Kalyr 45 - Searches

"You mind-people try and reach Jathren", Kalyr says, "Jal, Jorg and I
will search the outbuildings.  Ready you two?".

Remembering how they linked minds to defeat the alien creature,
Reylorna attempts to join minds with the others; the first mind-link
collapses as soon as it forms, leaving her with a tremendous headache.

The second attempt is more successful.  With the combined power of
five minds, she can reach out to much greater distances, and manages
to locate Jathren's mind.

*what? who?*, he thinks, rather taken by surprise.

 * * * * *

The other three find the stables barred and bolted from inside.
Looking through cracks between the wooden planks Jal can see some
animals moving about inside, several zarandar, and what looks to be a
yakka.

"Let's break down the door, only way we'll get in", says Kylar, "Jorg,
are you ready?".  He glances at Jal, as if giving him a last chance
before raising objections.

"I'll get an axe from the smithy", the big man replies.

--
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* http://www.kalyr.com

"Divide by cucumber error: Please reinstall universe and reboot"

Kalyr 45 - Searches

[Reylorna]

"It's Reylorna with some help.  Are you better?"

After pausing for the answer she adds "we need to get word to the Academy of
the Mind of what we have found here.  We were hoping you would be well
enough for travel and would carry our message."  She waits for the other
minds in the link to add their thoughts so she can be sure she is saying
what the group mind wishes.

--Sean

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>"It's Reylorna with some help.  Are you better?"

*Where are you?* Jathren answers, *Did you reach the retreat?  What
did you find*?

>After pausing for the answer she adds "we need to get word to the Academy of
>the Mind of what we have found here.  We were hoping you would be well
>enough for travel and would carry our message." 

*I still have trouble walking, Why can't you return yourselves?*

--
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Kalyr 45 - Searches

>> He glances at Jal, as if giving him a last chance  
before raising objections. <<

"All right by me," he comments, "I'd rather ride than walk".

    The War Dog
    11/06/00 11:07

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>"All right by me," he comments, "I'd rather ride than walk".

Jorg returns with a large sledgehammer, with which he proceeds to
demolish the barred door in no time at all.   It had indeed been
barred from the inside.

The animals inside raise a lot of commotion; frightened zarandar
making a racket of trumpeting noises.  It will take a while to calm
them down.

All the animals seem to have been fed and watered recently; possibly
even this morning.

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Kalyr 45 - Searches

Having established a link Duplar makes his report (or asks Reylorna to pass
it on if he cannot talk directly).

"The Citadel hasn't quite fallen, Boss, but we are the garrison!

"There are few a survivors from the original Accademy group, but we are
talking about support staff here, there is no-one left to defend the place.

"As far as we can tell they were taken out buy some form of mental
domination technique.  The attacked needed only line of sight on a warrior
in the Citadel to cause him to turn on other folk here.   All the actual
damage was inflicted by themselvesd on eachother.

"The winning tactic we used was shear weight of numbers and looking for it
mentally.   Once we knew where it was half of us could mob it while the
other half subdued the single party member it dominated.

"If you can find it you can kill it, but if it can see you then it will take
control of one of you.

"I don't want to move out until we have someone in a fit state to leave in
charge here.

"If you can get here easilly then here might be safer than in the
wilderness, but perhaps not much.

"We have some ideas as to the significance of the towers, but no proof."

Kalyr 45 - Searches

*It wiped them out, then*, Jathren replies weakly

>"If you can find it you can kill it, but if it can see you then it will take
>control of one of you.

*Was there only one of them?* he replies mentally, *What the hell was
it?  What did it look like?*

>"I don't want to move out until we have someone in a fit state to leave in
>charge here.

*We must get word back to the Academy and the Guild at Calbeyn; inform
them what has happened; We're out of communicator range here; Do the
wizards have one of those focusing things here?  Amplifies
mind-sending so one of you lot can reach the city?*

>"If you can get here easilly then here might be safer than in the
>wilderness, but perhaps not much.

*I'm still not fit to travel alone; the villagers are friendly enough*

>"We have some ideas as to the significance of the towers, but no proof."

*We're not here to investigate those towers*

--
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"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 45 - Searches

[Reylorna]

Though she says nothing, the disappointment at Jathren's thoughts

>>*We're not here to investigate those towers*<<

is palpable for those in contact with her mind.  

-Sean

Kalyr 45 - Searches

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Date:    06/12/2000 2:02 PM


[Dharak]
As an "aside" to Reylorna, he asks, *Is this his decision to make?*


[Reylorna]
     
Though she says nothing, the disappointment at Jathren's thoughts
     
>>*We're not here to investigate those towers*<<
     
is palpable for those in contact with her mind.  
     
-Sean

Kalyr 45 - Searches

[Reylorna]

She involutantarily nods.  She knows that Jathren is only looking out for
the Academy's best interest.

