Conversation with #bloodden at 3/8/2009 8:46:44 PM on Jason@irc.techwarelabs.com (irc)
Barrett [chatzilla@hide-BF797D4D.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
Dpayne [Derek@hide-E164C225.hsd1.wa.comcast.net] entered the room.
mode (+o Dpayne) by Aden
Aden: 'Wretched,' I think as I light a small flame on my fingertip and hold it up like a torch.
Aden: Over.
Dpayne: Light expands your view of the surroundings. You both see the area littered with shriveled corpses, rats feeding off some of them. Neither of you could concieve of what could have done this in a few short hours.
Dpayne: Over.
Aden: I suddenly realize, quite grimly, that I really don't know how much I can trust this kid.
Aden: Over.
Barrett: I approach the nearest corpse and kneel down before it to inspect it.
Dpayne: You notice a badge, "Jeffrey" it was one of Vykos's personal servants.
Dpayne: Over.
Barrett: I place my hand against the upper arm of "Jeffrey" and use fleshcrafting to remove the muscle and tendons from his humerus so that I can pull it free.
Dpayne: Roll strength+craft difficulty 7.
Barrett: roll 5#d10
***Aden rolls 5 10-sided dice: 7 6 4 4 7
Dpayne: You with some difficulty manage to rip the humerus from the body much to the disgust of Aden.
Dpayne: Over.
Barrett: I check Jeffrey's pockets for any kind of key or other objects.
Dpayne: You find a skeleton key held by the serving staff, it should open all the doors in the mansion except for Vykos's private chamber.
Barrett: I place the key in my pocket and stand up. I use bonecrafting on the humerus to forge it into a dagger.
Dpayne: Roll strength + crafting difficulty 7.
Aden: How many dice?
Aden: Oh.
***Aden rolls 5 10-sided dice: 3 9 3 10 4
Barrett: roll 5#d10
Aden: I'm rolling for you, Psaturn.
Aden: Dicebot isn't here.
Dpayne: You succesfully craft a rather sharp but small dagger out of the bone.
Dpayne: Over.
Barrett: I check Vasquez former chambers.
Dpayne: You both make your ways through the winding halls to find the door to Vasquez's office.
Dpayne: Over.
Barrett: I use the skeleton key to open the door (provided it is locked) and open the door.
Barrett: erh...you know what I mean.
Dpayne: Surprisingly the door is unlocked, as you open the door to what is presumably the only normal room in this nightmare house you are shocked to see it ransacked.
Dpayne: Papers are strewn everywhere things seem destroyed.
Aden: Do I know this is Vasquez's?
Dpayne: Both of you roll perception+alertness difficulty 6.
***Aden rolls 8 10-sided dice: 7 6 3 10 2 7 1 9
Dpayne: I don't know he hasn't told you I don't think.
Aden: How many dice for Barrett?
Dpayne: Barett doesn't like to share information.
Barrett: 7\
***Aden rolls 7 10-sided dice: 3 3 9 5 4 3 9
Barrett: :-/
Dpayne: You both notice a note on the ground with writing in blood.
Dpayne: "I NEED TO GET INTO THE ARCHBISHOP'S CHAMBER NOW DAMN IT!"
Dpayne: Over.
Dpayne: There also appears to be a date, it looks like tonight.
Dpayne: Over.
Barrett: I compare the note in blood to something else handwritten by vasquez even if that's silly.
Aden: I grab the kid by the shoulder.
Dpayne: You find an order form.
Aden: Take my notebook and write WHOSE BLOOD?
Aden: And show him.
Dpayne: Roll perception+investigation difficulty 6.
Aden: Over.
Barrett: 5 dice
***Aden rolls 5 10-sided dice: 5 10 7 9 3
Aden: Both of us?
Dpayne: No just Barett
Barrett: After reading Aden's note I reply "With so much carnage it could belong to anyone. I have no way of telling."
Dpayne: The handwriting appears to be the same although the one written in blood appears to have been written in a craze.
Aden: Can I tell if he's lying to me?
Aden: Probably a resisted roll.
Barrett: "So even Vasquez couldn't get into the archbishop's quarters....I was sure our answer would be there."
Aden: ffffff
Aden: Doesn't that tell me that it's Vasquez's?
Dpayne: Not his blood, his writing.
Aden: I SEE.
Barrett: Is there anything else in Vasquez's office that seems important?
Dpayne: Roll perception + investigation difficulty 8.
***Aden rolls 5 10-sided dice: 2 10 5 3 2
Barrett: Does the blood den have a treasury?
Dpayne: You see a small piece of paper with an insignia on it, the same one on the Vykos's private chamber door.
Barrett: What else is on the paper?
Dpayne: Nothing just a picture of the symbol, you think you might need it for a visual reference.
Barrett: I show the paper to Aden "Does this symbol mean anything to you?"
Aden: Does it?
Dpayne: No
Aden: I shake my head.
Dpayne: It is a completely new symbol to both of you.
Aden: Over.
Barrett: I put the paper in my backpack and head out of the office listening for any sound of movement. What rooms are around us?
Dpayne: There are several bedrooms but nothing that seems like it would be significant to you.
Dpayne: Over.
Barrett: does the bloodden have a basement? armory? pantry?
Dpayne: The Blood Den does not have an armory.
Barrett: so it has a basement and a pantry?
Dpayne: Yes.
Barrett: Okay let's head to the pantry.
Dpayne: Keep in mind you guys do have two companions who were going to come back to meet up with you.
Aden: I grab the kid by the shoulder once again.
Aden: And turn him around to face me.
Dpayne: If you even care.
Aden: And hold my arms out hopelessly, asking what the hell we're even doing here.
Aden: Over.
Barrett: "I'm not sure what happened but with everyone gone we have an opportunity to get any supplies we might need. I suppose we should go meet our companions first and come back for this afterwards."
Barrett: I head for the exit.
Aden: If I can make my own way, I too head for the exit as fast as I can, leaving him behind if I have to. I'm not interesting in gathering fucking supplies.
Aden: Over.
Barrett: over.
Dpayne: You both make your way out of the blood dean.
Dpayne: den
Dpayne: Across the street you see that the gate to the park has been opened, and there is a lit narrow path leading into the park.
Dpayne: over.
Barrett: I cross the street and go back into ftuvampire if that's what I'm supposed to do now.
Barrett: over.
Aden: I rub my temples and desperately try to think of the best way to solve this. But fine, I head in there as well.
Aden: Over.
Dpayne: Okay You stand at the open gate to the park do you take the path int the park?
Aden: Yes.
Barrett: yes
Barrett: over.
Dpayne: Okay rejoin FTUvampire
Dpayne left the room.