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DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Kalos: LAST TIME ON AR-AR'S STRANGE JOURNIES
Kalos: The party fought off 3 mysterious assailants all at once (sort of)
Kalos: also a train engine is falling on Leune and Katsumi
Kalos: you better do something about that.
Katsumi(勝美): Well, can I do something funky to dodge?
Leune: (what would I roll to pick up Katsumi and haul ass? XD)
Gaemus: Oh no
Kalos: Depends on if Katsumi wants to defend. probably just a grappling roll at +4
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi wouldn't object to being carried
Kalos: and then roll dodge... or do something wacky with your stand. You can maybe think of something
Katsumi(勝美): (So, Leune's the one supposed to roll, right?)
Kalos: Yep. First to grab you,
Katsumi(勝美): <@!Leune> , roll for it, also, get in voice chat
Leune: (what do i roll for grappling?)
Kalos: As Nine Eyes all went to sting Jet, he couldn't react in time, noticing them when they were too late before falling unconscious from their powerful stinger cocktails, the eyes screeching, but seemingly unnoticed.
Leune: !g 12 (Wrestling)
DiscoDude: <@Leune> rolled 14 (degree -2; failure)
Kalos: Leune managed to grab Katsumi, and pick them up
Kalos: but now you have to actually dodge/defend!
Katsumi(勝美): "Mew..." Katsumi meekly whispers, as she's picked up.
Leune: !r 3d6
DiscoDude: <@Leune> rolled 3d6 for 8 [3d6 = 1, 4, 3]
Kalos: you jumped out of the way, even with katsumi's weight there with you, the engine clanging down onto its side, the engineer seemingly still in there the entire time, screaming as it falls. Seems okay, though. since afterwards there's an audible "Oof!"
Gaemus: (ppff I'm glad the engineer is okay)
Katsumi(勝美): "Thanks... I'd rather have pancakes for breakfast, but not as myself"
Kalos: Now collapsed on the warped rails, the bird-person lies still for a the moment as Leune and Katsumi can pick themselves up
Katsumi(勝美): "Well... Is it over yet?"
Leune: "That was incredible," Leune said, hardly able to contain her excitement at having survived such an immense attack. "Ah...close, I mean. That was close."
Kalos: (the other stand user doesn't exist anymore. the world has been remade, all non the wiser.)
Kalos: strangely, Jet's over his unconcious body, a magical rune of some sort appears- large, like the size of someone's head floating up a few feet off the ground, glowing
Gaemus: Can I shoot it
Katsumi(勝美): "Uuuuh... Is that a bad thing?" Katsumi says, getting up and starting to back away.
Kalos: Gaemus: with what
Gaemus: My pistol
Kalos: yes.
Kalos: you can shoot at the floating rune
Gaemus: What's the bonus to all out ranged attacks
Kalos: +1
Kalos: +2 for aiming
Gaemus: .ra 14
Pseudobot: <@!Gaemus> Rolled against 14. Result: [4,1,5] = 10. Margin of Success: 4. Success
Leune: approaches the unconscious Stand user. "I've read of this in the scriptures. The evil one shall bend Stand users to his will, to do his bidding..."
Gaemus: /me was about to run over to check on the bird, got spooked by floaty rune
Kalos: aim and fire, Gaemus?
Gaemus: Yeah
Kalos: a crack of a firearm goes through the air as gaemus fires at the rune. It shatters a moment afterwards, unclear if the bullet was the cause of it or not,
Gaemus: "Stop to shoot" is a pretty organized reaction to being frightened by magic though, I admit
Kalos: Vanishing into the air, little pieces of arcane dust fading away....
Leune: whirls to look at Gaemus, an angry look briefly on her face. "That was...!" She nearly says "reckless," but clears her throat, her expression softening: "That was the source of the evil one's control, no doubt. With it destroyed, this man should return to his senses."
Katsumi(勝美): "Man? You people can tell?"
Kalos: his feathers are bright blue. of course he's male.
Aryo: (THIS SI RUDE)
Aryo: (NAI RESENTS THIS)
Jet: (Might be pretty hard to tell if you're not familiar with my species.)
Katsumi(勝美): (It is reference to what a character says after you pick your gender in Pyre)
Kalos: at about this point, you all can hear something strange... it sounds like the train is coming!?!?
Leune: "On your guard!"
Katsumi(勝美): "Wait... What?"
Katsumi(勝美): "We should take everyone off the tracks!"
Gaemus: /me drags the bird off the tracks. Not very carefully.
Gaemus: Oops why aren't commands working
Kalos: Not at greatly high speeds, but it seems to be rolling up along the tracks which vibrate with its movements,
Katsumi(勝美): "Er... You should, I don't have much bodily strength..."
Kalos: looking towards its direction... the train cars are coming this way...? drawn by seemingly nothing, yet Aryo is sitting at a newly crafted 'balcony' at the front, complete with a comfy wicker chair, a large gash across his chest.
Leune: "Good heavens. It's the prince," Leune says, staring.
Katsumi(勝美): "A-ARYO?! WHAT?!" Katsumi yells at the sight.
Aryo: waves
Katsumi(勝美): "You- Last time we saw you, you collided with a tree! Are you alright!" Katsumi shouts, trying to come closer, for a more normal conversation.
Gaemus: "HEY THAT'S COOL"
Kalos: Aryo slows the train down to a stop now, presumably
Leune: "This must be...his Stand," Leune says, watching the approaching train with confusion. She rubs her eyes. Train manipulation was not the thing she expected the chosen savior would end up wielding.
Gaemus: "DID YOU FIND YOUR POWERS?"
Aryo: "IM A CIVIL ENGINEER I GUESS"
Kalos: Though as the train approaches the warped bridge. it too begins to glow and repair itself. its unclear if this is temporary or not.
Katsumi(勝美): "Aryo, I need to take a look at your wound." Katsumi says, showing him her doctor's bag.
Aryo: "PLEASE"
Gaemus: casts Detect Train Magic.
Aryo: (how far away are we lol)
Aryo: (IM IMAGINING IM SHOUTING LIKE 20 FEET)
Katsumi(勝美): (Probably close enough now)
Kalos: The engineer crawls out of the flipped over engine, and dusts himself off, an older looking tsareets man. "What the flying fuck is going on?"
