not8mihalis8boy: looking to me for
entertainment, then?
not8mihalis8boy: what's up?
not8mihalis8boy: You wanting to run first
session, talk, or what?
firelight mystic: huh?
firelight mystic: first session?
not8mihalis8boy: do you want to talk, do you
want me to run what happened to you
during the first session of the game, or what?
firelight mystic: okay.....
firelight mystic: first sessions cool I guess..........
not8mihalis8boy: What do you WANT to do
with me?
not8mihalis8boy: I'm all yours
firelight mystic: well, it involves chocolate and
whipped cream...........
firelight mystic: but seriously..........
firelight mystic: I'm up for the first gaming session.
not8mihalis8boy: okay
not8mihalis8boy: hmm
not8mihalis8boy: do you want to have it, or
just say you were out shopping?
firelight mystic: i'm bored.
firelight mystic: let's have it
not8mihalis8boy: okay
not8mihalis8boy: hang on
firelight mystic: kay
not8mihalis8boy: alright
not8mihalis8boy: ROTFL
not8mihalis8boy: REALLY funny Nodwick
firelight mystic: gimme link
not8mihalis8boy: MOST of them are like that
firelight mystic: yup....
not8mihalis8boy: check out #19
firelight mystic: I know.
firelight mystic: I read them.
firelight mystic: crazy
not8mihalis8boy: Michael has the comic
not8mihalis8boy: it's awesome
not8mihalis8boy: anyway, you want to start?
firelight mystic: yup.
not8mihalis8boy: alright
not8mihalis8boy: you're sitting at home, doing
what?
firelight mystic: listening to music, painting my nails.
firelight mystic: trying to relax.
not8mihalis8boy: the phone rings
firelight mystic: check the caller ID
not8mihalis8boy: it's unavailable
firelight mystic: pick it up
firelight mystic: after a moment or two of
consideration
not8mihalis8boy: "Hello, dear niece. I know
where you are." <click>
firelight mystic: Goes pale, slams the phone down,
and makes sure her gun's loaded.
not8mihalis8boy: Then what?
not8mihalis8boy: Is the t.v. on?
firelight mystic: yup.
not8mihalis8boy: (BTW, I need Braxton's
character sheet)
firelight mystic: why/
firelight mystic: (Hmmm..........that'll take me a while.
BUt I'll get to it.)
not8mihalis8boy: (I can make it, if you want
<evil, sadistic grin>)
not8mihalis8boy: A commercial comes on
not8mihalis8boy: It's Braxton
not8mihalis8boy: Advertising a new perfume
shop on 5th avenue
firelight mystic: the hell.............
firelight mystic: (you can make, as long as it's
somewhat SANE)
firelight mystic: (I know that's asking a lot)
firelight mystic: anything special about the
advertisement
not8mihalis8boy: Nope
firelight mystic: hmmm...
not8mihalis8boy: "Come to the Sinclair beauty
parlor and salon on 5th Avenue, opening this
weekend. We sell products guaranteed to
make you the beauty of a lifetime."
firelight mystic: I'm sure
not8mihalis8boy: And you feel somthing
PRESSING against your mind, URGING you to
go. But you resist
firelight mystic: oh hell.....
firelight mystic: This does not bode well at all.
not8mihalis8boy: yep
firelight mystic: I'm going to go for a walk.
firelight mystic: down fifth avenue.
firelight mystic: but I'm not going in the store.
not8mihalis8boy: okay
not8mihalis8boy: Are you going by?
firelight mystic: I'm going to window shop.
not8mihalis8boy: There's nothing in the window
not8mihalis8boy: But glancing in, you see
Braxton dealing with several customers, with
two pretty young women helping him out
not8mihalis8boy: He appears to be selling a
LOT of cosmetics
not8mihalis8boy: As you glance in, he looks up
and catches your eye
not8mihalis8boy: ...and smiles.
firelight mystic: i mouth "asshole"
not8mihalis8boy: The look on his face chills you
to your bone. It's a warm, friendly smile,
inviting, and...nice.
firelight mystic: coming from him?!? fuck no, I'm not
going in there.
firelight mystic: (what are the odds of my going into
the store and dying, or having something out of the way
happen to me?)
