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Chat Log - 2018 12 21 - Wedding Crashers- (Formatted)

[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Mon Dec 17 18:41:22 EST 2018 ====

[Master] Testing saving

[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Mon Dec 17 18:42:42 EST 2018 ====

[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Mon Dec 17 23:41:20 EST 2018 ====

[Master] testing

[Shi'Nynze (Master)] testing two

[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Fri Dec 21 17:37:04 EST 2018 ====

[Master] so we are back up and running here

[Master] I will be working on things until we start

[Master] I would presume that all your settings are still normal and working fine

[Master] will test sounds with someone at some point

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

[Master] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] back

Lisa has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 19:01:14 EST 2018

Lisa is receiving the map ground floor...

Lisa has received the map ground floor.

[Master] Excellent

[Master] all back to normal

[Lisa] You are green!

[Master] what color should I be?

[Lisa] you are usually yellow

[Lisa] that color green has newbie written all over it! :)

[Master] LOL

[Lisa] default color

JohnAA has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 19:05:08 EST 2018

JohnAA is receiving the map ground floor...

JohnAA has received the map ground floor.

[Lisa] Hi John! :)

[JohnAA] Hi lisa

[Lisa] how do you tell if you have 32 or 64 bit Win installed?

[Master] windowsn and about

[JohnAA] properties

[Master] it auto installs 64 if it can

[Lisa] where properties?

[JohnAA] in explore

[JohnAA] my computer

[JohnAA] might say This PC

[Lisa] thx

[Lisa] I have 64

[Lisa] someone looking for 32 bit peoples

[JohnAA] ah the simple life

mario-yoga has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 19:09:10 EST 2018

mario-yoga is receiving the map ground floor...

mario-yoga has received the map ground floor.

[Lisa] lol

[Lisa] one of those things I never think about

[mario-yoga] hello hello

[JohnAA] Oh Hi Mario

[Lisa] Mario, hello, aren't you supposed to be partying right now?

[mario-yoga] coming to you from the hotel hosting the WID Holiday Party!

[mario-yoga] two drink tickets, only beer and wine

[mario-yoga] thats just gonna piss me off

[mario-yoga] :0/

[Lisa] go be at your party!

[mario-yoga] i'll be on for a short while, then again later tonight

[Lisa] request YMCA or something :D

[mario-yoga] i need credit for connecting

[Master] grins at Marco

[JohnAA] pfft

[mario-yoga] who's Marco?

[Lisa] ooo

[mario-yoga] uh oh. MASTER is green

[mario-yoga] expecting yellow

[Master] working on that

[JohnAA] like he knows it

[mario-yoga] at least youre on!

[Master] waiting for Carissa, I found some interesting quirky stats

[Lisa] mario your green changed to a pretty vile puky green yourself

[Lisa] Bob is newbie green

[mario-yoga] that was the goal, to ge just off

Spring has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 19:12:40 EST 2018

Spring is receiving the map ground floor...

Spring has received the map ground floor.

[mario-yoga] I am back at the keyboard.

[Lisa] Hi Spring!

[Kel (mario-yoga)] KEL

[Master] How does that work?

[Spring] hallo!

[Lisa] icky color mario

[Tebhoundrin (mario-yoga)] TEB

[Master] hello Spring

[Lisa] Teb is good

[JohnAA] Hello Spring

[Mara (mario-yoga)] MARA

[Mara (mario-yoga)] Hi Spring!

[Lisa] she is good

[mario-yoga] Kel's color?

[Lisa] yuck

[Spring] hehehe

[mario-yoga] I'll change it next session when Im at my desktop

[mario-yoga] or later tonight

[Master] how is my color now?

[mario-yoga] i still see green

[Lisa] pale green

[Spring] didn't change for us

[Lisa] yellow

[Master] ok

[Master] what should I be?

[Lisa] the color of street lights when you run them

[mario-yoga] im used to seeing you Yellow

[mario-yoga] lol

[Master] chuckles

[mario-yoga] aha!

[Master] this?

[JohnAA] i think he needs placment on the pallet

[Lisa] that's it

[Master] ok

[mario-yoga] oh hai John

[Master] good enough for me

[Spring] better

[Master] as long as the group can tell

[mario-yoga] then shrink wrapped

[Spring] hi John

[mario-yoga] JoAnn said Robert is coming down tomorrow, a day early

[mario-yoga] nick and Lauren still Sunday

[Master] OK so that would be ok?

[mario-yoga] dont think we can stop them

[mario-yoga] dont think that changes anything them coming early

[Lisa] roadblocks

[Anastacia Eustace (Master) (to Lisa only)] and how does this work?

[mario-yoga] neither one of them is an aggressive driver, so that may actually work

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] I think that whisper went by without showing up on the map at all

[Lisa (to Master only)] the color or the whisper?

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] both Lisa

[mario-yoga] i saw Lisa's, but iwas looking for it

[Lisa] worked for me

Lisa is receiving the map second level and attics...

Lisa has received the map second level and attics.

[mario-yoga (to JohnAA only)] whispers

[JohnAA] i am hampered by only one monitorand no sound

[mario-yoga] me too!

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] OK

[Spring] as am i

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] looks back to mostly normal for me now

Carissa has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 19:19:11 EST 2018

Carissa is receiving the map ground floor...

Carissa has received the map ground floor.

[Spring] hi Carissa!

[Master] excellent

[mario-yoga] hi Carissa

[JohnAA] Hi Carissa

[Lisa] Hi Carissa! :)

[Carissa] Hello!

[Master] so quick bit of trivia before Mario leaves

[mario-yoga] i gots my YMCA shoes on...

[Master] it turns out that Mario just passed Marco for games played streak

[Lisa] lol

[Master] Marco was at 91

[Carissa] Nice!

[Master] Mario is now at 98

[mario-yoga] yay, that will teach you my name

[mario-yoga] finally

[Lisa] Yay!

[Master] and Carissa is at 100

[Carissa] Congrats Marco!

[Carissa] Er, Mario!

[mario-yoga] rofl!!!

[JohnAA] ::smiles::

[Master] and the all time leader is Lisa at 121 consectutive games played

[mario-yoga] yay!

[Spring] yay!

[Lisa] even with my big absence?

[Master] Mario and Carissa still have active streaks

[Carissa] Woo!

[Master] Lisa's ended back in August

[Lisa] good

[JohnAA] takes the pressue off

[Master] JOhn's ended in 2002

[mario-yoga] i should be close, my last moss was february of last year

[Carissa] lol true

[Lisa] Number of days without an accident - 0

[mario-yoga] miss*

[Master] Feb 10th was the last day Mario missed

[Carissa] I don't remember my last missed.

[Master] Jan 20th

[Master] both in 2017

[mario-yoga] ah!

[Carissa] Ahhh yes. That's right.

[mario-yoga] nice!

[Carissa] Good day for marching it was.

[Spring] wow

[Master] Lisa went from march of 2017 until August of this year

[mario-yoga] lots of risky logins, from a plane, foreign country, anniversary getaway

[Master] overall I just thought it was fun that 4 of the top five longest streaks by players are represented here

[Carissa] Roll for turbulence, wasn't it?

[Master] John, Mario, Carissa, Lisa

[Carissa] Go us!

[mario-yoga] roll Opposed STR for Armrest Usage

[Master] TMO will be here

[Spring] hehehehe

[Master] Michael and Ryan will not

[Lisa] lol

[Carissa] lol

[Master] so you are all set, and ready to go

[Spring] just so you know, i am passing up Drag Queen Bingo to be here

[Lisa] Oh no!

[mario-yoga] speaking of which, now may be a good time to break, before Mara causes trouble, ala Guy

[JohnAA] yea?!

[Spring] don't worry, it's monthly. maybe i'll catch it next month

[Master] hurry back Mario

[mario-yoga] i will be on later, if you' go til midnight, dont anticipate the party being too good

[Master] Or high jack the big screen and put up on there

[mario-yoga] you know i will! bye all, and Happy Holidays

[JohnAA] ttfn

[mario-yoga] ah..

mario-yoga has left the game on Fri Dec 21 19:25:42 EST 2018

[Master] OK

[Lisa] he'll be back after the drink tickets run out

[Spring] hehehhe

[Lisa] he only has 2

[Master] You are all gathered back in the rooms after returned from the Dream

Hoffman (JohnAA)] so what's next?

[Lisa] We need Marisu to tell us about Richard and the books I think

Hoffman (JohnAA)] rest until we dream again?

Spring is receiving the map second level and attics...

[Lisa] so while we wait we can see if Camille can dispel?

Spring has received the map second level and attics.

[Carissa] I am back at the keyboard.

[Thistle (Carissa)] More hide and seek?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] that's not likly gonna help me, but I'm game

[Lisa] We can't do anything with that coffin unless we can break that ironwood

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Can see that. Also does Snee have Nap?)

[Snezana (Spring)] (nope)

[Lisa] or petit-singe

[Lisa] probably don't need camille necessarily

[Snezana (Spring)] (looking to see if i have anything for the ironwoood)

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) hoffman looks at coffin

[Lisa] you can't see it

Hoffman (JohnAA)] [Hoffman]]: Carpentry check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 16!!

