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#1 gideon_gideonson Dec 20, 2007 22:16:24	The shimmering veil falls slowly down as the portal opens, revealing a pristinely beautiful forest. Bright green foliage springs forth from every bough, and the air seems saturated with eldritch potential. The season is late spring, the air perfect...so perfect as to give the forest a calm, otherworldly quality. A gentle breeze blows through the leaves, whipping up a gentle melody from flute-like branches. The sun hangs low in the horizon, painting the sky in a myriad of brilliant shades...a sunset more glorious than any found in a mortal realm. For this is no mere mortal realm. This is the Nexus, the central hub of all worlds and all realities, and Kaylee Laythe is not about to let it look like anything but the best. At the center of the Nexus lies an unearthly building, half stationary, half moving, parts floating despite the pull of gravity, the whole structure somehow defying the laws of physics which should surely bring it crashing down. It is a truly impressive sight, albeit a confusing one. A young woman stands outside, apparently oblivious to the chaotic building behind her. And, in truth, it is hard to focus on the building with her standing there, as her presence draws the eyes more than even the building does. Statuesque and beautiful, her long black hair flowing over her shoulders, her deep emerald eyes watching the horizon, she seems like something out of legend. There is only one thing keeping her from the image of a goddess: her attire--black denim isn't exactly the garb of the divine, no matter how stunning it looks on someone. She looks like she has been standing there for some time, and, after several minutes, she turns around and walks back toward the building, only to spin about again as a hand gently rests itself on her shoulder...a hand with a golden disc emblazoned on the back. [font=Comic Sans MS]"Hey, Kaylee."[/font] The man standing behind her is tall, thin, and fairly muscular, his golden blonde hair radiant in the dying sunlight. He is stunningly handsome, his sharp features framed in sunlight as he smiles down at the girl before him. Charles Henry Anstron, better known as Coin, has arrived in the Nexus. OOC The next post is reserved for Jessica_Morgan. Everyone else please refrain from posting for the time being.
#2 Jessica_Morgan Dec 21, 2007 6:05:50	If she was a statue before, she's alive, gloriously alive now, the radiance of her smile brightening the existence around her. Had there been anyone but Coin and she in the entirety of her realm, they would have been stricken with jealousy as this vision of beauty hugged the blonde man tight. "Welcome back Charlie," she whispers, as though not quite trusting herself to speak, "Christ, I always get so emotional when you get back..." The moment lasts for a long time, her slender body against his. The silence is beautiful in its own way, like everything else in the realm Kaylee calls her own. "Where've ya been this time?" she finally says, disengaging partially from the embrace to look Charlie, her knight in shining armor, right in the eyes with her emerald orbs. OOC Archive to come soon.
#3 gideon_gideonson Dec 21, 2007 12:09:38	[font=comic sans MS]"A little bit of everywhere. Dropped by Sigil to say hello to a few friends, an' then...well, funny story here...I kinda got convinced to do a lecture on wild magic an' all that. Did pretty damn well to...at least 'til everything went blue an' the podium ran away."[/font] He chuckles to himself. [font=comic sans MS]"Apparently I'm not lecturing ever again." "After that Tammi, Reg, Jacki and I took a little visit back to earth, and I dropped by the folks for a few days afterwards, just to say hi. I would have told you, only my phone was one of the casualties of my lecture, an' I wasn't focused enough to be sure I'd land in the Nexus an' not somewhere nasty. Regardless, I got a new one, so next time I'll send word."[/font] Here he pauses, looking rather depressed. [font=comic sans MS]"That accounts for the first two weeks. The three months though...that wasn't anything I could help. You remember that demon Balthazarr? Well, he never really liked me after our little talk with him. Long story short, his minions found me at my parents, an' I don't think Dad made it out of the house. I couldn't cast anything for fear of destroyin' my parent's neighborhood, so I was captured, an' spent the better part of those three months in Hell. Not a pleasant time, let me tell you. Took me over eight weeks to break free."[/font] Coin shudders, his face drawn up in a painful grimace. [font=comic sans MS]"Luckily I managed to erase the scars...you really didn't want to see that. Demons get...creative...with their tortures. The worst one, though...they had you there Kaylee...strung up next to me and they...they...they......"[/font] He stops, unable to continue. [font=comic sans MS]"I had to be sure it wasn't really you. I don't know what I would have done had it been. In retrospect, that charade was their mistake, since there wasn't a prison in the multiverse that coulda held me back then. If Balthazarr survived, and I'm not sure he coulda, he's probably p*ssed as all hell, but the important thing is that I'm back. It takes more than a demon with anger issues to keep me down for long."[/font]
#4 Jessica_Morgan Dec 22, 2007 16:47:33	Kaylee can't speak, the shock is so great, but she closes her eyes and holds herself closer to Coin, letting the silence speak for her. After a moment both fleeting and eternal, her quiet voice breaks the air. "Balthazarr is dead. His realm has changed hands. You won't need to worry, Charlie. I'm so sorry..."
