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これは誰でしょうか。

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Liam Bonhamの友人または関係者の皆様へ：

前略

20XX年11月23日以降、我々はLiam Bonhamと連絡が取れない状態になっております。理由としては二つのことが考えられ、一つは彼の補助A.I.(人工知能)が削除された可能性、もう一つとしては破壊された可能性が考えられます。我々としては彼の安泰を祈念しておりますが、万が一彼が問題に巻き込まれている/いた場合は彼の所在を突き止める為最善を尽くす所存です。

草々
Bokudasai Cybernetic Technologies

23日の朝に話して以来私はLiamを見かけていませんでしたが、特に心配もしていませんでした。しかし先ほどメールをチェックしたところ、彼のボディの製造元である日本のメーカー『Bokudasai Cybernetic Technologies』から上記のようなメールが届いていたのです。
Liamの身に何かが起こったのでしょうか。

色々思いを巡らしながら工場3Fのコンピュータを起動させたところ、デスクトップに見慣れない音声ファイルが有ることに気付きました。首を傾げつつクリックする私。音声が再生されます。

(荒い息づかい)
(Liamと思われる声)『俺のことを…まったく覚えていないのか？』
(パチパチと、燃える火が発するような音、金属表面に鎖を擦れさせるような音)
(邪悪な声色の女性の声)『溶かせ、彼を溶かしてしまえ』
(手が金属の表面で何かを探すような音、Liamのパワーコアの唸る音)
(女性の声)『これを壊したら、あんたは動かなくなるのかしら？』
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*ここで一旦録音データがブツリと途切れる。
*数分間の無録音状態の後、次のデータの再生開始。
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(女性の声)『Liam、あなたは事故に巻き込まれたのよ。怪物があなたの体をバラバラに引き裂いたわ。あなた、体が金属製で良かったわね…あたしがあなたの”命”を救って体を修復し…できる限りのことをしたわ』
(つぶやくようなLiamの声)『か…家族?』
(女性の声)『家族 – TC(The Continuum)があなたの家族、周りにいるこの沢山の人々が私の家族よ。今、あなたの頭の中には最新でない、古いメモリーバックアップファイルが入っているわ。最新のものを、工場のコンピュータ・データベースから取り込む必要があるでしょうね』
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*データ再生終了。

明らかにLiamの身にここ数日で何かが起こった模様です。
何があったのか。どうしたらいいのか。どうすればいいのか。朝から頭の中を混乱させながらスロープを降り、2Fの医用スペースの方に歩いていくと…

[6:21] Liam Bonham slowly wakes up from his sleep, his eyes opening to view a woman through the dirty blue glass…
[6:21] Meg Ronmark knocks the containment tank lightly, eyeing the man inside it up and down. “Hello?”

…医用スペース奥の医療タンクのうちひとつに、見慣れない大男が入っている光景が視界内に飛び込んで来ました。ギョッとする私。一瞬後ずさりましたが、改めておそるおそるタンクへ近づいてみました。と、時を同じくしてタンク内の男性がゆっくりと目を開けました。
男性をしげしげと眺めながらタンクのガラスをコンコンと叩く私。『おはよう。あなたは….誰？怪我をしたからここにきたのかしら？』
『その通り….ここに来るように、言われたんだ』目を覚ました男性はタンク内から私の質問に答えます。しかし目覚めたばかりのせいか、その口調や動きはゆっくりとしたものでした。
タンク内の治療液とガラス越しに聞こえてくるその声は、非常に聞き慣れた声です。
『あなたの声、私に近しいある人によく似ているわ』
『すまない…俺は今、記憶障害を起こしているようだ』タンク内の液が排水され、脇の扉が開きました。
『覚えている限り、俺のそばにいた女性が、俺のことをLiamと呼んでいたよ』

(me, Liam)

[6:28] Meg Ronmark: “Liam” Meg Ronmark leans over the glass to take a better view of his appearance. “So it’s you. Jesus.” She watches as the tank door opens and Liam steps out of it. “Earlier this morning I checked the mainframe and heard the recordings, which taught me what happened to you.”
[6:29] Liam Bonham looks down at himself with a heavy sigh, “I knew she put me back together all wrong” he shook his head, “Am I really that much different?”

何と、タンク内で休んでいたスキンヘッドの大男はLiamだったのです。タンク脇の扉から外へ出た彼はまだ体力が完全に回復していないのか、外のフロアに足を降ろした直後若干ふらつく様子を見せていました。
『あなただったのね、Liam。何ということなの。今朝早く、メインフレームコンピュータをチェックして見つけた音声データから、あなたに何かが起こったことを知ったばかりだったのよ』ふらつくLiamを支えながら、私は彼に語りかけました。『実際のところ、何が起こったの？そしてあの女性の声….あれは誰？誰があなたを助けたの？一度に沢山質問してごめんなさい。でも分からないことだらけだわ』
『いや、謝る必要はないさ』頭の脇をこすりながらLiamは私に答えました。『彼女の名前は確か….ブルー…ブルーベリー？だったかな？彼女によると、俺は怪物にの襲撃を受けて…彼女は俺を”直す”のにベストを尽くしてくれた、らしい。俺が覚えているのはそれだけなんだ。あとは確か….彼女、俺がデータベース？から情報を取り込む必要がある、とか話していたな。それ以外、ほぼ丸々1日分記憶が抜けている状態のようだ』彼はそう言い、頭を振りました。

(me, Liam)

[6:45] Liam Bonham: “Yes, I hope so. I’m finding it difficult to move my limbs, I think mainly because all of…this…” he stretched out his arms, looking at them “…is taking some time to get used to.” he looked off in the distance briefly, “Do you know where I might be able to get a backup of my memories? I think that’s what she was referring to”
[6:48] Meg Ronmark: “I do.” Meg Ronmark gives a strong nod at Liam. “Follow me, you should be able to get the back up of your memories from our mainframe computer, Hikaru Medical Mark II.” She starts walking. After a few steps, she turns back and motions him over. “Come on.”