[Lisa] it's still in the locked room

[Thistle (Carissa)] (It's still in the room. Branwyn didn't bring it back)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] oh, that was a joke

[Thistle (Carissa)] (But maybe Hoffman still knows something about ironwood?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (not likely, thought he could work arround it)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] I guess you want to coffin intact?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] It has a person inside it, so we can't destroy it in a way that would harm him.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] was their ironwood at the very end

[Snezana (Spring)] (snee has dispecl too, but that's it. nothing else that could affect ironwood)

[Snezana (Spring)] (i doublt warp wood would work)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I can just ask Petit-Singe who can cast a dispel magic spell on it.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I'm sure there is a guard outside who can fetch him

[Snezana (Spring) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Snezana modified:

Branwyn (Lisa) goes out to the hallway looking for a guard

Hoffman (JohnAA)] so Thistle, want to play a game?

[Master] there is no guard visible

[Thistle (Carissa)] Yes yes yes! What game? You can pick if it's not boring.,

Branwyn (Lisa) sticks her head back in the door "I'll be right back"

[Master] Old man moved 43'10".

[Thistle (Carissa)] Ok! Hoffman and I are goign to play a game!

Branwyn (Lisa) wanders down the hall looking for servants or guards

[Master] Branwyn moved 1'04".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn moved 66'04".

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Let's play pretend, You pretend your a cat

[Old man (Master)] Yes?

[Thistle (Carissa)] Thistle: Animal Noise check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

Hoffman (JohnAA)] i'm gonna pretend to sit and read

Thistle (Carissa) meows

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) picks up book

[Thistle (Carissa)] ....and?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Hello! I am looking for Petit-Singe, can you get him for me please?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] not just make a sound, realy get intoo it, think like a cat

[Old man (Master)] I can see if I can find him

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Or tell him that Branwyn would like a word with him

[Old man (Master)] when would you like to see him?

[Thistle (Carissa)] Okay.

[Snezana (Spring)] (about warp wood: "Enchanted wood is affected only if the spellcaster is of higher level than the caster of the prior enchantment. The spellcaster has a 20% cumulative chance of success per level of difference (20% if one level higher, 40% if two levels higher, etc.). Thus, a door magically held or wizard locked by a 5th-level wizard is 40% likely to be affected by a warp wood spell cast by a 7th-level priest. ")

Thistle (Carissa) grabs his book and sits on it, waiting.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] As soon as possible please

Thistle (Carissa) starts poking his knee

[Old man (Master)] it is important?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] It is rather urgent. I am sure he would like to speak to me

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) pats Thissle's head

[Old man (Master)] I will see if I can find him

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You could tell him that I have good news for him.

[Old man (Master)] yes Miss

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Would he be with Dame Camille?

Thistle (Carissa) swats his hand away and attacks him

[Old man (Master)] I do not know Miss

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) scratches Thissle's ear

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Is there a better way of finding him?

[Thistle (Carissa)] This is BORRRINGGG

Snezana (Spring) playing idly with dagger

Old man (Master) shakes his head

[Old man (Master)] (Yes I am trying to indicate that he is listening to you, pausing, and then answering)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] you picked a boring cat, it's your own fault

[Thistle (Carissa)] I'd rather look for that unicorn.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Well I suppose waiting is better than wandering the halls. Thank you ...?

Snezana (Spring) trying to balance dagger on the end of the handle

Hoffman (JohnAA)] good luck, she was in a dream

Old man (Master) nods

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Your name so I can tell him later how helpful you were?

[Old man (Master)] He will know, thank you Miss

[Thistle (Carissa)] But she knew we were dreaming so she must be somewhere also dreaming

Old man (Master) heads off down the hall to the stairs

Branwyn (Lisa) goes back to their chambers

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn moved 66'06".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I have no idea when we shall be able to discuss getting rid of the ironwood.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So that leaves the afternoon to ourselves

[Snezana (Spring) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Snezana modified: Notes - CHANGED.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (can we pretend marisu told us richard has the magic books?)

[Old man (Master)] (yes)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I like to play let's pretend and tmo wanted to tell us)

[Thistle (Carissa)] Maybe we can play a better game than Hoffman comes up with?

[Thistle (Carissa)] He's really boring for someone old.

[Snezana (Spring)] (i can try warping the wood. if there's any chance the wood was ironed by someone of lower level than me, i might beat it)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] There were books missing from Etienne's lab.

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) stands up and walks to door

Snezana (Spring) nodding

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Given that cryptic message from the maid to Marisu, it sounds like Richard may have them

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) looks back

Hoffman (JohnAA)] you want to steel books?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Confiscate

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Not steal.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] to give back to the dead

Branwyn (Lisa) grins "There's a difference"

Hoffman (JohnAA)] understood

[Branwyn (Lisa)] To their proper owner

Hoffman (JohnAA)] retrieve

[Snezana (Spring)] re-stealing is confiscating

[Thistle (Carissa)] Borrow indefinitely.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] If Etienne has been locked in that coffin for over a hundred years or so, he likely needs to memorize some new spells

Hoffman (JohnAA)] shall I go find Richard and distract him?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] That's it!

[Branwyn (Lisa)] That could help! Want to take someone with you?

[Thistle (Carissa)] No me. He's boring.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Want,not particularly, but not sure it would help

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Snee? You want to do sneaking or talking and perhaps sparring? If he's still doing that.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] maybe need a messanger to know where we are at

TMO has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 19:57:21 EST 2018

TMO is receiving the map ground floor...

TMO has received the map ground floor.

[Snezana (Spring)] i am willing to do any of that

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) looks a Snezana

[Snezana (Spring)] (hopefully i'll get killed, yay)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] YOu want to spar?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I think we were told that Richard took Etienne's old quarters so we need to get to the tower in the garden.

[TMO] hi

Snezana (Spring) shrugs

[Snezana (Spring)] never did it before

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (hi TMO!)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Hello TMO)

[Snezana (Spring)] (hi TMO!)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Hi TMO!)

[Snezana (Spring)] i have just only gotten in fights

[Snezana (Spring)] not any very good fights

[Snezana (Spring)] just messy ones

Hoffman (JohnAA)] there are no good fights but the right fight

[Snezana (Spring)] does getting back an apple somebody took from you count?

[Snezana (Spring)] i really made his nose bleed with my elbow

Hoffman (JohnAA)] depends how important the apple was

Branwyn (Lisa) laughs

[Snezana (Spring)] i hadn't eaten for a couple days. it was pretty important

TMO is receiving the map second level and attics...

TMO has received the map second level and attics.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] certainly sounds worth it

[Snezana (Spring)] but sparring, you try not to hurt the other person on purpose too much, right?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] you, probably, Richard, not so much I would bet

[Snezana (Spring)] well i'm not good at fighting, so i probably wouldn't have to hold back

[TMO] (what do I need to know?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] still might think I might be the beter choice to spar

[Snezana (Spring)] but i'd like to see him defend his toes!

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (the end is nearer than before)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Klooge is back up)

[TMO] (well I assumed we weren't going backwards. :P Or hoped at any rate)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (your wife's dob)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (these are a few of the many thing)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Well then unless there is anything else, we shall be off ?

[TMO] (so, apparently I haven't missed anything of import in the game itself then?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Thistle, sure you don't want to see me get beat up?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (OH, in the game)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (No)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (branwyn sent a message to Petit-singe that we need him)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (thistle was a good cat)

[Thistle (Carissa)] Ooooh THAT wouldn't be boring!

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Thistle plays a booooring cat)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (and we are planning book confiscation and decoy activities)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (I blame the long day!)

[TMO] (oo, my next pc will be a mage's familiar?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (ready to go whenever everyone else is)

[Snezana (Spring)] (i'm still lobbying for bonsai treant)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Is it an otter...?)

[Snezana (Spring)] (the most interesting character i've done yet)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (how do you know your not one now?)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (So Thistle is decoy not stealing?)

[TMO] (I Am Groot)

[Snezana (Spring)] (but in another game)

[Snezana (Spring)] (lol TMO first time i saw baby groot i plotzed)

[Master (to GM only)] Count Drake moved 27'02".

[Master (to GM only)] Count Drake moved 69'07".

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) steps out side

[Count Drake (Master)] Hello

Hoffman (JohnAA)] who ever is comming ... oh Hello

Hoffman (JohnAA)] fance meating you here

Thistle (Carissa) steps back trying to not be noticed

Hoffman (JohnAA)] probably looking for life giver?

[TMO] (https://imgur.com/user/mastertmo/favorites/folder/3847907/share/byQCmjd)

[Count Drake (Master)] I am

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Oh Branwyn

Branwyn (Lisa) taking her books out of her pack and getting ready to walk out the door

Branwyn (Lisa) looks up

Hoffman (JohnAA)] some one here to see you

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Count Drake! Nice to see you again

[Count Drake (Master)] How is your visit?

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) steps out of way

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Very productive.

[Count Drake (Master)] good

[TMO] I am back at the keyboard.

[Count Drake (Master)] are you ready to return now?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I hope you will be here tomorrow. It may just be full of surprises

[Marisu]] (TMO) is unobtrusively in the background moving things around.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] We hope to leave tomorrow, but I have one favor left to fulfill here.

[Count Drake (Master)] I was intending to leave shortly

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Oh ... I hope you won't leave so early that you will have wished you stayed.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You don't happen to know how to break ironwood do you?

[Snezana (Spring)] (not keen on the thought of us all going back together)

[Count Drake (Master)] what favor did you have to fulfill?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] There's this ... box I was asked to find.

[Count Drake (Master)] Ironwood is only magic

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Yes, yes.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] There is a difference between making magic and driving it away.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Better us go together to...mediate than not)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Why I disagreed with you about my ever being a great mage.

