AGWW Online - Log 2003/07/09
Mage - Order of Reason
Session 2: Brotherly Love
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Alvaro Suerra (High Guild) - played by Dingo Dr.Alex Perez (Cosians) - played by Fuzzy Camille de Valois (Celestial Masters) - played by Stayka Dartana (Celestial Masters) - played by Dingo Enrique Suerra - played by Dingo Father Ramirez (Cabal of Pure Thought) - played by Asmodai Juan Gonzalez (Void Seeker) - played by Frederic Juko Laknoonen (Cabal of Pure Thought) - played by Asmodai Redano (Cosians) - played by Dingo Storyteller - Dingo
<Storyteller> Someone do a recap, while I make coffee :)
CamilleDeValois thinks they just arrived in Sevilla and had dinner with some guy and then went to our quarters
<Juan_Gonzales> We were invited in Seville by a Alvaro Suerra. After much talk, we learned that one of his employe found document of a lost civilization in Guatemala (Atlantis perhaps)
<Storyteller> (Mexico)
<Juan_Gonzales> But someone silenced this agent and took nearly all the clues. All we got was a ancient text and some remanent of the agent travel journal. That's the short version ^^
<Storyteller> Sounds good enough.
<Juan_Gonzales> We were supposed to go there and try to find this lost civ
<Alex> If I remember correctly bro Ish and our Patron were negociting a donation tio the church and our Patron's profit margin?
<Storyteller> Well early the next morning, Signor Suerra wanted to see Signor Gonzalez.
Alvaro has already made sure that a sizeable donation goes to the Church
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: ok, I ll present myself at his mansion at a suitable time
<Storyteller> After the evening with drinks and stuff, it's time to retreat for the night. Didn't you reside in his house? The others are to prepare for travel (they have about 6 full days left)
Alvaro is already waiting for you in his office, Juan. A servant leads you to him once you arrive.
<Juan_Gonzales> Good day to you, Senior Suerra.
<Alvaro> Good morning to you to, Signor Gonzales.
<Juan_Gonzales> You wanted to see me?
<Alvaro> Yes, to go over with the details of the mission and where I invest my money.
<Juan_Gonzales> I see
<Alvaro> As I couldn't make perfectly clear with Cardinal Ramirez looking over my shoulder last night. The purpose of this mission is NOT to find Atlantis. It would be nice discovery to be made while laying claim to the riches of this village mentioned in the journal.
<Juan_Gonzales> This is fully noted. I'll have to deal with the brother then I fear
<Alvaro> Deal with him as you see fit.
<Juan_Gonzales> I will
<Alvaro> I have already prepared a few papers for you to sign, and a little money and a few letters of credit you can use here in Seville or in Vera Cruz.
<Juan_Gonzales> Do we have a time limit for this expedition?
<Alvaro> Well, I would like to see a bit of return profit, in.... let's say... 4 years?
Alvaro takes a few papers from the drawers and places them on the table.
<Juan_Gonzales> That's sound reasonable
<Alvaro> These are for you to sign.
Alvaro slides them to you, calls in a servant
Juan_Gonzales reads the paper.
<Storyteller> The servant arrives quit quickly.
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: what is writen on this papers?
<Alvaro> It's basically a loan from Signor Alvaro Suerro to you, as the head of this expedition. Which notes that if you return from your expedition you are to pay back 1200% of his initial investment of 300.000 gold pieces.
<Juan_Gonzales> He
<Alvaro> (Thats about the equivalent of 30 million dollars current value)
<Juan_Gonzales> That's alot of money
<Alvaro> (It's well financed)
<Juan_Gonzales> I better come back rich or not at all he
<Storyteller> If you do not pay back the amount due, then any and all objects you have recovered while on the expidtion are to become his own property. (It's to the expedition.. not to you.... you just sign this as the head of this expedition). But it's the only one actually being able to cause problems. The other papers he has for you to sign, is that you accept the position as leader of the expedition. And that you will take care of paying the other members of the expedition.
<Juan_Gonzales> I sign, I dont have much talent or inclination for negotiation
<Storyteller> The ammount of moneys you are "borrowing" is 300.000 pesos. It does however mention nowhere that if you bring back more, you can't keep it.
<Juan_Gonzales> He
<Storyteller> What is strange is that if you fail. Everything will be forfeited to Signor Suerra.
<Juan_Gonzales> Is that all Senior Suerra?
<Alvaro> That is all.
<Juan_Gonzales> I will look after the preparation then.
Juan_Gonzales bows.
<Juan_Gonzales> Have a good day
<Alvaro> Oh.. if you want to do me a little favor. I have a suggestion a capable "adventurer" (spoken with a bit of disgust) that could join the expedition as a favor to me.
<Juan_Gonzales> Hum. And who is this person?
<Alvaro> It's my half-brother
<Juan_Gonzales> Hum. As you like. Where is he?
<Alvaro> Oh, you should be able to find him in a brothel near the harbor.. Aphrodite's Favor. If he's sober. Just look for the big spender.
Alvaro sighs
<Juan_Gonzales> Hum what's his name?
<Alvaro> Enrique Suerra
Alvaro sends the servant away.
<Juan_Gonzales> I will look after him then. When will your vessel ready?
<Alvaro> And Signor Gonzalez... Take care of him... I wouldn't want to break my mothers heart... The ship will be ready to sail in slightly less than 7 days from now.
<Juan_Gonzales> I will Senior, I always take care of my men
<Alex> (Do we know we're stoping in sea islands (thinking about aquiring some tropical herbs)
<Juan_Gonzales> With your permission, I will leave
<Alvaro> Of course Signor Gonzalez, but don't forget your money..
Alvaro takes a small chest (about as big as a computer case (miditower)) from a drawer in his desk.
<Alvaro> Here you are... the sum as agreed upon.
<Juan_Gonzales> Hum would you mind making letter of change
<Alvaro> Check first, ask questions later.
<Juan_Gonzales> Say 3/4 of the sum in letter of change and the rest in money. Heh, you want me to count all of this money?
<Alvaro> Of course not.. just check for the contents.. to see if what I promised is all there... and of course it's not all money.
<Alvaro> I'm not crazy.
<Juan_Gonzales> Ah
Juan_Gonzales open the bag.
<Alvaro> The only money in here are six purses. The big one is for any monetary costs you may have, the other 5 are for payment of the expedition members.
Juan_Gonzales nods.
<Alvaro> The rest of the money is in letters of credit. Now, if you'd excuse me, I have other business to attend to.
Juan_Gonzales bow and goes out.
<Alvaro> Oh yes... inside the chest is also the device, and a copy of the journals.
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: do I know where are the others?
<Storyteller> I take it they have left some way of contacting them.
<CamilleDeValois> (I am in my Guild House)
Cardinal_Ramirez summons Ishamel to his side befoe heading for the nights rest in his inn...
<Storyteller> (Now Asmo wants to do a small piece)
<Brother_Ishmael> Yes, father?
<Cardinal_Ramirez> As you probably know by now, the Church and our order is quite interested in this "Atlantis". Although this man is primarily interested in profit his goals are secondary...
Brother_Ishmael nawsers in a rough voice...
<Brother_Ishmael> But father, he is funding us... and will donate the Gabrielites... are...
<Cardinal_Ramirez> No. He is doing this for his profit... I am quite sure he has lied... Although I cajoled him to lessen his profit ge will make the chief of the expedition sign one that will give him a greater profit margin and inisit on him bringing him greater profit...
Storyteller snickers
<Cardinal_Ramirez> You are to act by bour heart and principles... as much as the riches of the new world coudl add to ou treasuriesi do not want one of my sons to kill and brutalize a people that have suffered by our arrival alone... Their religion is actualy similar to ours... but in our eyes they have too much heresies... The order has agreed on eradicating their religion and making them Christian... I do not agree with the methods...
