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Color is hell but I am here</div> <div> DawnUnicor: ok thats better</div> <div> DawnUnicor: thats much better</div> <div> Docportal: Sorry for the problems with the monitor. It color is just a little off the of the old one.</div> <div> FinLongham: Now Dawn looks like a green and you doc look like a dark purple.</div> <div> FinLongham: BTW I am here</div> <div> Missiledine: so I see... but I don't see green...</div> <div> DawnUnicor: it s blue on mine</div> <div> Docportal: Both Mine and Dawns are blue now. At lest on mine system</div> <div> DawnUnicor: yours is purple</div> <div> FinLongham: Who?</div> <div> DawnUnicor: doc</div> <div> Missiledine: let me open some files and we are good to go</div> <div> Docportal: Oh that is great. Well is it ok do I need to change it?</div> <div> DawnUnicor: ok</div> <div> DawnUnicor: no</div> <div> DawnUnicor: brb</div> <div> Docportal: ok</div> <div> DawnUnicor: back</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... when we parted, Rolb was searching around underwater for something and swearing a lot... The second boat was slowly</div> <div> sinking and there are no more skeletons visible at the moment</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren climbs over and down.</div> <div> FinLongham: Pull the second boat ashore</div> <div> Missiledine: the mud is thick and deep, standing on the shore is almost impossible as you immediately start to sink</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will help Rolb look for his sword</div> <div> Docportal: <Non tell me about it.></div> <div> DawnUnicor: i have my sword ready in my hand</div> <div> FinLongham: <May I ask you dawn What the huck you are doing?></div> <div> Missiledine: Every time Rolb surfaces he seems to be getting angrier</div> <div> DawnUnicor: <neaver mind></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren starts a pattern searchcircling first, then moving in.</div> <div> FinLongham: Still try to get the boat on the mud so it dose not sink in to deep.</div> <div> Missiledine: Finally, after about ten minutes searching, Rolb comes up with it.... Growling something under his breath he goes back to the first</div> <div> boat</div> <div> FinLongham: <test></div> <div> Missiledine: <Your good></div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren takes a look at the second boat</div> <div> Missiledine: There are several splintered holes punched through the bottom near the keel</div> <div> Dukejr01: Can it be patched?</div> <div> Missiledine: Possibly, with the right tools and materials</div> <div> Dukejr01: which we don't have....</div> <div> Missiledine: It might still leak a bit, but it would be manageable</div> <div> Dukejr01: can we all fit in the first boat?</div> <div> Missiledine: Well.... Now that you mention it</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. well lets stash this boat behind a tree or something.</div> <div> FinLongham: All in my boat.</div> <div> Docportal: I will pull the fish net from the other boat.</div> <div> DawnUnicor: i try to help</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> DawnUnicor has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: lets get moving</div> <div> Missiledine: You are able to push it into a large clump of dead reeds, its the best you can do without dragging it across the mud</div> <div> Missiledine: You shift everything to the remaining boat, its cramped but workable, and set off again</div> <div> FinLongham: <I am capten of this here boat and when I say jump you ask how high.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <ha ha></div> <div> Docportal: <Sure></div> <div> Missiledine: You continue along the channel for about a mile, then as you turn a bend you see that it opens up into a large lake... About half a mile</div> <div> across the water from where you are is an island.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Whoa! stop!</div> <div> Dukejr01: back off!</div> <div> Dukejr01: lets get behind some trees and take a look at the island</div> <div> Missiledine: You can see the top of a roof protruding from the trees and a makeshift dock to the right of that by the water</div> <div> Docportal: <WE are missing Dawn.></div> <div> Missiledine: you back paddle until you are back out of sight</div> <div> Missiledine: <I know></div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. Corren looks for a tree to climb so he can get a better look.</div> <div> Docportal: <ok></div> <div> Missiledine: <I won't kill her off till she gets back... YOU on the other hand...></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to stay hidden while he climbs.</div> <div> FinLongham: <Now I think I could used that life insurents about now></div> <div> Dukejr01: <insurgents?></div> <div> Missiledine: The ground around here is firmer, even has patches of dry earth and some sand</div> <div> FinLongham: <Sorry. Not sure how to spell it. The thing you buy and if you die your faimly gets money></div> <div> Dukejr01: <insurance></div> <div> FinLongham: <Yeah that></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren up a tree?