Gaemus: (pfff)
Kalos: (I figured you came to a stop now aryo., heh)
Aryo: (oh lol)
Gaemus: "It's a long story. Your train might be cursed now."
Gaemus: "Wait shit we weren't supposed to mention the curse"
Kalos: gaemus: confirmed BLESSED.
Gaemus: Blessed?
Kalos: aka cursed.
Gaemus: pfff
Aryo: "Honestly you should just give us the train"
Gaemus: "I don't think engineers usually own their trains."
Aryo: "De-cursing is" rubs his fingers together in a that expensive way
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi starts trying to climb ladder to reach Aryo and his bleeding wound.
Aryo: does not know how trains work
Aryo: helps katsumi up to the balcony
Katsumi(勝美): "Thanks." Katsumi says, finally being able to reach Aryo
Aryo: aryo shifts his chair into a reclining position
Aryo: and opens his shirt
Gaemus: takes a minute to marvel at the magical train, then goes to keep an eye on Jet, makes sure he doesn't wake up and isn't dead or anything. Uhh, he's not great at medicine. Hopefully there aren't any exposed bones or anything.
Kalos: engineer: "This isn't my train- Fuck all this I'm walking to the next village- This how archmages have fun?"
Kalos: "by breaking trains?"
Katsumi(勝美): !groll 14 (first-aid)
DiscoDude: <@Katsumi(勝美)> rolled 8 (degree 6; success)
Aryo: "just be happy we braked the train"
Katsumi(勝美): (Acceptable)
Aryo: HOMOPHONES
Gaemus: snickers inappropriately
Kalos: He grimaced, and turned around and started walking back to the tunnel
Kalos: he's done.
Aryo: aryo is watching katsumi work CAREFULLY
Gaemus: "Sorry about the train!"
Kalos: "Summon a new one if you're so sorry!" he shouts, not even looking back, apparently convinced you're all wizards.
Gaemus: ...Can I roll to "summon train"
Katsumi(勝美): Aryo can't possibly summon a new once, can he?
Gaemus: I have machinist
Leune: shakes her head at the engineer as he leaves.
Kalos: roll 3d6.
Aryo: (to shake her head?)
Kalos: No, to summon train.
Gaemus: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Gaemus> Rolled 3d. Result: (4+6+3) = 13
Kalos: It doesn't work.
Aryo: lmfao
Gaemus: Damn
Gaemus: Well, I tried
Katsumi(勝美): "How did you get hurt?" Katsumi says, as she tries to fix Aryo's chest to the best of her abilities
Aryo: "assassination attempt
Aryo: "bad luck"
Katsumi(勝美): "Did you kill them?"
Leune: "I would imagine he awakened to his Stand power just in time to dispatch the assassin," Leune says, nodding knowingly.
Aryo: "they SHOULD still be here"
Aryo: weakly gesturing to the stable car
Aryo: "Also nah i just stabbed them with my knife powers"
Leune: immediately flips back into combat mode.
Leune: "Proceed with caution," she hisses.
Katsumi(勝美): "Well. If we can get them alive and tied up, we should be able to get something important... Hopefully."
Katsumi(勝美): <@Kalos> , do you remember how long it took with the first-aid?
Aryo: "Theyre restrained"
Kalos: (I think 10 minutes)
Aryo: "Im not one to ignore the details"
Kalos: (to do first aid)
Katsumi(勝美): "I am almost finished here, just give me some more minutes, and I'll check them on the back... Meanwhile, I think everyone's here now, everyone should get in the train so we can continue. Otherwise, we might get found-out sooner than we'd expect."
Kalos: (does everyone board?)
Kalos: (and katsumi, did you roll to see how much you heal?)
Katsumi(勝美): (only for the skill)
Gaemus: tries to haul Jet onto the train. He's not very strong, takes a while. At least birds have those hollow bones.
Katsumi(勝美): (i forget how much TL5 heals)
Kalos: (which skill? first aid or esoteric medicine?)
Leune: leaps into action and heads through the train, searching for the incapacitated assassin.
Katsumi(勝美): (First aid)
Aryo: "THEYRE ON MY HORSE"
Aryo: "DONT FUCK AROUND"
Kalos: (1d6-2)
Katsumi(勝美): !roll 1d6-2
DiscoDude: <@Katsumi(勝美)> rolled 1d6-2 for 4 [1d6 = 6]
Kalos: (wow)
Katsumi(勝美): Get healed, son
Kalos: +4 HP, Aryo!)
Aryo: PERFECT
Aryo: ty
Kalos: Now aboard, Leune, there's a rather confused train crowd, but mostly as you remember them
Katsumi(勝美): "That was the best I could do without surgery, but it should suffice." Katsumi says, brushing off the sweat from her brow.
Aryo: "it was a shallow cut"
Katsumi(勝美): "That it was."
Aryo: "they don't know how to kill with a knife"
Katsumi(勝美): "Thankfully."
Aryo: makes a thrusting gesture
Leune: stalks down the center aisle, casting suspicious looks back and forth for the assassin.
Kalos: heading to the back, you pass by a party of adventurers that you have strange feelings towards.... like you think you remember fighting them, yet they're here, an unharmed?
Aryo: aryo stands up wincing
Katsumi(勝美): "Now, let's see this assassin..." Katsumi says, goinginside the train and after Leune
Kalos: but they don't say a thing.
Aryo: (has interrogate skill :3)
Gaemus: (Interrogate skill, and a knife)
Leune: shivers a little as she ponders the implications and keeps going.
Kalos: And you reach the back without issue- a small animal carriage, in it a brick-shaped wingless land-dragon, a medium Chocobo, and Aryo's pony.
Aryo: (:3)
Kalos: and across Aryo's pony's back, a dragon-girl with a rather messed up looking arm
Kalos: it's not meant to bend that way you think.
Aryo: "Dragon anatomy"
Kalos: mostly human limbs.
Aryo: "they heal fast"
aryo is making this up
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi stops
"Aren't dragons supposed to be all dead?"
Leune: "Hmph." Leune sets to work setting the assassin's arm. They might be more amenable to talking if they've had proper medical attention. No sign of a control rune like the other...
Katsumi(勝美): <@Kalos> , Katsumi is there, right?