『手足を動かす際…ぎこちなさを感じる。慣れるまでに、しばらく時間がかかりそうだ』大きく伸びをした後、Liamは私の方へ振り返りました。『君、俺がメモリーバックアップを得ることができそうな場所を知っているかい？』
私はうなずきました。『ええ – 私について来て。あなたは私達のメインフレームコンピュータ、Hikaru Medical Mark IIから最新メモリーバックアップを取得することが出来るはずよ』
私はLiamを3Fのラボへ導きました。

(Liam, me)

[6:50] Meg Ronmark: “This is our Hikaru Medical Mark II. Wait a second, I’ll start it up – oh, take care….” Meg Ronmark chuckles as she walks toward the computer to stand in front of the control panel.
[6:51] Hikaru Medical Mark II: Starting up ……

『これがHikaru Medical Mark IIよ。今起動させるわ。そこで少し待っていてね…』
Mark IIを起動させる私。『ところであなたの新しいからだ、データ入出力端子は何処にあるのかしら？ワイヤレス接続も可能だけれど、有線でおこなうならメインフレーム側の接続口はあそこよ』タッチパネルを操作しながら、私はLiamに接続口の位置を指し示しました。
自分で自分の体のあちこちを探っていたLiamですが、胸部に赤外線通信装置を発見したようです。
起動が終了したMark IIの前に立ち、バックアップメモリーのデータダウンロードを開始しました。

(Liam)

[6:58] Hikaru Medical Terminal Mark 2: Please stand by as transfer continues. 12% complete…
[6:59] Hikaru Medical Terminal Mark 2: 30% complete. Overwriting files 11/20A with the latest copy
[7:00] Hikaru Medical Terminal Mark 2: 55% Complete. Cleaned files 88 of 340…
[7:01] Hikaru Medical Terminal Mark 2: 70% Complete…

データ量が膨大なせいか、ダウンロード完了までは若干の時間を要するようです。
『少し時間がかかるようね』とつぶやく私。
『そのようだ。データ量が膨大にあるようだね。いくつかのファイルの上書き処理もしているようだ』とLiam。

[7:02] Hikaru Medical Terminal Mark 2: 85% complete… Error: 1 day of data missing. You’re update will not be fulfilled in it’s entirety…

肩をすくめるLiam。ダウンロードデータエラーの表示が出ました。1日分のデータが消失していたのです。
『残念ながら1日分、データリカバリが出来ないようね。恐らくあなたがトラブルに巻き込まれた日の分でしょうね』
『そのようだ。残念だ』
幸いこの1日分のデータ取り込みエラーを除き、ダウンロードは無事完了しました。

(me, Liam)

[7:05] Liam Bonham completes the data transfer and turns to Meg, “Yes, much better I think. I should be better off now” he grinned
[7:05] Meg Ronmark smiles. “So – now you remember who is who in the Continuum?”

ダウンロードを終え赤外線通信装置をOFFにするLiam。
『気分はどう？今はもう、Continuumの誰が誰かはっきり思い出したのかしら？』笑顔で私は彼に問いかけました。
『ああ、大分気分がよくなった…皆の名前と顔を今まで通り覚えているよ。俺の外見はこんなに変わってしまったけれど、君が気付いたように他の皆も声で俺に気付くと思う。ただし…..Dwellsとこのいかつい姿で初めて会う時は、気をつけた方がよさそうだな』Liamはそう言って笑いました。
私も思わず笑ってしまいました。LiamがファイターのDwellsに怪しまれ、話しかける前に急襲されることを祈るばかりです。

『ブルーベリー』の女性が元Continuumのボスであり今は古巣のShadowsに還ったBluerayであることも確認できました。Liamの命を助け、直したのはBluerayだったようです。しかし、音声データの最初の部分が気にかかります。
Liamは彼自身が怪物に襲撃された、と聞いているようですが、音声データの最初の方の部分では女性の声でLiamを破壊しているような言葉と音が聞こえていました。彼に起こった『本当のこと』が一体何だったのか、調べる必要性を感じます。
先ずはLiamの体力が完全回復するのを待って、それからBluerayを訪ねようということで彼と私の意見は一致した次第です。

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今回のRP時間は約1時間でした。
ロボットの姿、若い青年風アンドロイドの姿を経て今度は大柄に変身したLiam。うまくroleplayの理由付けを行いながら様々な姿に変化していきます。Bluerayとの絡みにも何か謎が潜んでいそうで、探っていく過程が楽しめることでしょう。

A terceira sessão na campanha Echoes of Heroes foi a 7 de Novembro. Pode encontrar os links para os relatos anteriores aqui.

Na última sessão:
Depois de deixar o Lord Major Bren ir’Gadden a salvo em Oakfields, o grupo separou-se, cada um prosseguindo com as suas vidas. Anos passados depois do Dia de Mourning, os quatro que salvaram o Lord Major das garras dos Dolgrims recebem um convite do Lord Major para um pequeno memorial do quarto aniversário do Dia do Mourning. Reunidos no local, Bran d’Deneith, VII, Sariel e Vril Dox testemunham o aparecimento de um monstro que começa a matar os convidados. O Lord Major pede o seu auxílio para descobrir a origem do monstro e o grupo desconfia do seu antigo assistente, Aric Blacktree.

As pistas levam-nos até à Lower City, onde rufias e bandidos se podem encontrar a cada esquina. O que mais irão encontrar?

A história até agora

Mikal tinha recebido o convite para o Memorial de Lord Bren ir’Gadden, mas atrasou-se, talvez devido a trânsito nos céus de Sharn. Quando lá chegou, halflings estavam a transportar corpos em discos mágicos flutuantes, tapados por lençóis, para fora da casa do Major. Este monitorizava a situação.

Bren ir’Gadden reconheceu Mikal, informou-o do sucedido e indicou que os Marshals tinham descido até à Lower City no rasto do monstro. O Major chamou um skycoach, cujo condutor era um humano amigável de bigode chamado Mário, para que Mikal pudesse reunir-se aos seus companheiros.

O skycoach seguiu pelo caminho indicado, aterrando num largo entre a base das torres. Mikal avistou os outros facilmente, com corpos de bandidos aos seus pés, e decidiram usar o skycoach para os voar para outro acesso da Lower City, já que receavam ter dado demasiado nas vistas com a morte dos bandidos que os tentaram assaltar. Mário, feliz por ajudar os Marshals assim o fez.

Desceram pelo lado oposto, tentando meter conversa com os locais, indicando que procuravam fantasmas (don’t ask) e casas com ruídos estranhos ou qualquer indicação da presença de Aric. As suas investigações levaram-nos até uma habitação na base da torre Dalannan, cujas janelas estavam barradas por longas traves de madeira. Ouvia-se um som “Hmm” vindo de dentro.

Convencidos que tinham encontrado o sítio certo, pararam por uma taberna resguardada, chamada Dragão Azul, onde o barman não era muito simpático e os tremoços pareciam ter qualidade duvidosa. Aproveitaram para planear a abordagem a esta situação. O plano era bater à porta e entrar rapidamente, evitando chamar muita atenção. Mas a execução foi ligeiramente diferente…

Eles bateram à porta, mas ninguém abriu. Então bateram de novo, e de novo, e de novo… Até que Vril, com a sua força “imensa” decide arrombar a porta, indo aterrar perto da ponta da short sword de um goblin.