</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, you find a nice connifer to climb</div> <div> DawnUnicor has entered the room.</div> <div> DawnUnicor: <im back></div> <div> Missiledine: looking across the lake you see the island and the dock quite plainly</div> <div> Dukejr01: Connifer good. lots of cover. corren tries not to shake the limb as he climbs</div> <div> Missiledine: <Welcome></div> <div> DawnUnicor: <thanks></div> <div> Missiledine: there are several row boats and dugouts tied to it... There is no one visible on it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren observes for several minutes. he counts the number of boats and notes the state of repair</div> <div> Missiledine: the roof that you can see appears to be made of clay tile... It is hard to see much else, there is a lot of vegitation on the island. The</div> <div> building seems to be 2 stories</div> <div> Dukejr01: any smoke or sounds?</div> <div> Docportal: <I need a boat or two myself></div> <div> Missiledine: The water edge has, what seems to be, a woven fence of briars and brambles right along the edge</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, there is a faint hint of smoke in the air, but it is light, as though the people responsible are being careful</div> <div> Missiledine: the dock is rather ramshackled looking, but it seems serviceble</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren climbs down after several minutes and aprises the party of what he saw and the smoke smell.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb grunts, "Two stories with a tiled roof? Dunno sound like an abandoned Kobold village ta meh."</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there any way to circle around the lake to look at the island from another direction?</div> <div> Missiledine: You can row around the lake</div> <div> Missiledine: Or you can try hoofing it through the undergrowth here</div> <div> Dukejr01: without being seen by fro mteh island?</div> <div> Missiledine: rowing? Not likely</div> <div> Dukejr01: "It might be an outlying camp. Think I should scout aroundthe lake a bit?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "That building? Part of an outlying camp? I bloody well don't want to see the main camp then! It'll be a bloodt citadel!"</div> <div> FinLongham: "Yeah you do that."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Elf, since yer so good at sneakin about the woods, why don't ye go the other way." Rolb suggests</div> <div> Docportal: "I am going to stay here if any one is going to scout. I want a the best chants to save all your butts"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grunts. "Maybe smugglers or something. Hell, I dunno. Can't be here without Sharkey knowing."</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "good point"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grins at Dawn. "Allright"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes... left</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will go with Corren</div> <div> FinLongham: "I guess I will take the woods"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren takes point.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id275.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Corren"><U><I><B>Corren</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Missiledine: Fin, you cross the channel and go around the other way... Everyone is walking</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn help me hid this boat. That way if someone comes in we are safer."</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "ok"</div> <div> FinLongham: ok what do I see?</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin, you get across and start off... The ground here is drier then it has been, the undergrowth back under the trees is thinner, up near</div> <div> the water it's much thicker</div> <div> Missiledine: The reeds along the water's edge, though winter kill are still taller then a man. To see over them you will need to climb or push</div> <div> through</div> <div> FinLongham: I will try to push through them</div> <div> Missiledine: The water the reeds grow in is very shallow, maybe ankle deep, so moving out to the edge to see is easy enough</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn you know if some one dose come we are dead, right. They will know some one is down here where they should not be."</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "i know"</div> <div> Docportal: Did we hide the boat?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, you can draw it into the reeds</div> <div> Docportal: ok that works. We will shut up now.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin, how far are you going around the lake before you look? Or, are you going to move along in the water?</div> <div> FinLongham: I want to be on the inside of the reeds I will go around about half way. Looking for signs of traps and other things.