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(indistinct yelling).....
(thud, crash)
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(steps heard walking away)
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Ouch, man! Ok, Ok, suddenly the barge that had been given to them by the water demons reappears on the bank of the river outside the gates of Oldajon... Is that bleeding? oh, wait, it just hurts, but ouch, though! (clears throat)
Anyway, as soon as our party walks a few yards into Oldajon, they notice right off that this town is vastly more populated than the other towns they've visited in this prefecture. Oldajon has more open taverns and shops, and there are plenty of townspeople moving about. The sun has set, and the town's obviously-thriving nightlife becomes apparent.
After visting several shops at random, the group decides to check out a mysterious-looking establishment near the city gates, which has no insignia illustrating what type of place it may be. The shop is rather small so our party looks like a gangbanging posse looking for trouble as they enter the joint. Inside there is an older-looking man with a cloak over his head making it hard to see his face, sitting behind a counter surrounded by tons of books, maps, potions, and medicines. It seems as though this man is running some type of underground operation and is not officially advestising his business to the public. The shopkeep was going over some blueprints and maps when he notices that our 11-membered party has walked in.
Shopkeep: "Good evening, visitors. What do you seek?"
The shopkeep seems good-natured so the party decides to be somewhat open with him.
THRAX: "We are just wandering around checking out the town. We come bringing no trouble. We are simply making the best of our time here in Oldajon. We are meeting someone in this town relatively soon."
Shopkeep: "Is that so? Well, I am this town's go-to guy for illnesses and ailments and what-not so whatever you need, I might be able to provide for you."
The party continues to size up the man and ultimately senses an aura of goodness coming from him.
Ali: "We do seek some supplies for we are likely to encounter many shifty individuals along the way."
Shopkeep: "Wait a tic, here. Let's look at the facts here: rather large group made up of an extremely eclectic variety of people seeking supplies for some vague ghastly encounters. The group of you must be here on your way to Tanchi City fighting for the cause of all that is good or whatever. Were you sent here by the forces from the Mountain Castle?"
The party is not too surprised that he arrived at the conclusion, rather still, the party is hesitant to be fully open with the somewhat strange man.
Ali: "Close enough. We are on a mission endorsed by King Midus to prevent upheavel in Tanchi City."
Shopkeep (as he hops over the counter): "Then Balthisar is glad to greet ya! Balthisar of the Quartz Talon is the name. Anything I can do for anyone opposing the Periande, you can sure bet I'll do it! I am the apothecary of this town. What do you want? I have tons of items!"
The party looks at the list of items he has and notices that he carries ALLY DOWN.
THRAX: "Oh, shit, you have ALLY DOWN? Thats cool. Now we can go revive Chris's corpse near the river."
As (some of) the party rejoices for a minute knowing the imminence of CHRIS's return, Balthisar interrupts the little rejoicing action by saying, "I'm sorry, but that item is not for sale."
Evan: "Oh, golly. Why not?"
Balthisar: "The biological chemical process is incomplete on that particular item, thus making the item ineffective."
Evan: "Poot. DAMN!"
AXEM: "It's not that big of a deal, Evan, I mean, we tried, but it looks like Chris may be gone forever. Besides, why do you care so much anyway?"
Evan: "Look, you, I'm here, too, and we should have his water expertise here to save your sorry patoots."
THRAX, TRITHAL, and AXEM all wanted to smack the shit out of this gender-bending character for trying to even hint at the fact that CHRIS is that vital to the party, but Ali butted in, "Evan, we will be fine. Just chill out. Trithal already raised a blunt in honor of Chris earlier on the barge so it is obvious that they would do anything to bring him back."
As the Balthisar is selling the party some much needed HP and SP potions and other random items, he decides to make the judgement if Ali is right and queries their stats.
Balthisar: "With just the five of you as 'playable characters', you are all nowhere near where you need to be to put up a fight in Tanchi City."
Balthisar fully invites the party into his domicile, and like most allies the party meets in towns, he treats them to a hot meal. During said meal, plenty of conversation amongst the party and Balthisar ensues. The party told Balthisar in great detail who they are to Midus and their position and in the process, most of the important details of their mission were divulged.
TRITHAL: "...So here we are in Oldajon for a day or so waiting on the bandits we told you about."
