[23:51] <Aikanaro> Just before the last exit to the surface is a round room, where the dregs of the city are lying about. Several shady people are hanging about, taking cover from the lethal radiation of the day
[23:51] <Blyclaaf> I think someone nicked it
[23:52] <Deathmage> So Aik
[23:53] * Deathmage looks around for exits.
[23:55] * Deathmage goes up into the surface
[23:56] * Deathmage is now known as Daeth
[23:56] * Aik has joined #sp_mm
[23:56] * Blyclaaf is now known as Kirk
[23:58] * Aikanaro has left #sp_mm
[23:58] * Aik looks about, looking for anyone who may be out of place
[23:59] * Kirk stands where he should be, hiding his face from Aik
[23:59] * Daeth has a large cloak and a large face-concealing hat
Session Time: Sun May 02 00:00:00 2004
[00:00] <Daeth> ...
[00:02] <Kirk> "Hey Daeth, how's it look up there today?"
[00:02] <Daeth> "Eh, pretty much the same"
[00:02] <Daeth> "Quiet and all that, can't see bandits about"
[00:02] <Kirk> "Isn't that a good thing?"
[00:02] <Aik> "Is there anything but bandits down here?"
[00:03] <Kirk> "Yes, there's me...oh wait, that's not a good example"
[00:03] * Daeth snickers.
[00:04] * Daeth looks around outside again
[00:04] * Kirk shuffles around, before sitting on the floor
[00:04] <Daeth> "Hey...I think I see some people on the horizon"
[00:04] <Aik> "Pfft, suicidal fools"
[00:04] <Kirk> "What?"
[00:05] <Daeth> "They're coming this way, I think"
[00:05] * Kirk gets up, staggers for a second, before standing up straight
[00:05] <Aik> "Anyone who goes out there gets fried. They must be mad"
[00:05] <Daeth> "Oh, I've heard some people's got some suits or something"
[00:05] <Kirk> "Well, how did you get here?"
[00:06] <Daeth> "Point."
[00:06] * Daeth leans against the wall
[00:06] * Kirk walks over to the exit, and looks towards the horizon
[00:06] <Aik> "The night is a wonderful thing"
[00:06] * Daeth yawns
[00:06] <Daeth> "I'm hungry. Anyone else hungry?"
[00:06] <Kirk> "I count five"
[00:07] <Kirk> "Hell yeah!"
[00:07] <Aik> "Got fried rat here, they were sellin it cheap"
[00:07] * Daeth reaches under his cape
[00:07] <Aik> "Not often y' get good fried rat..."
[00:07] <Kirk> "Great, can I have one?"
[00:07] * Daeth rumbles around
[00:07] * Aik takes a fried rat from his bag and tosses it to Kirk
[00:08] <Kirk> "God, man. I wish you wouldn't do that here. It's disgusting!"
[00:08] * Daeth finds some sort of odd deformed meat and chews on it
[00:08] * Kirk catches the fried rat, and bites into it
[00:08] <Aik> "Don't think it was too well skinned though..."

[00:09] <Daeth> "Hey Kark or whatever your name is. See how those people are.
[00:09] <Daeth> "
[00:09] * Kirk begins to gag, cough and sticks his hands down his throat before pulling a large piece of fried rat skin from his mouth
[00:10] * Aik idly chews on a tail from his rat
[00:10] <Kirk> "*cough* They didn't skin 'em too well, did they *cough*"
[00:10] * Kirk looks out towards the horizon
[00:10] <Kirk> "They're getting bigger"
[00:11] <Daeth> "How close, eh?"
[00:11] <Kirk> "How the hell should I know?"
[00:11] <Kirk> "You look"
[00:12] * Daeth pushes Kirk out of the way and takes a look
[00:12] <Daeth> "I say about 300 meters"
[00:12] * Kirk flops down onto the floor
[00:12] * Daeth is surprised
[00:13] * Daeth takes out an old and rusty and plain steel sword with its sheath on and smacks Kirk on the chest
[00:13] <Daeth> "Hey, wake up"
[00:13] <Kirk> "I'm awake!"
[00:13] <Kirk> "What!?"
[00:13] <Aik> *Daeth sees one of the people outside collapse. The others seem to be about to do the same*
[00:13] <Daeth> "Hey, those buggers collapsed"
[00:13] * Daeth whacks Kirk harder
[00:14] <Daeth> "Should we go grab them or something?"
[00:14] <Kirk> "Stop hitting me"
[00:14] <Kirk> "Wait"
[00:14] <Aik> "I'm not going out there"
[00:14] * Kirk sticks his head out of the exit, sniffs, and gets his head back inside
[00:14] <Kirk> "Smells ok"
[00:15] <Kirk> "I think"
[00:15] <Kirk> "I hope"
[00:15] * Daeth sighs and stands up
[00:15] <Aik> "Aye, but the sun'll burn y'"
[00:15] <Daeth> "Well if we hurry up and run out 'n back..."
[00:15] <Aik> "It's madness to go out by day"
[00:15] * Kirk begins to strip of his gear, but leaves his clothing on
[00:16] * Daeth has his huge hat! Which is probably useless
[00:16] <Aik> "Enjoy your shortened lifespan then..."
[00:16] <Kirk> "It may be madness, but, if they are dead, they may have valuables on them."
[00:16] <Daeth> "Hey, if we survive, buy us dinner?"
[00:17] <Aik> "You'll survive, you just won't be able to sit down for a few weeks"
[00:17] <Daeth> "Look, I just want a free dinner..."
[00:17] <Kirk> "Who says anything about our arses getting cooked?"
[00:17] <Aik> "backs generally help with sitting down"
[00:17] <Aik> "They'll be here by the time you go out and help them..."
[00:18] * Daeth has a look again
[00:18] <Kirk> "Not if we sit on our heads, backwards"
[00:18] <Kirk> "A few just collasped, how can they get here?"
[00:19] <Daeth> "Hmmm - got water or something?"
[00:19] <Aik> "It's not your problem."
[00:19] <Aik> *Two have collapsed, and one is kneeling to help them. Five others stagger on*
[00:19] <Kirk> "That's your problem, Aik. You have no sence of adventure."
[00:20] <Aik> "I do, however, have a sense of stupidity. And my sense of that be goin' off at the moment*
[00:20] <Daeth> "Kork, can we go save them already?"
[00:20] <Kirk> "You think of being brave as sneaking around all wussy-wussy"
[00:21] <Aik> "Bravery if for the dead"
[00:21] * Daeth grabs Kirk by the hand and drags him out
[00:21] <Kirk> "It's Kirk, dammit, how many times do I have to tell you?"
[00:21] <Daeth> "Yeah yeah, same thing"
[00:21] <Kirk> "Let go"
[00:21] * Daeth runs to the people
[00:21] * Kirk follows Daeth
[00:21] * Aik moves to a vetter vantage point
[00:22] * Daeth reaches the people
[00:22] <Daeth> "Hey, need a hand guys?"
[00:22] * Kirk arrives just after Daeth
[00:22] <Aik> *The sun is extremely hot, and if barefoot, it's almost impossible to walk over the sandy ground. Any exposed skin begins turning red*
[00:23] * Kirk picks up one of the collapsed people and runs back to the round room
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[00:23] <Kirk> "HOT!! HOT, HOT, HOT!!!"
[00:23] <Kirk> "Aik get out of the road!!"
[00:23] * Daeth picks another one of the collapsed people on his back and runs back to the room
[00:24] * Aik moves
[00:24] * Mystra sets mode: +v Taza
[00:24] * Taza has left #sp_mm
[00:24] * Daeth takes the person off his back and runs out again
[00:24] * Kirk runs through the entrance and puts the person down on the floor
[00:24] <Kirk> "Ahhh!
[00:25] * Daeth grabs the third collapsed person and runs back to the room
[00:26] <Daeth> "Oooh"
[00:26] * Aik drags the unconcious people out of the road
[00:26] * Daeth smacks a guy with his sword
[00:26] <Kirk> "Shit, hurties!"
[00:26] <Daeth> "Nah, sheath is on"
[00:26] <Kirk> "No, I mean the burns!"
[00:27] <Daeth> "Oh, that"
[00:27] <Kirk> "Christ!"
[00:27] <Daeth> "Get a cape or something"
[00:27] <Kirk> "Go to hell or something'
[00:27] * Daeth laughs
[00:27] * Daeth continues annoying the collapsed guy
[00:27] * Daeth shakes him
[00:27] <Daeth> "Hey, wake up"
[00:27] <Aik> *One of the people still outside staggers in, followed by the others at various intervals after*
[00:27] * Kirk lies on the floor, on his stomach to avoid touching the burns on the back of his neck
[00:28] * Daeth stops harassing the collapsed guy and tends to the newcomers instead
[00:28] <Kirk> "Alright, next time, we do it all sneaky, wussy style"
[00:28] <Aik> "What the *hell* were you idiots doing out there?"
[00:28] <Daeth> "Where's the heroicness in that?!"
[00:28] <Kirk> "There isn't any, but it's less painful!"
[00:36] <Aik> *Wanderer1* "We was gotten 'most killed. Runnin' from the bad people who attacked us"
[00:36] * Kirk has quit IRC (Ping timeout )
[00:38] * Daeth nods
[00:38] <Daeth> "Oh, okay"
[00:38] <Daeth> "What kinda bad people?"
[00:40] <Daeth> "Bandits?"
[00:41] <Aik> *Wanderer2* They came in 'n took ot with our food'n people
[00:42] * Daeth nods
[00:43] <Daeth> "Where you people from? Why'd those bandits attack at daylight?"
[00:44] <Aik> *Wanderer2* We bin walkin' fer all day, from town out that way" *points to way they came*
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[00:47] * Mystra sets mode: +v Noc_Nomad
[00:48] * Daeth nods
[00:48] <Daeth> "Hey Aik?"
[00:48] <Aik> "Yeah?"
[00:48] <Daeth> "Got any good and water and the suchlike you can give to these here folks?"
[00:50] <Aik> "Water's precious. But I've got a bit to spare. I'm thinkin' that they can go git their own up down the tunnel a bit"
[00:50] * Aik takes out a flask
[00:50] * Daeth rattles around in his cloak
[00:51] * Daeth finds a canteen and shakes it. About half a bottle full.
[00:52] * Daeth passes it to Wanderer3, who is female.

[00:52] <Aik> "You people got any names?"
[00:53] <Daeth> .
[00:53] <Daeth> *Wanderer1* "They call me Kaz"
[00:54] <Daeth> *Wanderer2* "Me's Bull cause I'm'n strong as a bull"
[00:54] <Daeth> .
[00:57] <Aik> *Wanderer3* "I'm..." she glances around* "I'm Apple"
[00:58] * Daeth raises his eyebrows and talks in the Guybrush Threepwood flirting voice.
[00:58] <Daeth> "That's a nice name."
[01:00] <Aik> *She seems not to understand the compliment* *Apple* "It's a dead fruit"
[01:00] <Daeth> "..."
[01:01] <Daeth> "Yeah, but...it's still a nice name."
[01:06] * Daeth looks out again
[01:06] <Aik> *Apple* "Nothin' important"
[01:06] <Daeth> "Hey....anoter fella...that one of yours?"
[01:09] <Aik> *Another man pretty much collapses into the trapdoor*
[01:09] * Daeth catches the guy and stumbles back
[01:10] <Aik> *Bull* "Dat is Darpa, we leave him while ago"
[01:11] * Daeth puts him besides the other collapsed people
[01:12] <Aik> *It seems that Darpa broke his arm in the fall*
[01:12] <Daeth> "Ahhh, crap..."
[01:13] * Daeth panics
[01:13] <Aik> "Might be someone who can set that right up further"
[01:13] <Daeth> "Anyone around here can do that?"
[01:14] <Aik> *The room is ominously silent, though some people shift uneasilly, or are just ignoring the whole thing*
[01:15] * Daeth growls
[01:15] <Aik> "They just don't give a damn. And I personally don't know why you bloody well do either"
[01:16] * Daeth shrugs
[01:16] <Daeth> "I'm bored, I can't sit around here all day, can I?"
[01:17] <Aik> "Y' could go do something bloody well useful. It's not like food just magically appears"
[01:17] * Daeth mumbles
[01:18] <Daeth> "YOU can help me, maybe"
[01:19] <Aik> "I've got better things t' do, like wait fer the sun t' go down"
[01:19] <Daeth> "Where you going after that?"
[01:20] * Aik grins in a way that Daeth can tell no answer will be forthcoming
[01:20] <Daeth> "Can I come?"
[01:21] <Aik> "Aren't you forgetting about something" *guestures to the people who are now leaning exhaustedly against the walls and watching the exchange impatiently*
[01:22] * Daeth spins around
[01:22] <Daeth> "You mean they want to come too?"
[01:23] <Aik> "..."
[01:23] * Aik shakes his head and walks off a bit, shaking his head and muttering about imbeciles
[01:23] * Daeth reaches inside his cloak and finds a small flask and a small package of that odd deformed meat, sliced up, and hands them to Apple.
[01:24] <Aik> .
[01:27] <Aik> *Apple* *looks at the meat and then back up at Daeth, then hands some to the person beside her* "Th-Thank you"
[01:27] * Daeth nods
[01:27] <Aik> *Kaz* "What we do now?"
[01:27] <Aik> .
[01:27] <Daeth> "Eh, don't mention it"
[01:27] <Daeth> "Hmmm...well..."
[01:31] <Daeth> .
[01:32] <Daeth> *Bull* "Hey, maybe we shoulda tell 'em about da place!"
[01:32] <Daeth> What place?
[01:33] <Daeth> .
[01:34] <Aik> *Apple* "No! Y' can't tell em! The bandits'll have bin there anyhow"
[01:34] * Daeth perks up
[01:34] <Daeth> "Bandits, hmmm..."
[01:35] <Daeth> "What kind of place?"
[01:35] * Aik lets his attention be taken over
[01:35] <Aik> *Apple* Don't bloody tell 'im
[01:36] <Daeth> *Bull* "But dey saved us!"
[01:38] <Aik> *Apple* We saved us, they only saved them *points to people on ground*
[01:39] <Daeth> *Bull* "Dey gave us food!"
[01:41] <Aik> *Apple* It not worth it!
[01:41] <Aik> *Kaz* "Quiet! Both of y'!"
[01:41] <Daeth> *Bull* *mumble* "Ok"
[01:42] <Aik> *Apple* *moves away, lowering her gaze to the ground*
[01:47] <Aik> *At this moment, the one they called Darpa stirs*
[01:48] * Daeth glances at Darkar
[01:48] * Daeth glances at Darpa
[01:49] <Aik> *Apple* *Hurries over to where he is, and pours a bit of the water onto his face*
[01:50] * Daeth walks over to Darpa and looks at him
[01:52] <Aik> *Darpa look pretty well terrible. He wears less than the rest of them did, and thus, a good deal of his skil has been burnt to the point of falling off*
[01:52] * Daeth winces
[01:53] * Daeth rips a piece of cloth from somewhere, dips water on it, and passes it to Apple
[01:56] <Aik> *Apple* *Takes the cloth with some perplexion, then wipes Darpa's face over with it*
[01:57] * Daeth goes back to Kaz
[01:57] <Daeth> "You were saying, sir?"
[02:02] <Daeth> "So what's this place about?"
[02:03] <Aik> *Kaz* "It's a safe place, wit good stuff an - " .
[02:03] <Aik> *Apple* "Don't tell him!"
[02:04] <Daeth> "If it's bandits you're worried about, I assure you I can manage"
[02:04] <Aik> *Kaz* *Backhands Apple across the face* "Be quiet you!"
[02:05] <Daeth> "That's no way to treat a lady..."
[02:07] <Aik> *Kaz* *snorts* "Lady gets treated however I wanta treat 'er"
[02:09] * Daeth walks to Apple
[02:09] * Daeth crouches next to her
[02:09] <Daeth> "You alright?"
[02:10] <Aik> *Apple's lip is split, but otherwise looks okay. At Death's question she looks firmly in the other direction*
[02:11] * Daeth sighs
[02:11] * Daeth looks back at Kaz
[02:11] <Daeth> "Anyways..."
[02:15] <Aik> *Kaz* Out there, there's wa'er, an plenty of stuff. Could be good fer someone who c'n use it, but not much of it worked fer us though. 'Xcept for dis one" *takes a simple gun from under his layers of glorified rags*
[02:16] * Daeth blinks
[02:16] <Daeth> "What the hell is that?"
[02:16] * Aik walks quickly over to where Kaz is
[02:16] <Daeth> "Some sort of...container?"
[02:17] <Aik> "That, my friend, is a weapon" *stares dazedly at it
[02:17] <Daeth> "And how do you know?"
[02:18] * Aik repeats the same grin as before
[02:18] <Aik> "I have ways of knowing such things"
[02:19] <Daeth> "Meh."
[02:19] <Daeth> "And where's this place?"
[02:20] <Aik> *Kaz* "Out der" *Waves to the trapdoor*
[02:20] <Daeth> "Well yes, I figured that."
[02:21] <Aik> *Kaz* "Well I not go back t' show you"
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[02:24] <Daeth> "Well"
[02:24] <Daeth> "Where abouts was it?"
[02:25] <Aik> *Apple stands* "I'll take you."
[02:25] * Daeth looks at Apple surprisedly
[02:25] <Daeth> "Are you sure? I mean, you don't have to..."
[02:25] <Aik> *Kaz* *looks at her incrediously*
[02:26] <Aik> *Apple* "I wanta get back"
[02:27] * Daeth blinks
[02:27] <Daeth> "Well if you want..."
[02:28] <Aik> *Kaz* "Bloody women..."
[02:29] * Daeth looks outside
[02:29] <Daeth> "Hey Aik?"
[02:29] <Aik> "eh>"
[02:30] <Daeth> "How long until nightfall?"
[02:31] <Aik> "A few hours. Might be that our guide be needing some rest, no?"
[02:31] * Daeth nods
[02:32] <Daeth> "Probably a good idea, eh..."
[02:32] * Daeth goes off in the corner
[02:32] <Aik> "Maybe this little adventure can wait for a day or two...?"
[02:34] <Daeth> "Hmmm...probably a good idea"
[02:35] <Aik> "I know a good place not far from here where we can rest, git some food maybe"
[02:35] <Daeth> "You do?"
[02:35] <Aik> "Of course I do"
[02:36] <Daeth> "Well...let's head there then"
[02:41] <Aik> *And so they walked to the place which Aik knew of*
[02:41] <Aik> *This session is ended*

