You have just entered room "chat15947866682540556553."<br/>circlmastr has entered the room.<br/>Tenshi Muse has entered the room.<br/>HomerinNYC: Jefepato may not be on right now, hopefully he'll get on by 4.<br/>Tenshi Muse: Cool.<br/>circlmastr: "Dance like it hurts, love like you need money, work like no one is watching."<br/>HomerinNYC: Hmmmm. Lots of bad, bad ideas.<br/>circlmastr: It's a motto for underachieving losers.<br/>Tenshi Muse:<br/>HomerinNYC: Why, our chat motto!<br/>HomerinNYC: Do you have it in latin?<br/>circlmastr: I'd hate to think how long it would be.<br/>HomerinNYC: Mmmmmm.<br/>Dullone598 has entered the room.<br/>circlmastr: Huzzah<br/>HomerinNYC: Anyway.<br/>HomerinNYC: As I was asking yesterday. Do we want to start from the pub, the trip, or arriving at the island which will be your base?<br/>circlmastr: I think the votes came down on "the island"<br/>HomerinNYC: Alright.<br/>Tenshi Muse:  The island is good.<br/>HomerinNYC: The ship finally comes into view of the island base where you'll be spending a good amount of time for the next year. It's a small volcanic island, of the style that appear often in these somewhat southern waters.<br/>HomerinNYC: The huge peak of dark rock stands over it all, creating a point of stability, and you can see the large bay that your ship will be sheltering in. You've been informed that you will be staying at a small Manse there.<br/>HomerinNYC: If, for whatever reason, you find that the very small Hearthstone there would be worth bringing along, it's open to any of you.<br/>Dullone598: Amaya leans on the railing on the ship's port side, using one hand to shield her eyes from the sun.<br/>Dullone598: (do we have any info on what the stone does?)<br/>circlmastr: (I knew I should have called dibs, heh)<br/>HomerinNYC: The manse is built into the side of the volcano, and as such, is a Fire-aspected Manse. That's about the limit of what you know.<br/>Dullone598: (Before knowing its function, that would make little sense.)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( You'd turn down a Hearthstone?)<br/>circlmastr: (Even if its function was "Keep hair trimmed", it still regenerates Essence)<br/>Dullone598: (Depends on the Hearthstone.  If it's the one that turns all bodily fluids into fire, DO NOT WANT.)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( ... There are Hearthstones that do that?)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  (I'll take it if no one else wants it, Essence is premium to a Dragon Armor Pilot)<br/>Dullone598: (Also only one Hearthstone regenerates Essence for you at a time.)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  (did Alissara get the tools she wanted?)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( Which ones?)<br/>Dullone598: (So it probably won't help any of us with motes.)<br/>circlmastr: Ofuji stands at the rail of the ship, looking out over the port and island that will be his political prison for the next year.  "So, this is home for now..."<br/>HomerinNYC: The captain weighs anchor in the bay, and the three of you are quickly taken to the shore via the small skiffs used for transporting crew. The island is mostly dominated by the obsidian volcano, but there's a rich, lush forest.<br/>HomerinNYC: Clearly, there are no worries about food or fresh water.<br/>Dullone598: (And yes, there's a Hearthstone that does that.  And it's one of the most horrifying things I can think of.)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  (Proper tools for Craft: Magitech.)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( No worries, the Manse will have such tools. And where is it? The only Hearthstones I know of are in the main book. >.>)<br/>Dullone598: (AB: Fire)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( Ah, old book, huh?)<br/>Dullone598: (Yeah.  It's just as well, that stone has no use unless you want to kill people in disgusting ways.)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( What a waste of good Essence.)<br/>circlmastr: (Exalted is all about killing people.  If you do it in a disgusting enough way, you get stunt dice.)<br/>Dullone598: (Yes, but killing someone by means of your flaming bodily fluids is just wrong.  No matter which fluid.)<br/>circlmastr: (Now that could be a snuff film for the ages.)<br/>HomerinNYC: The guide to the island leads you through an ancient paved road, long over-grown, yet still solid, to the entrance to the Manse.<br/>Tenshi Muse: Alissara smiled as only a scholar confronted by a new locale could. She absent mindedly drafted a sailor to carry her chest of first age armor and other goodies.<br/>Tenshi Muse: In the midst of that, she had the thought, "Captain, do we have reason to believe that the isalnd is secure?"<br/>HomerinNYC: " It's protected by a small God who we have very favorable agreements with. There's no chance of this place being compromised." The captain smiles.<br/>Tenshi Muse:  "Thank you, captain, I'll entrust my luggage to your capable men, then."<br/>HomerinNYC: The Manse is modest- as much as any Manse can be- a small, obsidian-carved palace, and although it is warm inside, the heat is channeled into the Hearthstone. Muse will instantly recognize it as a Jewel of the Hungry Fire.<br/>circlmastr: (God damn too long messages...)<br/>Dullone598: (what's that do, and what rating is it?)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  (Mm!)<br/>HomerinNYC: It protects people from fire, fairly straightforward. There are the requisite bedrooms, quarters for servants, and a small workshop, of Shogunate quality- certainly good for taking care of your armor.<br/>Dullone598: (Dibs.)