HF 044 Of Taeral and Hellmouths

[2/17/2017 8:17:08 PM] Josh: Ok.

[2/17/2017 8:17:27 PM] Josh: You travel by magic carpet.

[2/17/2017 8:17:36 PM] Josh: As...you have no other options.

[2/17/2017 8:17:51 PM] Josh: You get home.

[2/17/2017 8:17:56 PM] Josh: Everyone is asleep.

[2/17/2017 8:18:04 PM] \*\*\* Rune yawns. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:18:10 PM] Josh: ...except...noises are coming from the basement.

[2/17/2017 8:18:18 PM] \*\*\* Quill will go check it out. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:18:22 PM] Rune: ... what's... Oh dear.

[2/17/2017 8:18:31 PM] \*\*\* Rune heads down there. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:19:11 PM] Josh: You see Taeral working with something bubbling at a small desk.  He has also set up his staff (his former home), but the portal.

[2/17/2017 8:19:19 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Ah, good, you're all back."

[2/17/2017 8:19:32 PM] Quill: Anything interesting happen while we were away?

[2/17/2017 8:19:44 PM] Rune: ... what are you going to do with the staff?

[2/17/2017 8:20:02 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Hank stopped by.  He seems to be doing much better.  I am...testing something with my staff."

[2/17/2017 8:20:16 PM] Rune: I'm still upset with Hank. He's in the morgue.

[2/17/2017 8:20:23 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Rune, come here, you should learn about this."

[2/17/2017 8:20:30 PM] Rune: Oh, did he apologize?

[2/17/2017 8:20:39 PM] \*\*\* Rune does. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:20:40 PM] Josh: Taeral: "He did."

[2/17/2017 8:20:58 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Very sincerely too.  See?  Bit of sleep, all he needed, I think."

[2/17/2017 8:21:16 PM] Rune: Oh! Then I'm not upset with him. ...people can get funny without sleep.

[2/17/2017 8:21:31 PM] Quill: Sleep is weird.

[2/17/2017 8:21:52 PM] Josh: Taeral: "What do you know of the planes, and how they are connected?"

[2/17/2017 8:22:35 PM] Rune: Not much, really.

[2/17/2017 8:23:11 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Ok.  Up 'til now, we have assumed this portal to be a sort of...teleportation circle to another plane of sorts, yes?"

[2/17/2017 8:23:22 PM] Rune: Yes.

[2/17/2017 8:23:50 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Most of those function like a doorway, with only two sides and nothing inbetween."

[2/17/2017 8:24:04 PM] Josh: Taeral: "After some study...I think this is more...interesting."

[2/17/2017 8:24:31 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Picture, if you will, a series of papers all on top of each other."

[2/17/2017 8:24:31 PM] Rune: How so?

[2/17/2017 8:24:42 PM] \*\*\* Rune nods. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:25:26 PM] Josh: Taeral: "And then, I take a quill and I pierce all the papers, from top to bottom."

[2/17/2017 8:25:53 PM] Rune: It's a hole?

[2/17/2017 8:25:59 PM] Quill: ...no comment.

[2/17/2017 8:26:08 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Yes.  That's what I think."

[2/17/2017 8:26:13 PM] \*\*\* Rune blushes blue. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:26:19 PM] Quill: So it really is a hell mouth.

[2/17/2017 8:27:24 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Yes...and while we can travel down it...I became somewhat concerned about what could come up."

[2/17/2017 8:27:28 PM] Josh: Taeral: "SO!"

[2/17/2017 8:27:45 PM] Rune: ... that is somewhat concerning.

[2/17/2017 8:28:15 PM] Josh: Taeral: "I left a trap...I think."

[2/17/2017 8:28:41 PM] Josh: Taeral: "The orb on this staff was able to hold my soul and one spell."

[2/17/2017 8:28:42 PM] Rune: .... you think?

[2/17/2017 8:29:08 PM] Josh: Taeral: "That is a massive amount of power, and, with it empty now...it is a massive vacuum."

[2/17/2017 8:29:53 PM] Josh: Taeral: "So...I have tried to lay wards around the hole so, if anything bad comes up...it will go into the staff."