Kalos: (she's just slightly lizardlike)
Kalos: (yep)
Aryo: "Katsumi, we can fix that"
Kalos: Most likely, she's a hybrid between Tsav'eri and some lizard folk race.
Aryo: grinning
Katsumi(勝美): "I can help with that, Leune, in fact, I have tools."
Leune: (i can go ahead and roll first aid, right?)
Kalos: though... yes, it is strange. Normally such a hybrid shouldn't be possible.
Katsumi(勝美): (Do you have a first aid kit?)
Leune: (yes)
Katsumi(勝美): (Sure)
Leune: !g 11
DiscoDude: <@Leune> rolled 11 (degree 0; success)
Katsumi(勝美): "Do you want some help...? No? Ok..."
Leune: (woo!)
Kalos: You re-set the bones! No screaming in pain either, they're unconcious.
Kalos: it'l still need to actually heal, however.
Aryo: "Don't heal them to much"
Aryo: "wouldn't want your hard work going to waste"
Aryo: grinning
Katsumi(勝美): "I'd rather heal them very well, so to make sure they will talk should we have to undo the work."
Aryo: "Oh i can make them talk"
Aryo: GRINNING
Kalos: anyone suggesting how to wake the poor sap?
Leune: "What made the other one's control rune appear? Is this one even under control?"
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi starts checking if they have any hidden wounds
Aryo: "Hang on people"
Aryo: aryo pulls them from the horse setting them on the floor
Katsumi(勝美): "I mean, we broke the other one's rune very quickly, because... Scary runes."
Gaemus: "I didn't know I was that good a shot. Never used this gun before."
Katsumi(勝美): !groll 13 (diagnosis)
DiscoDude: <@Katsumi(勝美)> rolled 12 (degree 1; success)
Aryo: attempts to warp the train into manacles around her
Kalos: aryo: the train does no such thing, sadly.
Kalos: Katsumi: medically, they seem pretty fine... except for the broken arm
Aryo: "What are my powers!!!"
Aryo: frustrated
Gaemus: begins wild theorizing
Katsumi(勝美): <@Kalos> , I assume that <@!Leune> already braced the broken arm, right?
Kalos: you did everything you can prepping them for magic or natural healing at this point yea
Katsumi(勝美): 👍
Katsumi(勝美): "So. We should get the train moving"
(unless it is already)
Jet: !g 10
DiscoDude: <@Jet> rolled 11 (degree -1; failure)
Kalos: you remain asleep
Aryo: ^the dream
Gaemus: pff
Gaemus: Oh my god I just realized I actually do have the "poison" skill
Kalos: Aryo: what now? set the train in motion? that seems to be a thing you can do
Gaemus: I'm gonna try to identify what the eyeball stingers do later
Kalos: the tsav-eri girl remains unconcious at the floor.
Jet: (But do you have poisons?)
Aryo: Kalos i was making a joke about sleeping
Kalos: I know.
Aryo: I will start the train up again
Jet: (Poison skill is useless without those.)
Gaemus: My stand seems to be very poison
Jet: (Whoops, missed the context. My bad.)
Kalos: Slowly, As Aryo wills it, the train starts to roll forward again, slowly picking up speed withit anything pulling it, as if it was rolling down a hill
Gaemus: jumps a little, scurries to a window to peek out, this is some cool shit
Kalos: Gaemus: nothing strange is happening outside seemingly, except the train bridge is there now! though slightly transparent-
Kalos: one of the passengers ahead shouts "WE'RE FLYING!?"
Aryo: walking into the passenger car "STANDARD PROCEDURE"
Gaemus: is very excited about this. Would try to get a sample of transparent bridge substance but doesn't exactly want to leave the moving train.
Kalos: A few moments later, no longer 'flying', being back on where the bridge ended.
Aryo: "TOLD YA"
Leune: "This is a remarkable power," Leune says. "But...how will the ability to make trains go work as a means of fighting evil?..."
Gaemus: "It's probably not just trains..."
Leune: "What else do you think it can control?"
Aryo: "Trolleys i assume"
Kalos: short trains
Gaemus: scatters a notebook full of notes, where did those come from, "My best guess at this point is, it can restore anything broken to its normal function. But that's based on basically nothing."
Aryo: "Then i should have been able to restore that persons arm"
Gaemus: "You weren't really trying, were you?"
Aryo: "Fair"
Gaemus: "It might also only work with artificial things, or large things, there's a lot of possible limitations... And still I'm making pretty wild guesses."
Gaemus: gathers up paper and books he dropped. There were a lot of bad diagrams of trains.
Aryo: (i love gaemus)
Gaemus: (pfff thanks)
Leune: "...That would be a very powerful ability, yes. One of the strongest Stand users spoken of in the scriptures had the power to 'fix things' - restore them to a previous state. In the proper context, and with the appropriate application, this gave him nearly godlike power over a great many things..."
Aryo: "nice"
Gaemus: "Oh wow, that might actually be right?"
Gaemus: "Okay. Cool."
Kalos: Leaving the Eri girl alone, then, everyone?
Leune: is staying near her to stand guard.
Gaemus: Oh no I forgot about my other prisoner
Katsumi(勝美): "Maybe we should put her somewhere where we can keep an eye on her?"
Gaemus: scurries off to find the bird again
Katsumi(勝美): "oh, yeah, and the other one..."
Katsumi(勝美): "Did we tie them up?"
Gaemus: "NOPE I HOPE THEY'RE STILL ASLEEP"
Katsumi(勝美): "By Kartem!"
Aryo: "Youre not gonna be my dungeon master"
Kalos: (Gaemus ran off)
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi gives chase after Gaemus
Kalos: Katsumi: you see Gaemus running back
Kalos: as you chased after them, they stopped near the front.
Kalos: And right behind Gaemus is Jet.
Katsumi(勝美): "What did you-" Katsumi begins, before stopping.
Gaemus: nervously glances back, almost reaches for his gun, then realizes the waiters and such in the car haven't been murdered- "Oh, uh, hello?"
Leune: "The other Stand user!" Leune instinctively strikes a fighting pose. "...You're not still evil, are you?"
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi glances at Leune, then back at Jet, then back at Leune... And then awkwardly tries to replicate the pose
Jet: Jet pulls out his wax tablet and points at it with his stylus in the other hand. He makes an inquisitive chirp, though it sounds off.
