[Taocow PBEM] OOC Delays

[Paul Groeneveld]

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

> 
> On Wed, September 14, 2005 11:53, BorgOmatic at aol.com
> wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 9/14/05 8:30:52 AM,
> mightymartianca at alberni.net writes:
> >
> >
> >> On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, J L wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am here, but I'm being forced to move back to
> my
> >> > mother's for a few months come the end of
> September.
> >> >
> >> > Moving issues and the general stress these
> things
> >> > cause are making it difficult for me to even
> check my
> >> > email, much less have the motivation to post to
> games.
> >> >  Please move Lady Frost along as needed until I
> can
> >> > get back to a reliable posting schedule.
> >>
> >> I'll do my best.
> >>
> > Okay folks... I've been out of the gaming loop for
> about a week and a half
> > thanks to Katrina-induced setbacks here at work,
> so sorry about the
> > silence.
> >
> > I've been reading posts, and think I've missed an
> e-mail or two.   As far
> > as
> > I could tell, we got stopped by 'Dumb and Dumber'
> there at the gate --
> > then
> > we're discussing bait for some riders some ways
> away.
> >
> > Could anyone please give me a brief recap of what
> happened since we got
> > stopped at the gate?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric/Bongo
> 
> The basic low-down is that Talas, Alex and Osiris
> "convinced" the ogre
> guards to let the party pass.  They left the gates
> started up a hill, and
> when they hit the top, they spotted:
> 
> [GM]
> ...at least six horsemen.  Kyle's keen optics reveal
> that two are humans
> (or at least very human-like), two are ogres and one
> is an orc.  They are
> lead by a very tall figure on a very large robot
> horse.  The figure is at
> least seven and a half feet tall, wearing blood-red
> armor and a white
> skull cap that, well, looks like the skull of some
> horribly mutated
> creature.  The figure's face is fat and pink, with
> ugly purple blemishes
> on it.  All looked well-armed, with the enormous
> leader carrying a rail
> gun.
> [/GM]
> 
> Alex has determined that the railgun is likely of
> Triax manufacture,
> though she doesn't know the model or capacity.  Kyle
> has scoped the
> surroundings:
> 
> [GM]
> The land slopes down to the east and west, but
> continues as a ridge to the
> north and south.  Perhaps a quarter mile away is a
> thick knot of dark
> trees, some sort of evergreens, which make up the
> only substantial cover
> for several miles.  Farther to the north Kyle can
> see what looks like the
> edge of a large forest of oaks and willows, and at
> the very limit of his
> enhanced visual systems, what looks to be a
> tremendously gigantic tree
> sitting atop a leyline.  But this forest must be at
> least twenty miles
> away, and for those on feet, it would take far too
> much time.
> [/GM]
> 
> Alex has suggested that the rest of the party find a
> defensible (and
> hidden) position, someone go meet them to try to
> find out what they want,
> Lena recommended Lady Frost but Talas's player has
> wisely stated that, as
> Lady Frost's player isn't going to be around for a
> few days, that someone
> else step in and do it (as a narrative concern).
> 

rod has something up his sleeve, I will post tonight
or tomorrow.. (firday / saturday)

Carried away by expectation     |Paul Groeneveld
       only to be let down      | 
          by the release        | delthin_x at yahoo.com

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