#5 gideon_gideonson Dec 22, 2007 19:15:57	Coin smiles again, his laugh-it-off personality coming to the front once more. "Don't worry about it. I'm back now, and I hope to stay so for a while." "So...anything interesting happen on your end since I was gone?"
#6 Jessica_Morgan Dec 23, 2007 22:24:17	"Well, Lilai is progressing fantastically. She's got a sharp mind. The girl's out with some friends right now - said something about Undermountain. Told her if she dies again, I can't call in Altello, she said it'd be fine. Aside from that, your daughter took it upon herself to run away from home. I can't figure out where she went for the life of me." Kaylee sighs, "Want to go inside and take a seat? My legs are killin' me."
#7 gideon_gideonson Dec 23, 2007 22:33:11	[font=comic sans MS]"Sure thing, babe. Sorry to..."[/font] Coin's voice dies off suddenly, the door half open. [font=comic sans ms]"Wait. Backtrack to the part about the running away, will you?"[/font]
#8 Jessica_Morgan Dec 23, 2007 22:38:43	"She ran away. Left me a note saying she was sick of being cooped up and my 'overbearing b*tchy nazi attitude' and left. She still hasn't bothered to control her magic either - she's like you, but less powerful and more dangerous to everyone around her. I also can't scry her." Kaylee sighs. "Too clever for her own good. When you start getting smarter than Ty and me, there's issues waiting to happen. C'mon inside, it'll be dark soon. I got sick of eternal twilight."
#9 gideon_gideonson Dec 23, 2007 23:00:47	Coin pushes open the door and steps inside, holding it open for Kaylee to enter. [font=comic sans MS]"You know, I bet if I were as smart as you and Tyler I probably would have been offended by that comment. Lucky for me you're dumb enough like stupid guys, isn't it?"[/font] He grins and walks into the next room, where he practically throws himself onto the nearest couch. Coin sinks slowly back into the cushions, sighing deeply. [font=comic sans MS]"Wow. Three months in hell really makes you appreciate things like this."[/font] With that, he sits up, his expression more serious. [font=comic sans MS]"So...she's gone, you can't find her, and she's not even bothering to TRY controlling her power. That's a MAJOR problem. She may not be me, but uncontrolled she's still a danger to herself and everything around her. And she seems to be trying to pick a fight with you for some reason. I miss anything?"[/font]
#10 Jessica_Morgan Dec 23, 2007 23:09:24	"She's not even actively neglecting it, she's making the problem worse by trying to purge it. I know you haven't been around a lot, but, well....girls get curious. And after hearing a lot of things, she's decided that magic is something she never wants to associate with. Ever. And when I didn't agree with her, she thought I was being arrogant. Gotta hand it to her, though, she made superb arguments." Kaylee sighs, letting a small can of Coke appear in her hand to drink from. She takes a sip and pops one up for Coin. "Raising children is haaaaaaard...."
#11 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 15:32:48	[font=comic sans MS]"Damn straight. And somehow I suspect that Vilaria is worse than most. She's got quite a temper when she's roused."[/font] Coin steeples his fingertips and looks thoughtful. [font=comic sans MS]"Half of me wants her to just stay out there for some time...you know, hope she learns some self-control and stuff. But...I just don't feel comfortable with that. Something could happen to her, and after everything I've been through lately I don't think I could deal with that. I think I'm gonna have to try to find her, unless you can think of something better to do."[/font]
#12 Jessica_Morgan Dec 24, 2007 15:56:49	"I think it's best to leave her be for awhile, Charlie. She's angry and confused right now, and needs some time to herself. She's been cooped up in here for so long, and only got to see you rarely, so she's not really happy with either of us. She needs some time to figure things out on her own." Kaylee takes Coin's hand, staying calm for him. "The thing I was trying to say before - the bigger and more complex any system gets, the less stable it is. Watch." In the air, a series of lines form a grid that slowly begins to grow. Soon, a spiral pattern is starting to develop, and dredging his memories, Coin can call up a term - 'Fractal Curve'. "When you start small, the system is fine. It can take care of itself. But as it gets bigger, parts get further apart. Some are left incomplete. Others simply don't connect. The complexity of the system leaves gaps, which eventually mean that it can't be saved. So when you take someone like Tyler, or Vilaria, or I, we're unstable. Our systems are already large and we add complexity by exploring our own limits, by challenging ourselves. Without something to fill in the gaps in the system, we fall apart." The curve disintegrates, falling to the floor as gray, lifeless metal lines. "Vilaria is incredibly intelligent. Things come to her so easily it disturbs even me. She needs time to find stability."