not8mihalis8boy: (I LOVE this guy. The Dungeon
and Dragon Nodwick archives are online,
too!)
not8mihalis8boy: (Don't ask me. I'm the ST. I'm
not supposed to tell <g>)
firelight mystic: (cool)
firelight mystic: I'm contemplating setting fire to the
store
not8mihalis8boy: (including the original strip
that started it all)
not8mihalis8boy: He says something to the
customer he's dealing with, and motions
over one of his female assistants
not8mihalis8boy: then he starts to walk outside
firelight mystic: keep your distance.
firelight mystic: what the hell are you doing?
not8mihalis8boy: He comes outside
not8mihalis8boy: "Why don't you come inside.
We have a whole line of products just
PERFECT for that creamy skin."
not8mihalis8boy: "I'll even give you a discount,
since you're my neice and all."
firelight mystic: sure. with a whole lot of adverse side
effects.
not8mihalis8boy: "Come on, I won't hurt you."
firelight mystic: yeah. And I'm actually a psychopathic
axe murderer
not8mihalis8boy: <acting offended, but clearly
amused> "Me? I see you've been listening to
your cousin."
not8mihalis8boy: "Come now. You of all
people should know how...unbalanced she's
become."
firelight mystic: unbalanced?
not8mihalis8boy: "And what, aside from her
word, do you have to go on?"
firelight mystic: look who's talking.
not8mihalis8boy: "I'm a nice guy. Really."
firelight mystic: because, I since the evil radiating from
you, asshole.
firelight mystic: and you haven't exactly been that
great of an uncle.
not8mihalis8boy: (oh? How?)
not8mihalis8boy: "I've been busy. I know I'm
not the kindest, gentlest, most loving uncle,
but I've been busy with my daughter."
not8mihalis8boy: "Who, I may point out, killed
her own mother."
firelight mystic: (Well, let's see...he's tried to corrupt
her before--like any mage in his family......and stories
do travel.)
firelight mystic: who you'd halfway corrupted.
firelight mystic: leave Teri alone.
firelight mystic: It was your damn fault, Mr. Satanic
not8mihalis8boy: (actually, you've never met
him before)
not8mihalis8boy: (not in person)
firelight mystic: (btw, I'm keeping a close eye on
Braxton. Is he doing anything? Like moving towards
me, reaching for me...)
not8mihalis8boy: (nope)
not8mihalis8boy: "tsk, tsk. Time will tell. But I
would point out that I am here, and Teri is in
Nevada."
firelight mystic: (I'd had it planned out so that they
encountered each other before.)
firelight mystic: which brings me to the current topic:
what the hell are you doing here?
not8mihalis8boy: (nah...she's heard stories, but
this is your first real encounter with him since
he turned)
not8mihalis8boy: "You might say I'm leaving
her alone. After all, I WANTED to get back in
touch with the only member of the family
who ISN'T trying to kill me."
not8mihalis8boy: "I guess I was wrong. Woe is
me, bereft of all my family."
firelight mystic: Right....I weep for you.
not8mihalis8boy: "The Nephandi are TRULY
insidious, aren't they?"
firelight mystic: You should know.
not8mihalis8boy: "Leaving me the only options
of joining them, or living without my
daughter...and, apparently, my niece."
not8mihalis8boy: All of this said with great
melodrama
not8mihalis8boy: but you can see that he's
clearly neither disturbed nor suprised by any
of this
firelight mystic: what do you mean leaving you the
options of joining them or living without me and Teri?
firelight mystic: You don't seem to bothered by it.
not8mihalis8boy: <huge sigh> "Well, I didn't
expect them to be anything but thorough.
But I will be strong, as every Magus should
be."
firelight mystic: hmph.
not8mihalis8boy: "And think about it, Traci.