Marisu (TMO)] (not that we know there's anything to mediate)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ONp-GC7vM)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I don't make magic go away.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (kind sucks when I can't hear it)

[Count Drake (Master)] I rarely deal with Magic on the scale that you do

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But as soon as we can get that box open, I think many people will be happy or surprised. Or unhappy. It should be a nice varying range of emotions if I am correct in my assumptions.

[Count Drake (Master)] It must be a very interesting box

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (this is going to backfire like geraldo at al capone's vault!)

Marisu (TMO)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6D8cuPAi30)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I think so.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Why no past present future...?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Have you seen Richard about? I heard he was sparring?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] it is what is on the inside that counts, no offence count

[Snezana (Spring)] (i forgot all about Geraldo!)

[Count Drake (Master)] Richard is holed up in his rooms, he seems to be plotting something

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (probably better that way!)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] In the tower?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I can't believe he took the tower as his quarters like a pretend mage.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] He should be in a grand suite like his mother

[Count Drake (Master)] I think he is looking for something

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am very good at finding things. He should have asked me

Branwyn (Lisa) smiles

Count Drake (Master) smiles

[Count Drake (Master)] Is there something I can do to help you ?

[Thistle (Carissa)] (But seriously, why is he speaking normally?)

Marisu (TMO)] (It's Richard in disguise!)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Well, I was hoping that there might be a scroll or something to break that ironwood in Etienne's old library. Dame Camille gave us full access to the castle, but I don't want to disturb Richard if he's plotting.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Maybe we are still in a dream)

[Count Drake (Master)] I think that disturbing Richard would be a very interesting thing

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Though I don't understand what he could be plotting. The happy couple were sucessfully wed and on their honeymoon. The estate has returned to calm with only a single priest incinerated in the process

[Branwyn (Lisa)] What could he possibly want to plot about?

[Count Drake (Master)] He does still have two nephews

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Hint hint?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Maybe that is who the tea was for?

[Thistle (Carissa)] (To the disrupt him)

Thistle (Carissa) looks away from Hoffman lightly whistling

[Snezana (Spring)] (gotta feed the cats)

[Spring] I am away from the keyboard.

Thistle (Carissa) innocently

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And this monstrosity of a castle isn't big enough for the three of them?

[Count Drake (Master)] Richard has always been greedy

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Apparently so

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But plotting against everyone close to you seems to lead to a rather lonely life wouldn't you think?

[Count Drake (Master)] It can be long and lonley

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (trying to say something?)

[Marisu]] (TMO) drifts over nearby, just listening.

[Count Drake (Master)] Lonely

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You don't have that problem now though. You have a lovely wife and hopefully children soon.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Didn't Knave say she died when he first met all of us at the village?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You don't have to be like Richard.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (he said he had a wife in the night chat didn't he?)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Er, but go the route of pretending we don't know. Might be smarter)

[Count Drake (Master)] (yes)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (yea, don't be a Dick)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (thought he went back to the why would my wife leave me thing)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Right. Count said wife. First intro to Ghostwood she "lost to her illnes" or something. But details. Ignore them for now)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lol John)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Two different things from two different people is all)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (but now I am confused - let's change the topic!)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Haha sorry sorry good choice)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (And go the route of thinking she's alive)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (will go back and re-read before our team hits ghostwood)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So your recommendation is to disturb Richard. Care to join us?

[Thistle (Carissa)] (And will find the quotes and post OOC on site later for clarity)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (thx!)

[Count Drake (Master)] I am thinking that you would like to see him walking in the garden when you visit his quarters?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] That would be optimal.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I assure you I do not wish to harm him or any of his family.

[Count Drake (Master)] Then I shall endevor to be seen with him in two hours

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I just want to open a box as requested.

Spring has left the game on Fri Dec 21 20:33:58 EST 2018

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Thank you! I am most appreciative.

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) quietly sighs

[Count Drake (Master)] I will go spend time to see where he is

Count Drake (Master) bows

Branwyn (Lisa) curtseys

Count Drake (Master) leaves

Marisu (TMO)] (bbs - gotta go afk and run an errand)

Marisu (TMO)] (sry)

[Master] Count Drake moved 73'06".

Branwyn (Lisa) drops down on the bed again

[TMO] I am away from the keyboard.

[Thistle (Carissa)] So...we're not going to play a game yet.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Well, that makes our lives a bit easier this afternoon.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Can you wait a couple hours?

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) steps in room and closes door

Thistle (Carissa) dramatically sits down on the bed next to Branwyn with a loud sigh

[Thistle (Carissa)] I guessss...

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I'm bringing my pack but it won't hold three spellbooks so if we can take empty packs that would help instead of carrying large books around

Hoffman (JohnAA)] what ever you need

[Branwyn (Lisa)] The shelves in the library were missing 3 large books. We won't have a lot of time in there to read them. I'd like to just identify them and get out of there.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Though it will be difficult.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] maybe leave fakes behind

Branwyn (Lisa) laughs

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I wonder how literate Richard is

Hoffman (JohnAA)] or how ofen he reads?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] He must have gotten through everything. We could grab a few books from the regular library.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] There has to be a reason he took Etienne's tower.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Because he likes being above everyone else?

[Thistle (Carissa)] It's easier to look down on someone when they're higher than you.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But that's a good idea. It won't look so glaring. Let's do that and then head over to the tower after that.

Branwyn (Lisa) looks at Thistle "Astute observation. It is sad that this man seems so petty."

Thistle (Carissa) shrugs, "He's not the only one like that..."

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) grabs empty sack

Branwyn (Lisa) puts her pack back on and heads back to the main library with the group

Thistle (Carissa) secretly keeping an eye out for unicorn and handler as they walk

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (so we grab 3 big books and mess around waiting for the proper time)

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) folllows

[Master] (sorry DOH forgot to download Acrobat so I could read the books, grins, almost done now)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] almost sounds like a plan

Branwyn (Lisa) laughs

[Branwyn (Lisa)] It only has two steps. That's about as far as I go

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) raises hands in surrender

Hoffman (JohnAA)] I understand

Hoffman (JohnAA)] it's more of a to do list

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am glad that no one has to spar with Richard. I did not like that particularly.

Branwyn (Lisa) laughs again

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (save the cheerleader, save the world)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Yes, I like that better

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) gives a quick smile at Branwyn's laugh

[Master] (sorry almost there, have the books and found out I forgot to enable multiple maps in Klooge fixing that now too)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (no worries)

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) shakes head and re focuses

[Master] (back

Hoffman (JohnAA)] So, Thistles, how many doores did we pass so far?

[Master] Ok so you know that the library is on the second level BUT on the south wing and you are in the north wing

[Thistle (Carissa)] Uhhh....5. No wait 8. I think?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (yes - drake said he wouldn't be ready for 2 hours - we have time to kill)

Spring has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 20:52:10 EST 2018

Spring is receiving the map second level and attics...

Spring has received the map second level and attics.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] you have to pay attention, never know what you might miss

[Spring] I am back at the keyboard.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (will it take more than 2 hours to get to the library and back?)

[Master] not at all

[Master] just refreshing eveyrone's memory

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Hi Spring! Did you go to bingo?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (you were gone long time)

[Master] you will have to go to the center of the gardens and enter the tower that way

[Snezana (Spring)] (ugh, outside it smells like someone is burning garbage that includes dirty diapers)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (yuck)

[Snezana (Spring)] (no, while the cats were eating i went to the other side of the garage to download a thing)

[Snezana (Spring)] (the wifi doesn't reach over here and i can't download well on hotspot)

[Snezana (Spring)] (and of course all the dogs were there)

[Snezana (Spring)] (and the door was standing open, so i had to find out if it was on purpose or not)

[Snezana (Spring)] (it was not)

[Snezana (Spring)] (then i had to make polite conversation)

[TMO] I am back at the keyboard.

[Snezana (Spring)] (but i escaped)

[Snezana (Spring)] (and am back)

[Master] Nyrma is home brb

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

Marisu (TMO)] (sry, a girl was babysitting a baby and was out of milk, couldn't drive, and no parents at home, so I had to run to the store to get them a gallon of milk)

[Snezana (Spring)] (i like yours better)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (so nice)

[Snezana (Spring)] (that is very nice)

[Master] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] bab

[Master] and that is very good TMO

[Master] so do you want to click off going to the library borrowing three books and bringing them back to your rooms?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (yes please)

Marisu (TMO)] (do you want to just send Marisu, Branwyn?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (if she wants to carry 3 big books)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Drake came by and offered to distract Richard. Or, to be word for word: Be seen with Richard in two hours.)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (If you missed that)

Marisu (TMO)] (thx!)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (And he was talking normally for some reason...)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Working on little sleep so not sure what you did or didn't catch before going afk :P)

Marisu (TMO)] ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA)

Marisu (TMO)] (I appreciate it)

[Master] Time of Day: 04:02 PM. Day 15 Pen ___ tre, Eap {Late Fall} 15th, 345 SKR.

[Master] So you are going to make your way into the tower?

[Snezana (Spring)] (lol, i just scrolled up and caught up and i could have just waited for that recap)

Marisu (TMO)] (who is going?)

[Master] Petit Serge has not shown up yet

[Thistle (Carissa)] (At least you might have caught anything I missed, though!)