<Alex> (/Me wants to aquire lab supplies, biottles, vials and other stuff its easier to get in the Civilized World)
<Cardinal_Ramirez> And you are not expected to convert ot kill anyone that is truly not a devil worshipper or a enemy of true concepts of God and or lord Jeus Christ... Therefore find this Atlantis... and insure that your compatriots do not abuse their position to force you into doing anything you find not acceptable by your and Christian standards...
Brother_Ishmael nods beneath his cowl...
Juan_Gonzales is back
Cardinal_Ramirez gives Ishamel a small black polished cyrstal on a piece of rope...
Brother_Ishmael takes it...
<Cardinal_Ramirez> This is a Leser Viasillicos... you are to use ti to report to me...
<Brother_Ishmael> Yes, father...
Brother_Ishmael puts it inside his cowl and works something underneath it...
<Cardinal_Ramirez> What I need it the knowledge of Atlantis... Your primary mission is to confirm it to me as well as its location... Once you have it, I will launch a ship with help of Pietro Gonzales of the Artificers and we wil ltkae care of exploring this Atlantis... I have already preapred and will send the document that wil ensure that Alvaro will be unable to claim any of the atlantean artifacts... He can take blood and gold... but Atlantis wil be for the Deadalians... The ship will leave as soon as you are ready...
<Brother_Ishmael> Yes, father...
<Cardinal_Ramirez> ... Now go my Son... I will be heading to the cloister to meet with Cardianl Iuvecis and Cardinal Ruperto... we will preapre everything... Now guide this old man to his friends...
Cardinal_Ramirez smiles
Brother_Ishmael helps him stand up and packs the Cardinals stuff and escorts him to the cloister.... once the Cardinal is safe he returns to the in and sits in the cornerleaning on the wall and sleeping the night with one eye open...
<Storyteller> What are people going to do?
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I am trying to find the others
Alex goes to my Guild to obtain laboratory materials, vials, bottles etc
CamilleDeValois returned to her Guild House to inquire whether there are special considerations concerning this expedition...
<Dartana> Signor De Valois?
Dartana is the action head of this guild house.
CamilleDeValois requested a meeting with Senor Dartana, the head of the Guild House.
CamilleDeValois bows respectfully to Senor Dartana
<CamilleDeValois> Yes, Senor Dartana.
<Dartana> You wanted to see me?
<CamilleDeValois> I have come to ask whether you have special instructions for me
<Dartana> Special Instructions for what??
Dartana is starting to get a little bit senile.
<CamilleDeValois> This expedition I am headed to seems to entail quite some values and interest of our fellow Guilds, too
CamilleDeValois explains Dartana the focus in broad strokes
<CamilleDeValois> I will of course see to it that we will have the best maps at our disposal for later investigation...
<Dartana> Ah... Atlantis... I think I've been there already... it's all a practical joke cooked up by Plato..
CamilleDeValois raises an eyebrow.
<Dartana> There is nothing there... just a big ocean.
<CamilleDeValois> Well, it seems Senor Alvaro thinks otherwise
<Dartana> Ah yes.. he thinks it's somewhere in the New World...
<CamilleDeValois> As I understood, he will finance this expedition with quite a sum...
<Dartana> Interesting theorie..but all there is to see in the new world are savages, and more savages.. Oh yes. Big funded expeditions are always fun. Especially since we... will profit from them the most, won't we?
<CamilleDeValois> Well, I definitely do not object to this...
<Cardinal_Ramirez> Action greats the others and heads to the drawing room to preapre nad seal the document that will claim it for the church... soon they summon the Center of the ordred on one of the Greater Viassilicos and preapare this special document that claims any lost technology and culture as the claim of the Gabrilites, as hey are thos presenting it to the masses, and only keeping what they need... (this document later allows the NWO to direct earhtside
<CamilleDeValois> This is what I wanted to see you about. Is there anything you want me to take special care of other than creating maps?
<Dartana> Well... we might just make Suerra pay for an very profitable expedition now won't we... but we will not find Atlantis will we... At least we will not find atlantis and let him know about it will we?
<CamilleDeValois> I will suspend judgement until I have seen the area for myself.
<Dartana> That was not a request.. that was... an order.. yes, an order it is. We will take Atlantis for ourselves.....and discover all there is...
<CamilleDeValois> Let me put this right... You want me to see to it that he ...just finds some ruins of the savage people there?
<Dartana> Yes. And when you do, you notify me.
<CamilleDeValois> So will you send an additional expedition in a Skyrigger then?
<Dartana> You are a smart young man..
CamilleDeValois smiles.
Dartana hands you a small angular crystal piece of rock.
<CamilleDeValois> Well. I will see to it that everything is done as you expect, Senor Dartana
<Dartana> (The rock is used for communication at a long distance..)
<Juan_Gonzales> (Well well, backstabbing is going to be common in this chronicle ^^)
CamilleDeValois takes it and studies it.
<CamilleDeValois> I thank you for your trust.
<Storyteller> (Actually.. everyone has the same goal.. but different targets...)
CamilleDeValois bows respectfully again
Alex goes to her Guild house.
<Storyteller> Juan, where are you going with your big chest of money and the artifact and journals?
<Brother_Ishmael> (The best stuff is that it can tehnically be doen for all of us .. .but not to full hapiness)
<CamilleDeValois> I will send you the proper maps as soon as I created them. You should be able to obtain a copy via the crystal, do you?
<Dartana> Copies, yes.. now where did I leave my glasses (on his nose)
Dartana looks around for his glasses
CamilleDeValois tries to keep serious.
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: is my inn far away from the house?
<CamilleDeValois> You have them on, Senor Dartana
CamilleDeValois bows again.
<CamilleDeValois> With your permission?
<Storyteller> Nah, not far..
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I ll go to my chamber. After that I will ask for a boy to look for the others
<Storyteller> Okay.. just want to know that..
CamilleDeValois retreats to a guest room in the Guild House
<Storyteller> Alex.. you want instructions too?
<Alex> Umm yes
Alex goes to my Guild house
Alex walks into the parlour
<Redano> Nice, to meet you signor Perez
Alex bows respectfully, Nice to meet you Sir
Redano is the head of this guild, and the queen's physician.
Alex smiles
Redano is also a Moor (at least in Appearance)
<Redano> What can I do for you
<Alex> I wanted to report that I'm going on a expedition to the New World (relates the tale she was told of the survivor, the artifacts and Senor Seurra's expedition to look for "Atlantis")
<Alex> And what she heard discussed re the cardinal.
<Redano> Atlantis??? You are really going to try and find Atlantis?
<Alex> Well... Senor Seurra thinks its Atantis ...
<Redano> Thats a wonderfull opportunity. The Atlanteans knew several wonderfull secrets of medicine. Some sources even mention that they were not troubled by illness and disease, and were immortal men.
<Redano> Suerra.... that crook?
<Alex> As my reading puts Atlantis all over the place
<Redano> If he has his hands in this he will be selling Atlantis piece by piece to those that offer most.
<Redano> We can't have that..
Alex nods in agreement
<Redano> We need to learn as much as possible before Suerra gets his ... greedy fingers on it....
<Redano> How to handle this..
Redano thinks a bit..
<Alex> He did show me a artifact that appeared to be some sort of "library" device. it had many symbols and I hoped while sailing to study it further to see if I could make sense of the language
<Redano> Lying would be quite hard... I wouldn't be surprised if Suerra has arranged for at least some of his people to keep an eye on this expedition...
<Redano> Stalling.... yes... Stalling is the best opportunity..
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: once in my room will start to read the remaining notes whe have
<Alex> The initial meeting had a cartographer and someone from the church
<Alex> (What was Juan
<Redano> When you find Atlantis.. just try to stall things as long as possible.. the other conventions will probably have given their own people instructions to try to get their hands on it for themselves....
<Alex> Affliation?)
<Alex> No doubt
<Redano> And whomever gets it.. will have to share with us...
<Redano> That's good enough for me... as long as Suerra doesn't get it..
