Matthew_Deckard heads to the sands and looks at it...

<_Jackal> He's gone.

Matthew_Deckard whispers... location transferal?

<_Jackal> He has disappeared. He's not here and I can't sense him either.

Lady_Victoria looks for a good place to anchor the zeppelin

Nick change: _Jackal -> _NPC_

Matthew_Deckard whispers... thank oyu desert's howl...

Matthew_Deckard leans nextto the sand and looks at it smelling it...

<Storyteller> There are a few places where you could anchor the ship, but that would make you late for your appointment :)

<Storyteller> It's sand.. it smells like Alladin did.

<Lady_Victoria> (I thought we might have gotten where we should be going now?)

<Storyteller> (at dawn... 3-4 hours flying still)

<Lady_Victoria> (Okay...)

Matthew_Deckard gets up...

<Matthew_Deckard> I don't like this...

<Lady_Victoria> I agree

<Matthew_Deckard> this is magic... and not any I saw before...

<Lawrence> well That makes more of us

<Matthew_Deckard> The Netherworlds are in turmoil...

<Lady_Victoria> Well, now that Alladin has gone I might tell you what I managed to figure out

<Storyteller> The sigils are still etched in the deck.

<_Willow_> I am not familair with this type either

<Lady_Victoria> He does have no discernible pattern at all

<Matthew_Deckard> and this man seems to be a strange fellow of unknonw powers...

<Matthew_Deckard> Pattern?

<Matthew_Deckard> As in form?

Lady_Victoria sets the airship to automatic course

<Matthew_Deckard> His form seemed constant to me...

<Lady_Victoria> (We only go straight forward, after all)

<Lady_Victoria> Well...

Lady_Victoria frowns.

<_Willow_> pattern as in he appears to be there but not aliave and not having a spirit

<Lady_Victoria> Every thing has an underlying pattern

<_Willow_> that was my understanding

<Lady_Victoria> It is made og matter, atoms, energy...

<Matthew_Deckard> What is this pattern exactly?

<Lady_Victoria> And this Alladin didn't see to be there at all

<Matthew_Deckard> Hmmm then he would be insubstantial...

<_Willow_> I could not sense him either in this world or in the spirit world

<Matthew_Deckard> I carried him... he has both weigth and normal human form...

<Lawrence> to my understanding he Should have had an aura at least ..... but i've been unable to discern any on Alladin

<Lady_Victoria> Well, I am quite adept in the the sciences of energy and matter, and he didn't register in either

<Matthew_Deckard> ... strange...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... what is it that obscures him so...

<Matthew_Deckard> I felt nothing wrong with him, but his magic...

<Lady_Victoria> Well, I was able to get a reading of his clothes

<Lady_Victoria> So my meters are functional

<Lady_Victoria> But there was no reading of his body at all. I'm not versed in life sciences, but even a living boddy is made of matter and energy in a way

<_Willow_> true

<Matthew_Deckard> hmmm intriguing...

<Lawrence> Well ... apparently Mr Hadin possesses powers that currently go beyond our comprehension

<Lady_Victoria> And I didn't get a reading of any brainwaves of his either

<Lady_Victoria> (no Mind reading...)

<Matthew_Deckard> Mr Alladin may truly be a mystery...

<_Willow_> I sensed no life pattern and he did not appear to have a spirit pattern either

<Lady_Victoria> Indeed Mr.Lawrence

<Matthew_Deckard> I should ask Mr. Holmes about his knowledge of the fellow...

<Lady_Victoria> I am most annoyed by my unability to analyze him properly

<_Willow_> well we have a few hours ...

<Lawrence> please ... it's either Lawrence ... or if You insist .. Mr. McCarthy

<Matthew_Deckard> ... still Mycroft vouched for him... and I am not that keen on pronouncing him a possible traitor...

<Lady_Victoria> Well, I will have to look at those symbols that mar the floor of my zeppelin there

Lady_Victoria takes out her meter and points it to the symbols on the floor

Matthew_Deckard raises his hand to his chin...

<Lawrence> Just because one cannot phatom a person's abilities ... does not make for ground to distrust

<Storyteller> The symbols are just burnmarks in the floor..

Lady_Victoria frowns

<Lady_Victoria> It's just burned

<Matthew_Deckard> (he scratched you precius ship :))

<Lawrence> (lol)

<Matthew_Deckard> (precious)

<Lady_Victoria> I shall have the carpeting replaces ASAP

<Lady_Victoria> (hehe. My thought exactly)

<_Willow_> hmm

<Storyteller> The do look a bit like arabic letters ...

<Lady_Victoria> (ST can I read them?)

<Matthew_Deckard> (which ones ?)

<Matthew_Deckard> (i know arabic...)

<Storyteller> The siils

<Lady_Victoria> (The arabic letters ST mentioned)

<Storyteller> sigils even.

Lady_Victoria does study the annoyuing burn marks with a deep frown

<Storyteller> Linguistics + Intelligence diff 9

Lady_Victoria thinke she should held this mystery person accountable Lady_Victoria rolled 9d10 dice and got: 6, 8, 10, 8, 4, 10, 9, 8, 8

<Lady_Victoria> Heh!

