[Arsenal] ---------- Boldly Going Forward ----------
[Arsenal] As Arianna's being taken to the _Pride_ by Che-Cen, what're the rest 
of you doing?
 * Sylvia back on the Pride then?
 * Neil stands near Bourne with his arms crossed, pondering the meaning of the 
vials being all over.
[Arsenal] So far, you've searched six of the other ships, and found a vial on 
the _Pride_ and on the _$InsertDorkyNameHere_.
 * Veshengo wanders by. "So, what have you been up to?"
<Bourne> <ooc> The _BLOOD OF JOE_
<Bourne> "Solving a murder.  Y'in?"
<Veshengo> <ooc> Oooh, can I have some?
 * Veshengo shrugs. "I've got nothing better to do."
[Arsenal] <ooc> #wet_bar is open
 * Bourne spends five minutes or so filling Veshengo in on prologue.  Is getting 
a little tired of telling this story, but another brain looking for pieces of 
the puzzle never hurt.
[Arsenal] <ooc> brb
[Arsenal] bbiaf....  nature calls.
[Arsenal] back
<Neil> ((WB))
<Bourne> "Any thoughts?"
<Veshengo> "On this and other than whoever's doing this is stupid?  Not really."
<Bourne> "Right.  Well, as I figure it we need to see if we can't work out some 
way for our suspect to tip his hand.  Arianna's scan might work... I can hardly 
believe such a thing exists... but if not, we'll need something more mundane."
<Veshengo> "Wait a sec.  Who's scan?"
<Bourne> "Maybe you haven't met her yet.  Tall blonde we picked up back at the 
pirate island.  Says she can tell when people are evil."
<Neil> "Sylvia can't do that?"
<Bourne> "Dunno.  Can you, Syl?"
<Veshengo> "Ah, a spell.  I think most clerics and the like can do that, 
actually."
 * Bourne cocks an eyebrow.  "Maybe our priests were just not holy enough.  I 
never heard of anything like that when I was growing up."  He winks.
<Sylvia> "I might be able too... but it isn't 100% accurate."
<Neil> "Whomever's doing this might not necessarilly be evil, but a neutral 
party."
 * Veshengo chuckles. "But yes. Evil isn't a good way of detecting who did kill 
him."
<Neil> "Besides, you're in a fleet of pirates, you're bound to get tens if not 
hundreds of evil people."
 * Sylvia *snorts* "I'd be shock if you don't have 1 in 10 that aren't."
[Arsenal] (Like this crew?)
<Neil> "Well, we certainly can't finger ourselves a suspect solely on the 
grounds that they're evil."
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[Arsenal] okay...
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[Arsenal] let's shift our focus to Arianna and Che-Cen for a moment... they've 
just arrived at the _Pride_, and climbed on board.
 * Arianna has a look around.
<Veshengo> <ooc> Please, Vesh has a better chance of tracking them on the ship. 
:P
 * Che-Cen shakes his head and russles his hair with his hands.
<Che-Cen> Okay, he should be near the captain's quarters.
[Arsenal] it's a ship, quite similar to the _Rajni_, but with a wholly different 
style
[Arsenal] different rigging, sails,  bow style, etc
<Che-Cen> Remember... this is just my suspicion so.. don't be accusing him or 
anything..
[Arsenal] and remember quotes for spoken text
<Che-Cen> ((whoops))
<Che-Cen> "Anywho, this way."
 * Arianna raises an eyebrow. "I assure you, I"ve got no intention of making 
huge accusations."
 * Che-Cen heads over to the captain's quarters where he assumes the first mate 
will be.
[Arsenal] he's there, standing in front of the door.  "Who is this?"
<Che-Cen> "This is one of the Rajni's crew. Her name is Arianna."
[Arsenal] "And?"
 * Arianna has activated Detect Evil.
<Che-Cen> "Well we both felt it would be a good idea to have someone other than 
me check things out. Afterall I may have missed something."
<Che-Cen> "Two heads are better than one, I think the saying goes... Though that 
may have been an ettin saying... " *Trails off mumbling*
[Arsenal] Ari: he doesn't really reek of it, but there is a smattering of it in 
him.  It's faint.
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<Arianna> "Any places you might suggest we start at? We figured you might know 
most about this place."
[Arsenal] "Well, we've gone over his quarters with a fine comb already.  You 
could try the galley."
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[Arsenal] ( oi, Legis )
[Arsenal] ... okay, who's awake?
<Neil> ((I* am))
<Veshengo> (I'm almost falling asleep?  ^^;)
<Che-Cen> ((Awake))
[Arsenal] anyways... 
<Sylvia> ( here )
[Arsenal] skipping ahead a little...
<Sylvia> ( awake rather... meant I was still here hehehe )
<Legis> ( well, I just got to the party... )
[Arsenal] as Che and Ari are returning to the _Rajni_, they come across a small 
rowboat....
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<Legis> Half sitting/half laying down in the boat is a female Drow, attired in 
fairly simple rough cloth pants and a shirt of the same material with the 
sleeves and midriff torn out.  Oddly enough, instead of the usual silver hair, 
hers seems to be dyed a number of bright rainbow colors, in a weird seemingly 
random pattern.  At the moment she's blowing softly through a flute, but the 
number of wine bottles ratting around in the bilge of the boat suggest
[Arsenal] s/Drow/Dark Elf/
[Arsenal] they aren't called "Drow" in this world
<Legis> Fair 'nuff.
 * Che-Cen swims up to the boat, pulling Arianna along.
[Arsenal] suggest -- cut pff
<Che-Cen> "Well hello there"
[Arsenal] off, even
<Che-Cen> (Muh?)
[Arsenal] bilge of the boat suggest -- cut off
<Legis> Oh.  "suggest that she's been there a while"
[Arsenal] ah
 * Legis blinks and jolts her head up to look up. "People!" she exclaims, 
smiling brightly. "Happy to see you, it's been a while. Welcome to my humble 
abode..."
<Che-Cen> "Are you part of the fleet... miss... dark elf?"
<Legis> "Oh, sorry... I'm Legis Discordia... and... I don't think so?  I'm 
pretty sure I'd have been told if I were, but I've been adrift a while."
<Che-Cen> "So... your tiny little row boat was adrift in the ocean and a fleet 
just happened upon you? Wow, miss... Discordia. You're one lucky woman."
