[Crows-Nest] PerrySimm says, "Now, log on."
Young_Igor asks, "why do we need a new cannel?"
Young_Igor says, "#rpg and #crows should cover us"
[Crows-Nest] schep says, "considering his last login was 1999, temporarily @naming him would probably be okay."
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "eh, I'll stay Young_Igor"
Alexandro has arrived.
Ghogg says, "We need an Alexandro"
Alexandro says, "yarr"
Ghogg says, "Oh, there we go"
Ghogg says, "Gang's all here."
Alexandro says, "I mean, er, ahoy"
Alexandro says, "no, wait, that's wrong too"
Ghogg says, "I think in Discworld you can say whatever you want."
Lemny says, "Hmm. Be right back."
Lemny has left.
Ghogg says, "Now, let me give you the opening setup. After that you'll have about 10 minutes to Be In Character among yourselves to warm up."
Ghogg says, "ack."
Ghogg says, "Well, when Lemny gets back."
[Crows-Nest] * Amethyst has joined the channel.
Lemny has arrived.
Lemny says, "Sorry, just ditching another character's props."
Ghogg says, "Since I am taking this out of the book, I will just type straight the first two paragraphs of the general setup, and then give you *your* setup."
Ghogg says, "Er, start logging."
Lemny says, "Already in progress."
Ghogg says, "The Ephebian philosopher Gastraphetes has recently come up with a new Theory of Drama, which says that comedy and tragedy provide the most powerful tool by which human beings can understand the universe. (It says a lot more as well, but that's the important bit.) However, as Ephebian theatre consists entirely of men in strange masks standing around telling each other about the dreadful things that are happening off-stage, Gastraphetes suspects that he and his fellow-countrymen don't understand the universe as well as they ought to."
Alexandro says, "I always get him mixed up with Gastronomes"
Ghogg says, "None of which would matter, except that, as a minor sideline, Gastraphetes is an expert in political economics, whose advice has repeatedly saved his country from financial disaster. The Tyrant of Ephebe will therefore do a lot to humor him. Now, Gastraphetes has suggested that the city-state should host an international festival of theatre."
Young_Igor asks (of Alexandro), "Wathn't he the one who said that man can betht underthtand the univerthe by eating big mealth?"
Lemny says, "Now *that's* a philosopher I could get behind."
Ghogg says, "Now, all of you, collectively, had meant to attend the festival via some means."
Brachtap says (to Igor), "I think you'll find the Klatchian philosopher al-Tavista invented that concept many centuries before Gastronomes adopted it"
Lemny says, "I think you'll find that Unseen University has been putting that concept into *practice*, quite successfully, since it was first founded."
Ghogg says, "However, a few days before, because of some unspecified accident involving a ferret and a plastic llama, the people they had as ushers became unavailable a few days prior. A pale twitchy fellow named Plato (*) managed to get you to volunteer to be ushers for the event. The reasons may include but are not limited to: being drunk at the time, morbid curiosity, the offer of a little change and free lunch, being confused at what he was asking, or thinking he was a shoe salesman and trying to get him to go away."
Ghogg says, "(*) A meaningless coincidence."
Young_Igor asks, "Thtunning inthightth into the nature of thapce-time? Or jutht really really good deththertth?"
Alexandro says, "hmm, free lunch"
Alexandro says, "this calls for an investigation"
Lemny says, "Plato? Sounds like a Gastronmedean to me."
Amethyst asks, "Usher is a kind of actress, right?"
Ghogg says, "Now, you have all arrived at the theatre for the event at the time they asked (let us just say it is way too early) but the doors are locked, so you are milling about outside sizing each other up and so forth."
Alexandro says, "Ushing is an entirely respectable entrance into the profession my young, er, troll"
Lemny pounds on the door. "What is this? Let us in at once."
Alexandro says, "Why, many of the greatest actors in history have started out as ushers"
Alexandro says, "That or barmaids"
Ghogg says, "(Er, describe yourselves. And interact.)"
Alexandro says, "Until they make it big, naturally"
Amethyst says glumly, "Done that."
Brachtap leans against a wall, smiles widely, and arranges his hands on top of his capacious stomach.
Young_Igor examines his compatriates, taking special notes of their arms, legs, and teeth.
Amethyst asks, "Why door not open?"
Lemny says, "I was promised a compementary buffet, and I do intend to collect."
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "You know, I could fix that nothe for you, if you wanted."
Alexandro's limbs are rather skinny and not much good for future yes, and his teeth have a slight yellow tinge.
Brachtap is a corpulent Klatchian with a neatly groomed beard, several gold teeth and a distinct odour of coffee.
Alexandro says, "(er, future use)"
Alexandro says, "My nose, sir? I've always been a bit proud of that"
Young_Igor is a skinny, hunchbacked man who walks with a pronounced limp. You're not sure you'd wnat to meet him in a narrow alley at night. He might bump into you.
Young_Igor says, "Very well, very well."
Lemny is a typically rotund member of the species wizardis academicus, with a short straggly beard and silvery grey robes (with pointy hat).
Amethyst pulls a rag out of the belt she wears around her short dress and begins to fussily brush dust off her arm.
Alexandro says, "But if I am unfortunately involved in any vulgar incidents of fisticuffs I will be sure to call you"
Amethyst glitter glitter.
Ghogg says, "(Quick query: has anyone's character been around Ankh-Morpork a reasonable amount.)"
Young_Igor sits heavily on the stoop, pulls out a book of anatomy, and begins reading.
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says, "Yes."
[Crows-Nest] Amethyst says, "Yes"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "not for a few years"
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says, "But, er, mainly inside the university."
Young_Igor mutters to himself, "What? That'th all wrong. It'th over there!"
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "not at all"
[Crows-Nest] Brachtap says, "often, but never for very long"
Amethyst lumbers up to the door and peers at it. "Where the red carpet?"
Alexandro says (to Amethyst), "I'm pleased to see you take such pride in your personal appearance -- so few people seem to"
Lemny frowns. "Oh my..."
Lemny sniffs.
Alexandro, for instance, is wearing robes that have seen better days, but not for some time
Lemny says, "There is... something in the air this evening..."
Young_Igor sniffs.
Alexandro says (to Igor), "now there is a man whose nose is possibly in need of replacement"
Ghogg says, "There's a distinct sort of odor wafting through which would probably take a whole taxonomy of language to discribe."
Amethyst explains, "Ugly rough mountain troll does not belong on stage."
Ghogg says, "Your best guess is 'something died'."
Brachtap delicately places his thumb and middle finger across his nose.
Young_Igor says, "Mmm, what ith that? Maybe we thould go invethtigate."
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor exclaims, "something dead? woo!"
Amethyst pays no attention to strange organic scents and instead knocks on the door. Bang! Bang!
Young_Igor gets up and begins trying to trace the smell back.
Alexandro asks, "Eh? What? Something going on?"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg asks, "hmm, are the NPC accounts available?"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "I forgot to check"
Lemny says, "I do hope that isn't the buffet."
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says, "They exist, and I doubt anyone'd mind you using them."
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says, "I can change their passwords for you if they're not anything obvious."
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg asks, "Yeah. What are names and passwords?"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "oh, whoops -- sorry, I just changed their passwords to npc1 and npc2"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg asks, "npc1/npc1 npc2/npc2?"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "(er, to match their names)"
CMOT_Dibbler has arrived.
Lemny exclaims, "Him!"
CMOT_Dibbler is carrying a pan of what appears to be pies
Brachtap says, "Is it necessary that we remain here? This is-"
Alexandro asks, "When I enter into a term of employment for some comestibles, I expect them to be of decent -- who?"
Young_Igor says, "Ah, alive after all."
Brachtap breaks off into gestures expressing deep disgust.
CMOT_Dibbler peers
Young_Igor is disappointed.
Lemny exclaims, "Do not trust this man!"
CMOT_Dibbler ignores Lemny
CMOT_Dibbler asks, "Meat pies, anyone?"
Alexandro stares somewhat short-sightedly at Dibbler.
Lemny says, "On no fewer than four occassions has his merchandise been the primary cause of my becoming violently ill."
Amethyst looks over her shoulder. "Me too," she says brightly.
CMOT_Dibbler asks, "to Lemny "Now, now, can you *prove* it was my products?"
Brachtap says (to CMOT), "no thank you. My, er, religion forbids it. Yes. That's it."
Alexandro says, "Tish pshaw nonsense, sir, surely your digestion -- oh."
Alexandro says, "Well then."
CMOT_Dibbler says, "Anyhow, I've been asked to cater the event."
Alexandro says, "No, no, I think perhaps I will hold off until I see what luncheon our good hosts have provided us"
Alexandro says, "...oh."
Brachtap's frown spreads
Brachtap says (to CMOT), "Asked by-"
Amethyst smooths her dress and goes to peer at Dibbler's spread.
Lemny catches himself eyeing the meat pies, and quickly forces himself to look away.
CMOT_Dibbler says, "I was planning to sell a few of my humble pies to the guests, but I heard there was difficult and volunteered. Civic duty and all that."
CMOT_Dibbler says, "Oh, some pale fellow named Plato."