#13 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 16:04:14	[font=comic sans ms]"I suppose you're right...although it doesn't make me feel any better about it. Hopefully she'll come around in the end..."[/font] He stands up and walks over to Kaylee. [font=comic sans ms]"Of course, there is a positive side to this whole situation...[/font]
#14 Jessica_Morgan Dec 24, 2007 16:10:34	"You get to avoid responsibility again?" Kaylee says teasingly, setting down her Coke and standing up to wrap her arms around her love. "I've missed ya, Charlie. You really do need to visit more often."
#15 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 16:14:54	Coin looks up thoughtfully. [font=comic sans ms]"Hmmm...avoiding responsibility. A very positive side effect...but not the one I had in mind."[/font] Looking down, he brings up a hand and tilts Kaylee's chin up until her eyes meet his. [font=comic sans ms]"No kid around, Kaylee. It's just you and me."[/font]
#16 Jessica_Morgan Dec 24, 2007 16:25:26	"Now, I distinctly remember this kind of thing getting us right where we are now," Kaylee begins teasingly, but she kisses Charlie on the lips, reveling in the surging tingle that would destroy any other woman in any other place, "But what's life without some risks?" Kaylee Laythe "God damn it," she swears, "Elminster again..." She steps away from Coin, flipping open a cell phone. There's a couple minutes of heated talking before she snaps it shut, irritation etched onto her face. "God damn Toril three times over. Always needs its ass saved, and always when I'm in the middle of something."
#17 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 16:31:27	"Kaylee, I know Elminster's an old friend, but isn't he supposed to be able to handle things like this for HIMSELF once in a while? This is getting ridiculous." Coin gestures at a woven basket on the table across the room. [font=comic sans MS]"The gift basket was nice, yes, but that doesn't mean you have to rush off and save his ass ALL the time. "[/font]
#18 Jessica_Morgan Dec 24, 2007 16:33:40	"Unfortunately this is my job. Excuse me while I go set several dimensions in order to prevent the Forgotten Realms from being sucked into the Demiplane of Dread. Don't end the megaverse, please." Kaylee winks out, leaving Coin alone in the silence. OOC Weee, taking a shower now!
#19 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 16:40:37	Coin flops down on the couch once more, mumbling to himself. "Elminster's picking up the tab next time for THAT little miracle of timing...
#20 Jessica_Morgan Dec 24, 2007 17:14:08	There's no bang, no loud flash - just weight on either side of the couch, with Kaylee on his right, looking exhausted, and Lilai on the other, holding a jewled sword and eyeing it suspiciously. The mistress of the Nexus pants. "I hate leaving, it sucks..."
#21 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 17:23:13	Coin flicks his hand away just in time, and the line of fire that would have turned Kaylee's head to so much ash instead sends the gift basket to an early grave. [font=comic sans MS]"KAYLEE! Don't do that to me, babe! Seeing people pop out of nowhere is NOT natural! At least make a sound or something, for Christ's sake."[/font] He shakes himself, then continues, his voice decidedly more level. [font=comic sans MS]"Save the world and all that? I hope so, since, if I remember, we were in the middle of..."[/font] He pauses, noticing the weight on his other side. [font=comic sans MS]"...Trying to figure out who'd go get Lilai! Thanks for solving that problem for us!"[/font] "You're not fooling anyone, Mr. Coin." [font=comic sans MS]"I have NO idea what you're taking about."[/font]
#22 Jessica_Morgan Dec 24, 2007 21:50:54	Kaylee laughs lightly and coughs. "Yeah, saved the world and all that, but being outside hurts like the flaming hells. It's like Mike Tyson went to work on me. Ugh...anyway, Lilai, how'd everything go on your first dungeon run? Magic work fine in a combat situation?"