[12:57] <Aik> *The tunnel which Aik leads you through is rough and low. It branches several times, but eventually opens into a small body of water*
[12:57] <Aik> "Hmm, don't suppose any of you can swim...?"
[13:01] <Aik> *The water is murky, but looks quite deep*
[13:08] * DM-Gone is now known as Daeth
[13:08] <Daeth> "Can you?"
[13:08] <Aik> "Almost"
[13:09] <Daeth> "Hmmm..."
[13:09] <Aik> *Apple* *Looks confused as to why anyone would ever want to swim*
[13:09] * Daeth reaches out his sword and dips it in the water to test how deep it is
[13:10] <Aik> *The water drops beyond his sword's reach not far from the edge*
[13:11] <Daeth> "Deep...I can't swim."
[13:11] <Daeth> "No water to swim in."
[13:14] <Aik> "Well, this could be a problem ... You're just gonna hafta learn"
[13:14] * Aik sets mode: -b *!*@adsl-155-241-149.asm.bellsouth.net
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[13:15] <Daeth> *Apple* "What 'bout me?"
[13:15] <Aik> "Yeah, you too"
[13:16] <Daeth> "Why don't you go first and show us how it's done and all."
[13:16] <Aik> "Simple, just get in the water, an' push off"
[13:17] * Aik takes off his shirt and puts it in his bag. Then slides into the water
[13:19] * Aik ducks under the water and pushes off, and soon can't be seen by the others
[13:20] * Daeth swears.
[13:21] <Daeth> "Well, suppose we have to swim too..."
[13:26] <Aik> *Apple* "Who's goin' first?"
[13:26] <Daeth> "Well...do you want to go first?"
[13:27] <Aik> *Apple* "If y' not then I guess I am"
[13:28] <Daeth> "Yeah...well...I'll, uh, watch your back or something. I guess."
[13:30] <Aik> *Apple* *walks warilly towards the water and dips her foot in up to her knee* "It's deep!"
[13:30] * Daeth nods
[13:31] <Daeth> "Be careful"
[13:32] <Aik> *Apple* *Takes off one of many layers of cloth and slides into the water, clinging onto the edge*
[13:33] * Daeth walks to the edge and watches her
[13:33] <Aik> "I k'n touch the botton ere"
[13:33] <Daeth> "Well that's good"
[13:35] <Aik> *Apple* *Goes under the water, out of Daeth's view. By the rippling of the water you can see that she's pushed off towards the rock wall, like Aik did. Then she disappears from sight*
[13:35] * Daeth swears.
[13:35] * Daeth takes off his huge hat and his cloak and rolls the cloak into a small ball and puts it in the hat
[13:36] * Daeth puts the hat on the water
[13:37] * Daeth swears and holds the hat
[13:38] * Daeth goes into the water and holds on to the edge like Apple did
[13:38] * Daeth kicks off into the water like Aik and Apple
[13:40] * Daeth "swims" slowly
[13:41] <Aik> *The water gets a little deeper, and is clearer under the surface. You see a gap over at the wall where is should be relitively easy to get into. You can see that it opens up on the other side to another pool of water*
[13:41] * Daeth heads towards that gap
[13:43] * Daeth swims though the gap
[13:44] <Aik> .
[13:47] <Aik> *When Daeth breaks the surface, he sees that he is in another pool of water. Around it is what resembles an inn, only with the types of people who are wanted to stay out of inns due to their tendancy to kill people. Aik stands out of the water, laughing with someone. Apple is holding onto a length of rope suspended above the water*
[13:48] * Daeth holds on to the rope
[13:50] * Daeth gets out of the water
[13:50] <Aik> *Apple* *Starts pulling herself towards dry land*
[13:50] <Aik> "Ah, so you *can* swim, eh?"
[13:51] <Daeth> "Not really"
[13:51] * Aik offers a hand to help Apple out
[13:52] <Aik> "Anyhow, here we are"
[13:52] * Daeth gets on the surface
[13:52] * Daeth puts on his (although wet) gear
[13:53] <Aik> "They call this place the Soaked Rat, can't imagine why really..." *looks at Daeth* "But I do see a resemblance"
[13:53] <Daeth> "Shut. Up."
[13:54] * Daeth shudders in coldness
[13:54] <Daeth> "Who's your friend there?"
[13:55] <Aik> "It is of no matter who these people are. You don't need to know"
[13:55] * Daeth mumbles and swears
[13:55] <Daeth> "Why are we here again?"
[13:56] <Aik> "Well, were you plannin t' walk across the waste with nothin but y' cloak an' hat?"
[13:57] <Daeth> "Yeah...okay...whatever..."
[13:58] <Aik> *Apple* "Is there any place we k'n lie down? I'm feelin a little dizzy"
[13:59] <Aik> "Um, sure. Should probably git some drink too..."
[14:00] <Aik> "Hey Rat! We need a bit of floor an' water!"
[14:01] <Aik> *A short and slim man shout back across the room* "There's some up the back! I'll git the water!"
[14:02] <Aik> "Follow me"
[14:03] * Daeth stands up and follows Aik.
[14:04] * Aik leads Apple and Daeth into another small tunnel, which opens up to a chamber filled with moss
[14:04] * Daeth follows the Aikanaro.
[14:05] <Aik> "Y' can sleep here"
[14:05] <Daeth> "Oh."
[14:05] * Daeth finds a piece of moss and sits down on it
[14:06] <Aik> *Apple* *Lies down over a reasonably flat bit of mossy rock*
[14:07] <Aik> "I'll go see about supplies and such."
[14:07] <Aik> .
[14:09] <Aik> *Aik leaves for several hours. In this time the one he called Rat comes in with water and food, then leaves again*
[14:12] <Aik> .
[14:12] * Daeth sleeps.
[14:12] <Aik> *Apple* *is sleeping also*
[14:12] * Aik returns and, seeing the situation of things, sleeps as well
[14:12] <Aik> .

[14:12] <Aik> .
[14:13] <Aik> .
[14:13] * Aik awakes quite some time later
[14:13] * Daeth is still sleeping
[14:14] * Aik shakes Daeth to wake him
[14:14] <Daeth> "Huuhzah?"
[14:14] * Daeth wakes
[14:15] <Aik> "Come with me. We need to do some discussing"
[14:15] * Daeth rubs his eyes and stretches
[14:15] * Daeth follows the Aik
[14:16] * Aik stand and walks out, leading Daeth back towards the place where they first entered
[14:16] * Daeth leans against a rock wall
[14:16] * Aik walks to a conveniently out of the way corner
[14:16] <Aik> .
[14:17] <Aik> *There are severl people in the place, but all seem rather antisocial and only interested in their own doings*
[14:17] <Aik> .
[14:17] * Daeth follows Aik to the convient corner and leans against a wall
[14:21] * Aik sits down on a quite badly damaged metal bench
[14:22] <Aik> "Right"
[14:22] <Daeth> "Hmm...?"
[14:22] <Aik> "How often do you surface?"
[14:23] <Daeth> "Quite often"
[14:23] <Aik> "You a scavenger?"
[14:24] <Daeth> "Sometimes"
[14:25] <Aik> "Bandit?"
[14:26] <Daeth> "Oftentimes. From other bandits, mostly..."
[14:32] <Aik> "Vigilante are you? Or just think they make good targets?"
[14:33] * Daeth laughs
[14:33] <Daeth> "Good targets, I can't bring myself to harm hapless travellers"
[14:34] <Aik> "And y' ain't not seen a gun before?"
[14:36] * Daeth recalls
[14:38] <Daeth> "They did get used on me a couple times"
[14:39] <Aik> "Great, so y' know what it means if we can git this so-called cache."
[14:39] * Daeth smiles evily
[14:40] <Daeth> "Yeeees"
[14:41] <Daeth> "Do you know the place Apple spoke of?"
[14:41] <Aik> "I've never gone out that way. Never heard of anythin of use out there before"
[14:42] <Daeth> "And wait a second"
[14:42] <Daeth> "What do YOU do?"
[14:44] <Aik> "I scavenge and steal and many a other thing which should not concern you"
[14:45] <Daeth> "Yeah yeah. The whole mysterious thing going on, eh."
[14:46] <Aik> "Now, these bandits that they spoke about, they must have been after this stuff"
[14:46] <Aik> "It sounds like a prettty pissy place t' attack otherwise"
[14:47] <Daeth> "Well of course."
[14:47] <Daeth> "So naturally they'll have guns to shoot us with. You got any guns?"
[14:48] <Aik> "Should we git us some mercs on our side?"
[14:48] <Daeth> "That could be a good idea...you know anyone here?"
[14:51] <Aik> "One of the reasons I came ere. People'll be happy to go on somethin like this"
[14:51] <Aik> "Wouldn't trust 'em though"
[14:52] <Daeth> "Are you suggesting -"
[14:52] * Daeth leans forward
[14:52] <Daeth> "We getting rid of them afterwards?"
[14:53] <Aik> "If we did that, we'd have t' stay well outa this joint again, but yeah"
[14:54] <Daeth> "Well...if nobody knows what we did was alive..."
[14:56] <Aik> "Too damn suspicious to hire mercs and return without any of 'em"
[14:57] <Daeth> "So? They haven't any proof"
[14:58] <Aik> "Yeah, but they do have knives"
[14:59] <Daeth> "What do you propse then?"
[15:01] <Aik> "I hear tell of some juicy pickings to the north. Some place they claim is paradise, big city or somethin"
[15:02] <Daeth> "And?"
[15:03] <Aik> "We leave this shithole behind an' head thataway"
[15:03] <Daeth> "And that cave?"
[15:06] <Aik> "We git t' the cave, kill the mercs, take the stuff, and head t' this place, see if their's any truth t' the traveller's tales"
[15:07] <Daeth> "Sounds like a good idea to me..."
[15:07] <Aik> "Dangerous, yes. But better than coming back here and dying with a knife in the back"
[15:07] <Daeth> "Meh. I guess so."
[15:07] <Daeth> "So go find your merc friends, then."
[15:08] <Daeth> "I'll go wake Apple, should I?"
[15:08] <Aik> "She needs all the sleep she can get"
[15:08] * Daeth nods
[15:08] <Daeth> "Do you have any guns?"
[15:09] <Aik> "Two, and I wouldn't count on them workin at the best of times"
[15:10] <Daeth> "And I just have my trusty sword..."
[15:10] <Aik> "When'll we go?"
[15:10] <Daeth> "Is it possible to get supplies here?"
[15:10] <Aik> "They're all arranged"
[15:11] <Daeth> "Oh."
[15:11] <Daeth> "What about the mercs?"
[15:12] <Aik> "I'm goin t' do that now"
[15:12] <Daeth> "Well, you do that."
[15:12] * Daeth sits down on a bench and puts his feet on the table
[15:12] * Daeth yawns hugely
[15:12] * Aik stands and walks off
[15:12] * Daeth puts his legs off the table and lays on it in an attempt to rest