Alexandro asks, "Difficulty?"
CMOT_Dibbler says, "I couldn't quite tell. I think a ferret was involved somehow."
Lemny asks, "With the pies?"
Plato has arrived.
Plato enters, carrying keyring and stack of pamphlets
Young_Igor stares at the pies.
Young_Igor asks (of CMOT), "What'th in thethe, then?"
Young_Igor says, "I'm not familiar with the thpecieth."
Plato says, "to CMOT_Dibbler "Oh, thank you for stepping in at the last moment. I really was desparate."
Plato glances around
Lemny drops the pie which he had mysteriously come to be carrying back onto the cart.
Plato says, "I see everyone is here."
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "this lisp is a pain to type"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "I've been pretty impressed"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "I wonder if you could write a tf lisp filter"
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "heh"
Plato hands out the pamphlets
Plato says, "These are the programs for the evening."
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor asks, "what, (lisp "hi there big boy") ?"
Plato says, "All you need to do is make sure everyone gets seated properly, and they get one of those."
Alexandro frowns
Brachtap congenially insinuates and arm around Plato's shoulders in an attempt to draw him to one side. "It would appear to me that this event lacks but for one thing only in order to make it complete, sir."
Amethyst asks, "What are my lines? Are these my lines?"
Lemny casts Limnod's Lexical Legitator on his, in lieu of actually reading it.
Alexandro says, "Later I will have to speak to you about whether or not this -- merchant of pies -- adequately fulfills the terms of employment mentioned earlier"
Young_Igor takes a handful of the phamplets and puts them in his bag.
Brachtap takes his pamphlets without really looking at them, and waves them expansively
(From Lemny) A disembodied voice begins to quietly read the program aloud.
Ghogg says, "Taking a quick glance, you have the Ankh-Morpork Opera, the National Theatre of Omnia, something called "That's The Way To Do It", the Ankh-Morpork Fool's Guild, The Irregulars, and some company whose name apparently can only be described by symbols."
Amethyst listens, as she hasn't mastered reading yet.
Ghogg says, "Also on the bottom, rather oddly, it says (not necessarily in that order)"
Brachtap says, "You have guests of honour, I can only assume, since an event of such -"
Ghogg says, "The other pages of the pamphlet are filled with information on the wonders of the sights and sounds of Ephebe. Apparently though a tourism tie-in was in order."
Alexandro says, "Ah, the troupe formerly known as @$^$&, my favorite"
Brachtap indicates his high opinion of the event's grandeur with expressive waving about.
Plato unlocks the door to the theatre.
Amethyst waits patiently for her cue and really hopes none of these bozos are supposed to play opposite her. She likes a flinty-faced man.
Plato says, "Right-o, everything should be in order."
Plato says, "Any quick questions before I go? I have some more things to arrange. The guests should be arriving shortly, I would say."
Plato appears to be nervously edging away from the theatre
Brachtap says (to Plato), "And such guests will be weary from their long travels, since such an event will draw in eminent figures from across the continent, if my sorry judgement is not in error."
Plato says (to Brachtap), "Indeed, indeed."
Plato edges away some more and almost breaks into sort of a run.
Brachtap says, "Would you have your theatres rent by unseemly snores..."
Plato exclaims, "Well, I doubt you'll have any...problems...I'll be by later...good luck!"
Plato runs off, literally
Plato has left.
Brachtap shakes his head.
Young_Igor says, "He theemed to be in quite the hurry."
CMOT_Dibbler adjusts his tray
Young_Igor asks, "I wonder why?"
Brachtap says, "He must have superiors of more accomodating attitude."
Young_Igor says, "Perhapth he hath to get the performerth ready."
Alexandro says, "Well, we may as well inspect our new demesnes"
Young_Igor says, "That'th probably it."
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "Of course. Nothing to worry about."
Brachtap strokes his beard.
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says, "I'm sure he's just very busy."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "a word which I would like to hear you say at some future date"
Young_Igor enters after everyone else. An Igor does know his place.
Alexandro steps into the theater and has a look around
Amethyst trundles into the theater, clutching her pamphlets.
Brachtap wanders in, humming something or other
Ghogg says, "It looks vaguely like an opera house, but more confused."
Ghogg says, "Like someone decided to build one, but got their idea out of books."
Alexandro says, "My, what nice architecture"
Ghogg says, "For example, there are a good number of elegantly folding chairs, but a row or two of them are facing backwards."
Young_Igor says, "Perhapth it'th meant for younger patronth."
Brachtap says, "Modern theatre..."
Amethyst heads directly towards the stage!
Young_Igor says, "My couthin'th thon, Younger Igor, alwayth thitth backwardth on hith chair."
Ghogg says, "You hear someone go Ow! behind the curtain."
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says, "(Back -- sorry, was making sure kitten was safe.)"
Alexandro says, "Possibly we should helpfully adjust them"
Alexandro says, "In our capacity as ushers"
Alexandro goes over and fussily starts to turn the chairs around
Marco has arrived.
Lemny says, "This reminds me of an illustration I was saw of a similar opera house."
Young_Igor says, "I'm not thure I underthtood what we're thuppothed to do."
Marco pokes his head through the curtain. He is a dwarf. More description would be redundant.
Young_Igor says, "The only Uthherth I know went mad and burned down their cathtle."
Brachtap leans against Lemny's shoulder. "I have heard much of the catering department at UU..."
Young_Igor asks, "We're thuppothed to be arthonithtth?"
Lemny says, "I had originally assumed that the illustration was done by someone unskilled at drawing, but I now realize te picture looked precisely like this building."
Marco glances confusedly
Alexandro asks (of Marco), "can we help you, sir?"
Marco asks, "Hi, hi. They let us prepare things overnight. You're the ushers?"
Marco says, "Er, um."
Marco glances back
Marco says, "You might want to avoid seating anyone in the front row."
Young_Igor says, "I left my firemaker back home."
Young_Igor says, "And you never get good lightningth here, not like Uberwald, oh no."
Alexandro asks, "The front row? Is that likely to be the site of prime entertainment?"
Lemny says (to Brachtap), "Catering department... hmm, yes. You know, *that's* probably where all that food comes from..."
Young_Igor asks, "Anyone elthe have fire?"
Marco says, "Well, uh."
Marco says, "Just saying. Maybe not the front row. Maybe the first two rows."
Marco eyes behind himself nervously
Young_Igor goes to stare at the curtains, to see how inflammable they are.
Alexandro says, "Ah good"
Lemny says, "I never really thought about it before. Not the sort of thing one wonders about, really... food is just sort of 'there' when it's needed, and all."
Lemny says, "Fire? Certainly."
Marco scampers away
Marco has left.
Brachtap says (to Lemny), "I, myself, have heard much talk of the beverages served at the great table..."
Ghogg says, "Also, it appears you have your first guests."
Young_Igor says (to Lemny), "I thuthpect thethe curtainth are a good place to thtart."
Alexandro says, "Ah, good"
Lemny summons Fereador's Flaming Figment, in the form of a hovering bowler hat, made entirely of flame.
Alexandro says (to Guests), "greetings, patrons of the theater"
Young_Igor says, "Very nice"
Ghogg says, "Five of them, very tubby, and they appear to be wizards. (The hats. You know.) One of them is holding a meat pie."
Amethyst stops as she suddenly realizes it's a /dwarf/ on stage. Perhaps she's better off at the door after all. She can entertain Guests.
Alexandro says (to Guests), "I should point out that the front rows are reserved for those who are truly appreciative of the dramas"
Brachtap sniffs the smoke produced. "Omnian Gzimga has an aftertast not unlike that..."
[Crows-Nest] Lemny asks, "Anyone I recognize?"
Young_Igor asks (of Lemny), "How do I uthe it? Doeth it have a handle?"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says (to Lemny), "any or all of them"
Lemny goes over to make small talk.
Lemny says, "Hallo, fancy meeting you here in the uncivilized side of the Circle Sea."
Young_Igor sighs, and goes to find better fire.
Amethyst goes over to loom at the guests.
Ghogg says, "More people start arriving. (I'm not going to describe them all.) Let us leave it at the variety is rather large, and some of them are holding meat pies."
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "I'm going to keep trying to burn down the building until someone stops me"
Brachtap realises he's in for a tedious evening, and goes and arranges himself on a comfortable seat by a little-frequented entrance.
Alexandro guides those truly appreciative of drama to the front rows (for a small additional fee, of course)
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says (to Lemny), "Name the one you'd think you be talking to."
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says, "Expect complete obliviousness here."
[Crows-Nest] Amethyst exclaims, "Makes sense to me!"
[Crows-Nest] Ghogg says (to Young_Igor), "that's ok, you'll fit right in with the acts"
Alexandro says (to Igor), "oh dear, I believe the burning of the curtains is generally reserved for the more experimental players"
[Crows-Nest] Lemny says (to Ghogg), "Haskell Dawsmythe."
Alexandro says, "it is a privilege they reserve jealously"
Amethyst listens to incomprehensible wizard talk for a while and then goes to arrange guests in their sets. Or is that seats?
Haskell has arrived.
