<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> Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:49 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>>> 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<br>> to get a stronger idea of this anomaly. Shake me out of it if you need to ok.<br>> Hopefully I will be able to get a better understanding so we don't wander in<br>> circles." He waits for her reply before proceeding planning on meditating<br>> the few minutes to get a much better understanding of this possibly<br>> pocket dimension.<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> Looking around, Alex states, "Sure, I can stand guard for a few minutes."<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>> [Vesper]<br>> "Thanks Alex, I will make it quick." He proceeds with meditating focused<br>> on the dimensional energies fabric and reality about them to learn all he can.<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>[GM]<br>Perhaps he is tired, or the walking in circles has muddled him<br>somewhat, but the nature of the anomaly escapes him. However, he is<br>able to determine that the center of the anomaly is to his right. The<br>problem may be that the nature of the
anomaly means that he and Alex<br>cannot simply walk in a straight line that direction. If only he could<br>see the pattern of the mystical energies. Though it is wearying, he<br>tries again, but with no better sense. He simply cannot fathom the<br>pattern of energy.<br><br>As Vesper meditates, Alex keeps watch. Not that there is very much to<br>keep watch of. The fog seems strangely unchanging; no breeze of any<br>kind, no shifting of the mists. There's only the vague electric-like<br>feeling of mystical energies beyond the scope of her own powers. The<br>blade at her side seems to pulse.<br><br>And then Alex sees something... or rather nothing. There's a vague<br>nothingness, circular or orblike in shape. It moves right and left,<br>sometimes back and then forward; receding to a pinpoint and then<br>increasing in size. It seems to be walking a strange pattern, but is<br>growing closer. As it grows closer, Alex can hear what might be the<br>sound of
boots on the ground. By Alex's guess, as good as it can be,<br>perhaps it will be near them in a minute or so.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Vesper]<br>"I'm not getting anything." He shakes his head and stands up.<br>"I know to our right is the center of this anomaly but heading straight there will just get us lost. There is some method to this particular dimension."<br>He looks around shouldering his rifle again.<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>http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>