<_Willow_> (good roll) Matthew_Deckard rolled 7d10 dice and got: 3, 8, 7, 6, 6, 8, 7

<Matthew_Deckard> (good roll but no 9's :))

<Lady_Victoria> (Yeah)

<Storyteller> Vicky: Well it doesn't seem to be arabic after all, but it is a language, as far as you can discern. An educated guess would be that these "sigils" are more like pictograms, or close to the Quabbalah

<Lady_Victoria> (I know hebrew too)

<Matthew_Deckard> (No he isn't Ahl-i-Batin at all :))

<Storyteller> (It isn't hebrew)

<Lawrence> They are just burn marks to me :)

_Willow_ looks at them (int+enigmas)

<Lady_Victoria> Well, these symbols are somewhat strange. They may look arabic but they aren't. Does anybody here know abit about the Qaballah, mayhap? It might be somewhat related _Willow_ rolled 7d10 dice and got: 10, 8, 7, 1, 10, 8, 6

Lawrence is rather unversed on this particular subject

<Storyteller> Willow: A wild guess would be that this is some magickal language.

<Matthew_Deckard> Hmmm I have heard of it,... but I was never much into Hebrew culture...

<Matthew_Deckard> therefore my knowledge of the Kaballah is of a outsider...

<_Willow_> (but not the actual spirit language or enochian?)

<Lady_Victoria> Well, I'm afraid I'm not really versed in the Occult - I'm a Scientist, after all

<Matthew_Deckard> ... I have always had different beliefs anyway...

Matthew_Deckard smirsk

<Storyteller> Matt: Btw, the do also show a similarity with the "scratchmarks" Garou make.

<Matthew_Deckard> (how similar ?)

Matthew_Deckard looks a bit better since he didn't take much notice before that

Matthew_Deckard leans next to them

<_Willow_> (int+liguistics to see if I can place the sigils (I know garou and iwapo')

Matthew_Deckard seems to frown and traces them with his fingers _Willow_ rolled 7d10 dice and got: 10, 5, 7, 5, 6, 2, 7

<Matthew_Deckard> ... intruiging...

<Matthew_Deckard> (any idea what these symbols would represent

<Matthew_Deckard> (BTW I have here the scans of common Garou sygils... I can up that to Stayka's or Dingo's if anyone needs them...

<Matthew_Deckard> (sigils)

<Storyteller> Willow: It's definately not Iwapo or Garou.. it has similarities with a lot of languages though.

<Lady_Victoria> (I have the complete DL directory of White wolf ^_^ )

<_Willow_> (the spirit language, garou and enochian all dirive from the same root)

<Lady_Victoria> (If someone wants I can upload it ^_^ )

<Matthew_Deckard> (and I can also recommend the Silver record since it really goes into the creation of the langauge)

<Matthew_Deckard> (Willow... since WHEN ?)

<_Willow_> (spirit ways)

<Matthew_Deckard> (Iwapo is the emotion langauge of Gaian spirits, Enchian is a forgotten langauge of creation and Garou is a guttura animal simplification of human talk simialr to native american languages or egyptian expressionism)

<Storyteller> Matt: Something inside you "stirs" when you absentmindedly trace the sigils....it feels familiar..

<Matthew_Deckard> (in what way ?)

<Matthew_Deckard> Hmmm these sigils are odd..

<Lady_Victoria> Well, I'm afraid they don't tell me much-.

<_Willow_> (and WW says they are connected in The Spirit Ways book)

<Storyteller> (Matt & Willow. Stop it)

<Matthew_Deckard> (yes boss)

<_Willow_> (sory)

<_Willow_> Matt do you get anything form the sigils?

Matthew_Deckard seems to be intrigued by them and is tracing htme by his fingers...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... they seem familiar...

<Lady_Victoria> Sir Matthew? Can you make something of them?

<Matthew_Deckard> ... yet there is something about them that is odd...

<Matthew_Deckard> They remind me of something...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... but they are not exactly what I know..

Nick change: _NPC_ -> The_Sun

The_Sun is starting to come across the horizon.

Nick change: The_Sun -> Alladin

Alladin shimmers in existance on board of the Queen Victoria VII

<Matthew_Deckard> Hello Alli...

<_Willow_> well look whois here

<Matthew_Deckard> would you care to infrom uswhere you were?

Lady_Victoria looks at Alladin with a slight frown

<Lady_Victoria> Alladin, it is somewhat improper to appear without announcing your arrival beforehand

Lawrence grins at Lady_Victoria

<Alladin> I did announce my arrival beforehand.

<Lawrence> He did claim he'd return at sunrise

<Lady_Victoria> Alladin: I did not hear you knocking

<Alladin> I will explain all soon.

Alladin points at a bank of the river.

<Lady_Victoria> WEll, still there are manners and proper behaviour to be observed

<Alladin> Lady Victoria, could you put the Zeppelin down there.

Lady_Victoria frowns even deeper. "Please" wouldn't have been a bad idea either

Lady_Victoria gives him a withering stare, but does as she is told

Matthew_Deckard frowns and leans on one of the walls grabbing the two winchester rifles and repeating them

Matthew_Deckard places each of them next to him as he twirls them...

