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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com><BR>To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem@zork.net><BR>Cc: <BR>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 1:40 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Book 3 - Chapter V - The Debate<BR><BR>>> [GM]<BR>>> One of the knights shakes his head. "It is as Sir Justin says,<BR>>> m'lady. The Coalition we know mainly be reputation, though it is<BR>>> little enough different in its philosophies than the New German<BR>>> Republic. But our King is a man of justice, and I truly cannot see<BR>>> how you would be imprisoned when the full tale was told."<BR>>><BR>>> The knight thinks for a moment. "We can tarry no longer, and must<BR>>> be to New Camelot this very hour. Therefore, I will declare this,<BR>>> though it likely exceeds my authority. I shall charge that you are<BR>>> free for one month in the
lands of New Camelot, but that you must,<BR>>> if you wish to remain any longer than that, seek out His Grace,<BR>>> King Arr'thu, for his pardon and leave."<BR>>><BR>>> "Will this suffice?" he asks. "That way you can make your own way<BR>>> under no immediate threat, and those that travel with you shall not<BR>>> be traveling with a wanted woman."<BR>>> [/GM]<BR><BR>> [Justin]<BR>> (to Alex) "That alone is a good sign. Tin pot dictators don't, as a<BR>> rule, give their minions that sort of discretionary authority."<BR>> [/Justin]<BR><BR>OOC: Hopefully Alex will respond to this offer!<BR><BR>[...]<BR><BR>>>>> [GM]<BR>>>>> And then, quite suddenly, in the midst of their debate, a<BR>>>>> figure walks out of the bush with a hoverbike. He is dressed in<BR>>>>> what looks to be leather armor dyed black, plated with bone to<BR>>>>> add
extra-protection as well as for style. His helm is made of<BR>>>>> a gurgoyle skull with horns stretching back from it. The<BR>>>>> eyesockets have red goggle like coverings. His hoverbike was<BR>>>>> done in forest camouflage.<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> He holds a white strip of cloth so as to show his wish to<BR>>>>> speak and not battle. "Hello Ladies, and Knights, I come to<BR>>>>> speak though I am unsure if indeed you are the ones I am to<BR>>>>> speak with." He looks to each of them.<BR>>>>> [/GM]<BR><BR>>> [GM]<BR>>> The knights go for their guns.<BR>>> [/GM]<BR><BR>>>> [Ted]<BR>>>> Ted regards the newcomer cautiously. "Greetings, friend. How may<BR>>>> we help you?" he asks.<BR>>>> [/Ted]<BR><BR>>>> [Justin]<BR>>>> Justin answers the stranger "I hope so, as your only
other<BR>>>> options locally are some royally pissed off fairies and the armed<BR>>>> forces of Lord Splynncryth. And to offer a small, helpful<BR>>>> correction, the female form of Knight is Dame. Lady is a lower<BR>>>> rank."<BR>>>><BR>>>> In a lowered tone aside to Alex "He's lucky we know what a white<BR>>>> flag is, that's not multiversally adopted. In some places,<BR>>>> that's how you declare a blood feud."<BR>>>> [/Justin]<BR><BR>>> [Louissa]<BR>>> "And what will you speak to us about, stranger?" she asks, her<BR>>> hands on her gun.<BR>>> [/Louissa]<BR><BR>>> [Stranger]<BR>>> "Such reactions to an unarmed man and one carrying the traditional<BR>>> flag for talks. As to the fairies I have no quarrel with them<BR>>> indeed it is the King of their kind that sent me. He told me to<BR>>> head in this direction, that
I would meet with others who may be<BR>>> able to help against this war with Atlantis. As to the mistake, I<BR>>> did not realize these women were indeed knights their manner of<BR>>> clothing is different then the suits I see here from Camelot."<BR>>><BR>>> "I was sent with a sign to show, that my words are true, as well<BR>>> as a sign to those who knew the knight from America whom the fey<BR>>> buried."<BR>>><BR>>> "If I am allowed to retrieve it, without people pulling those<BR>>> weapons they are so keen on hovering their hands over, that would<BR>>> be appreciated."<BR>>><BR>>> The stranger reaches into a satchel at his side and slowly pulls<BR>>> out his hand and opens it to show them the ring.<BR>>><BR>>> "I was told this ring was given to the fey and from them I return<BR>>> it, as a sign of my intentions. I would like to join you if
indeed<BR>>> your battle is with the things of Atlantis."<BR>>> [/Stranger]<BR><BR>>> [GM]<BR>>> All but Justin immediately recognize it immediately as Osiris's<BR>>> ring.<BR>>> [/GM]<BR><BR>> [Justin]<BR>> (to the stranger) "Most of them are not knights, as far as I know,<BR>> stranger. But not all of the present men are knights, and you<BR>> grouped us all together in your greeting. Mixing rank levels as you<BR>> did could be taken as an insult, which is the last thing we need,<BR>> given existing tensions." He pauses, then continues on a different<BR>> topic "My family, while not at war with Atlantis, maintains very<BR>> cold relations. I can't speak for the others intentions, but I do<BR>> intend to give Lord Splynncryth a very bad day at some future date,<BR>> as a complaint about the poor manners of those who serve him."<BR>><BR>> (to the group) "Lord Coake wore a signet like