"Technically unless one of the people here feels differently."

-Sean

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>As an "aside" to Reylorna, he asks, *Is this his decision to make?*

Dharak of course has never met Jathren in person, and only gets the
vaguest sense of his personality - He does seem to be 'saying' the
truth, and there is an air of self-confidence about him.

--
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"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>> It will take a while to calm  them down.   <<

Jaldaric's talents are more with people than beasts, 
animals can't be persuaded or jollied along. Never the 
less, he starts talking softly to them, offering a handful 
of [whatever the hell these beasties eat - at least I've 
stopped saying "horse"] and stroking a shoulder or nose if 
it seems safe or useful.
--

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Kalyr 45 - Searches

>Jaldaric's talents are more with people than beasts, 
>animals can't be persuaded or jollied along. Never the 
>less, he starts talking softly to them, offering a handful 
>of [whatever the hell these beasties eat - at least I've 
>stopped saying "horse"] and stroking a shoulder or nose if 
>it seems safe or useful.

There is a plentiful supply of green shoots and leaves of the types
favoured by zarandar, and they seem to take notice of his calming
worlds.

It doesn't appear that any of them are going to go berserk.

"Someone's been feeding them", Kylar says.

>From above, Jal hears a creak.

--
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"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>*We must get word back to the Academy and the Guild at Calbeyn; inform
>them what has happened; We're out of communicator range here; Do the
>wizards have one of those focusing things here?  Amplifies
>mind-sending so one of you lot can reach the city?*

*I have no idea*, Duplar replies,  *I have not noticed one in my
initial look round of the place, but we have many more places to look
in.*

>*We're not here to investigate those towers*

*They might have more relevance than we first thought, Boss*, Duplar
insists, *I understand the need to advise the city though.   I'll see
if we can find a way to get a message though.*

Both Duplar and Reylorna have seen focusing devices, not dangerous
amplifying machines like the dreaded 'device' which injured Tanala,
but much smaller things, featureless cylindrical devices shaped like a
man's head, made of a smooth vyrn-like substance.

>[Dharak]
>
>"What about it, mageguard," Dharak asks aloud, addressing Verthes. "Is
>there `one of those focusing things' to be found?"

"Aranyr had one", he replies, "I didn't see it in the study - perhaps
it's in the chapel above?  We didn't go in there".

--
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"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 45 - Searches

[Reylorna]

*Yes possibly a chapel or sanctium where he wouldn't have been disturbed.
Do we have anything further for Jathren?  Or shall we break the link and
look for the device.  Then we can contact the academy and Jathren again to
let him know all is well.*

--Sean

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>> From above, Jal hears a creak. <<

Spinning suddenly, Jal lays a hand to his hilt, but doesn't 
draw. His eyes range across the ceiling of the barn looking 
for a hatch.

# Idiot! # he thought to himself. # Did you think those 
zarandar barred themselves in? #
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Kalyr 45 - Searches

>His eyes range across the ceiling of the barn looking 
>for a hatch.

There is indeed a hatch.  It's closed, but Jal's sure he saw movement
out of the corner of his eye.

--
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"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 45 - Searches

>> There is indeed a hatch.  It's closed, but Jal's sure he 
saw movement  out of the corner of his eye. <<

With a nod and quick gesture, he requests Kylar to make a 
stirrup with his hands, and lofts himself towards the hatch.
--

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Kalyr 45 - Searches

>*Yes possibly a chapel or sanctium where he wouldn't have been disturbed.
>Do we have anything further for Jathren?  Or shall we break the link and
>look for the device.  Then we can contact the academy and Jathren again to
>let him know all is well.*

*If you find it, you will be able to contact me easily*, Jathren
replies, *now get on with it!*

--
Tim Hall - http://www.kalyr.com - ICQ# 74213108

"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 45 - Searches

[Reylorna]

As long as she has agreement from the minds helping her with the link, she
will break it and allow them to searching to discover this communicating
device.

--Sean

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

The mental concert collapses as Reylorna breaks the link.

"The chapel is right at the top of the tower", Verthes says.  He leads
the way.

Heavy curtains block the windows, so the room is dark until someone
opens one of the curtains to admit enough light to see by.  The light
reveals that the chapel is undisturbed, no damage, no signs of
violence, and no bodies.  At the centre stands an empty pedestal.  In
one corner stands a plain wooden table on which stands a large
polished wooden box.

The chapel takes up about three-quarters of the width of the tower; a
door on the opposite side leads to what must be a second, smaller
room.

The polished wooden box is not locked.  It contains a featureless grey
12-sided object the size of a man's head.  Duplar recognises what it
is at once.

--
Tim Hall - http://www.kalyr.com - ICQ# 74213108

"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[Dharak]

"Huh. That doesn't fit the description." He heads straight for the door to
the second room and tries to open it.