#23 gideon_gideonson Dec 24, 2007 22:22:50	"I suppose so...I just fail to see the point. It wasn't exactly polite or necessary of us to try and take over the goblin's cavern, and I still don't understand why, if there WAS a problem, the town militia couldn't have solved it." "Also, I'm at a loss as to what a sword like this was doing in such a run-down warren..."
#24 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 9:02:56	"Well Lilai, it really depends on motivation. People kill for money - that's a fact. Some kill from fear and judge hastily. If you wanna see the world and see the sight, you'll need to kill too, and that means figuring out what you're killing for." She stretches, popping her shoulder with a sigh of relief. OOC So, how has Lilai grown up, if at all?
#25 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 9:15:08	OOC Well, Lilai was around 13, and four years have passed (using Tyler and Inaya's timeline, which I happen to like), so I'd put her around 17...about the same age as Vilaria. I've also randomly discovered that she's become quite concerned with preserving life...I don't know why, but there you have it.
#26 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 9:20:28	"It's not always avoidable. Some things have to die - some people need to be killed to save more lives. It's about removing complexity from the system. By removing subtracting variables, you make the rest of the system more stable in the long-term. It sounds cold, but think of it this way - kill a murderer, and he cannot end more lives. Slay a demon and it can cause no more suffering." She rubs her temples, "Charlie, I'm not up to this right now. Tyler's better at this kind of thing, but he's been vanished for a good four years, lying low enough that the muckdwellers can't even find him." She leans against Coin, small and warm, her voice tired, "I need a nap..."
#27 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 9:32:35	Coin stands up, lifting Kaylee up along with him. [font=comic sans MS]"Of course."[/font] He pauses at the door to turn back to Lilai. [font=comic sans MS]"Excuse us, will you? Help yourself to anything you want...nothing's changed here, so you know where it all is. Kaylee just needs a bit of a rest."[/font] With that, he departs, leaving Lilai sitting silently on the couch, deep in thought.
#28 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 20:53:10	Coin wakes to the distinct feeling that Kaylee is in a panic. Turns out his instinct is right, as the technomagus frantically shift panels floating in the air, fingers gliding through information with an increasingly worried look on her face.
#29 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 20:58:47	"Kaylee? What the hell's wrong?"
#30 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 21:01:57	Kaylee curses dully under her breath in several tongues, calling up more screens and flicking her hands across them all. It takes a good minute for her to register Coin's question. "There's another world forming, I've got to compensate before it comes into the Megaverse. It's big - probably another Microverse unto itself, or even a Convergence." Six more screens pop up that she deals with, more flicking into being. Kaylee breathes a blasphemous word in the Dark Speech and keeps working. In the room where Lilai sits on the couch, the portal opens, expelling Inaya, Devin, and soon after, Vilaria.
#31 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 21:11:24	It is a testament to the strangeness of life in the Nexus that Coin is completely nonplussed by this revelation. "Right. Wake me if I can help in any way." Lilai jumps up excitedly as her sister materializes in the living room, but the smile fades from her lips as Vilaria follows after. "Inaya! How have you...oh. Hello, Vilaria." "Hi! Coin or Kaylee around? I've got a little problem for them to look into..." Inaya gestures at the unconscious Devin. "Last I saw them Kaylee was going to sleep...but they should probably be up be now, or, if they're not, they've slept FAR to long. Down that hall, second door on the left." Inaya strides off down the hall, calling for the owner of the Nexus as she goes. In her wake the room falls silent as the two remaining girls are left face-to-face.
#32 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 21:16:35	Valaria stares Lilai in the eye for a long moment, lightning beginning to crackle around her left hand, but she shakes it off and kneels next to Devin, checking his pulse and acting very protective. Kaylee's door opens, and she doesn't even look at Inaya. "Lilai, I'm a lot busy right now trying to compensate for another existence crashing into ours, what the hell is it?"
#33 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 21:22:26	"Oops. My bad. Come talk to me when you're all done saving the worlds...I'll be waiting right here." "What's this? Someone bring back a boyfriend? That'll get your parents a bit annoyed, I'll wager."
#34 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 21:33:55	"Quiet, brat. He's not my boyfriend, and he is in trouble. What've you been doing with your time, being the good little magician's apprentice, the obediant little Mary Sue?" "Just talk or I'm gonna worry about it this whole time. Welcome back, by the way, sorry for confusing you for Lilai." Eight more screens assault Kaylee's concentration, and a loud curse rips through the house. "This thing is -huge-..."