Young_Igor asks (of Alexandro), "Ah. What thall we do, then?"
Haskell says, "to Lemny "Actually..."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "I believe in this case it is our role to hand out these pamphlets to the arriving guests and direct them to their seats"
Young_Igor goes to stand by the door, hopeing to guide people to seats. Everyone takes one look and carefully steps wide.
Haskell says (to Lemny), "(in stage whisper) Here on business. Don't want to talk about it too openly. Don't want to start a panic."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "ah, good, flow control"
Amethyst picks up a smaller guest who seems to want one of the front row seats and puts him in one of the back seats. She continues methodically filling the theater from the back forward, explaining, "Better autistics in the back."
Ghogg says, "Meanwhile, more guests keep streaming in, and the place is filling up. Everyone is being reasonably cooperative, if giving rather startled looks as to who is ushering."
Young_Igor starts thrusting phamplets at people, whoc quickly run away.
Lemny lowers his voice in a suspiciously conspiratorial way. "OWouldn't want to make the natives restless, eh?"
Alexandro genially taps people on the back and leads them to their seats, paying special attention to the purses of the better-off patrons
Brachtap keeps an eye on the more expensive boxes and makes mental notes of the faces of those within.
Ghogg says, "You notice one person in the back, a scruffy woman with yellow teeth, nibble some of the meat pie and pass out."
Amethyst says, "She overcome by joy of theater."
Haskell asks (of Lemny), "You could say that. Just, er, if you see anything ferret-like, give us a nudge, eh?"
Alexandro leads more appreciators of the drama to the front rows
Young_Igor goes to investigate the sick woman
Young_Igor exclaims, "Hmm, looks like she was poisoned!"
Amethyst exclaims, "Theater not poison! Theater life!"
Young_Igor rummages in his pockets.
Young_Igor says, "Left my book on poisons at home, worse luck."
Oldgums has her face smooshed in the pie. Nearby spectators edge away, some of them hopping seats.
Young_Igor says, "Has anyone got any, um, antimony? I think that's good."
Lemny says (to Haskell), "You know, Kelly, that fellow who sells meat pies? He's rather ferret-like about the nose? I saw him just a few minutes ago."
Alexandro rummages through his pocket, comes up with a bit of string and a small bone of some kind.
Young_Igor pulls the woman out of the pie.
Young_Igor asks, "Well, she has good color. Are people here generally red and grey?"
Alexandro says, "Good work, my friend -- we ushers need quick reaction times to deal with unforseen circumstances such as these"
Brachtap sniffs the pie.
Haskell says (to Lemny), "No, no, he's not -- oh, just try not to be distracted, eh? You're busy enough as it is."
Alexandro says, "Possibly someone should get her a drink -- just hand me her purse and I'll go see about getting some wine"
Ghogg says (to Brachtap), "Give me an HT roll"
Young_Igor says, "Sounds good."
Young_Igor hands up the purse.
Amethyst begins trying to convince some of the guests in the front to move to the abandoned seats in the back.
Ghogg rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 | 13
Alexandro taps Igor on the back. "I see we shall have to stick around together."
Brachtap rolls 3 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 | 17
Alexandro goes off to find a wine merchant, buys a goblet for himself and another for the lady, and comes back (pocketing the change).
Alexandro says, "fearfully expensive wine is in these parts"
Young_Igor says, "Alas"
Young_Igor puts the purse back under the lady's head.
Brachtap coughs and splutters, having got too close
Young_Igor tries to pour wine into the woman's mouth.
Ghogg says, "(Brachtap gets knocked out cold.)"
Oldgums burbles
Oldgums coughs
Oldgums spits
Brachtap sprawles backwards, taking out several bystanders.
Alexandro says, "My goodness gracious"
Young_Igor says (to woman), "Glad you're felling better, I see another needs my help."
Young_Igor scrambles off.
Alexandro says, "(hopefully) Perhaps someone should get him some wine too"
Amethyst lumbers up to Brachtap. She flings her hand to her chest. "Oh! He has fallen!" She shakes him.
Marco steps out from behind the curtain
Young_Igor examines Brachtap.
Young_Igor exclaims, "I suspect an epidemic!"
Lemny says (to the passersby, without going out of his way to actually help them personally), "Mind the Klatchian on the floor."
Marco says, "Just a few minutes before the time, so I thought I'd say a few words about our production before we start."
Young_Igor says, "Only one way to tell"
Young_Igor exclaims, "Exploratory surgery!"
Oldgums eyes Igor
Oldgums collapses again
Alexandro exclaims, "More wine!"
Ghogg says, "Also, Brachtap seems to have woken up again."
Alexandro takes the goblet from Igor and administers some to Oldgums
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "Excellent idea, it's ood to clean the wounds"
Amethyst pokes Brachtap. "You OK? You forget your lines?"
Brachtap exclaims, "Ferret! Over there!"
Young_Igor says (to Brachtap), "Oh, you're awake."
Young_Igor wanders off dispiritedly.
Alexandro says (to Igor), "aha, I see Brachtap has identified the contents of the pies"
[Crows-Nest] Amethyst cackles a lot.
Brachtap makes his way unsteadily to a chair, scratching feverishly at his robes
Marco says, "Er, anyway, we are experimental theatre. The name of our show is "That's The Way To Do It" and it is also the name of our piece."
Marco eyes the front rows nervously
Brachtap fails to notice that the chair is occupied and elicits a scream from a young lady
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "it's no good having a joke ready about my lisp if no one's going to ask"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "oh dear"
Brachtap says, "the sky is rotting."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "pardon me, but I notice your lisp seems to have vanished during our time in the theater"
Marco says, "It represents, to me, the colors red and blue respectively, but you can interpret how you wish"
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "My father always taught me that a proper Igor needs a lisp."
Marco says, "I would like to thank ...er, well, Plato was the one who made this possible, but I see he's late. But give him a round of applause anyway."
Ghogg says, "(Cue polite applause.)"
Brachtap shouts something obscene in Klatchian.
Alexandro claps enthusiastically
Young_Igor says, "But, you know, he's a thousand miles away, and no one here has even heard of an Igor"
Young_Igor asks, "SO I ask, why bother?"
Amethyst applauds wildly.
Young_Igor says, "Maybe I'll try and fix my leg."
Lemny says, "This reminds me of the course on Interpretive dance offered by the Linguistics department."
Young_Igor asks, "It's supposedly traditional, too, but eh, why bother?"
Oldgums wakes up again, notices Igor, passes out again
Alexandro asks, "Your leg? Is something the matter?"
Alexandro inspects it thoughtfully
Young_Igor says, "Nothing, nothing"
Young_Igor limps over to a chair and sits.
Marco exclaims, "Right. So let's begin!"
Brachtap struggles from the seat and semi-crushed young lady, lurches into the aisle, and starts hopping about and stamping at the floor
Marco steps away and opens the curtains
Alexandro . o O ( somebody should get the ushers to remove that man )
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "hee hee hee"
Amethyst continues to stand in the middle of the aisle.
Lemny says (to Brachtap), "Right, I remember this one... I think that means, 'Hello, my name is Stewart. Where is the local constabulary?'"
Amethyst also stops clapping AFTER the curtain opens.
Brachtap turns round, sees Lemny, and narrows his eyes.
Ghogg says, "The stage is revealed to have, well, it's actually hard to see."
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "Take Brachtap to the back of the theater"
Brachtap says (to Lemny), "stay very very still"
Brachtap says, "don't move a muscle. I've got it, don't worry."
Lemny immediately stands up and turns around, to see what he's talking about.
Brachtap extracts a large and very loaded crossbow from his robes and points it at Lemny's hat.
Young_Igor says (to Brachtap), "you're acting very stranglely."
Brachtap says, "Jus' stay still."
Amethyst sighs. Alas. Brachtap is clearly her costart. Her mad costart. She lumbers over and taps him on the shoulder. Then she says, "Hey!" and grabs at the crossbow.
Ghogg says, "There appears to be a small crocodile, behind which is a row of gnomes, who start singing a rousing chorus about gold."
Lemny says, "Look, that's my hat you're pointing that at, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't."
Brachtap says (to Lemny), "yes, that's what it wants you to think-"
Young_Igor says (to Brachtap), "Hold still a second..."
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 1 | 11
Alexandro walks over to the others, whispering "All part of the show, folks! Nothing to be alarmed about!" to the patrons
Amethyst says, "Costart, it just a hat. Give me crossbow."
Brachtap exclaims (at Amethyst), "You're on their side, damn you!"
Lemny casts Pluvix' Pastry Production to conjure a hard dinner roll, which he shoves onto the tip of the crowsbow, for safety.
Young_Igor takes Alexandro's wine, and throws it in Brachtap's face.
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "Quick, I need a bucket of water."
Brachtap drops the crossbow, coughs furiously, and snorts
Ghogg says, "(The gnomes start singing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", which happens to have the exact words and music as a certain Monty Python song. (*))"
Ghogg says, "(*) A meaningless coincidence."
Alexandro exclaims, "Right! Water!"
Amethyst picks up crossbow and then tosses it over her shoulder into audience.