[Snezana (Spring)] (well now if we are being sneaky, it seems better to have fewer)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] I think I should wait here, should I send anyone to you or just tell them to come back?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (knowing I am logging off soon)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You could be a lookout and talk loudly if Richard starts coming back before we are gone

[Snezana (Spring)] haha i was about to suggest i do that

[Branwyn (Lisa)] i know libraries aren't very exciting

Hoffman (JohnAA)] That sounds like fun, just down the hall or at the entrance to the tower?

[Master] HEY NOW

[Snezana (Spring)] (you're al all star!)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (SMILES)

[Snezana (Spring)] (get your game on)

Marisu (TMO)] (lol)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] It's in the garden so it wouldn't be that surprising for people to be there

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (nice Spring)

Branwyn (Lisa) ignoring the yelling

[Master] chuckles

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) heads to the garden

[Snezana (Spring)] (i do that to everyone who says "hey now")

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (it was only the Master yelling - not like an NPC)

[Master] oh man

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (ready to make a ruckus if Richard shows up)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lol)

[Master] ok so you can move those that are going to the tower there into the garden

[Master] will give descriptions for the first floor as you enter

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (it's not like the d"ambreville library has a creation station in it)

JohnAA is receiving the map second level and attics...

JohnAA has received the map second level and attics.

Marisu (TMO)] (Marisu yes or no?)

[Snezana (Spring)] (did we decide who is going to be the lookout?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (snee and hoffman?)

[Snezana (Spring)] (both? well okay)

[Snezana (Spring)] (they could get in a fight if a distraction is needed)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] [Hoffman]] moved 279'10".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Marisu and branwyn to quickly id any dream books and grab them and get out)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Thistle wherever)

[Snezana (Spring)] (would someone please move Snee? i am mouseless today and can't manage it)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (oops - where does she want to be?)

Marisu (TMO)] (cat's went nuts?)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (She can be on lookout, making animal noises as an alert?)

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) stats walking arround like talking to self

[Snezana (Spring)] (next to hoffman)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Unless you need a pickpocoket with you)

Carissa is receiving the map second level and attics...

Carissa has received the map second level and attics.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (I could be playing hide and seek with Thisle, but that would be out of character)

[Master] chuckles no one has actually moved

[Master] can you ?

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (I moved Hoffman)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] [Hoffman]] moved 204'08".

[Master] ahh see that now

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Snezana, Hugh D'Ambray, Mara, [Marisu]], Branwyn and Thistle moved 247'01".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (how was that?)

[Master] very nice, grins

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Thanks! Big map, small computer screen for me)

[Hoffman]] (JohnAA) acts like he is searching the garden

[Master] so everyone is right now on the first floor

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (kel thinks he's the only one who can use a lasso)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Who's on First?)

[Master] Thistle is on the first floor map so you can get it

[Master] in case

[Master] you have an open door to the tower

[Master] Thistle moved 98'00".

[Master] Thistle moved 249'09".

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (I don't know on second)

[Master] Thistle moved 360'09".

[Master] 250 foot across tower

Branwyn (Lisa) nods to Marisu "Let's do this quickly. I'd rather not have to deal with Richard"

[Marisu]] (TMO) nods.

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (sorry, What is on Second)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Ha)

[Master] Access between stories is via a very broad circular staircase which has wedge-shaped landings facing south. The staircase has rails but is not enclosed except on certain floors. The ground floor now has a natural earth floor and acts as a sort of continuation of the Park outside. In fact, it is a combination of animal pen and veterinary hospital. In this spacious chamber are kennels for the family hounds, ing troughs for whitetail deer and peccaries (small wild pigs), feeders for exotic birds, and so on. Behind the staircase are the tables of veterinary tools and medicines, and the tent

[Snezana (Spring)] (i don't know is on third)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Wu is back at Ghostwood)

[Snezana (Spring)] (ha!)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (If those kennels are filled and Shi missed out, man...we'd both be bummed)

[Master] yes they are

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Bummmmmed!!)

[Master] as the hounds start to whine at THistle

[Thistle (Carissa)] Puppies!

Branwyn (Lisa) looks around "Miranda and Shi would have liked this area"

Hoffman (JohnAA)] Guess you are a good cat

[Thistle (Carissa)] Thistle: Animal Noise check: (d20) [1d20=1] 1 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

Thistle (Carissa) tries to talk to the dogs by speaking dog?

[Master] go for it

[Master] the rest of you are heading up the stairs?

Marisu (TMO)] (bark bark)

Marisu (TMO)] (yes)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (not Hoffman)

Thistle (Carissa) barks twice then growls then ends with a whine

[Snezana (Spring)] (well how are we going to keep a lookout if we don't actually go to the upper landing?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (he has to come this way right?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (these are the only stairs)

Thistle (Carissa) completely distracted and focused on trying to pet the dogs now

Hoffman (JohnAA)] [Hoffman]] moved 152'01".

[Snezana (Spring)] (if that's the case, then sounds good to me)

Snezana (Spring) hanging out, casually scanning everything the opposite direction of Hoffman

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (hofman can be outside ish and you can be in for second level)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (so if someone comes, you can just let the dogs out?)

Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Who?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (So Richard can yell appropriately)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Wu let he dogs out?)

[Master] when you are on the second level

[Master] These storage rooms are filled to a height of about 15' with crates containing durable foods. These rooms serve as a back-up to the stores in room 127. There are a thousand man-days worth of food and water in barrels apportioned among these five chambers (in other words, ten people could eat for a hundred days on what is stored here, or fifty people could eat for twenty days, etc.). Arrow-slits allow people in these chambers to look out over (and perhaps fire upon) people outside in the atrium; the crates are always arranged to leave paths between them, allowing easy access to these slits.

[Master] where the group is now

[Master] plus you have stair heading up still

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Thistle can let the dogs out. She's definitely distracted and not actually doing look out now)

Snezana (Spring) casually strolling up to the second level landing and loitering

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Are we in the right tower? I thought the guard said this was Etienne's old tower and now Richards.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] This doesn't look right at all

Branwyn (Lisa) keeps moving

[Master] Hugh is on the tower map

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (brb)

[Lisa] I am away from the keyboard.

[Master] just to make it easy to get

[Master] Hugh D'Ambray moved 243'10".

Spring is receiving the map second level and attics...

Spring has received the map second level and attics.

Marisu (TMO)] Well, the tower is certainly large enough to hold more than just a bedroom

[Lisa] I am back at the keyboard.

Marisu (TMO)] Onward and upward?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But storage?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Yes, let's continue

Marisu (TMO)] Central part of the house, most defensible. And maybe the basement is being used to hold horses.

Branwyn (Lisa) grimaces

[Branwyn (Lisa)] To do that to a beautiful mage tower is a sad thing

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But you are right that this looks like what Richard has done with it

[JohnAA] I've gona as far as I can, use me like a bell

[JohnAA] see you all again sometime

[Master] The tower's fourth floor is given over to the personal quarters of someone This chamber is a receiving room; the stairs open directly onto it. It is furnished with massive, uncomfortable-looking furniture

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Merry Christmas John!)

[Master] Hugh D'Ambray moved 80'04".

Marisu (TMO)] (merry christmas)

[JohnAA] (And to all a good knoght)

JohnAA has left the game on Fri Dec 21 21:28:03 EST 2018

[Master] Branwyn in the lead and on the Tower map also

[Master] Hugh is there to show what floor you are on

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Belated Merry Christmas John!)

[Master] Brnawyn shows what room you are in

[Master] who else is climbing up ? or staying below to look out arrow slits?

[Master] Thistle on the first floor with the hounds

[Marisu]] (TMO) looks for any books or bookshelves.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Well, this is a bit better

[Master] Hoffman on the other side of the tower to watch for anyone coming from the chapel area

[Snezana (Spring)] (snee on the second level landing looking out)

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 34'01".

[Master] Mara moved 11'05".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (so we are in 112?)

[Master] [Hoffman]] moved 148'04".

[Master] Thistle moved 53'00".

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Yes to Thistle with dogs)

[Master] which leaves Branwyn and Marisu together going up higher

Branwyn (Lisa) keeps going

[Master] the two of you have staris up and two doors

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn moved 35'10".

Marisu (TMO)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzDVaKRApcg)

Marisu (TMO)] Should we try the doors first? Or go up higher?

Marisu (TMO)] This looks like a living space.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] We should check everything I suppose

[Master] In this ostentatious chamber, Carmina entertains guests; it is lavishly decorated with the most expensive tapestries, plushest carpets, costliest furniture, and rarest works of art she could find. The statuary alone, mostly in rare marbles by Caurenzan sculptors, is worth 30,000 gp to collectors who know something about art.

[Master] for the area where Branwyn just entered

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] WHO ARE YOU !!!!

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am a guest of Dame Camille. I am allowed to enter

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Who are you?

[Thistle (Carissa)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5kmCgVhADY)

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] THAT crazy old bat cannot allow you in here!

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] LEAVE

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 [MODIFIED (+1)] - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 18!!

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]] moved 16'04".

Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master) reaches over to push a young man back down into a chair

Branwyn (Lisa) looks to identify the voice

[Marisu]] (TMO) probably went the other direction from Branwyn.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lost the klooge sounds - we can deal later but no dice roll sound)

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] you do not recognize the voice

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] but you recognize the face of someone from the family who was at the wedding

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (but can I see who is making it?)