#35 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 21:40:48	"Only partly. I've actually been off doing things that are, mostly, helpful to people. I'm also managing to not run away from home and worry my parents...not that I know anyone who would do that..." "Girl at Sorcen's found a young man with a...um...serious problem of a fiendish nature. Ty thinks he's probably a danger to someone, possibly himself. He figured here would be the safest place for the time being, and I wondered if you'd care to take a look. Either way's fine...Ty should be along shortly." "Anyway, I'm gonna have to go back to him now...Lilai seemed to be trying to pick a fight with the girl who found him, and I don't want anyone causing trouble around this guy...he seemed rather on edge, and if he regains consciousness in the middle of a fight its not going to be good."
#36 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 21:52:01	"Look you little brat, I don't care whose sister you are or what Mom says, I'll knock your damn teeth out if you keep giving me lip. I don't want to be here and if you wanna enjoy your damn gilded cage, do it quietly!" Tyler arrives, taking a breath to say something - right as Kaylee interrupts him. "TYLER, CHARLIE WILL LOOK AT THE KID, GET IN HERE! I NEED SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN DO THEORETICAL MATH IN MORE THAN EIGHTY LEVELS OF EXISTENCE!" The Daemon Magus hustles to Kaylee's room, pecking Inaya on the cheek as he passes.
#37 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 22:03:55	Lilai quiets down, although she still mumbles quietly to herself. If Vilaria can even hear, it probably sounds like nothing more than gibberish. "Brat, hmmm? Not very accurate there. Being annoyingly accurate, yes. Brat? I don't think so..." At Kaylee's shout, Coin tumbles reluctantly out of bed and follows Inaya into the living room...where he promptly stops, looking straight at Vilaria. [font=comic sans ms]"You came back!"[/font] He rushes forward and throws his arms around his daughter. [font=comic sans MS]"Thank the Gods...three months in Hell without you or Kaylee, and now I've got the family together again."[/font] He's obviously quite ecstatic, and must have lost some focus, since the room rapidly undergoes a series of strange decor changes, finally settling on a style that wouldn't seem out of place in a medieval cottage. "Damn. Sorry about that...I'll fix it up later." "There was someone for me to look at?"
#38 Jessica_Morgan Dec 25, 2007 22:08:27	Vilaria looks more annoyed than anything as Coin hugs her, but when he pulls away she manages to at least badly fake affection. She gestures to Devin. "He says something's wrong with him, something that overpowers his mind."
#39 gideon_gideonson Dec 25, 2007 22:11:34	OOC Time for sleep. See you later!
#40 gideon_gideonson Dec 26, 2007 9:15:51	At Vilaria's response Coin's smile fades slightly, replaced with a look of resigned disappointment. Still, he pushes it aside quickly, and takes a apprehensive look at Devin. "Great...more mental stuff. She knows I'm no good at this..." Coin waves a hand and summons, in order, a frozen trout, a very shocked poodle, a plaster model of General Eisenhower, and, finally, a phone. He shoves the rest into a nearby storage closet and picks up the phone, quickly dialing a number. [font=comic sans ms]"Dorian, get you @ss over here. We've got a problem for you."[/font] A moment later the man appears, stepping out of a wall of inky darkness. "You called?" [font=comic sans ms]"Yep. We've got a guy here who Vilaria claims has something stuck in his mind. Care to take a look?"[/font] "Of course." Dorian kneels down next to Devin. "Tell me what we know, Vilaria."
#41 Jessica_Morgan Dec 26, 2007 10:16:33	"He says it's magical in nature. It surfaced when he was angry and turned his eyes red. That demon mage did something that contained it. And he doesn't remember anything that it does."