<Aik> *Aik is talking with several large and intimidating people, and after going through several different groups, comes back with four*
* Aik shakes Daeth
* Daeth wakesa
<Daeth> "Yeah?"
<Aik> "This bunch's decided t' take us up on our offer"
<Aik> .
<Aik> *Mercenary* "I'm in it fer guns
<Aik> *Mercenary2* "Yeah, 'e said we was goin gun-huntin"
<Aik> .
* Daeth reaches out to shake hands with the four
<Aik> *The mercenaries look at Daeth strangly, and neglect to take the hand*
* Daeth ahahehs a while
<Daeth> "Got a name, folks?"
<Daeth> *Mercenery 3* "They call me the Eagle."
<Daeth> *Mercenery 4* "*odd hissing noises*"
<Daeth> *Mercenary 3* "His throat got burnt a while back, 'e can't talk properly an' all"
<Aik> *Mercenary1* "I'm Biter. Always like 't take a chunk of me enemy home wit me fer eatin'" *bars his teeth, which have been filed into points*
<Daeth> "Eheh."
* Daeth nods
<Aik> *Mercenary2* "I'm Leftover"
<Aik> *Leftover* "Me an' Aik go long back..."
<Aik> "Yeah" *in a voice suggesting we would rather not to be working with him again*
<Daeth> "Well..."
<Daeth> "What time is it?"
<Aik> "Sun'll probably be risin by now"
<Daeth> "Ready to surface tomorrow, then?"
<Aik> *Biter* "We ready whenever you are"
<Aik> "Apple might be too weak after that daylight walk..."
<Daeth> "Ahh...right...forgot about her, heh."
<Aik> "We'll leave at dusk in two days." *to the mercenaries* "You all be waitin at the trapdoor"
<Daeth> "For two days?"
<Aik> "Got some pressing apointment in the waste?"
<Daeth> "Not especially, no."
<Daeth> "I'll go see to Apple."
* Daeth goes
<Aik> .
<Aik> .
<Aik> .
* Aik walks into the room where Daeth and Apple are asleep, and quietly shakes them both awake
<Aik> "Time to go, best if we leave quietly"
* Daeth wakes
<Daeth> "Yeah. Ok."
* Daeth wakes Apple
<Aik> *Apple* *Yawns and streches* "Eh?"
<Daeth> "We're leaving"
<Aik> *Apple* "Hmm. Okay" *hops up*
* Daeth goes to the water place again
* Daeth sighs
<Daeth> "Swim again?"
<Aik> "We'll go out the dry door. It's longer, but less conspicuous"
<Daeth> "There's a dry door?"
<Aik> "Plus we could never get our supplies through there"
* Daeth nods
<Daeth> "Lead the way, o great one."
<Aik> "Ever seen wet rat's meat? Would be pretty stupid to take it through there."
* Aik leads them back to the water room, where there are three ratskin backpacks waiting
* Daeth squashes a roach with his foot
* Aik takes one of them
<Aik> "All the supplies we should need for each of us"
* Daeth takes another one
<Aik> *Apple* *Takes the last*
<Aik> "Right, follow me"
* Daeth follows
* Aik walks down a different tunnel, which leads past various sleeping rooms. He enters one, and takes a mossy stone from the back wall
* Daeth watches
<Daeth> "Secret passage?"
<Aik> *The tunnel behind it is very caustiphobic, with only enough room to crawl, pushing the pack infront of you*
<Aik> "Of course."
<Aik> "Wouldn't want the wrong people knowing about this place"
* Aik takes off the backpack and pushes it in
* Daeth mutters and complains about stupid cavern people
* Aik kneels down and crawls in
* Daeth follows suit
<Aik> *Apple* Waits for Daeth's feet to be well along before following*
<Aik> .
<Aik> *The tunnel follows a linear path. After short time someone closes the other end, making it completely dark*
* Daeth reaches out carefully
<Aik> "It's not far"
* Daeth crawls along
<Aik> *You hear some clattering ahead, and a small amount of light enters. Aik pushed out another stone, at the end of the passage*
* Aik climbs out
<Aik> "Hurry up"
* Daeth climbs out
<Aik> *As soon as Apple has exitted, Aik lifts up the stone and re-seals the passge*
<Aik> "Right, now we have a bit of a walk to get to where we're going"
* Daeth shrugs
<Daeth> "Lead on."
<Aik> *The passage is remote, and twists a very great deal. Eventually they come back to familiar areas. They reach the edge of the city with the sun almost set*
* Daeth looks around
<Aik> *The four mercenaries are there, standing amidst a number of sleeping homeless people*
* Daeth nods at them
<Aik> *Biter* *Walks over* "Ready?" *looks to Apple* "Who's she?"
<Daeth> "Our friend"
<Daeth> "She knows where the place is"
<Aik> *Biter* "Hmmph. Girl not good fer much in the waste"
<Aik> *Biter* "Maybe I'll have a taste if we're runnin low on food"
<Daeth> "Eh now, don't touch her"
* Aik looks at Daeth, then back to Biter "Touch her and I'll shove that sword of his up your arse"
* Daeth pulls the sword out to demonstrate
<Aik> *Biter* *Takes a look at Apple, licking his lips before turning back around to collect his bag* "Let's go then"
* Daeth puts the sword back and yawns loudly
* Aik patiently watches for the sun to fall completely
<Aik> .
* Daeth twiddles his thumbs
<Aik> *At this time, another group of six enters the chamber. With them is Bull*
<Aik> .
* Daeth nods at Bull
* Aik looks suspiciously at Bull
<Aik> *Apple* *Looks outright hostile at Bull*
<Aik> *Apple* "Whadda y' doin here?"
<Daeth> *Bull* "'e haven't left yet."

<Aik> *One of the people from the other group looks Aik, Daeth, and Apple over. To Apple he says* "We were just gonna go get us some fancy guns. Good of Bull t' tell us where they are"
<Daeth> "Is that so?"
<Aik> *OtherPerson* "It is, just waitin fer the sun to go down"
<Daeth> "Hmmm..."
* Daeth conferrs with Aik...query :P
<Aik> *Apple* *clutches the knife she has hidden under her rags, looking like she would love to shove it into Bull*
<Daeth> *psst* "Aik...what say you? We beat them up, or we join with them?"
<Aik> *Quietly to Daeth* "Neither, we race 'em"
<Aik> "Too many to take on, not good odds"
<Daeth> "Joining them and then getting rid of them after the bandits get half o' 'em would be a good idea"
* Kirk enters through the exit of the door, sweating and carrying a rock
<Aik> "Too bloody risky. They might get us first"
* Daeth nods at Kirk
<Daeth> "Hi Kark"
<Kirk> "It's Kirk, you moron!"
<Daeth> *psst* "Ok then."
<Daeth> "Yeah, same thing..."
* Aik looks at Kirk as though he's an insignificant piece of floating dust
<Daeth> "What's that rock for?"
* Kirk walks over to Aik and Daeth
<Kirk> "I just wanted a rock"
<Daeth> "..."
* Aik grabs Daeth's shoulder and pulls him to the side
<Kirk> "Alright, you grind it up, piss on it, and you have paint"
* Daeth gets pulled to the side
<Aik> "To the matter at hand - let's go before they do"
<Daeth> "Let's."
* Daeth hops on his feet
* Daeth puts his bag on
<Kirk> "Hey, what's happening fellas?"
<Daeth> "You wanna watch, come along."
<Aik> *To the other group* "Enjoy the hunt, come on Apple, *to the mercs* and you four"
<Aik> "And certainly *not* you"
* Kirk grabs his gear, puts it on and places his rock in his backpack
* Daeth pushes the trapdoor open
* Aik grabs his ratskin backpack and heads towards the trapdoor
<Aik> *Apple and the mercs follow suit*
* Daeth climbs out
<Daeth> "Well"
<Daeth> "Which way, Apple?"
* Kirk follows Death
<Aik> *Apple* *points to the way they came from before* "That way"
<Aik> "We need to go swiftly. Is there anywhere to take cover in the day?"
<Daeth> "Hmmm..."
* Daeth kicks the trapdoor shut
<Daeth> "Aik, any way we can seal the door?"
<Aik> *Apple* "Not really"
<Aik> "Short of standing on it, no"
<Daeth> "Anyone have a spare sword or something?
<Daeth> "
<Kirk> "So where we headed, guys?"
<Kirk> "I have a rock"
<Daeth> "..."
* Daeth looks around
* Daeth finds a pretty big rock
<Daeth> "Hey. Cake. Let's go grab that rock and put it on the door."
<Aik> .
<Aik> *Bull flings the trapdoor up and begins pulling himself out*
<Aik> .
<Daeth> "Bah..."
<Kirk> "Kirk!"
<Aik> "Throw it at him!"
* Daeth takes his sword out and bashes Bull on the head with it
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *Eagle* *kicks the trapdoor shut*
<Daeth> .
<Aik> "Let's do a runner"
<Kirk> "Good idea!"
<Daeth> "Seconded!"
* Aik sprints in the direction which Apple pointed out
* Daeth follows suit, his cloak flapping
* Kirk runs after Aik
* Kirk drops his rock
<Kirk> "Hey, my rock"
<Daeth> "It's just a rock!"
* Daeth keeps running
<Kirk> "But it's mine!"
<Daeth> "Get another one!
<Daeth> "
* Kirk keeps running, watching as his rock becomes smaller and fades into the distance
<Aik> "Even better would be if y' went back there and made yourself useful!"
<Kirk> "How?"
<Aik> "Sacrificial offering"
<Daeth> "Hey Apple, how far is it?"
<Kirk> "Are you crazy? I ain't doin' nothing like that! You've seen the size of that Bull fella, I don't wanna Tango with him!"
* Daeth begins to puff
<Aik> *Apple* "A day an' a night we took"
* Aik slows down
* Daeth does too
* Kirk stops, places his hands on his kness and breathes heavily
* Daeth stands for a second to catch his breath
* Vimes has joined #sp_mm
* Aik discreetly beckons to Daeth to move closer
* Vimes is now known as Herfules
* Herfules is now known as Herfah
<Daeth> ...?!
* Kirk catches his breath and looks around for another rock
* Herfah is now known as Herfules
* Daeth walks up to Aik and the mercs
* Aik pulls aside from the mercs, sliding a hand under his clothing and taking out a simple and rather badly looked after gun
<Daeth> "Nice."
<Daeth> "How many shots?"
* Kirk finds a whole pile of rocks and picks one up, throws it in the air slightly and catches it before throwing it in the direction that they just came from
<Aik> "Six"
* Daeth looks at Kirk
<Daeth> "Why are you following us anyway?"
<Aik> "Take it, keep it secret from the others"
* Aik presses it into Daeth's hands
<Kirk> "One word, BULL!"
<Kirk> "And I have no where else to go!"
* Daeth hides it under his cloak
* Kirk picks up a big rock, and puts it in his backpack
<Aik> "There's a nice big wasteland all a-bloody round us! Go out there somewhere and die!"
<Kirk> "How about no!"
<Kirk> "God, I can't do anything right, can I?"
<Daeth> "Well..."
<Daeth> "Got any skills?"
<Kirk> "I dunno, but we can find out"
<Kirk> "I think I can fight"
<Daeth> :
<Daeth> "..."
<Daeth> "You THINK."
<Daeth> "How old are you?"
<Kirk> "I'm fifteen!"
<Aik> "Keep walking people, faster than we are!"
* Kirk starts to walk faster
* Daeth takes bigger strides
<Aik> *The ruined buildings of the city behind them begin to fade into the distance, and signs of the old civilisation scarcer*
<Kirk> "I can set explosives and can disarm them!"
<Daeth> "Explosives, huh?"
<Kirk> "Easily"
<Daeth> "Too bad few of them are around..."
<Kirk> "Yeah, well, all I need is alchohol, a fair bit of it, and a rock, and we have a bomb"
<Kirk> "It'd work better with gunpowder though"
* Aik rolls his eyes and tries distancing himself from the chatter
* Daeth seems to enjoy talking to Kirk
<Daeth> "What happened to your parents?"
<Kirk> "Dunno, they dropped me off somewhere one day and went looking for food"
<Daeth> "How'd you learn your demolition skills?"
<Kirk> "I waited a couple of days, almost five, before I started wandering"
<Daeth> You hit the Farm Rat 2 times for 99 damage...
<Daeth> (OPPS!)
* Daeth nods
<Kirk> "My dad showed me one day, and while I was wandering, I built on my skills, stealing stuff and detonating it"
<Kirk> "I just wish I'd have kept those few sticks of TNT though"
<Daeth> "A what?"
<Kirk> "What?"
<Daeth> "TNT"
<Kirk> "It's some sorta explosive, Tri-Nit-Something
<Kirk> "Makes a good bang"
<Daeth> "Ooookay..."
* Daeth takes his hat off and wipes some sweat off
* Kirk takes his backpack off, and while still walking, rumages around in it
<Aik> *Apple* "Hey! I see 'em commin behind us!"
* Daeth looks back
* Kirk finds his knife, pulls it out and sticks it in between his hip and his pants
* Herfules has quit IRC (Quit: Don't Let The Time Pass Waiting For The Answer... )
* Kirk looks back
<Daeth> *Hisser* "Growl. hiss."
<Daeth> *Eagle* "He says we should pick him off or keep walking."
<Aik> "Yeah, sure he does" *rolls his eyes*
<Aik> "Anyhow, we should keep walking, we don't stand to gain much fighting them"
<Daeth> "Yeah, but we can get rid of competition. If they get there first, we're all dead."
<Aik> "If we get there first, they're all dead"
<Kirk> "True, but, what if we do fight them, and don't get there"
<Kirk> "Bull looks like he could break me with one hand"
<Aik> "Kid's got a point."
* Daeth nods
* Daeth keeps striding forwards
* Kirk picks up the pace a little
<Aik> "Maybe jog for a time?"
<Kirk> "If ya want"
<Aik> "Trade fluids for speed"
* Daeth reaches inside his cloak
<Daeth> "Hey, Kirk?"
* Aik begins jogging
* Daeth begins jogging too
<Kirk> "Hey what?"
<Daeth> "Remember how you said you can make a bomb out of alcohol and a bottle?"
* Kirk starts to jog, to keep up with the others
<Kirk> "A rock"
<Daeth> "How can you actually do that...?"
<Kirk> "What ya do is, ya pour a little bit in a line, and leave the rest as a big thing"
<Kirk> "Depending on how much liquid you have, the bigger the boom"
* Daeth takes a tiny flask out of his cloak
<Daeth> "Alcohol."
* Daeth takes a look back
<Kirk> "And you whack a rock against the ground next to it, and make a sparky-looking thing, which the Alchohol lights and burns and goes bang at the end"
<Daeth> "They're jogging too...hey, Bull's pulling out a gun!"
<Aik> "Shit! Run!"
* Daeth begins running full speed
* Kirk puts his head down and runs like hell
<Daeth> *Bull* *fires a shot!*
* Daeth looks back
<Daeth> *Bull* *missed and swears*
<Kirk> "God, not again, please not again"
* Kirk begins to sob a little
* Daeth runs
<Aik> *Leftover* *stumbles over a rock and falls*
* Daeth slides to a halt
* Daeth tosses that flask of alcohol to Kirk
* Daeth runs back and helps Leftover up.
<Daeth> "You alright?"
* Kirk stops and catches it
<Kirk> "What am I supposed to do with this?"
<Aik> "Fucking well kill them!"
<Daeth> "It's alcohol, dammit! You have a rock!"
<Kirk> "Shit, there's not enough!"
* Daeth finds another flask and tosses it to Kirk
<Kirk> "Uh, ok"
<Aik> .
<Aik> *Another shot his heard, this one from another member of the group. They are now only 100 metres away*
<Aik> .
* Daeth swears
<Daeth> "Kids, we're either going to run to the cave, beat up the thieves really fast and grab the guns, on beat them up now."
<Aik> "We can't fight them bloody well here!"
<Kirk> "Well, if you give me a minute, I can scare them!"
<Aik> "You don't have a minute!"
* Daeth helps Leftover up
* Kirk opens up the first bottle and begins to pour out it's contents slowly on the ground
<Daeth> "Hurry up, dammit!"
* Daeth pulls out the gun and fires at one of the charging fella
* Aik stops running and pulls out his gun, aiming it to where Kirk is pouring out the alchohol
<Aik> "Git out of the bloody way!"
* Daeth runs
* Kirk pours the the liquid out to a range of about fifteen metres, and opens the second bottle at the end, with the liquid pouring out slowly
* Kirk drops it and runs
<Daeth> .
<Aik> *Leftover* *Runs to the side in a staggering way*
<Daeth> *Bull* *fires another shot, barely missing Daeth*
<Daeth> .
* Aik fires a shot at the alchohol as the other group nears
* Daeth runs like hell
<Aik> *Apple* *Dives behind a rock*
* Kirk dives behind a rock, and sticks his head his head around it to see the alchohol that's on the ground
* Daeth dives behind Kirk's rock
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *The flame is set on fire and the group halts in surprise, but two stumbled into the fire and is burnt. The group is pretty shocked by thsi and some sits down on the ground*
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> "Run!"
* Aik runs like hell, using the rhythm of Bull's discharging gun to keep him motivated
* Daeth runs too
* Kirk runs, sobbing and yelling "Not again!"
<Daeth> "Not what again!"
<Kirk> "Don't worry!"
<Aik> .
<Kirk> "Just run, if one of those things hit you, it hurts!"
<Aik> *Leftover* *stumbles as one of Bull's bullets hits him in the thigh*
<Daeth> "Shit! Not again!"
* Daeth slides to a halt again
<Aik> "Leave him!"
<Daeth> "Wha?!"
* Kirk begins to yell
<Aik> "Keep bloody well running!"
<Daeth> "But..."