Who killed her own mother, for god's sake?"
firelight mystic: She had her reasons.
not8mihalis8boy: "Who lives in that pit of sin
known as Las Vegas?"
firelight mystic: Fighting the Technocracy?
firelight mystic: oh yeah, truly evil.
not8mihalis8boy: "Who has traveled the world,
with the blood of thousands of innocents on
her hands, killing?"
firelight mystic: Thousands?
firelight mystic: That's stretching it a bit.
not8mihalis8boy: "Who has corrupted you with
tales of MY wrongdoing, despite all lack of
evidence?"
firelight mystic: pfff.
not8mihalis8boy: "Feh. You weren't in Mexico
City."
not8mihalis8boy: (remember what I said
HAPPENED to Mexico City)
not8mihalis8boy: (It was destroyed in October
2000)
not8mihalis8boy: (by magic)
firelight mystic: (yeah?)
firelight mystic: (Teri didn't do it.)
firelight mystic: Your point being?
not8mihalis8boy: (I know. But Traci doesn't)
not8mihalis8boy: (And neither, in character, do
YOU, the player)
not8mihalis8boy: "The point being that I am
the VICTIM here. But I have been victimized
all my life, and expect nothing less of those
who manipulate my daughter."
firelight mystic: (But she trusts Teri completely.)
firelight mystic: what?!
firelight mystic: who's manipulating Teri?
not8mihalis8boy: "The Nephandi, dearest
relative. Haven't you been paying
attention?"
firelight mystic: Cute.
firelight mystic: Terri KILLS Nephandi.
firelight mystic: she isn't one of them.
not8mihalis8boy: <big laugh> "Oh...I needed
that. Let me guess. She told you that? You
REALLY need to get out more, dear."
not8mihalis8boy: <sigh> "I guess I'll just live out
my days, selling cosmetics in safety, here,
surrounded by people, so she can't hurt me."
not8mihalis8boy: "I hope to see you again, my
dear."
not8mihalis8boy: And with that, he walks back
inside to help another customer
firelight mystic: what the fuck.....
firelight mystic: I stand there for a moment, and
contemplate what I've heard.
not8mihalis8boy: (heh, heh, heh)
not8mihalis8boy: (I LOVE curveballs)
firelight mystic: then decide to make a few phonecalls.
firelight mystic: (No kidding.)
not8mihalis8boy: Who are you calling?
firelight mystic: Las Vegas.
firelight mystic: :-)
firelight mystic: House of Fortune.
firelight mystic: I have a business card.
firelight mystic: (and her cell number.)
not8mihalis8boy: "Traci St. Claire, House of
Fortune. What's up, cuz?"
firelight mystic: you pops.
firelight mystic: (Your)
firelight mystic: (sorry)
not8mihalis8boy: "Ugh. What about that
fucking asshole? Is he there? I'll KILL the
sonofabitch."
not8mihalis8boy: (Does she have Connection
3+?)
firelight mystic: well, he's here alright.
firelight mystic: (Nope.)
firelight mystic: Opened a cosmetic shop on fifth
avenue
not8mihalis8boy: "FUCK! What the hell is he
THINKING??!! I'll be there tomorrow."
not8mihalis8boy: "Any idea where's he's
staying, or should I just go after the shop?"
firelight mystic: I don't know.
firelight mystic: But, that's not why I'm calling.
firelight mystic: Well, it is partially.
firelight mystic: We had a talk outside like, a few
minutes ago.
not8mihalis8boy: "TALKED??"
not8mihalis8boy:
"WHATTHEFUCKWEREYOUTHINKING!!!!!"
firelight mystic: Well, I wasn't going to *go* in there,
but he came out.
firelight mystic: If it helps any, I was thinking about
shooting him in the head.
not8mihalis8boy: "Look, I've got a few friends I
can bring. We'll be there TOMORROW, ok? In
the meantime, stay put and keep out of
trouble, ok?"
not8mihalis8boy: "I gotta go. Later." <click>
firelight mystic: damn.
not8mihalis8boy: She always has been...abrupt
firelight mystic: yeah, use that against me.
firelight mystic: *sticks tongue out*
not8mihalis8boy: feh
firelight mystic: look back in the store right quick.
What's my loving uncle up to?
not8mihalis8boy: now children
not8mihalis8boy: selling cosmetics
firelight mystic: (whatever)
firelight mystic: mmm........I turn and walk off.
firelight mystic: wonder where the hell Alli took off to.
firelight mystic: and Wu....
not8mihalis8boy: and then you hear sirens...
firelight mystic: cool..........
firelight mystic: nice tie in.
