Encard places the bag somewhere in his robe, puts down his partially finished drink, and walks through the portal, his hands disappearing into various pouches and places in his robe as he checks to make sure he has everything he needs.

OOC: Another edit to get rid of my sig... keep forgetting about that... sigh...

[ 05-11-2002, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: Encard ]

Kaz'erthimon bows ignoring the pouch of coins jumps through the portal, thinking *if these berks want to think me frightened of them then let them, it will be their folly to underestimate me, such is the way it has always been, my people are underestimated and destroy their foes before the fools realize the danger, ah well adventure awaits and greater knowledge is what I strive for.*

Beorn

"Only fools rush in" he mutters to himself, "still - a thousand coppers is no small amount. What the hell - it's not like I've got anything better to do"

He looks at the half-elven girl "You comming - or should I just take both the remaing pouches?"

He proceeds to walk slowly towards the portal while readying himself for any suprices that lie beyond.

[ 05-12-2002, 03:55 AM: Message edited by: Ar-Cunin ]

did anyone notice my posts? is my character so lame that he is already thrown out of the game? i hope not.

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Khaz`Djir studied the portal a few seconds, then
he went through the portal, along with the others.

(OOC>> Good, everybody through? The game is now closed. And, uss, yes, dear, you are still in. IC>>
(You materialize in the Beastlands. An amazing sight meets your eyes. The sky and the landscape seems divided in two. To your left, there is shadowy evening and a thick, seemingly endless bramble patch. To your right, a broad savannah spreads under anoonday sun, an occasional plane tree puctuating the grassland, and herds of grazing beasts to be seen in the distance. Aruella is reclining gracefull on a totally out-of -place lounge chair, speaking to a manlike creature with long blonde hair falling around his shoulders. His eyes are a remote golden color, and his pupils are slitted. His nails are very long and black.)
ARUELLA "So, Rodomphin, dear, you saw the thief, did you? How do you know?"

RODOMPHIN "Ah, Princesssss, he boasted of it, he diiiid. Held up the precioooous flask with your essssence in it, he did, and said, tellll that silllly biiiitch that sheeee'll neverrrr find meeee where I've goooone."

ARUELLA (Taps him lightly and playfully with a fan that has just appeared in her hand.) "Rodomphin, you know that I am not a Princess. Tell me, dear one, who it was and where he went."

RODOMPHIN "Weeel, dear Arrrruella. not toooo put tooo fine a poooint on it, it was that Slatkin, it wasss. And, he rannnnn over into yoooonder realmmmmm." (He points to the briar patch) "You know, the terriorrry of the King of the Foxesssss."

ARUELLA(She stands, fanning herself. The incongruous chair disappears.)(Sighs) "Oh, dear, that briar patch. It will snag my silk! I must change." (At once, she is dressed all in a black leather catsuit that fits her like a second skin. She looks in surprise at a whip that appears in her hand, and tosses it to the ground. It likewise vanishes.) "Come along, bloods, let us go into the dreary place"

OOC- sorry that I haven't replied for awhile, we had company over at our house for a bit, and internet was banned during that time. -_- *sighs* ah well. uss, I know how you feel... so far everyone's ignored my character too, cept Ar-Cunin. -_- I'm boring, I guess..
IC- Skye playfully stuck her tongue out in Beorn's direction when he was facing the other way. Sauntering over, she picked up her bag of coins and stowed it away among her possessions. Checking to make sure that she had everything, Skye strode over to the portal. "Eh, well here goes nothing," she muttered as she stepped through to the other side. Walking tentatively up to Aruella, she tapped her on the shoulder. "Um, here, one of the people didn't want their money," she told her, as she handed her Kaz'erthimon's money with a shrug. "And I don't need it," Skye added with a smirk. Turning to look at the thorny twistings of vines, she made a face. Unconsciously she started to make patterns with her hands, but she caught herself and unsheathed her sword instead. "Well, let's go shall we?" she said cheerfully.
OOC- Skye has a past that she would rather keep in the dark, as it were. So if you're curious as to the strange patterns she was making with her hands, its connected to that. And they were draconic symbols, if you're really that interested... ^_^

JETT (He looks suspiciously at the seeminly impenetrable brambles. "Suits, milady, but , how shall we pass. Thouse briars look mighty sharp. And thick"

ARUELLA (She smiles sweetly but rather vaguely at Skye, and closes her hand around the money, which diappears.) "Yes, well, we must find a way, rather than simply hurling ourselves upon the thorns." (Her eyes probe restlessly upon the growth.)