<Redano> How does that sound to you...
<Alex> I see
<Redano> Of course.. some of the nastier people might actually just try to kill you... but I heard you are pretty decent with edged weapons..
Alex smiles, a guy does need to defend himself, especially in uncivizied places
Alex would rather heal than harm naturally, though.
<Storyteller> Juan: The notes are a travel journal. It's by date, but most of the sections actually describing travel are missing.. it only shows a river where it all is supposed to start.
<Alex> I should pack up my traveling laboratory and get supplies
<Redano> Yes.. your mission is to stall the discovery of this place for as long as possible, untill I have figured out who of the other conventions will share this discovery with us... fully.... do you understand?
Alex (wonders how to do that)
<Redano> Just make something up when you get there... like needing more time to study some of the local flora for medicinal purposes... or just tell them that the herb you are looking at may just be the cure for the Black Death..
Redano nods
<Redano> Yes that will work..
<Alex> I follow
Redano hands you a small piece of crystal too (this is a one sided thing, so you can receive orders)
<Alex> Now how to get Sr Suerra to pay for supplies :)
<Redano> If you'd excuse me.. I've got other things to do.
<Alex> ( A tech marvel a one sided crystal ;))
<Brother_Ishmael> (So only Stayka nad I have the full fledged two side units?)
<Alex> (I got a beeper)
<CamilleDeValois> (I have Connection 2)
<Alex> (You got a cell phone)
<Brother_Ishmael> (It is more of a long distance WAlkie Talkie)
<Storyteller> (Yes)
<Storyteller> Juan, what did you send to the others?
<Storyteller> (And did you try to contact Suerra's half-brother?)
Alex packes up my stuff and prepares for a long jouney
<Alex> Journey
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I just sended for the others
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I will go after Suerra's brother myself after
<Alex> (When I ge the request, I'll go see what he needs)
<Cardinal_Ramirez> (I will arrive solo at the Suerra place in the earla morning... Ramirez will be there tosee us off...)
<Storyteller> (You have about 6 days left before departure)
<Cardinal_Ramirez> (Yes I know... Ramirez will be on the leavinf cometee=
<CamilleDeValois> (I also pack my things and fetch some supplies from the Guild. Other stuff I buy)
<Alex> (I obtain what I can from the Guild and buy the rest of the supplies)
CamilleDeValois thinks her Crystal should be able to work like a Fax with Connection 2 ^_^ )
<Storyteller> Juan: What messsage did you send to the others?
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: to come see me in my inn when they can (and I give the name of my inn)
<Storyteller> Camille: Don't overdo it.. this is a walkie talkie.. not a fax (and there is hardly any science, except for sacred geometry to account for it's existance)
Brother_Ishmael wakes with the sun, and sits in fron of the window so that the su nould illumiante hi mslowly as it rises... he slowly prays as the sun lights on him and his body... Onyl his back can be seen... his head is bald and he seems to have deep scars on the whole of his back and head... as the sun is illuinating him he ries and dresses in his armor and robes, wearign his sword and covering hismelf in robes...
<CamilleDeValois> (ST: Heh. I wanted to convey the info for the receiver on the other side to recreate the maps I have drawn ^_^ Think of it like Guided automatic writing ^_^ )
<Storyteller> Camille: that requires very good communication skills...
<Brother_Ishmael> (You can do that with the Viasillicos... it is just that it is vulgur if used for longer then a minute or so...)
<CamilleDeValois> (ST: Corr 2/Mind 2?)
<Brother_Ishmael> (With full moving image and sound... otherwise it can work for a while...)
<Alex> (I think she just wants a static image sent?)
<Storyteller> Camille: is it your focus? Probably not.. so it won't work)
<Storyteller> But it's also not important at the moment
<CamilleDeValois> (It depends on what she had to due during her past travels. I think the CM would encourage that as not to lose valuable information in case the explorer dies)
<Alex> (Makes sense to me)
<Storyteller> Anyways.. how do you react to Juan's message? It arrives with you by a messenger.
<CamilleDeValois> (What was the wording?)
<Storyteller> Just to come to an inn when you have time.
<Storyteller> (Today)
<Alex> When I return to the guild and get the message, I'll go
<CamilleDeValois> (After we slept, I take? Or in the night?)
<Alex> (Afternoon of day2 I think?)
<Storyteller> (After you slept.. the day after the meeting with Suerra, that one lasted till late in the night)
<CamilleDeValois> (Ok. )
<Storyteller> Alex: right, afternoon of day 2
CamilleDeValois gets the note delivered by a page boy of the Guild House
CamilleDeValois reads it, grabs her bag she always carries aroung (with some utilities...) and heads towards the inn
Alex would like to further examine that tube/book artifact
<Alex> Ok - I was going to go to find Juan, following his request
Brother_Ishmael gets hold of the note and stays in a corner of the in coverd in his rones drinking beer and waitign for the others to show up...
<Storyteller> Juan: Where do you store the chest when you go to meet them?
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I hide in my room
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: at least I try
<Storyteller> Juan: Okay.
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: or I put cloth on it, like it's just my own chest
<Alex> I thought you wanted us to meet you?
<Juan_Gonzales> Yes I do
<Juan_Gonzales> This is your pocket money
Juan_Gonzales hand a purse
<Juan_Gonzales> It's from our mecene
CamilleDeValois enters the inn, too, and looks for Juan Gonzales
<Storyteller> What he calls pocket money is actually payment for four years.. and is about 10.000 gold pieces.
Brother_Ishmael heads to the table towering over all the other patrons... and stis necxt ot hem placing a jug of beer and sitting down covered in robes and cowl
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I am meeting them in my room
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: just to be sure
<Alex> Right that is what I thoiught
CamilleDeValois asks
Brother_Ishmael slowly and raspingly says... Good morning
<Storyteller> Juan: Already getting paranoid?
CamilleDeValois asks the host where Senor Gonzales awaits them and it directed to the room, too
Alex bows slightly and says good afternoon Senor
CamilleDeValois knocks at the door
<Juan_Gonzales> Enter
CamilleDeValois enters...
<CamilleDeValois> Good day, Senores
CamilleDeValois bows slightly
<CamilleDeValois> You wanted to talk to me, Senor Gonzales?
Alex is present still
<Juan_Gonzales> Call me Juan, we are going to work and live together for long moment
Juan_Gonzales hand a purse to Camille
<Brother_Ishmael> Call me... Ishmael...
<Juan_Gonzales> Your pocket change, it's from Senior Suerra
<CamilleDeValois> (Lol)
Alex nods
<Brother_Ishmael> (:))
CamilleDeValois smiles
<CamilleDeValois> Yes, Sen- Juan.
CamilleDeValois takes the purse.
<CamilleDeValois> And this is?
<Juan_Gonzales> Your salary
<CamilleDeValois> You may call me Camille, too, of course
<Alex> "Pocket change"
<CamilleDeValois> Ah.
CamilleDeValois raises and eyebrow and looks into the purse.
Brother_Ishmael seems to looks At Camille for a moment then looks back down... only his deep blue eyes can be seen in the shadows...
<Alex> (Whats the state of banking? do Guikds do thier own?)
<CamilleDeValois> I didn't expect such generosity S- Juan.
<Storyteller> (What's banking??)
Juan_Gonzales hand a purse to Ishmael
<Juan_Gonzales> And this is for you padre
<Storyteller> (Brother.. a padre is something else)
<Brother_Ishmael> I... am... sorry what is this gold for?
CamilleDeValois now sees Ishmael, too, and bows to him as well.
<CamilleDeValois> I'm sorry, I didn't see you at first, Brother Ishmael
Brother_Ishmael nods...
<Alex> (/Me sess a wave of Japanese style bowing)
<Juan_Gonzales> To help you if you need to use money to get goods for our trip
<Juan_Gonzales> And as a donation to the church
<Brother_Ishmael> Ah...