#42 gideon_gideonson Dec 28, 2007 2:49:11	"Thank you. Now stand back." The physic closes his eyes and lays a thin hand upon Devin's forehead. [i]Dorian Rike steps into the ether of the dreamscape. He stands alone upon a winding pathway of silver light, stretching into swirling nothingness for as far as the eye can see. He raises a finger, as if testing for a wind, and then steps forward, walking for what could be seconds, and could be years. Finally, after a brief eternity, he stops before a shimmering wall. This is the mind he seeks. He reaches out to touch the barrier, to pass through into Devin Myer's consciousness...[/i] Dorian's body ripples with force as something unseen lashes out at him. The physic collapses on top of his patient, his figure wracked with what must be unbearable pain. [i]Dorian hangs in space, clinging onto the silvery bridge by the tips of his fingers. The surge was much stronger than he anticipated, and only his fast reactions saved him from being thrown into the raw dreamstuff. Even this, though, was not enough to escape completely: his skin is burned and blackened, his face scarred, his eyes naught but ash. Yet not for nothing is Dorian Edward Rike one of the most accomplished neuromancers ever to traverse the dreamscape. Slowly yet surely the pathway reaches out silver strands to entwine him and lift him to safety, and he steps confidently toward the barrier once more, his dream-form even now repairing the damage. This time Dorian takes no chances. His eyes fill with silver mist and the dreamscape around him flows into his open mouth as he reaches out a hand to gently stroke the shining barricade. Once more there is a tremendous recoil, but Dorian stands fast, waves of raw force cascading over him to disperse harmlessly into nothingness. The gateway open, Dorian steps into it... ...and emerges on a tropical beach. Yet what he seek lies deeper, and the physic slowly fades away, his dream-form turning to so much smoke and mist as he seeks the very heart of Devin's mind.[/i] [i]A column of flame burns brightly in the ether before Dorian, and he prowls around it, his hands casting strands of dreamstuff in carefully calculated patterns. There is no effect, until, finally, the flames begin to withdraw, leaving a humanoid figure composed of flashing images and fragments of thought. A vast heat comes from the being, and the shadows of a fire within are just visible on the surface. Dorian sighs deeply, and his consciousness fades back to the world.[/i] Dorian opens his eyes and stands slowly, his hand clapped to his head to stave off the tremendous headache that resulted from his battle with the doorway. He smiles weakly and turns to Coin and Vilaria. "I did what I could. There's no demon there but himself...it's simply another aspect of himself, and I can't do anything about that. I think, however, that I managed to put him in control. He should at least be able to recall things correctly now." "Oh...and Tyler? Don't try to hold it back ever again. That almost killed him, and I suspect that, given time and exposure, it would succeed. Just treat him with caution...the boy is a danger to everyone around him if that side of his personality gets loose."
#43 Jessica_Morgan Dec 28, 2007 7:56:06	Vilaria is white as a sheet and shaking, and she nods slowly as she sinks to the floor. Still, presence of mind has to be there somewhere, because she's holding Devin's hand protectively, scared or not. "Jesus Christ Kaylee, what the hell?" Tyler has taken over twelve, thirteen screens, but between the two magi there are more forming. "The system is going to collapse unless we vent somewhere! We've got to drop a few worlds!" Without hesitation, Tyler blanks out four screens, and Kaylee nods while the distrubution of work shifts.
#44 gideon_gideonson Dec 28, 2007 10:59:16	Hearing Kaylee's exclamation, Coin rushes into the room. "Tyler, bring those worlds back on. I'm not letting four whole worlds vanish if I can do something about it, and I think I can. Kaylee...tell me how to hook into the Nexus, and then get everyone out of here. NOW!" [center]*****[/center] Devin slowly opens his eyes and rises, somewhat shakily. Halfway up the world spins before him, and he falls again, but the feeling soon passes, and once more he struggles upright, this time remaining so. After a few seconds he looks down at his hand curiously, and sees Vilaria. "Um...hi? What the hell am I doing here?"
#45 Jessica_Morgan Dec 28, 2007 11:39:38	"Not now, Charlie. They're not going to vanish, just go through a major apocalypse or two while their systems adjust. I can't hook you in - you're too disruptive. I'm sorry, but some things need to be cut off until we can fix this or everything dies."
#46 gideon_gideonson Dec 28, 2007 11:48:24	"Kaylee, that's the whole POINT. Throw me into something like that, and all that instability will be drawn away. I'm a magnet for chaos, and I can probably keep it balanced at least long enough for you to find a place to dump the excess!"
#47 Jessica_Morgan Dec 28, 2007 12:21:45	"It's not a matter of complexity, Charlie, the system is about to expand somehow and I have no clue -" Kaylee is cut off by a huge screen appearing between her and Tyler, blaring violet letters. Collission Detected "God almighty..." Kaylee breathes, "It's another Megaverse...." "You're at my place, handsome. My godfather thought it safest for everyone that you be brought here. This is Inaya," she says as she gestures to the deadly dancer, "My godmother. The other girl is Lilai, my...well, I'd call her sister."
#48 gideon_gideonson Dec 29, 2007 18:38:44	"Holy Sh*t..." "What do you mean safest? Something bad happen back in Baator?" As Devin looks around in mild confusion, Dorian Rike leans against the wall, smiling to himself. After all, there was no need to let the boy remember his little episode...