<Legis> "Well, after..." she pauses and starts to count on her fingers... far 
more than would seem likely based on the lack of provisions (save wine bottles) 
in evidence.  Eventually she shrugs.  "Couple months."  She laughs at that.
<Che-Cen> o_O "You were adrift for months?"
<Neil> ((Wonder how the hair dye stayed in))
<Legis> "Or so!  There's more efficient ways to travel, but I did catch some 
fish... oh, do you want one?"  She pauses to peer over the side where a fish 
stringer is.  "They gave me a ring for this sort of thing when I left home 
because they said I was senseless..." and this she snickers at.
<Che-Cen> "Oh no thanks, I catch them myself."
<Che-Cen> "But uh... you did come at a rather bad time."
<Che-Cen> *nudges Arianna*
<Che-Cen> ((Just assume that Arianna detects evil on her?))
<Legis> "Oh, okay... oh yeah, what're your names?"
[Arsenal] (( and shakes her head... Legis shows absolutely no evil)
 * Che-Cen smiles. "My name is Che-Cen. This is Arianna."
<Che-Cen> "So... were you always that color, or are your just severely 
sunburned?"
<Legis> "Very pleased to meet you... ah, no, I was always this color... well, 
except they say maybe I was orange when I was three, but..."
[Arsenal] ( "or was that thirty?" )
<Che-Cen> "Orange? *looks skeptical*"
<Che-Cen> "Well anywho... the fleets in a bit of a mess right now... but do you 
want me to pull you over to one of the boats? You might not get a warm welcome, 
there is a murderer on the loose."
<Legis> "Yup.  And when I was 37, I spent a few months as a cabbage."  She looks 
perfectly serious when she says this, strangely enough.  "Oh, murderer's no 
good... did you just swim over?  I can swim too..."
<Che-Cen> "I could drag you both, sure. I just thought you wanted to keep your 
boat. ...Cabbage?"
<Legis> "Oh, it's not my boat, I was just borrowing it.  And yep, but I grew out 
of it."  She pulls out the small backpack she was using as a pillow and stows 
the flute in one pocket of it; ironicially, a pocket that looks too small for 
it.
<Che-Cen> "Grew out of the boat?"
 * Che-Cen looks utterly confused.
<Neil> ((Gotta afk a few))
 * Arsenal oocly snickers... 
<Legis> "No, out of being a cabbage, silly.  Growing out of being a boat is just 
crazy."  She takes a moment to let the fish loose from the stringer, and then 
leaps off the boat, doing a nearly perfect swan dive into the water.
<Che-Cen> "Impressive" Che-cen says when she surfaces. "Are all dark folk like 
yourself so good in the water?"
 * Legis comes back up to the surface, still smiling brightly. "I dunno, I was 
raised by humans, mostly. But I travel a lot."
<Che-Cen> "Really? So do I. Ever been to Gohoing?"
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 * Legis frowns slightly, gets an exaggerated expression of 'trying to think' 
for a moment. Shrugs. "I don't think so, actually. Where's that?"
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<Che-Cen> "On the other side of the world really... it's where I'm from."
<Che-Cen> "Anyway, I think it's time we got back to the Rajni. Can you handle 
the ocean waves?"
 * Arianna looks interested.
<Legis> "Well, they can handle me better, but I can swim in them if that's what 
you mean."
<Arianna> "I'm somewhat new to these parts. What is Gohoing like?"
 * Che-Cen smirks and looks wistful. "It's... very beautiful. Just not home..."
<Che-Cen> "Well anyway, if you need any help just yell and I'll pull you along 
like I do for Arianna."
 * Che-Cen starts swimming toward the Rajni.
 * Legis starts swimming as well, appearing to do so with an ease commonly 
associated with fish or hairless mammals with far more body fat than she.
 * Bourne , pondering how to fake out a possible assassin who knows you're on to 
him, hears splashing from the sides.  "Hey, Che-Cen," he says, without looking 
over the side.
<Che-Cen> "Hello Bourne. I have a guest. Nearly as good a swimmer as I."
 * Arianna follows along! Whee!
<Bourne> "Good for Ari," he mumbles.
 * Che-Cen swims up to the side of the boat and helps Arianna up. He then offers 
his help to Legis.
<Arianna> "Greetings again, everyone."
 * Arianna goes to get her mithril shirt.
 * Legis declines, gracefully hauling herself onboard. "I'm not Ari?" she says 
in reply to Bourne.
 * Bourne looks over.
 * Bourne pauses.
 * Bourne blinks.
 * Bourne decides to pause for a little more.
[Arsenal] <ooc> okay, everyone give me a save vs. Horror Factor 12.  j/k
 * Sylvia has no idea where she is
 * Che-Cen climbs up and smiles, looking like there's nothing wrong with letting 
a dark elf onto Bourne's ship.
<Bourne> "Where did you come from?"
<Che-Cen> "She was adrift."
[Arsenal] for now, everyone's on board the _Rajni Natesa_
<Sylvia> hehehehe 'k
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 * Legis flips her hair behind her, the rainbow streaked mass falling to her 
waist. "Oh... about over there," she says as she gestures vaguely.
 * Bourne looks out to sea, eyes the rowboat.  "Oh.  Well, we certainly can't 
leave someone in the middle of the... come to think of it, how did you get into 
the middle of the ocean in a rowboat?"
<Che-Cen> "I dunno. I think it has something to do with orange cabbage."
 * Che-Cen scratches his head.
 * Bourne watches the Northern Raider longship pick up the rowboat and lash it 
into place as an extra dinghy.  "I wouldn't be expecting that boat back if I 
were you, by the way."
<Legis> "Well, I started rowing for a while, and then waited to see where I'd 
go... wait, is this the *middle* of the ocean?"
<Arianna> "Oh, yeah."
<Bourne> "Honey, unless you can see coast, it's *all* the middle of the ocean."
<Che-Cen> "Heh."
<Legis> "Cool!  Well, I knew I'd end up somewhere eventually."
<Arianna> "How'd you get all the way out here?"
<Che-Cen> "So you just... left for the ocean?"
<Che-Cen> "How fascinating..."
 * Legis considers Che-Cen's question. "Well... it seemed like a good idea at 
the time?"
