Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm

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shilsen wrote:: Odanais is at 60/60 with 3 surges left (right, Steve?)

Sounds great!

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Mallus wrote:

shilsen wrote:: OOC: Damn, that fight was brutal!

Note to self: next time we fight a giant, use Dailies.

Yeah, I was just about to use my big damage daily on the giant when I found out he was at the verge of death.

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Yatigan's strike finishes off the last of the creatures, causing it to explode like a damp squib.

Odanais' best guess is that those things were Mnemovores, and that they were literally feeding off of Hidimba's memories. There's probably going to be some memory loss on his part, but it doesn't look as though the damage was too extensive.

Searching through the remains reveals that they are composed almost entirely of bits of tile and stone. Almost entirely. Odanais' highly trained senses tell him that there's rediduum sifted throughout the piles of debris. How to separate it out is a puzzle; a Wizard's Mage Hand could be used as a sort of thaumatic sieve, to pick up just the residuum and nothing else...but alas, Odanais has never had that particular power.

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Mallus wrote:

overeddie wrote:: Um. someone want to help me get the fuck out of this floor?

Yatagan will help yank Lizzie free from the shackles of the running-dog capitalist masonry.

Thank you comrade. I am in your debt.

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Rolzup wrote:: Odanais' best guess is that those things were Mnemovores, and that they were literally feeding off of Hidimba's memories. There's probably going to be some memory loss on his part, but it doesn't look as though the damage was too extensive.

Odanais will scribble down in his notebook the fragments of Hidimba's memories and thoughts he heard during the fight, asking the others what they heard as well.

Rolzup wrote:: Searching through the remains reveals that they are composed almost entirely of bits of tile and stone. Almost entirely. Odanais' highly trained senses tell him that there's rediduum sifted throughout the piles of debris. How to separate it out is a puzzle; a Wizard's Mage Hand could be used as a sort of thaumatic sieve, to pick up just the residuum and nothing else...but alas, Odanais has never had that particular power.

It's times like these that Odanais is glad his sister Elizee crafted those hedge wizard's gloves, which allows him to cast Mage Hand and Prestidigitation cantrips.

Odanais uses mage hand to sift through the rubble for residuum and collects it in the now empty rum bottle, an activity which Zappa watches with seemingly preternatural interest.

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gridley wrote:: Yeah, I was just about to use my big damage daily on the giant when I found out he was at the verge of death.

I should have used the Utility power that adds +4 to everyone's damage at the start of the fight. That really adds up in protracted battles.

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"Does time have any meaning here, ensconced as we are, in someone else's recollection of things past? Can we rest and regain our vital fluid... energies? Or would it be no more restorative than remembering a good nights sleep?"

Yatagan sounds peculiar. Almost contemplative.

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The bottle is nearly half-full (or half-empty, perhaps?) when Odanais finishes his work. It's nearly 2000 GP worth of the stuff, although the dust has an irksome tendance to take on a semblance of Hidimba's face when it's allowed to settle.

Mallus wrote:: "Does time have any meaning here, ensconced as we are, in someone else's recollection of things past? Can we rest and regain our vital fluid... energies? Or would it be no more restorative than remembering a good nights sleep?"

Considering the matter, and that the party is breathing, bleeding, and has felt the need to answer the call of nature on occasion (a matter which Hidimba never thought to address, and is probably best never to mention to him) Yatigan concludes that sleep would indeed be a restorative in this place. But the resulting dreams are likely to be unesttling, at the very least.

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Rolzup wrote:: The bottle is nearly half-full (or half-empty, perhaps?) when Odanais finishes his work. It's nearly 2000 GP worth of the stuff, although the dust has an irksome tendance to take on a semblance of Hidimba's face when it's allowed to settle.

Odanais lifts the bottle to his face for closer inspection, twirls it around a little, studying the concentrated magic within, and then tucks it away inside the bedroll in his pack, much to the dismay of a certain fascinated weasel, who leaps likewise into the darkness of the pack to further stalk her prey.

With rum drank, wounds attended, magical essences collected, and weasels bewitched, Odanais turns his attention to the doors on the opposite end of the room. He'll study them from a distance, touching only with Mage Hand, to gauge any arcane reason why the creatures might have had such a devil of a time getting it open.

Arcane check: 26

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rolling...