Brachtap exclaims, "Putrescence!"
Ghogg says, "The audience members seem to be watching the antics of the ushers more than the gnomes."
Lemny asks, "Water? Sorry, I can't do water. Will whipped heavy cream do?"
Young_Igor exclaims (at Amethyst), "quick, grab him!"
Alexandro says (to Lemny), "close enough"
Young_Igor exclaims (at Amethyst), "And then shake him!"
Young_Igor pushes Brachtap towards Amethyst
Brachtap gestures furiously and trips over
Alexandro points exaggeratedly at the stage in an attempt to redirect attention
Lemny conjures a sphere of whipped cream, immediately above Alex and Brachtrap.
Amethyst picks up Brachtap and then looks nervous. "What my motivation?"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 6 | 14
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "You're helping him by shaking"
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 | 13
Brachtap rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 5 3 | 12
Alexandro rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 | 10
Amethyst takes a deep breath and then shakes Brachtap wildly. "Costart! Get better!"
Ghogg says, "[You hear a vague rumbling beneath the floor of the theater, as if something is moving about.]"
Oldgums wakes up again.
Oldgums appears hazy.
Lemny exclaims (at Amethyst), "Stop moving! You're making the floor shake!"
Brachtap exclaims, "A visage of poison... with- no! no!"
Marco hops in and starts doing cartwheels over the crocodile, which snaps at him on occasion but appears bored
Young_Igor stares worriedly at Brachtap, wondering if he's cured yet.
Alexandro says, "I'm told that really great drama makes the earth move"
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "That's not _drama_"
Lemny says (to Alexandro), "I think it does that anyway."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "well, it might apply to alligators too"
Lemny says (to Alexandro), "It's a fairly simple cycle, of approximately eight hundred days per full rotation..."
Oldgums exclaims, "The ferrets! They keep telling me to do things! Make them stop!"
Oldgums runs in circles
Oldgums runs out the theatre
Oldgums has left.
Alexandro says, "wow"
Young_Igor asks, "Another one?"
Brachtap says, "Where is my camel? If I throw it to them maybe they will leave me my legs"
Amethyst sniffs. "Not poison. Why everybody talking about ferrets?"
Young_Igor exclaims, "They both had the pies!"
Amethyst drops Brachtap.
Young_Igor asks, "Where's that man who had them?"
Lemny says, "Yes, that could well be it."
Alexandro exclaims, "May I have your attention! All ferrets are pleased asked to leave the theater immediately!"
Ghogg says, "(The audience members seem noticably edgy. You notice Haskell is peering into some sort of complicated telescope-y device, peering at the ground.)"
Brachtap says, "They have - ow."
Young_Igor asks (of Brachtap), "Are you better yet?"
Lemny says, "The last time I had the pies, I thought I felt an angry hippopotamus in my stomach."
Brachtap mutters furiously to himself from the floor.
Brachtap says (to Igor), "I must congratulate you on the cream. I have never seen a variety this colour before."
Amethyst turns around and sees the gnomes and the crocodile. "Hah," she sniffs disdainfully. "Vaddaville. That not acting."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "I think there's nothing for it, you'll have to operate"
Ghogg says, "(In what appears to be the big finale, the gnomes do a song and dance routine based on a combination of "West Side Story" and "Our Town".)"
Young_Igor says (to Brachtap), "Oh, that's Lemy's, not mine."
Young_Igor exclaims (at ALexandro), "Excellent!"
Young_Igor whips out his scalpel.
Brachtap exclaims, "Sturgeons!"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 2 | 9
Alexandro rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 | 10
Amethyst rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 | 13
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 | 15
Lemny says (to Brachtrap), "If you think that's good, you should try the torte."
Alexandro asks (of Lemny), "a torte? really?"
Amethyst is too busy being disdainful of crocodiles to notice anything. Hah. They think their skin is tough.
Lemny says, "You know, if I were a crocodile, I think I'd object to that."
Ghogg says, "(...I feel pret-ty....oh so pret-ty....)"
Brachtap says, "now if I just had some cubeb berries, a touch of cocoa, a dusting of molasses... the ferrets would surely appreciate..."
Brachtap falls over again, locates his crossbow
Lemny says, "In fact, in many cultures this would be considered blasphemy. For example, worshippers of Offler would -- well, I guess they wouldn't mind at all, so long as the crocodile wasn't meant to represent Offler himself..."
Lemny says, "But the point remains intact nonetheless, I think."
Ghogg says, "(Dramatic chord ending.)"
Ghogg says, "One of the gnomes throws a crocodile at the front seats of the audience"
Alexandro claps enthusiastically
Lemny says (to Brachtap), "I could get you some cranberrys, a chocky, and a small vial of honey, if you like."
Young_Igor claps arythmically.
Lemny checks his pockets and comes up sticky. "Er. There might be some trouble with the honey, actually."
Ghogg says, "People scatter away although there is a gentleman (*) in the front who has it attached to his neck and starts bleeding."
Ghogg says, "(*) Relatively speaking with the rest of the crowd, anyway."
Alexandro exclaims (at Amethyst), "quick, to the rescue! the reputation of the theater is at stake!"
Brachtap draws himself up to his full height (five nine), points a finger at Lemny, and utters a loud and disdainful-sounding Klatchian word
Young_Igor says, "I swear, I've never seen a more accident-prone crowd"
Young_Igor hurries up front to help with the neck wounds.
Amethyst clicks stone tongue against diamond teeth *chime chime* and goes to liberate the gentleman.
Brachtap exclaims, "Giant scaly ferrets!"
Fibs has arrived.
Fibs gurgles a bit
Amethyst says, "Silly crocodile. Here, have pie.""
Lemny says (to Brachtrap), "Why, I have never even *met* a dead camel, thank you very much, and I'll appreciate your not making such insinuations."
Amethyst says, "No eating guests."
Alexandro says (to Brachtap), "I think it is time for us to sit down, man to man, and have a talk about this ferret obsession of yours"
Ghogg says, "(The audience members seem to be deciding this is part of the production and are watching.)"
Ghogg says, "(However, the person being nibbled on is still gurgling and getting increasingly pale.)"
Young_Igor waits until the crocodile is removed, and then begins surgery on the wound.
Brachtap says, "out in the desert... the way the stars used to bounce of the clouds was... and the shifting of the sands until..."
Amethyst picks up crocodile and prys jaws apart. Then she stuffs a guest's pie in its mouth.
Lemny asks, "Is it just me, or is that man in the front row rather overacting?"
Amethyst says, "That much better. See? Yummy ferrets."
Ghogg says (to Amethyst), "I need a roll...one sec"
Amethyst rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 5 4 | 10
Lemny, curious, tries waving his thaumometer around a bit.
Brachtap screams, points the crossbow at thin air, but gets the wrong end
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 | 8
Alexandro . o O ( hmm, perhaps something might be really wrong with him )
Ghogg says, "Amethyst drags the crocodile out, exposing an open wound. Fibs bleeds some more."
Young_Igor says, "Anyone have a spare corpse? I may need to do a throat transplant"
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "The magic content in the air is *lower* than normal."
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "*Too* low, in fact."
Lemny says (to Igor), "I think there'll be one in the front row rather shortly."
Young_Igor says (to Lemny), "That'll be rather too late, sadly"
Amethyst says, "Stupid crocodile. As bad as dwarves, chipping off bits of innocent audience members."
Brachtap says, "...fly dung"
Amethyst shakes crocodile.
Lemny says, "Hrm. This is unusual." He speaks up. "Has anyone here been performing anti-magic in this area?""
Amethyst moves out of Igor's way, still carrying crocodile.
Young_Igor exclaims (at Lemny), "give me that honey you had!"
Haskell tiptoes his way over to Lemny
Young_Igor asks, "Anyone have some duct tape?"
Lemny hands over the broken (but still mostly full) (and rather sticky now) flask.
Young_Igor reaches out and rips off part of Alexandro's robe for a bandage
Young_Igor produces a needle and some catgut and begins to sew the wound shut, using honey as a glue, and finally wrapping it in the makeshift bandage.
Young_Igor says, "Quick, someone give me some wine."
Haskell asks (of Lemny), "(stage whisper) Er. I don't suppose your gizmo can localize a little more specifically?"
Alexandro hands over his half-empty goblet
Young_Igor drinks the wine. "Mm, that's not bad."
Ghogg says, "(While the chaos is going on in the front row, Marco closes the curtains and there is shuffling as scenes are changed.)"
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 | 15
Brachtap attempts to crawl under a seat, without much success
Lemny says (to Haskell), "This is a TM-4000. It can pinpoint a featherfall spell to within one feather."
Amethyst studies the crocodile. "You mascot? You okay mascot for a troll, I guess. Like famous acting dog."
Fibs gurgles and dies
Young_Igor sighs.
Young_Igor starts examining the corpse.
Young_Igor asks, "Mm, fairly strong arms. Anyone need a better arm?"
Haskell says (to Lemny), "Keep an eye under the floor with that. Should be something...largish...moving about."
Young_Igor says, "I wonder about his heart..."
Lemny jabs a button and spins a small dial, to demonstrate his thaumatological superiority.