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] (sounds fixed) (yes a woman who was with a young man on a divan

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Irene?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I'm sure Isabel wouldn't mind me being here either. She was very happy to see me and wished to continue our visit

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Ooh, eh I was close. Someone with an I name)

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] NOT in my rooms she did not

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] LEAVE

Branwyn (Lisa) curtseys "My apologies."

Branwyn (Lisa) leaves the room and shuts the door

Marisu (TMO)] (fireballfireballfireball)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn moved 52'06".

[Thistle (Carissa)] (lol)

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]] moved 12'10".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] How about this direction?

Marisu (TMO)] I haven't found anything yet.

[Marie-Helene d'Ambreville (Master)] [This large room belongs to the maid of the month. Each maid hired to serve the lady upsets her within a few weeks and is summarily dismissed (if she's lucky—otherwise, she winds up in Richard's torture chamber and is never heard from again). The furniture is common, and there is nothing of value here.

[Master] sorry

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Perhaps we should go upstairs

Marisu (TMO)] (a little extra background info)

[Master] no doors out

[Master] yeah

[Master] you did not find the torture chamber yet

[Marisu]] (TMO) gives a quick look around, and on finding nothing, goes back out and closes the door.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I can hardly wait)

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 85'09".

[Master] Branwyn moved 107'07".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Now what? This is not what I expected at all

[Master] This chamber is bare, except for the iron golem stationed on the landing of the stairs. It is ordered to warn off unauthorized persons trying to ascend the stairs to the sixth floor; it does so by extending an arm to block the way and shaking its massive head.

Branwyn (Lisa) looks around

[Marisu]] (TMO) looks at the golem.

Marisu (TMO)] How far do you think our permissions extend?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] We'll find out

Branwyn (Lisa) starts to walk upstairs

[Marisu]] (TMO) follows along.

[Master] dramatic pause

[Master] and it does not move

[Marisu]] (TMO) exhales.

[Snezana (Spring)] (authorized!)

Branwyn (Lisa) hurries up the flight

[Master] This chamber is bare of furniture or any sign of comfort; the floor is the tower's original rough wood flooring with no fine planking, tiles, or carpet laid upon it. The walls are rough stone, and there is no shutter over the window to the south.

[Master] Branwyn moved 98'07".

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 93'02".

[Snezana (Spring)] (ow! sudden, intense craving for spam)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] This is disappointing

[Master] there is the window and the door

Branwyn (Lisa) opens door

[Master] no you do not

[Master] it is locked

[Marisu]] (TMO) glances out the window.

Branwyn (Lisa) turns handle

[Master] nothing

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Marisu, do you have lockpicking or should I unlock everything in sight?

[Marisu]] (TMO) bites her lip. (lemme check)

Marisu (TMO)] No, sorry.

Branwyn (Lisa) smiles "Magic it is"

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn casts a spell against : Knock: All locks in a (10*11) 110 square foot area are unlocked.

Branwyn (Lisa) turns handle

Marisu (TMO)] (even if she did have it, it would have been about 5%)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (wanted to check)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn moved 31'04".

[Master] CLICK

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 36'03".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Please be what we came for!

Branwyn (Lisa) looks around

[Master] The door into this chamber is sealed with a wizard lock (15th level), as are the shuttered windows. The walls are quite thick. This chamber cannot be scryed. This is officially Richard's quarters, and none are admitted to it

[Marisu]] (TMO) quietly closes the door behind them.

[Master] simple four-poster bed, clothing armoire, and chest of possessions are set up in the southeast branch of the horseshoe-shaped room. The rest of the chamber is given over to torture implements. In this room, visitors will find a proper medieval rack (Id3 hit points per hour to anyone being stretched on it), an iron maiden (3d6 damage per round to anyone trapped inside), braziers with branding irons, hanging cages, winches and chains for hoisting up a victim by the wrists (especially painful when tied behind rather than before), racks of knives, scalpels, and drills, shelves of poisons, and other items of horror. Nor is it simply for show. There is crusted blood on many of the devices, particularly inside the iron maiden.

Branwyn (Lisa) sucks in her breath

Marisu (TMO)] Let's.... not spend much time here.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Books. Let's see if there are books in this chamber of horrors

Marisu (TMO)] (take a knife! you know you want to)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 [MODIFIED (+1)] - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 18!!

[Marisu]] (TMO) quickly moves along one side of theroom)

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]]: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=20] 20 - ROLL FAILED against 17!!

Marisu (TMO)] (uuuurrrrrhghgggggg)(

Marisu (TMO)] (I notice it's not telling us what our target is)

[Master] Along the side of the armoir is a stack of large books

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (how is your obs set at 20? isn't based on INT?)

Marisu (TMO)] (it's just saying 1d20, it's not showing the target. 18 I think)

Marisu (TMO)] (17)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (oh it isn't saying - I thought it used to)

[Master] it does

Marisu (TMO)] (it did)

[Master] can check in a bit

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (bob project for later)

Branwyn (Lisa) hurries over to the books and scans the titles

[Master] it appears to be a collection of Dream Mage spells

[Marisu]] (TMO) is distracted by the blooy implements

Marisu (TMO)] d

[Branwyn (Lisa)] This is it!

Snezana (Spring) still looking out

Marisu (TMO)] (any blades made of silver?)

[Master] no

Marisu (TMO)] (oh well)

Branwyn (Lisa) takes off her pack and starts putting the books in it

Branwyn (Lisa) puts the books Hoffman took in their place

[Marisu]] (TMO) rushes over to help

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Here take a couple please

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I can't tell you how much I'd like to just get out of here

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I would much rather be locked in the lab with the coffin than here

[Marisu]] (TMO) takes them and tucks them up on one arm.

Branwyn (Lisa) grabs what she can fit in her pack and puts it back on

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Ready?

[Marisu]] (TMO) hurries over to the door and listens at it

[Master] Time of Day: 04:36 PM. Day 15 Pen ___ tre, Eap {Late Fall} 15th, 345 SKR.

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]]: Detect Noise check:(d100) [1d100=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 35!!

[Master] nothing

[Marisu]] (TMO) pulls the door open.

[Master] I am going to say that it only took you (2d4) [2d4=4,1] 5 rounds to get the books and get out

[Master] so yes the door opens up still

Marisu (TMO)] (ohhhh, that could have been bad)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (thank you - it was shut before I could think to block it open)

[Master] only lasts for 10

Marisu (TMO)] (might want to educate Marisu *not* to shut those next time)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (maybe we would have killed our first vampire if we'd gotten stuck)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I was not going on that rack)

Marisu (TMO)] ("we"? You think Marisu would ahve been much help? :D)

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 22'04".

[Master] Branwyn moved 35'00".

Branwyn (Lisa) hurries with Marisu down the stairs

Marisu (TMO)] Imagine if .. Prince Ilero were ... here (breathing a bit heavy as they rush carrying heavy books)

[Master] back down the stairs collecting Snee

[Master] and then down to the ground floor with Thistle

Thistle (Carissa) startled

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I'd be happy for all the help we could get. We're not out of the woods yet

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Come on!

[Thistle (Carissa)] Oh um, I was paying attention. Honest.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Back to our rooms

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Now!

Thistle (Carissa) gives hounds one last pat before following

Branwyn (Lisa) tries to walk as quickly as possible without breaking into a run

[Master] Thistle moved 30'06".

[Master] Snezana, [Marisu]], Branwyn and Thistle moved 146'03".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I hope that guard found Petit-Singe while we were gone

[Master] Petit-Singe moved 119'05".

[Master] Petit-Singe moved 121'04".

[Master] Petit-Singe moved 134'06".

[Master] Snezana, [Marisu]], Branwyn and Thistle moved 12'01".

[Master] Branwyn moved 16'05".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I don't know any warding spells or how to hide these things until we can open that coffin

[Master] Snezana moved 6'08".

[Master] Thistle moved 9'10".

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 16'03".

[Master] Branwyn, [Marisu]], Snezana and Thistle moved 53'04".

[Master] Old man moved 42'10".

[Thistle (Carissa)] Why not look at them now?

[Master] Count Drake moved 71'09".

Marisu (TMO)] In the Room Scroll would protect it from location magic, but we couldn't access them easily. Otherwise, plain sight might be best, in the regular library.

[Master] Branwyn moved 6'08".

[Master] Snezana moved 6'02".

[Master] [Marisu]] moved 5'11".

[Master] Thistle moved 4'00".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Indigo has the room scroll

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] See just taking a constitutional stroll like I said

[Snezana (Spring)] good point

Marisu (TMO)] Unless, do you think we could use dream magic to place them back in the laboratory?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Because Thistle, we can't do anything with these books most likely.

[Marisu]] (TMO) pants a bit. "A bit too constitutional. That was a lot of steps."

[Petit-Singe (Master)] How many steps?

[Thistle (Carissa)] But you won't know until you try, right?

Lisa is receiving the map second level and attics...

Lisa has received the map second level and attics.

Spring is receiving the map second level and attics...

Spring has received the map second level and attics.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (sorry I was looking at spells - we are in our rooms again with drake and singe?)

[Petit-Singe (Master)] no drake

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (good)

Branwyn (Lisa) sinks under the weight of the pack and shrugs it off onto the bed

Marisu (TMO)] (why did we ask for PS?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (we need to plan)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (since John is not here to laugh at me for that)

Marisu (TMO)] (with him, or get rid of him?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (oh with him)

[Petit-Singe (Master)] (LOL)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Petit-Singe! Thank you for coming.