<Aik> "No but!"
* Daeth growls
<Daeth> "He's your friend!"
<Kirk> "Just keep running, dammit!"
<Aik> "Since bloody when?"
<Aik> *No one else in the group is paying Leftover much heed, far more interested in making their own escape.*
* Daeth growls and runs
* Kirk continues to run
* Kirk begins to slow down
<Aik> .
<Aik> *You here a shot behind you, and the screams of Leftover end. If you look behind, you can see that Bull has shot him again, though are probably now too far away to make out details. He is, however, very dead looking*
<Aik> .
* Daeth yells and swears incoherently while running
* Kirk stops, looks around from where the sound of the bullet comes from
* Kirk clutches the side of his head and begins to yell and shake his head violently
* Daeth stops again
<Daeth> "Kirk!"
<Aik> *Bull* *Fires a shot the one standing still (Kirk)*
* Daeth jumps a good distance away from Kirk
* Kirk hears the bullet go speeding past him, turns, and begins to run again
<Aik> .
<Aik> *Bull fires off three more shots before turning back to where the rest of his group is*
<Aik> .
* Aik slows down to a walk and waits for those who didn't run all the way to catch up
* Daeth runs to Aik
* Daeth slows down to a stride again
<Aik> "Urph. Not a good start"
<Daeth> "Apple, how far away are we?"
<Aik> *Apple* *Jogs up closer* "Not as far as we were, yet still far away. I can't judge"
<Kirk> "*Puffing* Crap, I hope we never see those fellas again"
<Daeth> "I do have a feeling we will"
<Kirk> "God, I 'ope not!"
<Kirk> "Hey, Daeth, you wanna know what I was whineing about?*
<Daeth> "Hold on."
* Daeth finds another flask and hands it to Kirk
<Daeth> "More alcohol, use it well
<Daeth> "
<Daeth> "And I don't mean drink it"
* Kirk nods and puts the flask in his backpack
<Kirk> "How many of these bloody things do you 'ave?"
<Daeth> "Well, that's the last one"
<Daeth> "Was going to trade it..."
<Aik> "Woulda fetched a good price too"
<Kirk> "Well, why give it to me? If we meet up with someone like those guys back there, I'll just freak again and be usless"
<Daeth> "..."
<Daeth> "Well..."
<Daeth> "Give it back."
* Kirk passes the flask back to Daeth
* Daeth puts it into one of his many pockets
* Daeth strides on
<Aik> *At the edge of your field of vision you can see a structure spanning over a shallow but wide(ish) ditch, which was probably once a river*
* Daeth looks at the ditch
* Daeth squees excitedly and runs over to the shadow of the hill
* Daeth picks up some grass
<Aik> *Apple* "What's that? Some kinda moss?"
<Daeth> "I have no idea, but I'm sure I can persuade some merchant into thinking it's useful."
* Daeth puts it his cloak carefully
<Aik> *Apple* "I'm thinkin it's gonna be dead by then. Lookin' kinda brown, no good moss is brown"
<Daeth> "Well, we can eat it later or something."
<Daeth> "So Kirk"
* Kirk is startled by Daeth
<Kirk> "Huh...uh, yeah, what?"
<Daeth> "Why were you whining like there was no tomorrow?"
<Kirk> "Nah, don't worry"
* Kirk growls
<Daeth> "..."
<Kirk> "It's just that...I've been got with one of those things. What are they? A gun, I think it is"
* Daeth nods
* Kirk lifts his shirt to reveal a large scar on the right side of his stomach
* Daeth winces
<Daeth> "Oooh"
<Daeth> "Nasty"
* Kirk turns around to show a scar around the same spot on his back
* Daeth nods
<Aik> *Apple* "Y' was shit scared out there. Y' a bloody pontroon"
<Kirk> "I just don't wanna go through it again. Lying in a bed for days on end, wrapped in old dirty, bloody shirts around the 'ole"
<Kirk> "And what did that happen for? A stupid bloody bullet"
<Aik> *Apple* "Y' was about t' piss yerself! Too scared t' even git outa the way!"
<Kirk> "Alright, Missy. How would it go, if jus' after you were hit with a bullet, and you were lying there, blood pissin' outta hole in your stomach, you saw ya best friends get hit, in the 'ead and the other in the stomach
<Kirk> "And one of them had the innards of his head gets splattered all over you, and the other fella's sitting there screaming 'is guts out"
<Kirk> "Before the bastard that did it came over and 'it 'im in the 'ead with the wood part of the gun
<Aik> *Apple* Jus' after that I would be thinkin' meself dead. But that wasn't jus' after anythin' like that. Just then y' woulda bin better off runnin', not standin' around talkin t' y'self and shittin y' rags"
<Kirk> "I was a kid, and memories like that one 'urt"
* Daeth looks back
* Daeth walks up to Aik and pats him on the back
<Daeth> "They're way back again..."
<Aik> "I guess they're lookin after singed eyebrows"
<Daeth> "I think they're moving. Not running, though."
<Kirk> "Where we headed, anyway?"
<Daeth> "You forgot?"
<Daeth> "Or did we never tell you?"
<Kirk> "You's never told me"
<Aik> *Apple* "We're goin t' a place in which y' have no place goin' t'"
* Kirk growls
<Daeth> "Hey, kid...got any combat skills?"
<Kirk> "Uh...I dunno"
<Daeth> "What do you mean you dunno..."
<Kirk> "Last time I got into fight, I was almost killed"
<Daeth> "Well..."
<Kirk> "The times before that I had bigga fellas around me"
<Daeth> "You'll need to learn to fight sooner or later"
<Kirk> "Yeah, I know"
<Aik> *Apple* "Maybe y'll even learn t' have a spine"
* Kirk snarls at Apple
<Daeth> "Hmmm...got anything long enough?"
<Kirk> "I have a knife"
<Daeth> "Can you use it well?"
<Kirk> "I dunno, but it's good at skinning rats"
* Daeth takes out his rusty sheathed sword out slowly. Again.
* Kirk chuckles
<Kirk> "Bit rusty, don't ya think"
<Aik> "Y' really proud of that piece o' metal aren't y'?"
<Daeth> "Only the apperance, only the apperance..."
<Daeth> "'course I am, it's a family kinda thing."

<Aik> "Well, put the bloody thing away anyhow. Y' don't need it at the moment"
* Daeth looks back
<Daeth> "Probably true. I'll teach you later."
* Daeth puts the sword away again.
<Kirk> "Uh huh"
<Aik> .
<Aik> *The group walked, jogged, and ran throughout the night, occasionally being pointed in the right direction by Apple. Yet soon it would be dawn, everyone was weary, and the pursuers were still on their tail*
<Aik> .
* Daeth looks back again
<Daeth> "Bloody hell...don't those @#$%ers get tired/"
<Aik> *Apple* *glances at the lightening sky* "We need t' find some shel'er. Don't wanta be up 'ere with the sun up"
<Daeth> *?
<Daeth> "Any shelter around here?"
* Kirk looks around
<Aik> *Apple* "Might be tha' there is, might be that I'd be able t' tell y', if I knew"
<Kirk> "I can't see shit!"
<Aik> "Even if we do find shelter, we'll hafta fight for it anyhow, with them not so far away"
* Kirk shudders at what Aik just said
* Daeth shrugs
<Daeth> "That'll be easy."
<Kirk> "Easy?"
<Daeth> "Yeah."
<Aik> *Apple* *looks at Kirk, as if judging him, then turns away* "We gain nothin without a fight"
<Kirk> "I would really like ta see how that rusty old sword of yours goes in a fight"
<Daeth> "A-heh."
* Daeth snickers
<Daeth> "I would really like to see your knife, too."
<Aik> "I'd prefer t' see how the gun goes meself..."
<Daeth> "There still remains the problem of an actual shelter."
<Aik> *Apple* On the way ere we saw a few buildin' shells. Not sure if we're anywhere near 'em though"
<Daeth> "Let's pick up pace again, shall we/"
<Aik> "Sounds good"
<Kirk> "If we have to"
<Aik> .
<Aik> *Even as you talk amoungst yourselves you can feel the heat of the sun as it nears the horizon*
<Aik> .
<Daeth> "Ahhh crap."
<Daeth> "Let's pick up pace!"
* Daeth begins running
<Kirk> "Hey, wait up!"
* Kirk starts to run
* Aik runs too, but not overly speedy
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *Eagle* "Hey, look, what's that? *points*"
<Daeth> .
<Aik> *Apple* *stops and peers* "Buildin'?"
<Daeth> "Seems like it"
<Aik> "We'd best hurry up'n fortify then"
<Kirk> "Well, let's go!"
* Aik sprints towards the structure
* Kirk takes off after Aik
<Aik> .
<Aik> *The three story building is in ruins, yet still looks rather stable. Some of the painted sign on it can still be read 'S___en_r Ho__l'. Around it you can see only the outline of where other buildings used to stand*
<Aik> .
* Daeth dashes towards the building
* Daeth reaches the building after a short dash
<Daeth> "Hmmm..."
<Kirk> "Wow"
<Aik> "Looks good t' me"
<Kirk> "Have a look inside. Make sure there's no body livin' 'ere"
* Daeth takes out his sword and goes in first, armed with it
* Aik takes out his gun, and goes in second
* Daeth looks around
* Kirk pulls out his knife and enters after Aik
* Daeth goes up the stairs
<Aik> .
<Aik> *The first floor is a mess of a place. There are the remains of several wooden tables and chairs, a bar, and several dusty machines with things such as 'Jackpot!' and 'Win Big!' written on them (not that I think that anyone can actually read it)*
<Aik> .

<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *The second floor looks fairly different to the first floor. It had several tables and some chairs, including a bar table. This looks like it was a resturant and there is a small room to the back with some cutlery.*
<Daeth> .
* Daeth looks out of the hole that was a window
<Daeth> "They'll be here soon"
* Kirk looks up the stair
<Kirk> "What!?"
<Daeth> "Any volunteers gonna stay down there?"
<Aik> "let's see if we can move these thingos into the door"
<Kirk> "It ain't gonna be me!"
* Daeth puts some chairs on the start of the stairs to kick down later
* Daeth comes to the first floor
<Daeth> "What thingos?"
<Aik> *Aik and Biter start pushing one of the strange machines into the doorway*
* Kirk looks behind the bar
* Daeth goes to the third floor
<Daeth> .
<Kirk> "Hey, bottles!"
<Daeth> *This is a small room with two beds, a table, and a drawer in it. The roof is pretty much all gone.*
<Daeth> .
* Kirk removes the lid from one of the bottles
<Aik> "Right, Daeth! Come down here!"
* Daeth runs to the first floor
* Kirk sniffs
<Kirk> "Hey, it's some good stuff!"
* Kirk takes a swig from a bottle, and begins to cough
<Aik> "We should form a barricade around here. Maybe you can stab 'em with your sword"
<Daeth> "Well, hmmm..."
* Daeth looks around
<Kirk> "If it doesn't break when he swings it"
<Daeth> "The ideal position for me to be would be behind the door. See, when they first enter they'd put all their attention on the person standing at the doorway, so I can stab them from behind."
<Aik> "I'll go onto the second floor and shoot down on them. Maybe throw some rocks or such"
* Kirk looks under the bar
<Kirk> "Anything here to make a fire?"
* Daeth positions himself behind the door
<Aik> "Maybe we could blow something up..."
<Daeth> "Who's gonna volunteer to stand here to divert attention?"
<Aik> .
<Kirk> "Yeah, but I need some fire making things"
<Aik> *Apple* "I will"
<Aik> "You can't, we need you as a guide. Biter, you do it"
<Aik> "Or Hisser, or someone"
<Aik> .
<Kirk> "I will"
* Daeth glances at Kirk
<Daeth> "You sure?"
<Aik> *Apple* *looks* "You?"
<Kirk> "How far away are they?"
* Aik looks out the window
<Aik> "Too bloody close. In shoutin' distance soon"
<Daeth> "Get in position!
<Daeth> "
* Kirk finds a box of matches
* Daeth takes his sword out again
* Aik jogs up the stairs "The rest of you just do something"
<Aik> .
* Daeth does a sword pose
* Kirk puts them in his pocket, and races infront of the doorway
<Aik> *A member of the other group shouts out to them: "Look! We don't wanna fight! We just wanta place t' git outa the sun!"
<Aik> .
* Daeth ponders
* Daeth waves at Aik from behind the doorway and mouths "You negotiate"
* Daeth looks to Kirk
* Kirk walks back behind the bar
<Aik> *yells back at them* "Hold on a bloody minute!"
* Kirk picks up some bottles of alchohol
* Kirk walks back to where he was
* Kirk takes off his shirt, revealing a skinny, white torso
* Aik quickly runs down the stairs
<Aik> "What do you people think?"
* Kirk begins to rip his shirt into little pieces about 3 inches long
<Kirk> "Well, seeing how I'm the youngest here, I don't think you guys care what I think, especially not Apple"
* Daeth shrugs
<Daeth> "I'd kill them to save competition, we have to kill them later anyway."
* Kirk takes off the lids off the bottles
<Aik> *Apple* "Let 'em in an kill 'em, or fight 'em out and kill 'em. So long as they're dead"
<Daeth> "Let 'em in, I say. They're tired and in no condition to fight."
* Kirk places a strip of his torn shirt into each bottle
<Daeth> "Maybe let them in one at a time?"
<Aik> "Are we any better?"
<Kirk> "So are we, probably more tired"
<Aik> "That would scream 'trap'"
<Kirk> "Let 'em fry"
<Kirk> "I need a new shirt"
<Daeth> "Let them in, then kill 'em."
* Kirk walks to Aik with the bottles in his hands
<Aik> "We lose defence and position if we let 'em in"
<Kirk> "Do you know what these are?"
* Kirk holds the bottle up to Aik
<Aik> "Hopefully somethin' that'll kill them out there"
<Kirk> "Yeah, I don't know their name, but they are good"
<Aik> "Throwable?"
* Kirk hands the bottles to Aik
* Aik takes one
* Kirk pulls out the matches
<Kirk> Yeah
<Kirk> "Do you know how to use these?"
<Aik> "Can't say I do"
* Kirk takes a match out of the packet

The Hotel Siege (as it was later called) became an almost mythical state of mind later in our RPing careers. The action was impressively fluid and the simple system worked really well. Basically, one character attacks another, and then another player decides what happens.