Aryo: Aryo walks into the car
Aryo: gun in hand
Jet: (Less like peep and more like bweep. XD)
Jet: Jet steps back in silent alarm.
Gaemus: squints at the tablet, looks at Jet, then back at the tablet...
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi looks at the tablet, trying to see if there's something in it.
Kalos: (what is on it?)
Aryo: im imagining a TINY finch rn
Jet: (Nothing.)
Kalos: blank tablet.
Katsumi(勝美): "There's... Nothing in it..."
Gaemus: has a flash of insight. Reaches out for the tablet.
Jet: Jet bats his hand away, and starts writing with the stylus.
Gaemus: "Oh."
Jet: {pointing weapon me dont}
Gaemus: "See, I was gonna try to draw the rune, that's probably not what he wanted huh"
Katsumi(勝美): "Can you understand what we say?" Katsumi asks, pointing at her mouth.
Kalos: (what language is it written in?)
Jet: (Common.)
Kalos: (midlandish?)
Kalos: (or...)
Jet: (Yeah.)
Kalos: Then all present can read.
Gaemus: (pff oh good)
Jet: He hesitates, then nods. He points insistently at his message.
Leune: (What's written?)
Jet: (You missed it, I think.)
Leune: (sorry, yeah)
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi waves for Aryo to lower his weapon... And for the others as well
Leune: lowers her staff.
Aryo: is just holding it, not shouldering it
Aryo: like just gripping it by the barrel
Leune: "Do you still feel it? The evil one's influence on your mind?" Leune says, concerned.
Jet: Jet rubs out the message and starts writing again. He wasn't looking at Leune when she spoke.
Katsumi(勝美): "Leune..." Katsumi says, pinching the bridge of her nose
Katsumi(勝美): "Would they be honest if that were the case?"
Jet: {who this people is ka}
Jet: He seems to realise something, and makes an edit.
Jet: {who this people is ?}
Jet: He points at each of them.
Katsumi(勝美): "I am Katsumi." Katsumi says "And we had an event involving you, not too long ago."
Jet: (The "ka" was not a middish character.)
Aryo: "you make is ound like we invited them to a party"
Jet: (It was Johkian.)
Aryo: aryo doesn't know who they are
Katsumi(勝美): ( <@!Jet> , Katsumi is from Johkio)
Jet: (So they would recognize "ka.")
Jet: (aka The Johkian question mark (which is, yes, pronounced as a sylable).)
Jet: (Like Japanese, right?)
Katsumi(勝美): (Johkio is kinda like japan, yes)
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi begins speaking in non-accented Johkian "And you seem to be from the homeland..."
Jet: He lights up, and tries signing "yes" to him in Johkian.
Katsumi(勝美): "I don't know sign language" Katsumi says in Johkian still, recognizing it at least as a sign language.
Leune: "I am Leuneghbar Leughstafferson, though you may call me Leune for short." She bows. "I am a priestess of the Stone Temple, and I travel in the name of peace and justice."
Aryo: (IS LEUNE WELSH?)
Jet: His mood seems to drop at that, and writes in Johkian: {It is still good to meet someone who I don't have to write broken in a foreign language for.}
Katsumi(勝美): "Well, you are far from home, and don't know much of the local language... What brought you here anyways?" Katsumi says, still in Johkian
Jet: He glances at Leune, and writes a Midlandish message for her: {talking ? hear not. must} He hesitates. {must mouth see}
Jet: He turns back to Katsumi and says in Johkian: "Ah em eh trevelur."
Leune: "Oh?...oh." She stands upright and clears her throat: "I'm Leune, priestess of the Stone Temple."
Aryo: (thats french)
Jet: (No, that's speech impediment.)
Jet: He turns back to Leune and writes: {sorry. repeating please}
Katsumi(勝美): "Don't worry, I'll relay it." Katsumi says to Leunne, inhaling.
Jet: Jet looks back at Katsumi, realizing she's about to speak.
Aryo: (katsumi she)
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi is a cat lady
Katsumi(勝美): "She is Leune, priestess of the Stone Temple." Katsumi tells Jet, in Johkian "In any case, you could say that we too are travelers."
Katsumi(勝美): "He's Aryo, the prince." Katsumi continues, pointing over to Aryo "And this is Gaemus, who understands greatly about magic."
Jet: "Ah seey."
Gaemus: points fingerpistols up in the air, makes sparks
Katsumi(勝美): Yes
Kalos: (perhaps put Johkian in < > brackets)
Katsumi(勝美): You can understand your name
Gaemus: is good at introductions
Jet: He writes a message for Katsumi to translate: {Hello, my name is Jet. I hail from Ove, and I am a traveler.} He marks out that part when he remembers they already went over it.
Katsumi(勝美): "He says that he is Jet." Katsumi says to the others "He is a traveler that hails from Ove."
Gaemus: "Sooo. Why'd you try to kill us?"
Katsumi(勝美): "Leune can answer that."
Katsumi(勝美): "Maybe better than Jet can."
Gaemus: turns to Leune. "Why'd he try to kill us?"
Jet: {I you attempt kill do ?}
Leune: clears her throat, and enunciates clearly: "You were under the control of a wicked man who seeks people with power such as yours. Such as ours, in fact. He turned you into a thrall and made you do his bidding and attack us."
Jet: This gives him pause.
Leune: "He covets this power we possess, and fears that those who wield it may oppose him. So he aims to turn as many as he can to his side, whether by persuasion, or by force."
Jet: {power is ?}
Gaemus: can help with this! Some terrible flying eyeballs appear around them.
Jet: Jet nearly leaps back with a shocked squawk.
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi materializes her Knight of Cydonia as well
Jet: Jet is on the floor now, scooting back.
Katsumi(勝美): <This power> Katsumi says
Leune: summons up Peanut Butter Jelly Time, careful not to let it actually touch anything or anyone.
Kalos: luckily, it seems everyone in the train car is a bit desensitized to wizards and spooky shit going on.
Gaemus: "Oh. I guess he doesn't remember doing his stuff."
Gaemus: (pff these poor people in the train)
Leune: "Do not fear. These powers are under our control. They cannot harm you."