Beorn

"Can't we just cut our way through - I mean they are just plants"

OOC: sorry uss - I got your and Morgurat's characters mixed up with each other - so I thought that everybody else had gone through the portal.

"Plants? Cut through them I say. Or perhaps our necromancer friend Encard here can wither them to nothing with some draining magics?"

Your forgetting I can protect myself and the party with armor spells (ghost armor, etc)

ah, its ok [img]smile.gif[/img] . anyway..

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Khaz`Djir makes a sarcastic look: "oh, our great and noble party has yet another important quest: cutting through the plants. yes.. it seems so.. i belive our party lacks the power to do such a thing! oh please, Aruella, give me the permission to shoot a fireball and well get in with this so called "quest" of yours."

OOC> Uss, you shold be aware that the briar patch covers the entire Domain of the King of the Foxes, which is exactly what he wants it to be. IC>
JETT "Milady, what would happen if I would put my hand in random places in this hedge?"

Y'Zak: Do it and find out..........

ARUELLA (She claps her hands in appreciation) "Your thoughts are sharp, Jett. I think that you would find that some places would prick and hurt you, others they would go right through."

"Let's try doing that then!" said Pheneftin impatiently, "Less talk, more action." He then tried to do as Jett had suggested and searched for the places where he would be able to go right through.

JETT (Sticks himself) Ouch! Maybe if one of our mages would cast a True Seeing or Oracle spell, we could get rid of these damned illusions."

[ 05-13-2002, 09:00 AM: Message edited by: Attalus ]

hrmm, perhaps a guide would be better, I'm not sure such magics would work here, especially if the fox lord wished otherwise, it might be wiser to attempt to summon a fox to lead us in. *Kaz'erthimon begins a slow chanting that quickly builds to a crescendo and is released with a whirl of smoke* in a few moments if the spell worked we shall see a guide.

(cast monster summoning 1 trying to get a fox)

[ 05-14-2002, 09:19 AM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]

JETT (As he waits for the summoning to take place he furtively pokes around in the brambles. In one place, he does not get stuck. Illusion! He carefully inserts his body. It is a low ceilinged tunnel.) "Come on, everybody, this may be the way."

as the party walks inside the tunnel, the first thing they nitice is the green fog that sorrounds the area. then they see many runes and words from ancient languages on the wall. Khaz`Djir:"wait, i know this language! it says:"(he, who came to this cave now knows that the holy grail is hidden in the castle of Aaarrgghh. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] joke) trespassers, beware. this is the cave of the deamon known as Razorblood and he will carve out your hearts without a second thought." ooh, that doesn`t sound good.."
before the party could act a large deamon comes up to the party. "*WELCOME, TRAVELERSSS..*"

ARUELLA"Greetings. We are seeking a man, a small dark human that we have reason to think has fled into here. Do you know of such a one?"

ARUELLA (After standing there awhile without a response, she passes her hand through the 'demon'.) "An illusion. Well, whoever is hiding in here seems to have valid reasons for us not to follow them." She walks through the illusion and continues down the tunnel.)

JETT (Looking a bit askance at the illusion, he continues down the tunnel after Aruella)

Encard follows after Aruella and Jett, his hood swivelling slightly every so often as he examines some of the surroundings more closely. Soon, they begin to hear some sort of noise, most likely voices, muffled and obviously still a fair distance away.

[ 05-18-2002, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: Encard ]

Khaz`Djir:"Grr! someone`s playing with us and i dont like it. i belive ill enjoy punching my skull through his face whoever he is.." Khaz`Djir follows Aruella after saying his meaningless words..