<Kirk> "Ok, you see this sticky thing. You strike it down on the rough side of the box, like this"
* Kirk lights a match to show Aik

<Aik> "Right."
<Daeth> "What the hell is our plan?"
<Aik> "Stop 'em"
<Kirk> "Now, when you want to throw one, you light a sticky-thing, set the strips of shirt on fire and throw it. Just make sure it's a fair way away, so it doesn't get any of us"
* Aik puts a hand out for the matches
* Kirk hands the other bottles to Aik and passes the matches to him
<Aik> "Do whatever seems like a good thing t' be doin"
* Aik walks swirftly over to the stairs and goes up them
* Daeth glances at Kirk
<Kirk> "What?"
<Aik> *shouts to the other group from the window* "No y' bloody well can't come in!"
* Kirk pulls out his knife
* Daeth takes out his sword with the sheath on
* Aik puts the bottle and matches on the floor and takes cover against the wall
<Kirk> "What the hell are you doin'"
<Kirk> "Take the cover off"
* Daeth shakes his head
<Aik> *Member of other group* "Well then we'll knock down y' door an come in anyhow!"
* Daeth raises his sword and puts himself in a ready pose
* Kirk holds his knife out to the side of his body, and begins to breath funny
* Daeth takes his large hat off and puts it in the corner, revealing short brown hair
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *Member A* *attempts to push open the door, then uses his shoulder to charge into it an in attempt to get it open.*
<Daeth> *A* *a while later, the door slides open a crack and A slides in.*
<Daeth> .
* Kirk looks horrified at the group of people standing there in the door way, before yelling
<Kirk> "COME ON, THEN!!"
<Daeth> *A* *slams himself on the chest and walks at Kirk, fist up and hostile-looking*
* Aik stands up and shoots down at the people hoping to get in
* Daeth gets ready to leap out and attack him
* Kirk holds the knife against the inside of his arm, and runs at "A"
<Aik> *C* *Falls to the ground with a bullet in his head*
* Daeth leaps out from his hiding place, raises his swords, and slices A on the neck with his sheathed sword
<Daeth> *A* *now has a sore neck*
<Daeth> *A* *confused and spins around to face Daeth*
<Aik> *Apple* *Draws a rough bone dagger and rushes to the doorway*
* Kirk dives at A and pushes the knife through A's back
<Aik> *D* *Attempts to climb through the window*
* Daeth spins around and swings B's metal club attack out of the way
<Aik> *Bull* *backs up and aims towards the window where Aik is and fires off a shot*
* Kirk kicks A in the back of the leg, forcing him to the ground
* Daeth fights with B for a while, and then jumps back a good distance
<Daeth> "Hey Kirk, deal with him for a second!"
* Aik dives into cover
* Daeth grips his sheath and pulls out his sword! Dun dun dun dun dun!
<Aik> *Biter* *Attacks D with a piece of wood*
* Kirk runs at B and tries to tackle him
* Daeth walks at B again and slices at his club, resulting in a cut on the club!
<Daeth> *B* *swings club madly*
* Kirk is knocked out of the way by the club
* Daeth parries B's slam attack on Kirk
* Kirk lands on a table
<Aik> *B* *kicks at Daeth's groin*
* Daeth sidesteps out of the way and nearly trips on a fallen chair
* Kirk gets to his knees, and shakes his head
* Aik hops up and fires a shot at Bull, missing
<Aik> *B* *rushes at Daeth for an overhead chop*
* Daeth brings his sword up to stop it, while dropping the sheath and pulling his gun out
* Kirk gets to his feet, a little shaky at first until he gets his balance right
<Daeth> *Hisser* *is wrestling with E outside*
<Aik> *Apple* *rushes over to where Biter is fighting D*
* Kirk runs over to where A is lying on the floor and pulls his knife out of A's back
<Aik> *Aik stands again to take a shot at Bull, but before he can do so one of Bull's bullets strikes him near the shoulder. He quickly takes cover again*
* Kirk stabs A in the back and neck several times
* Daeth shoots B in the chest as his sword halts the overhead attack
<Aik> *Biter* *Backpedals as D enters the room with a metal bar swinging*
<Daeth> *B* *collapses on Daeth, crushing Daeth to the ground, a bit stuck*
<Kirk> *D* *Kicks at Biter*
* Daeth kicks B off, but his gun is lost somewhere on the ground in the process
* Daeth gets up and picks up a chair
* Aik strikes a match, lights the bit of shirt and throws the thing out the window, too close to the wall
* Kirk takes a run at Bull
* Daeth hurls the chair at D
<Kirk> *D* *is hit by the chair that Daeth threw at him, knocking him to the ground*
* Daeth runs over to D and finishes him with a quick slice to the neck with his sword
<Aik> .
* Kirk sees the flames from the bomb go off and stops
<Aik> *The weapons lands infront of the door and explodes into flames over Hisser and E. The alchohol lands over the door to the building, and it catches alight*
<Aik> .
* Daeth stops in mid-run in awe
* Daeth looks around and picks up the chair he used to chuck at D, and chucks it at Bull
<Aik> *Apple* *Ignores the commotion and races at D, looking to stab him while he's down*
<Daeth> *Bull* *fires several shots though the door*
* Kirk starts his run at Bull after the flames die down a little
* Daeth takes a bullet in the legs and swears loudly
* Daeth limps to the door and goes outside
* Daeth is now known as DM-Shower
* DM-Shower is now known as Daeth
* Daeth is now known as Deathmage
* Deathmage is now known as Daeth
* Daeth picks up a rock from the ground and throws it at Bull
<Aik> *Bull* *Evades the rock and carefully aims him gun at Kirk as he moves towards him*
* Daeth twirls his sword in circles to show off, then runs towards Bull
<Daeth> "Careful, kid!"
<Aik> *Bull* *fires at Kirk*
* Daeth slashes at Bull's arms
<Daeth> ^ Ignore
* Daeth pulls out his gun and fires a shot at Bull

I must say, this session contained some kickass roleplaying and shows how bloody effective a character dying can be.

* Kirk begins to wobble and screams as a bullet pierces his left shoulder
* Daeth fired a shot at Bull
<Aik> *Bull* *Fires again at Kirk, even as he himself is hit in the stomach*
<Daeth> "Hah!"
* Daeth bends over to pick up a rock, which he throws at Bull
* Kirk collapses as a bullet hits him in the right leg and he slides across the dirt near Bull
<Daeth> "Damn!"
<Aik> *Bull* *Shrugs off the rock and tries another shot at Kirk*
* Daeth swears loudly
* Kirk screams out in pain as he stops lying on his side
* Daeth raises his sword and hurls it at Bull
* Kirk grabs a handful of sand in his right hand, and throws it at Bull
<Aik> *The sword sticks deep into the ground a few metres behind Bull*
* Daeth swears loudly and curses all the gods high above
* Kirk begins to yell again and curse and swear as bullets hit the dirt around him
<Aik> *Bull* *Is momentarilly blinded by the sand*
* Daeth shoots at Bull again
* Kirk begins to crawl towards Bull
<Aik> *Apple + Biter* *Jump out the window and run towards the chaos*
<Aik> *Bull* *Staggers back from a bullet in the chest*
<Daeth> *Eagle* *runs out of the door and leaps on Bull*
<Aik> *Bull* *Raises the gun just as Eagle gets close and fires*
* Kirk pulls out his knife from his belt and uses it to help him pull himself towards Bull
<Daeth> *Eagle* *hit on the forehead...stands for a moment then collapses dramatically*
<Aik> *Bull* *Falls to his knees, only weakly holding onto the gun*
* Daeth takes out his gun again
* Daeth throws it to Kirk
* Kirk looks around at the gun
* Kirk begins to shake
* Kirk grabs it
<Aik> *Bull* *tries to shoot Kirk again, with the gun's last bullet*
* Kirk aims the gun at Bull with his right hand, and painfully moves his left hand to hold it straight
<Daeth> *time slows down*
* Kirk pulls the trigger, the recoil causing the gun to fly out of his hands and land on his back
<Kirk> *Biter* *Slows down in his dash at Bull*
<Aik> *Bull* *Jerks violently, needing one hand on the ground to support himself*
<Aik> *Apple* *Runs over to where Kirk is sprawled out*
* Kirk puts his head down in the dirt and screams, as the newly created hole in his lower stomach begins to bleed
* Daeth limps over to his sword
<Aik> *Apple* *takes the gun and fires the last shot at Bull*
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *Bull* *is shot in the chest again...he collapses on the ground*
<Daeth> "I feel...cold..."
<Daeth> .
<Aik> *Apple* "He ain't got no bloody reason t' feel cold, sun's comin' up..."
<Aik> *Apple* *Looks at Kirk's wounds*
<Kirk> "AHH, Don't touch that!"
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *Bull* *slowly aims at Apple*
<Daeth> .
<Daeth> *time speeds up again*
* Daeth by now has gotten his sword
* Daeth sticks it in Bull's "corpse"
<Aik> *Bull's gun* *click*
* Daeth takes his sword out and kicks Bull's corpse
* Kirk begins to push himself up, and when he's about 3 inches off the ground, he vomits
<Aik> *Apple* "Git over 'ere!"
* Daeth calls out to Aik
<Daeth> "Get my sheath!"
* Daeth limps at Apple
<Kirk> "Grab me!"
<Aik> *Yells* "Bugger that!"
<Daeth> "Hey, it's important!"
* Kirk begins to shake at trying to hold himself up
<Aik> "Bullet wounds tend t' be more 'an that!"
* Daeth puts Kirk's arm on his shoulder
<Aik> *Apple* *Helps Kirk*
<Kirk> *Biter* *Runs to help Kirk*
* Daeth , Apple + Biter carries Kirk into the building
* Aik sits and bleeds silently
* Kirk leaves a trail of blood on the dirt and concrete floor as they carry him away
<Kirk> "Put me on my guts"
<Daeth> "There's some bed upstairs"
<Kirk> "The bar is fine!"
<Kirk> "Just put me down"
<Aik> *Apple* "Can 'e make it that far?"
<Aik> *Apple* "Guts commin out an' all"
<Kirk> "I ain't gonna die, stupid!"
<Daeth> "On the bar then"
<Kirk> "It just fucking hurts!"
* Daeth puts Kirk on the bar
<Aik> *Apple* *Tries drawing Daeth to the side*
* Daeth picks up the sheath and limps with Apple
<Aik> *Apple* *quietly* "I think we'd be best given 'im mercy"
<Daeth> "If we have to..."
<Daeth> "And if he wants to..."
<Kirk> "Stop whispering, dammit"
<Kirk> "Hey, fellas, this is starting to hurt!:
<Kirk> "Roll me over"
* Kirk thumps the table to get Death's attention
<Daeth> "I'm gonna check on Aik"
* Daeth sheaths the sword
* Daeth goes to Kirk
<Daeth> "Yeah?"
<Kirk> *After Kirk thump the bar, a little compartment from behind the bar folds down, to reveal a pump-action shotgun
<Daeth> "Whoa!"
<Kirk> "Huh, what?"
* Daeth grabs the gun, temporarily forgotten about his leg
<Daeth> "Nice!"
<Daeth> "Very nice!"
* Daeth fondles and caresses it
<Kirk> "What, Roll me over dammit, me guts is all over the place!"
* Daeth rolls Kirk over
<Kirk> "Apple, I need you to push down on the hole"
<Aik> *Apple* *solemly* "A dagger might be more kind..."
<Kirk> "DO AS I SAY, DAMMIT!"
<Kirk> "Where's Aik?"
<Aik> *Apple* *steps back from Kirk*
* Daeth "ewwws"
* Daeth warps some random cloth around his arms and pushes down on the hole...
<Kirk> "Fuckin' little skrag!"
* Kirk looks at Apple with a great amount of hate and disgust
<Aik> *Apple* *clutches her bone hilted and bladed knife and turns away in contempt*
<Kirk> "Does anyone have anything to patch me up with?"
<Daeth> "Ummm...possibly"
<Aik> *Apple* "I'll go'n see what Aik's up t'"
<Aik> *Apple* *Goes upstairs*
* Kirk coughs begins to cough up blood
* Daeth rummages in his cloak
* Daeth comes up with nothing
<Kirk> "*Shaky and whilst coughing up blood* Stick your fucking finger in the fucking hole!"
* Daeth wraps the cloth around his finger and does so...slowly
* Kirk screams at the wound expanding from the size of the cloth that entered his stomach
<Aik> *Yells out* "Who're y' torturing down there?"
<Daeth> "Kirk!"
* Daeth takes the cloth off
* Daeth sticks only the finger in...
<Kirk> "Thanks, that's better!"
<Aik> *Two hours later and already it is extremely hot. Huge blood sucking flies fly about, trying to land on the wounds of the wounded*
* Kirk is now happier than he was before, and the blood around his mouth has dried
* Kirk is, however, running out of blood
<Aik> *Biter* *Is chewing upon a piece of D*
<Kirk> "*Singing* Oooh, yeah, I wanna go home!"
<Aik> *His thigh bone, in fact*
* Kirk begins to cough up blood again, which shines in the sweat that's around his mouth
* Daeth wipes the blood away
* Daeth sighs loudly
<Daeth> "Kirk...the chances arn't very high..."
<Kirk> "And that *cough, blood, etc.* said I would never amount to anything"
<Aik> *Biter* "Y' could even say that they're quite bloo'y low"
<Kirk> "Corse I will, I've been shot before, and I lived"
<Kirk> "That fuck-stickle said that the day he left me there, in the rotten building, while him and that fucking whore disappeared, leaving me to die"
* Daeth pats Kirk on the back
<Kirk> "I was only six *cough, more blood, gurgling sound* and they just left me"
* Daeth nods
* Kirk begins to cry
<Daeth> "It's okay..."
* Kirk stops crying
<Daeth> "Give me a call when you want to...leave."
<Kirk> "Aik, where is Aik!? Is he dead!?"
<Daeth> "He's upstairs"
<Kirk> "Ok, answer the second half. Is he dead?"
<Daeth> "I don't think so"
* Kirk begins to call out to Aik
<Daeth> "I'll get him"
<Kirk> "Aik! Aik!"
* Daeth walks upstairs
<Aik> *Apple* *Jerks up from her dozing*
<Daeth> "How's Aik?"
<Aik> *Apple* "Sleepin', but livin'"
* Aik wakes from where he is sitting against the wall
<Daeth> "Is he seriously hurt?"
<Aik> *Apple* "Dunno, might be"
<Aik> *Apple* "Y' 'aven't given the kid no mercy?"
* Daeth shakes his head and sighs
<Daeth> "I might."
<Aik> *Apple* "He's only gonna die slower if y' don't. A clean death is better"
<Kirk> "AIK!!!"
<Aik> "Eh?"
<Daeth> "I think he wants to talk"
<Kirk> *Kirk's hand that was raised, pointed at the stairway dropped down, and swayed down along side the bar. Kirk's life is now over*
<Aik> "Great, well I don't hardly wanta. Help me up then"
* Daeth helps Aik up
<Aik> "Now let's go see this kid"
<Kirk> *Kirk's head rolled to the left, and blood dripped slowly out of his open mouth. His pupils became larger, his whole eyeball becoming black*
* Aik hobbles to the steps, and looks down to the morbid sight of Kirk lying sprawled out upon the bar, the flies circling about his body like vultures*
* Daeth looks at Kirk
* Daeth nods slowly
<Daeth> "Well."
* Aik sighs
<Aik> "'e did allright in the end..."
<Aik> *Apple* *Stares blankly out the window*
<Daeth> "Could well say he saved us"
* Kirk is now known as Biter
<Biter> "*Snorting* More Meat!!"
<Daeth> "Hey, don't eat the kid"
<Aik> "Lay y' bloody hand orrf of him!"
<Biter> "Just a 'ittle orf the leg"
* Daeth whacks Biter on the shoulder with his sheathed sword
* Biter begins to stare at Kirk's dead body
<Daeth> "Go eat Bull or something if ya really want"
<Biter> "Bull too big, too tough, need 'ittle fella, nice meat!"
<Daeth> "Well...go eat Hisser or Eagle, maybe"
<Biter> "Still too big"
<Daeth> "Hands off him."
<Aik> "Touch him and I'll put a bullet through your face."
<Daeth> "And I'll run my sword though ya"
* Biter snarls at the two, and moves over to Hisser, and begins eating the half cooked human meat
* Daeth walks over to Kirk
* Aik stumbles down the steps, leaning heavilly on the wall
* Daeth looks back
<Daeth> "You alright?"
<Aik> "I'm sure t' make it. Would be nice t' not 'ave a bullet in me"
* Biter throws away the half chewed leg, and start's on one of Hisser's arms