_Willow_ leans her staff

<_Willow_> err on her

Lady_Victoria parks the zeppelin where indicated and throws the anchor

<Lady_Victoria> So, Alladin, and now I expect an exhaustive explanation of xyou

<Alladin> Not yet.

Matthew_Deckard dusts of the trousers of the sand...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... yes yet...

<Matthew_Deckard> we are there...

<Lady_Victoria> I have to admit that you are beginning to exhaust my patience

<Matthew_Deckard> ... and you said you would tell us there...

<Alladin> We are where exactly, on the banks of the river nile.

<Alladin> I told you I would tell you when we arrived where we were supposed to be.

<Alladin> And we are not there yet. But we will be soon.

<Lady_Victoria> (icily) Mr.Alladin, I have come to suspect that you might not have anything to tell at all, but to lead us in some trap.

Matthew_Deckard mutters something to his beard...

<Alladin> I have prepared for alternate travel right here.

<Alladin> Lady Victoria, if I wanted to trap you, then I could just as easilly have disposed of you near the archeological dig.

<Lady_Victoria> Well, and why are you trying to play mysterious now instead of telling us right away?

_Willow_ fetches her backpack

<Storyteller> (Alladin is lagging)

<Lawrence> there's a time for everything ... and right now is Not the time to start bickering

<Alladin> Because that would be dangerous.

<Matthew_Deckard> LAdy Victoria...let us tag along with this for a while more...

Lady_Victoria shots Lawrence a withering stare of his own

<Lady_Victoria> Well, Sir Matthew, I will do so. But note, please, that I am not amused.

Alladin opens the door and lowers the ladder and climbs out.

<Lawrence> if You have reason enough to trust Mr Hadin ... (which I belive You have according to Mr Deckards statements about Your superior) ... I would advice to leave this discusion be for now

<Matthew_Deckard> ... neither am I lady Victoria... neither am i...

_Willow_ dons her backpack and takes her staff, climbing down the rope ladder, followed by Moira

Lady_Victoria graps her satchel with some tools, meters and a flask of waters and some food

Lawrence just goes down the ladder ... no real need to make preparations :-)

Lady_Victoria waits for the rest to leave the air ship, while she secures the engines and shuts of everything

Alladin waits patiently

Matthew_Deckard gets int the loose flowing beduin clothes and inverts it so the white side is outwards and puts a long scarf around his neck... he takes the Winchesters with him...

Matthew_Deckard puts the Winchesters on his back and climbs down the ladders looking at the sunrise...

<Lady_Victoria> She makes sure that no other person can reactivate the ship before she gets to the ladder. She carefully locks the door to the passenger cabin that is secures by a combination lock (no key, more like a safe lock)

Alladin waits patiently

Lady_Victoria steps regally into the desert sand

Lady_Victoria still wears her leather pilots combination with high boots

Alladin starts walking from the river.

Lawrence carefully follows in Alladin's footsteps

<_Willow_> we follow also

<Storyteller> The terrain here is quite nice and lush and totally devoid of human civilization.

Lady_Victoria follows the others with head help high, every inch of her a noble lady, even though her outfit doesn't look it

<Lady_Victoria> held

<Lady_Victoria> ftp 192.168.0.2

<Lady_Victoria> (Oops)

<Lawrence> (grins)

<_Willow_> (/me offers treatment for the "wrong windows syndrom" attack)

<Lady_Victoria> (Willow: Heh)

Matthew_Deckard heads on the back of the crows looking around him suspicously hearing around him

<Storyteller> The only thing you hear Matt are the sounds of this crowd and the sounds of nature awakening.

<_Willow_> (/me keeps an eye out, per+alert, for surprises)

<Storyteller> After about 10 minutes walking you see white stone buildings, with a 3 meter high white wall around it.

<Storyteller> It looks like a fully intact egyptian temple complex.

Lady_Victoria raises an eyebrow

Alladin leads you the the entrance where there stand two guards traditional outfits.

<Lawrence> How rare is it to find such complexes in this condition ?

Alladin talks to the guards.

<_Willow_> (listebs to what is said)

<Storyteller> Willow: No clue what they are talking about.

Lady_Victoria closes up to Alladin

<_Willow_> (if they are reallythere, she can understand it)

Matthew_Deckard looks preplexed but he continues even more wary...

<Alladin> (For Willows ears only) Guards they are my guests. Talk to the captain of the guard, and warn him to keep their eyes and ears open, but do not do anything that will endanger the rules of hospitality.

<Alladin> (For willows ears only) Guards: Yes Sir.

Lady_Victoria is still appearing not to be amused...

<Alladin> Please enter, my friends.

Lady_Victoria enters

<_Willow_> (we enter)

Lawrence nods slightly at Alladin ... then passes the guards

Lady_Victoria isn't sure about the "my friends" line, though

Matthew_Deckard checks if the rifles are hidden in the folds of the beduin clothes and moves the shirt a bit so he coudl more easiyl get to his pistols...