Katsumi(勝美): <W-wait! We won't hurt you, it is fine!>
Gaemus: (They didnt sign up for this)
Aryo: "Is their power flight"
Leune: "I believe their power...is the ability to fire arrows which make things fly."
Gaemus: "They had one of these entities too."
Kalos: likely slowly starting to leave the car... away from all the spooky ghosts
Aryo: "Ah, so like"
Katsumi(勝美): "We've seen it in action... But you are half-correct, Aryo."
Aryo: "Plane cupid"
Jet: Jet isn't saying anything, but the look on his face implies he is approaching sensory overload. [FLY LIKE AN EAGLE] materializes with a bow and arrow defensively leveled at them.
Gaemus: (I think so?? He had a stand bird right, I don't super remember)
Gaemus: "Oh! There it is. Hello!"
Jet: He looks up at his own Stand, squawks again, and loses conciousness.
Gaemus: "...Goodbye."
Katsumi(勝美): "Uuuh.... He might be having a mental breakdown.-"
Aryo: "That was odd"
Kalos: the stand vanishes, as they fall unconcious.
Gaemus: "They go away if you pass out, good to know."
Katsumi(勝美): "Well! That was something, it was nice to kinda talk to someone from the- Someone who knew Johkian."
Katsumi(勝美): "Let's put him somewhere soft and confortable, and we'll talk to them about what they remember when they wake up, they seemed cooperative... That's nice, for a change."
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi looks at Leune, as if expecting her to be the one to do it
Gaemus: "Good thing I shot that rune, huh?"
Leune: "We need to figure out what to do with the assassin as well. This one appears to be amenable, if still shocked by the world he's now found himself in, but I did not see where the other assassin was suffering under the effects of a control rune..."
Leune: shrugs at Katsumi's look, then picks up Jet and looks for an empty passenger cabin to stash him in.
Katsumi(勝美): "Wait a second..."
Katsumi(勝美): "Aryo."
Aryo: "Off a train?"
Aryo: "yes"
Katsumi(勝美): "Did you see any kind the rune? During or after your fight with the assassin?"
Aryo: "Uhhh"
Aryo: (Kalos did i)
Kalos: (Yes.) Aryo you feel a strange surge of energy rushing towards you from her- "W. WHat are you doing!? NO, NOOOO!'' you have little comprehension of what's going on as she falls, and passes out, a magical rune appearing over her head for a moment, before shattering
Aryo: "Yes"
Gaemus: "Did you break it?"
Aryo: "they were really whiny about it"
Aryo: "Yes"
Gaemus: "Good."
Aryo: "thanks"
Gaemus: clenches fist triumphantly, as if he knows what this means at all
Katsumi(勝美): "Oh, that explains it, Leune."
Leune: "...Then the other one has been saved as well. Good...they may both prove useful allies in the fight to come."
Katsumi(勝美): "If these ambushes are to persist, we'll need all the help we can get."
Aryo: "Or a lot of guns"
Katsumi(勝美): "Both, I think both are good."
Aryo: "Also im in favor of throwing the lizard off the train"
Aryo: "Possibly in front of the train"
Gaemus: "Rude. She might know something."
Katsumi(勝美): "I am against it. I'll take a look at them right now, in fact." Katsumi says, before starting to walk back.
Leune: "Why? If she is no longer possessed, she could prove to be an ally. Why, the champion's great-great grandson made staunch allies of some of his earliest opponents..."
Aryo: "SHE TRIEd TO KILL ME"
Gaemus: "This bird tried to kill us a whole lot. Nearly dropped the engine on them."
Leune: "And Jet attempted to kill us. Under the effect of the rune."
Leune: "The rune you destroyed was what was inciting her to attempt to kill you."
Aryo: "Then kill them too!"
Gaemus: "Hey, he has magic, he can help us."
Aryo: "You all are too quick to trust your murderers"
Katsumi(勝美): "Hey. I mean..."
Katsumi(勝美): "What else are we supposed to do? It is not like there's a lack of murderers out there."
Katsumi(勝美): "Might as well stick with the ones you know."
Leune: "Aryo!" Leune barks. "I mean, prince! This is conduct most unbecoming of a champion!"
Aryo: "It is extremely becoming of one who wants to actually retake his throne"
Leune: "If one of us were afflicted with that same rune, we would be mindless thralls to the evil one as well! Neither of them are responsible for what they did under his control!"
Aryo: narrows his eyes
Aryo: "Leune, are you saying its possible for any of you to be afflicted rn"
Jet: Jet begins to get up. He sees the party, and scoots as far away as he could on the bench. He then musters up some courage, and after writing a message in Johkian, goes up to Katsumi and pokes her in the shoulder. {What were those apparitions?}
Leune: "You as well, Prince. You as well. If we faced this evil one unprepared, unguarded, he could make even you his thrall."
Aryo: "I mean"
Aryo: "afflicted"
Aryo: "At this moment"
Katsumi(勝美): "I don't think you understand... But the possessed does not seem to understand the benefit of deceit..."
Aryo: loosens his grip on his gun
Aryo: "That is good to hear"
Aryo: "For you"
Katsumi(勝美): "I mean... I hope they don't understand the benefit of deceit..."
Leune: "I would concur with Katsumi. So far the assassins under the evil one's control have been...upfront in their intentions."
Jet: Jet begins to get up. He sees the party, and scoots as far away as he could on the bench. He then musters up some courage, and after writing a message in Johkian, goes up to Katsumi and pokes her in the shoulder. {What were those apparitions?}
Leune: "This is not to say they are incapable of deceit...but I dare say they would not be able to mask their intentions for long."
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi almost jumps, startled
Katsumi(勝美): <Oh, sorry, Jet. It seems you are up.> Katsumi says, before clearing her throat.
Aryo: "You may keep them"
Aryo: "but they are your responsibility"
Aryo: "and you WILL watch them:
Katsumi(勝美): <They are what Leune seems to call stands, they are the manifestations of... Something something... Such such... We kinda went over a lot lately, and I forgot most of the explanation, sorry. Just know that your stand is the maniferstation of your powers... Actually...>
Katsumi(勝美): "Leune, can you go over the... Stands thing again?"