Balthisar: "Ah, I see. And what do you plan to do until then?"
TRITHAL: "I dunno. Smoke a jay behind the see-saw or something."
Ali smacks TRITHAL on the shoulder.
Ali: "We plan to simply lay low and shore up our tolerances."
Balthisar: "Well, if you are looking for something to do....I kinda have a little task that needs doing."
Palledoris: "...what kind of a task?"
Balthisar: "The thing is, most of my items are incomplete. There is a rare astringent in a downhill cave tucked to the side of Oldajon. My business suffers due to my incomplete experiments so it comes to my attention that I need to retrieve this rare vial of astringent. I am so busy suppling the town that I just don't have time to retrieve it. So since you people don't have much to do for a day, then this may be the thing to keep you in the mindset of opposing a civil war. And I am told that there are monsters in the cave, and I feel a little journeying like that might get you some more experience...and maybe make you more powerful in the process."
Anri: "We are not interested in that. Ali has it right the first time. We should be laying low and relaxing."
THRAX: "Well, I am all for it because fighting some monsters is just what I need right now. I need the practice...(under his breath) so that fag-boy won't have better stats than me."
Anri: "I think it is an excellent idea."
Evan: "Hold up, Anri, you said that Ali's plan was better."
TRITHAL (aside to Evan): "Evan, haven't you been paying attention? These chicks will do anything Thrax does. They follow him around like Chris does."
And with that, the party unanimously agrees to the side-mission since they have nothing better to do while they wait for the bandits.
Balthisar: "Then it is settled. I thank you for accepting this mission."
The hour is growing late so the majority of the party decides to go in search of safe quarter within the town so they can get some rest for their little side-quest. Balthisar arranges it with the owner of a nearby Inn so that they will be able to rest up for free, seeing as how the party is helping him out with the finding of the rare vial.
Once they make it to the Inn, the Innkeeper makes the observation that while he is happy to grant the favor to Balthisar, he is unable to simply hand out 11 rooms. He has 5 available rooms to dole out for the cost of nothing to the party. The party makes a concession or two, and agrees that they will take the rooms and share them. This is a VERY VERY diverse group of people so it took several minutes before they agreed on who would share what room with whom: THRAX & TRITHAL in one room; Ali & Evan in another; Palledoris, Aelle, Anri in another; Alys, Danika and Rishna in another, and AXEM in the last room. AXEM used some of his winnings at the competition and slipped the innkeeper some money so as to have his own room. The rest of the party isn't sure why AXEM was so insistant on having his own room, but they're really not concerned enough about it to give it a second thought.
When the party walks upstairs to the floor with the rooms, they notice that the 5 rooms happened to be side by side on the right. Ali and Evan chose the room closest to the bank of stairs. Palledoris, Aelle, and Anri chose the next one; Alys, Danika, and Rishna chose the following one; and TRITHAL and THRAX's was next after theirs. At the very end of the hall was AXEM's room.
Once they got to their assigned rooms they dropped their belongings and had begun to settle down. AXEM, however, had other plans. He goes in his room just to look around for a few seconds, change his clothes, then walks right back out... making his way next door to THRAX and TRITHAL's room.
AXEM (as he is knocking): "Hello. Anybody home?"
AXEM doesn't wait for them to get up and let him in or tell him to come in so he opens the door and lets himself in.
AXEM: "What do you guys think? Isn't this stomp?"
A very suave looking AXEM looks over to see that TRITHAL is already mostly undressed and under the covers in his bed, and THRAX is just casually sitting on his bed reading some book.
TRITHAL: "What are you so ecstatic about and why are you all dressed-up??"
AXEM: "First answer my question: why the hell are you already crashing?"
TRITHAL rolls overs his side to face AXEM and says, "We have a pretty decently-sized journey/job ahead of us tomorrow. I suggest that we all get a good night's rest."
AXEM: "Pssh. Fuck that. I need to let loose. We've been journeying and fighting and bullshitting for several days now not having fun. I need to have some sort-of fun after all that has happened."
TRITHAL: "I disagree. The last thing we need right now is distractions. We need to stay focused."