[Arsenal] (how utterly... insane)
 * Che-Cen nods. "I completely understand."
<Che-Cen> "I did the same thing."
<Bourne> <ooc> I believe we shall be hearing that line from Legis a lot.  ;^)
<Arianna> "So, where'd you come from?"
 * Che-Cen says more to himself than anyone else. "Cept, I just started 
swimming... didn't have a boat.."
<Legis> "Well, from... I grew up in a monastery, and then after one of my best 
friends died I started wandering.  Ah... that was back before I knew how to tell 
directions too well..."
 * Arianna frowns.
<Arianna> "How long ago was this?"
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<Legis> "... twenty years?  I dunno."
<Legis> "I've got a flute to keep me company, and meet a lot of people."
<Che-Cen> "You've run into people before this? Why didn't you leave with them?"
 * Arianna nods... "You're welcome to stay with us if you like. I'm still 
curious about this friend of yours, though."
 * Bourne looks Legis over for weapons, magical implements, or other telltale 
signs of a profession.
<Legis> "Oh, I've just been on the ocean for the last few months.  You're the 
first I've seen since I left."
<Che-Cen> "Ah. *nods*"
[Arsenal] Bourne: no weapons, a backpack, that's basically it, unless there's 
something in the sheet I missed
 * Veshengo smirks as he jumps down from the rigging. "Hey, what do we have 
here? These the new ones?"
<Veshengo> Bourne!  You didn't say we had guests.
<Bourne> "I didn't know we did until a moment ago."
<Veshengo> (Err...)
[Arsenal] (quotes!)
<Veshengo> (Yeah, put that in quotes)
<Bourne> "Tell, me, miss what do you *do*?  You know, for a living."
<Legis> She has a ring on her right hand, and brass colored bracers, in addition 
to the backpack.  No weapons whatsoever.
 * Che-Cen grins and puts his hand on his hip, and extends the other to Vesh. 
"Well hello there. I'm Che-Cen."
<Veshengo> (<-- used to typical sandwich RP.  ^^;)
<Segev> ( Me too. )
[Arsenal] (and I can't figure out how you can work without quotes...)
 * Veshengo takes it and shakes it firmly. "Veshengo."
<Che-Cen> (I can't figure out why you use them. :P)
<Veshengo> (Simple.  Everything is either an emote or without quotes.  If you 
have OOC you just put it in parens.)
<Bourne> "Speaking of which, I'm sorry I didn't ask earlier.  My name's Bourne.  
Yours?"
<Legis> "Do?  Help people, confuse people... or do you mean like, job?  Oh, I 
haven't introduce myself, I'm Legis Discordia."
[Arsenal] (Simple.  everything with quotes is spoken.  Everything without 
isn't.)
<Che-Cen> "Discordia... is that linguistically related to "discord" or does it 
have a meaning in your native tounge?"
[Arsenal] (been doing it that way online for... well, before sandwich was a 
server)
 * Legis chuckles and flashes a grin for a second at the fact that both realized 
they haven't intoduced themselves at the same time.
[Arsenal] (since '95 or so)
 * Veshengo grins over at Legis. "And hello to you too. And the quiet one is..." 
He looks over at Arianna.
<Segev> ( Part of the problem with that is when OOC comments are typed out 
without emotes...it is hard to distinguish at a glance whether it's in quotes or 
not, and therefore whether spoken or not. At least for me. )
<Veshengo> (I find the same thing true for me.)
<Legis> "Discordia from the patron of our Order.
<Legis> +"
 * Bourne runs through gods in his head... "Rilke?"
 * Arianna is a young-looking woman with long, silvery hair. Her stunning blue 
eyes seem to suggest she's something a bit... more than human. Her body seems to 
be completely perfect, without scars, moles, or birthmarks. "You can call me 
Arianna."
<Veshengo> "'course I could.  What would ya do to stop me?"
 * Che-Cen looks rather human in all respects but his hair, which floats about 
his head as if he was underwater, even when dry. He is also rather fair 
featured.
 * Legis shakes her head slightly at Bourne. "Nope; we made our god up."
<Bourne> "..."
 * Legis forgot to mention something in her physical description... anyone 
looking her in the eyes will notice that her right is green, while her left is 
violet.
<Bourne> "Weeeelll... belief is power for gods, so maybe it worked.  I dunno."  
He moves on to safer ground.  "I meant you job.  Is there anything you can do on 
a privateer?"
 * Arianna raises an eyebrow.
<Legis> "Probably... I play the flute decently, and am good with my hands..." if 
someone is *really* observant, they might notice an unusually large buildup of 
calluses around her knuckles.  "I can swim well too, and sometimes I cook, but I 
don't need to eat lately so I might be out of practice."
<Che-Cen> "She also survived by fishing. So she can do that too."
 * Veshengo nods. "All good things to have."
<Bourne> "Can you swing a sword or tie a tautline hitch?"
<Arianna> "Must be nice to be able to do all those things. All I really do is 
beat people up and heal."
<Legis> ((Just FYI, she's kind of abusive of her Ring of Sustenance; the monks 
gave it to her when she left the order out of concern for her having enough 
sense to consistently feed herself.  ^_^;  ))
<Veshengo> (I figured something along those lines, actually.  No place to get 
fresh water in the ocean. ^^;)
<Legis> "Sword, schmord... like I said, I'm good with my hands.  And probably."
<Che-Cen> :So you fight hand to hand?"
<Legis> "No, generally hand to face or chest or stomach... hitting people in the 
hands doesn't work as well."
 * Che-Cen grins.
<Bourne> "Ah."
<Bourne> "Allright, you're hired.  At least, I think you are.  Captain's word is 
final."
<Bourne> "Since you don't eat, it should be pretty easy to earn your keep.  A 
hammock's not expensive."
<Legis> "Cool!  It would be annoying to have to drift without a boat."
<Bourne> "We wouldn't have done that to you."  He ponders.  "Probably."
 * Legis giggles.
 * Veshengo snickers. "Hey, fine with me. Could always use more women on the 
ship."
 * Arianna looks thoughtful.
<Che-Cen> "Heh. Read my mind. *Grins*"
<Arianna> "Well, the guy I checked out seems to have a bit of the taint."
<Bourne> "More so than a normal person?  I mean, we've all got a little of the 
black clay."