A porta dava acesso a uma divisão, que seria uma espécie de sala de estar. Havia uma lareira e um sofá gasto. Dois goblins esperavam-nos atrás de uma esquina da parede. Os goblins dão o alerta e surgem dos corredores e portas que existiam para aquela divisão, um half-orc de arco esticado apontado aos nossos heróis, dois shifters de pêlo pintado de vermelho, identificados como sendo Red Jackals, um clã conhecido e violento da Lower City, e mais dois goblins, tão ou mais feios que os dois primeiros. Da luta que se seguiu apenas restaram os corpos dos seus adversários, podendo o grupo descansar e resgatar o desejado “loot”.

Enquanto recuperavam o seu fôlego, um ruidoso “crack”, forte como trovoada fez-se ouvir do andar acima, seguido de um tremer do chão e da torre em volta. Alguém gritava lá em cima “O que raio se está a passar?!”.

Por momentos o grupo pensou em esperar que os senhores lá de cima descessem para os encherem de porrada, no entanto, os tremores continuavam. Decidiram então, lenta e silenciosamente verificar o andar de cima. Após dois lances de escadas, avistaram uma estranha cena: uma criatura horrenda, sem olhos, que identificaram como sendo um Dolgaunt, inclinava-se agitadamente sobre uma bancada cheia de tubos, globos, gemas encrustadas, ossos secos e pedras que irradiavam energia arcana. De vez em quando, raios de energia purpura, eram libertados na direcção de dois corredores.

Dolgaunt: talvez já tenha sido humano?

Aproveitando a distracçaõ do monstro, Vril pode observar e perceber que o dispositivo estava a armazenar energia, de tal maneira forte, que poderia destruir toda a torre se fosse libertada de uma só vez. E a ideia de que nem o monstro percebia o que estava a acontecer não era propriamente tranquilizadora. Decidiram atacar, evitando os raios de energia, e outros atacantes que surgiram entretanto dos corredores. Vril, depois de analizar mais de perto, conseguiu reduzir a intensidade da energia libertada em cada um dos raios negros e purpura e explicou a Sariel como ela poderia, com o seu jeito de mãos, desactivar o dispositivo.

No fim da luta, a geringonça tinha sido totalmente parada (havia ao todo quatro dispositivos) que pareciam comunicar entre si e trocar raios arcanos. Capturaram também um doppelganger, que tentou disfarçar-se de mulher para lhes trocar as voltas, mas sem grande sucesso.

De tesouro debaixo do braço, doppelganger do outro, sairam da casa. Não tinham encontrado quaisquer vestígios ou pistas que os levassem ao assistente Aric Blacktree, tendo decido voltar para a casa do Major.

Coincidência ou não, o skycoach de Mário encontrava-se por ali a entregar um cliente. VII estava com vontade de voar de novo e a sua sugestão foi aceite pelos outros para irem de boleia de skyacoach. A carruagem aérea elevou-se nos ares, por entre as torres de Sharn e os olhos rápidos e perspicazes de Vril, Bran e VII detectaram um brilho azul estranho pelo canto do olho. Tratava-se de um goblin, que voava numa espécie de disco voador azul e lhes apontava o seu arco. Bran apenas disse “Eu mato!”.

O Jogo

Os Personagens em jogo foram:

- Sariel, Eladrin Bard
- VII, Warforged Warden
- Bran, Human Ranger
- Vril Dox, Human Artificer
- Mikal, Human Wizard

Logo no princípio da sessão, um esclarecimento de regras:

Immediate Action

Trigger: Each immediate action—usually a power—defines its specific trigger. The one type of immediate action that every combatant can take is a readied action.

Once per Round: You can take only one immediate action per round, either an immediate interrupt or an immediate reaction. If you take an immediate action, you can’t take another one until the start of your next turn, but you can’t take an immediate action on your own turn.

Interrupt: An immediate interrupt lets you jump in when a certain trigger condition arises, acting before the trigger resolves. If an interrupt invalidates a triggering action, that action is lost. For example, an enemy makes a melee attack against you, but you use a power that lets you shift away as an immediate interrupt. If your enemy can no longer reach you, the enemy’s attack action is lost.

Reaction: An immediate reaction lets you act in response to a trigger. The triggering action, event, or condition occurs and is completely resolved before you take your reaction, except that you can interrupt a creature’s movement. If a creature triggers your immediate reaction while moving (by coming into range, for example), you take your action before the creature finishes moving but after it has moved at least 1 square.

As Immediate Interrupts não estavam a ser usadas correctamente, sendo que eu estava assumir que interrompiam de todo a acção que fez trigger, mas, como diz a regra, a acção que faz trigger pode ser continuada, se ainda houver condições para tal. Explicada a regra, pode ser usada com a perícia de Bran e VII em combate com toda a segurança.

Nesta sessão tivemos finalmente os cinco jogadores presentes. Foi necessário novamente pôr o jogador que tinha falhado a sessão anterior rapidamente em jogo, algo que funcionou bastante bem e deu-me a oportunidade de introduzir o skycoach (táxi voador).

O segundo encontro, colocou os jogadores em cena com uma máquina de destruição (Eldritch Machine), que disparava aleatoriamente raios nos vários lados de um quadrado. Neste encontro, funcionava como uma espécie de armadilha que para ser desarmada requeria Thievery Checks, sendo que em caso de falha, o personagem corria o risco de levar dano. A execução não foi perfeita da minha parte mas creio que o sentido de urgência conseguiu passar para os jogadores.

A sessão terminou com a party reparar que vinha na sua direcção um goblin de arco na mão, preparado para os atacar, deixando o combate pendurado até à próxima semana. A técnica de deixar o grupo num cliffhanger é engraçada e gostei da reacção do grupo, no entanto, para quem corre aventuras pré-feitas, como está a ser o caso, nem sempre é possível ou fácil. Por outro lado, de vez em quando devemos dar a hipótese de terminar a sessão num ponto estável, para os jogadores terem oportunidade de efectuar coisas off-session (por exemplo, loot costumo deixar para vender entre sessões, para não demorarmos tempo com a minha fraca matemática).