Matthew_Deckard follows on the back

Matthew_Deckard looks around

<_Willow_> (wonders why I get the image of neo going to rescue morpheus; guns everywhere)

Alladin leads you along a long way into a big white building. Inside the floor is made of almost shining marble. It's quite cool inside. He then leads you to a small room with lots of pillows and drapes and a round table in the center of the room.

<Lady_Victoria> (I don't have a gun ^_^ )

<Lawrence> (i carry two pistols on me)

<Alladin> Please have a seat ?

<Matthew_Deckard> (don't worry I have enough for an army... and I can still summon more)

Alladin sits himself down on a few pillows

Lady_Victoria looks at an appropriate seating place

Matthew_Deckard remains standing... the rifles would be obvious if he sat down so he simply leans to the wall

_Willow_ removes her backpack, setting infront og her, she sits

<_Willow_> (as does moira)

Lawrence follows Alladin's example

Lady_Victoria sits down elegantly

<Alladin> Sir Matthew, just place your guns against the wall, and have a seat. It will be a lot more comfortable.

<Alladin> Any refreshments ?

<Lady_Victoria> I'd like to take a cup of tea, please

Lawrence declines the offer

<Lady_Victoria> with a little milk and sugar, please

<_Willow_> fruit jucie or water would be nice, thanks

Matthew_Deckard palces the rifles on the wall and reamisn leaned on the wall...

<Matthew_Deckard> Thank you Alladin, this will be ok...

<Storyteller> Don't forget it's dawn and you have been up all night...

<Lady_Victoria> (That's why Vicky is not in a very good mood anyway)=

<Alladin> Can I interest you in any refreshments Sir Matthew ?

<Lawrence> (I actually wonder if i'll need to "sleep" at all wearing the Amulet)

<Matthew_Deckard> No thank you, Alladin...

<Matthew_Deckard> (i had some sleep before we took off...)

Matthew_Deckard smiles

<Storyteller> After a few minutes servants appear with a large plate of all kinds of small snacks, several large karafs of fruit juice and a kettle of tea. (and some more stuff) Lady_Victoria rolled 2d10 dice and got: 10, 10

<Storyteller> (Lawrence, you need to sleep as "usual"

<Lady_Victoria> (Okm I'm still sufficiently fit, albey a but annoyed)

Alladin takes himself a cup of tea too, then starts stacking a plate with the snacks..

<Lawrence> (You mean ... "Normal Human" style ?)

_Willow_ take a few snaks and gives them to Moira

<Alladin> (Yes)

<_Willow_> then takes for herself

Lady_Victoria nods thanks to the servants, takes a cut of tea and some of the snacks

_Willow_ pours juice for Moira and herself

<Alladin> It is time to anwser your questions now.

<Lawrence> (if I need to make rolls to make any specific rolls ... just let me know what to roll for ... I don't have my rules handy today)

_Willow_ quietly gives thanks for the food and drink

<Lady_Victoria> Well, Alladin, I'd be most pleased to hear this

<Storyteller> For all but Lawrence: You are sitting close to a Node right now, and a strong one at that.

<Lady_Victoria> So. What exactly are you? My readings were most peculiar.

<Alladin> I'm human.

<Alladin> But well shielded

Lady_Victoria raises an eyebrow

<Lady_Victoria> Very well shielded indeed

<Lady_Victoria> What exactly did you encounter out in the desert that weakened you that much?

<Matthew_Deckard> Soemthing older then humanity...

<Matthew_Deckard> something the animals remember...

Lady_Victoria frowns

<Lady_Victoria> Could you please be somewhat more specific?

<Matthew_Deckard> What was it alli?

Matthew_Deckard looks at Allaadin waiting a long explanation...

<Alladin> I do not know exactly what it is, but the closest aproximation I can give is that it is a demon.

Lady_Victoria looks very quizzically at Alladin

<Alladin> And I know that it is very strong and very dangerous.

<Alladin> I did not know for sure the other time I was there, I only suspected something like that.

<Lawrence> (isn't particularly surprised any longer .... vampires, mages, werewolves... I guess demons are a logical next thing

:-)

<Lady_Victoria> (What's next then? wraiths? *g*)

<Lawrence> (heheheh)

<Storyteller> (That was a possibillity too)

<_Willow_> this is a differrnt thing then the "john" think ftom london?

<Alladin> It was him...

<Matthew_Deckard> Hmmm...

<Matthew_Deckard> this isn't a demo nas such...

<Matthew_Deckard> this is something different... and it seems to have a vendetta agaisnt humanity on its to do list

<Lady_Victoria> Sir Mathews, would you care to elaborate a bit, please?

Lady_Victoria is somewhat annoyed that obviously everybody here seems to know more than she does

<Alladin> Yes it does so. My.... colleague in India encoutered something quite like it, only less animalistic.

<Matthew_Deckard> a Kali demon?

<Matthew_Deckard> I heard of them...

<_Willow_> (/me is a little confused, I thought "john" was a ship and had not reached the middle east as yet?)

<Matthew_Deckard> this is some sort of primordial creature with vast power, that feels wronged by humanity... and wishes vnegeance now...

<_Willow_> (err thats on a ship)

<Matthew_Deckard> ... it is planning to kill humans only...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... usaulyl demosn seek destruction of all...