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The member ''gridley'' has done the following action : Dice Roller

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Rolzup wrote:: Considering the matter, and that the party is breathing, bleeding, and has felt the need to answer the call of nature on occasion...

OOC: Yatagan's been accused of shitting in people's brains after several of his poetry readings, so this is nothing new.

"We seem hale enough. Shall we brave those impressive doors, or perchance make to sleep in someone else's dream?"

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Mallus wrote:: "Does time have any meaning here, ensconced as we are, in someone else's recollection of things past? Can we rest and regain our vital fluid... energies? Or would it be no more restorative than remembering a good nights sleep?"

Yatagan sounds peculiar. Almost contemplative.

Artichoke looks at him thoughtfully and then shrugs. "I don't know. But I believe we'll find out soon enough. That fight took a lot out of us, and though I think we can go on for now, we'll need to rest soon."

Quote :: "We seem hale enough. Shall we brave those impressive doors, or perchance make to sleep in someone else's dream?"

"Let's try the doors." Artichoke looks over at Odanais. "Mr. Dare - have you discovered anything interesting about the doors? Especially a way to open them?"

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"Why not try the crotch god thingy? Worked on the maze."

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overeddie wrote:: "Why not try the crotch god thingy? Worked on the maze."

Artichoke chuckles as he looks at Lizzy. "Are you becoming a believer now too?"

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"Fuck no! A tool is a tool though. And you can't argue with the damage it did in the maze."

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"It is what it is" says Yatagan, either cryptically or nonchalantly. "After I called upon it in the labyrinth the box grew so heavy I could barely move it. I'll not do so again. I don't want the box god stuck in Hidimba's mind. That would be either waste or blasphemy, and I'll not commit either."

Yatagan walks up to the doors and inspects them.

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Odanais theorizes that the doors seal off some of Hidimba's deeper and more significant memories, although what sort of memories is impossible to determine. It's the sort of thing that would be irresistable to Mnemovores, but from the looks of it Hidimba's "mental block" was enough to hold the predators off.

The general look of this area is typical of an Olde Goetic temple/coutroom -- the sort of place where the great contracts of yore were negoatiated with the barristers of Hell.

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Rolzup wrote:: Odanais theorizes that the doors seal off some of Hidimba's deeper and more significant memories, although what sort of memories is impossible to determine. It's the sort of thing that would be irresistable to Mnemovores, but from the looks of it Hidimba's "mental block" was enough to hold the predators off.

The general look of this area is typical of an Olde Goetic temple/coutroom -- the sort of place where the great contracts of yore were negoatiated with the barristers of Hell.

Odanais explains his theory to the others. "The question is... if those doors are truly keeping his deepest memories safe from the Mnemovores, perhaps we shouldn't play with them. I'm not certain, of course, but if we bash our way in where we're not needed, we may be paving the way for the other residents of his mind to strike..."

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gridley wrote:: Odanais explains his theory to the others. "The question is... if those doors are truly keeping his deepest memories safe from the Mnemovores, perhaps we shouldn't play with them. I'm not certain, of course, but if we bash our way in where we're not needed, we may be paving the way for the other residents of his mind to strike..."

Artichoke nods. "Agreed. It seems the creatures that attacked his mind didn't make it through these doors, and we're here to clean the place up of intruders, any safe areas are a good thing. We should move on and see what else there is to find here, before we decide to rest."

OOC: John, I'm a little uncertain about locations. Are we actually in the big tower now?

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shilsen wrote:: OOC: John, I'm a little uncertain about locations. Are we actually in the big tower now?

That's the place that you entered, yes. Where you are now in any kind of specific sense is really more a philosophical question.... There doesn't seem to be any real logical connection between the physical exterior of the tower and its interior. Not topologically, at least.

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OOC: are there other exits from this chamber?

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Mallus wrote:: OOC: are there other exits from this chamber?

Just the one from which you entered -- the door of which is now closed -- and the large doors that the Mnemovores were pounding upon.

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Rolzup wrote:: Just the one from which you entered -- the door of which is now closed -- and the large doors that the Mnemovores were pounding upon.

In that case, we'll try the closed doors through which we entered.

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"We were led here, either by the god or Hidimba's own subconscious. Thus the way forward is clear" say Yatagan confidently, not all trying to cover up the fact he didn't even consider Odanais prudent and logical surmises.

With something akin to respect, Yatagan pushes on the double door.