[OOC: Does Dharak recognize this dodecahedral thingy?]



>The mental concert collapses as Reylorna breaks the link.
>
>"The chapel is right at the top of the tower", Verthes says.  He leads
>the way.
>
>Heavy curtains block the windows, so the room is dark until someone
>opens one of the curtains to admit enough light to see by.  The light
>reveals that the chapel is undisturbed, no damage, no signs of
>violence, and no bodies.  At the centre stands an empty pedestal.  In
>one corner stands a plain wooden table on which stands a large
>polished wooden box.
>
>The chapel takes up about three-quarters of the width of the tower; a
>door on the opposite side leads to what must be a second, smaller
>room.
>
>The polished wooden box is not locked.  It contains a featureless grey
>12-sided object the size of a man's head.  Duplar recognises what it
>is at once.
>
>--
>Tim Hall - http://www.kalyr.com - ICQ# 74213108
>
>"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
>  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

>>The polished wooden box is not locked.  It contains a featureless grey
>>12-sided object the size of a man's head.  Duplar recognises what it
>>is at once.

>[Dharak]
>
>"Huh. That doesn't fit the description." He heads straight for the door to
>the second room and tries to open it.


[Duplar]
"No, I know what that is and while I have used one it is a desparation ploy
only as far as I'm concerned.
That sort of thing is playing with the sort of powers I'm really not sure my
faith can cope with - and it certainly belongs in a chapel.
If I must I'll try it, but they have passwords or phases and I don't want to
think about what the..."

Duplar pauses, trying to find the right words...

"...being who guards the portal might do if I don't know the right phrase."

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[Reylorna]

"What does the item we are looking for look like?"

--Sean

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

>"Huh. That doesn't fit the description." He heads straight for the door to
>the second room and tries to open it.

Dharak finds the door locked.

>[OOC: Does Dharak recognize this dodecahedral thingy?]

Dharak does not recognise it, but Duplar's description of it's purpose
suggests it might be an oracle, use by priests to communicate with the
Guardians.



>"What does the item we are looking for look like?"

Reylorna recalls seeing a 'focuser' in Calbeyn, although she has not
used one; it resembled a featureless cylinder shaped like a man's
head, made of a smooth vyrn-like substance.

--
Tim Hall - http://www.kalyr.com - ICQ# 74213108

"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[Reylorna]

Suddenly recalling what the focuser looks like, she moves around the chapel
looking for drawers, such as in the table, or shelves that the device might
sit upon.

--Sean

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 14:02:31 cdt, kalyr@phoenyx.net wrote:

>  [Reylorna]
>  
>  "What does the item we are looking for look like?"
>  
>  --Sean

    Ryzar -- who is going around and opening the curtains on EVERY window,
calls over his shoulder.
    "Yes, knowing what this object looks like WOULD help those of us who
don't even know what it IS to find it...." Ryzar adds in a playful tone.





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Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

>Suddenly recalling what the focuser looks like, she moves around the chapel
>looking for drawers, such as in the table, or shelves that the device might
>sit upon.

There are no drawers in the tables; there is only the locked room.
--
Tim Hall, http://www.kalyr.com

"Of course, the real joy in using D20 is that it's easier to see how much 
 damage Jar Jar Binks can take from multiple Fireballs or Melf's Acid Arrows"
 - Keith Johnson

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

>  
>  
>  >Suddenly recalling what the focuser looks like, she moves around the
chapel
>  >looking for drawers, such as in the table, or shelves that the device
might
>  >sit upon.
>  
>  There are no drawers in the tables; there is only the locked room.



    "If nobody has found this thing we're looking for out here, has anyone
found any keys?" Ryzar says, nodding pointedly at the locked door, "If not
here, then, perhaps, on the person of the Master of the Keep?  You know, the
fellow who died reading his own journal..."





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Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[Reylorna]

"A good idea," she nodded in agreement.  Though she didn't move to go check
the Master's corpse, she really hoped someone else would volunteer.

--Sean

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

Anybody hear me? 

--

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Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

I hear you, but waiting on all those on vacation..
--Sean

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

<< I hear you, but waiting on all those on vacation.. >>

Seems to be everyone bar you and me 

--

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Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:46
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Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[ooc]

Vacation?

Nope - I've been working!

Well - I've been sitting at my desk a lot anyway.

However, the final stint - securing the _last_ backup of my database
finished 04:35am yesterday so things will be very different on Monday.

Will it be more work or less without having to support the database myself?

Hmm...