 * Arianna raises an eye. "All?"
[Arsenal] (slightly more... a normal person has the taint only when actively 
thinking or engaging in evil deeds)
 * Legis blinks. "I thought clay was red, or grey."
 * Arianna grins. "Well, it was definitely there. He was excreting the filth 
just by existing."
<Che-Cen> "I think he meant it figuratively, darlin'"
<Veshengo> "I really don't think basin' our judgements on a spell like that is a 
good idea.  Screw up and they'll have your head."
 * Bourne quotes from an old, old book (<ooc> Gilgamesh): "The gods have two 
jars.  From one they take white clay, which is good, from the other black, which 
is evil.  And from this they make men.  So says a very old story."
<Arianna> "Oh, I don't really believe he's the berk what did it. Though I 
probably should work on getting him to repent when I have the time. But there 
are more important things to be worried about."
<Bourne> "Right.  So we're back to square one on the suspect list."
<Legis> "Ah hah!  But then..." she glances at her skin, which is actually more 
of a dark purple and shrugs.  "... maybe glaze?  I think I'm red inside 
though..."
<Che-Cen> "So you don't think he did it?"
<Arianna> "There's no evidence except he didn't like the man. He had something 
to gain, but we can't go on just that."
<Bourne> "Legis, my dear, I shall endeavor to teach you of all things rhetorical 
in the weeks to come, but especially of metaphor."
<Che-Cen> "That was probably figurative too, Legis."
<Arianna> "However, that vial, with the snakeman juice..."
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<Che-Cen> "Arianna, I did find the poison that killed my captain on the ship.."
 * Arianna nods. "Precisely."
 * Bourne shows everybody the vial that Neil brought back.
<Arianna> "I'm afraid we can't do much more without more to go on. Unless we ask 
the man himself."
<Legis> "Oh, metaphor of course.  But people are surprisingly quick to judge one 
by outward appearances when what's inside may be completely different," she 
replies to Bourne in an uncharacteristicially sober tone of voice.
[Arsenal] A giant eagle flies over, and the rider dismounts.  "Bad news.  Mr. 
Bourne, you're wanted on the _Rage of Darkness_."
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<Veshengo> "Can't they ever come up with something more imaginative than 
*that*?"
<Bourne> "I'm on my way."  He mounts the eagle and looks back.  "You all keep 
chewing on the data; I'll let you know what's up over here."
[Arsenal] B: you're flown over to the _Rage of Darkness_, where Duras, Drake, 
and Keegis are waiting there to meet you.
 * Arianna nods. "Alright."
<Veshengo> "...  What data?"
 * Bourne dismounts, thanks the rider and turns to his audience.  "What's going 
on?"
<Bourne> . o O (Somebody else died, didn't they.)
<Veshengo> (Yeah, probably)
[Arsenal] <Rider> "I'll let them explain it."
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[Arsenal] B: he lands near the three captains.  Drake approaches first.
 * Arianna frowns, and taps her foot. "Looks like we've hit the blinds unless we 
can get some more answers."
 * Duras_Frostbeard scratches his bearded chin causing the beads to tinkle in 
his beard
<Veshengo> "Or ask the right questions."
 * Bourne awaits the news.
<Legis> "Answers, questions?"
 * Veshengo nods. "Lies and trickery."
 * Arianna nods... and frowns. She reaches into one of her belt pouches, and 
pulls out some coins and counts them again. "3 silvers, 7 coppers... guess it 
won't change, no matter how many times I check. I really need to get more jink."
<Che-Cen> "I'm sorry... jink?"
<Veshengo> "Haven't heard that one before."
 * Duras_Frostbeard ponders on his red headed elf as he watches Drake take 
charge of the discussion
 * Arianna blinks. "Oh. It's a word for cash. At least, where I come from."
<Legis> "Trickery is more fun than lies."
[Arsenal] <Drake> "The captain of the _Walking Dead_ fell victim to the poison.  
He's still alive, but barely.  Any thoughts on how to reverse it?"
<Che-Cen> "... OOOH, well that makes more sense.."
<Arianna> "I have to admit I haven't been in these parts since around the time I 
was born, though I'm a native."
<Bourne> <ooc> Did I ever find out what the stuff really was and how it works?
<Che-Cen> "Really?"
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<Veshengo> "Right you are! But do the lies lead to trickery, or is it the other 
way around?"
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[Arsenal] B: yes.  it's a Yuan-Ti poison that reverses healing magic to become 
lethal.
<Bourne> <ooc> Who told me that?
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( Sylv found that out the hard way... )
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( Syl did )
<Arianna> "Oh, yeah. Born here, moved away for a while, and I decided a while 
ago to do my birthplace some good."
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( or I thought she informed the group of that...hrmmm )
[Arsenal] (Syl told you the effects, the poison in the vials was identified as 
Yuan-i by I forget who...)
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( Daddy told Syl )
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( hehehe ;) I remember that )
<Bourne> "Yeah, it ended up reversing magics.  This'll be nasty, but you'll have 
to hit him with harmful magics.  It will actually heal him."
 * Bourne pauses.
<Bourne> "I think."
 * Duras_Frostbeard *snorts* with disgust "Magic... gotta love it... *NOT*"
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[Arsenal] <Drake> "Hit him with lethal magic... suggestions as to which spells 
to use?"
<Bourne> "I have only one magic that's any good for hurting someone, and it 
draws on natural forces, not dark ones.  I'm not sure that's the best route.  
Necromancy might work better."
 * Duras_Frostbeard grumbles a curse in dwarven. "You know.. only cowards use 
poison. What's wrong with this world now a days? What happen to the ole 'I 
challenge you to a duel!'" *sighs* in longing
<Bourne> "Do you know of any necromancers or such around the fleet?"
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 * Duras_Frostbeard *growls* "Necros? Umf if any be around they'll be dead in no 
time flat!" He tightens his grip on his 6' tall double headed ax
[Arsenal] <Keegis> "What do you need necromancers for? Any ol' cleric can cast 
it, even if they don't worship Hextor's clan.  Just gotta prepare it, first."
<Bourne> "Right.  Well, I don't know too much about the normal schools.  We'll 
need someone that can cause pain and wounding, quick."
[Arsenal] <Drake> "Maybe me angel can."