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok...Fin... You have gone perhaps a hundred yards along the edge of the water when your foot catches on something, a trip wire that</div> <div> you missed... From your right, back in the woods, there is a loud 'Snap' and a 'WHOOSH!" as </div> <div> Missiledine: something shoots upwards through the trees... </div> <div> Dukejr01: <way to go></div> <div> FinLongham: I hit the ground and roll to the left.</div> <div> Missiledine: You roll into the water, the cord in front of you jerks up out of the water and on the island you hear a bell ring</div> <div> FinLongham: <Ok Now where do I sign up to see GOD?></div> <div> Docportal: I try to look around to see if I can see anything going on</div> <div> Missiledine: peering through the reeds you can see the dock... There is a gap in the woven fence where the dock meets the shore and you can just</div> <div> make out someone standing there staring towards the shore</div> <div> Missiledine: It looks like someone in armor</div> <div> Docportal: What side is he on. The side Fin went or Corren?</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin. The dock is on your right as you look at the island, Corren went left</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I see the guy?</div> <div> Missiledine: the man retreats out of sight and a few minutes later you hear a gong ring out, once, twice, three times</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, you did see him</div> <div> FinLongham: Where did he retreat to?</div> <div> Missiledine: Back into the island, behind the woven fence of briars</div> <div> FinLongham: Then he will be a dead man at the end of this.</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn we have losted our ablilty to hit with out being know untill it is to late. I am going to fire ball that 2 story house."</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "what"</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "that will give us away "</div> <div> Dukejr01: <you don;t have a target></div> <div> Missiledine: <You can see the roof and the dock></div> <div> Docportal: <NM></div> <div> Missiledine: <NM?></div> <div> Dukejr01: <nevermind></div> <div> Docportal: <nevermind></div> <div> Missiledine: <right></div> <div> Docportal: I can hear bells. Yes/no</div> <div> Missiledine: you heard the first bell, then the three strikes of the gong</div> <div> FinLongham: I will try to move closer now.</div> <div> Missiledine: closer to what?</div> <div> FinLongham: to the island</div> <div> Missiledine: are you swimming out to it?</div> <div> FinLongham: <Oh> I clim back on shore slowly</div> <div> Docportal: <How hard is it to get oil? I have a great idea that would need oil></div> <div> Missiledine: <Out here in the swamp? HARD></div> <div> Docportal: <As a trade good. Oil for lamps such as what should be on the boats.></div> <div> Missiledine: its available</div> <div> Docportal: I look across the lake to see if I see any water moving.</div> <div> Missiledine: it looks pretty calm to you</div> <div> FinLongham: <I think I see your idea here but I can't help you></div> <div> DawnUnicor: i start to look around</div> <div> Missiledine: other then the boat, the reeds, the mud and the water, you don't see much at the moment. Do you explore the woods?</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin, what are you doing?</div> <div> DawnUnicor: nno</div> <div> FinLongham: I will look around in the woods. Then move closer to the docks</div> <div> Docportal: I tie my knifes to my arms and then take of most of my cothes off then get in the water swim towards the dock.</div> <div> Missiledine: Closer? You mean around the edge till your opposite, or out to the edge of the reeds to be closer that way, or both?</div> <div> FinLongham: both</div> <div> Missiledine: ok Doc, you work your way through the reeds and get into deeper water</div> <div> FinLongham: <ok I have set off stuff where is corren in all of this?></div> <div> Missiledine: Fin, you move up as close as you can get to the dock without leaving the reeds</div> <div> Missiledine: haven't seen him</div> <div> Dukejr01: <Corren and Rolb are not where you can see them. nor they you,. so I am being run separately></div> <div> FinLongham: Ok then why am I being runed in this?</div> <div> Missiledine: right now</div> <div> FinLongham: <nm></div> <div> FinLongham: I will look at the docks to see how many ships are there.</div> <div> Docportal: I will swim towards the boats that are docked</div> <div> Missiledine: You are up to the edge with a good view of the dock. You can see Fred worm his way through the mud and start swimming towards</div> <div> the island</div> <div> Missiledine: there are three large row boats and four dugouts</div> <div> Docportal: do any of them have lamps on them?</div> <div> FinLongham: Do any of the 4 have lamps?