Katsumi(勝美): "Also, yes, Aryo, we'll make sure that if indeed they are still evil, that they will not even come close to you. Well, we'll try to the best of our abilities... Just as you've seen today..."
Leune: "Your Stand," Leune says, fully prepared to give the entire spiel, "is a ripple - an echo - of a hero of yore. It is rare for Stands to possess equal or even similar power; yours is unique to you and you alone. It is a part of you, a reflection of something deep within you."
Jet: He turns to Katsumi and writes: {So a person may have one 'Stand'? Where is the fifth person, then?}
Leune: "Fifth?"
Katsumi(勝美): (Jet wrote in johkian, he's broken in midlandish)
Katsumi(勝美): <You are the fifth person.>
Aryo: "Wait what lame ass stand did the scale girl have"
Jet: ... "Nawni"
Aryo: "Other than bad at fighting"
Katsumi(勝美): [NANI]
Katsumi(勝美): "Aryo, we didn't see your stand until recently, maybe her stand is likewise... Hard to see... Or hard to apply to the situation."
Aryo: "I hope it isnt 'Convinces poeple to trust reckelssly'"
Leune: "It's true. Many stands do not have an obvious manifestation. One was a sword!"
Katsumi(勝美): <That's right! Your power is the reason you've been captured by the dark power and enthralled by its horrid runes!>
Jet: {What are you talking about? I never had this power.}
Katsumi(勝美): <You might not have had it before>
Katsumi(勝美): <But you clearly gained it at some point.>
Katsumi(勝美): <We may have to go through what you remember, down the line...>
Katsumi rubs her chin for a moment
<I've always been good with languages, would you teach me sign language at a later date?> Katsumi asks, after pondering.
Katsumi(勝美): "Leune, Jet seems to be confused about having a stand... If you couldn't tell before."
Jet: "Wahs... Wahs et thaht Saiheke? Tha aurchur?"
Jet: (Johkian, remember.)
Leune: "It might have manifested shortly before he was enthralled. Or perhaps the evil one detected his potential and enthralled him before he came into it."
Leune: "Or..." She looks at Jet: "What date is today?"
Leune: looks at the others: "You all remember when you came into your own Stand powers, don't you?"
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi raises a hand "Aye, I remember when I got my stand"
Aryo: "Like 4 minutes ago"
Gaemus: "There was a dragon, cool as heck"
Katsumi(勝美): "Leune, what can you tell of the netherealm?" Katsumi asks the piercing question.
Kalos: (its December 2nd of CURRENT YEAR )
Leune: "Of...the afterlife?" Leune says, furrowing her brow.
Katsumi(勝美): "Yes."
Jet: Jet hesitates, and shrugs, writing: {memory end eleven month twenty seven day. know this day not.}
Katsumi(勝美): "Six days ago..."
Katsumi(勝美): "Anyways, <@!Leune> , whenever you answer my question, I will be able to tell you if you are right or not"
Jet: He brings a hand to his chin in thought as he writes out his next question, but then promptly makes a startled jump at the existence of the third hand that had appeared to make this simultaneous action possible. The tablet clatters to the floor.
Gaemus: "Cool..."
Aryo: "You dropped omethign"
Leune: "...you speak of the god Tsav'eri, do you not?"
Jet: Jet is too busy trying to swat his Stand's hand away to see what anyone is saying.
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi tries to stop Jet from freaking out.
Leune: "In my travels I have come to learn that...the testament of the Stones is not the first mention of this sort of power to appear in our world."
Jet: (How does she do that?)
Leune: "While the connection is unclear, I am given to understand that some refer to this power as a...blessing from the god."
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi tries to hold Jet's hand, and give them a reasuring smile when they look at her(Katsumi).
Jet: (Him.)
Jet: (Oh, wait, that's you.)
Jet: The Stand had disapeared at that point, so it wasn't difficult. It is then that he notices that he dropped the tablet, and proceeds to scoop it up.
Aryo: Wax ipad
Jet: (Not an iPad.)
Aryo: i know lol
Katsumi(勝美): "Well, I kinda wanted to know what the netherealm was described to look like, <@!Leune> , because we can tell you what it looked like."
Katsumi then turns to Leune, Dramatically.
"We were there."
Jet: (Why do this in ic-chat.)
Gaemus: (This is just like, the chat for the game, we don't use ic/ooc channels very well oops)
Leune: "That's...impressive?" Leune says. "But I don't really have much of a conception of it? The scriptures do not speak much of the afterlife..."
Gaemus: "Does 'spooky black void' sound right?"
Gaemus: "There was definitely a dragon."
Katsumi(勝美): "It wasn't much to look at- I mean, the Netherrealm. The dragon was magnificent."
Leune: "I am...not a priestess of Tsav'eri? I am a priestess of the Stone Temple. We deal in the history and lore of Stands, not that of gods..."
Jet: Jet was glancing back and forth, back and forth as people spoke, and finally wrote to Katsumi: {What are you talking about now?}
Leune: ("Why are you asking me. Since when did I claim to know what the afterlife looks like.")
Katsumi(勝美): <I'll fill you in the details at a later date. Jet. For now, try to remember what were your last memories before... You know... And write them down, if possible.>
Katsumi(勝美): "Well. I don't know, I just know we got our stands there and then."
Leune: "A-any clue as to the evil one's identity would be useful," Leune says, still a little shaken by the sudden interest in the afterlife.
Katsumi(勝美): "Maybe we should tell you about what happened at that accursed place, Leune... At a later date. We have someone to check on the back."
Leune: "O-oh? Oh...yes."
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi starts to go back to the dragon girl.
Kalos: you go back there! She's still unconcious.
Katsumi(勝美): "Well, damnit."
Leune: "Curious. Jet wasn't asleep for this long."
Leune: checks for her pulse and breathing.
Jet: He writes down: <{I was walking through the streets of Dovers, when everything went black. I wake up here, with a power I did not have before I was apparently taken.}>
Aryo: "I did break her arm"
Katsumi(勝美): "That's true."
Kalos: she's well and alive, and breathing
Katsumi(勝美): "Well! Let's get Jet, and this girl on the same room, so we can keep an eye on him and on her at the same time!" Katsumi says, before turning over to Leune and looking her expectantly "Do you need help with keeping her arm straight while she's carried?"
Aryo: "use a brace?"