* Daeth carries Kirk's body and limps to the third floor
<Aik> "What are y' doin?"
* Blyclaaf is now known as Biter
<Daeth> "Keeping him away from Biter..."
* Biter snarls at Daeth
* Daeth puts Kirk on one of the beds and pulls the blanket up
<Aik> "You'll get burnt out there!"
<Daeth> "Eh?"
* Daeth looks up
<Daeth> "Good point"
* Daeth , using one hour of time, moves both beds on the second floor
* Aik stretches out on the ground and sleeps
* Daeth mutters about his damn legs
* Daeth sleeps on the other bed and sighs contentedly
* Aik wakes as the day is about to end
* Daeth is still sleeping
* Aik looks to see whether Apple and Biter are asleep
* Biter is looking out into the distance
* Biter is also sitting on a pile of human bones
* Daeth turns around in his sleep and hits his leg
* Daeth wakes with a jolt
<Daeth> "Ow"
<Aik> "Welcome to wakingness"
<Daeth> "Mummy, I dun wanna go to school today..."
<Aik> *Apple* Wakes up blearilly from her dark corner
* Daeth waves his hands around and pushes himself up
<Aik> "This may not sound all that great, but we should get goin as soon as there's no sun"
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* Looking up SP_visitor35 user info...
* SP_visitor35 is now known as Celebir_
<Celebir_> Hi
* Celebir_ was kicked by Aik (Celebir_ )
* Daeth gets on the ground and limps around
<Daeth> "I can't walk very fast"
<Aik> "Don't think I can either. But we'be gotta git there anyhow. Sooner the be'er." *to Apple* "You said there was water there?"
<Aik> *Apple* *nods*
<Daeth> "Well"
* Biter gets up and walks around a bit
<Daeth> "Now that we don't have competition, we don't need to rush"
<Daeth> "How far away is it?"
<Biter> "I want going"
<Aik> *Apple* "We might git there tonight, maybe"
* Daeth yawns hugely
<Daeth> "Let's go, then."
* Aik half falls down the stair, then stands in the entrance of the doorway, waiting for the sun to set completely
* Biter looks at Daeth
<Biter> "Where is gun?"
* Daeth ruffles around
<Daeth> "Well there's one outside"

I remember we said "Does that bastard ever die?" a lot in the OOC channel.

* Daeth dons his hat and cape
"Hmmm..."
* Biter picks up one of the many human bones lying on the ground
* Daeth chops off a long piece of wood from somewhere and uses it as a walking stick
* Aik leans on the doorframe
* Biter begins to chew on the bone
"Bloody hell, think you can git me one of them too?"
* Biter grunts
"Suppose..."
* Daeth chops off another long piece of wood and hands it to Aik
*Apple* *Descends the stairs* "Sun's nearly down..."
"About bloody time, too."
* Aik takes the wood and leans over it
"Sorry sight we're gonna be, walkin around the desert like a bunch o' cripples"
"It would ruin my image. Completely."
* Aik sighs vocally
* Biter throws the bone down and looks around
"I can still swing a sword..."
* Biter grunts
"We should move now"
"I'd better have a whole heap of bloody bullets left..."
*Apple* "Yeah, we should be gittin outa here now."
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* Daeth sets mode: +si
* Daeth sets mode: +m
* Daeth sets mode: +v Aik
* Daeth sets mode: +v Biter
* Daeth changes topic to 'Go away '
* Daeth starts limping foward and out
*Apple and Aik both walk out the door, each at their own pace. For Aik, this is quite slow*
* Daeth laughs and tries to force himself to walk properly
* Daeth falls over in the process
* Biter walks over to Daeth, picks him up and puts him over his shoulder
* Biter starts walking
"He, hey!"
*Apple* *Irritatedly* "Well we c'n hardly have y' fallin' over all the way ... Still, put 'im down, give 'im a shoulder or somethin'"
* Biter grunts at Apple
* Biter puts Daeth down
* Daeth grabs his stick again and tries to adjust
"This is pathetic."
"Very."
.
*The trip through the wasteland was uneventful and slow. As the sky became light, Apple began stressing silently but visually, looking around always for landmarks she recognised. Finally they saw in the distance more derelict buildings, and Apple pointed them out excitedly*
.
* Daeth laughs
"Frickin' finally..."
* Biter continues his machine-like movement
* Aik quickens his pace in order to get up behind Daeth, close enough to whisper in his ear. "We kill him," *jerks head towards Biter* "When we get to the cave."
* Biter squints
* Daeth nods slowly
* Biter pays no notice to Aik's sudden appearance
*Apple* "Come on! We c'n git there before dawn if we hurry."
* Daeth quicks his pace, along with the rest of the party
.
* Biter barks at Apple
*The town up closer looks much the same as all the other ruins in the wasteland. Apple leads the party on an angle in order to pass it by, heading for a jumble of rocks heaped up chaotically*
.
"We going to climb up the rock?"
*Apple* "Nah - entrance is round the bottom there."
* Biter pulls out his knife
* Biter starts picking little bits of human flesh out from between his teeth
* Aik drops back in order to be behind Biter
* Daeth nods his chin at the cave entrance
"Biter, in you go."
"We'd best hurry"
* Biter grunts at Daeth
*Apple* *slips into the entrance before everyone else*
* Daeth advances slowly, his shotgun drawn
"Little bitch, I was told to do it!"
"Apple, let Biter go first...":
* Aik fingers his gun
* Biter runs into the cave, knife drawn, and jumps on a pile of dog bones
*Apple* "Hurry up guys! Nothing's touched in here!"
* Daeth heads in excitedly
* Aik walks in, pulling out the gun
.
*The cave opens up almost immediately, revealing the water which Apple had spoken about. Just past it there are piles of items, stacked orderly. Apple is standing there, picking up something with great excitment*
.
* Daeth looks around the cave
* Daeth walks back slowly and whispers to Aik "Later, you distract him, while I knife him from the back."
*Whispering* "Aye, best not to waste bullets*
* Daeth nods
* Biter sees the nod
* Daeth doesn't see Biter seeing the nod
*Whispers* "Let's get it done with."
* Daeth nods again
* Biter begins to eyes off Aik and Daeth
* Daeth pretends to go over to Apple
*Apple* "Hey Daeth, some o' these things look like they'll suit you. Sharp metal sticks'n all."
"Oh really?"
"Where?"
*Apple* *Picks up a pre-apocalypse cheap katana and holds it out*
"Whoa!"
* Daeth snatches the katana and starts adoring it
*Apple is holding a crossbow and looking at it fondly* "Ne'er thought I'd see this old thing again..."
* Biter reaches behind his back
* Daeth looks for a place to hide the katana under the cape
* Biter pulls the cocking device on the pistol that is sitting in the arse of his pants back, thus cocking the weapon
* Daeth turns around, and sees Biter
* Biter pulls the gun out and points it at Apple
* Aik aims his own gun at Biter
* Biter gets up
"What the hell?!"
"You shoot, she die"
"You shoot, you die."
* Daeth had previously put his gun away, and now has his rusty sword in his hands
*Apple* *Backs away, keeping her crossbow lowered*
"You have nothing with her gone"
"If she gone, you and Daeth gonna die anyway"
* Daeth starts to walk slowly towards Biter
"Biter, you'll want to consider this..."
* Biter pulls out his knife, with his other hand
"What do you want, a greater share?"
"No, me just want to leave"
"Sure!"
"Well, leave. Be our guest."
"I saw you two talking, I know you want kill me"
"Well, we don't care if y' leave."
"Just don't point the gun at Apple while you leave."
* Biter points the gun at Daeth

"Or point, but don't shoot."
* Biter drops his knife
* Biter holds the gun in both hands
* Aik steps away from the entrance
* Daeth backs away
* Biter begins to back away to the entrance
* Aik backs away from the entrance
* Daeth stops backing away

.
*While holding the gun in both hands, Biter's finger's get a bit jittery, and begin to shake. The gun he has in his posession happens to have a hare-trigger. His fingers apply a little too much pressure on the trigger, and the weapon fires*
* Aik fires at Biter
"Whoa!"
* Daeth jumps down
*Apple* *Drops the crossbow and runs to Daeth*
*shot in shoulder*
* Biter cops a bullet in the chest, and having no time to adjust his aim, fires another two shots at Daeth, before falling to the ground, dying
*one of the shots missed, the other shoots Apple!*
* Aik pulls a knife out and runs to Biter to finish him off
.
*As Aik gets to Biter and prepares to slit his throat, Biter grabs hold of Aik's throat with his blood covered hands
**
* Aik attempts to stab Biter in the arm
* Biter tightens his grop
*The knife peirces through Biter's upper left arm, going through one side and out the other
* Biter groans but keeps his grip
* Aik gasps. "Shoot the fucker!"
* Daeth slowly gets up again
* Daeth takes out a pistol from his pocket, and chucks it to Aik, but it misses and flies quite a ways away
* Biter stares into Aik's eyes with a great deal of pain and hatred
* Biter pulls Aik's face down toward's his own
* Aik headbuts Biter's nose
* Biter bites into Aik's cheek, not minding the broken nose
* Daeth starts to walk slowly at Daeth, his sword now drawn
*Biter
* Aik lets go of the knife and goes again for his gun, screaming on pain
* Biter begins to cough up blood
* Daeth starts to get near Biter and Aik
"Aik! Get the hell away!"
* Aik attempts to aim and shoot Biter in the face
* Biter spits blood all up on Aik's face, and it drips down onto his own
* Daeth is now in front of Biter, and swings down his sword without mercy nor much strength
^ Ignore
* Daeth holds his sword up
* Daeth sheathes the sword, and swings down hard at Biter
.
*The sheathed sword came down onto Biter's arms, causing them to break and collapse, pulling Aik down towards Biter again. With his face within biting distance again, Biter bites at Aik's nose, shortly before letting go of his grip on Aik's throat

Biter is - well - all I can say is that he takes forever to kill...

<Biter> *The bullet Aik fired hit the side of Biter's open mouth, blowing the cheek to peices*
* Daeth slams down with the sheathed sword again as the bullet hits
* Aik pulls free as soon as the jaw loses all biting power. He staggers back and falls on his arse
* Daeth goes help Aik after he sees Biter is quite dead
* Biter continues to groan and scream and reach up towards the cieling with his broken and twisted arms
<Aik> *Panting* "Kill the bastard."
* Daeth takes the sheath off and slices at Biter's torso
<Biter> *Biter's chest opens up and reveals bloody inside's of his body, but it doesn't shut him up yet*
* Aik reaches to his nose, noting the chunk in it missing with a kind of detached interest
* Daeth frowns and winces
* Daeth slices Biter's head off
* Daeth slices at Biter's neck
<Biter> *Biter's head rolls off to one side, then begins to roll down a slope and keeps going. What is left is a series of verterbrai (ooc: however it's spelt), and litres of blood pouring out from the open neck that once was home to his head"
* Daeth ughs audibly
* Aik lies back in silence, feeling much like throwing up
<Aik> *Apple* *Whimpers quietly in pain*
* Daeth leans on his sword and tries to not look at Biter
<Aik> "Why the fuck was that so hard?"
<Daeth> "The asshole refused to die!"
* Daeth coughs
* Daeth sheathes the sword quickly
* Aik pushes himself off the group, looking pointedly at Apple, then to Daeth. "Now what?"
<Daeth> "We take the stuff, go to the nearest city, and enjoy ourselves."
* Aik makes aheming noises and moves his head in the direction of Apple
<Daeth> "Oh, you mean her...you could've said..."
* Daeth limps towards Apple
<Daeth> "What's wrong?"
<Aik> *Apple* *Acidly* "A bullet"
<Daeth> "Where?"
<Aik> *Apple* *gestures with her hand to a place above the knee where blood is leaking out slowly*
<Aik> *Apple* "Shit this 'urts."
<Biter> *Biter's head continued to roll down the slope, into a darker part of the cave. It gained momentum, bouncing over bumps and slight deppressions, until it came to rest at the side of a boot. A boot with a human foot in it*
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<Aik> "Are we all gonna survive this fer the moment?"
<Biter> *A young vagabond walked in through the dark area of the cave, where Biter's head had rolled. In his hand, he had Biter's head, held up by the exposed lower jaw. Across his back, he has a very large sword, what would appear to be almost 6 feet long*
* Daeth has quit IRC (Ping timeout )
* Biter is now known as MysteriousGuy
<MysteriousGuy> "This belong to any of yous?"
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* Aik raises and aims his gun at the stranger
<Aik> "Who the fuck are you?
* Daeth takes a few steps at the man, his own sword raised
Session Time: Mon Jul 05 00:00:00 2004
<Aik> *Apple* *Tries to stand, but has to sit back again wincing in pain*
<MysteriousGuy> "Me, I am just a wanderer, who happened to be run into by a rolling head, and I came to find it's owner"
* Aik glares
<Daeth> "Back off."
<MysteriousGuy> "I have not done anything yet"
<Aik> "Who gives a shit? I say we kill 'im."
<Daeth> "Yet."
<Daeth> "Killing him is a good idea."
<MysteriousGuy> "Ahhh"
<Aik> *Apple* "No!"
* Daeth draws the shotgun and points it at the Guy
<MysteriousGuy> "Yes, more of these kind"
<MysteriousGuy> "What a great pleasure it is to find these types, the ones willing to die"
<Aik> *Apple* "Bloody 'ell. Haven't you's got anythin else to do but kill people?"
<Aik> *Apple* "But then, if e's gonna take that attitude..."
<MysteriousGuy> "Apple, it they want to die, let them"
<Daeth> "If I was in good health, I'll have your head in a moment..."
<Aik> *Apple* *Glares* "Who the fuck are you?"
<MysteriousGuy> "You don't remember me? Well, that's suprising"
<Aik> *Apple* "Bull-fucking-shit it is. I ain't not seen ya in my life!"
<MysteriousGuy> "Have I changed that much?"
* MysteriousGuy walks towards the water and looks in the water at his reflection
<Aik> *Apple* *Grins* "Nah." *sighs and relaxes slightly*
* Daeth looks suspiciously at the Guy, ready to nail him at the first bad move
<MysteriousGuy> "Well, I have got some new scares, but that's it"
* Aik is ready to nail the guy regardless of bad moves or no