<Lawrence> Well MyLady ... Be assuered I understand as much of this as You do

<Lawrence> (if not less)

<Matthew_Deckard> This creature seems to be still trapped in the Earth...

Lady_Victoria puts on a wry smile

<Matthew_Deckard> ... abd that DIg may bring it out...

<Lady_Victoria> Well, Lawrence, I feel somewhat relieved then

<_Willow_> so what can we do to make sure it stays put?

Lady_Victoria ponders a moment, while she takes another sip of tea

<Lady_Victoria> I take it will will not be able to stop the excavation?

<Lady_Victoria> we will

<_Willow_> wonders if maybe doing something to stop the sponsership of the dig?>

<Lawrence> Such actions would be temporary delays at most

<Lady_Victoria> Sir Matthew, Alladin, how much are the chances this entity might be destroyed by an explosion?

<_Willow_> other dieas Lawrence

<Lawrence> like I said ... I don't know how to actually deal with this as I honestly don't know anything about this ...

<Lawrence> I do know however that the options proposed so far would only stall and not bring a definitive solution

<_Willow_> not sure - some spirit beings just come back again in the spoirit realms

<Lady_Victoria> I think I have to agree with Lawrence in that

<Matthew_Deckard> hmmm

<_Willow_> unlesssomehow it was "killed" in both?

<Matthew_Deckard> I have another question...

<Matthew_Deckard> who is digging there...

<Matthew_Deckard> no old nation would build anythign o na location of a evil spirts resting place...

<Matthew_Deckard> someone is digging there with the clear intent of bringing it out...

<_Willow_> (oh Pentax? ;))

<Alladin> An american archeologist.

<Lady_Victoria> (Now I should have Sir GEoffrey here ^_^ )

<Matthew_Deckard> ... so why is he doing it?

<Matthew_Deckard> 8pentex was created in 1917 freom the Primium Oil company.. .this is 1890)

<_Willow_> maybe influenced by some "fallen" entity?

<Alladin> I know the most probable anwser to that, and also what the condition of the demon is at the moment. We are somewhat responsible for their presence in our world.

<Lady_Victoria> Well, would you please enlighten us then, Alladin?

<Alladin> He works for a demon. Not the one he is digging up, but another one....

<Alladin> The demon he is digging up is bound to an item.

<Lady_Victoria> How do you come to such conclusions?

Lady_Victoria is getting a bit suspicious

<Alladin> Because we called them into this world ages ago..

<Lady_Victoria> Who - we?

Lady_Victoria frowns

Lady_Victoria knows why she was taught those Reality DEviants were highly dangerous

<Alladin> My Brothers and Sisters and I.

<_Willow_> and you are?

<Alladin> Ali'ha Hadin the current leader of the Order.

<Lady_Victoria> And why ? And when?

<Alladin> The previous leader is held up in India at the moment.

<Lady_Victoria> Aren't you called Ali'ha Hadin yourself?

<Matthew_Deckard> ...what is he doing? summonning kali to end the world's dance?

<Lady_Victoria> That's how you introduced yourself after all

<Alladin> I am the leader of the Order.

<Lady_Victoria> So why did you traffic with demons and called them into the world like this?

<Alladin> The previous leader is in India preventing that Kali dances the world's end.

<Alladin> I did not call them into the world.

<Alladin> Nor do I traffic with demons.

Lady_Victoria sighs exasperatedly

<Alladin> But those of us that came before us many ages ago did so.

<Lady_Victoria> You just said you, yours brothers and sisters summoned them.

<Alladin> Yes, those that lived many ages ago.

<_Willow_> if the thing is bound into a fetish, can't it be buried somewhere shielded to keep it out of the world?

<Lady_Victoria> You, too?

Lady_Victoria frowns very deeply

<Lady_Victoria> She was sure he said "I", when referring to the people summoning the entity, too

<Alladin> The Mages that created the Order summoned them into this world, but they repented and bound them. To keep them from doing harm.

<_Willow_> why not banish them back where they came from?

<Lady_Victoria> I have the distinct suspicion you were around then, too

Alladin laughs

<Alladin> No, Lady Victoria, I am not that old...

Alladin snickers

<Lady_Victoria> Physically, maybe

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<Lady_Victoria> (Hi snow)

<Matthew_Deckard> .that is what happens when peopel play with things they shouldn't be touching...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... and I even get amazed still by some of my more hostile cousins wit htheir looks on the humanity...

Matthew_Deckard grumbles disaprovingly...

<Alladin> The demons however sometimes manage to weaken the bindings and it is then that they do most harm.

<Alladin> And thats when we come into play.

<_Willow_> if I understand correctly the thing is angry because it was pulled from it home and stuck in a fetish

<_Willow_> and left there for "ages"

<Lady_Victoria> Well, Alladin, so why don't you do what you obviously have to do regularly, and bind this entity where it belongs?

<Alladin> That is why I requested help from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

<Lady_Victoria> How comes that this time you need support?

<Alladin> I can do the binding by myself, but I need support against the minions who walk around.

<Lady_Victoria> And what exactly is it that you want us to do?