たまには南から朝日をのぼらせてみようと思い立ちました。Reckoningのウェアハウス越しに見る太陽もなかなか悪くありません。

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(me, Liam)

[5:47] Liam Bonham: “Hey, Meg” he smiled. “How are you today?”
[5:48] Meg Ronmark: “Morning, Liam,” Meg Ronmark smiles back. “Good. Looks like you’ve got a new body for yourself, huh?”

Liamが工場2Fバルコニーから朝日を眺めているのを見つけ、私も計器盤をよじ上ってバルコニーに出ました。
LiamのところにBokudasai社からまた新しいアーマーが送られてきたようです。『今回は説明書はなし？』彼にたずねる私。
『無しだよ…今回は外見の変更がメインで、特に新しく追加されたり削除されたりした機能も無いからね。それにしても…彼ら、もう少し色のことを考えて欲しかったよ。俺は元々Infiltrator – 諜報活動をメインとしているのに、これじゃ目立って仕方ない。早急にもっと目立たない色の塗料を追加発注しなければならないな』Liamはそう言って苦笑しました。

(Liam)

[5:50] Liam Bonham multitasks, processing data in his right eye, “Did you see the Toxic Queen yet? If she’s still stuck in the portal, that is”

…確かにこの真っ白なアーマーでは暗い色調の場所が殆どのToxia、何処にいても目立って仕方がないですね。
『ところで』右目前のモニターに表示される文字を読みながらLiamが口を開きました。『Toxian Queenを見たかい？何らかのポータルにはまってるような格好だったけれど、彼女』
私は前日にVooDoo Shop横でToxian Queenを見たもののそれから忙しくなり、今朝はまだ南へ行っていないことを彼に話しました。
前回忘れていたQueenの写真撮影を行いたいということで、私とLiamはQueenがまだ『そこ』にいるかどうか、確認に出掛けることにしました。

(me, Liam)

今回は前回のようにバイクではなく、徒歩で南へ向かいます。朝の散歩代わりです。

(Liam, me)

[6:02] Liam Bonham: “Dont get too close…I hear it managed to pull a few people in” he nodded to Meg
[6:03] Portal: The Creature Struggles to get out of the portal but seems stuck…or bound by something….
[6:03] Meg Ronmark: “Yeah, damn it’s still there …..” Meg Ronmark shrugs her shoulders. “No need to remind me. I would neer forget the time when I first saw her on the street, near Haven.”

霧こそ晴れたものの前回彼女を見た場所と寸分違わぬ場所に、Toxian Queenの頭と手が見えました。余り近づかないよう、距離を置いてQueenを観察するLiamと私。Liamは写真の撮影を開始しています。
時折、手と頭を動かすQueen。その姿は何とか光の穴 – ポータル – から抜け出そうともがいているように見えましたが、何か足枷でもかけられているかのように彼女はポータルの外に出ることが出来ずにいます。

[6:08] Liam Bonham: “If we could find the source…no…that’s a ridiculous thought…”
[6:09] Meg Ronmark: “Right. And that’ what I see for the first time. Apparently it looks like she is stuck, bound by something – some greater power. Should we manage to find the source …. that might benefit our future experiments probably?” Meg Ronmark grins. “Well better not to stay too long here I guess?”

『Queenを押しとどめている力が何か、分からないが…』目の前の小型モニターを押さえながら、Liamがつぶやきました。『彼女よりも強い何らかの力が働いているようだな。もしあの力の源を突き止めれば、俺達の役に….いや、忘れてくれ – 馬鹿げた想像だ』
ちょっとあぶないことを考えているLiam。気持ちはよく分かります。
『そうね。私達の将来の実験やプロジェクトに役立つでしょうね…源が突き止められればの話だけれど。- 今のところは、長居は無用ね。戻りましょう』
写真撮影を終えたLiamとともに、私は工場への帰途につきました。

//////ICここまで//////
今回のRP時間は約45分間でした。
霧が消えるとともにToxian Queenもいなくなるかと思いきやまだ壁にはまっている彼女。
ポータルから這い出ることは出来るのでしょうか。

20/11/09:

This girl , very proudly, wears the collar of her Trusted Leader… her Trusted protector and her Trusted guide Damit Ferryhill.

 She is restricted to serve and please him, and she will not consider requests from anyone for any reason.

** When she fell, he picked her up. When she cried, he wiped her tears, and then… he gave her a chance to find freedom within her chains as a priveledge, not a right. **

