Fate was Tempted, but...
Jan. 12th, 2003 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terryclothToday was Loxley's online World Tree game. The Leviathan was completed at least, and actually worked, without any *real* problems... and it doesn't look like a war is about to start right away or anything.
Before the Leviathan could launch, there was of course a party. Or, well, a formal dinner, but it had food and drink and dancing, so what difference does it make? Cimmenerova was digusted at Linn's aide's slimy pass at a Danetti serving wench, so Kijji tried it out on Cimm as a joke, and ended up dancing with her for a while... but she went home with Wonkotirip, of course.
Tenstol asked if the party had a picture of Eddo, as he'd been missing her ever since the tiny bits of the X2 had started raining down on the area. With magic, anything is possible, and Silverspray and Kijji managed to reconstruct a picture of Tenstol hugging her, even though he'd never actaully shown her an ounce of consideration while she was alive.
The plans for smuggling Pta on board were finalized, but in the end it was dead easy. There wasn't room for an actual military contingent on board the Leviathan, and the base from which it was launching was itself secure, so security was light enough for Pta to just walk on. Invisibly. Then Gofr hid her in a safe place, where she used one of the invisibility cloaks Kijji had enchanted (one he hadn't the powers that be about) to go into a Quiet Veil for the trip.
Then everyone strapped in for the 3G acceleration, and they were off! There was a scare midway through the trip when the windshield cracked under the impacts from birds and other skywrack, but it held, even though Hedwin (the captain of the Leviathan, who'd been the first Danetti they'd met, way back when) and several other people tempted fate. Apparently, Hressh Hu had been satisfied with Eddo's sacrifice, because her hand was nowhere to be seen.
Within hours, they were at the top of the tree, and before much longer had set down outside of Treverre, flying a flag of truce (and of Wonko's trading house, and of the Danetti Empire). Linn, Dirque, and Wonkotirip went to talk to the guards, and Linn was escorted into the city to speak with the Duke. Wonko told the rest to hurry to his family's house to get paid before the guards got their act together and set up a real cordon around the Leviathan.
Pta was snuck off the ship invisibly again, and then Silverspray and Kijji rented her a room in a hostel that catered to non-primes. She was left with some bound spells to escape and get word of trouble, since the Gormorror guarding the door looked untrustworthy (as in, had broken his word of honor recently) and the proprieter was a scawn, of all things. Kijji also left an illusion of himself for her to talk to, and hid in Silverspray's bag (as a zi ri) on the way out, so that the hostelers would think there were two of them in there and hopefully be less inclined to start trouble.
The plan is to get paid, work out what to do about Pta, then meet back at the Fox in Flames to find another adventure, since Cimm and Kijji both *want* to leave the city, and Silverspray *has* to to satisfy Kvarse. Loxley is supposed to help Pta get work with the airship guild in Treverre. Wonkotirip will doubtless publish his notes.
Those loose ends haven't been tied up yet, but it looks like the voyage to the bottom of the tree is effectively over (although the group plans to mostly stay together and do something different). Establishing a trade relationship between Danettia and Treverre is up to the actual politicians now.
last session next session
Before the Leviathan could launch, there was of course a party. Or, well, a formal dinner, but it had food and drink and dancing, so what difference does it make? Cimmenerova was digusted at Linn's aide's slimy pass at a Danetti serving wench, so Kijji tried it out on Cimm as a joke, and ended up dancing with her for a while... but she went home with Wonkotirip, of course.
Tenstol asked if the party had a picture of Eddo, as he'd been missing her ever since the tiny bits of the X2 had started raining down on the area. With magic, anything is possible, and Silverspray and Kijji managed to reconstruct a picture of Tenstol hugging her, even though he'd never actaully shown her an ounce of consideration while she was alive.
The plans for smuggling Pta on board were finalized, but in the end it was dead easy. There wasn't room for an actual military contingent on board the Leviathan, and the base from which it was launching was itself secure, so security was light enough for Pta to just walk on. Invisibly. Then Gofr hid her in a safe place, where she used one of the invisibility cloaks Kijji had enchanted (one he hadn't the powers that be about) to go into a Quiet Veil for the trip.
Then everyone strapped in for the 3G acceleration, and they were off! There was a scare midway through the trip when the windshield cracked under the impacts from birds and other skywrack, but it held, even though Hedwin (the captain of the Leviathan, who'd been the first Danetti they'd met, way back when) and several other people tempted fate. Apparently, Hressh Hu had been satisfied with Eddo's sacrifice, because her hand was nowhere to be seen.
Within hours, they were at the top of the tree, and before much longer had set down outside of Treverre, flying a flag of truce (and of Wonko's trading house, and of the Danetti Empire). Linn, Dirque, and Wonkotirip went to talk to the guards, and Linn was escorted into the city to speak with the Duke. Wonko told the rest to hurry to his family's house to get paid before the guards got their act together and set up a real cordon around the Leviathan.
Pta was snuck off the ship invisibly again, and then Silverspray and Kijji rented her a room in a hostel that catered to non-primes. She was left with some bound spells to escape and get word of trouble, since the Gormorror guarding the door looked untrustworthy (as in, had broken his word of honor recently) and the proprieter was a scawn, of all things. Kijji also left an illusion of himself for her to talk to, and hid in Silverspray's bag (as a zi ri) on the way out, so that the hostelers would think there were two of them in there and hopefully be less inclined to start trouble.
The plan is to get paid, work out what to do about Pta, then meet back at the Fox in Flames to find another adventure, since Cimm and Kijji both *want* to leave the city, and Silverspray *has* to to satisfy Kvarse. Loxley is supposed to help Pta get work with the airship guild in Treverre. Wonkotirip will doubtless publish his notes.
Those loose ends haven't been tied up yet, but it looks like the voyage to the bottom of the tree is effectively over (although the group plans to mostly stay together and do something different). Establishing a trade relationship between Danettia and Treverre is up to the actual politicians now.
last session next session