Leune: "Do not worry. I am a skilled healer."
Leune: hoists the unconscious dragon-girl.
Katsumi(勝美): "Let's take her and everyone else to the luxury cabins... There's no one to stop us anyways, I don't think." Katsumi says, following after Leune.
Aryo: "THATS MY CABIN"
Leune: "...I suppose the train is effectively ours, now."
Leune: "Or the Prince's, anyway."
Jet: Jet shows what he wrote to Katsumi now.
Leune: (shows to Leune and the others, you mean?)
Jet: (Do they know Johkian?)
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi reads
Katsumi(勝美): "Hm... Jet was abducted in Dovers. Nothing else of use."
Jet: (I think the "definitely did not have a Stand before this" part is useful.)
Leune: "...That's actually of immense use. If we can rouse the other assassin and get her to tell us where she was abducted, and it was also in Dovers..."
Leune: "...then Dovers is no doubt where our adversary lies."
Jet: Jet points to the second half of the message.
Aryo: "Leune people can move around"
Katsumi(勝美): "That's an immense jump in logic, Leune. And, yes, Jet did mention he didn't have this power before."
Aryo: "Unless our adversary is some sort of giant clam"
Leune: "Still! A clue to our enemy's current location may still be found there!"
Katsumi(勝美): "We are not changing our course."
Katsumi(勝美): <@Kalos> , where are we going anyways?
Aryo: "Trains cant really change course"
Kalos: You were heading north initially to explore out some more dragon ruins by some vague map readings, limited to 3 locations on the cave drawings
Kalos: but maybe exploring more dragon ruins is a lesser priority now? or...
Katsumi(勝美): "The wall rubbings shows it clearly that there's some sort of prophecy, certainly following to the next point will aid in that."
Katsumi(勝美): "And yes, trains can't change course..."
Katsumi then rubs her chin
"That is... Normally..."
Leune: frowns for a second, then nods: "Of course. I am not here to change your course; merely alert you that its nature has changed, and help prepare you for the journey ahead."
Katsumi(勝美): "Aryo, you control the train... but... How much control do you have over the tracks?"
Aryo: "No clue"
Leune: "We shall explore these ruins and see what secrets they hold. Perhaps they will prepare us for the coming of the evil one."
Katsumi(勝美): "Then, you should try, to see if you can, Aryo, just be sure to change back into our original tracks."
Aryo: sigh "then come with me"
Aryo: heads to the balcony
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi follows.
Kalos: you head out to the balcony- the train's going downhill now, having gone up a long slope up
Aryo: tries to shift the railes
Leune: ("I thought I could I thought I could I thought I could~")
Kalos: Which way?
Katsumi(勝美): (it is not very important, he's just trying to see if he can)
Kalos: roll 3d6.
Aryo: just a slight curving to the rails
Aryo: !roll 3d6
DiscoDude: <@Aryo> rolled 3d6 for 10 [3d6 = 2, 4, 4]
Kalos: The tracks begin to glow with the same ghostly shimmers surrounding stands and...
Kalos: nothing happens.
Leune: "Hmm."
Katsumi(勝美): "Well! Nothing happened!"
Aryo: "Well"
Aryo: "I THINK I CAN DO IT I JUST"
Aryo: "DIDNT"
Katsumi(勝美): "Are you sure?"
Aryo: "I HAVE THE SENSE THAT I CAN"
Jet: (It just occured to me that dragon lady did drop a name during her fight with Aryo.)
Kalos: (she did. Does aryo remember tho?)
Jet: (I think it was "Lord Milo"?)
Kalos: (yep, heh)
Kalos: "So it is here and now this will be decided- Lord Milo will make me rich beyond my dreams!" they point
Aryo: (aryo never remembers shit)
Katsumi(勝美): "So, are you going to do it or not? Should we go back inside?"
Aryo: "Ive proven my point"
Katsumi(勝美): "Alright."
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi goes back inside
Leune: "It would be a useful power, if he truly has that ability. We could ride this train wherever we pleased. Certainly we would make better time - and be better protected - than if we traveled on foot. Though I do think we should at least drop these passengers off at their intended destination."
Katsumi(勝美): "It is fine, their destination is not close yet."
Kalos: https://www.dafont.com/img/illustration/s/o/some_timelater.png
Kalos: The dragon girl slowly stirs awake in one of the luxury room 'fuckj, my head.... FUck, my arm!" she sat up and looked at it
Aryo: i hear the guys voice in my head
Aryo: aryo is playing with his knife directly in front of her
Leune: "Good day to you. What do you remember?"
Katsumi(勝美): "You are awake... It was a rough fight."
Leune: looks at Aryo. "Put away your blade; you will frighten her."
Kalos: "I remember... boarding a train and then something weird happened, and now I'm here..."
Aryo: "You know little about interogation"
Aryo: "Also its my knife and ill do with it what i want"
Kalos: Katsumi
Kalos: She's a garbagio liar
Leune: (wait, Katsumi can tell that without a roll? XD)
Jet: (I am here also.)
Katsumi(勝美): (kalos rolled in secret)
Leune: (it's fine, i was just curious XD)
Jet: (I too have a Detect Lies skill.)
Kalos: (at what level?)
Jet: (One, DC 12.)
Kalos: (then you can tell, too!)
Leune: (Leune has Honest Face but nothing for detecting lies XD)
Katsumi(勝美): (But, aren't you broken in midlandish?)
Katsumi(勝美): "Despicable..." Katsumi says, before a pause "You should try training your lying before even opening your mouth to spout such bullshit."
Jet: (He could be speaking southern mongolian, and visual tells would show me if he was lying. (Probably.))
Kalos: "What? I don't know what you're talking about!"
Katsumi(勝美): "I've heard well-told lies before, and those were not it."
Aryo: "TOLD YOU THEY WERE DECEPTIVE"
Aryo: points with knife
Katsumi(勝美): "We are on the edge of doing something very despicable with your neck, what do you have to say in your defense?"
Jet: (Tell them Jet wasn't lying?)
Kalos: She points back at aryo, dramatic as ever, shouts "ROUND AND ROUND!"
Kalos: nothing happens.
Kalos: she keeps the pose up, still, for a few moments more
Leune: "How curious," Leune says.