#49 Jessica_Morgan Dec 29, 2007 18:55:12	Another girl might have been confused. Grow up with Kaylee as your mother, and very little will confuse you, however. Valaria smiles. "Somone started something with you and you took a nasty blow to the head after you took him out, so we took you here to cool off. You might not recall it for awhile." Kaylee shoves Tyler out of the way, knocking the Daemon Magus into Coin while she hits screen after screen, blanking out some and moving others. "Charlie! Tell Lord Sorcen that I'm sorry, but Baator is going to take the brunt of the biggest impact in Megaversal history! I'm dropping worlds from the system so we can take the impact - we're about to do something I've only read about in the owner's manual. Merge with a completely seperate concept of existence." She flicks a few screens. "Reality should stabalize to our version of normalcy once it's over, but until then, all bets are about to be off. HURRY!"
#50 gideon_gideonson Dec 29, 2007 19:20:21	Coin dumps Tyler unceremoniously to the ground and then vanishes, leaving a wonderfully crafted croquet set and a plate of strangely fuzzy biscuits in his wake.
#51 gideon_gideonson Dec 29, 2007 19:29:11	Seconds later he reappears, scattering the croquet set and biscuits. The chaos magus clutches his throat as if in intense pain and stumbles out of the room, mumbling hoarsely about 'needing ice.'
#52 Jessica_Morgan Dec 30, 2007 9:36:28	The Technomagus is shouting orders in countless languages now, her commands vibrating across the Megaverse, compelling even the most powerful beings to serve the will of the Mistress of the Nexus. The air shimmers and tightens, as if bracing for impact. "Ty, I need you in Sorcen's! Brace for impact and one helluva fight! Vilaria, go with him and don't give me lip about it!" For once, Vilaria snaps to. "Yes ma'am! Devin, I'll be back, I know what I gotta do. Now I'm glad I have so many toys." Vilaria and Tyler slip through the portal. "Inaya, I need you to go to Eberron and talk fast, fast, fast, because I can't contact the damn place correctly and it will be leveled to the ground unless the Magi there work together. I'll send you to your father, start there!" A portal opens near Inaya as Kaylee resumes screaming directions across existence.
#53 gideon_gideonson Dec 30, 2007 11:02:13	Inaya nods and steps through the portal. Before the portal even has time to close she is already lost to sight. A few seconds later Coin walks back into the room, holding an icepack to his sore throat. [font=comic sans MS]"So...everyone else is gone...what've you got for me?"[/font]
#54 Jessica_Morgan Jan 29, 2008 17:02:12	"Get Devin to Earth. He needs to strengthen the mesh there - meaning he needs Earth to be really, well, Earth-Y. Everyone needs to do the things they do...just a lot more intensely. After that, get your ass to Limbo and intensify it. I'm calling the Four. This is gonna hurt." Grimly, Kaylee flicks screens this way and that, again shouting orders across the cosmos. This is gonna hurt.
#55 munchlord Jan 30, 2008 8:03:22	Through the portal from Sorcen's Arena, a man emerges. In casual clothing from his time, and with a relaxed and calm facial expression, he seems oblivious to the imminent cataclysm. The only sign that he may be expecting that something is about to happen is the cylindrical object in his hand that he holds as if it was the handle of a weapon of some sort, although his grip of that one is relaxed as well. "Hey, I heard something was gonna crash here soon, and bein' a bit bored, I thought I'd go check it out."
#56 northwind Mar 11, 2008 19:56:08	As if from a great distance, a soft, rythmic drumbeat can be heard drifting on the winds of the Nexus. Far off, figures are materializing - a young man, with ash blond hair, and wild, golden eyes walks serenely into the wood of the Nexus. Ender Chant, though, has been traveling - he isn't wearing his usual suit, rather, a deep blue robe, tied with a sash. Atop his head sits a black silk turban - indeed, if it wasn't for the magician's fair skin, he would look for all the world like he was a Persian prince - the trail of djinns, musicians and tigers add to the effect. "Kaylee Laythe." It is not a request, but a summons.
#57 ice_eyes Mar 31, 2008 12:18:37	There is a sound of wings and a distant animal roar followed by a bellow of pain. “Wait, what’s happening?" The distant voice is a woman’s voice, but very deep. “Stop, what’s going on? Mother! Help me!” With a soft thump a large winged shape falls onto the floor and lets out a screaming animal roar of absolute pain. The creature covers her eyes and curls into a ball on the floor, wrapping huge bat like wings and a long tail around herself, whimpering in fear and pain. A sharp, snipped word issues from within the folded wings and a ball of blackness falls around the creature. The whimpering sounds like a mix of human and animal, and completely pathetic.
