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Shuistliel "Ask and ye shall receive," Shuistliel says ruefully, shaking his head. "Now we are under time pressure, and splitting the group is mandatory, I'm afraid. I don't think Xanah and I could get you two back in on the same day, at least not as things stand. "Can we take our bug to the other bug and see if there's any evidence? Or if we can also control that bug, which would make moving about more efficient, to say the least?" He wasn't suggesting stealing the other bug, was he? Or was he? "Can you ask the corvids if they know what happened to the ones who arrived on the other bug, Miss Ainsworth?" he asked Felicia. He shook his head. They were trying to narrow down things, and now more variables had charged onto the scene. He knew that eventually, they'd start pruning off these extra branches, but they were getting in the way at the moment. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Develop a Bond: Shuistliel has also realized that it's past time he tried talking to the one whose home he dwells in. Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 7/7 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 3/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel Shuistliel says, "Is time such a pressure that we have to split up? We have a fast mount until sundown, and now that we've fought that thing, the enemy -- whoever they are -- might be aware of us. I'd rather face reprisals as a quartet than a pair!" He tosses his head and adds, "I can see the utility of trying to stay ahead of them, which not splitting up might cause, but I really don't like putting both groups in more peril." He collects his axe from where he laid it beside him, comes to his feet and signals that he's ready to go. "If the rest of you think splitting up is best, then I'm game; just wanted to state the danger of it." He bows to the one who was important to the corvids, trying to make up for ignoring the being earlier. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Develop a Bond: Shuistliel has also realized that it's past time he tried talking to the one whose home he dwells in. Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 7/7 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 3/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel Shuistliel is a little embarrassed that he'd basically ignored a noble member of the corvid group, but other than a slight uncomfortable shift in posture, he doesn't say anything. Having a senior Vancian owe him and Xanah a favor or two (or more, depending on how hard it is to deal with the name situation) would be a tremendously good thing. One did not advance in the Order without patrons! He sets to cleaning the ichor off of the axe as he watches the interplay between the being they'd revealed within the usurper. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Develop a Bond: Shuistliel has also realized that it's past time he tried talking to the one whose home he dwells in. Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 7/7 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 3/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel Liel takes a few minutes to rest and think about what's happened, and to study the raven being that has now been revealed. Nameless like the one whose home he lives in, obviously, since he can't even hang a working title on the creature. He grunts in acknowledgement when Aldrion speaks around the Truespider's lack of a name, thinking that their next port of call should be the totally enwebbed house in their neighborhood. He watched the Maker gathering things from the wreckage, wondering what use the bits of almost-nothing were and deciding he'd have to ask her. "Trying to track this thing's corruption is a good idea," Shuistliel says, having noted the sense of corruption as well; not surprising, as it was a chokingly obvious sensation. "Not quite sure how to get started on that." Then Aldrion suggests they return to the spider-dominated Cascades, and he perks up. "We chose to come up here first, because the time on talking to the corvids was potentially running out," he says, "Now, we need to go back to the Cascades and the house that got totally enwebbed. I still have the ephemera we might use to seal it back closed behind us, and I also have a mask that we can use to get a single true answer out of." He doesn't explain how the second piece works OOC: spent the 10 minute rest for the day to reset Sorcery pool and 1 1-round rest for Sortilege. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Develop a Bond: Shuistliel has also realized that it's past time he tried talking to the one whose home he dwells in. Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 7/7 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 3/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel Seeing the Serpent's bite strike home was immensely gratifying, but seeing the horrible thing that Ainsworth had become about to strike was almost as much so. Positioning himself to flank the creature, he swung the combat axe at the creature, seeking to finish it off -- and hopefully, free anything still trapped inside, but he didn't know much about that sort of magic and no one had answered him as to what their opponent was. "This is getting to be the last chance you'll ever have to tell us what you know," he warned the thing as he raised the axe high. He was angry enough about the being in whose house he dwelt losing its name that he really didn't care that much if it surrendered or if they destroyed it. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 2/4 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 1/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

That was immensely satisfying, oh GM :-)

Shuistliel Shuistliel landed lithely on his feet and asked, "Guys? Anyone know what it is?" He quickly closed the distance to the thing, getting to just within ten feet, and then concentrated on his bond with Serpent and expended the power needed to make the Forte power manifest. His eyes became vertical slits as he pointed at the creature and unleashed his power. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 0/4 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 1/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel "Oh, shit," Shuistliel said, and called upon his link to the mysterious being that had so recently admonished him. The venom probably wouldn't kill the thing, but it should make it harder for it to do anything to the corvids or to the group. Hoping he doesn't turn an ankle, he drops the fifteen feet to the space below, gripping the axe carefully. He hoped it would be preparing for a physical assault and not the bite it would soon be feeling. "Does one of you know what the hell this thing is, by the way?" Liel called out as he jumped. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 2/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 2/4 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 1/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel Something about the demon was familar -- plus it nudged the axe toward him -- and a quick count of the Vislae in his group led Shuistliel to say, "Thank you, Ms. Ainsworth. I assume you were trying to rouse me, and that's very much appreciated; I think it was trying to kill me, or at least my mind, and while I got myself out of the dream, your efforts were undoubtedly helpful." Standing now, with the axe in one hand and his cobra-topped cane in the other, he looked at the creature that tried to -- what? absorb him? he wasn't sure -- harm him, anyway. Addressing it now, he says, "As my friend says, you really need to talk to us and explain what you know. You're not only in danger from us, but the multitude outside who would love to peck you to death and devour what's left. If you're helpful and useful, we might agree to escort you out so you can get away. "But since you just tried to eat me," the Vancian continued, "you're going to have to be really helpful." He produces the mask the others saw earlier. "This little trinket will whisper in my ear if you lie, so truthful is your very highest priority if you want to survive." The group knows that this is not what Liel described the mask as doing, at least directly. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 3/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 2/4 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 1/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour

Shuistliel The Vancian's eyes snap open and he looks up at the demonic thing now holding his shoulder in its claws. This was hardly Liel's first demon, and although it had a tight grip on him, it hadn't drawn blood, and the nest-dweller seemed to not appreciate its occupation of its nest, any more than it liked Liel's own intrusion. "I'd appreciate it if you'd release my shoulder," the man says coolly, his hand reaching sideways to where the matte black-handled combat axe had fallen. The axe was a feint; if it didn't let go of him, he was going to invoke the Bite of the Serpent and see how it liked being envenomated. NEW! Character Arcs Develop a Bond: Shuistliel realizes he has too few friends, and would like to expand his circle of true friends. Solve a Mystery: There's a ton of questions surrounding the webbing of his neighborhood and the swirl of angry birds aloft, and Shuistliel wants answers to all of them. And he can handle the truth! Description Shuistliel is a very handsome man with long silver hair and green eyes the color of fine emeralds. He is dressed as he usually is, in a nice suit, jacket, and pants, and he has his usual snake-headed cane along. He moves quite agilely, like a dancer, perhaps. What's unusual this morning is the black survival combat axe carried in one hand while the cane is tucked under an arm. Pools Certes Accuracy: 3/3 Movement: 3/3 Physicality: 2/2 Perception: 3/3 Qualia Sorcery: 2/4 Interaction: 2/3 Intellect: 3/3 Sortilege: 1/3 Hidden Knowledge: 10 Injuries: Wounds: Anguish: Rests: 1 round, 1 round, 10 minutes, 1 hour