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  Alissara made a respectufly polite bid for the hearthstone, then promptly forgot about it at the site of the workshop, and spent the next everal hours cooing and crowing over it as she rushed from essorter tool to tool.<br/>Tenshi Muse:  (edit: tool to essoteric tool.)<br/>circlmastr: Ofuji secures a bedroom for himself and quarters for his small entourage, who follow him bearing a variety of packages and luggage.<br/>circlmastr: "Do we know what ought to be of foremost concern here?  Any tasks that should come before all others?"<br/>HomerinNYC: The captain coughs respectfully at this question. " We recieved a communique from the Empress, to be delivered to you when you arrived here." He hands a small letter to you respectfully, and leaves, along with the crew.<br/>HomerinNYC: They'll be staying on the ship, doing minor repairs and replenishing supplies, until you plan to leave.<br/>Dullone598: Amaya's own servants are not in attendance, since she couldn't think of anything useful for them to do in the West.  She happily replaces the stone in her amulet (which she pockets) with the jewel of the hungry fire.<br/>Dullone598: "What's it say?"<br/>circlmastr: Ofuji takes the letter and opens it carefully, then reads it over at least twice before commenting.<br/>HomerinNYC: The letter, written in the elegant script of a skilled scribe, reads as such. " Your first mission will be to help restore order, on the Thames, a floating first-age Salvage Platform currently near your location.<br/>HomerinNYC: A sunken city is being excavated, and they seemed to have earned the ire of a young Lunar. You will be required to flush out and kill the Lunar, as the Wyld Hunt in the West is currently busy with other dangers.<br/>HomerinNYC: This mission is extremely important. The first-age technology in the city is largely still intact, and this may help our still-weak dominion grow much stronger." The Empress' personal seal adorns the bottom.<br/>circlmastr: "Mmm, First Age tech, quite a find..."  Ofuji can't help but think about what he could do with control of wonders of this level.<br/>Tenshi Muse:  "Oh, really?" Alissara purrs almost sexualy as she perks up at the mention of first age technology and stops stroking an essence-lense spanner and hurries over to read the note.<br/>circlmastr: "All we need to do is kill an Anathema."<br/>Dullone598: Amaya stares at the other two, beginning to sweatdrop.  "You say that as though killing a Lunar Anathema is trivial."<br/>circlmastr: (FUCKING.... RAWR)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  Something old and electric within her was aroused by the otherwise terifying idea.  "Well, they're not said to be as dangerous as the solar anathema, albeit far more numerous."<br/>HomerinNYC: ( I believe Circl has to go.)<br/>Tenshi Muse:  (Doh!)<br/>circlmastr: (No.<br/>HomerinNYC: ( Oh. >.> Sounded like an expression of anger.)<br/>circlmastr: (Circl is just pissed that he keeps typing messages and keeps being met with "Unable to send message.  The message is too large.")<br/>HomerinNYC: ( Heh.)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( I've been inspecting Open RPG.)<br/>circlmastr: "Therein lies the humor of the remark, my dear."  Ofuji gives a wry grin.  "I do not think it will be as difficult as a Solar Anathema."<br/>Dullone598: "Right, so we'll only almost certainly die."<br/>circlmastr: "These Lunars are more beast than anything else.  Their baser instincts will be their downfall; all we need to do is exploit them."<br/>Dullone598: She looks vaguely intrigued at that idea, if only because it sounds better than a head-on assault.  "But how do you do that?  They still have minds, don't they?"<br/>circlmastr: "True, but they are clouded by their animalism.  We only need to find out what sort of animal this Anathema is, and use the weaknesses of that animal."<br/>circlmastr: "Even the most powerful shark can be lured by blood into a trap."<br/>Tenshi Muse:  "Even the most poweful shark lacks human intelegence," Alissara replied, "If my father's memories have taught me nothing else, it's that you should never underestimate the intelgence of a sentient predator.<br/>Dullone598: "...your father's memories?"<br/>HomerinNYC: The akward moment is interrupted by a knock from the door.<br/>Tenshi Muse:  Blushing beyond what simple emberasment would call for, Alissara replied, "Yes, ever since my exaltation I've felt his knowlege and power guiding me, I sometimes dream things he expereinced.<br/>Tenshi Muse:  Alissara jumped at the knock, then hurried to the door in relief for the distraction.<br/>HomerinNYC: ( Heh. >.> Nevermind, was worried an awkward silence was building.)<br/>circlmastr: (Too late, you're committed to someone being at the door!)<br/>Dullone598: (It's probably the Lunar.  Kill it!)<br/>circlmastr: (How could an underwater Lunar knock on the door?)<br/>HomerinNYC: ( Human... form?)<br/>Dullone598: (By getting out of the water, I assume.)<br/>Dullone598: Amaya looks utterly confused.  "That's...bizarre.  I've never heard of such a thing."  She looks to the door expectantly.<br/>circlmastr: (Oh, right)<br/>HomerinNYC: One of the crewman stands at the door. " Your armor has been delivered, ma'am. It's waiting for you in the tool room." He looks towards the others. " The ship will be ready shortly. If I may be so bold, may I ask<br/>HomerinNYC: where we will be travelling to."<br/>Tenshi Muse: "Thank you, citizent," Alissara replied with a smile that, though that of a princess of creation,<br/>Tenshi Muse: was instinctivly filled with a subtle admiration that let the sailor know on a subconious level that his value as a man was apreciated by her.<br/>circlmastr: "I think we ought to take a look at this salvage platform, and the Anathema that guards it.  The more we know, the better armed we will be."