<Bourne> "I'll ask her, if you figure she's our bet.  She certainly has 
experience with this stuff."
 * Duras_Frostbeard *chuckles* but stops the comment he was about to say due to 
her *father* being there
<Bourne> "Oh, and I should keep you up to date.  We found a vial of the poison 
on the _Pride_, and Neil found one on the _Walking Dead_ itself.  We'll keep in 
contact."
<Bourne> Is the eagle still there?
[Arsenal] B: Yes
 * Bourne swings aboad.  "Back to the _Rajni_."
[Arsenal] <Rider> "Gotcha."
 * Duras_Frostbeard *sighs* and looks over at Drake, concern filtering on his 
tanned face. "This ain't lookin' good at all. Taking out Captains..."
<Bourne> . o O (If Sylvia doesn't have it or can't get it, I wonder if more 
direct means would work.  Like Neil.)
[Arsenal] The eagle makes short work back to the _Rajni_
 * Bourne shouts "Syl!" before they've even landed.
<Che-Cen> Looks like he's back.
[Arsenal] <Drake> "Aye.  I wonder who's next.  Gotta give them credit, whoever 
they are... they're hitting us where we have little defense."
 * Sylvia comes trotting over from her fav lookout spot
 * Bourne jumps off the eagle five feet before they hit the deck.  "The captain 
of the _Dead_'s been hit with the same poison.  Listen, your healing spells went 
opposite, so do you think you have any spells that would go the other way to 
have a healing effect?"
 * Arianna blinks.
 * Duras_Frostbeard eyes Drake. "Best be on yer watch. With you leadin' you 
could be the next target."
<Arianna> "I don't have any like that, but I can heal the poor sod through 
mundane means."
[Arsenal] "Watch yourself, shorty.  This poison can prolly bypass even your 
fabled dwarven constitution."
 * Sylvia frowns, "I don't know... the only thing I could think of once I found 
out I didn't have the power to do as of yet. My god has not bestowed that gift 
as of yet."
<Arianna> "Can someone get me over to that ship?"
[Arsenal] <Rider> "I can, miss.  The _Rage of Darkness_, or the _Walking Dead_?"
<Che-Cen> "Didn't you find the poison that killed my captain on the Walking Dead 
too?"
<Arianna> "Also, I think I may be able to help further tomorrow if we can 
understand how the poison gets into these people in the first place."
 * Duras_Frostbeard *snorts* "As if!" But his dark eyes reflects his obvious 
worry. "Aye...I will. Damn be if one of me girls gets it instead. All hells will 
break loose and I'll be at the head of it!!"
<Che-Cen> "Ingestion."
<Arianna> "The Walking Dead. Don't see why I'd need to go to Rage of Darkness"
 * Duras_Frostbeard rams the end of his ax hard on the deck. "Damn right I'll 
kill'em all."
 * Veshengo has since pulled his vanishing act and disappeared.
[Arsenal] <Rider> "Right." And off the eagle goes, to the warship.
<Che-Cen> "The vial was found in the galley on the Pride... didn't you find it 
on the galley in the Walking Dead?"
 * Arianna lands. "Alright,s omeone lead me to him."
 * Bourne rubs his head, thinking.  "Neil, how about you?  Got anything that 
messes with people's bodies?  Maybe slightly less directly than by frying them 
in various fashions?"
 * Sylvia *sighs* "So this makes two now... they're hitting the Captains only?" 
She pales slightly at the realization
<Che-Cen> "I'll go check your galley."
 * Che-Cen heads below decks to search the galley for the poison.
<Arianna> "Okay, how quickly does this poison hurt people? How much time do I 
have to work with, here?"
[Arsenal] Ari: "Right this way," you're told.  You're led to the back portion of 
the ship, into the captain's quarters.
 * Arianna nods and follows.
<Arianna> "Send a message to the others. I have an idea, though it's probably 
wrong. What happens if you use the poison to reverse the reversing? Just a 
thought."
 * Arianna looks over the captain worriedly.
[Arsenal] The guide shrugs at your questions.  "We don't know.  We've never seen 
anything like this."
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<Arianna> "Alright, I'll try to do the best I can."
[Arsenal] Ari: the captain's in ill health, and fading slowly, as if the energy 
is being drained out of him.
 * Arianna frowns, and gets to work.
<Bourne> "Syl, I don't know much about cleric magic at all.  From what I 
understand, your god gives you what you need.  Well, what if right now, what you 
really really need is a spell to poison somebody?  Can you hash that out with 
the Boss, or is it not an option?"
<Arianna> d20+5
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Arianna (d20+5) and gets 20.
<Arianna> "If someone's got a healer's kit I can borrow, that'd be helpful too."
[Arsenal] Ari: you've got the basics of how the poison's working, and you're 
handed the healer's kit.
 * Arianna nods. "Thank you."
 * Sylvia eyes Bourne distantly, but shakes her head to clear the fearful 
thought. "I could try... though poisoning is frowned upon by my god. Though this 
being a different instance... he might allow it."
 * Arianna tries to see if she can buy some more time...
<Arianna> d20+7
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Arianna (d20+7) and gets 18.
<Bourne> "Well, in this case it's not really poisoning, you know?  It's a spell 
with the intent of healing, it would just happen to poison somebody else.  Like, 
what's that stuff they give old men who're having sleep problems, you know?  It 
gives a healthy man the jitters, but it's medicine to them."
 * Sylvia *nods* "That's what I meant by different instance."
<Bourne> "Right.  So... need some time to pray, or something?"
<Arianna> "Augh. I'd love to give the rope to whoever thought THIS up..."
 * Sylvia looks over at the _Rage worriedly. "Umm sure, couldn't hurt to try, 
right?"
 * Arianna looks over to someone who can carry a message. "I've worked out how 
this thing works! It's urgent."
<Bourne> "Right."
 * Sylvia will go to port at her fav spot and kneel and begin to pray
<Arianna> "Only positive and negative energy matter here."
[Arsenal] the eagle rider comes over.
 * Bourne gets a grip on himself, backs off and lets Syl focus.
<Arianna> "A poison plan shouldn't do anything. You want inflicts."
[Arsenal] <Rider> "Inflicts... what about the poison itself?"
<Arianna> "I... I don't know. I can't think of anythign to do other than keeping 
him alive until the poison's run out of his system."