Ghogg says, "(The audience starts to look restless.) Someone throws a tomato in a random direction.)"
Alexandro goes back to examining Brachtap.
Alexandro says, ""Next show!""
Alexandro says, "where's the, uh .."
Amethyst wanders back up to look at the corpse's head. Perhaps he has useful hair. She needs proper hair.
Young_Igor picks up Fibs and drags him to the back of the theater
Amethyst follows the hair.
Alexandro exclaims, "Irregulars! We want the Irregulars!"
Lemny turns up the sensitivity and scans the floor.
Clown pokes his head out from the curtain
Lemny asks (of Alexandro), "Might I suggest a hard cheese?"
Brachtap abandons his chair-hiding attempt and turns his crossbow the right way around.
Alexandro exclaims (at Brachtap), "look out! clown!"
Clown asks, "Hi. We're about to start, could we get a volunteer?"
Brachtap snap-shots his crossbow at the clown.
Ghogg says (to Brachtap), "roll"
Brachtap rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 | 7
Ghogg says, "Brachtap's arrow plunges into the clown's head."
Clown falls over
Brachtap says, "HZEKHEM MA USANDI"
Clown dies
Alexandro exclaims, "Sorry, all part of the show!"
Ghogg says, "(Audience starts making tremendous applause."
Ghogg says, "(Some start a standing ovation.)"
Lemny exclaims (at Brachtrap), "Now see here, that's just uncalled for!"
Brachtap falls over
Clown blinks
Clown appears to be Not Quite Dead Yet
Alexandro exclaims (at Igor), "quick!"
Brachtap crawls on his eblows along an aisle, looking out for ferret ambushes
Clown stands up, taking the arrow in more or less stride
Clown asks, "Er, anyway, volunteers?"
Young_Igor has disconnected.
Young_Igor has connected.
Young_Igor walks the plank to adventure. Arr!
Young_Igor has arrived.
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "sorry about that, lost my connection"
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor asks, "what'd I miss?"
Alexandro grabs an audience member and hustles her upstage
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "Brachtap shot a clown on stage with a crossbow"
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "Describe a little more who you're after"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says, "which fell over and then stood up again"
Alexandro says, "a young impressionable female with large eyes"
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says, "clever"
Alexandro says, "failing that, an old lady with a handbag"
[Crows-Nest] Lemny asks (of Alex), "Didn't she pass out during the first act?"
[Crows-Nest] Alex asks (of Lemny), "Um, seven?"
Minnie screams and claws but somehow gets dragged up as a volunteer
[Crows-Nest] Lemny exclaims (at Alex), "Not you!"
[Crows-Nest] Alex exclaims (at Lemny), "Awwwk! No parse found!"
[Crows-Nest] Alexandro says (to Lemny), "well, there must be more than one"
Brachtap siezes a random audience member by the knee. "You must help me. I am being pursued."
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "do a roll for your TM-4000, by the by"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 | 18
Young_Igor asks (of Amethyst), "So, you want a wig, or an implant?"
Ghogg says, "As you are trying to look all impressive and fancy for Haskell, you drop it."
Ghogg says, "It explodes."
Amethyst looks dubious. "Can you do troll implant?"
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "HT roll"
Lemny frowns. "Cursed Klatchian imported parts."
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 | 10
Alexandro says (to Amethyst), "he could use a drill"
Young_Igor exclaims, "Well, I've never tried, but that just means I've never had the opportunity!"
Brachtap says (to RandomAudienceMember'sKnee), "We shall sing together. Ferrets hate the sweet sounds of music. Yes. That is what we must do."
Ghogg says, "Lemny goes flying straight up, and gets his robes caught on a chandelier in the ceiling."
Lemny asks, "Alright, who's the prankster? Kelly, it's you, isn't it?"
Amethyst says, "I s'pose... I would be da envy of all the girls in Ankh with hair."
Ghogg says, "(Also some wounds, but I won't be picky on how many at the moment.)"
Lemny says, "This wasn't funny when you did it that Hogswatch, and it isn't funny now."
Lemny dangles sullenly.
Ghogg says, "(Curtains open. Stage empty, except for a terrified Minnie. She starts being pelted by cream pies from unseen members on the side.)"
Alexandro claps
Alexandro pulls a padded chair over underneath the chandelier.
Alexandro exclaims (at Lemny), "jump for it!"
Ghogg says, "(Lemny teeters dangerously.)"
Amethyst notices cream pies. She stomps a heavy foot. "This /vaddaville/. No drama!"
Brachtap unleashes a hearty Klatchian desert song.
Minnie exclaims, "All right! That's enough!"
Minnie appears to undergo a Hulk-like transformation.
Lemny musters up Gormleigh's Gravitational Misplacement to pull himself free.
Alexandro says, "er"
Alexandro blinks
Young_Igor says, "My goodness"
Amethyst pets her crocodile. "Ooooh."
Minnie says, "I'm getting *very* angry!...."
Minnie bulges muscles
Young_Igor says, "I gotta know how she does that."
Young_Igor wanders forward, staring entrancedly.
Ghogg says, "(Pie count drops noticably, although the Clown with the arrow seems to have gotten suicidal and has stepped up trying to throw pies at point blank range.)"
Lemny untangles his robes and drifts away from the chandelier.
Brachtap stands up and catches a pie to the back of the head
Minnie says, "(Appears like a normal female, but really really tall and muscular.)"
Ghogg asks (of Lemny), "could I get an IQ roll?"
Lemny scans the crowd for any misplaced pies.
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 6 | 14
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "Continue at your leasure"
Amethyst's eyes get really really really big. "Organic troll!" She rushes forward to be a fangirl.
Minnie picks up the clown and starts bonking him on the head
Minnie walks offstage with gurgling clown in her grasp and curtains close
Lemny says, "That sort of thing might appear impressive, but in fact, it's all done with mirrors."
Amethyst cheers wildly.
Amethyst waves crocodile in the air.
Ghogg says, "[Whatever it was under the floor before, is now *very* restless.]"
Amethyst pounds feet in approval of trollgirl!
Young_Igor starts scanning the room for exits.
Brachtap says, "ferretsferretsferretsferrets"
Lemny says, "In fact, Lawrence diFozzia once did a performance in Quirm from his home town in Genua, by reflecting his image repeatedly via carecully aligned and curved mirrors."
Ghogg says, "(Some random applause. People appear confused.)"
Lemny lowers himself to ground level to try to find the thaumometer again.
Alexandro says (to Igor), "it's always important, as an usher, to know where the exits are"
Brachtap bumps into Lemny and the wizards. "Ferret apocalypse!"
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "We Igors know the value of finding the exits, Generally before everyone else realizes they need them."
Pirate steps out from behind the curtain, looking rather shy
Pirate appears to be have stage-fright
Young_Igor asks, "This opera house wasn't build on top of a long-disused graveyard by any chance, was it?"
Young_Igor says, "That happens all the time in Uberwald."
Brachtap heads directly for the stage.
Lemny says (to Brachtap), "I don't believe I'm familiar with any mythology in which the end of time is heralded by tubular rodents -- however, that is rather similar to the beliefs of a small tribe in outer Howondaland, which believes that lemmings will bring about the eventual deforestation of the Disc, ushering in an age of warmth and, er, sandiness."
Alexandro says (to Igor), "not to my knowledge -- but then, it did get built a bit suddenly"
Amethyst subsides and glances down at ground. She crouches down and taps her knuckles on the floor.
Pirate says, "We are going to perform a, er...."
Pirate peers back
Pirate asks, "line?"
Lemny, if he finds the thaumometer, makes another attempt to localize the thaumic fluctuations.
Ghogg says, "(You hear mumbling in the back.)"
Pirate says, "er, right. Mystery Play."
Alexandro says, "hmm"
Pirate says, "And, it's, uh, really really mysterious and I hope you like it. Right. Goodbye."
Pirate steps out, to the accompaniment of muted appluse
Brachtap reaches the stage and attempts to mount it.
Alexandro says, "you know, this theater might have a downstairs"
Lemny attempts instead to localize the scattered components of the thaumometer itself.
Amethyst says, "Green room."
Young_Igor asks (of Alexandro), "But would we really want to use it?"
Alexandro goes looking for stairs down, either backstage or outside
Ghogg says, "(You notice people have been gradually reseating themselves. The front rows are noticably more empty.)"
Alexandro says (to Igor), "only one way to find out"
Young_Igor sighs and follows Alexandro
Brachtap exclaims, "Trapdoor to ferretdom!"
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "The audience section appears to have been built with no access to backstage"
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "Let's go to the back of the room."
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "The only exit is out the front door."
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "Jump"
Lemny says (to Patron), "Excuse me, miss, I believe that's a particulate transducer under your foot there... if you could just move it a bit to the left."
Alexandro wanders out the front door and takes a look around
Brachtap achieves the stage, wobbles unsteadily to his feet, wipes cream out of his eyes
Ghogg says, "(If this was an IF game, Lemny would have to undergo various puzzles to collect the 5 Magic Pieces and then a metapuzzle to fix the thing. But he'll just have to do a roll when the time comes.)"