AXEM: "Fuck that. I am gonna leave this Inn and search the town for a rambunctious tavern in which to get wasted. And I was gonna ask you two if you two wanted to join me..."
TRITHAL: "Well, I'm not interested."
THRAX: "...uh, actually, that sounds more along the lines of what I was thinking. I am way too wired to go to sleep."
After several minutes of more arguing, AXEM ends up not listening to TRITHAL and he and THRAX leave TRITHAL behind in the room. AXEM believes that TRITHAL can be a wet blanket in his own way. As the two are walking down the hall to head downstairs, THRAX notices that AXEM has left his side. He turns to his side and notices AXEM darting over in the direction of the 2 rooms where the Saibot Clan is staying.
THRAX: "What are you doing?"
AXEM: "I was gonna ask the girls if they wanted to come along...you know, to show them a good time....I think they need to let loose, also."
THRAX: "Oh, ok, yeah, 'show them a good time', right."
THRAX asks them if they wanna accompany him and his friend AXEM to sample the local booze. They agree since they worship THRAX. AXEM and THRAX allow them a breif moment to change. The Saibot Clan walks out of their rooms looking totally hot. AXEM walks down the hall with THRAX and the Saibot Clan. The eight of them, dressed very appropriately for the occasion, go to Ali and Evan's room to ask if they wanted to come along. They seemed to agree with TRITHAL's mode of thinking, in that an early night's rest is essential for their little quest tomorrow. The eight of them leave Evan and Ali's room and depart down the stairs and out of the Inn.
AXEM, THRAX, and the Saibot Clan search the town to find a lively tavern. THRAX has a sixth sense for finding a decadent place suitable for upheavel so they find one in no time. The tavern they found, called the Bleeding Thorn, is filled to capacity, and then some with lots of music, dancing, and a good deal of laughter. The group finds a table and AXEM orders everyone a round of drinks. The tavern patron brings them a jug of the tavern's strongest ale. AXEM stands up.
AXEM: "I wanna make a toast. To Thrax for finding this very nice group of Thrax worshippers."
As Palledoris takes her drink, she sees right through AXEM and realizes what he has up his sleeve. AXEM has been having his eye on all of the chicks, particularly the younger ones so he works his game on Alys, Danika, and Rishna. While all of the 6 goth chicks have fun regardless, they try not to be affected by AXEM's pheromones. After AXEM is unsuccessful in getting in Alys and Danika's pants, he works his game on Rishna. It wasn't too long after he started paying attention to her that she became very smitten with AXEM. AXEM assumes that because of their ages, the older 5 chicks weren't very susceptable to AXEM's charms. Rishna on the other hand, was very inpressionable and innocent with her hot jailbait ass. THRAX shakes his head as it is made clear that he was right about what AXEM was trying to do.
THRAX notices an enchanting young woman, well past drunk, dancing on a table near the center of the main hall. THRAX quickly excuses himself from the group and darts on over. AXEM sees that their jug of ale has gotten pretty low and heads to the bar for a refill. The elder Sabotian Wizards decide that this is the perfect moment to converse about what has been going on.
Palledoris: "Are you seriously falling for Axem?"
Rishna (acting all coy and giggly): "Maybe."
Anri: "Would you snap out of it? He has mutant pheromones and that is why he is so charismatic and desirable."
Aelle: "Yeah, it is even hard for us to try and resist his charms."
Danika: "Yeah, tell me about it."
Alys: "I'll admit I like him, too."
Danika: "Yeah, I am not saying I have a problem with him. You just need to have your gaurd up with this guy. He is too influencing."
Rishna (with a dreamy look in her eyes): "No, it's not that. He is just so smooth and sexy."
Palledoris: "For the love of Xanatos, Rishna, quit acting like a horny school girl! Aside from the fact that he's eight years older than you, he's the wrong kinda guy to get tangled up with!"
Due to the fact that these are no ordinary girls, most of them were experienced and crafted enough in magic to determine that AXEM has a power over females that should not be underestimated. Rishna gets the others to shut up by telling them she will be on guard. AXEM soon returns with the now, over-full jug. Within a half-hour, it is like the six never had that conversation because Rishna is more smitten with AXEM then ever.