[Arsenal] <Rider> "I'll relay that to your ship."
<Arianna> "You have my thanks."
[Arsenal] Bourne: you're informed in a few minutes time of what Ari's discovered
<Bourne> .me speaks very quietly to Syl as she prays.  "Sylvia: Ari says spells 
that need negative energy; such as the inflict class."
<Bourne> -.+/
 * Bourne blinks at an idea.
<Arianna> "Negative energy... maybe... augh. I don't know if we have time for 
that."
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 * Bourne mutters, "And if we can't save him now, we can put him in a state 
where it will hold for a while..."
 * Bourne tells the eagle rider to wait for Syl, then carry her over to the 
_Dead_ quickly when she's ready.
 * Bourne whistles at the helmsman on duty.  "Steer us over to the _Rage of 
Darkness_!"
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[Arsenal] B: Another sail is raised, and you start picking up some speed to 
catch up to the _Rage_
 * Bourne drums his fingers on the rail, calls for a megaphone.  "Ho!  Captain 
Duras!"
 * Legis idly clambers around the lines almost like a monkey in the background, 
working on learning some of the specific knots and helping and whatnot.
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 * Duras_Frostbeard eyes Bourne, "Yes?
<Duras_Frostbeard> '
 * Duras_Frostbeard walks over and awaits the bird to land. "Ummm it would make 
a helluva fried chicken meal..." *mumbles under his breath*
<Bourne> "If this business with Sylvia doesn't work out, I've thought there 
might be an option to keep the captain of the _Dead_ around for a while longer.  
It's a lot easier to find a spell of 'Stone to Flesh' than 'raise dead,' if you 
take my meaning!"
 * Duras_Frostbeard black eyebrows raise in thought. "Great idea!" he calls back
[Arsenal] <Keegis> "He canna be serious."
 * Arianna frowns...
<Duras_Frostbeard> "She's itching to be able to do something instead of staying 
below deck." *chuckles*
[Arsenal] Ari: another heal check, with the bonus from the kit
<Arianna> d20+7
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Arianna (d20+7) and gets 13.
<Arianna> ( Eurgh. At least I had that 20 and 18 earlier. )
<Bourne> "Well, she'll still have to stay below deck.  We'll carry him in and 
close up behind him.  But she'll certainly be useful, if Syl can't persuade her 
Lord to grant the right spells."
 * Duras_Frostbeard *sighs* "Damn fine woman too... juz got that turnin' folk to 
stone prob." *mumbles under his breath* as he scratches his chin once more in 
thought
[Arsenal] hmm... you may be able to filter out the poison... but at what rate 
you're not sure.
<Duras_Frostbeard> "Sounds good, I'm sure she won't mind helping out!"
 * Duras_Frostbeard eyes Keegis. "Wanna come over if they do? She is a fine 
lass!" *chuckles*
 * Arianna frowns, and starts concentrating, REALLY concentrating.
[Arsenal] <Keegis> "I ain't going near her until we get those damned spectacles 
of hers on her! And even then I'll keep my eyes away from hers!"
<Bourne> "... perhaps, sir.  Thank you."  He puts the megaphone down and turns 
to see how Sylvia is doing.
 * Duras_Frostbeard *chuckles* at Keegis' unease. "Ahhh you have no sense of 
adventure!"
[Arsenal] Syl: Gimme a wisdom roll.
[Arsenal] <Keegis> "No sense of adventure?! I'm on this ship with you, ain't I?"
[Arsenal] <Keegis> "Damned lech!"
<Sylvia> ( oocly curses... gonna make me open her pc sheet up aren't you? hehehe 
)
 * Duras_Frostbeard *chortles* "Lech?!" *chuckles* heartedly
<Sylvia> 1d20+3
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sylvia (1d20+3) and gets 17.
<Duras_Frostbeard> "Ahhh you're just jealous! You do know if you ever want a 
lass, I can help you in that area of 'prestige'" *wiggles his eyebrows*
[Arsenal] Syl: you get *one* casting of Poison from Navor.
<Veshengo> (Divine intervention. ^^_
<Veshengo> )
<Sylvia> ( Yippee!! *Damn it! Anakin...*sigh* hehehehe )
 * Sylvia thanks Navor and will head back over to Bourne
<Sylvia> "He has allowed me one 'Poison' spell."
[Arsenal] <ooc> And the ability, for this one day only, to spontaneously cast 
inflict when working with a poisoned person instead of cure
[Arsenal] <ooc> but *only* in those cases
<Sylvia> ( *nod* )
<Arianna> <OOC> Sweet. Let's see if she can raise some skelet- aw.
<Bourne> "I'm sure Kaimana won't mind if I drop some thanks to Navor at my next 
opportunity.  Now, quick, quick, get over there!"
<Veshengo> (Hehe.)
<Sylvia> ( ooc: *shudders* ack can't stand necros... )
<Sylvia> hehehe
 * Sylvia will head over to the bird and mount
[Arsenal] Syl: you join Ari in due time over on the Walking Dead
<Arianna> ( MOUNT THE BIRD. MOUNT THE BIRD. )
<Sylvia> ( ooc: *snrk* thought I'd get someone to say something ;) hehehe )
<Bourne> "If it doesn't work," he calls out, "have the captain brought to the 
_Rage_!"
<Cejev> ( Oh, Sylvia~~~~~ )
<Legis> ((CAW!  CAW!))
 * Sylvia will proceed to where the sick cap'n is and will attempt the spell
<Sylvia> ( medusa lass is on Duras' ship not the _Rage )
<Sylvia> ( speaking of which... Duras flew to _Rage? Now that had to be 
hilarious! hehehe he hates heights hehehehehehe )
[Arsenal] Che: after a half-hour long search, you find a vial stashed in the 
cabinetry, on the floor in the back.
<Che-Cen> ((Full?))
[Arsenal] half
<Che-Cen> ((The other vials we found, empty?))
[Arsenal] ((the one on the Pride of Gohiong was empty, the one on the Walking 
Dead was full))
<Bourne> <ooc> Could only have been mostly empty, since the mate recognized it.
 * Bourne paces.
[Arsenal] <ooc> yeah.  makes you wonder how he recognized an empty vial as a 
poison?
<Bourne> <ooc> So it was empty.  Hmm.