~~

Soulstorm Ruby is a SL Submissive on the grounds of Trusted Playground. There, she belongs to one Damit Ferryhill. She is a mouthy little thing, fiesty and creative, and rather protective of her friends and her Lead. Soulstorm is not much different from the person who ’sits behind the screen to manipulate her’, and thus some reactions are very ‘natural’. However, not all of it. In the end, it is a game and we play a role. To that capacity, *I* am a submissive in RL too, yet.. I imagine I’d really think twice before I would kick anyone in the shins..l, or threaten them with a dagger. She is however, Damit’s Angel, and the two of them makes a formidable pair!
Do visit us inworld, if you ever get the chance. What do you know, Ruby may even be ‘un-gagged’ for a bit!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trusted/161/125/3220/?title=Trusted%20Playgrown&msg=Welcome%2C%20let%27s%20play%21

~~~

I have a new blog lust today; It’s DarkGracie. I adore her photographs and having found her writing, I’m equally impressed. I rather enjoy reading dirty words form an articulate woman, as I imagine you do too. Do yourself a favor and check her out.

I just got off the phone with a friend who used me to help fulfill another mans fantasy. I love role play, personally, so when she asked if I could spare a few moments, of course I stopped what I’d been doing and made the time.

“…now we can go all those places we’ve always wanted to, baby..”, she said after we’d established that we were lovers and were running away while the other man, our victim, lay unable to move on the floor, listening to our conversation.

(Jamie)

私の寝ている間にJamie(SL名称:Wraith)の種族変更roleplayが殆ど終わっていました。彼は既にDCSの種族をDemonからCyberneticに変更し終えています。あとは墓から掘り返してきた棺内に眠る科学者の脳を頭部に移植して完了との談でした。

//////IC//////

(Xue, me, Michael, Akiye)

[23:38] Meg Ronmark: “So Akiye,” Meg Ronmark taps the comm in her ear. “I got your call so came over here. It’s been a while since I last talked to you, anything happened?”
[23:40] Akiye Kahanamoku nods. “yes..i would like to ask if you would aid in the creation of synthetic wolfsbane.”

『私の管理者のFeliceが人工のトリカブトを必要としているの。Meg、何とかつくってもらえないかしら』

深夜のToxia。
久々に会ったAkiyeの口から飛び出してきたのは、思いもよらない相談事でした。トリカブト、別名ウルフズベイン(wolfsbane)はToxiaでは主に満月の晩の狼達を抑制するために使われる毒草です。
『Felice？ IlluminatiのFeliceのことを言っているの？何を言っているの？あなたの – 私達のボスはKishiでしょう？』
『Kishi … その名前は、私のメモリーに登録されていないわ』
Kishiの名前すら覚えていないようです。Cyborgである彼女、記憶チップに支障をきたしたのでしょうか。そしてそもそも、Feliceはトリカブトを何に使おうとしているのでしょうか。

(Dio, Michael, Akiye, me, Xue)

[23:54] Maico Aeon had his arms crossed looking off to the side, seemingly lost in his own thoughts up until a question was directed at him. He turned to the mechanical woman similar to Akiye and nodded slightly. He spoke in a deepish, but calm and smooth tone followed by an old accent. “My apologies.. I was ways away. I don’t understand these little errors Akiye has been having either.. but I do know that it happened sometime after she inherited what seems like my sister’s soul.. Ah, yes.. all this is new to me. I’ve only but awoken just nights ago. I’ve been asleep for.. I don’t know how long.” He replied, looking into the woman’s cybernetic eyes with his.

Akiyeのそばにいた男性はMichaelという名前で、彼女の友人でした。Michaelと話し、Akiyeが最近彼の妹の魂を体内に取り込み、以降もとのAkiyeの記憶が飛んでしまったような現象が見られるそうです。
ContinuumメンバーのXue、続いて最近Continuum Dynamo – セカンド・イン・コマンドの職に就いたDioがやって来ました。
二人も交えて相談の末、『トリカブトでは殆どのContinuumメンバーに危害を加えることは難しい』ことを理由に私はAkiyeの望みを叶えることにしました。
彼女を連れ、工場内へ向かいます。Michaelも後を追いかけてきました。

(me, Akiye, Michael)

[0:23] Meg Ronmark: “So,” Meg Ronmark looks at Michael, “I’m afraid but please wait us here, Michael – feel free to relax on the sofa or play pre-installed games in the laptop computers there. I’ll try not to keep you waiting very long.”

『ご免なさいMichael、3Fへのアクセスは制限されているの….ここ – 2Fで暫く待っていて。そのソファで寛いでもいいし、ラップトップにはプリインストールされたゲームが入っているわ』
Michaelを2Fカンファレンスルームに残し、Akiyeの手を引いて私は3F・ラボへ移動しました。

(Akiye, me)

[0:33] Meg Ronmark: “Here in the lab.” Meg Ronmark points at the bottles placed in the lab shelves. “That one – the thrid one from the left, on the bottom row. That is the formalin-treated Far East Amur adonis.”
[0:33] Meg Ronmark: “Have you ever heard of Far East Amur adonis?”

『さて….残念ながら、私達はトリカブトのストックを持っていないわ。そもそもあの草は汚染されたToxiaの地には生えないし、よしんば鉢で育てようとしたところで毒混じりのToxiaの空気にやられて、すぐに駄目になってしまうの』
きょろきょろと辺りを見回すAkiyeにかまわず、私は説明を続けます。
『但し…このラボには幾つか、植物標本があるわ。そのうちのひとつがフクジュソウ(Far East Amur adonis)….フクジュソウって、聞いたことある？』喋りながら私はラボの棚を探り、フクジュソウの標本を取り出しました。『フクジュソウとトリカブトは、同じキンポウゲ科に属する親戚同士なのよ。この標本を使って、トリカブトを作りましょう。DNA解析・分解再構築を行うのよ』

(Xue, Akiye, me)

[0:49] Hikaru Medical Mark II: Aconitum – name acknowledged. Convertion process starting in 60 seconds. Please choose ‘cancel’ in a timely fashion if needed.
[0:51] Hikaru Medical Mark II: Waiting time is over. Now proceeding to the convertion process.
[0:51] Hikaru Medical Mark II: Assumed duration: 30 minutes.

標本をメインコンピュータ『Hikaru Medical Mark II』右下の小さな室内に収め、Mark IIに必要なコマンドを打ち込んでフクジュソウ標本のDNA解析とトリカブトへの再構築命令を出しました。30分くらいの時間を要する模様です。
ほどなく、Xueが3Fに上がって来ました。彼は私達の邪魔をしていないかをしきりに気にしていましたが、丁度良い機会なので一緒にいるよう私は彼に指示しました。Mark IIの使い方を少しでも覚えて貰いましょう。

(Xue, me, Dio, Akiye)

[1:00] Hikaru Medical Mark II: Conversion completed. No failues detected during the process.
[1:01] Meg Ronmark makes a ‘V’ signt at Akiye, as she walks toward the side of Hikaru Medical Mark II. She kneels down.

30分は思ったより早く経過しました。
Mark IIのスピーカーからは変換がエラーなく無事完了した知らせが聞こえてきます。果たして小室を開いておそるおそる中をのぞき込むと、そこにはフクジュソウ….ではなく全く違う植物が鎮座していました。
トリカブト、wolfsbaneです。
トリカブトを取り出しAkiyeに渡そうとすると、彼女はおずおずと医療用のインジェクション・ガンを私に差し出しました。
『この中に、詰めてもらうことは可能かしら…？』
ガンにトリカブトを詰めて….誰に注射するのでしょうか。湧いて来る疑問を頭から振り払い、そばにいたXueにテーブル下にある箱を出すように頼みました。中には実験用のすり鉢、すりこぎと空っぽの注射器が入っています。
トリカブトをすり潰し、純水と混ぜ4本の注射器に詰め、1本をガンに籠め3本の注射器とともにAkiyeに渡しました。
『はい、これで出来上がりよ…..これで良かったのかしら？』

Akiyeはガンと注射器を抱え、私に短く礼を述べると工場を出て一直線に図書館の方角へ走っていきました。
これでよかったのでしょうか。
幾つもの疑問符が頭の中に残る中、傷ついた女性を診てやって欲しいと言うDioに導かれ私は2Fへと降りていきました。

//////ICここまで//////
今回のRP時間は約3時間半でした。
人工のトリカブト/wolfsbane入手は、Illuminatiに加入するためFeliceから彼女に課された課題でした。彼女はContinuumから再び古巣のIlluminatiへの移籍を希望していたのです。
私はその課題roleplayの手助けをしたという訳です。無事Illuminatiに戻れると良いですね、Akiye。

一瞬画面エラーと思ってしまいそうな光景ですが、そうではありません。

謎の黒装束の男の幻覚を見る市民の数が増え、街の噂にのぼっていましたが今度は霧が街中に立ちこめ始めました。霧は地表から大の大人の顔の高さ辺りまでをすっぽりと覆い、極めて見通しが悪い状態となっています。