* Daeth takes out his sword with a clang
* MysteriousGuy runs his hand along the long scar that runs over his left eye, down his cheek onto his neck
<Daeth> "My ancestors would probably not like me shooting a man armed with a sword and no gun..."
<Daeth> "Anyways, who the fuck are you?"
<Aik> "My ancestors are dead and don't give a shit. Now answer the fucking question."
<MysteriousGuy> *Still looking into the water* "I am a vagabond who goes by the name of Lars"
<Daeth> "...and?"
<Aik> "Why shouldn't we kill you?"
* MysteriousGuy is now known as Colin
<Colin> "Because, it would not be a nice thing to do, and you both look like nice men"
<Aik> *Turns to Apple* "Why shouldn't we kill him?"
<Daeth> "I'm not nice..."
<Aik> *Apple* "Don't kill him, he's alright..."
* Colin smiles at Apple
<Colin> "See, I knew you remember me"
* Daeth looks suspiciously to Colin
<Aik> *Apple* *rolls her eyes* "How could I not, brother."
* Colin raises his arms
<Colin> "See, this ulgy mug of mine is still definable after all of these years"
* Colin drops Biter's head onto the stone floor of the cave
<Aik> *Apple* "I'd hug ya, but gettin up seems t' be a problem at the moment. *grins*"
* Daeth mumbles and drinks some water
* Aik rolls his eyes and lowers his gun
<Colin> "Yeah, well, I would go and hug you and see to your wounds, but I think your friends would jump me"
<Aik> "Damn straight."
* Daeth nods
* Aik goes to the water and washes his face
<Colin> "Hmmm...I think I'll stay here, and, well, observe the head that is once again at my feet"
* Colin kicks the head
<Colin> "He wasn't a friend of yours was he?
<Daeth> "I slashed him with my very own sword..."
* Daeth points to his corpse
* Daeth takes out his sword and cleans it carefully with a hankerchief
<Aik> *Apple* "Well, I kinda thought he was a friend..."
<Colin> "Ahhh, good friends, must have been really close"
<Colin> "Who was it, did I know him"
<Aik> *Apple* "Some merc. Y' didn't know 'im"
<Colin> "Ahh, good. That's ok then"
<Colin> "Hey, what did yous do to him. Where's the other side of his face"
* Colin turns and washes his hands in the water
<Aik> "Y'mean you weren't bloody well watching?!"
<Colin> "No, I bloody wasn't watching. I was at the other end of the cave"
* Daeth sits in the corner quietly, polishing his sword and adoring his new katana
* Aik occupies himself in drinking some water
* Colin sneaks around behind Aik towards Apple
<Aik> *Apple* "How long 'ave y' been here?"
<Colin> "Less than a day. I woke up when I heard a gunshot"
<Daeth> "Why are you here?"
<Colin> "I am vagabonding, wandering. I needed shelter from the sun, and I just fell asleep"
* Daeth looks to his sword
<Daeth> "Interesting sword."
* Aik walks over to the cache and inspects the junk and treasures
<Colin> "Yeah, thanks"
* Colin looks over at Aik, before sitting down next to Apple
* Colin leans over to Apple
<Aik> "Wouldn't happen t' be any meds in here?"
<Colin> "Hey, what's with these two?"
* Daeth looks at the sword again
<Daeth> "Can you use that sword?"
<Colin> "Yeah, if I couldn't, I wouldn't have it"
* Daeth stands up
* Colin has quit IRC (Quit: Long live the Fred )
<Aik> *** And thus endeth the session ***

The game abruptly ended here, although we might continue it...

<Aik> *Apple* *shrugs* "Just some who helped me out." *To Aik* "Dunno, might be."
* Daeth starts looking in the cache
<Colin> "Helped you out how?"
* Aik picked up a rectangular box with a glass screen. "Eh, what the hell?"
<Aik> *Apple* "Long story, tell you later."
<Colin> "Right"
* Colin looks up and down at Apples wounds
<Aik> *Apple* "So where 'ave you bin?"
<Daeth> "That box looks rather useless."
<Aik> "Bloody well looks it too." *puts it back on the ground*
<Colin> "Around, but what the hell happened to you?"
* Daeth puts all the guns and ammo in a large pile
<Aik> *Apple* "Urk. Shot just then, been shot at a lot lately..."
<Colin> "Here let me have a look"
* Colin leans over closer to Apple
* Daeth fills his various assorted bottles and flasks with clean water
* Aik picks up various random things, looks at them, then puts them down again
* Colin looks at Apples's wound on her leg
<Colin> "I could probably stop the hurting
<Aik> *Apple* "Eh?"
* Daeth swings his sword around idly
<Colin> "Hey, you, the one without the cape!"
<Aik> "Yeh?" *turns head*
<Colin> "Is there anything in there that has a big red thing on it?"
<Aik> "What kinda big red thing? Like this" *picks up a box with a red cross shape on it*
<Colin> "Yeah, one of those. Toss it here"
* Aik slides the box along the ground towards him
* Colin reaches out and grabs it
<Aik> *Apple* "Oh - these things. We never found out what they did..."
* Daeth starts swinging around his new sword
* Colin opens the box
* Colin pulls out bandages, clips, and other stuff until at the bottom he comes across a packet of tablets
* Aik picks up a case, and opens it to find a round disc. "Say, what's this?"
<Colin> "Don't have a clue"
* Daeth looks at the case
* Colin opens the box to reveal a foil thingy
* Colin pushes on one of the bumpy things and out pops...a tablet
* Daeth throws the disc and it shatters when it hits the wall
* Colin hands the tablet over to Apple
<Colin> "Swallow this, but don't chew it"
<Aik> *Apple* *looks at the tablet strangely, before putting it in her mouth and gagging it down*
<Colin> "Now leave it for a while, and it should stop hurting"
* Aik scoops up a small gun, which had been unvieled by the moving of the cases
<Colin> "Hey, you two, you want one of these?"
<Aik> "Hah! Score!"
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* Daeth nods
<Daeth> "Give me one of those things."
* Colin gives Daeth a tablet
* Daeth drinks it down with water
<Aik> "I'll pass, I'm not trustin' any shit being handed out for an ancient box."
<Daeth> "It does seem to work."
* Daeth looks in the cache again
* Daeth finds a bunch of ammo in a box and pockets the whole box
<Colin> "Alright, but they do work"
<Aik> *Apple* "How am I gonna walk with this?"
* Daeth finds a pair of shoes and slips them on
* Daeth bahs
<Daeth> "Too small."
<Aik> *Apple* "An' where the hell are we gonna go t' anyhow, now that we've got 'ere?"
<Daeth> "Gamble away...kill people...the usual."
<Aik> *Apple* *dryly* "Yes, gamble where?"
<Daeth> "Some place..."
<Colin> "Well, there is a town over that way *Points* that' abbandoned and has heaps of stuff in it, if you are the thieves that you look like, rumaging through stuff that isn't yours"
<Aik> "I scavenge. Place shoulda bin looted by now though."
<Colin> "Right"
<Daeth> "I'm not a scavenger..."
<Daeth> "Well..."
<Daeth> "Nobody's going to need those, so might as well."
* Daeth pockets a sawn-off shotgun
* Colin walks over and pickes up all of the left-over shells
<Aik> *Apple* "Jus' bloody well loot without me!"
<Aik> *Apple* "If anyone touches me crossbow..."
<Daeth> "Oh, there's more."
* Daeth casually fishes out another, larger crossbow and tosses it in his pile of interested items
* Colin walks back over to Apple, pocketing the shells
<Aik> "So, er ... Apple's brother. You've traveled, any truth to these rumours of a city?"
<Colin> "I just said there was"
<Aik> "Yeah but ... the big one."
<Colin> "Hey, Apple, that thing workin' yet?"
<Colin> "Big one...big one, big one, big one...um...yeah, I've heard of it"
* Colin points
<Colin> "It's that way, I think"
<Aik> *Apple* "It's feelin' better."
<Aik> "Talked to anyone who's bin there?"
<Colin> "Nah, spoken to people who were going there"
<Colin> "Never heard from the again"
<Aik> "Right, what'd they have t' say on the matter?"
<Colin> "It's a big place, that is supposed to have heaps of stuff in it"
<Colin> "That's about it"
* Daeth mumbles "Bloody helpful."
<Aik> "Meh. That was where we were thinkin of goin' after looting this place, but it seems t' be just a rumour made by bullshit artists."
<Colin> "I don't think so"
<Colin> "I'm sure it's true"
<Aik> "Hmm, can we live in here fer a while?"
<Colin> "Um... I guess so, but I'll have to stand guard incase of raiders or the such"
<Aik> "Eh, shit, forgot that they're meant to be around here."
<Daeth> "I'm sure w - *glances at Colin* - I can handle them."
<Colin> "In the state you're in, I'm sure you couldn't even handle yourself"
* Aik sighs and steps back towards the shadows of the wall
<Daeth> "You want to bet on that?"
* Daeth stands up, staggering only a little
<Aik> *Apple* "Don't you guys think about nothin' but killin' each other?"
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<Daeth> "Well there's the money..."
* Colin takes his sword off, and puts it down next to Apple, then sits down next to it
* Daeth mumbles and sits down
<Aik> *Apple* "Well bloody well fancy that..."
<Aik> "Sooooo, what's the plan, anyone?"
<Colin> "Well, you all should rest"
<Aik> "Might help t' git these bullets out. Got a box for that?"
<Colin> "No, they never did, any of these things"
<Colin> "I can't do it either"
<Daeth> "Dig it out, perhaps, with that large sword of yours.""
<Colin> "Uh-huh"
<Colin> "Just rest, we'll see about getting them out later"

Good session...our first "fight-with-a-lot-of-people".