<Lady_Victoria> It seems you have an idea of how to go about it, so why don't you enlighten us?

<_Willow_> quirte so

<Storyteller> (Am I too confusing at the moment ??)

<Lady_Victoria> (Yup.)

<Lady_Victoria> (The problem is that your char seems to know everything, but doesn't want to tell for no obvious reason)

<Lady_Victoria> (And somehow this appears to be somewhat counterproductive)

<Alladin> Miss O'Day, this being is not a spirit bound to a fetish, it's something that predates the spirits.

<_Willow_> minions being the humns that are controled and act liike insects?

<Lady_Victoria> (After all, if we are thought to help you, you'd have to tell us some more, of I have to admit, Lady Victoria might be inclined not to humour you and better go about her own business)

<Alladin> It's old, very old and even we are not sure what exactly it is.

<Lady_Victoria> So let's play with open cards, Mr.Alladin

<Lady_Victoria> What exactly do you know about this entity

<Lady_Victoria> How has it been fought before

<Lady_Victoria> How exactly is it threatening to escape?

<Alladin> It is bound to keep the world safe from them.

<Lady_Victoria> What are we supposed to do to help you?

<Alladin> Sometimes the bindings weaken and they try to become free once again.

<Lady_Victoria> How is it bound?

<Alladin> I know it's old, and that it wants to destroy humanity.

<Lady_Victoria> If you continue talking empty phrases, I have to admit I will get somewhat more annoyed at you than I already am, *Mr*.Alladin.

Lady_Victoria looks very icily at him from her blue eyes

<Alladin> I am telling you what I know. What we know.

_Willow_ un deerstands fetish bindings -- it appears your use of the word binding is not refering to such a process/

<Alladin> We don't know exactly what they are, but we know what they want, and that is not something we want.

<Lady_Victoria> You should have notes what those ancient summoners did

<Lady_Victoria> They must have has very explicit information to summon that entity, as I don't think you can just call up to the skies and it would appear

_Willow_ thinks there oiught to be a way to send it home

<Lady_Victoria> And if what they want isn't what *you* want, why the heck did you call it in the first place?

Lady_Victoria blushed

<Lady_Victoria> Please forgive my uncomely outburst

<Alladin> Notes ?? These beings are so old, that they may have existed before humanity existed.. or for that matter even the world.

<Matthew_Deckard> But you said humasn summoned it...

<Lady_Victoria> Exactly

<Lady_Victoria> There have to be rituals left, or at least recountings of that

<_Willow_> if it was summoned by humans, then it follows the revse should be possible

<Lady_Victoria> I'm sure that Widow O'Day might make some more sense of that than I would, but we need some more information to work upomn

<Alladin> I am trying to tell you all I know about these creatures, but it is not helpfull if you keep interupting me.

<Lady_Victoria> Well, then *tell*. I am listening.

Lady_Victoria puts down the cup and folds her arms in front of her breast

<Alladin> These beings are old. At least as old as humanity and probably as old as the world.

<Alladin> They were summoned because beings of great power can do teach or do great things. Whatever the reasons for someone are to summon an extraplanar entity.

<Alladin> We do not know exactly how these beings are summoned. All we know is that they were summoned, and that they are dangerous and powerfull.

<Alladin> These beings were running the world for quite some time, pretending to be gods. Terrible and dangerous gods.

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<_Willow_> so we can't send it home, and we can't destroy it, that leaves containing it

<Matthew_Deckard> ... that means we get into the palce and stop the dig...

<Matthew_Deckard> then we plant enough explosives to crush the dig aroudn the place...

<Alladin> About 5000 years before Christ, the Order was founded. Among it's members were former priests of the demon gods and other mages.

<Matthew_Deckard> and then place somethign over it so noone ever difs there...

<Lady_Victoria> WEll, Mistress O'Day, are you able to contain such entities?

<Lady_Victoria> I know this is well beyond my powers or understanding

<_Willow_> that sounds like a workable plan (Matt's)

<Alladin> We learned and discovered ways of binding these beings. Chaining them if you want. Making them prisoners. These are the rituals we still have to perform from time to time, but our bonds are also weakening.

Lady_Victoria frowns

<Alladin> So when one of them resurfaces we bind them again.

<Lady_Victoria> Does this mean the entities are growing stronger?

<Storyteller> Or our bonds weaken over time. We are not sure which is the reason. Strengthening the bonds is what works.

<_Willow_> (sounds like they"babysit" the things, like some shifters "bane-watch")

<Lady_Victoria> And why is it that your ...group does not suffice this time?

<Matthew_Deckard> (i'd simply dump the thing in a piece of concretre and throw it into Malpheas...)

<Lady_Victoria> It seems that before you managed to do well on your own

<_Willow_> that works too, Matt

<Matthew_Deckard> ... and how is this connected to the man we have been tracking from Britain?

<_Willow_> (who is on a boat duen to arrive soon) Lady_Victoria rolled 2 dice and got: 1

<Storyteller> The reason why we asked the League of Extraordinary gentlemen for help is because we lost almost all of our masters against the demon resurfacing in India.

