[Taocow PBEM] Chapter V: A Stranger And His Knowledge

Troy Imlach troy_a_i at yahoo.ca
Tue Jul 19 00:38:31 PDT 2005


[Talas]
Talas looks at the group and says "Excuse me but I
just have 2 questions. First; My lady Alex what do you
mean by your Time? And secondly; My I assume that your
questioning of Mr. Griz back in the shop, came to
not?"

- If the party seems confused Talas says "It just
seems like something that should be investigated. A
lizard man named Griz in the book. And a lizard man
named Griz in the shop. I thought you were questioning
him to see if he new anything when I came into the
store. Am I mistaken?"
[Talas]

--- Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at alberni.net> wrote:

> > > [Bongo]
> > > Bongo nods in agreement.  "You and I both. 
> Perhaps it's our training and
> > > our upbringing, but I confess this all sends
> shivers up my spine.
> > > [/Bongo] 
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Alex things for a moment before shaking her head,
> "I suppose you are 
> > right, in part that is. Still, I have seen some of
> the things that 
> > supernatural creates can do and they scare me. Who
> I truly feel sorry 
> > for are the creatures, dee-bees as normally they
> are called, who are no 
> > more powerful than me or you, yet are prosecuted
> like they are demons."
> > [/Alex]
> 
> [Bongo]
> "I know only too well." Bongo says wistfully.
> [/Bongo]
> 
> [...]
> 
> > > [Bongo]
> > > "You would have made a great dog boy!" Bongo
> quips.
> > > [/Bongo] 
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Alex smiles back, knowing the compliment for what
> it is. She states,  "I 
> > have had that said to me before, Davros for one
> said that to me  before. 
> > Still, our team was a scout team and had a much
> higher level of 
> > informality than would be allowed in a Chi-town
> unit."
> > [/Alex]
> 
> [Bongo]
> "I was given a lot of latitude." Bongo says.  "Of
> course, that also means
> that by now, in our own time, I'd probably be shot
> on sight for what I've
> done since."
> [/Bongo]
> 
> [...]
> 
> > [Bongo]
> > Bongo gently opens the book, which, in daylight,
> looks old and brittle.  The
> > first page has a sketch of a young woman, no more
> than twenty years old. 
> > Beneath it is written the name "Lovely S'talza."
> > 
> > "Name mean anything?" Bongo asks before flipping
> to the next page.  At the
> > top is the date, February 3, 2150.  "Hmmm, in the
> old dating calendar."
> > Bongo muses.  "That would put this journal at over
> two hundred years old."
> > [/Bongo]
> 
> > [Amanda Connors]
> > "What!!??  I know that name.  I had a dream that I
> was her.  Finish 
> > what you're saying, then I'll tell you about it."
> > [/Amanda Connors]
> 
> > > [Bongo]
> > > "So apparently this temple must be somewhere
> back in North America." 
> > > Bongo
> > > sighs.  "We ended up a lot farther away than we
> should have.  Maybe we
> > > should get back on that ship!"
> > > [/Bongo]
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Alex just shakes her head with her greens eyes
> flashing something close 
> > to anger, maybe annoyance would be a better word.
> She states after a 
> > moment, "If the year is what they say it is, it
> will not do any good but 
> > if it was our time, we might be able to catch a
> ride on a Triax transport."
> > [/Alex]
> 
> > [Amanda Connors]
> > "That's a good possibility.  Since what I remember
> from my dream had 
> > me still back home in the US.  The first part
> anyways."
> > 
> > She pauses, trying to collect herself enough to
> relate what she knows.
> > 
> > "My dream had two clear pieces to it.  One was of
> my old friends.  
> > They were talking, but the only word I heard was
> my name.  There 
> > wasn't any other sound.  Then we were standing at
> a map.  I couldn't 
> > tell what it was a map of but had a name on it.  
> Rath-Iren."  
> > She spells the name out to make sure she's
> pronouncing it correctly.
> > [/Amanda Connors]
> 
> [GM]
> Phaeton nods grimly, but says nothing.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Amanda Connors]
> > Amanda stands up and moves to the plates of food,
> examining things 
> > slightly to make sure she recognises it before
> taking anything.
> > 
> > "Then the dream got weird.  And I mean that with
> the last few weeks in
> >  mind.  I was with a man, he was calling me
> S'talza and he had a ring 
> > with that emblem on it.  Nice big ring, Ivana
> Trump'd have choked on
> > it.  He wanted to get pictures of a temple and a
> ritual back to Lazlo 
> > and had a digital camera, maybe that one."
> > 
> > "Then we were tied up being sacrificed to some
> dark force.  A man, 
> > that pale guy from the ship, called him Quinton
> Barnabas.   Quinton 
> > told S'talza to remember the box.  Quote: 'Just
> beyond the altar, 
> > beneath the grey paving stone.'
> > 
> > Then they killed him and I was running, but I
> don't know how I got 
> > loose.  Next thing I know, I'm being woken up by
> you."
> > 
> > She turns to Bongo.  "One, any idea who that woman
> was a decendant of?
> > And two, what do you need a map for when you have
> me?"
> > 
> > She reaches into her purse and pulls out her PDA. 
> Starting it up she 
> > begins searching through it's files for the old
> Encarta encyclopedia 
> > program.
> > [/Amanda Connors]
> 
> [Bongo]
> Bongo shrugs.  "The name S'talza doesn't ring any
> bells with me, but
> at least we now know of one place to ask; Lazlo. 
> It's a little out of
> our way, though, and I didn't think that Lazlo even
> existed that far
> back in time."
> 
> When Bongo catches site of of the PDA he lets out an
> "Oooh, that's
> really old!  Look up these co-ordinates."
> [/Bongo]
> 
> [GM]
> Phaeton sits down for a moment, then gets up again,
> seeming quite
> agitated.  "Clearly you have had a vision of
> Rath-Iren, and these
> people, S'talza and Barnabas, whoever they may be,
> are important as
> well, if for no other reason than that is how you
> got that metal box."
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Kyle]
> > "It seems we have a problem then. I am no expert
> but being on the other 
> > side of the planet poses a problem.  It seems the
> answers to our 
> > problems are in America and returning there should
> be our first priority".
> > 
> > Kyle then grabs a plate of food and begins eating
> and continuing to 
> > take in as much of the conversation as possible.
> > [/Kyle]
> 
> [GM]
> As Kyle digs in, Amanda's PDA with its archaic
> software (which Bongo is 
> noticably drooling over) pops up information on Ashe
> County, North 
> Carolina.  The area is in the Appalachians, and was
> one of the more lightly
> populated areas of North Carolina.
> 
> Phaeton finally grabs a plate and a small amount of
> food.  "I agree." he
> says to Kyle.  "I don't have any idea, other than
> getting back on the ship.
> The problem is that the Harbor Master, kindly fellow
> that he is, may not
> want us coming back."
> [/GM]
> 
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