Petit-Singe (Master) nods

[Branwyn (Lisa)] We believe we are very close to our goal.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Oh?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Yes. We entered another dream earlier and I was able to access the summoning room.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] There is a coffin sealed in ironwood locked inside it.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] How can you get to it?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I need to sleep for real and rejuvenate enough to re-enter and bring it out again.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Where can you bring it?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I was thinking to bring it to Dame Camille's chamber. You can protect room.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (that room)

[Petit-Singe (Master)] You want to bring the coffin with her son in it to her rooms?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Why not?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] If he is in there he would be dead?

Marisu (TMO)] We don't know.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Or dreaming

[Branwyn (Lisa)] She wanted him found. Don't you think she would want to know?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I can bring it here if you want.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I just think it might be very cruel to crush her hopes if he is dead

[Petit-Singe (Master)] she does believe he is alive

[Branwyn (Lisa)] All right. Here then.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But there is a small matter of the ironwood.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am not certain I can protect this room by myself

[Petit-Singe (Master)] can you do some?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Do you happen to have any experienced enough mages to break the ironwood magic?

Branwyn (Lisa) waves her hand "I don't do that kind of magic"

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And if Etienne is dead then he doesn't need to be protected.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] If he is alive, I suppose it depends on how well he is doing

[Branwyn (Lisa)] What we need is someone that can break the ironwood.

Marisu (TMO)] For certain definitions of 'alive'?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Or if you happen to have any dispel magic scrolls lying around I can cast it

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I do not know how to use that sort of magic

[Branwyn (Lisa)] See! I'm not the only one!

[Marisu]] (TMO) chuckles.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Can Dame Camille or any of your castle mages do it?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] what do you need to counteract the Ironwood?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] The mage that originally cast it can dispel it, but I don't know who cast it in the first place.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Or a wish spell or a dispell magic spell. Neither of which I know.

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh wait i thought we had someone with dispel magic. snee has it)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I don't know if an ironwood spell is reversible. If someone knows that spell and it is reversible then they could cast it.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And if you have none of those things are available, we will need ....

Branwyn (Lisa) softly "a priest"

[Petit-Singe (Master)] What sort of priest?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am giving you many options

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Oh any sort will do that knows the spell

[Branwyn (Lisa)] They won't burst into flames will they?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am asking because I have never heard of Ironwood before

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But as a magic user yourself, you know that magic fails at times, so it would be best to keep as many options open as possible.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] It takes ordinary wood and makes it impenetrable

[Petit-Singe (Master)] impossible to destroy?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Now while you are thinking, I am going to take a look at some books we found. Please don't leave

[Petit-Singe (Master)] very well

Branwyn (Lisa) takes one of the books out

Petit-Singe (Master) looks at Hugh and Hoffman's swords

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Not that I know of by ordinary means

[Petit-Singe (Master)] (brb restroom)

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

[Marisu]] (TMO) sits down and starts reading another one of the books.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I need sleep!

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I can detect magic, but can read any magical writing until I get some.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] This is so frustrating.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (can't)

Marisu (TMO)] I still have one Read Magic available.

Marisu (TMO)] I haven't used it yet

Marisu (TMO)] And if it's just theory and not specifically mage or clerical, Sne'zana may be able to help as well.

[Snezana (Spring)] i can read regular and cleric

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (he said spell books above so we'll see what he says when he gets back - I don't even know how many books we have)

Marisu (TMO)] (72)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I was so worried about not getting put in an iron maiden that I didn't ask any questions)

Marisu (TMO)] (lol)

[Master] I am back at the keyboard.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (strategy for read magic since it is limited)

[Master] Three large spell books

Marisu (TMO)] (wizard, I assume?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (that's it, no scrolls)

Marisu (TMO)] Is Richard a spellcaster at all?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (we can only spot cast from a scroll so reading the books would just be an fyi)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (he can't be)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I can't believe that dick has any magic inside him)

[Master] are you looking through the books?

Marisu (TMO)] (yes, we have been)

Marisu (TMO)] (are we cursed?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (branwyn can't read a spell book other than the title or an inscription)

Marisu (TMO)] (Marisu has a Read Magic spell, but hasn't used it yet)

[Master] You cannot read what the spells are but there looks to be more than 40 of them throughout the 3 books

[Master] it appears to be a compliation of Dream Magic

Marisu (TMO)] (ooo)

[Master] this are the large full sized books

[Master] 100 pages each,

[Master] 25 pounds each

Marisu (TMO)] (you want these)

Marisu (TMO)] (Branwyn, Dream Master)

Marisu (TMO)] (one or two might be Marisu's speed and within her grasp, but that's it)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (only if etienne turns out to be dead)

Marisu (TMO)] (has the maid returned with the books yet?)

[Master] yes

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (oh copy? marisu needs sleep too - she needs to get that werewolf book copied)

Marisu (TMO)] Would you like me to read and copy one of these for you, Marquessa? It would be almost a random guess what we'd get.

[Master] so you are guessing another 2-4 hours before night falls and the castle is quiet, if it is like previous nights

[Master] but do you have Nap to help you get some sleep before Dreams come for you?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (no)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Petit-Singe, I have more questions.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Oui

[Marisu]] (TMO) clears space at a table and places all 5 books and both scrolls on it, next to the blank books provided by maid.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] What would happen if we needed to resort to a priest casting to free Etienne?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am not aware of any priests in the Manor

[Marisu]] (TMO) raises an eyebrow.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I'm just speaking hypothetically

Marisu (TMO)] (correction, both eyebrows. She can't do the one-eyebrow trick - that's Ilero)

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Richard believes in punishing those who break the rules

[Branwyn (Lisa)] If you can't find anyone who can cast a dispel magic and we would have to call a priest

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Is there some magic alarm?

Marisu (TMO)] Is that what happened to Simon?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Simon had sworn alligegance to Richard

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am not certain who killed Simon

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Richard was there and seemed surprised

Marisu (TMO)] You're probably right.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But a priest could wander around casting as long as Richard doesn't see it

Marisu (TMO)] I'm just guessing.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am not certain

[Petit-Singe (Master)] (you all did hear the sounds for dice etc right?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So you have your quest for the evening. Find a strong dispel magic scroll or magic user.

Marisu (TMO)] (no)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Sound not on so.....no)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Roll #1: (d20) [1d20=4] 4

[Branwyn (Lisa)] A flip of the ol' kLoOge.Coin results in: Tails

Marisu (TMO)] (yes)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Okay now did yes)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] The last thing i will ask is if you have any herbs that will stop these dreams or can I look in the gardens myself?

Marisu (TMO)] Do we have any other things we want to choose from to copy tonight?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] If the spell is for the coffin, why not simply have a smith break it open?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I really need undisturbed rest tonight if you want Etienne back

Marisu (TMO)] (brute force? How droll!)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Hoffman to the rescue!...?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Because it is magic

[Petit-Singe (Master)] You said the wood was as hard as iron

[Petit-Singe (Master)] Iron breaks

Branwyn (Lisa) sighs

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I will look for the dispel magic for you

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am only asking

[Branwyn (Lisa)] If you want to risk lugging a coffin around to a blacksmith, that's fine with me

Marisu (TMO)] Bring him to us, I suppose

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But it might not work on iron created by magic

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I am also not certain of anything that can prevent a dream

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I have explained what we need.

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I will look

[Petit-Singe (Master)] You are the chosen ones

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Something strong to induce sleep

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Something that will muddle my head

[Branwyn (Lisa)] How about a couple bottles of wine?

[Petit-Singe (Master)] I can provide that easily enough

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I will drink myself into a dreamless sleep

Branwyn (Lisa) smiles

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Worth a try

Petit-Singe (Master) leaves

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Thank you

[Master] Petit-Singe moved 71'03".

Marisu (TMO)] Before I rest, what are your preferences for me to copy tonight?

[Marisu]] (TMO) indicates the books and papers on the table.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Marisu, you don't have to copy those scrolls. I think we've earned them.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And they are common magical spells

[Marisu]] (TMO) nods and sets them aside.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] For all we know those dream magic spells could be far too advanced for me to learn in a decade.

Marisu (TMO)] (could she Copy a spell too advanced for her to learn? Or successfully use Read Magic on one?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I think you should focus on the therianthrope book for yourself

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (you can read the spell and maybe copy it - but if they are say 9th lvl spells?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (you would have to be some 18th ll mage to learn them)

Marisu (TMO)] (then we would have valuable trade goods. ;) )

[Marisu]] (TMO) smiles. "Thank you. Would you like a copy of the other one?" (I've forgotten what it is)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (one is creating and the other removing therianthropes)

Marisu (TMO)] (wasn't there an iron golem book? we left it though, didn't we?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I have no interest in either of those books. I got those for you and Anastacia

[Marisu]] (TMO) glances sidelong at Anastacia.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (we didn't take it - it was a one use deal - again if you want it go for it)

[Marisu]] (TMO) rearranges the books and places the curing therianthropy book on top of one of the blank books.

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]] casts a spell against : Copy: I instantly copy a book or other source of writing.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And Marisu if you want to avoid dreaming tonight, we should order more wine.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] We can leave the dreams to the others this time

[Carissa] Sorry guys but I am literally fall asleep here. It's been a long day of travel. I think I'm going to head out.

Marisu (TMO)] (gnite!)

[Master] are you going to be ok with the shut down Carissa?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Goodnight! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!)