"I will investigate the noises, if someone is willing to accompany me," Skye spoke. She had been rather quiet since the entrance of the cave, and everyone was slightly startled out of their reverie when they noticed her.
OOC- *poke, poke* is everyone dead here? I don't think we're working very well together in this rp... some people are treated as if they don't exist *cough, cough, nudge, nudge* [img]graemlins/1pissed.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bigeyesad.gif[/img]

Seeing noone else offering to accompany the woman Pheneftin volunteered, "I'll go with you. Lead the way."

ARUELLA "Yes, do tell us of what it might be, and what they are saying." (She tilts her head whimsically) (As they grow neare to the sound of the voices, they are suddenly aware of machine noises accompanying them. A gigantic machine stands in an open space in the maze, with the glows of three portals in various places, one purple, one green, and one blue. They realise that the voices are of two strikingly beautiful people, one male, the other female. The male is saying, "So, if the first through the opening is a woman, I shall speak. If it be a man, it is for you."

Khaz`Djir pushes Skye in front of the two dashingly beautiful people and shouts to her:"good luck dealing with those people!" He laughs in a sinister way and looks closely what she`ll say next.

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btw, is this bothering you ppl? i can change my char to good or neutural if you want.

Skye sees a beautiful young man coming towards her. His eyes are azure blue, his hair blonde, crisp and curling. His body is perfectly formed, with a cute little booty scarcely obscured by the wispy garment he wears around his loins. He looks frankly into her eyes with a look that says, you are the one I have looked for all of my life. He does not touch her or make a threatening move, but says in a melodious voice, "Welcome, fair stranger. We had thought to have visitors, here, but I never expected to see a beautiful woman such as you here in this gloom. Shall we steal away so that you can tell me of your journey in private?"

Beorn steps in front the half-elf girl and smashes a right hook to the chin of the man.

[ 05-20-2002, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: Ar-Cunin ]

The man staggers back from the party. Both figures vanish, the lights go out, and there is a growl like ripping linen. Then, gradually, the light returns and all three portals glow brightly: blue, green, and purple.

After waiting an inordinate amount of time Kaz'erthimon decides that his summoning will yield no creatures and follows the rest of teh group, he arrives on the scene of the portals just in time to witness the attack. "What is the meaning of this, the being was not hostile, and he may have had information useful to our quest."

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Skye gave Beorn a bemused look. "There was no need for that," she said calmly. "I realised that there was some trickery about. Very rarely would a man of that caliber talk to me without some other motive. It would have been helpful to find out some information from him, and perhaps help us decide which path to take. Even if it means a path other then the one he takes me to." Sparing the three portals a sidelong glance she asked "Anyone know of which portal to take? Is there any possible way that someone can be held on this side, while they look in through one of the portals? Or will we be forced to split up?" She scrutinized their surroundings. "Or mayhap this is another ruse, along with the man and woman, and there is another, correct path to follow?"
OOC- Nah, uss, your character is fine. ^_^ I think he has a very interesting personality.
Sorry bout that, Morgeruat. You must have posted just before I did.

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ARUELLA "There may be no need to go through the portals at all. See, there is an opening where the tunnel continues."

(You notice that, hidden behind the machine, the tunnel continues into fetid gloom)

Beorn

"Listen Kaztrate or whatever your name is - If something looks to good to be true, then is most likely is. And for your information we're in the Outlands - not friggin Mount Celestria. Those two were an obvious trap."

He turn to Skye

"As for you girl - anything which that thing could have said, would just as likely been a lie as the truth. Or perhaps you can use female intuition to tell which is which."

"Besides it was just another irritating illusion - I hope you did all notice how they disappered"

OOC>> Actually, you are in the Beastlands.

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OOC: Boern is a cunning fighter - he's just not very good on geography ;)

EDIT: I meant to check it - but when I tried I got the 'page cannot be displayed'-error

[ 05-21-2002, 11:22 AM: Message edited by: Ar-Cunin ]

JETT "Why do we not explore the rest of this tunnel, before we expose ourselves to an unknown portal?" (He slips furtively down the corridor, checking for traps, and trying to identify the "fetid odor."