LongestRoad Run22.1

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• Fellithysaar lends Michael his crystal ball.
  • Michael sees his parents. His dad is a Celestial now!
  • Michael's dad says "If this is my old friend, meet us at the place where we bought you your first sword."
  • Michael remembers after a moment that this would be in the village of Haroya, in western Alsomia, on the coast
• Zahn explains "the plan" to Sil
  • The church peeps will know if he teleports in anywhere too near the town of Negi, where the temple is
  • Teleport in to Taimyo, city about a week away from the temple. Disguise as evil people, travel to town, rescue Zahn's mom, escape.
  • Negi is in eastern Alsomia, in the foothills of the mountain range; Taimyo is a bit southwestish
  • Sil, Michael, Vin, and Zahn will be doing this part alone.
• Marcus gives them 3 word-of-recall tablets to get to the Church of Tamara in Sayre

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• Teleport--vworp vworp
• First stop is Haroya in eastern Alsomia so Michael and try to meet up with his parents.
  • Blacksmith is large and awesome.
  • Owner recognizes "little Michael" and wants to make sure his sword is still nice and sharp
  • Michael leaves a note and a feather so his parents can "call" him.
• Teleport--vworp vworp
• Next town has recently dealt with eradicating a temple to a demon.
• Vin goes off to gather info.
• The adventuring party is still in town, celebrating their victory. They're an adorable group of level <10s. Fighter, Rogue, Wizard, Cleric
  • The cleric sees Michael and wants his help. The temple ground needs to be hallowed.
  • Whose temple was this? "Well, we can't say his name--don't want to give him power--but we'll write it down." It starts with a "P" and ends with "azuzu." Oi.
  • Michael agrees to help. Sil will go with him
  • Vin and Zahn stay in town
  • Vin is upset because a "big meanie-head nobleman" was totally involved with the evil temple and kidnapping children, but nobody has proof so he's going to get away with it. It makes him sad.
• Michael and Sil leave to go consecrate the nasty-temple grounds. It's about half a day's journey
  • They come across a tree blocking the path. Hiding in the tree are some "bird watchers" (and one "tree beetle watcher") who look suspiciously like bandits. Michael and Sil clear the tree away and the "bird watchers" decide to go watch birds somewhere else. Far, far away from there.
• They make it to the temple and it's totaled and stone-shaped shut. Also, it's all icky-feeling. Also, there's a guy there.
  • That guy is a demon but he's totally cool. He's just looking around and talking about stuff. He wonders out loud about the events that are taking place.
  • Michael and Sil go chat with him. He's a great guy! Also, he's pretty hawt. He says they're the enemy of his enemy, so ... We're bestest friends!
  • He makes comments on how he's been imprisoned (by Big-P) until recently, and how these occurences now seem out of character for him; intrigued by the Game of it all
  • Sil lets him know that Michael's going to be hallowing the ground and warns it might get uncomfortable for him. Don't want him to be uncomfortable!
  • He thanks them for their consideration and poofs!

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• Michael takes a day (24 hours) to bless and hallow the temple grounds. Now it feels all nice!
  • Sil is bored for the day and plays around with her shape change a little.
  • Michael is tired so Sil carries him home--as a dragon! Wooo...
  • They stop at the tree where the bird watchers were, but they're quite gone. Sil changes back so they can walk to town.
• Once back in town, they report in to the town guard and the other adventuring party.
• Back at the inn, Zahn notices that they're charmed! ZOMG. He takes a couple of tries and is able to break Michael's charm. HOLY CRAP THAT WAS A DEMON! EW EW EW.
  • Sil's charm is not broken. Zahn wants to know how hot this demon was. As hot as Pazuzu? Yeah, probably.
• Michael naps. He was very tired. Sil wakes Michael up for dinner.
• Over dinner, there's a big hub-bub about a murdered nobleman. Nobody is broken up about it. They are talking about how nasty the murder was--his eyes were cut out.
  • Sil is suspicious. Zahn says he was studying spells all day! Also, it could have been anyone--this nobleman was not well liked and was involved with demons.
  • The rumors say that the guy's corpse was mutilated and his eyes cut out. Ewwww.