[Carissa] If it doesn't last too long. Helps that I'm home so that's a few things less to worry about. Ask me next Friday if it's still shut down.

[Carissa] Such an annoyance.

[Marisu]] (TMO) lays her hand on top of the book stack and closes her eyes. A shimmering swirl of faint black and white lines extend from her hand and envelop the stack. The lines weave in and out between the pages of the source book and then curl down into the target book, and don't come back out again.

[Carissa] But at least I'm not essential so I'm not working without pay.

[Carissa] Anyhow night all! Happy Holidays! :)

Marisu (TMO)] (same to you!)

Carissa has left the game on Fri Dec 21 22:58:19 EST 2018

[Snezana (Spring)] (bye Carissa!)

[Marisu]] (TMO) takes the book on creating therianthropes and holds it up towards Anastacia. "Princess? Do you want a copy of the book on creating more weres?"

[Master] so you have a book

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (nice description tmo!!)

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] Snarls

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] only to burn it

[Marisu]] (TMO) smiles and puts the book back down. "Good."

Marisu (TMO)] I still have another casting. Would you like me to try a Dream spell at random, just to see what we get?

[Marisu]] (TMO) flips through the new copy of her book, to make sure it all copied cleanly.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Can you read a bit and then copy one after that?

Marisu (TMO)] (correct me if I state this wrong Bob) I would have to choose which spell and cast Read Magic on it, and only then could I copy it.

[Master] yes

[Master] you can see titles without Read Magic

Marisu (TMO)] I can't just go and copy spells willy nilly. They require some understanding of the subject first.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (that's not right is it? read magic is a timed/quantity thing)

[Master] but need Read Magic to be able to then cast the Copy spell

Marisu (TMO)] (so Read Magic would let her read multiple spells, and then pick which one to copy?)

Marisu (TMO)] (or read a single spell only?)

[Master] yes read multiple spells it is a timed spell as Lisa said

Marisu (TMO)] (and since this is the interaction of two different spells, I could see it working differently than normal)

Marisu (TMO)] (ok)

Marisu (TMO)] (looks like 12 rounds)

[Marisu]] (TMO) sits down and opens all three spell books in front of her, so as to not waste time moving or opening things.

Marisu (TMO)] Quiet please.

Marisu (TMO)] (because you've all been SO noisy)

[Master] chuckles

[Marisu]] (TMO) closes her eyes and rubs the fingertips of both hands over her eyelids in a circular pattern.

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]] casts a spell against : Read Magic: I can read magical writing for (6*2) 12 rounds

[Marisu]] (TMO) opens her eyes and starts skimming through the first book as fast as she can, and calls out the names of spells as she finds them.

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]]: Reading/writing check: (d20) [1d20=3] 3 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 18!!

[Master] Moonglow

[Master] 1st level

[Master] SLeep of Horror 3rd level

[Master] Conure Dream Object 4th level

[Master] Enter Dream 2nd level

[Master] Slumberward 2nd level

[Master] Endless Slumber 8th level

[Master] Sleepless Curse 5th level

[Master] any of those attract any interest?

Marisu (TMO)] (Moonglow maybe)

Marisu (TMO)] (not sure what it is)

[Snezana (Spring)] (slumberward sounds like it could be defensive)

Marisu (TMO)] (is that all three books? or just the 1st?)

Marisu (TMO)] (agreed)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I am having mist concerns with that one at its name)

[Master] just the first book

[Marisu]] (TMO) moves on to the second book

Marisu (TMO)] (not wasting any of her spell)

[Master] Curse of forgetfulness 7th level

Marisu (TMO)] (aha! so that's what happened to me!)

[Master] Detho's Delerium 1st level

[Master] Power Word SLeep 2nd level

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (ok - moonglow casts a moonlight radiance on something)

[Master] Healing Dream 3rd level

Marisu (TMO)] (does the glow accomplish anything, or just look pretty?)

[Master] Lesser Spelldream 4th

[Master] SLeepwalking 4th level

[Master] Conjure Nightmare 5th level

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (it is good if you are fighting someone in the dark)

Marisu (TMO)] (the horse, or the dream)

[Master] Alter Dream 6th level

[Master] Greater Spelldream 6th level

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (but these are your spells on your time limit so pick whatever you want)

[Master] Lullaby 7th level

Marisu (TMO)] (these spells would make for an interesting character, but mostly don't fit Marisu's path)

Spring has left the game on Fri Dec 21 23:15:30 EST 2018

Marisu (TMO)] (hey, she didn't say good night!)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (means she will be back hopefully)

[Master] Lullaby

Marisu (TMO)] (does the Read Magic still have to be active for the Copy spell, or is having Read it once enough?)

[Master] yes to copy it

Spring has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 23:16:42 EST 2018

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (like you said before spells can be currency)

Spring is receiving the map second level and attics...

[Master] so you need to choose from your current list

Spring has received the map second level and attics.

Marisu (TMO)] (how much Read Magic does she have left?)

[Snezana (Spring)] (whoops, meant to diconnect screen share, disconnected mobile hot spot instead)

[Marisu]] (TMO) glances at Branwyn. "I need to copy now. Do you have a preference?"

[Master] enough spell left to make a copy

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Go ahead and pick. It's your magic. You must own it

[Marisu]] (TMO) puts out the other blank book and prepares to put one of the spellbooks on top of it

[Marisu]] (TMO) casts Copy on Power Word: Sleep

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]] casts a spell against : Copy: I instantly copy a book or other source of writing.

[Marisu]] (TMO) fips the book back to the page she had chosen and lays it open on top of the blank book. Again she lays her hand palm down on the page and speaks the words. The black and white lights swirl over the page, and a few of the following pages, and then down into the blank book underneath.

[Marisu]] (TMO) opens the target book and checks to make sure it copied correctly.

[Master] yes

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Very good. And you never know. If this all works out, we might get a reward.

[Marisu]] (TMO) takes both of the new books and slides them into her pack. The scrolls go into her scroll cases.

Marisu (TMO)] What should we do with these books?

[Marisu]] (TMO) she touches the spellbooks as she closes them up and stacks them.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Hide them until we can give them back toi Etienne

TMO is receiving the map second level and attics...

TMO has received the map second level and attics.

Marisu (TMO)] [Marisu]]: Identify Magic Item Purpose and Function check:(d100) [1d100=91] 91 - ROLL FAILED against 35!!

Marisu (TMO)] (just checking to see if she'd ever heard of these books before)

[Master] too rare

Marisu (TMO)] (the library was a long way away, right?)

[Master] yes

[Marisu]] (TMO) eyes Anastacia and her bed.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Under the mattresses?

Marisu (TMO)] Pardon me, Princess, but your mattress needs to be fluffed.

Branwyn (Lisa) laughs

Marisu (TMO)] Marquessa, would you please help the Princess up for a moment, while I take care of it?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Certainly

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] /nm eshakes her head but moves

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Up, up!

[Marisu]] (TMO) pulls the mattress part way out from the wall and lays the books down side by side up next to the wall, then lays the mattress back down over them.

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] pushes up

Branwyn (Lisa) looks at Snee and Anastacia "Are you all right to enter these dreams without us?"

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I have to try to avoid them

[Marisu]] (TMO) holds the blankets up so that Anastacia can lay back down.

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] how are you sure you can avoid it?

[Snezana (Spring)] oh well

Marisu (TMO)] If we can't, you'll get the rare joy of a drunken Branwyn and Marisu carousing through your dreams.

[Snezana (Spring)] sure, if it helps, i'm fine

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am hoping that if I couldn't dream normally that the magic might fail

[Snezana (Spring)] i mean i have to enter them if they are cast whether i like it or not

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am guessing. All I know is that I need sleep

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I don't know what else to do but to try to stop them

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] I do not know

Marisu (TMO)] (did Stacy join the last dream even though she was sick?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lol)

[Anastacia Eustace (Master)] no

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (don't think so)

Marisu (TMO)] (that's what I thought)

[Snezana (Spring)] (so what you want is the snot of a small child)

Marisu (TMO)] (.... no, not really)(

[Snezana (Spring)] (in no time you have a raging head cold and you'll be immune to dreams)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (can I try drunken stupor first?)

Marisu (TMO)] (well, we do have a small child)

[Snezana (Spring)] (50% chance you could get the stomach flu instead)

Marisu (TMO)] (wine anybody?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (i'm going for it)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I will post the spell description for you this weekend if you want too)

Marisu (TMO)] After the Princess is back in bed, Marisu moves over to the desk and gets some writing implements, and writes down the identified spells and which book they were in, while she remembers.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (what you picked was a stronger sleep spell - farther range to cast and no material component required)

MarioHome has joined the game on Fri Dec 21 23:35:34 EST 2018

MarioHome is receiving the map ground floor...

Marisu (TMO)] (nice. I assumed it would be on the site already

MarioHome has received the map ground floor.

Marisu (TMO)] (but it looks like not)

[Snezana (Spring)] (wow it took you a long time to burn thorugh two drink tickets, mario)

[Master] laughs

Marisu (TMO)] (1 gallon beer steins)

[MarioHome] (lots of non-drinkers, i happily relieved them of their tickets

[MarioHome] ;0)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lol)

Marisu (TMO)] (you could have mine too)

[Master] to quickly sum up for Mario

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (well it's branwyn's turn now)

[MarioHome] TL:DR pls

[Master] they are looking for a way to avoid dreaming while getting sleep

Marisu (TMO)] (brb going to say good night to the kids)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (marisu are you drinking too?)