霧はToxia North、South両域を覆っていますが、南の方角から北へ流れて来ているようです。出所を探りに行きました。

Southもこの通りの眺めです。 – アパートメントの1F部分に人が集まっています。

アパートメント1F奥から聞き覚えのある、嫌な波動音が聞こえてきます。そしてその形に見覚えのある緑色の物体は…

….紛うことなきToxian Queenでした。エネルギーを放出しながら頭部と片手を壁から突き出しています。
稀にToxiaに姿を現す怪物、Toxian Queen。私が街に住み始めて間もない頃彼女がストリートに出現し、麻痺攻撃を受けて大変な目に遭ったことをよく覚えています。身の丈は邪神Cthulhuと同じくらいある巨大な彼女。街の住民が飛びついて打ち倒せるサイズではありませんでした。
彼女が復活しつつあるとなると非常に問題です。グループそれぞれのプロジェクトやグループ間抗争の手を止めて立ち向かわねばならない時が近々来るかも知れません。

Thanksgiving again. Who doesn’t love the idea of it? The idea, that is. Up until probably last week we were all excited to see distant relatives again, have a sit down meal and really get to catch up.

However, by now, a weekend of crowded grocery shopping, insane parking lots, nagging family members, traditions to follow, and an insanely large menu to be cooked all within the span of one or two days?

Yeah. I logged on SL too. <3

So! A shopping spree later, and I feel all better! Plastik’s Bael Special Edition skins are absolutely amazing. As you’ve probably seen, I’m always pale as the undriven snow, but these had such an amazing glow and vitality to them that I couldn’t resist, and the makeup options had me agonizing over which to choose for an hour. They come with three different sets of her artfully created elf ears, all matching perfectly, and an interesting set of eyes. The original version had the right eye blacked out on an eye layer, and a white contact for the left, but I’m a sucker for Poetic’s eyes still, so I just shifted the contact to the right and colored it black.

Cause who, cooking thanksgiving dinner, hasn’t decided that running outside is more enjoyable at one point or another?

The new Miel boots gave such a delicate look to the whole ensemble, as well as the airy feeling of the skirt, so I threw on a few dark, rich colors to get the feeling of Thanksgiving in. It really is a lovely time of year, even with the stress!

So, no matter what your family does, or how they irritate you, just remember. There are more shoes in SL to be bought.

Skin – Bael Special Edition – Fuk – Plastik

Hair – Green – Maitreya

Eyes – Poetic

Sweater – Ballet Sweater – Fri.day

Skirt – Chifone – Oyakin

Leggings – Niniko

Shoes – Miel

(Jamie)

年の瀬が迫るとやはり現実/Real Lifeが通常に増して忙しくなり、平日の晩はなかなかroleplayに時間を割けずにいますが、週末は合間合間を見つけて参加しています。

//////IC//////

(me, Jamie, Kishi)

[12:01] Kishi Bleac slinks up beside him quietly poking through the tubes muttering to herself “dio what are you planning” she chewed her lip nervously crossing her arms
[12:04] Meg Ronmark blinks as she walks up the slope and arrives on the second floor.

昼下がりのToxia。
先日から頭を痛めていた謎のeメールはPackメンバーによって解読されたという街の噂を耳にしました。分野的に何としてもContinuumが解読したかったのですが、出し抜かれてしまい残念です。内容についてはまだ未知のため、別途確認しなければなりません。
いつものように…工場裏のスロープをのぼりmedbay/医療エリアに足を踏み入れると、ベッドの傍にボスのKishiが立っていました。ベッドには見たところ、Jamieと思しき悪魔…のようなものが横たわっています。
ベッドの脇からは手術用の機械の腕が伸び、同じく機械で出来た四肢を支えていました。
Jamieは悪魔の肉体からCyberneticの肉体への変換手術を受けたばかりの状態のようでした。Kishiによると私と同じContinuum MonitorのDioが施術したようですが、人工の肉体の表面が青白く光っています。分析したところそれは微生物の集まりであり、Jamieの体内に移植された無機物で出来た部品 – 金属の部品を大概へばらばらと排出しています。
微生物そのものの働き以外に、非科学的な力 – 悪魔の肉体が持つ力がその体内に金属を取り込むことを拒んでいるらしいことをスキャンの結果掴んだ私とKishiは、彼の状態を安定させるため数本のnanites注射を射った後図書館へ向かいました。

外はよく晴れていました。図書館内には誰もいません。

(Kishi, me)

[13:27] Kishi Bleac pauses looking around “well then empty building, better and worse….dont know where to look but no interuptions”
[13:30] Meg Ronmark looks around. “Months ago,” She turns at Kishi. “I paid a visit here, to look for a book that was about the ecology of demons, since I was working on making a kind of painkiller with an addition of demon’s blood. At that time the praetor told me the book was in the shelf over there.” She pointed at the book shelf at the very back of the floor.

悪魔の力の影響力について書かれた本を探しに来た私とKishi。
私はKishiに、だいぶ前に悪魔の生態についての本をこの図書館に借りに来た時のことを話しました。
『その本、どの棚で見つけたか覚えてる？』と尋ねる彼女を私は目標の棚に導きました。
今回調べたいのは悪魔の生態ではなく影響力ですが、同じ棚かその近辺に本が収納されている可能性は高いはずです。

[14:19] Meg Ronmark stops scanning the labels and takes out one book with the title “Possession and Demonic Influence.”
[14:21] Meg Ronmark flips over the pages. “…..Maybe this could be of some help I guess?” Meg Ronmark shows the book to Kishi.
[14:21] Kishi Bleac looks down from her own reading to the book meg had pulled “Sounds promising, worse comes to worse we could scower the bible for good old fasioned exorsism”

『憑依と悪魔の影響』という本を悪魔の生態について書かれた本の近くに見つけました。抜き出してぱらぱらと頁をめくり中をチェックする私。Jamieの体に働いている悪魔のものと思しき力を制御し、あわよくば取り除く為に役に立ちそうなことが書かれています。
司書の人達が不在だったため、前回と同じく図書カードを埋めて机の上に置き、私とKishiは本を抱えて工場へ戻りました。

//////ICここまで//////
今回のRP時間は約2時間半でした。
今回のRPシナリオはWraith(RP名称:Jamie)によって綴られた非常に詳細なもので、彼自身の種族変更/race changeに理由付けを行うものです。即ち彼はDemonからCyberneticに変わろうとしており、その過程を丁寧にroleplayしようとしているのです。
キックオフの冒頭部分はもう少し参加者が欲しかったところですが、Kishiと私で取り敢えず進めました。

New Release this week : Black Mage Set + Black Mage Ankle Boots *Black.

Are you a mage? Do you know spells and do you practice black magic? If you are a proud Black Mage and surely not scared to show some skin, this outfit is for you!

The staff glows and the magic stone on it change color too.  If you’re powerful enough, you will see some bubbles coming out of it! 2 of the same staffs included in the set, 1 with hold animation and the other without.

There are so many ways to wear this set. Not only they come with multiple layers for your convenience, there are also 2 types of leggings included. One is open legging and the other is full legging that cover your legs. Also, you can choose just to wear the panty and socks.

No big cloak like ordinary mage, but 2 mini cloak that attached to the shoulders.

The ankle boots is the perfect match for this set!

** Both of this new releases are  on special price for VIP members. Limited time offer!

Hope you like them!^^

Thank you and have a great weekend! \(^o^)/

<3 ezura xue

+ ezura + Black Mage Set on XStreet

+ ezura + Black Mage Ankle Boots *Black on XStreet

+ ezura + Mainstore
+ ezura + XStreet

Of course you’re more than welcome to create your own original characters, but here is a list of characters currently needed on Sherwood:

1. King Richard

2. Prince John