<Lady_Victoria> (Ups, wanted to roll STamina ^_^ ) Lady_Victoria rolled 2d10 dice and got: 1, 10

<_Willow_> (maybe he's a controlled agent oif the one that is free?")

Lady_Victoria yawns

<Lady_Victoria> I'm sorry. I'm getting tired

<Lady_Victoria> This argument has been somewhat exhausting

<Storyteller> Those who are left, are those already watching a demon, and myself....

<Alladin> (ack)

<Lady_Victoria> Well, it seems that this is indeed work for us

Lady_Victoria yawns again, discretely behind her hand

<_Willow_> but, how does that coinnect to "john" from london?

<Lady_Victoria> But still it might be wise to try and get some sleep

<_Willow_> true -- we'll think more clearly rested

<Alladin> The person you call John is unknown to me, but from the reports I got from Mr. Holmes I guess it is an agent of the one running free. He tried to locate the one in Alexandria.

<Alladin> The archeologist is also an agent for the free one.

<Alladin> The other minions there are controlled by the one they are digging up.

<Alladin> That is what I know.

<Lady_Victoria> "the one running free" - you mean a demon that already escaped?

_Willow_ looks to Matt and Vicky for guidence in a plan

Lady_Victoria tries to pull herself together, but the stress does take its toll

Alladin sighs

Matthew_Deckard looks grim...

<Alladin> Yes, one has escaped our clutches and is now free. The one you call the Egyptian is a renegade of our order.

<Matthew_Deckard> We blast the place over the artifact ASAP...

<Lady_Victoria> I agree

<_Willow_> nods bury its container so it cant get dfree

<Lady_Victoria> But I think I won't be able to do much unless I cause a little sleep

<Matthew_Deckard> And then we use any means to block any future digs at the location...

<Lady_Victoria> I can stir togwether an explosise

<Lady_Victoria> But I won't do that when I'm not 100% attentive

<Alladin> The problem is that the demon has awakened already, and somewhat freed itself from it's bindings.

<Alladin> The guards.. do you remember the guards ?

<Matthew_Deckard> I can take most of the guards.. .especialyl if the others throw a hand in...

<Alladin> They were under his controll..

<Matthew_Deckard> Yes... the won't be once we start blasting their heads off...

<_Willow_> so you need to rtebind it

<Alladin> That is why I requested your presence here.

<Alladin> And to find a possible successor for the job, because after it is bound, I myself will not be capable of binding another one.

Lady_Victoria only barely keeps her eyes open

<Alladin> But sleep is perhaps a good idea.

<_Willow_> have you guest quarters here?

<Alladin> I will show you to the guest quarters. Feel free to roam about.

<Lawrence> (sorry for being extremely quiet ... having a headache ... and the current matter isn't exactly something Lawrence is knowledgebale to deal with)

<Alladin> If you'd follow me.

<_Willow_> nods

Lady_Victoria rises fron the cushions

<Matthew_Deckard> I would rather head and see the sunrise. Alladin... I will be here later...

Lady_Victoria really needs some hours of sleep now

Matthew_Deckard leaves the rifles and heads outside suddenly...

Alladin brings you to a building to the other side.

<Lady_Victoria> I'm sorry...

Lady_Victoria yawns again

<Alladin> This is our guest building. Feel free to find any room you like, and just call a servant if you need one.

<_Willow_> Moira and I find a room

<Lady_Victoria> Thank you...

Lady_Victoria stumbles into the first free room and collapses to the bed

<Alladin> The entire premises are also open if you do not intend to sleep, but just want to find a place to rest...

Alladin retires too

Nick change: Alladin -> _NPC_

<_Willow_> I di a basic circle and meditate (to increase value of sleep) _Willow_ rolled 7d10 dice and got: 1, 3, 8, 5, 9, 8, 8

<_Willow_> 3 sux?

<Storyteller> yep.. thats a good meditation..

Matthew_Deckard heads out to the dunes and sits down there...

<Lawrence> (really having problems keeping my attention focused)

Matthew_Deckard is enraged by the impudence of these humans... their carelessness and their lack of focus... it is n wonder the Talons say the humans are a plague... yet they are wrong... somethign msut be done... for the humans are worth protecting...

<_Willow_> (thats 3 houra sleep+4hoursa real sleep for a full rest)

Matthew_Deckard wishes to howl and scream... hoping it would make him feel better... but he knows it won't help... obly thing that can be done is to focus and go through it... before humanity is doomed... Argillcaeus (~Greg@host213-122-179-42.in-addr.btopenworld.com) joined #agww.

<Storyteller> Lawrence: Is there anything you want to do, or are you going to sleep too ?

<_Willow_> (after that I do a new circle, and prepareto "feed" Moira)

<Lady_Victoria> (Hi Argill :-)

<Lady_Victoria> (Argill: http://technocracy.info/online/stlogger.html :-)

Matthew_Deckard relaxes and calls the spirit of the Uktena... here near the Nile, she is strong, and she may be the one with the anwsers he needs...