We got quite confused as to who died and who didn't.
[23:20] <Aikf> *Months later*
[23:20] * Daeth limps out from the back caves
[23:21] * Colin is sitting there watching the roof of the cave with great interest
[23:22] * Aik leans against the cavern wall
[23:22] * Daeth glances at Colin
[23:22] <Aikf> *Apple* "So are we gonna be leavin' now?"
[23:23] <Daethf> "I suppose. I don't rather care, one way or another..."
[23:23] * Daeth looks at Aik expectantly
[23:23] <Colinf> "Do you feel ready to walk out there?"
[23:23] <Aikf> "Well, we can't stay here forever..."
[23:24] <Colinf> "Actually, we should leave. The smell from that dead friend of yours outside is really revolting"
[23:25] <Aikf> "Hmm, it's getting better. Not so much smell now that most of him's gone..."
[23:25] <Daethf> "And the bone seems to be covered in sand."
[23:26] <Aikf> "But anyway, let's get outa here soon, anyway..."
[23:26] <Daethf> "Well...we'll have to wait until nightfall again."
[23:26] * Daeth sighs
[23:26] <Daethf> "Where do we go?"
[23:26] * Colin looks out towards the cave opening
[23:27] <Aikf> "There is that city..."
[23:28] <Daethf> "What city?"
[23:29] <Aikf> "Forgotten already? The ... uh, big one. 'Paradise'"
[23:29] <Colinf> "The big city you all asked me about when you first arrived here"
[23:30] <Daethf> "Paradise."
[23:30] <Daethf> "Don't think it can get much paradisey than this."
[23:30] <Aikf> "Yeah, well, what's the point in looting if you never use it?"
[23:31] <Daethf> "Ah, that's true, I suppose..."
[23:31] * Daeth pulls the katana out of its sheath (on his back) and swings it
[23:32] <Colinf> "If you all want to go, then we'll do it just after dark. I don't remember how far away "Paradise" is"
[23:33] <Aikf> "Ever been that way much? Any shelter"
[23:33] <Colinf> "Never been that way, just spoken to people about it"
[23:34] <Aikf> "Greeeeat, sound'n promising already..."
[23:35] <Colinf> "If you don't want to go, just say so and we won't"
[23:36] <Aikf> "Well ... if there's anywhere else t' go...?"
[23:37] * Daeth shrugs
[23:38] <Colinf> "We'll stay here and rot away, and Daeth will never get to use his katana's in a fight and he will die a miserable and empty death"
[23:38] * Daeth glares at Colin
[23:38] <Aikf> *Apple* "Or 'e can go out'n to the desert and not find anythin' and still die a miserable 'n' empty death
[23:39] <Colinf> "But at least it won't be near us"
[23:39] <Daethf> "I *can* use it on you..."
[23:39] <Colinf> "I wouldn't if I were you"
[23:40] <Aikf> *Apple* *sighs and rolls her eyes*
[23:40] <Daethf> "You think you can get that huge lump of metal moving before I hit you?"
[23:41] <Colinf> "I can move it before you could take a step"
[23:42] <Aikf> *Apple* "Would you stop wavin' yer wangs around for a bit'n figure out what we're gonna do next?"
[23:43] * Daeth stralks away to Aik
[23:43] * Aik looks at Daeth strangely ... "er ... hi."
[23:44] <Daethf> "What do you think, then?"
[23:45] <Aikf> "Methinks we're needing to go somewhere - funny mythical city might be a place t' start, but I don't really fancy dying in the desert like most of the poor buggers who set out fer there probably did..."
[23:47] * Daeth nods
[23:48] * Daeth wanders away to somewhere outta the sun and sits
[23:51] * Colin walks over to Apple
[23:51] <Colinf> "Have he always been like this?"
[23:52] <Aikf> *Apple* "Buggered if I know - I've known 'im fer maybe a week more'n you..."
[23:54] <Colinf> "Gentlemen, have you decided on a plan for tonight yet?"
[23:55] <Aikf> "No!"
[00:00] * Colin gets up and paces around the door way, the heat making him sweat almost instantly
[00:00] <Daethf> "Hey, what are you doing?"
[00:01] <Colinf> "I'm walking around the door, what's it look like I'm doing?"
[00:01] <Daethf> "Looks like you want to commit a poor man's suicide."
[00:01] <Aikf> "So, what are we going to do? Leave this place, or what?"
[00:02] <Daethf> "Pack what we can and bugger off, I guess."
[00:03] <Aikf> .
[00:03] <Colinf> "Finally, a decent answer"
[00:03] <Aikf> *And so night came*
[00:03] <Aikf> "Rightio, let's go."
[00:03] <Aikf> .
[00:04] * Aik grabs the pack that he had made up for himself
[00:04] * Daeth ventures out of the cave, fully dressed in his "outdoors" gear with swords and guns and stuff in or on his cape
[00:04] <Aikf> *Apple* "Hoi! You forgot yur thingy!" *waves Daeth's pack around*
[00:05] * Daeth catches it as Apple tosses it
[00:05] * Colin walks outside, checking in his pack to omake sure he has all the gear he needs
[00:06] <Aikf> *Apple* *takes up her own, which has a crossbow sticking out of the top of it*
[00:06] * Colin puts the pack on his back and puts his sword over the pack
[00:06] <Aikf> "Okay, so we're headin' thattaway," *points* "In hope of findin' a city that no one's ever found, right?"
[00:07] <Daethf> "If nobody's ever found it then..how do we know it exists?"
[00:07] <Colinf> "That'd be the plan"
[00:07] <Aikf> "Right, and we're all aware how bad a plan this is, right?"
[00:08] <Colinf> "Every plan is a bad plan until it succeeds
[00:08] <Daethf> "Or until somebody dies, in which case it becomes a worse plan"
[00:09] <Aikf> "Yes ... well," ... "Let's go then."
[00:09] <Colinf> "Not if it's someone you plan to kill"
[00:09] <Daethf> "Only too true..."
[00:09] * Colin begins to walk off
[00:09] * Daeth stralks around the middle
[00:09] * Aik takes one last drink of water from the pool and steps out the cave entrance
[00:09] <Daethf> *of the formation
[00:10] <Aikf> *Apple* *Heads off with the others*
[00:18] <Aikf> .
[00:18] <Aikf> *After three days of walking in the direction of the alledged city, whoever is at the front sees a group coming towards them in the distance*
[00:18] <Aikf> .
[00:22] <Colinf> "Hey, Aik. What does that look like to you?"
[00:22] <Aikf> "Eh?" *looks up*
[00:22] * Daeth pauses with a hand on a sword, the other on a one-handed gun of some sort
[00:22] <Aikf> "Er, dunno, too far to tell..."
[00:23] <Aikf> "We can probably go around them..."
[00:23] <Aikf> "Or threaten them or whatever..."
[00:23] <Colinf> "Don't threaten them, lets try and go around them first"
[00:23] <Colinf> "If they want to fight, they'll follow"
[00:24] <Aikf> "Rightio."
[00:24] * Aik veers to the right somewhat
[00:24] * Daeth follows
[00:24] * Colin turns and takes up the lead again
[00:25] <Aikf> *after a bit* "Ah yes, what's this, they do want to fight ... if they have any guns I'm gonna be pissed, far too many bullet holes already..."
[00:25] <Daethf> "Maybe we should look harmless..."
[00:26] * Daeth looks at Colin's huge sword
[00:26] <Aikf> *Apple* "Say, looks like they've got chained people with'em or somethin'"
[00:26] <Daethf> "Not likely."
[00:26] <Daethf> "Chained people?"
[00:26] <Colinf> "How the hell do you expect me to hide this?
[00:26] <Aikf> *Apple* "Chained people - People in chains!"
[00:26] * Daeth strains his eyes
[00:27] * Colin looks at the large group of people, straining his eyes until they hurt
[00:27] <Colinf> "They look like Slavers!"
[00:27] <Aikf> "Ehhhhh ... well ... shit."
[00:27] <Daethf> "What do we do? Go there, kill them, set the slaves free like heroes?"
[00:28] <Colinf> "Keep walking, cause Slavers usually have very big guns"
[00:28] <Aikf> "No. We turn around, go the other way, and don't go anywhere near them."
[00:28] <Daethf> "Sounds like my type of thinking."
[00:28] * Aik veers further right
[00:28] * Daeth follows
[00:28] <Aikf> *Ahead, the slaver group does likewise*
[00:29] <Daethf> *after a while* "Well...we also have big guns."
[00:29] <Aikf> *Apple* "An' they've got lots of people with big guns..."
[00:30] <Daethf> "Um...do we have bigger guns?"
[00:30] <Colinf> "If you want to fight them, you can. It'll give me a chance to show you what I can do with this thing"
[00:30] <Daethf> "If you want to die, you can too...if we want to fight we'll need a plan..."
[00:30] <Aikf> "Er, no bravado please, let's just get the fuck out of here..."
[00:30] <Daethf> "They can't move as fast as us, there's a group of them..."
[00:32] <Aikf> "They could leave just a few with their slaves and chase us..."
[00:32] <Daethf> "Hmmm. IF only that kid was here."
[00:32] <Aikf> "Anyway, can we turn around now?"
[00:32] <Colinf> "They could kill a few slaves and chase us"
[00:32] <Daethf> "Yeah, okay..."
[00:33] * Aik turns about and starts walking away from the slaves
[00:33] * Daeth follows with another backwards glance
[00:33] * Colin turns also, but takes up the rear
[00:35] * Aik takes off his backpack and starts fishing in it for something
[00:35] <Colinf> "What're you looking for?"
[00:36] * Daeth looks around the landscape for anywhere to hide
[00:36] <Aikf> "Something that Kirky gave me a while ago..."
[00:36] <Daethf> "There's a little dune there...I think, can't really see..." *points vaguely*
[00:36] <Colinf> "Kirky"
[00:36] <Aikf> *Apple* "Well, we ain't got nothin' better..."
[00:37] <Aikf> "Er, you don't know him. He's dead, at any rate..."
[00:37] * Aik heads towards the dune
[00:37] * Daeth is already stralking away
[00:38] <Aikf> *Apple* "Would you stop bloody well stralking?!"
[00:38] * Colin walks slowly behind the rest of the group
[00:39] * Daeth hops into the dune and lies down in it, watching the others
[00:39] <Aikf> "This ain't much of a dune..."
[00:39] <Daethf> "Yeah, well..."
[00:40] <Colinf> "Better than anything else"
[00:40] <Daethf> "What he said..."
[00:40] * Aik and Apple both get behind the dune
[00:40] <Aikf> "So, now what?"
[00:40] <Colinf> "We wait"
[00:40] <Aikf> "... And then?"
[00:40] <Daethf> "We die"
[00:41] * Colin jumps down behind the dune, turns around and peers over the dune
[00:41] <Aikf> "... RIght, before that?"
[00:41] <Colinf> "We fight and kill"
[00:41] <Daethf> "We fight?"
[00:41] <Aikf> "... Right ..."
[00:41] * Daeth takes his katana off and digs it into the sand to hide reflections
[00:41] * Colin unhooks his sword and lays it in the sand next to him
[00:42] <Colinf> "Hey, does the sand still feel warm to you?"
[00:42] <Daethf> "Quite..."
[00:42] <Aikf> "... So?"
[00:42] * Daeth , after some thought, sticks his other sword somewhere else so he can grab it later
[00:43] * Daeth grabs his shotgun out and pats it fondly
[00:44] <Aikf> *Apple* *Takes the crossbow from her pack, as well as a pistol*
[00:44] * Colin turns to Apple
[00:45] <Colinf> "Whatever you do, don't go over this dune, ok?"
[00:45] <Aikf> *Apple* "Why not?"
[00:45] <Colinf> "Just don't. Don't get involved in the close combat stuff"
[00:46] <Aikf> *Apple* *glares at Colin* "I can take care of meself."
[00:46] <Daethf> *the slavers are approaching, with some indeed leaved behind further back with slaves*
[00:46] <Aikf> "Okay, should we yell at them first, or just shoot the fuckers?"
[00:47] <Colinf> "Not with Slavers, you can't"
[00:47] <Aikf> "Well, okay, I negotiated last time, someone else can this time..."
[00:48] * Daeth examines the shotgun carefully
[00:48] <Daethf> "How do you reload with this, exactly?"
[00:48] <Aikf> *Slaver1* "Hoi! Youse back there! Come out!"
[00:48] <Colinf> "Just look around on it. Do you even have any more bullets for it"
[00:49] <Daethf> "Yeah..."
[00:49] * Daeth nudges Colin
[00:49] <Colinf> "Go to hell!!"
[00:49] * Daeth mumbles "Good negoating skills, couldn't have put it better myself"
[00:50] <Aikf> *Slaver1* "We've got guns! Come out or we'll shoot you!"
[00:50] <Colinf> "We have guns too, what're you gonna do about it?"
[00:50] * Daeth looks about and mutters "Idiot."
[00:50] <Aikf> "Gah! Dumbarse, why did you tell them that?"
[00:51] <Daethf> "Let's pretend we don't really have guns by firing those...things." *points to crossbow*
[00:51] <Colinf> "they're gonna find out soon enough, and they might back off"
[00:51] <Colinf> "You think you can do it better, you take over"
[00:51] <Aikf> *Slaver1* *confers with others* "So, what?"
[00:52] <Colinf> *Slaver2* *To Slaver1* "How many of them are there over there?"
[00:52] <Aikf> *Slaver1* "Four, I counted. But they're no good dead..."
[00:53] <Colinf> *Slaver2* "Well, how're we gonna do this?"
[00:54] <Aikf> *Slavers* "Did we use up all of them tranquiliser things the Boss gave us?"
[00:56] <Colinf> *Slaver2* *Rumagese around in pack* "I don't think we did, but I don't have them"
[00:56] <Daethf> *Slaver3* "I have some." *holds up some*
[00:57] <Aikf> *Slaver1* "Right, hand some out, one to everyone. We circle around 'em and try and hit them with these. Otherwise, amybe we can scare 'em into giving up..."
[00:58] <Daethf> *Slaver3* *hands them out, but there's not enough to go around to everyone*
[00:58] <Colinf> "Hey, they're passing around something"
[00:58] <Daethf> "Weapons, may be."
[00:58] <Aikf> "Ah ... maybe we should just run ... really really fast."
[00:59] <Daethf> "Well, we could, except they're fanning out"
[00:59] <Aikf> "Well ... fuck."
[00:59] * Colin grips his sword
[00:59] * Daeth grabs his shotgun
[01:00] <Colinf> "It wasn't weapons, but they put them either on or in their weapons"
[01:00] * Aik pulls out a pistol
[01:00] <Daethf> "Drugs?"
[01:00] <Aikf> "We're gonna be surrounded soon..."
[01:01] <Daethf> "Ain't going down without a fight."
[01:01] <Daethf> "They'll take our weapons anyway, so use up as much of it as we can I say..."
[01:01] <Aikf> "Okay, well ... shoot."
[01:02] <Daethf> "Closer..."
[01:02] <Aikf> *Apple* "Bloody hell..."
[01:02] * Colin moves back down the dune and squats, waiting for them to get within a short distance he could attack from
[01:02] <Aikf> *Apple* *moves to the side of the dune further*
[01:03] * Daeth crouches up stealthily and fires a shot at the closest person, then leaps back down
[01:04] <Aikf> *The slavers race forward and around suddenly as the shot is heard...*
[01:05] <Aikf> *Slaver4* *Screams as a bullet pierces him*
[01:05] * Daeth snickers and pumps the shotgun
[01:05] <Daethf> "Hey, nice..."
[01:05] <Colinf> *As soon as Daeth crouches back down, Colin grabs his sword and races over the dune to the closet Slaver*
[01:05] <Aikf> *Apple* *Fires the crossbow once someone appears in her view*
[01:05] <Daethf> "Crazy boy. God bless."
[01:06] <Aikf> "Dumbarse, more like..."
[01:06] <Daethf> "Same thing if you think about it."
[01:07] <Daethf> *Slaver 6* *facing Colin, starts to stumble backwards, holding up his weapon to block hopelessly*
[01:07] * Colin races up to the closest Slaver, who isn't screaming and swings the massive sword down in a diagonal motion across the Slavers body
[01:07] <Aikf> *Slaver7* *Shoots the tranquiliser at Colin*
[01:08] <Aikf> "Well, he's a good distraction. Wanna run?"
[01:08] <Daethf> "I don't think Apple will be pleased."
[01:08] <Aikf> "Ah, well..."
[01:08] <Daethf> *Slaver 6* *gets cut diagonally and screams, falling backwards and firing randomly*
[01:09] * Daeth stands up and fires another shot at a figure
[01:09] <Colinf> *Apples arrow missed the Slaver she aimed at only by inches, and the Slaver(10) rethinks his actions and backpedals away a bit
[01:09] <Aikf> *Apple* *pumps the next bolt into the crossbow*
[01:10] * Aik stans up beside Daeth and takes a shot
[01:11] <Aikf> *Slavers1,2,and 3 fire back at Aik and Daeth, even as 3 sprouts a hole in his chest*
[01:11] <Daethf> "God..."
[01:11] <Aikf> *Thwack* "Ah fuck ... he got me..."
[01:12] * Aik squats back down and pulls at the dart now in his arm
[01:13] * Daeth has a scratch on his face
[01:13] <Daethf> "What are they doing, anyway? Hurt a lot?"
[01:13] <Colinf> *Slaver8 takes a bullet in the leg, and he collapses to the ground, swearing his head off at the man how shot him*
[01:13] <Aikf> "Eh ... arm getting kinda numb..."
[01:14] * Daeth pumps again, uncertainly
[01:14] <Daethf> "I'm not sure how many shots it have left!"
[01:15] <Aikf> *woozilly* "Well, take mine, don't think I need it..."
[01:15] * Aik drops the gun he was holding
[01:15] <Daethf> "You alright?"
[01:15] * Colin gains a tranquiliser in the hand, and charges towards Slaver7
[01:15] <Aikf> *Apple* *Stands and takes a shot at 7 before realising how close Colin is...*
[01:16] * Colin begins to stumble and swings at 7 before falling to the ground
[01:17] <Daethf> *7* *ducks the swing wobbily*
[01:18] <Daethf> *thwack* "Ah! Shoulder..."
[01:18] <Aikf> *Apple* *Jerks, as a dart from 10 hits her give a shrill shout*
[01:18] * Daeth picks up the pistol and clicks away
[01:18] <Colinf> *Slaver7 wobbles as a bullet hit him in the stomach and buckles over in half from the pain*
[01:18] <Aikf> *Very woozilly* "Daeth mah fwiend. Metwinks we're fwucked..."
[01:19] * Daeth crawls at his katana and swings it up, throwing it randomly, before crawling to his sword
[01:20] * Colin pulls the dart from his hand
[01:20] * Aik falls over and rolls down the slope slightly, unconcious
[01:20] <Aikf> *Apple* *pumps frantically and shoots in the general direction of 10*
[01:21] * Colin watches the stars disappear as the world fades to black, before he passes out
[01:21] * Daeth manages to grab onto the hilt of his sword and grab it out before he collapses
[01:22] <Colinf> *Slaver10 freaks, and tries to run, but gains two bolts in the rear*
[01:22] <Aikf> *Apple* *Falls to her knees*
[01:23] <Colinf> *Slaver10 dances around and yells and curses "The stupid bitch who had the crossbow*
[01:23] <Aikf> *Apple* *Drops the crossbow into the sand and falls backwards, unconcious*
[01:24] <Daethf> *NotDeadSlaver1* "I think that's all o' them..."
[01:25] <Aikf> *Slaver9* "Hmm, seems like..."
[01:26] <Colinf> *Slaver2* "Should we go over and check?"
[01:27] <Daethf> *8* "Some fuck shot me in the leg!" *limps over*
[01:27] <Colinf> *Slaver10* "That stupid cow and that fucking crossbow!! ARRRGH!!!!!"
[01:27] <Aikf> *Slaver9* "Guess I'll start dragging them over...*
[01:28] <Aikf> *Slaver9* *Grabs Colin by the legs and marches off towards the rest of the group*
[01:28] <Daethf> *8* *kicks Daeth*
[01:28] <Daethf> *8* "Oooh, a fancy sword." *fishes it out from the sand and sticks it on his belt before dragging Daeth away*
[01:30] <Colinf> *Slaver2* *Walks over to Colin's sword* "Holy hell, look at the size of it
[01:31] <Colinf> *Slaver2* *Tries to pick it up, but fails misserably and hurts his arms*
[01:33] <Daethf> *4* "Hey, hey, good ol' <5f> is here..."
[01:33] <Daethf> *4* "Asleep..."
[01:33] <Colinf> *Slaver10* *Walks over to Slaver1* "Hey, can you do something about these? (Pointing to the bolts in his butt)"
[01:35] <Colinf> *Slaver2* *Walks over to Apple* "Well, isn't this a fine looking thing righ' here"
[01:35] <Aikf> *Slaver1* *grabs one of the bolts and rips it out*
[01:37] <Colinf> *Slaver10* *Screams, turns and thumps Slaver1 in the face*
[01:37] <Aikf> *Slaver1* "Hey! You wanted them out!"
[01:37] <Daethf> *8* *dragged Daeth back, kicks him, and goes about waking 5*