<Brother_Ishmael> Senor... Gonzales... you are.. taking...care... of the paychest?
Brother_Ishmael opens the small bag and takes out a hundred Pezos...
<Juan_Gonzales> I am more or less on charge, being the one with the most experience
<Brother_Ishmael> In that case...
Juan_Gonzales looks at everyone
Brother_Ishmael takes a small paper and a quill with a small flask with ink from his robes...
<Juan_Gonzales> So tell me how many trip did you all already made?
Brother_Ishmael scribbles something not taking of his leather gloves...
CamilleDeValois doesn't look as if (s)he is so much interested in the money
Brother_Ishmael offers Juan the paper and the quill poiting to a place...
<CamilleDeValois> Well, I have travel the plains of Asia and the deserts of the lands of the moors...
Juan_Gonzales takes the paper
Juan_Gonzales looks at it
<CamilleDeValois> I even did one trip to the new world, but I explorer the Northern reagions there
<Juan_Gonzales> Good you have field experience then
Brother_Ishmael notes that the paper says that Juan Gonazles is takign care of the money that was given to Brother Ishamel and is to return the full sum minus all expenses they both signed for, and that in case of Ishamel's demise it is to be given to any Church sponsored orphanage... the sum written as the startign point is the 10009 minus the 100 he took...
<CamilleDeValois> I have seen some of the savages of the New world myself, and how they lived in strange tents
Alex looks interested at what sort of local flora and fauna you found there
<CamilleDeValois> (Alex do you ask that?)
<Alex> Yes, I did
CamilleDeValois smiles at Alex.
Brother_Ishmael looks at Juan from the darkness of his cowl...
Juan_Gonzales cough
<Juan_Gonzales> Please later
<Juan_Gonzales> You will have plenty of time during the trip
Brother_Ishmael looks at hi mwith a cold stare and still holds the quil and the paper in front of him...
<Alex> Ok -- so what are our plans?
<Juan_Gonzales> I ll sign yes
<CamilleDeValois> I'm afraid, I'm just a cartographer. I just learned enough about some of the plants that they could benefit me a little. It is not easy to talk to the savages without someone who can translate
Alex hmms
<Brother_Ishmael> Then... please... sign now so I qill not be burdened with this money...
<Juan_Gonzales> Camille, we are going to be in a humid country, please take that in account when youa re planning for your gear
Juan_Gonzales sign
CamilleDeValois nods. I will do that SEnor Gonzales
<CamilleDeValois> Juan
<Alex> I think that that would be an interesting thing.... to learn the local speech to better communicate with the indiginous peoples
CamilleDeValois smiles sheepishly
Brother_Ishmael hands the paper to Camille and Alex and points to a place with Witness written on it in Spanish...
Juan_Gonzales take out the tablet from his pocket
<Brother_Ishmael> Would... you please sign?
CamilleDeValois reads the papers shortly and signs
Juan_Gonzales and put it on the table
<Alex> Yes, I'll wittness
<Brother_Ishmael> ... Thank you...
Alex also reads and signs
CamilleDeValois doesn't sign anything she hasn't read first ^_^
Brother_Ishmael takes the paper and puts it inside his robes...
Alex thinks Cami is wise
<Brother_Ishmael> It is on your heart, if I die... and the money is not delivered to... orphans...
Brother_Ishmael takes the 100 pesetos and leaves the bag on the table...
<Juan_Gonzales> The 3 of you seems tobe schollar, so I will gives you the tablet, BUT, you are responsable for it
<Juan_Gonzales> It something happend to it, you will be responsible, is that clear?
<Alex> Tablet?
<Juan_Gonzales> Yes this thing
Juan_Gonzales point at the artifact on the table
<CamilleDeValois> Ah.
CamilleDeValois nods.
Alex is iterested in studing the tube artifact
<Storyteller> The artifact is a tube.
<CamilleDeValois> Shall I take a closer look and try to decipher it?
<Alex> I thought we might work together on that
<CamilleDeValois> I am somewhat knowledgeable in foreign speech due to my travels.
<Alex> As am I
<CamilleDeValois> Well, we might try to make sense of it together, then
Brother_Ishmael takes the tunbe and looks at it...
<CamilleDeValois> I take it we have plenty of time on board
<Alex> So it seems
<Juan_Gonzales> And last point, we ll have another member in our team
CamilleDeValois looks askingly to Juan
Brother_Ishmael looks up from his cowl...
<Alex> Oh - and this is?
<Juan_Gonzales> Enrique Suerra, our mecene half brother
<Juan_Gonzales> He was very adament that he come with us
Alex wonders what sort of skills he brings to the group?
<Juan_Gonzales> Any question?
<Juan_Gonzales> He quite an adventurer according to our mecene
<CamilleDeValois> Does he belong to any Guild, too?
<Alex> I suppose we should be introduced
<Juan_Gonzales> I dont think so
<CamilleDeValois> Hm. THis is somewhat awkward
<Juan_Gonzales> *Shrug* I am not the one funding the expedition
<CamilleDeValois> Indeed.
CamilleDeValois frowns slightly nonetheless
<Alex> Perhaps we should ask him what sort of skills he has?
<Juan_Gonzales> I intend to do that
<CamilleDeValois> Well, "adventurer" is hardly a job description...
<CamilleDeValois> I hope he will not become a liability
<Juan_Gonzales> We ll see
<Alex> Maybe he's a swordsman or knows outdoors survival?
<Brother_Ishmael> ... His... borther is trying to get rid ogf him...
CamilleDeValois nods curtly.
<Brother_Ishmael> ... He is a nuance to hsi borther and he wishes to put him out... of the way...
<Juan_Gonzales> *Shrug* maybe, maybe not
<Alex> It seems to me, protocol would be to make introductions?
<Alex> Juan?
<Juan_Gonzales> I wanted to brief you first, since you are more knowledgeable than the common
<Brother_Ishmael> ...
<Brother_Ishmael> question...
<Brother_Ishmael> ... For all of you...
Alex defers to bro Ish
<Juan_Gonzales> Yes?
CamilleDeValois waits
<Brother_Ishmael> ... Why do you seek Atlantis... and what do you plan to do with it?
Brother_Ishmael stays in the darkness... him sitting he is still more then a head talelr then the rest...
<CamilleDeValois> Well, I am a cartographer. ..
<CamilleDeValois> I love to explore uncharted regions and create maps for all who want to follow after
<CamilleDeValois> (And that is indeed the truth)
<Juan_Gonzales> I like to travel and explore, I leave the rest to higher ranking member of the lodge.
<Brother_Ishmael> (Though not the whole truth)
<CamilleDeValois> Atlantis is definitely unknown and uncharted yet - to be the first one to draw maps of that... It would make me famous amoung my Guild
<CamilleDeValois> (Not the whole *g*)
Alex is interested in *any* thing that increased the body of medical knowledge ... the legends say the Atlanteans had perfect health and were practically immortal
<Juan_Gonzales> Please no politics during our expedition
<Brother_Ishmael> ... Thank you... I am searching for Atlantis, to give it to the Deadalians... without it being ripped apart by those who share neither faith or science...
<Juan_Gonzales> We ll need everyone cooporation to make it in one piece, this is not the place or time for backstabing
<Brother_Ishmael> ... I am not... interested in... politics... only right... and wrong...
<Juan_Gonzales> Well that's a good news then
<Juan_Gonzales> I hope everyone share your opignion
<Brother_Ishmael> I just want it to be stated that we... are not heading into this... wanting to cheat each other... as ... all of us have stated our pupose...
Alex 's interest is scientific
Brother_Ishmael lowers his head down so the darkness inside the cowl loses him...
<Alex> (/Me Gasps! ME - science Wowser!)
<CamilleDeValois> (Lol)
<Juan_Gonzales> Is that all?
<Storyteller> (It sounds like it's brother time... it's nearing the evening, so it's up to you to decide to try and find him before, or after dinner.
<Alex> Juan... so were essential free for the next 4 days or so?