 * Che-Cen grabs the vial and rushes past Vesh to the deck.
<Che-Cen> Bourne!
[Arsenal] quotes!
 * Legis is probably hanging upsidedown by her legs from one of the upper 
yardarms by this point, out of the way and relishing the novelty of actually 
being that high above the horizon for a change.
 * Bourne looks.  "... *Shit.*  Ours?"
<Che-Cen> "Bourne!"
<Che-Cen> "Yeah. In the galley. It's half empty."
<Che-Cen> "And I say empty, because this is definately a pessimistic situation."
<Bourne> "Mate Charboneau!"
[Arsenal] <LtC> "Yes, Mr. Bourne?"
<Bourne> <ooc> I last saw our Captain on that other ship, right?
[Arsenal] <ooc> on Drake's, yes
 * Sylvia does the spell and awaits to see if it helped or not.
[Arsenal] Syl: which? inflict or poison?
<Sylvia> she has to do inflict first right? then poison
<Bourne> "Che-Cen just found this in the galley."  He gestures.  "Something's 
been poisoned.  We'll need to clear out the galley and search high and low for 
what it might have been, and in the meantime, I don't have the authority to 
order this but I strongly suggest we stick to the emergency rations until we get 
to the bottom of this."
<Sylvia> thought you said that
<Sylvia> or can Ari do inflict and I do the poison?
<Arianna> ( Can we plase keep OOC stuff in #wet_bar? ^^; )
<Arianna> ( It's making things pretty hard to keep track of here )
<Che-Cen> "Bourne, I can catch fish pretty easily."
<Che-Cen> "If you need me too, I can go out looking for a school to catch."
<Bourne> "I was talking about the men on this ship, Rain."
 * Che-Cen nods.
<Bourne> "Oh, for us.  Yes.  Yes, that would be most helpful."
[Arsenal] <ooc> inflict will heal him while the poison's in the body; poison 
will theoretically remove the poison from his system.  Your choice.
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 * Sylvia will purge the poison then - cast poison
<Che-Cen> "I'll go do that now."
[Arsenal] 1d100
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Arsenal (1d100) and gets 50.
 * Veshengo just walks behind Che-Cen. Where'd he come from? Eh, who cares? 
"Goin' fishing?"
 * Arianna continues working. Boing.
<Che-Cen> "Yeah, might be gone for a while, looking for a school of fish. I 
found poison in the galley, so bourne strong suggested everyone stick to 
emergency rations, since any of the food could have been tainted."
[Arsenal] Vesh: Gimme a fort save.
[Arsenal] >|-D
 * Che-Cen gets his backpak and removes a net from it, then starts threading 
silk rope through it to make a kind of draw string.
<Che-Cen> ((Haaaa))
[Arsenal] Syl: the captain's body gets a sickly green glow around it, which 
quickly changes to golden.
 * Arianna blinks, and tries to check on the captain's condition.
 * Legis unhooks her legs from the yardarm, grins slightly as she drops towards 
the deck, where she quietly lands on her feet before walking over towards 
Veshengo and Che-Cen.
[Arsenal] <ooc> one way to find out...
<Arianna> d20+7
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Arianna (d20+7) and gets 16.
[Arsenal] Ari: there appears to be no trace of a poison in his body.
 * Bourne looks over at the new girl.  "How sharp's your eyesight?"
<Arianna> "Whew. He's cured."
<Legis> "Eyesight, me?"
<Bourne> "Yeah."
 * Che-Cen looks up at Legis approaching.
<Legis> "Pretty not bad, whyfor?"
 * Sylvia *sighs* with relief. "Thank you, Navor."
<Arianna> "Thanks, cutter."
 * Sylvia turns to Arianna. "Have any cures? He'll prob need a few. I only have 
a couple."
<Bourne> "Because we need people to run a search, and the rest of these guys are 
sailing the ship.  Partner up with Neil and go through the galley top to bottom.  
I want any food being prepared there, signs of who was there last if you can, 
and anything else that looks like it could mean something."
<Arianna> "Well, yeah. I have one, but I think he'll be alright. Just needs some 
rest, and he should make a full recovery."
<Che-Cen> Okay. Well, I'm going to go fishing.
<Che-Cen> " "
 * Veshengo nods.
<Che-Cen> "Take care of yourself legs."
 * Arianna stands up, and returns the healing kit. "I don't think I'll be 
needing this for a while."
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[Arsenal] everyone on the Rajni, except Vesh, gimme a spot roll.
<Legis> "Who was there last might be hard, but okay!"
 * Che-Cen dives off the side of the boat, holding onto his rope. It unfurles 
rather quickly and eventually drags the net with it into the ocean as Che-Cen 
swims straight into the briny deep.
 * Arianna looks for a ride back to the ship.
<Legis> Spot?
<Bourne> 3d6
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Bourne (3d6) and gets 14.
<Legis> 1d20+6
 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Legis (1d20+6) and gets 8.
<Bourne> Mine's a pass on Vision.
[Arsenal] *nod*
 * Veshengo walks along the railing of the ship, whistling while watching Che-
Cen do his thing.
[Arsenal] Ari, Syl: you've got two eagles waiting for you.
 * Arianna goes for a ride!
[Arsenal] B: Vesh seems a little, out of it... weaker than usual
 * Sylvia will make sure Cap'n is well and ok and will be ok then she'll leave 
to head back to their ship
[Arsenal] Syl: now that the poison is out of the system, he'll heal as normal.
[Arsenal] Che: you manage to catch a full school of fish
<Bourne> . o O (... Surely I'm just being paranoid.)
 * Veshengo stumbles slightly, but mantains his balance. Those of you who are 
familiar with his habits on the ship would know that the one thing he *never* 
does is trip on his own two feet.
<Bourne> "... Vesh?"
<Veshengo> "Yeah?  What's goin' Bourne?"
 * Arianna wanders back. "Hey, everyone. We've cured the captain!"
 * Sylvia will get on birdy to fly back then
<Bourne> "Vesh, have you eaten anything from the galley in the last hour or so?"
[Arsenal] Ari, Syl: you get back in time to see Vesh stumble.
 * Veshengo shrugs. "Yeah? Went down to have a snack. Che-Cen was searching for 
something. He find it?"