[MarioHome] wow, seems difficult

Marisu (TMO)] (JTom is doing the bedtime reading for me tonight)

[Master] but if Mara has something......

Marisu (TMO)] (yes, she is)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (good never a good idea to drink alone)

[MarioHome] she can wake everyone up every fifteen minutes

[Lisa] Mario

[Lisa] Drake is leaving and will probably beat us back to ghostwood

[Lisa] hold onto kel's hands

[MarioHome] we can arrange his horse to get a flat tire

[Lisa] we took 3 spell books from richard's toture chamber bedroom

[MarioHome] is one spell Iron Wrists?

[Lisa] he is seriously evil twisted dude

[Lisa] lol

[MarioHome] richard?

[Lisa] dick

[MarioHome] gotcha, will he miss the spell books?

[Lisa] we are hiding the books under anastacia in case richard notices they are gone

[MarioHome] do we care if he does? we havent left yet, have we?

[Lisa] we put regular library books in their place and hope he doesn't notice

[Lisa] I care is he does

[MarioHome] did the casket get removed from the secret room?

[MarioHome] check

Marisu (TMO)] (back)

[Lisa] no branwyn needs sleep so she and marisu are going to drink until they pass out to try to avoid dreaming

[MarioHome] lol, nice! (I bet that was TMO's idea...)

[Master] unless Mara has any other ideas?

[Lisa] petit-singe is looking for dispel and/or blacksmith to break ironwood

[Lisa] no - that was my idea

[Lisa] I ordered the wine

[MarioHome] wow! ok- mice!

Marisu (TMO)] (Marisu's idea was to hide the books under Anastacia. >:) )

[MarioHome] mara doesnt have any spells that the others dont have, she's but 2nd lvl spells

[MarioHome] and dupes all other

[MarioHome] lol

[Lisa] petit singe doesn't think priests will catch fire if they cast

[Lisa] he said someone killed priest that was not richard

[MarioHome] transmute stone to mud r someother wall bashing spell

Marisu (TMO)] We may need headache cures in the morning though.

[Spring] is that why we haven't tried dispel ourselves first? risk of fire?

[Lisa] yeah

[Spring] because i have a character i am actively trying to kill off

[Lisa] lol

Marisu (TMO)] (lol0

[MarioHome] im willing to let Mara try, she's young in career, not overly attached to her

[Spring] well i am eager to let Snee try because i don't like her

[Lisa] without knowing I didn't want to say - hey priests why don't you cast and see what happens!

[MarioHome] Kel can lose hsi hands too, not crazily over attached to him either

[TMO] the plan is to bring the coffin here, so the priests wil probably have a chance to cast unobserved

[Spring] well, in character, i am sure bran doesn't want anyone to come to harm

[Lisa] and OOC too!!

[Lisa] :D

[Spring] hahaha

[TMO] too bad Marisu isn't *quite* as noble. ;)

[Spring] oh so you WANT me stuck with a character i don't like. heh thanks

[Spring] :-)

[TMO] (actually, she is, no matter what she might fantasize about)

[MarioHome] I thought Mara cast Healing on Hugh, it might have been in a dream

[Master] retirement is always an option you still get half XP to build the next character

[Spring] but death is so much fun

[TMO] death is only 1/3rd, right?

[Master] still half

[Lisa] it does seem to be fine as long as no one sees you

[TMO] ah, cool

[TMO] Ilero has a bit more xp to earn first. :)

[Master] grins,

[MarioHome] ah, so casting isnt inherently dangerous, its if someone sees you cast, the consequences

[Master] John is always torn, die or retire and let me run the character in the future

[TMO] although if all 3 of mine retire, forcefully or not, I will probably just start over with just 1 character at first.

[TMO] do I get to combine xp totals? :P

[Master] so overall the current dilema is how to get Branwyn enough sleep to rememorize spells

[Master] and not to TMO,

[TMO] no helpful spells from the clerics?

[MarioHome] so she is isolated w Snee and Amrisu?

[TMO] nothing from Marisu, I'm afraid.

[MarioHome] the three ladies are in the secret rooms still?

[Master] double check things

[Master] everyone is togethere right now

[TMO] (no, we're in our bedroom)

[MarioHome] so they came out?

[TMO] (brb)

[Master] so that first thing next week we pick up with that portion

[Master] and just maybe wrap up the whole arc

[Lisa] when we woke from the dream we were all together again

[MarioHome] even though the ladies were in the secret room?

[Lisa] if we can break open that stupid coffin

[MarioHome] we were together in a dream again?? i gotta stop partying so hard...

[Lisa] yes we wake where we started dreaming apparently

[Master] you have part one and two of yoru goal done

[Master] you found the coffin and you found the books

[MarioHome] what were those, confuse and collude?

[MarioHome] ;0)

[Lisa] oh I thought surviving the wedding was a part

[Master] chuckles

[Master] those were addtional story threads that I dropped to shorten down the story arc

[Master] like the wife of someone that you interupted earlier tonight having an affair with a young man

[Lisa] I'm kind of not thrilled we get to open him up alone

[MarioHome] wow, i missed a lot

[Master] you can still keep to your plan Lisa do it in her chambers

[Master] just have to plan it

[Master] are you going to be here the full night next week Mario?

[Lisa] just have to concentrate on the right room

[MarioHome] " pay no attantion to this coffin we're carrying around"

[MarioHome] yes, no distractions

[Lisa] I'm guessing if Etienne is alive and locked up that long, he is going to be one angry vampire

[MarioHome] im so lost, can you answer Y/N q's quickly?

[Spring] and a hungry one

[MarioHome] the coffin is out of the secret room?

[Master] certainly

[TMO] back

[Master] no

[MarioHome] but the ladies are?

[Master] yes

[Spring] probably better bring a pig or something to throw at him to eat

[MarioHome] cuz we all dreamed and formed up?

[Master] yes

[Lisa] lol spring!!

[Spring] it's yucky but if he's desperate ...

[MarioHome] so we got a "get of the room free" card

[TMO] did anyone else notice the "Eternal Slumber" spell in the second book?

[Lisa] yes

[Master] yes

[TMO] well I KNEW you did Bob

[Master] grins

[MarioHome] lol, considering he wrote it...

[Spring] it looks like perhaps the weapon in question

[Lisa] there was a lot of good stuff in there

[TMO] Sleep of Horror

[TMO] Curse of Sleeplessness

[MarioHome] Stone Pillow

[TMO] Summon Nightmare

[TMO] still wondering if that's the horse or not

[Lisa] I would have probably taken Lesser Spelldream or Detho's Delerium (just for the name)

[MarioHome] Mattress of Putrid Aroma

[MarioHome] oh, these are real spells??

[TMO] yes

[Lisa] lol

[MarioHome] i retract my last two statements

[TMO] and there's still one book we don't know the contents of

[TMO] so you might still be on the mark

[Lisa] lol

[TMO] did we finish the second book, Bob? Or just partway through?

[Spring] hahaha

[Master] partway

[Lisa] if we can get some sleep we can look at them again perhaps

[Lisa] we'll see

[TMO] but now, assuming Marisu can learn the spell, she'll have 2 2nd level spells to choose from

[Master] They are worth a King's Ransom

[MarioHome] have we tried a seance with the dead guy?

[Lisa] we don't know he's dead

[MarioHome] simply ask him whats up?

[Lisa] but no we haven't tried

[TMO] Did Branwyn cast that, or was that Jenn?

[Lisa] if he's dead we'll take the books

[Lisa] branwyn can

[MarioHome] Spirit Lore proficiency, is'free', not relying on a spell or sleeping to recharge

[Lisa] but needs the whole prep thing etc and casting randomly in the castle has small chance of getting who you want

[MarioHome] ah

[Lisa] it's on the site

[Master] OK so some things to think about

[Lisa] if bob wants to keep going - mara can prep it can roll for it

[MarioHome] otherwise, Mara is not any help

[Lisa] can't hurt

[Master] I anticipate starting a bit early next week

[Master] at least I should be home alone able to

[Lisa] you either fail, get some random spirit or get lucky

[MarioHome] i should be available, joan works til midnight

[Lisa] don't think we ever got the ambassador

[TMO] I will have company, but I hope they will understand

[MarioHome] if it doesnt hirt to try, why not

[Lisa] sure

[TMO] I *might* even be able to con one or two of them to join in

[MarioHome] doesnt cost a spell slot

[Master] glad to have them watch

[Master] good night everyone

[TMO] they're the people of my college gaming days

[Master] plot and plan on the site

[Lisa] Goodnight!

[TMO] goodnight

[Master] waves

[Lisa] Merry Christmas!

[MarioHome] bye all!

[Lisa] Happy Holidays!!

[TMO] Merry Christmas

[MarioHome] Happy Holidays!

Lisa has left the game on Sat Dec 22 00:03:26 EST 2018

[TMO] Bonne Kwanzaa

[MarioHome] Festivus!

MarioHome has left the game on Sat Dec 22 00:03:41 EST 2018

[Spring] Sweet Solstice!

[TMO] welcome back to the digital world, Sir Bob

[TMO] you beat me to a good solstice one

[TMO] :)

[Spring] hehehe

[TMO] g'nigt

[Spring] ok i'm going to bed now. byeeeeee!!!

TMO has left the game on Sat Dec 22 00:04:37 EST 2018

Spring has left the game on Sat Dec 22 00:04:38 EST 2018

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