</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you are about seventy or eighty feet out from the reeds when you are grabbed from underwater and pulled down</div> <div> Missiledine: Longfellow, you see Fred go underwater</div> <div> Missiledine: not that you can see from here</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you have been grabbed by a skeleton</div> <div> Docportal: I will attack whatevey with my kifes</div> <div> Missiledine: It is dragging you towards the bottom which is thick mud and about twelve feet down</div> <div> Docportal: All out attack</div> <div> Missiledine: The skeleton is not making any effort to claw, bite or attack, it is just dragging you down in a tight embrace</div> <div> Docportal: I am try to get away form it.</div> <div> FinLongham: Do I see any movement?</div> <div> FinLongham: On the island</div> <div> Missiledine: Your first blow slams into the bony carcass, the second one glances off something and you loose your grip on trhe knife. Since it is</div> <div> tied off you will get it back after one round</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin: No, no movement</div> <div> Docportal: Attack again.</div> <div> Missiledine: you stab again and again, feeling the bones crunching under some blows, others seem to slip uselessly between the fleshless ribs</div> <div> Missiledine: Just as you feel as if your lungs are about to burst, the undead releases it's grip and you are free</div> <div> Docportal: I swim for the surfase.</div> <div> Missiledine: you surface, gasping for air!</div> <div> FinLongham: I look to the woods to see if there is anything moving.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you see Fred burst out of the water after a very long time!</div> <div> Missiledine: Nothing moving in the woods</div> <div> Docportal: I keep going for the boats.</div> <div> DawnUnicor: can i see fred?</div> <div> Missiledine: You swim on... after about fifty feet more, you are again grabbed from beneath and dragged under...</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I see any buildings? that would beable to see me if they had windows.</div> <div> Docportal: Attack again.</div> <div> Missiledine: You saw him break surface, swim on, then go under again</div> <div> DawnUnicor: i go were fred was and start to look and see if i can see him</div> <div> Missiledine: The two story building is tall enough, you don't see any windows though, because the trees are blocking the view</div> <div> Missiledine: he was almost 150 feet out from the reeds when he went under the second time</div> <div> Docportal: All out attack on the whatevery</div> <div> Missiledine: Again you stab and slash at the Skeleton holding you</div> <div> FinLongham: Are they any trees I could climb?</div> <div> Missiledine: back in the woods</div> <div> FinLongham: I will go to the first one and see if I can climb it.</div> <div> Docportal: <point Dawn would not be able to move the boat.></div> <div> FinLongham: First one as in closet to me now.</div> <div> DawnUnicor: <fine i will go back></div> <div> Docportal: Attack</div> <div> Missiledine: <I assumed that you were not in the boat Dawn></div> <div> Missiledine: Ok Doc, you are stabbing and stabbing.. The undead has you arond the waist and is digging in tight</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin. You climb a tree </div> <div> Docportal: Ok attack again all out.</div> <div> FinLongham: What can I see?</div> <div> DawnUnicor: <i was on the boat></div> <div> Missiledine: You are down in the mud now, the little bugger just dosen't want to quit!</div> <div> Docportal: I will try using my knife to sever the neck.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok, but Doc is right, you would need to drag the boat out of the reeds to go to him. It is possible, but will take some time. Do you do</div> <div> it?></div> <div> DawnUnicor: <im stay put></div> <div> Missiledine: Fin. You are looking over the woven wall of brambles and you see the near side of the two story house. There are windows on the</div> <div> second floor, four of them. Two are open and you can see people looking out them towards the shore </div> <div> Missiledine: in your general direction</div> <div> Missiledine: <ok Dawn></div> <div> FinLongham: <Too bad I don't have a crossbow right now. I could use it right about now></div> <div> Missiledine: Doc. You slash again and again.. You feel like your are starting to loose consciouasness when again the strength goes out of the</div> <div> skeleton and you are free</div> <div> Docportal: Swim for the surfase</div> <div> Missiledine: Again you break surface and suck in much needed air</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn: You hear Corren on the shore call, "Dawn, what are you doing there and why is Fred swimming toward the dock?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc, what are you doing?</div> <div> Docportal: I will swim for the boats.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: I hope it wasn't that loud. Corren was stage whispering.</div> <div> Missiledine: you swim on... You are maybe fifty feet from the island shore and a hundred feet from the dock, when you are pulled under yet again</div> <div> Missiledine: No one else heard you, that you can see</div> <div> Dukejr01: good</div> <div> Docportal: All out attack try to cut its head off.