<Juan_Gonzales> (ST: before I want a chance to get him sober ;o)
<Storyteller> Alex: To prepare yes.
<Juan_Gonzales> Alex: yes, I will be overseeing the ship preparation for my part
Alex pulls out a vial of medicine
<Juan_Gonzales> I trust you to take care of your own gear
Alex gives the vial to Juan, this will sober him up
CamilleDeValois nods
<Juan_Gonzales> Thanks
<Alex> Umm do we just meet at the docks?
<Juan_Gonzales> No, I ll bring him here
<CamilleDeValois> So we shall wait here?
<Juan_Gonzales> Yes
<Alex> Ok
<CamilleDeValois> Very well.
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I am going
<CamilleDeValois> You do not need help to get him here?
<CamilleDeValois> Cd
<Juan_Gonzales> No
<CamilleDeValois> (Ups)
<Storyteller> Fine with me.. of to the brothel it is :)
<Juan_Gonzales> (Camille: what age do you seem to have?)
Brother_Ishmael heads with the others robed in and his sword hidden under the flaps...
<CamilleDeValois> (Beginning 20es
<CamilleDeValois> )
<Camilledevalois> (It's somewhat difficult to place my age)
<Juan_Gonzales> (In that case, ly anwser is: if you want, but it's a brothel...)
<CamilleDeValois> (Irl Camille is 27, I'd say)
<CamilleDeValois> Well, I do not want to amuse myself there, JUan.
CamilleDeValois raises an eyebrow in amusement
<Juan_Gonzales> *Shrug* some are easily offended
<Alex> I thought Enrique was already here -- silly me
<Alex> (No wonder he didn't answer me ;))
<CamilleDeValois> Well, I have travelled since I was very young, I guess I have seen things I shouldn't have even when I wasn't of age...
<Juan_Gonzales> (He)
Alex *sighs*
<CamilleDeValois> I'd like to have a moment to drop my salary at the Guild House, too
<CamilleDeValois> (I hope it is on the way somewhere?)
<Juan_Gonzales> Sure
Alex agrees
<CamilleDeValois> I'm somewhat uncomfortable to carry such values with me.
<Storyteller> (It's pretty much on it's way)
Alex also follows suit
<Storyteller> (You do know you'd have to pay to have it stored right?)
<CamilleDeValois> Normally I tend to travel light
<CamilleDeValois> (ST: I want to send it home)
<Juan_Gonzales> (ST: do I know where's the guild chapter house in seville?)
<Alex> (Yes, I'd asked about Guild "banking")
<CamilleDeValois> (ST: But I trust my Guild with it more than any postillion)
<Storyteller> Juan: next door of the celestial masters.
<CamilleDeValois> (Lol)
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: k
<Juan_Gonzales> (ST: I will make a deposit there on the route)
<Storyteller> For all: Banks do not exist. To store your money safely you have to pay for it. To carry less weight around, you have letters of credit, these also cost money and are not exchangeable in many places, depending on the one who wrote the letter.
<CamilleDeValois> (I thought I'd send the majority of the money to my estate near Paris)
<Storyteller> To transfer money, you mail a letter from one "banker" to another "banker" who than arranges for the money to go to the one you intended. This also costs money.
<Storyteller> Basically.. interests on stored money works in reverse.
<Juan_Gonzales> (ST: yea but it's better to have Guild letter of mark)
<CamilleDeValois> (I think the Guild would be able to take care of that?)
<Alex> (I would too)
<Storyteller> (It's all possible, but you may actually need some of it.)
<Alex> (Especially a Guild like CM would are very well traveled folks)
<CamilleDeValois> (Did I mention *majority* or *all*?)
<Storyteller> (Possible)
<Storyteller> (Not important at the moment)
<Storyteller> (You have enough money to buy whatever you'd need...)
<Storyteller> Shall we continue now?
<Alex> (I bought supplies I figured would be hard to come by in the New World, (lab materials and contasiners and such)
<Juan_Gonzales> Let's go ^^
<Storyteller> Question: Where is the artifact after Juan and Camille leave?
<Alex> Last I saw it was in Cami's hands
<Brother_Ishmael> (I have it)
<CamilleDeValois> I wanted to put it into my guest room in the Guild House
<Brother_Ishmael> ( I took it freom the table and noone ever asked back for it...)
<CamilleDeValois> Possibliy with someone to take care of it
<Alex> We just want to be sure it ends up on the boat for study while sailing around the world
<Brother_Ishmael> (So it is inside my robes next to my skin)
<Brother_Ishmael> (I will give it to the others when they ask for it)
<CamilleDeValois> (As long as you keep it safe it is okay)
<Alex> (Agreed)
<CamilleDeValois> (I wouldn't want to see it stolen)
Alex nods in agreement
<Alex> What of the journals?
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: I am going
Alex looks at the journals
CamilleDeValois accompanies Juan
<Storyteller> Where do you leave the journals?
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: hiden in my own chest
<Alex> I thought he'd piut them on the table with the artifact?
<Storyteller> No, that he did not do.
<Juan_Gonzales> Nope
<Alex> Ok
<Storyteller> Okay.. it takes a little bit of time finding Aphrodite's Favor, it's a rundown place somewhere harborside.
<Juan_Gonzales> Ok once found we go insind
<Juan_Gonzales> Inside
<Storyteller> Where do the others go after Juan and Camille have left?
<CamilleDeValois> Well, On the way I drop my stuff at the Guild House first
CamilleDeValois isn't stupid to carry that gold into a brothel
<Storyteller> Do they wait in Juan's room, or do they go to the common room
<Storyteller> All I want to know..
<Alex> I'm waiting as requested
<Storyteller> Camille.. I already took the trip to the guildhouse in account..
<CamilleDeValois> (Ok)
<CamilleDeValois> (Just wanted to make sure that I don't get robbed in the brothel ^_^ )
<Juan_Gonzales> Once inside I am asking for Enrique Suerra
<Storyteller> Aphrodite's Favor is a place that has definately seen better times
<Storyteller> It's dark, somewhat smelly... and very busy...
<Juan_Gonzales> He
CamilleDeValois stays close to Juan, watching the interious with clinical interest
Brother_Ishmael stands next to the others and is completely silent...
Brother_Ishmael is looking around carefully for anything dangerous...
<Storyteller> There are lots of harlots and clients. Some bad music. There is also a lot of gambling going on here.
<Juan_Gonzales> I try to get the attention of an "employe"
<Storyteller> When you ask for Suerra, the person you ask gives you a look as if asking "Are you sure you want to meet him" and points to a table where there are 5 people playing some cardgame, with quite a lot of money on the table.
CamilleDeValois looks for possible dangers, too
<Storyteller> Oh.. there are enough possible dangers here. A lot of the people here would sell their own mothers if the price was right..
<Juan_Gonzales> Which one of those gentlemen is Enrique Suerra?
Enrique_Suerra stands out from the other players.
<Juan_Gonzales> (I am asking the employe)
Enrique_Suerra is very well dressed in the latest fashion.
<Enrique_Suerra> A very fine fencing blade lies close by his hand on the table. And from looks of it he's definately winning a lot.
Enrique_Suerra has long dark hair worn in a ponytail.
<Juan_Gonzales> (To the employe) bring some wine to Senior Suerra from my part, and tell him that I would like to see him for business matter
Juan_Gonzales give some money to the employe to motive him
Brother_Ishmael I standing behind the others towering above them...
<Enrique_Suerra> (When I receive the wine I signal you to come closer)
Juan_Gonzales come close
Juan_Gonzales closer
<Enrique_Suerra> What?
<Juan_Gonzales> Dont you want to finish your game first?
<Enrique_Suerra> I can finish this while we talk.
<Enrique_Suerra> These... losers.. can't win anyway
<Juan_Gonzales> He*
<Storyteller> The reaction from the other players is.... well... not nice..