#58 Jessica_Morgan Mar 31, 2008 12:31:48	"Oh Christ, quit your whining." The Nexus plunges into absolute darkness for a moment or two, gradually lightening to a level the creature can tolerate. The pain leaves its eyes, and it experiences a moment of tingling as all other injuries - no matter how old - repair themselves. "Get on up and tell me what's wrong, little lady."
#59 ice_eyes Mar 31, 2008 13:12:18	“Where am I?” Mashith looks around in absolute confusion as she pulled herself off the floor and folded her wings behind her back. She wore a breast band and loincloth and nothing else. Her skin is a dark bronze color and her eyes are a burnished gold. When she speaks, it seems as if she swallows her vowels as the fangs of a large cat interfere wit her tongue. “I was hunting with my mother and sisters.” She explains. “What happened? It was moondark and I was with my family and then it was light and I was here.” Mashith stands on four legs, even though her front two “legs” are arms with clawed hands. Her tail flicks behind her much in the same manner a cats would. Gladly, there is nothing behind her which would be damaged by her swishing tail. Her posture is submissive, like a lone wolf finding herself among a strange pack.
#60 Jessica_Morgan Apr 04, 2008 18:51:10	"You're in a place called the Nexus. I'm Kaylee, and I'm in charge here. Someone or something probably tried to fling you through the Megaverse and you ended up here, but I'm short on time and energy an' I can't be lookin' up your home world. I can send you someplace for awhile, but I'd need to help you with that eyesight issue. With me so far?"
#61 ice_eyes Apr 04, 2008 20:31:44	“I understand.” Mashith replies to the woman. “I have veils to wear over my eyes. My people have many dealings with humans. So we are prepared.” She reaches into a pouch on her belt and pulls out a black veil to show to Kylee. “I am very hungry though. I have not eaten in three days. My mother is making me hunt all my own food now, so my kills are small and not often. Is there perhaps somewhere I could go to get something to eat?” Mashith looks aorund and shudders. "I smell nothing but trees and earth here, I hear no animals. There is nothing to hunt here"
#62 Jessica_Morgan Apr 04, 2008 20:56:52	A large, surprisingly fresh deer carcass thuds onto the ground in front of Mashith. "Fresh from Toril. Enjoy yourself. Eat quick, okay? I'm really, really busy."
#63 ice_eyes Apr 06, 2008 13:16:24	Mashith falls into the carcass and bites deeply into the throat, sucking all the blood she can from it before tearing into the side and swallowing huge chunks of meat whole. Mashith growls in pleasure and here eyes become large as she eats, almost as if any humanity in her vanished as she gorged herself on the carcass. She eats surprisingly fast, and seems to be able to eat more than any human could in a week. After a while her eating frenzy slows and she becomes lethargic. She is growling deeply in her throat she falls asleep, literally, right next to the carcass.
#64 Jessica_Morgan Apr 08, 2008 17:05:25	"I don't have time for this," Kaylee sighs. The punk checks her watch - and the hands accelerate at an exaggerated, almost comical rate. They stop with a soft ding like an elevator reaching its destination, and the punk rocker nudges Meshith with her foot. "Rise and shine, you're going to hell," Kaylee says cheerfully. "I've got some friends there to help you get into your groove."
#65 ice_eyes Apr 09, 2008 19:14:22	Mashith stretches languidly and shakes herself all over with the sound of leather hitting leather as her wings shudder. After yawning widely and kneading the ground with her claws she looks up at Kaylee. “I thank you. I know no one now that I am gone from my pack. Can I hunt there though? If there is another pack there, they might not like me hunting in their territory.” Her large amber eyes look up at Kaylee in a completely trusting manner, very much like a child to an adult whom they respect and trust blindly.
#66 Jessica_Morgan Apr 10, 2008 18:28:56	"Umm, hunting depends on one's definition of "edible meat," but you can head to the Taverne and order whatever you like from Cycine. He'll serve it up any way you want to - including alive. In the meantime, find a guy who calls himself Tyler - he'll smell like demons - and he'll lend you a hand getting used to the place. If you aren't a demonologist, look for the only guy who still smells like trees." Kaylee waves her hand idly and Meshith finds herself hurled through the dimensions - straight to Baator. "Ugh," the Technomage says as her cell phone rings, and she walks off.