3. Will Scarlet

4. Little John

5. Much

6. Alan A Dale

7. Sir Edmont

Some of these characters have been NPC’d in the past.  If you have any questions about their involvements in the story thus far, feel free to contact the admin team using the link on the left.

Some of you may already have been approved to play on Sherwood.  Please check the F.A.Q. for information on how to get a character profile (I promise, it’s easy).  You can expect that your profile will be uploaded within a day (except holidays) since your character was already approved.

A man, rumored to be a wealthy noble and friend to Prince John, is visiting Nottingham.  He passed through Sherwood Forest, taking the dangerous North Road, where Robin Hood and Maya claim to have robbed him.  Strangely enough though, when he arrived in Nottingham, he made no such report.  No fanfare regarding his visit has been witnessed, though he remains in the castle.  Rumors abound as to the true nature of his trip.

Meanwhile, the village of Summerfield is all but destroyed, having been burned.  Who burned the village, and on whose orders?  The Merry Men claim that it was Sir Guy of Gisborne, in an attempt to please either the Sheriff or Prince John.  However, word is also spreading that a group of bandits burned the village, with the suggestion that the famous outlaws, Hood and his gang, are responsible.

With so many mysteries engulfing Nottingham, Sherwood–and England–who knows who is right?

Here I am, in an outfit I built myself, in front of the wagon I built myself, wearing a hat I built myself. I copied my shape measurements number-by-number from that other place.

Some more exploring has turned up an Irish-themed sim with rental space available for ridiculously low. Unfortunately the lag is unbelievable; I did the “rubber band” walk every few steps. I don’t know if it was the usual to-be-expected sim performance or just an off night. At any rate, I may have found a place to set up shop and start earning a few credits. Also, the sim has *fanfare* an Irish pub!! A fine reminder of the Old Country; I shall have to see about playing there.

The plan is to get a steady flow of Credits (that’s the local currency) here, build in my off-time, and in a few months settle Mistletoe Creek properly. In the meantime it’s explore, meet, build, experiment, and invite my friends over.

Hi,

My name is Katie and I am a very naughty girl!!!  I love to roleplay and be very naughty!!!  Do you like me that way???  I hope so.  I can’t wait to make you smile as well as make you cum very hard.

Can’t wait to get naughty with you!!!  Call me  1-888-892-0696 X 100.

Your naughty girl,

Katie

A NEW PRIZE has been added to the ~Mystic Sky~ Lucky chair!!!

The beautiful Annabell Gown in Peach. This stunning gown can be won for a limited time only so get it while you can!! 

This gown regularly sells for 450 L’s and is copy / mod / no trans.

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A campanha de D&D “Echoes of Heroes”, ou Ecos de Heróis, se preferirem em português, teve a sua segunda sessão a 31 de Outubro. A primeira parte da aventura dos nossos heróis pode ser lida aqui. Segue a segunda parte:

Na última sessão:
Quatro anos atrás, perto de Saerun Road, quatro aventureiros foram reunidos para resgatar um Lord Major de Breland. Depois de batalhas com foulspawns e undeads, foram testemunhas de um estranho evento que pintou os céus de laranja e cobriu a terra de nevoeiro, incluindo quem lutava na batalha de Saerun Road e o acampamento para onde iriam voltar. As palavras auspiciosas de uma marca dracónica ressoam nas suas mentes: Four at the brink of the desolation stand as one against the tempest’s roar.

O grupo pretende voltar ao seu acampamento, mas aquele estranho nevoeiro não transmite muita segurança. De onde vem esta névoa? O que aconteceu às pessoas que lutavam em Saerun Road?

A história até agora

Pouco depois de despacharem os soldados da Emerald Claw e os seus zombies, Marshal Luk, Bran d’Deneith e um outro soldado cujo nome não ficará para a história, os companheiros do grupo Sentinel Marshals de VII, chegam perto do grupo que recuperava do seu combate. Também intrigado sobre o nevoeiro, Marshal Luk decide ir investigar, pedindo ao grupo para ir também caso ele não voltasse no espaço de uma hora.

Aproveitaram para descansar, recuperar de algumas feridas, passar algum tempo com itens mágicos que tinham recuperado do corpo dos inimigos. Mas hora passada, não havia notícias. O grupo desejava voltar ao acampamento, que estava situado para lá do limite do nevoeiro, e seguiram nessa direcção.

Ao aproximarem-se, era como se andassem para uma massiva parede branca que se extendia para ambos os lados. A vida em seu torno parecia ter parado. Não havia vento ou som. Cheirava imensamente a morte.

Não encontrando o rasto dos seus companheiros, decidiram-se por uma experiência: entrar na névoa. Bran d’Deneith atou a si uma corda e deu a outra metade a VII, pedindo para adicionar outros pedaços de corda quando essa acabasse, e entrou. Viu-se rodeado por um manto branco. Não estava escuro, mas não era possível ver mais que alguns metros à sua volta. Andou, andou, andou. As árvores pelas quais passava estavam mortas, assim como outra qualquer vegetação. À medida que andava, surgiram os contornos de tendas e barracas, um pequeno posto avançado. Havia corpos no chão. As pessoas estavam imóveis, mortas, sem ser perceptível o que lhes tinha tirado a vida. Mas este não era o acampamento de onde tinham partido. Procurando orientar-se e seguir nessa direcção, passou por uma liteira em que os homens que a carregavam pareciam ter morrido antes de tombarem no chão, e por outros que ainda tinham a espada na mão.

Foi quando um sentimento de desespero o atingiu. Num instante, foi como toda a esperança do mundo tivesse sido engolida pela névoa. Bran puxou a corda, assinalando que queria regressar.

