1.4 - The Wyr River: Out of the darkness, into ...

(Ooc: wankers? I didn't think Americans know what that means, and I'm pretty sure the British have copyrighted it).

Darazen stands up and brushes himself off after Tara's speech. "I'm glad that's settled" he says nonchalantly. "I can't wait to see what's on the other side of this portal." He winks at Yui, "Let's see if we can find that Queen."

As he approaches the portal he turns to Khoren. "Have you checked that tracker lately?"

Yui

Mar 5, 2015 11:57 pm

GrantUrDeth Inactive forever!

(OOC: Damn Tara, you're right, Yui would have gone with Tara if she had known she had taken Birtwood with her. I thought Birtwood was unconscious when you left? I agreed with Vult when he said that you're not dragging a 350 pound tree by yourself, but you somehow did. Like I said, wasn't Birtwood down and out? And calling Yui a wanker was a little hurtful, you putz. XD)

"How did you leave with Birtwood? (seriously?) I thought you strolled out, taking the piss! And I was worried, believe it or not, so you better not do it again!" With a small hint of mock teasing, Yui smiles and gives Tara a hug.
"Now that we're all happy campers and Birtwood is miraculously taken care of, can we stop yammering and get along with our best-stupid plan yet?"

She pulls her katana out of the impaled mudman and sweetly offers it gore encrusted to Khoren. "If you wouldn't mind?", and with that, Yui steps on the side of the frame, and waits for her katana back and the others to enter with her.

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Mar 6, 2015 12:08 am

(OOC: Birtwood was conscious, I escorted him out. He helped kill the commander. It was the commander that was dead and I was going to drag to the surface so Vult could gather the Numenera. You are thinking of the FIRST commander fight when Birtwood was down, the darkness was up, and I was facing off against the commander. Easy misunderstanding. Oh, and I stated I was taking Birtwood with me multiple times...)

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Khoren Apraxin

Qralloq

Mar 6, 2015 12:10 am

grandmaster Inactive forever!

Khoren dutifully checks Tara's tracker, which he borrowed earlier and hasn't summoned to will to return just yet. Also, Khoren cleans Yui's muddy katana with a creepy flourish (he was going for charming, but isn't).

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Mar 6, 2015 12:16 am

Qralloq says:

Khoren dutifully checks Tara's tracker, which he borrowed earlier and hasn't summoned to will to return just yet. Also, Khoren cleans Yui's muddy katana with a creepy flourish (he was going for charming, but isn't).

Pulling out the compass, it seems to pointing to... to you. You straighten up and press the button to unfold it. The screen appears and gives you a reading of 2 ft.

~That cannot be right, can it?~

Mar 6, 2015 12:25 am

(What is the tracker tracking? If it's tracking Tara that'd make perfect sense, after all.. Also, it's okay Khoren, anyone who cleans Yui's weapons gets her recommendation no matter how creepy he is)

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Khoren Apraxin

Qralloq

Mar 6, 2015 1:00 am

grandmaster Inactive forever!

Backing away from Yui, and away from the others, he checks the tracker again. If it still reads right on top of him, he'll stick the commander's sword in the ground and back away from it. ~Is it the sword? Is a sword the 'heart of an assassin? That would make some sword of sense. Haha, I see what I did there.~

Mar 6, 2015 1:05 am

Qralloq says:

Backing away from Yui, and away from the others, he checks the tracker again. If it still reads right on top of him, he'll stick the commander's sword in the ground and back away from it. ~Is it the sword? Is a sword the 'heart of an assassin? That would make some sword of sense. Haha, I see what I did there.~

It is tracking the sword yes, and yes...I see what you did there. :)

Darazen

Mar 6, 2015 1:06 am

Darazen's interest is tweaked by Khoren's statement that the tracker is pointing just 2 feet away. "Hold on a moment! That can't be right! It was tracking something 250,000 miles away not long ago and now it's only 2' away? I don't believe it!"

He strides over to Khoren purposely, some of his arrogance returning. "Give me that!" He demands sticking his hand towards Khoren.

(Ooc: whether or not Khoren hands over the object Darazen scans it)

Rolls

Scan the tracker for anomalies, Numenera training - (1d20)

(14) = 14

Scan commanders sword, Numenera training - (1d20)

(3) = 3

Mar 6, 2015 1:16 am

grandmaster Inactive forever!

Quote:

That would make some sword of sense.

(OOC: That was beyond awful!)

Mar 6, 2015 1:29 am

Merlin says:

Darazen's interest is tweaked by Khoren's statement that the tracker is pointing just 2 feet away. "Hold on a moment! That can't be right! It was tracking something 250,000 miles away not long ago and now it's only 2' away? I don't believe it!"