[2/17/2017 8:29:55 PM] Rune: Oh! I see. ... I hope we don't have to catch anything.

[2/17/2017 8:30:07 PM] Rune: That's clever.

[2/17/2017 8:30:16 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Yes, I am not sure what step two would be if we catch something."

[2/17/2017 8:30:32 PM] Rune: Find out what we caught, I assume.

[2/17/2017 8:30:47 PM] Josh: Taeral blushes.  "Thank you, apprentice.  If you are free tomorrow, I should begin teaching you some things."

[2/17/2017 8:31:12 PM] Quill: We fought three dragons tonight.

[2/17/2017 8:31:12 PM] Josh: Taeral: "I am, after all, your teacher."

[2/17/2017 8:31:18 PM] Quill: We need rest.

[2/17/2017 8:31:48 PM] Rune: Of course. I'll make time. After all, the murder is mostly done now.

[2/17/2017 8:31:56 PM] Quill: ...maybe.

[2/17/2017 8:32:02 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Oh, that's good...maybe."

[2/17/2017 8:32:23 PM] \*\*\* Rune stifles a yawn. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:32:29 PM] Josh: Taeral: "...if everyone's going to bed, I should probably meditate, myself."

[2/17/2017 8:33:31 PM] Quill: Probably a good idea.

[2/17/2017 8:33:45 PM] Josh: Taeral gives Rune a slight hug.

[2/17/2017 8:33:54 PM] Josh: And he waves goodnight to Quill.

[2/17/2017 8:33:55 PM] Rune: Probably. If you're ever lonely you can come up, you know. I'm sure Quill doesn't mind.

[2/17/2017 8:34:12 PM] \*\*\* Rune hugs back! Not slightly. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:34:21 PM] Quill: Maybe knock first!  But otherwise yeah.

[2/17/2017 8:34:51 PM] Josh: Taeral: "I think it's better I stay down here.  If something does come up, I'd rather know if the trap catches it immediately."

[2/17/2017 8:35:12 PM] \*\*\* Rune nods. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:35:33 PM] Rune: Bother, I forgot to tell Creed about the Hell mouth.

[2/17/2017 8:35:52 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Um...maybe...not tell her...so much."

[2/17/2017 8:36:17 PM] Rune: ... another thing to do tomorrow. And visiting Vorel and talking to Jarqin.

[2/17/2017 8:36:32 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Gods only know how stable this is, and if she decides it's her ticket home..."

[2/17/2017 8:36:37 PM] Rune: I have to. She's a friend.

[2/17/2017 8:36:41 PM] Rune: And a coworker.

[2/17/2017 8:37:02 PM] Quill: She's not that foolish to step into an untested hellmouth.

[2/17/2017 8:37:15 PM] Rune: ... she did, though.

[2/17/2017 8:37:27 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Yeah, that's kind of what I'm saying."

[2/17/2017 8:37:51 PM] Rune: Still, we can't keep something like this from her, it wouldn't be right.

[2/17/2017 8:37:58 PM] \*\*\* Rune stifles another yawn. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:38:15 PM] Quill: Well, once she knows more about it, she might exercise restraint.  Anyway, yeah.  Long day.

[2/17/2017 8:38:18 PM] Quill: Three dragons.

[2/17/2017 8:38:40 PM] Josh: Waldo: "Four with the baby."

[2/17/2017 8:38:40 PM] Rune: Goodnight,  Taeral! ... be careful.

[2/17/2017 8:38:52 PM] Quill: And I got to glimpse the veil between this world and the next, and I'm trying super hard not to think about that.

[2/17/2017 8:38:55 PM] Josh: Waldo: "And I spent the whole time IN A POCKET!"

[2/17/2017 8:39:03 PM] Rune: Well, we didn't fight him.

[2/17/2017 8:40:05 PM] \*\*\* Rune takes Quill's hand. \*\*\*

[2/17/2017 8:40:20 PM] Quill: Anyway!  Bed.  See you tomorrow, Taeral.

[2/17/2017 8:40:58 PM] Josh: Taeral waves goodnight.

[2/17/2017 8:41:14 PM] \*\*\* Rune heads upstairs with her beau! \*\*\*