</div> <div> FinLongham: Is there anything going on now down at the boats?</div> <div> Missiledine: No, you don't see anyone around the boats</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at Rolb. "Shall I find he elf?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb waves you off. "Go ahead."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren heads right. watching for traps and looking for the elf's footie prints. he also stops to watch the trees frequently</div> <div> Missiledine: You will need to cross the channel</div> <div> FinLongham: At this hight can I see any more traps?</div> <div> Dukejr01: how wide is the channel and would crossing i be visable to the dock?</div> <div> Missiledine: its about fifteen to twenty feet between the reeds. And yes, you would be visible</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin. Looking down you can't see anything in the area around you that looks like a trap</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren stays put.</div> <div> Docportal: All out attack try to cut its head off.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Rolling></div> <div> Dukejr01: <minus 5 to attack the head, I think></div> <div> Docportal: <What about the neck></div> <div> Missiledine: Ok Doc, you get lucky and on your third attack manage to sever the skeletons head</div> <div> Docportal: Then I will swim on to the boats.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I see what is in the boats?</div> <div> Missiledine: From this distance and angle, no</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc. You swim the last bit to the boats. They are tied off bow first </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id276.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fred Bowman"><U><I><B>Fred Bowman</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> DawnUnicor: do i see him </div> <div> Missiledine: you can see his head above water again</div> <div> FinLongham: Is there any way I could tell what is in the boats?</div> <div> Missiledine: no</div> <div> DawnUnicor: i help fred to the boats</div> <div> Docportal: <Again I am at the dock out of your reach for now.></div> <div> Missiledine: <No Dawn, he is across the water></div> <div> DawnUnicor: <ok i got the message ></div> <div> FinLongham: Can I see fred?</div> <div> Missiledine: you see his head moving about the ends of the boats</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I see anything that would be a danger if we stormed the island?</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "corron did you see anything that would help?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren and Rolb are talking quietly. they are gesturing etc.</div> <div> Missiledine: You see Fred raise himself to look into a boat and he is hit by a crossbow bolt fired from cover </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wades out to the boat and slowly pulls it back in trying not to disturb the reeds.</div> <div> Docportal: <Boat was pulled in by dawn and I></div> <div> Dukejr01: <k. I thought it was not near shore></div> <div> Missiledine: the boat is in a thick clump of reeds</div> <div> Missiledine: it is a few yards out</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren gets it.</div> <div> Missiledine: You see that Fred has freed one of the rowboats and is trying to use it as a shield to retreat with</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I see where that bolt came from?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id277.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Long Fellow"><U><I><B>Long Fellow</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Missiledine: it seemed to come out of the wall near the dock entrance</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred. You are paddling your way back, clinging to the boat, bleeding into the water when... You are again grabbed from underneath</div> <div> Missiledine: Everyone sees Fred pulled under again, the boatr is now drifting</div> <div> Missiledine: you all hear the bell ring again on the island</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shakes his head and mutters.</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "what is that?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "The elf tripping another trap, I expect."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "now they know there are more than one"</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "thats all we need right now"</div> <div> Missiledine: some time passes, you don't see Fred resurface</div> <div> Missiledine: "What's left of us should wait till dark, there ain't enough of a diversion here."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods. We should portage the boat near one of the jump off points....</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb points, "Look there." You see the elf swimming out towards where Fred went under</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren sighs.</div> <div> Missiledine: you see the elf get pulled under</div> <div> Dukejr01: Move camp toward the nearest break in the reeds.