He strides over to Khoren purposely, some of his arrogance returning. "Give me that!" He demands sticking his hand towards Khoren.

(Ooc: whether or not Khoren hands over the object Darazen scans it)

As you pass your hand over the compass/tracker device, you find it is a level 7 artifact. Once activated, it produces a piece of synth material that attaches and camouflages itself to whatever it is tracking. The range of this device is unknown, but in your Numenera book there are examples of ones that have kept locked on for hundreds and thousands of miles (across the steadfast, past the mountains and into the beyond).

Your hand passing over the sword reveals nothing from the sword itself. However, you do see two synth "dots" on the hilt. Both blend in and disappear into it. (ooc: I gave you that from the first scan as you knew what you were looking for.)

The first dot is definitely a tracker. The second dot is unknown.

Khoren Apraxin

Qralloq

Mar 6, 2015 1:49 am

szemely Inactive for 2 months

Khoren holds the tracker absently towards Darazen, his eyes focussing on the sword. "Why would they keep such close attention on this sword? It's more than just a simple sword, but not THAT much more." Khoren turns predatorially toward the portal, a hardness entering his eyes. "Let's go ask them."

And strides toward the portal.

Utazó Véd

Mar 6, 2015 2:14 am

As Utaz� leaves her position at the entrance of the chamber she watches Khoren and Darazen closely as they inspect the sword. "That's the assassin's heart? The sword? Interesting."

"I think we should return this precious item to Queen personally!" she says with a sly smile. Walking into the portal she looks back at the others and says, "Last one in is an abhuman's ugly...."

Yui

Mar 6, 2015 2:50 am

"Not me." Yui sheathes her katana and follows Utazo into the portal.

Darazen

Mar 6, 2015 4:35 am

GrantUrDeth Inactive forever!

Darazen doesn't take the device but merely looks at it. "Well, I can tell you with some certainty that this tracker" (pointing to tracker) "is tracking this sword." (pointing to sword). "Interesting. That means..." Darazen's voice trails off as he realises no one is listening and are instead heading to the portal. Not wanting to be an abnormal's ugly (whatever that is) he hurries to the portal.

(Ooc: I think that means our captain was tracking this sword, and the commander holding it was hundreds of thousands of miles away when Khoren first used it.... Meaning the other side of the portal is hundreds of miles away. Darazen tries to verify this through a memory check).

Rolls

Memory check, trained - (1d20)

(8) = 8

Mar 6, 2015 6:23 am

szemely Inactive for 2 months

OOC: OK. Is everything stated by the grandmaster public knowledge, or are we supposed to wait for the person the grandmaster is interacting with to tell it to us? I thought it was the latter, but I'm watching people use the former.
Example: Darazen just said that Khoren stated it was pointing 2 ft away.. except Khoren never stated that. Grandmaster TOLD Khoren that, and Darazen thought that.. but I didn't read where Khoren specifically said he was telepathically telling Darazen that.. So then Darazen's acts, grabs the device and ID it.. and grandmaster for some reason grants that action even though it's based on seemingly player knowledge and gives them even more information... and so on.. and so on..

So.. Again.. I ask.. Do we just ASSUME everything stated by the grandmaster is known to all, or are we supposed to wait until someone releases the information? If I've been doing it wrong the entire time, then please, let me know so I can assume the correct model of information dissemination. I'll be happy either way you choose.. I just want to know if I know things or not.)

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Mar 6, 2015 12:26 pm

OOC: I try to keep to the later as well, but sometimes forget what Utaz� knows vs. what I know.

Mar 6, 2015 12:57 pm

Objulen Inactive forever!

Ooc: Darazen specifically asked Khoren to look at the compass twice and therefore was taking specific interest in it. I assumed that when the compass pointed he could see that too, particularly as Darazen is telepathically bonded to Khoren. Furthermore, I don't imagine cyphers are tuned to individuals, but technological objects we interact with. If a cypher has a flashing light everyone can see the light. If it has an arrow everyone can see the arrow. If it transforms into a spider everyone can see the spider. In this case I imagined the device to point and have a digital display showing distance. Can't we use imagination? I don't see what the problem is.

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Vult

Mar 6, 2015 1:56 pm

"Getting Birtwood back to the surface was good, but he's still a target, and this thing can supply reinforcements to capture him." Vult mentions. "Just surprised they haven't sent anyone through yet, unless they're massing on the other side." He sighs. "I don't suppose we have anyway to see what's on the other side before our ill-rated plunge through it."

Mar 6, 2015 2:07 pm