Anyway, I'll get a move posted shortly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh Foster 
To: kalyr@phoenyx.net 
Date: 15 July 2000 22:04
Subject: Re: Kalyr 46b - The Chapel


><< I hear you, but waiting on all those on vacation.. >>
>
>Seems to be everyone bar you and me 
>
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>
>Hugh Foster 100326,446
>Internet: hugh_foster@compuserve.com
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>
>Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:46
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>

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[Reylorna, Duplar, Ryzar, Dharak]

>"A good idea," she nodded in agreement.  Though she didn't move to go check
>the Master's corpse, she really hoped someone else would volunteer.

Vethres the mageguard volunteers to search the corpse; sadly his
search turns up nothing.

"Ulkarlyn must have had a key - it might be in his room above the
great hall, but he might have taken the key with him when he
disappeared", he says, "If the lock has a Word of Command, I do not
know it".
--
Tim Hall, http://www.kalyr.com

"Of course, the real joy in using D20 is that it's easier to see how much 
 damage Jar Jar Binks can take from multiple Fireballs or Melf's Acid Arrows"
 - Keith Johnson

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

     [Dharak]
     He lays his hand on the door and concentrates, trying to get some 
     impresion of this Ukarlyn, whom he assumes to have been a priest. If 
     he can get a good enough feel for the man, he hopes he can share it 
     with Reylorna, helping her locate him -- if he's still alive.


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Date:    07/16/2000 12:40 PM


[Reylorna, Duplar, Ryzar, Dharak]
     
>"A good idea," she nodded in agreement.  Though she didn't move to go check 
>the Master's corpse, she really hoped someone else would volunteer.
     
Vethres the mageguard volunteers to search the corpse; sadly his 
search turns up nothing.
     
"Ulkarlyn must have had a key - it might be in his room above the 
great hall, but he might have taken the key with him when he 
disappeared", he says, "If the lock has a Word of Command, I do not 
know it".
--
Tim Hall, http://www.kalyr.com
     
"Of course, the real joy in using D20 is that it's easier to see how much 
 damage Jar Jar Binks can take from multiple Fireballs or Melf's Acid Arrows" 
 - Keith Johnson

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

>     He lays his hand on the door and concentrates, trying to get some 
>     impresion of this Ukarlyn, whom he assumes to have been a priest. If 
>     he can get a good enough feel for the man, he hopes he can share it 
>     with Reylorna, helping her locate him -- if he's still alive.

Nobody has passed through the door for two or three days, but before
that there's a strong feeling of the 'presence' of one, and only one
person.

--
Tim Hall - http://www.kalyr.com - ICQ# 74213108

"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
  - Spinal Tap

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:09:52 cdt, kalyr@phoenyx.net wrote:

>  
>  
>  >     He lays his hand on the door and concentrates, trying to get some 
>  >     impresion of this Ukarlyn, whom he assumes to have been a priest.
If 
>  >     he can get a good enough feel for the man, he hopes he can share it

>  >     with Reylorna, helping her locate him -- if he's still alive.
>  
>  Nobody has passed through the door for two or three days, but before
>  that there's a strong feeling of the 'presence' of one, and only one
>  person.
>  


    "Well, there's always the old fashioned way..." the too-thin-looking
Ryzar says, smacking a gauntleted fist into a gauntleted palm.





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Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

[Reylorna]

"I suppose it that is the only option.  I would perfer not to violate the
sanctity of his memory if we have a choice though."

--Pandemonium

Kalyr 46b - The Chapel

>"I suppose it that is the only option.  I would perfer not to violate the
>sanctity of his memory if we have a choice though."

[The events in the first post of the new thread take place immediately
after Reylorna utters these words ]
--
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"Of course, the real joy in using D20 is that it's easier to see how much 
 damage Jar Jar Binks can take from multiple Fireballs or Melf's Acid Arrows"
 - Keith Johnson

Kalyr 45 - Searches

[Dharak]

"What about it, mageguard," Dharak asks aloud, addressing Verthes. "Is
there `one of those focusing things' to be found?"



>
>
>*It wiped them out, then*, Jathren replies weakly
>
>>"If you can find it you can kill it, but if it can see you then it will take
>>control of one of you.
>
>*Was there only one of them?* he replies mentally, *What the hell was
>it?  What did it look like?*
>
>>"I don't want to move out until we have someone in a fit state to leave in
>>charge here.
>
>*We must get word back to the Academy and the Guild at Calbeyn; inform
>them what has happened; We're out of communicator range here; Do the
>wizards have one of those focusing things here?  Amplifies
>mind-sending so one of you lot can reach the city?*
>
>>"If you can get here easilly then here might be safer than in the
>>wilderness, but perhaps not much.
>
>*I'm still not fit to travel alone; the villagers are friendly enough*
>
>>"We have some ideas as to the significance of the towers, but no proof."
>
>*We're not here to investigate those towers*
>
>--
>Tim Hall - http://www.kalyr.com - ICQ# 74213108
>
>"It's a fine line between clever and stupid"
>  - Spinal Tap