that."<BR>> [/Justin]<BR><BR>> [Ted]<BR>> "So that makes this stranger a cyber-knight?" the lizard man asked<BR>> no one in particular.<BR>> [/Ted]<BR><BR>> [Justin]<BR>> "No, but it's an interesting fact that two known cyber-knights wear<BR>> one like it."<BR>> [/Justin]<BR><BR>> [Ted]<BR>> "So... is this Lord Coake?" the lizard man asks, his tone doubtful.<BR>> [/Ted]<BR><BR>[Louissa]<BR>Louissa looks at the stranger. "He doesn't really look like a <BR>Cyberknight." she says. "He said the ring is a sign, I guess from those <BR>crazy faeries that want to blast us to pieces."<BR><BR>"I think the ring is Osiris's." she says. "Alex, you would know better <BR>than me, is that Osiris's ring?"<BR><BR>She looks to the wilderness scout for an answer.<BR>[/Louissa]<BR><BR>[Father Montessoro]<BR>The priest gives the stranger a look over. "So you know something of <BR>the faeries of these woods?" he
asks.<BR>[/Father Montessoro]<BR><BR>[Vesper]</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">"If people truly chose to take offense it is, their choice, Im not here to pander to ego's. If I were I would be a servent</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">in liveries, bowing and scraping and serving drinks. I am here seeking certain people. Which may or may not be those </DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">gathered here. I will say I meant no offense dear ladies or dames as may be the case, but, pulling an Im sorry from me, </DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">would be like pulling one from a Prince of a far off realm, have it as you will." Vesper shrugs noncomittaly.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">To the others</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">"No, I am no Cyberknight I hail from a different court, though I know of the order that rides in North America.</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">The ring the king of the fey said would be recognized, it seems some of you have seen it before."</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">To Louissa, "The Fey are usually peacefull, though playfull and strong willed they do not often attack the way</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">they are doing now. They are in such a state they are actually organizing and using tactics against all intruders</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">of the wood. I have long been their ally, but no big folk are safe now. I believe this is why you may have been</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">attacked."</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Turning to the priest he dismounts his bike and bows, "Aye father, yes I know much of the fey and in times past</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">have greatly enjoyed their company. There is a beauty in chaos, and the fey symbolize that on many levels. I am</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">known to them and some of the woodland communities as The Fury and have kept these woods safe till the </DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">incursion of the splugorth, on this massive scale took place. I cannot fight so many alone, even Camelot I fear is in</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">danger from Lord Splyncryth and his servitors. His tendrils reach across many worlds and he is pulling but a small</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">fraction of the forces at his command. I may have to marshall forces on some other world to counter him, but that </DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">would take time too much time, and resources to gather. By the time I had them all I don't think there would be much</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">to save." Vesper sighed.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">"Even though the fey call me the Fury, please call me Lord Vesper, or simply Vesper Im not big on honorifics, perhaps</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">I have been gone from the Courts so long it almost doesn't matter." he looked deep in though for a moment.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">He then looks to Justin again, "Aye your right my manners still count right ? If I did insult any who hold lofty ranks then</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">I ammend, Lords, Ladies, Dames, Knights, Princes, Princesses, Father and any I may have missed, if your goals are to </DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">oppose the slave Lord of Atlantis, I would seek to work with thee. If your not whome I seek, I shall ride on but providence</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">and the twist of fate I think bring us together."</DIV>
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