<Lawrence> Sorry ... having trouble focussing .... I don't see what I could do here right now ... so I guess i'll just head for some sleep as well

<_Willow_> (/me "feeds" moira her weekly quint, using the "spirit kiss" rote)

<_Willow_> (/me goes to moira and kisses her forehard, in a motherly fasion)

Nick change: _NPC_ -> Uktena

<_Willow_> !dice 5d10 _Willow_ rolled 5d10 dice and got: 1, 4, 3, 3, 8 _Willow_ rolled 5d10 dice and got: 10, 9, 6, 4, 1 _Willow_ rolled 5d10 dice and got: 6, 9, 5, 2, 6

Matthew_Deckard sits next to the nile, and starts drawing in the send, preparing everyrthing to summon and talk to one of Uktena's brood...

Matthew_Deckard draws the sigil for Gaia around him, the sigil for Garou below him, the sigil of rivers next to him and sets apatter nto call the Uktena...

<Matthew_Deckard> (have I dropped ?)

<Lady_Victoria> (Naw)

Lady_Victoria is soundly asleep

<Uktena> (/me is thinking)

<Matthew_Deckard> (i am gonna go AFK for 10 mins or so... use the time to compelte my summning and take care of thr others)

<Lawrence> (i am considering to just call it a night actually ... don't liek to do so ... but I am having trouble keeping focus)

<Lady_Victoria> (Law: Get better!)

Storyteller (thinks you always have a headache when it's time for this dungeon)

<Matthew_Deckard> (the rogue complex ?)

<Matthew_Deckard> (back...)

<Lawrence> (I know what you mean ... I guess the constant "mystical mumbo jumbo" which Lawrence is completely unknowledgeable in doesn't really help much either though)

<Matthew_Deckard> (... now who does this remind me of ;))

<Lady_Victoria> (Law: I know how you feel ^_^ )

<Storyteller> Hey :)

Nick change: Uktena -> Voice_on_Wind

<Lawrence> (I think it's mostly the constant trying to keep track of conversations and the constant staring at the monitor that are responsible for the headaches. In normal "table-top" RPG ... I can just listen ... not having to constantly focus)

<Voice_on_Wind> (faintly) Yes, Son of Gaia ?

<Matthew_Deckard> Child of Uktena...

<Matthew_Deckard> I call for your help in this hour of need...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... a creature is to be freed... one that would destroy the balance on Gaia totally...

<Matthew_Deckard> I need help if I am to prevent this... I know not what this is...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... sister Uktena... you are the one that knows all of things mystic and magic...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... you know the paths of humans magic...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... could you share your insights, and help me contain this threat?

<Matthew_Deckard> I fear that my meager knowledge is not enough to face this peril...

<Lawrence> (going to log for now ... sorry all ... RPG over IRC apparently gives me headaches ... have to make too much efforts to focus)

<Matthew_Deckard> ... and only you sister Uktena have the knowledge that could help me...

<Lady_Victoria> (Law: Cya)

<Matthew_Deckard> (sorry Law... good night!) Lawrence (HydraIRC@sheridan.student.utwente.nl) left #agww.

<_Willow_> (nite)

<Matthew_Deckard> (are we gona do this ?)

<Matthew_Deckard> (or are we gonan turn in for the night ?)

Storyteller is typing a reply

<Matthew_Deckard> (sorry :))

<Voice_on_Wind> (faintly) What is about to be freed is an animal that will be among the first that will cause Gaia's demise. It is bound by broken names and it shall be so untill the end of times. It cannot be killed or sent away, for it will return.

<Matthew_Deckard> What is the Name of this naimal, great one?

<Matthew_Deckard> And how can I contain it?

<Matthew_Deckard> And who is trying to let it loose...

<Voice_on_Wind> (faint) It's Name is a secret. It is also his prison.

<Voice_on_Wind> (faint) Spawn of the Wyrm intends to set free what will eventually cause the demise of his Master too.

<Matthew_Deckard> ... but first it will destroy all?

<Matthew_Deckard> Is that not the Wyrm's duty and work?

<Voice_on_Wind> (faint) The Wyrm's duty is to destroy all, but the Name-Bound do not all intend to destroy all.

<Matthew_Deckard> ... but they cannot destroy the Wyrm... nothing is that powerfulll

<Matthew_Deckard> the triat is the immovable object and the irressistible force in one...

<Voice_on_Wind> (very faint) Farewell Son of Gaia

<Matthew_Deckard> ... but tell me sister.. what I am I to expect and what am I to do to bring victory agianst Wyrm's servnts

<Matthew_Deckard> ... for I cannot fight it without your help...

<Matthew_Deckard> ... please tell me what do I need to find... or fight... so I can stop this from happenning...

<Voice_on_Wind> (almost inaudible) I have told you all you need to defeat the Name-Bound. The rest if for you to figure out, Son of Gaia.

Voice_on_Wind is gone

Nick change: Voice_on_Wind -> _NPC_

Matthew_Deckard growls softly, then puts his hand into the nile and cleans the marks in the sand...

Matthew_Deckard finnaly get up looking like somebody beat him over with a huge board and heads for the complex...

Matthew_Deckard is dead tired... he heads to the room with the pillows and crashes there. sleeping soundly only a few seconds after dropping on the soft pillows.

-- To Be Continued --

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