Ghogg says, "(Curtains open.)"
Amethyst is still tapping on floor in confusion. "Don't think ferrets make that much noise? Aren't ferrets socks?"
Brachtap waves his unloaded crossbow uncertainly. "Have they gone?"
Ghogg says, "There are about five people dressed as pirates, and five as mimes."
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "Let's find the downstairs. Try jumping up and down a lot"
Young_Igor backs away from Amethyst
Ghogg says, "They start doing what vaguely resembles interpretive dance."
Lemny says, "Oh, bother. I think the calibration matrix landed in the whipped cream."
Alexandro says (from outside) "Ferrets are small magical creatures. like pixels."
Ghogg says, "There's also a fellow in back in some sort of monk's robe doing some sort of random chanting."
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "I need a roll from you"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 | 10
Amethyst says, "What motivation for jumping? Oh, dancing!" She begins to fling herself wildly about, up and down."
Young_Igor waits to see the floor creak and break.
Brachtap strides furiously up to the chanting guy and presses the unloaded crossbow under his hood. "Freeze!"
Alexandro continues to look for a stage door from outside
Lemny pops the matrix in his mouth when he finds it, to clean off the cream.
Lemny says, "Ow. That thparks."
Brachtap says (to chanter), "They love robes. They climb up inside them. That's why they're after me. I would leave it behind but there are ladies present. Ferrets are ladies too you know."
Lemny says, "Bother. I just sounded like him, didn't I."
Alexandro says, "hee hee"
Ghogg says (to Amethyst), "On hop three or so, the floor gives out."
Young_Igor asks, "Like whom?"
Lemny says (to Igor), "Like youm -- er, I mean... oh never mind."
Amethyst thoomp
Young_Igor hurries over the Amethyst, and peers down.
Lemny asks, "We've only one troll, right?"
Young_Igor calls Alexando over.
Alexandro comes back in at the noise, and helps peer down.
Brachtap says, "Hold very very still. When it comes round again I'll get it..."
Young_Igor says (to Lemny), "Unless there's one in the audience I missed."
Lemny says (to Igor), "Ah. Good."
Alexandro says (to the patrons) "Nothing to worry about! All part of the show! Pay attention to the stage!"
Lemny says, "Just so long as there isn't, say, a circle of them."
Young_Igor says, "Okay, if you can help me down, I don't climb very well..."
Ghogg says, "(People on stage keep dancing, chanting continues. There seems to be some sort of eerie glow from above.)"
Young_Igor sits on the edge
Lemny says, "Hrm. I might have to replace part of this power source with a ripe strawberry."
Amethyst stage whispers "BIG SOCK!"
Lemny says, "Luckily, I have a ripe strawberry on hand."
Alexandro says, "Hrm, I don't climb very well either"
Brachtap prods the chanter forcefully in the face with his crossbow. "Got it!"
Young_Igor falls in
Alexandro says, "Big sock? Oh, that's nothing to worry about"
Lemny says, "Or, I did yesterday. Wait, yes, there we go. I knew it was in there someplace."
Alexandro exclaims (at Brachtap), "hey, crossbow guy! Over here!"
Alexandro waves frantically
Ghogg says (to Young_Igor), "Some sort of cellar, although not attached with the building. There's a ferret napping in the corner, although he's rolling around and making a ruckus when he moves"
Ghogg says (to Brachtap), "I need a DX roll"
Young_Igor stares at the ferret.
Brachtap rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 | 8
Ghogg says, "You barely manage to keep from accidentally setting the crossbow off in the chanter's face"
Amethyst sneaks over to inspect the stone circle. She knows a little about rocks!
Ghogg says, "(In addition to the strange light, there is gurgling. It doesn't sound good.)"
Young_Igor stage whispers up at Alexandro, "Get me a sack!"
Young_Igor stage whispers "A really really BIG sack"
Alexandro says, "Hrm"
Alexandro asks, "where's the eerie glow coming from?"
Alexandro meanwhile goes over and tries to slice off part of the curtain
Lemny asks (of Wizards), "Does anyone here have a spare resonator disc?"
Brachtap rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 | 8
Ghogg says, "There seems to be a tentacle now sticking out of the eerie glow onstage"
Lemny asks (of Man), "Did you notice a small, blue, thimble-shaped object being flung past here earlier?"
Brachtap falls over again and throws up capaciously on the monk's feet.
Ghogg rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 | 10
Chanter winces from the smell and keeps going
Alexandro grabs what part of the curtain he can tear off, and throws it down the hole to/onto Igor
Amethyst attempts to repair stone circle. Perhaps unfortunately, this involves setting down the crocodile.
Young_Igor grabs the curtain
Young_Igor stealthy sneaks up behind the sleeping ferret, and wraps it up with the curtain.
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 | 10
Ghogg says, "(The tentacle onstage extends some more.)"
Lemny looks from the tentacle to the chanter.
Alexandro looks up and sees the tentacle
Lemny says (to Chanter), "You're not fooling anyone with that tentacle, you know."
Alexandro exclaims, "All part of the show, folks!"
Alexandro starts edging towards the exit
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 | 14
Lemny says (to Chanter), "That chant you're using was mathematically proven to be ineffective sixteen years ago by the elder Mipsy Pickens as part of his thesis research."
Young_Igor wrestles with the ferret, wakes it up, and gets tangled in his own curtain
Ghogg says, "(Igor trips as he tries to bundle the ferret and lands on top. Ferret doesn't wake up, but rolls over and has Igor in sort of a hug.)"
Young_Igor exclaims (at amethyst), "Help!"
Young_Igor says, "er, whispers"
Lemny locates the original casing for the thaumometer, and uses it as a cup to stick all the other bits into.
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "Give me an IQ based on, er...."
Amethyst says, "Aw. Now you have mascot like Flower." She looks around for her lap-crocodile.
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 | 9
Young_Igor stage-whispers to Amethyst, "Help get me out"
Ghogg says, "(Ferret appears to be snuggling Igor.)"
Amethyst says, "Hm. Or maybe Ferret has lap-Igor."
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "Also, you have to parts, you just need to assemble it. That would...be Mechanic."
Lemny says (to Chanter), "And even if it were a valid piece of thaumaturgy, it would be impossible to complete without a stone circle."
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 | 6
Ghogg says, "Engineering/Magical should do it"
Amethyst yanks on Igor's arm.
Ghogg says, "Ok, you sort of noodle and get it half-working again"
Ghogg says, "It having blown up, it won't be quite the same as it was"
Lemny exclaims, "Aha!"
Ghogg asks, "Brachtap, what are you up to?"
Lemny, *much* more gently than last time, jabs -- er, *caresses* the button and carefully turns the one remaining dial.
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 5 | 12
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "'s good. You're getting off the mark magical vibrations onstage now"
Young_Igor tries to wiggle out
Lemny says, "Hrm."
Brachtap is wandering vaguely around the back of the stage, wiping his mouth
Amethyst rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 | 8
Lemny says, "You know, it seems as though something odd is going on onstage."
Lemny says, "But it's difficult to get a proper reading with that tentacle in the way."
Ghogg says, "(Tentacle extends and hits one of the mimes, sending it flying all the way across the room and into the wall. Mime gurgles.)"
Alexandro decides that it's probably safer to be down in the hole
Alexandro starts slowly climbing down
Brachtap sits down, and, with infinite care and patience but a great deal of clumsiness and getting things in the wrong order, reloads the crossbow.
Brachtap appears utterly oblivious to the chaos and tentacles around him.
Ghogg says, "Amethyst manages to pull Igor out without also yanking off his arms in the process."
Ghogg says, "Ferret still sleeping, but seems restless."
Alexandro looks around the cellar.
Lemny says (to Chanter), "Look, you're not even doing the chant right. If you're trying to summon mysterious entities what man was not meant to know, at least do it properly."
Amethyst asks, "What happening up there, Alexandro?"
Young_Igor says, "We need to tie up the ferret"
Amethyst exclaims, "We need to fix stone circle!"
Alexandro says, "Nothing much -- some kind of magician on stage summoning up a giant tentacle and a weird glow"
Young_Igor asks, "Oh, that's all?"
Alexandro says, "it's impressive what they're doing with special effects these days"
Ghogg says, "(Another mime screams and goes flying.)"
Lemny says, "It's not 'hamne fescis derrodan'. It's 'halbe fescis derrotant'."
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "You fix the circle, we'll deal with the ferret"
Amethyst listens to scream. "That sounds like drama. I fix the circle."
Young_Igor hands one end of the curtain to Alexandro
Alexandro says (to Igor), "ferret-snaring, eh? the trick is to hurl the curtain with a circular motion, bending your wrist slightly"
Young_Igor follows Alexandro's lead
Lemny says (to Chanter), "Here, listen, 'Garres vulne massebor, halbe fescis derrotant.' Repeat after me. 'Garres vulne...'"
Alexandro and Igor grab the curtain and try and toss it over the ferret
Ghogg says, "Ok, DX again"
Amethyst rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 | 12
Alexandro rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 | 14
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 1 2 | 4
Ghogg says, "You have the ferret more or less snagged. It does look pretty ready to wake up."