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb sighs, "Almost time to go."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will start moving already. lets go left again since he knows where the traps are.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Do we keep pressing the attack? Or cut the ropes and head fer home?"Rolb asks</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I only saw three of them, even when the camp was aroused. I think we can take them."</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "sounds good"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "There might be more in the house since that is where the third guard went. This may be a chance to take some of them out while they are divided."</div> <div> Missiledine: You see the elf break surface</div> <div> Missiledine: "Divided eh?" Rolb muses. "Then we have to row hard and cross this pond before we are many minutes older."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grunts. "Attack now? not wait til night? their attenion is on the elf now."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, and pray the damn skeletons are concentrated on the Elf."</div> <div> Missiledine: <Who sent the Icon?></div> <div> DawnUnicor: <me></div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Okay. Corren and Rolb portage the boat toward the thin spot in the reeds</div> <div> Missiledine: You see the elf swimming towards the drifting boat, just short of it he is dragged under again</div> <div> Missiledine: You pull the boat through the last of the reeds, "Ready?" Rolb asks you both</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Get in Dawn, stay low."</div> <div> DawnUnicor: "ready"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is ready.</div> <div> Missiledine: With a great heave, you and Rolb start the boat across... Rowing hard you try and build up enough speed that the skeleton's can't stop</div> <div> you</div> <div> Dukejr01: yay</div> <div> Missiledine: several times you hear scraping and clawing from underneath and along the sides, but the undead fail to get a grip... The shore of the</div> <div> island is coming up fast... Where do you aim? The Dock or anywhere close?</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there a thin spot in the fence?</div> <div> Missiledine: it doesn't look particularly formidible as you close on it, it won't stop an axe attack</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. fence it is.</div> <div> Missiledine: the bow crunches into the mud and gravel of the shallows.... Rolb jumps out and starts to the fence... You hear shouts on the other side</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wails on the fence with his axe.</div> <div> Dukejr01: whales</div> <div> DawnUnicor: i use shield 2pts</div> <div> Missiledine: the woven branches shred away and you can push through the brambles, taking a lot of scratches on the way</div> <div> Missiledine: ok Dawn</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren ignores them he is in armour, he has his axe and shield</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes in first.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Damn, hang on, BRB.... Unless you want to quilt here?></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to gauge the number or the enemy by the number of voices</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I can keep playing> dunno about Dawn></div> <div> Missiledine: <Dawn?></div> <div> DawnUnicor: iv got to get up ealy in the moring </div> <div> Dukejr01: <k></div> <div> DawnUnicor: weell see you all next week</div> <div> Docportal: <Yap sure</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay</div> <div> Dukejr01: night</div> <div> DawnUnicor: goodnight</div> <div> DawnUnicor has left the room.</div> <div> Docportal: <Well this suck I am out of the game for now.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <yeah. sorry about your charactor. the restof us might not make it out of here either.></div> <div> Docportal: <Well there is a chants for you all to make it.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <Corren and Rolb are a tough pair. and Dawn is handy. if there are only a handful, we can take them. However, Sharkey might not be here.></div> <div> Docportal: <Well he better be there. After all that was my best character so fars as Jim knows. ></div> <div> Dukejr01: <if he is, it will be a rough fight.></div> <div> Docportal: <We know that going it. With out a mage that can fight at speed I don't think you will win. You might be right he not there.></div> <div> Missiledine: sorry</div> <div> Dukejr01: <snort. mages are not that tough. the question is how many guards he has></div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. well, we are wrapping up here?</div> <div> Missiledine: I think so</div> <div> Docportal: yeah</div> <div> FinLongham has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: night]</div> <div> Missiledine: night</div> <div> Docportal: night</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>