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• The next day they start out on their week long journey.
  • Sil shape-changes into a half-red dragon (it takes a couple of tries to drop the gold-dragon features.)
  • Michael uses a hat of disguise to look like a half-demon. He also drops a bit of magic to disguise their alignment.
  • On the trip up people are not as friendly to the evil party. Michael does not like it.

15 Lightning

• They make it to the town. It's all mean and stuff. Like, wretched hive of scum and villany.
• The church of Tiamat's prison will be hidden. They'll figure out tomorrow how to break in and rescue
• They stay at a crappy inn. There are no other kinds here. Zahn is all antsy.
• Zahn wakes Michael and Sil up in the middle of the night. Vin is not there.
  • He leads them silently to the prison/temple/thing. They just walk in.
• The guards have been killed and mutilated. Hrm... Oh well.
• More rooms. More dead guards/clerics. More mutilations. Their eyes have been cut out with surgical precision.
• No one says anything. They can hear Vin laughing up ahead. *facepalm*
• They come to a room with Vin is playing with a black dragon wyrmling and sitting in a puddle of blood. He looks so happy! "Can we keep him?"
  • The wyrmling hates everyone! Except maybe Vin. And he breathes acid at them but it doesn't really do anything.
• Behind a locked door they can hear people panicking. Michael smashed down the door. The acolytes run down to the prison.
• The prison is rank and awful.
  • Zahn holds the acolytes and reads their minds. He gets what information he wants and lets Vin at them.
  • Sil stops Vin from carving out their eyes and holds him back, but he doesn't understand when she tells him not to do it.
  • Zahn opens one of the doors and asks Michael to help the girl inside, because she wouldn't know him.
  • Michael drops the half-demon disguise and carries out a very hurt girl--Felice, Zahn's mother.
  • Sil continues to hold Vin back from carving out the eyes of the paralyzed acolytes, even though they're evil. He continues to struggle.
  • Sil insists on rescuing the other prisoners.
  • Zahn kills the acolytes, opens the other prison doors. The prisoners are too injured to move. Some are dead. Michael and Sil heal the ones that are still alive.
  • The party carries out all the living prisoners. They smell bad.
  • Sil ties up the wyrmling so it can't attack them.
  • The party exits the temple. Michael puts his hat back on.
• Out in town, people avoid them.
• The group buys a wagon and some crappy horses to cart everyone out of town.
• Vin is still not exactly himself.
• Once far enough away, Zahn casts a Mages Magnificient Mansion so everyone can rest in a safe place
• Sil and Michael tend to the injured.
• Zahn puts Vin to bed and warns Sil that he will be hungry when he wakes up.
  • Sil finally freaks out about Vin. Zahn explains that it is something he has to do.
• One of the rescuees, a male halfling (later named Larry), is alert enough to talk to Michael. The halfling has gone insane. Michael plays his tiny violin. Everyone cries.
• Sil talks to Felice a little. She is more sane than anyone else there.
  • Sil convinces Zahn that he has to actually talk to his mom. And also, that she (Sil) is not leaving them, even if Vin is a psycho-killer (fa fa fa Fa fa fa fa fa Fa fa...)

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• The next day, they bring everyone to the Church of Tamara in Sayre by the tablets. The priests take over healing the people.
• Eruuyel is there! As are Nula and Senyo. And Marcus, but he's busy doing church stuffs. Michael and Sil have baths in the holy water to restore their spirit. Michael also helps out with the Free Healing Clinic attached to the church.

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• The next morning--Michael gets scryed! It's his mom. He tells them where he is. And then...
• Massive celestial group hug! Everyone comes to watch. Michael is super happy.
• Sil comes out to say Hi. They get caught up on what's been happening.
  • What did that demon look like again? Also, Sil, you're still charmed! (Zahn forgot to dispel it. Thanks a bunch.) Armatt dispels the charm. Ewww, that was a demon lord! Scary!
  • That guy sounds like The Dark Prince (-bater) has been released
  • Wait a second... the Dark Prince is Graz'zt! He's ... so not dead. Whoops. Our bad.
• Michael's parents have to leave, but they'll call him every day! They give him feathers so he can call them back. D'awww...
• So that only took a week and a half. What else do you want to do?

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