Ghogg says, "(One of the pirates goes ARRRRRR as he goes flying.)"
Alexandro asks (of Igor), "now what? do we take its nose?"
Young_Igor finishes tying off the knots and backs away
Alexandro asks, "or put it in this circle?"
Young_Igor says, "Into the circle sounds good"
Young_Igor says, "But there's no way I can carry it"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 | 11
Lemny exclaims, "...halbe fescis derrotant. Ia Ia calte-- *no*, it's *caltebor!"
Chanter blinks
Chanter misses a syllable
Lemny exclaims, "Lepofurrechamadant!"
Brachtap kerrr...click
Amethyst pushes rocks around for a while, but after a bit it's clear she's making a big face out of them rather than a circle.
Brachtap asks (of Lemny), "Where'd the ferret go?"
Ghogg says, "(Glowing stops, tentacle gets cut off and its current extent and falls on the stage, on top of a mime, who gets pushed straight through the wooden floor and lands on top of Amethyst.)"
Lemny says, "This is what happens when improperly educated amateurs attempt to practice magic."
Young_Igor yells up to Bachtap, "It's down here!"
Lemny shakes his head.
Alexandro exclaims (at mime), "quiet, you!"
[Crows-Nest] Young_Igor says (to alexandro), "hee"
Ghogg says, "(Tentative applause from audience as tentacle writhes.)"
Alexandro calls (from the hole) "All part of the show!"
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "Let's put the ferret in the circle"
Ghogg says, "The tenatacle appears to start transforming"
Amethyst says, "Hm. Ferret look like lips. He help finish smiley face."
Amethyst goes and starts tugging the ferret towards the stones and prodding it into place.
Ghogg says, "It starts growing a head and recognizable limbs. Chanter, pirate, and the remaining mime start to edge off and the curtain closes."
Lemny says (to Chanter), "Do you want me to write it down for you? You can study it a bit, and practice it until you get the hang of it."
Alexandro stands back and offers helpful suggestions to Amethyst on how best to move a ferret in a bag
Ghogg says, "Ferret wakes up, blinks."
Young_Igor says (to Ferret), "Good morning"
Ghogg says, "(You hear a gurgled scream or two from backstage.)"
Brachtap is backstage
Ghogg says (to Brachtap), "Oh, gah, thought you had gone. One moment."
Brachtap exclaims, "Argh!"
Ghogg says, "(Ferret rolls on his back.)"
Brachtap exclaims, "Pirate ferret centipede! Come back!"
Ghogg says, "(Ferret does a 'legs in the air' thing that looks like a cat who wants his belly rubbed.)"
Alexandro says, "aww"
Alexandro comes over and scratches it
Ghogg says, "(The audience is starting to noticably thin)"
Brachtap finds a nice safe wall to put his back against, and sits down on the floor.
Amethyst exclaims, "Ferret, you messing up circle!"
Ghogg says, "Suddenly, from the front door, wafts in the smell of meat pies. It appears Mr. Dibbler has brought the rest of his stock."
Young_Igor says (to AMethyst), "Hit is with a stone"
Young_Igor says, "it"
Young_Igor says, "Hit it"
Ghogg says, "Some audience members that are trying to escape suddenly stop in their tracks and collapse."
Alexandro exclaims, "No! It's a nice ferret!"
Alexandro says, "Look at this cute little fuzzy facew"
Brachtap rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 | 10
Alexandro looks around in his pocket for something to feed the ferret
Young_Igor says (to Alexandro), "Go and get it a meat pie"
[Crows-Nest] schep says, "hee hee"
Alexandro says, "Hmm yeah"
Alexandro exclaims (at CMOT_Dibbler), "throw a pie down!"
Dibbler steps inside
Dibbler asks, "Someone wanted to buy something?"
Lemny says (to Lizard), "Look, we've already had one reptile accosting audience members."
Young_Igor says (to Amethyst), "I don't think Alexandro is feeling well"
Ghogg says, "(A couple more audience members try to escape but are stopped flat by the smell of meat pies.)"
Lemny says (to Lizard), "I don't think we need an encore performance."
Amethyst says, "It look like nice sock. Look. It purring."
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "incidentally, do an Astrozoology roll"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 | 13
Lemny suddenly realizes something.
Lemny exclaims, "Wait, stop! Don't hurt that lizard!"
Lemny says, "This is an incredible find. A rarely documented species of reptile."
Lemny says, "It is the spawn of Scaliari Maternalis, the Black Lizard with a Thousand-and-One Young."
Ghogg asks, "Ok, er, who is saying what to Dibbler?"
Lemny clamors up onstage. "I don't believe any researcher has ever had the opportunity to examine one face to face and survive."
Ghogg says, "Ferret still seems peaceful"
Alexandro says, "I am requesting him throw a pie down"
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "right. He asked if someone wanted to buy a pie"
Alexandro exclaims, "I want a pie!"
Ghogg says, "(Brachtap more or less passes out at this point from all the confusion.)"
Alexandro says, "But first I want to know where you got this pie meat from"
Lemny says, "They're known for their particularly unusual eating habits, as well as their reaction to certain classes of mammals..."
Brachtap fills the null-field.
Dibbler says, "If you want a pie, you have to buy it."
Dibbler asks, "How many do you want?"
Dibbler says, "Also, I don't reveal trade secrets."
Alexandro says, "actually, I don't want a pie -- that wizard up there wanted one for his lizard friend"
Ghogg says, "(Lizard decides it is bored with chasing pirates around the stage, and leaps through the curtain. Fortunately, all the audience members in the front rows are cleared out by now.)"
Ghogg says, "(Audience members running away left and right. A few stay thinking this is still the show. Many pass out at the entrance.)"
Young_Igor says, "We should head back up"
Dibbler asks, "to Alexandro "Look, I can't just *give* them away, not a proper business, right?"
Young_Igor says, "And take the ferret with us"
Lemny says, "It is rumored that the Califf of Seribannbann once attempted to capture one to guard his palace, but it consumed three legions of infantry, one half of his captial city, and forty prune danishes before finally being banished."
Young_Igor asks (of Amethyst), "ANy chance you can throw it up out of the hole?"
Alexandro says (to Dibbler), "that's fine, he said he'd pay"
Dibbler peers
Lemny goes looking behind the curtain, to observe the creature.
Amethyst attempts to climb out.
Young_Igor jumps on Amethyst's back.
Ghogg says, "(The lizard fortunately seems to be so hungry it keeps overshooting its marks. People dodge by falling over chairs.)"
Ghogg says (to Amethyst), "er, roll"
Lemny says, "We'll need to subdue, so we can have it studied in a more controlled environment..."
Amethyst rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 6 5 | 13
Lemny exclaims (at Lizard), "Gartholibex's Somnolate Placidity!"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 6 | 10
Morgan says (to Lemny), "it seems to have a little more trouble pursuing people, but doesn't let up"
Morgan steps out from behind the stage.
Morgan gestures grandly, pretty much ignoring the chaos.
Ghogg says (to Amethyst), "You drag your way up"
Amethyst exclaims, "Oh gosh! Another croc'dile!"
Morgan says, "As the Honey Lane Irregulars contribution to the drama of the theater, we will be demonstrating our production of Setting the Curtains on Fire and Blowing Things Up. We hope you enjoy it."
Alexandro scrabbles up behind them
Young_Igor says, "I knew the curtains would be in flames"
Alexandro says (to Igor), "see? they always want to do it themselves"
Lemny exclaims (at Lizard), "Gormleigh's Gravitational Misplacement! Darvrax's Divine Dollop! Dondur's Mass Aural Hallucinations!"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 | 12
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 4 | 8
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 6 | 14
Young_Igor exclaims (at Lemny), "Throw it in the hole!"
Lemny casts three spells intended to A) levitate the creature off the ground, B) block its vision with large amounts of whipped cream, and C) play it a soothing lullabye.
Lemny asks (of Igor), "Throw what?"
Young_Igor exclaims (at Lemny), "The lizard!"
Ghogg says, "to Lemny The first two occur. However, the third seems to make more angry."
Ghogg says, "Unfortunately, the lullaby ended up being sung in the voice of Barney. Little mistake that."
Lemny flings the lizard gently through the air in towards the hole in the floor.
Lemny asks, "Like that?"
Young_Igor says, "now, down"
Ghogg says, "(You hear the sound of fuses being set backstage.)"
Alexandro says, "hmm"
Alexandro says, "I think they may have been serious about that"
Alexandro starts moving casually towards the exit
Alexandro sidle sidle
Ghogg says, "Lizard goes airial and flies"
Lemny can't resist the urge to show off a bit, as he executes of barrel roll with a half twist on the descending creature.
Ghogg says, "Lizard manages to grab the edge of the hole before falling in, bringing down another good chunk of the floor."
Lemny exclaims, "If only we had a ferret!"
Young_Igor says, "We do"
Young_Igor says, "It's down there"
Lemny asks, "What?"
