<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem@zork.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 26, 2012 2:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex and Vesper] Book 3 - Chapter X - The Quest For Louissa<br> </font> </div> <br>
>> [GM]<br>>> As the two adventurers talk, they make their way over the stony<br>>> ground. Here and there are a few stands of trees. They have a<br>>> reasonably good vantage point, and behind them can see New Camelot in<br>>> the distance, though the air is oddly hazy. For the first time it<br>>> seems strange to them that this high hill wasn't noticeable as they<br>>> approached the forest in pursuit of Louissa.<br>>><br>>> In front of the two, however, is the oddest sight of all. As they<br>>> approach, the fog bank looms larger and larger, until they are<br>>> standing right in front of it, and it looms high into the sky. The<br>>> feeling as they get closer is almost electric, like a buzzing. Vesper<br>>> can definitely sense a major dimensional anomaly of some kind, though<br>>> while the fog bank is substantial, it still appears to be a mist, and<br>>> not a
solid feature.<br>>><br>>> Somewhere within the fog bank, though it sounds miles away, can be<br>>> heard gunfire and screams.<br>>> [/GM]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> "Why is it always dimensional portals?"<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>> [Vesper]<br>> Vesper turned to Alex with a smile, "Didn't you say you wanted to travel?"<br>><br>> He crawls over the rocks switching his rifle to thermal and looking around<br>> in the fog.<br>><br>> "We should stick close so the fog doesn't split us up."<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> Shaking her head, "So you think we should go through the fog?"<br>><br>> After a moment she states, "I guess but I don't like this. I would have<br>> preferred adventures on foot or maybe my long lost bike."<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>> [Vesper]<br>> "Yes, something is going on in the fog, and I will be able to tell you as<br>> we get closer to that dimensional rift so we
don't get too close. Well we<br>> are on foot right now, I am pretty sure we should be able to get you a<br>> new bike. I miss my hoverbike as well."<br>><br>> He let his familiar wrap about his arm and taste the air with it's tongue to<br>> help sense things in the fog.<br>><br>> "I will try to take you nicer places once we find Loissa. A nice sunny<br>> beach with clear water would be nice."<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> "Would be nice," the red haired scout returns, "I thought being a<br>> coalition scout in bug territory was tough. Actually, it was tougher<br>> there with most of my companions getting killed but this is far stranger."<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>> [Vesper]<br>> "Hey I'd do anything to see a sexy Coalition soldier in a bikini instead of<br>> the black dead armor, even if it means a side jaunt to another vacation<br>> dimension. I am sorry about the loss of your companions,
let's try and<br>> keep each other alive here." He finished sounding more serious then when<br>> he began.<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> Alex pods open her helmet for a moment, "Thanks. A bikini actually<br>> sounds fun. Use to spend some time in some lakes although never been to<br>> the ocean. Generally too much that will eat you."<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>[Vesper]<br>> Vesper smiles over at her, "I look forward to it. I have always had a weakness<br>> for fire haired maidens."<br>><br>> He laughed a bit, "Yeah the oceans are pretty unsafe now, I am sure we can<br>> find someplace safe. I can't let monsters destroy my fantasy now can I ?" He<br>> was still smiling as he returned to scanning through the thermal of his rifle<br>> especially off in the direction of the gunfire and the dimensional anomaly.<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> The Coalition ranger is actually a bit embarrassed at
the comment but<br>> does not say any more.<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>[GM]<br>Once the two companions are in the fog, it proves almost impenetrable;<br>visibility of no more than about three or four feet. Both Vesper and<br>his familiar can "smell" magic at work, and even Alex, via her dagger,<br>can sense a strong emanation. But it isn't exactly directional; as<br>soon as they step into the fog, the sensation is all around them.<br><br>The sounds of screams and gunfire become somewhat more distinct, but<br>also seem to be coming from all around them. There's almost an<br>auditory hallucinatory quality about the fog. Even there own footsteps<br>seem to echo back at them from all around.<br><br>So far as they can tell, the ground is still normal, rock strewn<br>ground. It's bad enough that they find themselves stumbling at points<br>due to loose rocks or an unexpected rise or drop in the ground. At one<br>point they find themselves in a shallow gully
with a trickle of water,<br>the ground sloping up enough on the other side that they are forced to<br>proceed on all fours.<br><br>After about ten minutes, their whole world is nothing but fog and<br>rocky ground. It gets even worse when they find themselves crossing<br>the small creek in the shallow ravine a second time at almost the same<br>place and in the same direction! They don't even remember crossing<br>back over the creek at some other point.<br><br>If there is an "even horizon" to this dimensional anomaly, it doesn't<br>seem any closer than it was a few minutes ago. They can still hear the<br>fighting, and it still seems to be coming from all around.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Vesper]<br>"Alex, I am going to try and go into a brief meditation not long. We need to get a stronger idea of this anomaly. Shake me out of it if you need to ok. Hopefully I will be able to get a better understanding so we don't wander in circles." He waits for her reply
before proceeding planning on meditating the few minutes to get a much better understanding of this possibly pocket dimension.<br>[/Vesper]<br><br>-- <br>Aaron Clausen<br><a ymailto="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com" href="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com">mightymartianca@gmail.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Taocowpbem mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net" href="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net">Taocowpbem@zork.net</a><br><a href="http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem" target="_blank">http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>