Katsumi(勝美): "You don't understand your situation, do you."
Leune: "Your Stand does not seem to function."
Kalos: glancing around, to her left, to her right, her expression changing to one of horror-
Aryo: (DID I STEAL HER STAND)
Leune: looks at Aryo. "You said you destroyed the control rune?"
Aryo: "Something like that"
Aryo: "I also destroyed ehr arm"
Leune: "'Something like that'?"
Leune: "Ah. That."
Gaemus: (OH MY GOD)
Jet: (Not all runes are equal, I see.)
Leune: "Still. This is a puzzle. Why is she still evil, then, and why does she not possess her Stand ability?"
Aryo: "She could just be an asshole"
Kalos: "What the fuck did you do to me!?"
Aryo: "I broke your arm"
Jet: <{They mention this thing about runes of control. Did I also have one?}>
Kalos: "MY STAND!? YOU TOOK MY STAND!? HOW ARE WE MOVING!?" she shouts erratically-
Leune: rubs her forehead, brief terror giving way to consternation.
Katsumi(勝美): <Yes, I saw it before my own eyes, jet.>
Leune: "The man you tried to kill, and apparently still are, is making the train move of its own accord."
Jet: <{So... You see a rune of control above me, so you see a rune above her, and assume it is the same?}>
Leune: "You are our captive and I believe the Prince is willing and capable of inflicting further pain upon you to extract what information we require."
Katsumi(勝美): <Why not?>
Katsumi(勝美): <Not like we got much to go on with>
Jet: <{What if it is not?}>
Katsumi(勝美): <Then we will learn that we were wrong.>
Kalos: she calms down, and backs up on the table she was lying on- "f-Fine! I'll talk!"
Jet: <{I am new at this, and I do not know where Stands come from, but what if she was given one through this rune?}>
Katsumi(勝美): "Oh, my, my~ Are you upset?"
Leune: "...I suppose it's possible. It seems like the only logical inference."
Jet: (Johkian.)
Kalos: "He took part of my SOUL!!" she glared back at katsumi
Leune: (i am buying Johkian with whatever points we get and we will agree that this has always been the case.)
Jet: (Alright. XD)
Aryo: "You took some of my blood so call it even"
Aryo: "Thats royal blood too"
Jet: (Remember the <> language brackets.)
Kalos: "Hey now- A drop in the blood bucket compared to the blood of dragons, come on!"
Katsumi(勝美): "Well, it is not like you didn't try to kill any of us or anything, really."
Katsumi(勝美): "So, why do you look like a dragon?"
Kalos: "I was supposed to just hold you guys till the real stand users showed up, like him!" she pointed at Jet accusingly
Katsumi(勝美): <@!Leune> , you can get accented in johkio writting with two points, or four for spoken language as well
Jet: {now i mind control not.}
Aryo: "Well you did a bad job"
Katsumi(勝美): "Well, we persevered that too."
Katsumi(勝美): "So. What will happen with you, should you go back to your master?~"
Leune: smiles and rubs her chin.
Leune: "Indeed. Your master will probably not tolerate failure."
Kalos: "Who? Milo? that prettyboy's no master, He's just got money,"
Kalos: "gotta hide from him, now."
Jet: {you mind control not. then what rune?}
Kalos: (written in midlandish?)
Jet: (Yeah.)
Kalos: "Rune? what rune?"
Leune: frowns. "I don't think she was ever mind-controlled."
Leune: "She's just a mercenary. Those exist in the scriptures."
Jet: Jet points at the "then what rune" part again in response to Leune.
Leune: "Still. If this 'Milo' person paid her to interfere with us..."
Leune: "It does raise questions," Leune says to Jet. "If the rune did not provide either her Stand or mind control, then what did it do?"
Aryo: "Time to commit tyrannocide i suppose"
Kalos: "Why do you guys keep saying mind control?"
Kalos: "Wait-
Jet: Jet points at himself in response, then at the words "mind control."
Kalos: "I dunno. I didn't need mind control,, 10 million Curian dollars are enough in my book."
Katsumi(勝美): Katsumi rubs her chin
"I think we'll need some... Collateral... Something that proves that you are not messing with us and giving us the wrong info."
Kalos: she tried to cross her arms
Kalos: it hurt
Leune: "What reason would she have to lie?" Leune says, coldly. "We have her life as collateral."
Katsumi(勝美): "Not money."
Leune: looks at the Prince. "If she has given us false information, then the Prince will do with her as he sees fit."
Kalos: "you have my stand. What else do you want?"
Jet: Jet starts. He couldn't keep all these off-continent currencies straight, but he knew that nothing with that many zeroes was anything to sneeze at.
Katsumi(勝美): "Mhm... Let's see..."
Leune: crosses her own arms and huffs. At least they've gotten ONE trustworthy new ally out of this.
Aryo: "The truth obviously"
Aryo: "Or your hand"
Aryo: "either will work"
Aryo: (can i roll interrogate?)
Kalos: (yep.)
Jet: {10,000,000?????}
Aryo: !roll 3d6
DiscoDude: <@Aryo> rolled 3d6 for 5 [3d6 = 2, 2, 1]
Aryo: success
Aryo: skill is 9
Gaemus: looks at Jet's tablet, nods
Jet: Jet doesn't look eager or conflicted, but he's certainly concerned.
Katsumi(勝美): (That's some low skill, but it's a good success)
Aryo: (im gonna raise it after this sess)
Kalos: whats the question you ask
Aryo: (i have 7 points)
Kalos: Interrogation is based on asking a question
Kalos: and spending 5 minutes for an answer
Aryo: (what exactly do we need to knwo lol)
Katsumi(勝美): ( <@&376898823810842625> )
Kalos: =================>>>>>>>>>> TO BE CONTINUED
Kalos: you can decide the question next time~ last words before !end? )
Jet: (Nope.)
Katsumi(勝美): "How about a deal. If we make it through to the end, to the point where Aryo's prophecy thing comes to pass, we will give you your stand back. You'll be able to find him easily, because he'll make it big. In exchange, you need to tell us all that would be of use to us. Consider it: Our success is your chance of your stand coming back to you..." Katsumi says to the Dragon Girl, before turning to Aryo "If she comes to collect her stand, you can have mine instead."
Kalos: !end