After several hours of debauchery and boozing from everyone, the 8 decide to call it a night. Everyone in the non-pussy-ass group, the group that didn't go to bed early, were all in various stages of drunkeness ranging from the only partial buzzed Palledoris to the extremely FUBAR AXEM. They carefully head over to the Inn and make their way up their rooms.
Rishna (stopping short of walking into her room): "You guys go ahead....I'll meet you in the room later....Axem wants to....show me something. We just wanna hang out a little while longer."
Her roommates, Danika and Alys, roll their eyes and as they see where this is going. The 6 female members of this group of the Saibot Clan look out for each other and all, but allow each other to make their own decisions so the other 5 don't do much to stop Rishna. THRAX is walking with AXEM and Rishna to their room. AXEM is thoroughly wasted by this time. They stop near AXEM's door.
THRAX: "Ok, we should probably get up fairly early tomorrow so don't stay up too late."
AXEM: "No, we won't. We just wanted to be alone and talk and stuff..."
Rishna: "Yeah, we wanna get to know each other."
THRAX knows what they are gonna do, and is mature enough not to act like a blushing retard. So he plays it cool like they aren't doing a bad job of keeping it on the down-low.
THRAX: "Ok, have fun."
THRAX walks away to his room. He enters in his room and closes the door. At the exact second all of this is going on, Ali is softly walking up the stairs to her room. The staircase ascends upward lining up perfectly to the hallway. As she becomes eye level with the floor, she sees AXEM and Rishna holding hands, and AXEM slyly escorting her in his room. She stops walking and walks backward enough steps to appear out of sight but yet still enabling her to see what AXEM is doing. After the two go into the room, their door then closes. She shakes her head in disgust as it is made obvious that Rishna allowed herself to be succumbed by that swinging gigolo, AXEM. Ali suddenly is hit with a chilling sense of deja-vu. A vision in her mind accompanies this feeling. Ali sees an image in her mind of an unidentified man with a good thin build, and short spikey hair holding the hand of a very attractive female. The female looks, oddly enough, like a slightly altered de-aged version of Ali. The man escorts her in a room and closes the door. Ali is then brought back to reality as she sees what is literally in front of her. She doesn't remember where that image came from whether it was from a dream or a past event. The only thought in her mind is that AXEM is officially logged out of her mind as a friend....because she feels there may be some truth to what AXEM said to her in epidode 36. She believes that there IS something familiar about her from AXEM's past. Something treacherous from AXEM's past. Very creeped out, she hurries up to her room and dozes right off trying to forget the moment.
Meanwhile in THRAX and TRITHAL's room, THRAX is trying real hard to be as quiet as he can, knowing that TRITHAL is a very light sleeper. Nonetheless THRAX very easily and unintentionally wakes TRITHAL. TRITHAL turns on a very dim illuminating light bright enough to see where THRAX is standing in the room. He groggily utters, "Did you have fun?"
THRAX: "Not as much fun as Axem had."
TRITHAL: "Really?"
THRAX: "Dude, Rishna is in his room right now."
TRITHAL: "Aww....damn him. Why won't any girls fuck me?"
THRAX undressed himself suitable for sleep and crawled in his bed. After all that drinking, THRAX was quite beat so it was very easy for him to doze off. THRAX is staring at the ceiling and his eyes slowly close to darkness. TRITHAL's voice is heard, and THRAX opens his eyes to see the ceiling again.
TRITHAL (staring blankly into the ceiling in an almost-hypmotized voice): "Axem is over there fucking Rishna right now. He is so lucky."
THRAX (quietly): "...yeah."
TRITHAL: "He is fucking her senseless right now. That sucks, man. I wanna fuck a hottie."
THRAX (quietly again): "...yeah."
THRAX manages to doze off quite often all the while TRITHAL, thinking THRAX was awake the whole time to hear him talking, goes on and on about the fact that Rishna is with AXEM right now. Some very faint moaning is heard in the room over as TRITHAL continues to talk. THRAX shakes his head underneath his covers wishing TRITHAL would shut up. TRITHAL eventually gets tired and everybody falls asleep. Unfortuanately for AXEM, he and Rishna were up for several hours passed that time. After they finally finished having their 4 hour romp, Rishna snuck out of AXEM's room in the middle of the night to join Danika and Alys in their room. And they're spent....
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