<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">[Vesper]<br>"We were going to allow our new friend Keldon here to make introductions for us, I don't think it would be a problem for us all to meet at the same time. Would it Keldon ?"<br><br>Vesper stood next to Alex as they entered.<br>[/Vesper]<br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:47 PM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">>> [GM]<br>>> Father
Arthur shrugs. "I cannot say." he says simply. "I am but a<br>>> humble servant here, and not privy to the Archbishop's plans. We have<br>>> seen off invasion before, when I first came here ten years ago, and<br>>> the Abbey has potent defenses. The false god Bres the Beautiful was<br>>> turned back at this place of the Lord. I have heard rumor that the<br>>> Archbishop has made alliances that will greatly enhance our security,<br>>> but, as I said, I know nothing for certain of such matters."<br>>><br>>> "Perhaps, if you are fortunate, the Archbishop himself may meet with<br>>> you. I know he has been made aware of the arrival of a ship from<br>>> Hobourn Tree, and will be meeting with one of the passengers; an older<br>>> druid coming as a representative of their Council. That is why I am at<br>>> the front doors. I await the Druid's arrival."<br>>> [/GM]<br><br>>
[Oz]<br>> This place had held off a would-be god? Maybe it could withstand the<br>> Splugorth invasion. Oz just nods, though. "I would very much like to<br>> meet with the Archbishop, if he is receiving visitors. We came on the<br>> druid's ship, in fact; they are sponsoring our trip north. May we wait<br>> with you?"<br>> [/Oz]<br><br>[GM]<br>As Oz speaks, he sees Ithdalkal wave, and sees Vesper, Alex and a very<br>odd-looking octopus-like D-Bee with one large eye, wearing a<br>multi-armed jacket and a hat.<br><br>The priest who had been speaking to Oz, Anne and Ithdalkal smiles.<br>"Ah, Mr. Keldon, we see you hear so infrequently. I see you've brought<br>two visitors with you as well."<br><br>The octopus-like D-Bee laughs, "I'm afraid theological differences<br>make my visits all too infrequent, Father Arthur. These two are here<br>in the hopes of meeting the Archbishop to, ah, discuss an important<br>matter."<br><br>"As are these
three." Father Arthur says, looking at Oz, Anne and Ithdalkal.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Ithdalkal]<br>"We are all companions." Ithdalkal says simply, though she looks at<br>Vesper and Alex quizzically.<br>[/Ithdalkal]<br><br>[GM]<br>Father Arthur nods. "I'm quite certain the Archbishop will meet you<br>after Mass. But for now, join us in Mass. Even if you are not a<br>believer you may find it interesting. Let me find you seats." Father<br>Arthur does not seem to take no for an answer.<br><br>As they take their seats, a tall man of significant girth, in white<br>robes walks out to the pulpit. He must be at least six and a half feet<br>tall, and probably weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of four<br>hundred pounds. He has a beatific face, clean shaven, pudgy, but still<br>showing the signs that he was once a handsome man.<br><br>In a voice both commanding and yet soothing and fatherly, he begins.<br>"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and
the<br>fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."<br><br>The congregation replies "And also with you."<br><br>And so begins a somewhat long-winded sermon, telling the people not to<br>be afraid in these troubling times, for the Lord will protect his<br>flock from harm. The whole service is actually quite short, about a<br>half an hour, and then the prayers are said and the congregation gets<br>up and most go to leave.<br><br>Father Arthur returns and tells the adventurers "His Grace has said he<br>will see you all. The guards will lead you to his quarters."<br><br>Two guards in medieval-looking armor, something like the knightly<br>armor of New Camelot, obviously megadamage, but still very ornate,<br>beckon to the adventurers. They are lead to a rather plain and<br>inconspicuous doorway beside the altar. It opens up on a narrow dimly<br>lit hallway with doors along one side and another door at the end.<br>There are a number of chairs beside the
door and two more guards stand<br>beside it.<br><br>"A moment please." one of their guides says. "We understand that you<br>are of the same company, but will you be meeting together? His Grace<br>is somewhat pressed for time, so your audience will be no more than<br>fifteen minutes."<br>[/GM]<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> </div> </div></body></html>