 * Che-Cen surfaces after a few minutes.
 * Arianna doesn't know Vesh, and doesn't realize that's not in his regular 
habits.
 * Che-Cen holds the silk rope in his teeth as he climbs onto the deck, then 
hauls the net onboard, a fairly large size catch of a whole school of fish.
<Che-Cen> "Will this feed your crew for a meal, or should I get more?"
[Arsenal] the fish flop around.
 * Sylvia eyes Vesh, "You ok?"
[Arsenal] <LtC> "That... should be more than enough.  Thank you, and thank 
Kaimana for a bountiful catch."
<Veshengo> "I think so.  Why wouldn't I be?"
 * Veshengo grins.
<Sylvia> "I would think you would have your sea legs by now...and there isn't 
that much waves." She cocks an eyebrow
<Che-Cen> "Maybe he was poisoned.."
<Che-Cen> "I did find the vial half empty."
 * Arianna blinks.
 * Sylvia *pales*
<Arianna> "More poison? Augh."
<Veshengo> "Now that you mentioned it, the chicken did taste a little odd."
<Sylvia> "Vesh, let me check you out."
<Arianna> "Okay, you need to go lie down somewhere, NOW. Lemme see if I can help 
you out."
 * Veshengo snickers. "I'll be fi-" He considers this. "Sure."
<Sylvia> ( *snrk* damn... what's up with these lines... *shakes* head )
<Bourne> "Oh dear."
 * Sylvia will follow Vesh "Let's to your cot, I can check to see if you have 
been aflicted."
<Arianna> "Yes, to the cot."
<Legis> "This is going to be one of those times I'm glad I don't eat," Legis 
mutters to herself.
[Arsenal] <ooc> I dunno about you, but I'm close to crashing....
<Bourne> "We need to find another priest in the fleet.  Che-Cen, didn't you say 
there was one on the _Pride_?
<Bourne> <ooc> I'm fine with stopping here.
 * Veshengo nods. "Sure thing. Right this way! It's kind of cramped, really."
 * Sylvia *chuckles* and follows
 * Veshengo walks to the cot without any further incident.
<Sylvia> ( must remember... this isn't Menaria... this isn't Menaria... )
<Veshengo> (Hehe.)
<Che-Cen> ((Yeah, I'm good for stopping))
<Che-Cen> "Did I?"
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( I'd like to see Menaria! *wiggles eyebrows* )
<Che-Cen> ((Did I?))
[Arsenal] <ooc> you didn't, Syn did.  and not a cleric, but someone with healing 
magicks.
[Arsenal] <ooc> your ship wanted Sylvia because she was the only cleric known to 
exist in the fleet.
<Sylvia> ( *rolls eyes* Damn dwarf... )
[Arsenal] <ooc> for last rites
<Che-Cen> "I couldn't have. WE invited Slyvia over cause she was the only cleric 
the fleet knew about."
<Bourne> "Well, Syl said you had someone try some magics.  Have you a mage of 
any kind, preferably one that can use poison spells?"
<Che-Cen> "Well, we do have someone with healing magics... not sure about 
Poison."
<Che-Cen> "Want me to go check?"
 * Veshengo mmms idly to himself. "Wonder what my folks would feel like if they 
saw me now."
<Bourne> "Yes, please."
 * Sylvia *chuckles* "Lie down so I can check."
<Duras_Frostbeard> ( *attempts to refrain from commenting* )
 * Che-Cen dives off the side of the ship and swims toward the Pride, jumping 
out of the water like a dolphin now and then.
 * Veshengo lies down!
<Bourne> Are we still close to the _Rage_?
<Arianna> Okay, now just hold still...
 * Arianna secures Vesh to the cot with rope.
<Bourne> O_o
<Veshengo> Look look look.  You don't need to tie me down.
[Arsenal] B: yes
<Veshengo> (Err)
 * Bourne turns to the _Rage_.  "Ho there!"
<Veshengo> "Look look look.  You don't need to tie me down.  I'm not that way, 
you know."
[Arsenal] <Rage-hand> "Ahoy!"
<Bourne> "Have you a priest or wizard on board?"
<Neil> "It's really all too bad I can't cure light wounds."
 * Arianna examines Vesh. "Okay, we're going to have to find some way to remove 
it."
 * Bourne looks over at Neil.  "We need inflict right now, though we need Poison 
worse."
 * Duras_Frostbeard eyes Ari warily.
<Neil> "What if I set him on fire?"
<Duras_Frostbeard> ;)
<Sylvia> "Are you sure that was necessary?"
<Arianna> "Well, the movement of the waves might cause unnecessary movement. 
JUst makes the removal process harder."
<Bourne> "I've been thinking about that.  I don't really know the mechanics.  
the system of magic in the Western Lands has concepts of positive and negative 
energy, and apparently this poison turns negative energy into positive to heal 
the sufferer.  Do you have spells that use negative energy?"
 * Sylvia lifst an eyebrow
<Sylvia> lifts rather
<Arianna> "Hey, you just cast spells. I've gotta perform medical procedures..."
<Neil> "Let me think..no."
<Neil> "I'm a fire mage, not a necromancer."
 * Veshengo waves to Neil and grins. "Heya Neil! Have you been having fun 
today?"
 * Arianna works on Vesh.
<Sylvia> "I can't do that spell again... was only alloted the one."
 * Neil shrugs. "How'd you get poisoned anyway?"
<Bourne> <ooc> If Neil is with Vesh, we should probably retcon the short 
conversation I had with him.  I'm on deck asking the _Rage_ about any 
spellcasters.
<Veshengo> "Word of advice.  Don't eat the chicken.  Or the pork."
<Neil> "I only eat the seagulls that wander too close."
<Neil> "May I speak to skittles?" "Shut up."
<Veshengo> "Seaguls?  Do you put cheese on them first?"
[Arsenal] B: can we save that convo for later?  
[Arsenal] in fact... I'm crashing hard, gang...
<Legis> "Mm... cheese.  Been a long time since I've had cheese."
<Bourne> Sure.
<Neil> "I also toast rats,"
<Veshengo> "Really?"
 * Veshengo quirks his head, looking behind Neil. "Them maybe you should look 
behind you."
<Neil> "Why do you think the food stores stay so high?"
[Arsenal] -------- cause we can't find reverse --------