CamilleDeValois follows Juan,
CamilleDeValois keeps a bit behind Juan, though
Enrique_Suerra smells a little bit like wine.
<Juan_Gonzales> Your brother wanted me to take you with me, I am going to the new world, since you are a skilled person
<Enrique_Suerra> Ah, you are the new person who is to drag me onto some of my brother's busniness ventures to die far away..
<Enrique_Suerra> Not interested
<Juan_Gonzales> *Shrug*
<Juan_Gonzales> Not my idea you know
<Enrique_Suerra> Raise.
Juan_Gonzales looks down at him
Enrique_Suerra shifts a few piles of money to the stack in the middle.
<Juan_Gonzales> Beside if your brother hadnt asked me, I dont think I would come to you
<CamilleDeValois> Well, we could talk to your brother, maybe we can convince him that you don't need to accompany us
<Enrique_Suerra> Pedro.. just fold...your cards really suck, and you know it... you still need to feed your children.. so I give you this chance to stop now.
<Storyteller> The man named Pedro looks at his cards... and folds..
CamilleDeValois looks to Juan
<Storyteller> He stands up and leaves.
<CamilleDeValois> After all, one person less means we can keep more of our findings
<Enrique_Suerra> He will send me on any of his dangerous business ventures..
<Juan_Gonzales> That's right
<Enrique_Suerra> The ones most likely to kill everyone on it.
<Enrique_Suerra> Untill now I have survived them all..
<Juan_Gonzales> That's part of the thrill
<CamilleDeValois> I think it might be better to leave him here so that we have a bigger share
CamilleDeValois turns to leave
<CamilleDeValois> Let's go, JUan.
<Enrique_Suerra> Raise.
Enrique_Suerra shifts another ammount of money.
<Juan_Gonzales> If youchange yourmind you can find me at this inn <insert name>
<Storyteller> Juan: His cards really SUCK..
<CamilleDeValois> (Whose?)
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: not my problem ;o I am turning, too.
<Storyteller> Enrique's card really sucks.. he's absolutely self-confident though, and you can see the others at the table sweating like pigs.. there is about 400 pesos in total on the table (a shitload of money)
<Enrique_Suerra> What share? - Raise
CamilleDeValois looks back to Enrique
Enrique_Suerra shifts another pile of coins.
<CamilleDeValois> Of the treasure of course
<Storyteller> This is getting too rich for the others and they fold.
<CamilleDeValois> But I see you are not interested, so I think we'd better go.
Enrique_Suerra takes the money.
<Enrique_Suerra> What treasure?
<CamilleDeValois> Well... The Gold of the savages in the new world
<Enrique_Suerra> Ah... this time he wants you to steal stuff from people who worked hard to get what they earned
Brother_Ishmael flahses a look at Cammile butthe cowl turns back to Enrique...
<CamilleDeValois> They still have plenty of it, and I though we might get our share before any other parties take it
<Enrique_Suerra> Quite interesting.. well... count me out.
CamilleDeValois shrugs and leaves now for good.
Juan_Gonzales walks out
CamilleDeValois stops some yards away from the brothel and frowns.
Enrique_Suerra shouts: "Tell my good for nothing brother that I am not buying his suicide mission crap anymore.
<CamilleDeValois> Too bad. I thought one could appeal to his greed
<Juan_Gonzales> Or his pride
<CamilleDeValois> How imnportant is it that we take him along?
<Juan_Gonzales> But well, I am not here to drag him with him, if he doesnt want to come that's our mecene problem
<CamilleDeValois> In the worst case we might see to it that we manage to drug and shanghai him when we leave
Brother_Ishmael still stands...
Brother_Ishmael rasps...
<CamilleDeValois> We could then keep him in the hold of the ship. Although Iwould prefer to leave him here
<Brother_Ishmael> ... You know... your brother siad that there was no chance you would... go... it is interesting to see you acting like he said...
Brother_Ishmael heads after the others...
<Juan_Gonzales> That's out of question camille, I want willing participant, the stake are too high for else
Enrique_Suerra walks after you after quickly collecting his winnings, pissing of the other gambles by leaving and places his hand on your shoulder.
<Enrique_Suerra> What did you say?
<Juan_Gonzales> (To whom he's speaking?)
<Enrique_Suerra> (The robed guy)
<Brother_Ishmael> Ah... it seems to me... that you are acting... liek your brother would want... if we invited you he doesn't need to worry... about paying your debts... and you are losign a chance to trick him of his prize if you really dimiss this... but it is your choice...
Brother_Ishmael seems tired from talkign this much...
<Enrique_Suerra> I'll reconsider.. but this definately has to be good stuff.
Enrique_Suerra really seems to like the idea of screwing his brother over.
<Brother_Ishmael> ... Your... choice... maybe you coudl teach your brother not to send you on missions if you jsut went and messed up his scheme of... geting rich on lost... cultures...
<Enrique_Suerra> He doesn't send me on missions he actually expects to be successfull...but what.... lost cultures.. I haven't heard a thing about Lost Cultures in the new world.
<Juan_Gonzales> We ll we have some clues that point to the contrary
<Enrique_Suerra> Okay.. let's find a place where we can talk a little bit more in private..
<Juan_Gonzales> Come with us
Juan_Gonzales heads back to his room
<Enrique_Suerra> Alright.
Enrique_Suerra follows, but keeps his hand close to his blade all the time.
<Alex>
CamilleDeValois doesn't say much now, but somehow (s)he doesn't appear to be too happy that Enrique followed them after all
CamilleDeValois obviously would have preferred the "drugged" approach with that person
<Juan_Gonzales> (He he)
<Storyteller> For those of you paying attention. He at least walks as if he knows how to handle the blade at his side.
<CamilleDeValois> (That doesn't meanone has to like him, or?)
<Juan_Gonzales> So Senior Suerra, how many trip did you made into the new world?
<Enrique_Suerra> I've been there... 5 times in the last 6 years
CamilleDeValois raises an eyebrow
<Juan_Gonzales> Good, so indeed you have experience
<CamilleDeValois> So you speak the tongue of the savages, too?
<Enrique_Suerra> What savages?
<CamilleDeValois> The indigenuous inhabitants of the New World, of course.
<Enrique_Suerra> Much better. I speak Apache and Zuni
CamilleDeValois thinks.
<Enrique_Suerra> I could say I'm quite fluent in Zuni.
<CamilleDeValois> I think Apache belonged to the Northern part of the New World. I have not heard of "Zuni", though
<Storyteller> (Zuni is the language of the Indians who lived on the westcoast of Mexico. Also their name)
CamilleDeValois only was inthe Northern part of the New World before)
<Enrique_Suerra> The languages of the natives of northern and western Mexico
<CamilleDeValois> I see
<Juan_Gonzales> I will gives you detail when we arrive in my room
Enrique_Suerra gets a strange look in his eyes as if he seems to think really hard about something, or looks without seeing.
<Juan_Gonzales> ST: prime 1, is Enrique awakenned?
CamilleDeValois has her Mind shield closed around her as usuals
<Storyteller> In this case... Roll... (Arete)
CamilleDeValois wouldn't want her dislike to spill over too loudly
Juan_Gonzales rolled 3d10 dice and got: 6, 9, 7
<Storyteller> He's awakened..though a bit strange.
<Juan_Gonzales> (ST: Strange in what sense?
<Brother_Ishmael> (I have a hunch he dropped us an inspired)
<Storyteller> Strange as in, it seems broken somehow.
<CamilleDeValois> (I don't mind. I don't like him)
<Juan_Gonzales> (ST: k)
<Juan_Gonzales> (Did we arrive?)
<Storyteller> Yes
Juan_Gonzales looking to Alex
CamilleDeValois takes a place in some corner
<Juan_Gonzales> Any trouble?
Alex is still wondering where everyone went
<Enrique_Suerra> Trouble??
<Juan_Gonzales> So let's do the presentation
<Alex> (Are they back?)