Voltaram atrás procurando o rasto de Marshal Luk e o outro colega, seguindo as suas pégadas até uma rocha grande, onde encontraram Luk de volta do outro soldado, que tinha desmaiado após uma breve incursão pelo nevoeiro. Concordaram em seguir para Oakfields, uma pequena aldeia transformada em posto militar, onde souberam de relatos que toda nação de Cyre tinha sido devastada, ninguém sabia como ou porquê.

O grupo acabou por se separar, cada um seguindo o seu caminho.

Quatro anos depois

A guerra acabou. Muitas páginas se podiam encher, e foram de facto escritas sobre o que se passou entre estes dois momentos.

Os nossos aventureiros de uma forma ou outra foram parar a Sharn, a Cidade das Torres. Sariel em busca de qualquer coisa de misterioso, Bran e VII encarregues de entregar um prisioneiro à prisão de Sharn e Vril que trabalha na Universidade de Morgrave, verificando artefactos que chegam das expedições a Xen’drik. Eles recebem um convite de Lord Major Bren ir’Gadden para um pequeno memorial do quarto aniversário do Dia do Mourning, com a nota do agradecimento por lhe terem salvo a vida.

O encontro era na Dalannan Tower, perto da Morgrave University, Sariel e Vril vieram vestidos para a ocasião, Bran e VII mostraram os seus distintivos de Marshal quando o empregado lhes fez uma careta ao olhar para a sua indumentária de aventureiro.

Foi uma batalha complicada, a névoa tornava difícil acertar no monstro, Vril teve de pedir um crossbow emprestado a uns jovens fidalgos que incentivavam o grupo e VII chegou a ir ao chão dos danos causados pelas dentadas da criatura. Mas depois de vários (muitos) golpes, a névoa desapareceu, e poderam ver a verdadeira forma do monstro, um gorila branco, que não resistiu aos golpes fortes do grupo e tombou, desfazendo-se em fumo.

Lord Major, e o seu assistente ruivo chamado Roger, surgem depois da luta e agradecem ao grupo a derrota do monstro. Ele requisita os seus dotes de Marshals para o ajudar mais uma vez e descobrir de onde veio aquela criatura e quem a teria enviado para ali para matar os seus convidados. Eles reparam no novo assistente, e perguntaram o que acontecera ao antigo, Aric Blacktree, que estava catatónico a última vez que o viram, no dia do Mourning. Desentendimentos com o Lord Major levaram a que seguissem caminhos separados, e Aric já não trabalhava aqui. E isso despertou desde logo as suspeitas dos Marshals e companheiros.

Depois de entrevistar alguns dos funcionários da casa do Lord Major e os convidados sobreviventes em busca de pistas, descobriram o rasto da criatura, pequenos tufos de pêlo branco que se desfaziam em fumo ao toque, que descia para as zonas mais baixas de Sharn, até ao distrito de Center Bridge.

Did I mention I was living in Steelhead? No? Are you sure? I’m pretty certain I may have mentioned it once or twice…

The great thing about living in Steelhead is that it extends way past the grid itself – there is a very active Ning (http://steelheadsl.ning.com/) and a great new Wiki (http://bandobast.wikidot.com/) that allow discussion and sharing of all the great ideas, events and stories that such a dynamic community generates.

If you’ve been following the discussions on this blog (and others) about RP, then you really should take a look at the Steelhead Ning (not to mention the New Babbage Ning but here are a few of the key discussion you may find interesting to start you off

1. General discussion on RP in Steelhead from January 09.
2. More detailed discussion about RP in Steelhead from July 09.
3. Elegia Underwood’s rule of RP from July 09.
4. Aspects of Steelhead that can be used in RP from July 09.
5. Discussion about the confusion and learning curves of trying new RP styles from August 09.
6. Discussion about imagining Steelhead from August 09.
7. Discussion about NOT imagining Steelhead from August 09.
8. Discussion about good character design from November 09.
9. Discussion on having enemies for your character from November 09.

There are more discussion over on the Steeelhead Ning here, but there are a ton more over on the New Babbage Ning here – go take a looksee! Also check out the Steelhead Story Archive, Hotspur’s Page O’ Tales, the Steelhead Wiki, and the New Babbage Wiki.

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Have you ever had that particular feeling? That one where you have just done something truly horrible? But, for the life of you, you cannot seem to figure out exactly what it is you did? …And in the end, you decide that you really have no desire to know what you did do? …Out of fear?

I have no recollection of what even happened. I just simply remember waking up. It felt as though I had been sleeping for months. Possibly even years.

Everything was stark white. Snow. I continued to look around, only spying cliffs completely surrounding me. Next to me was this sorry mess of what I guess would be some kind of backpack. It was tattered to no end. The thing was literally in shreds.

I decided to dump the contents out into the surrounding snow.

A sewing kit. Some parchment. Some ink. An inking set. Unmilled herbs. A hefty sum of gold. Dozens of tiny fuchsia shards that seemed to scream at me… as if there was something living inside them. Flasks. Scrolls. Spoiled food… The list could go on. But, at the bottom of the pile, something caught my immediate interest; a book.

The cover was in perfect condition, but the pages seemed like they just wanted to scatter out across the entire continent. I ran my hand over the sleek, black cover, feeling the embossed lettering in the bottom right hand corner. ‘Dissanya’, it read. What did that mean? ‘Dissanya’? Was that a phrase? A place? A name? If it was a name, was it mine?

I opened the book. Sketches. A lot of them.

I looked closely at the drawings. A black haired man wielding a bow. An extravagant wedding. A few with different groups of people. A man with a long ponytail grinning as he held a small child. That same small child over and over again by herself. A woman with a blonde ponytail and what appeared to be diamond earrings. Why did they seem so familiar? …I didn’t recognize any of the people drawn nor any of the surrounding backdrops.

Confused, I stuffed everything back into the bag. I didn’t like this feeling.

Where was I? Who was I? …What happened?