Ghogg says, "You suddenly hear DEEP growling from below"
Young_Igor says, "I figured we'd keep all the animals together"
Alexandro looks down into the hole
Young_Igor backs away from the hole
Young_Igor asks (of Alexandro), "What's it doing?"
Lemny asks, "That's awfully convenient, isn't it?"
Ghogg says, "What feels like more or less an earthquake strikes the building."
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "I need a...DX roll..."
Lemny says, "I mean, that you'd just happen to have a ferret on hand right when we needed one and all."
Young_Igor says (to Lemny), "I do try and be prepared"
Young_Igor asks, "What's the ferret for?"
Amethyst asks, "For lizard?"
Alexandro rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 | 14
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "you tumble end over end and hit the ground down below, it hurts alot."
Lemny says, "Spawn of the Scaliari Maternalis can be influenced by ferrets."
Young_Igor asks, "Influenced how?"
Lemny says, "I think they like them. Or possibly they're afraid of them."
Ghogg says, "In the process you notice the lizard and the ferret are locked in a titanic battle."
Alexandro exclaims, "ow!"
Alexandro exclaims, "lizard versus ferret!"
Young_Igor runs to the remaining curtain and cuts it free
Ghogg says, "You also hear more popping onstage and the curtain starts noticably burning."
Alexandro backs away slowly.
Young_Igor says, "Whoops"
Young_Igor says, "We need to get out of here, soon"
Lemny says, "Or maybe the ferrets hypnotize them. The source material wasn't really clear on the exact details of the relationship."
Young_Igor says, "But we should Take Alexandro with us"
Young_Igor asks, "Anyone got a rope?"
Young_Igor asks, "Also, what happened to Brachnap?"
Ghogg says, "(He's passed out backstage.)"
Lemny says, "He's over there."
Amethyst flops on belly and thrusts her arm down in the hole.
Morgan steps out again
Young_Igor says, "I'll get Brachnap, you get Alexandro"
Young_Igor runs backstage
Lemny asks, "Me?"
Amethyst gropes around for Alexandro.
Young_Igor exclaims, "Yes, you!"
Morgan says, "Should be about...five minutes now. Thank you for partaking of our experimental theater."
Lemny casts the Misplacement again, on Alexandro this time.
Alexandro jumps up to grab Amethyst's hand
Ghogg says (to Igor), "As you step backstage you notice a great many strings tied all over the place and fuses moving and various large sticks which look dangerous"
Lemny asks, "Where do you want him? In the hole?"
Morgan leaves
Morgan has left.
Alexandro exclaims, "out of the hole! out! out!"
Young_Igor looks for Brachnap
Ghogg says, "Ferret and lizard continue fighting. Ferret seems to be winning."
Lemny lifts Alex up to hover over the hole.
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "You get about halfway, and then you notice the antimagic field again. It seems to be coming from the ferret."
Alexandro asks, "the ferret is winning -- is that good?"
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "It is also causing difficulty because Alexandro happens to be nearby"
Lemny exclaims (at Alex), "Lean away from the ferret!"
Amethyst grabs Alexandro's hand though while he's up high!
Amethyst pulls him up!
Ghogg says (to Igor), "You find him collapsed in the corner"
Young_Igor hoists Brachnap over his shoulder and runs for the door.
Ghogg says (to Igor), "he is covered by various limbs from pirates"
Lemny r-- well, jogs after him.
Young_Igor takes the limbs, too
Ghogg says, "I need some HT rolls from everyone who is running"
Lemny rolls 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 | 15
Amethyst rolls 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 | 10
Alexandro gets pulled up and runs out too, I guess
Young_Igor rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 | 11
Alexandro rolls 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 4 | 13
Amethyst carries Alexnadro out!
Ghogg says (to Alexandro), "you are pulled yes"
Alexandro exclaims (at Amethyst), "good idea!"
Alexandro kicks his legs as she carries him
Ghogg says, "Lemny stumbles and collapses at the smell of meat pie, everyone else makes it out"
Lemny says, "No... pie... no pie... no... please..."
Young_Igor sets down Brachnap and goes back for Lemny
Ghogg says, "Everyone is more or less crawling on all fours at this point because of the pies"
Ghogg says (to Igor), "You find Lemny sprawled and delirious"
Alexandro crawls for the exit, groping for fresh air
Young_Igor grabs Lemny by the back of the robe and hauls him out.
Ghogg says, "You hear a tremendous explosion from inside the theater."
Ghogg says, "Various window panes send glass flying."
Ghogg says, "Everyone is collapsed at more or less a safe range, albiet with some meat pie-induced hallucinations."
Alexandro says, "now that's good theater"
Amethyst exclaims, "Not Theater!"
Young_Igor says, "It'd have been faster if I'd just burned the place at the start"
Lemny, only half aware of his surroundings, takes his cue to sommon more floating firey headwear.
Ghogg says, "(Roleplay a little bit before I do the end.)"
Young_Igor starts examining the pirate limbs.
schep has arrived.
Alexandro says, "oo, my head"
Young_Igor asks, "Mmm, this is a pretty good arm. Anyone want a better arm? Alexandro?"
Ghogg says (to Igor), "they appear to be fairly neat severs"
Amethyst sighs. "Flower Crocodile down with ferret and big lizard. Oh well."
Young_Igor says, "Good, good, easier to work with"
Alexandro asks, "hrm -- are you sure those aren't just props?"
Alexandro says, "you know these actors"
Young_Igor says, "No, no, I'm quite familiar with severed limbs"
Alexandro says, "..I suppose you would be"
Lemny says, "...did you know that the pinyahta fish can skeletonize a papier-mache cow in less than a minute..."
Ghogg says, "You hear a vague shuffling noise inside the building."
Amethyst wanders back closer to the building.
Alexandro says, "I thought that blew up"
Alexandro says, "perhaps it was just superficial damage"
Ghogg says, "Suddenly a ferret rams out of the rubble."
Alexandro exclaims, "ferret defeats lizard!"
Ghogg says, "It slows to a stop nearby Amethyst and rolls over."
Lemny asks, "Where'd my lizard go?"
Alexandro says, "I knew I should have put some money on it"
Ghogg says, "It is noticably fatter."
Young_Igor says, "Aww, good ferret"
Ghogg says, "{end}"
Amethyst exclaims, "Yay!"
Alexandro says, "hee hee"
Young_Igor exclaims, "yay!"
Alexandro says, "ok, I'm not really sure what was going on for most of that, but it was funny"
Lemny says, "That was fun."
Young_Igor says, "Yes, very fun, very weird"
Young_Igor says, "Felt very discworldian"
Lemny asks, "So was the theatre festival a success?"
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "you tell me"
Amethyst exclaims, "That was a lot of fun!"
Ghogg says, "There were times I was having difficult concentrating just cause y'all were so funny"
Lemny asks, "Out of curiosity, how did the pies make people see the ferret?"
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "A meaningless coincedence."
Lemny exclaims, "Yay!"
Young_Igor says, "hee hee"
Alexandro says, "really? ha"
Ghogg asks, "Any other questions?"
Ghogg says, "I admit, uh, the plot wasn't really about deep mysteries that needed clarifying."
Young_Igor says, "heh"
Young_Igor asks, "how did the ferret get rid of the previous group of ushers?"
Amethyst asks, "What was up with Plato?"
Lemny asks, "How did the chanter know there was a stone circle under the theatre?"
(From Lemny) Ghogg says, "A meaningless coincidence. Anything else?"
Ghogg says, "Hee hee. No."
Ghogg says, "It was basically along the lines of, er, EEEAGH FERRET RUN AWAY"
Young_Igor says, "ah"
Lemny says, "Ah. So they were, unlike their replacements, Sensible."
Young_Igor says (to lemny), "I think it's fairly obvious that we're insensible"
Ghogg says, "They used a less destructive means to check what was underfoot."
Young_Igor exclaims, "I mean, one of us ate a meat pie!"
Young_Igor asks (of ghogg), "oh?"
Young_Igor says, "I thought the Vertical Troll Battering Ram was a wonderful and direct idea"
Ghogg says, "Well, just about anything would be a less destructive method than having a troll fall through."
Amethyst beams.
Ghogg says, "oh, nobody really bothered to check, but the wizards were being Sensible as well"
Young_Igor says, "heh"
Young_Igor asks, "what was the chanter really doing?"
Ghogg says, "Summoning the Black Lizard With a Thousand-And-One Young."
Young_Igor says, "ah, so it worked"
Alexandro asks, "would that have been bad?"
Ghogg says, "Yes."
Alexandro asks, "or was the ferret bad?"
Alexandro asks, "or were they both bad and we're just trying to make our way in this crazy mixed-up world?"
Young_Igor asks (of alexandro), "I sort of figured they'd both be bad, so why not pit them against each other?"
Lemny says, "Well, it only got one young, at lest."
npc2 has disconnected.
npc2 goes home.
Lemny asks, "Shall I close the log?"
Ghogg says, "Ferret vs. Lizard: They shall fight eternally."
Ghogg says, "Go ahead."
Ghogg says (to Lemny), "I appreciated the whipped cream, by the way"
Lemny says, "Thanks -- I was pleased to have an opportunity to use it."
Alexandro says, "hee hee"