Juan_Gonzales point to Enrique Suerra
<Juan_Gonzales> This is Enrique Suerra
<Juan_Gonzales> The last member of our merry team
<Juan_Gonzales> This is brother ishamel
<Juan_Gonzales> This is Camile deValois
<Juan_Gonzales> And this is Alex
Alex bows respecfully
Juan_Gonzales turns to enrique
CamilleDeValois gives Enrique a mere hint of a nod
<Alex> Dr Alex Perez at your service, Sir
<Enrique_Suerra> It might turn out to actually be my pleasure to meet you, but at the moment I'm just curious what this is all about?
<Juan_Gonzales> So we are a going to the new world in a week, one of your brother employe found trace of a lost culture during his expedition, so we are going to check this
CamilleDeValois lets Juan tell him the plan
Alex nods in agreement
Alex studies Enrique
<Alex> (Prime scan, is he Enlightened?)
<Juan_Gonzales> But, of course there's always a but, this personn disepared under strange condition, so we only have some fragment of his traval note and a odd artefact
Alex rolled 3d10 dice and got: 2, 1, 2
<Juan_Gonzales> (Lol)
<Storyteller> Alex: nope, he's a changeling.
Alex giggles
<CamilleDeValois> (Lol)
<Alex> (With that role he might as well be)
CamilleDeValois does not know why, but she somehow feels a disike towards that guy
<Enrique_Suerra> And that is all?
<CamilleDeValois> Dislike
<Enrique_Suerra> This doesn't sound like my brother at all
<Juan_Gonzales> Why?
Enrique_Suerra frowns
<Enrique_Suerra> Because this actually seems like just an ordinary jungle crawl.. and I survived four of those already.. so he will not try to get me killed by sending me in the jungle somewhere.
Juan_Gonzales goes out and ask for wine and 5 glass
<Juan_Gonzales> *Shrug*
CamilleDeValois looks at Enrique
<CamilleDeValois> Four?
<CamilleDeValois> And what happened on your 5th expedition to the New world?
<Enrique_Suerra> Oh.. of those four, 2 were in Africa... the other 2 were in the New World.
<Enrique_Suerra> Of my visits to the New World there were 3 desert visits..
<CamilleDeValois> You mentioned you were 5 times in the New World, I thought
<Enrique_Suerra> That's correct.
<Brother_Ishmael> Hmmm... Juan... what did senor Suerra give you as terms... of our... helping...
<CamilleDeValois> So what did you encounter there
<Brother_Ishmael> Was... there... anything suspicous?
<Enrique_Suerra> Twice in the southern jungle were the natives were.. quite unfriendly.
<CamilleDeValois> I only recall praeries and the redskinned folks
<Enrique_Suerra> And 3 times in the desert where actually the natives were quite a lot friendlier, once you have gotten to know them.
<Enrique_Suerra> What suspicious stuff?
<Enrique_Suerra> Let's see.. I have joined a mission to Eldorado..
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course that failed horribly.
Alex is interested in learned about new medical techniques and new flora for herbal medicines
<Enrique_Suerra> If it weren't for the Zuni, I would have perished.
<CamilleDeValois> Would you please elaborate on that?
<Storyteller> They found me, almost dead in the desert and nursed me back to health..
<Storyteller> I stayed about 4 months with them.
<Enrique_Suerra> (That was me)
<Alex> Say, would you be willing to teach their language to us (enough to be be basiclly understood?)
<Enrique_Suerra> And what would you like to do with a .... dead language?
<Alex> Pardon, the language of the natives is a dead language? well perhaps it would help us understand the things we find?
<Alex> (/Me must be loosing lines or something?)
<Enrique_Suerra> The language I speak is Zuni.. the Zuni were living on the west coast of Mexico... but they were eradicated in ..... our.... endless thirst for gold.
<Alex> Hmmm
Enrique_Suerra looks sad
<Alex> Did you see any of the written language?
<Brother_Ishmael> ... I hope God... set a aside a place for innocents who die of our greed... they should ne in heaven...
<Juan_Gonzales> Greed is a pretty good drive for human
<Enrique_Suerra> The Zuni language is very simple.. they had no need for a written language. All their history was told through stories.
Alex takes a quill and paper and draws some of the symbols from the artifact
<Enrique_Suerra> And I hope the Devil has reserved a ugly, uncomfortable place for those who did this.
<Alex> Do you recognise any of this?
Enrique_Suerra rolled 3d10 dice and got: 6, 5, 8
<Enrique_Suerra> I've seen those before somewhere.. but that wasn't in the new world.. it was on a mural in some ruin that was supposed to be the location of the mines of Solomon.
<Enrique_Suerra> That was in Africa.
<Alex> (Curiouser and couriouser)
<Brother_Ishmael> (I'll be back in 10 minutes,if it is private enough I cna offer it)
<Enrique_Suerra> Come to think of it... where did you see these symbols.. and what is exactly the lost culture we are looking for?
<Enrique_Suerra> No wait.. let me guess.
Alex listens
<Enrique_Suerra> You have seen these symbols on some item my brother showed to you... and you are looking for Atlantis?
Enrique_Suerra snickers
<Alex> Good guess
<Alex> And...?
<Juan_Gonzales> He he
<Enrique_Suerra> And what? My brother is obsessed with Atlantis.. more specifically their secret for eternal life...
<Enrique_Suerra> So whenever he gets some hint about a lost culture from somewhere he sends people to try and discover the place.
<Alex> Based on what you just said tho, my theory is the place the artifact was found may have been a colony or outpost of the Atlantean culture
<Enrique_Suerra> Artifact??
<Alex> The one he showed us the symbol on
<Enrique_Suerra> You mean he actually has proof?
<Alex> Err symbols
Juan_Gonzales nods
<Enrique_Suerra> Then it truly is a pleasure to meet you.
<Alex> (Feeling rather like Hagard, opps shouldn'ta said that
;))Enrique_Suerra has a big grin on his face
<Juan_Gonzales> He
<Juan_Gonzales> You are still free to walk out senior
<Enrique_Suerra> Not even the Devil can stop me from going with you..
<Enrique_Suerra> Because you will surely die as soon as you set foot in any town where my.. brother has agents
Juan_Gonzales raise a eyebrow
<Enrique_Suerra> Well, okay.. perhaps not that soon, but soon after that.
<Alex> How does that benefit him?
<Juan_Gonzales> How so?
<Enrique_Suerra> He will keep the secret for himself of course.
<CamilleDeValois> (Sorry, I'm a bit tired, I try to keep up anyway. /me listens ^_^ )
<Alex> I mean would it not make sense for us to actually find something first?
<Enrique_Suerra> After you have gone where he intends you.. us... to go.
<CamilleDeValois> So he would terminate you, too?
<Alex> (Where no one has gone before .... (oh thats star trek))
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course.
<Enrique_Suerra> He has tried that at least half a dozen times before.
<CamilleDeValois> Interesting
<CamilleDeValois> Obviously you manged to outwit him so far...
<Enrique_Suerra> Nah.. he's smarter, but Fortuna is on my side
<CamilleDeValois> Fortuna?
<Enrique_Suerra> The thing is.. my mother is the one who controls the fortune.
<CamilleDeValois> And she is still alive?
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course.
<Enrique_Suerra> He would never kill my mother before he kills me..
<CamilleDeValois> Well, after all you told us about your brother this sounds like a little wonder
<Enrique_Suerra> If he does so, he will be completely penniless.
<Enrique_Suerra> Because I will inherit the fortune
<Brother_Ishmael> (Back)
<CamilleDeValois> I see
CamilleDeValois wonders if she misjudged Enrique.
<Brother_Ishmael> ... Interesting... Caine is not the only brother slayer... even in this enlightned age he rears his head...
<Juan_Gonzales> As said, greed is a great motivation *shrug*
<Enrique_Suerra> Half-brother, Brother. Half-brother.... his father was... well... the result of a dalliance my mother made when she was younger.
<Brother_Ishmael> ... So... where do we go from here.. I know that, father Ramirez would not be very happy if he heard of... this...
<Alex> Indeed
<Enrique_Suerra> Ramirez......the cardinal?
<Brother_Ishmael> ... Yeees...
<Juan_Gonzales> (Afk a bit)
Enrique_Suerra frowns
<Enrique_Suerra> He is the reason I'm still alive and my brother does not attempt to assasinate me.
Brother_Ishmael tilts his head aside...
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course, he's also the first one to make sure my brother is hanged for my assasination.
Alex listens
<CamilleDeValois> How so?
<Enrique_Suerra> So that he.. as the last living relative of my mother inherits her fortune.
<CamilleDeValois> Interesting connections.
<Brother_Ishmael> Cardinal... Ramirez is not interested in wealth...
Brother_Ishmael sounds aggitated...
<Brother_Ishmael> ... He would not wish to kill.. anyone to gain wealth...
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course not.
<Enrique_Suerra> That would dirty his hands
CamilleDeValois thinks that it certainly depends on the amount of gold involved, but doesn't say anything
<Enrique_Suerra> All he makes sure of is that he finds some reason to blame my brother for my death, so he can get him hanged...
<Brother_Ishmael> You WILL NOT TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT HIM!
Brother_Ishmael shouts in a booming voice, though at the end it sounds as a rasp...
Brother_Ishmael stnads there...
CamilleDeValois thinks this monk seems to be somewhat mentally unstable
Alex wonders if Brother Ish needs a colmative
CamilleDeValois thinks this journey would certainl become ...interesting.
<Enrique_Suerra> Or what?? *with a slightly lowered voice*
Enrique_Suerra is looking straight at the robed figure
CamilleDeValois doesn't show any expressions on hir face
Alex addresses Brother Ish -- I think you know better than to let this fellow get to you.
Alex walks over to to Brother Ishmael
Alex offers a supportive hand
CamilleDeValois sees to is that her thoughts are shielded and no undue emotions escape outward to betray her
<Brother_Ishmael> ... You will not insult... him... ever again... Ramirez is a good, honorable man...
Juan_Gonzales is back
<Alex> Quietly, yes, and this fellow is umm iffy at best
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course he is. He has to keep up appearances.
<Enrique_Suerra> But we weren't talking about Ramirez.
<Enrique_Suerra> What is it exactly that my brother has shown you?
Brother_Ishmael seems to relax...
<Alex> Can we try not to agravate each other, please
<Juan_Gonzales> Please show the item brother
Brother_Ishmael keeps his eyes covered in his cowl as they are flaming with rage...
Brother_Ishmael grudgingly puts his hand in his robe nad fshes the cylinder out handing it to Juan...
Enrique_Suerra kept very calm during this whole time.
CamilleDeValois makes a mental note that Brother Ishmael needs to be hanled with care
Enrique_Suerra looks at it..
<Alex> Quietly, steady .. you're in control
<Enrique_Suerra> What is it?
CamilleDeValois adds a mental note that Enrique seems to be more cunning/dangerous than he looks like
CamilleDeValois observes the others of her future travelmates carefully
<Alex> It appears to be a library book 9recorded information)
<Alex> We planed to study the language enroute
Enrique_Suerra seems to study it for a while..
<Juan_Gonzales> That's one of the clues your brother got
<Enrique_Suerra> It's not Mayan..
<CamilleDeValois> Mayan?
CamilleDeValois quints her eyes
<Enrique_Suerra> The language of the natives we are most likely to meet.
<CamilleDeValois> So you speak that, too?
<Enrique_Suerra> I do not speak it, or read it, but I do know what their writing looks like.
<CamilleDeValois> I see
CamilleDeValois wonders if that is the truth.
<CamilleDeValois> (Can I try to use a Mind 2 rote Empathy - to checked?)
<Storyteller> Sure
<CamilleDeValois> (Paradigmwise it is looking at the way he walks talks etc, to see through him)
CamilleDeValois rolled 3d10 dice and got: 4, 6, 2
<CamilleDeValois> (1sux)
<CamilleDeValois> (Diff 6, due to the running Mindshield, BTW)
<Storyteller> He's extremely sure of himself and when he said what you thought that may be a lie, there wasn't any hesitation at all.
<CamilleDeValois> (Ok)
Enrique_Suerra manages to switch pages quite fast
<Enrique_Suerra> Interesting..
<Alex> But these symbols do look like the symbols you saw in africa?
<Enrique_Suerra> Yes, I think I have seen at least half of these symbols on a wall in Africa.
<Alex> If could be of Atlantean origin then
<Juan_Gonzales> Where in Africa? on the west coast?
<Enrique_Suerra> Beyond Egypt close by the Nile.
<Juan_Gonzales> Hum
<CamilleDeValois> That is where some ancient cultures dwelled I think
<Enrique_Suerra> Just one more question.. what was my life exactly worth to my brother?
<CamilleDeValois> I have seen ancient maps in our map archives
<Enrique_Suerra> The Nubians had their civilisation there.
<Juan_Gonzales> Lots of money
CamilleDeValois frowns, and it seems she fights a bit with herself.
<Enrique_Suerra> What's a lot?
CamilleDeValois bows towards Enrique now.
<CamilleDeValois> I think I have to apologize. I had some misconceptions about you.
<Enrique_Suerra> Of course.
CamilleDeValois stands there somewhat stiffly
<Enrique_Suerra> What's a lot?
<CamilleDeValois> [I think the others don't know the full amount?)
<Alex> (I think only Juan knows)
<Enrique_Suerra> (He is also the one who said lots of money, I want to hear a figure)
<Juan_Gonzales> Better ask your brother
<Juan_Gonzales> You are still coming or do you prefer playing cards?
<CamilleDeValois> Actually I'd like to hear the number, too
<Enrique_Suerra> Count me in.. this chance of screwing over my brother I won't pass..
Enrique_Suerra has a grim grin
<Juan_Gonzales> He
<Juan_Gonzales> We ll be departing in 5 days
<Alex> Juan do we have chests/trunks taken to the pier or??
<Enrique_Suerra> Has any of you ever travelled the jungle before?
<CamilleDeValois> I'm afraid not.
<Alex> No
<CamilleDeValois> Deserts, prairies, tundras, mountains - but jungles are a first for me
<Enrique_Suerra> Take light clothes with you, that are tightly closed at all possible openings. Otherwise you'd be killed by bugs.
CamilleDeValois nods and makes mental notes
<Enrique_Suerra> Gunpowder can be taken along, but chances are that after a few days it will be very hard to find dry gunpowder..
<CamilleDeValois> Hm. You mean it gets very wet?
<Storyteller> (And yes, I know.. it also fires wet.. but it's dangerous for the weapons)
CamilleDeValois frowns
<Enrique_Suerra> It can get quite... humid..
<Alex> (/Me figures on bug repellent herb wash for clothes, as well as medicinal)
<CamilleDeValois> I have to take special care about my parchment, pencils and inks then
<Enrique_Suerra> Brother Ishmael, I do hope that you have something more suitable to wear than those heavy robes and armor of yours.
CamilleDeValois thinks that she has to get some waterproof thin skins for her equipment
<Alex> Seems wise
<Enrique_Suerra> Anyways.. those are the most important rules for jungle travel.
<CamilleDeValois> The same goes for the hearbs she'll take along
<Enrique_Suerra> Don't wear or carry anything too heavy. Because travel is very hard when going through the jungle itself, so you go by river.. if you fall overboard... carrying too heavy equipment can cause you to drown. The rivers are treacherous.
<CamilleDeValois> I am a navigator
<Enrique_Suerra> I remember a trip that took a month upriver, but only two days downriver.
<CamilleDeValois> I might steer whatever boat we have at our disposal
<Enrique_Suerra> You mean paddle ..
CamilleDeValois looks at Enrique
<CamilleDeValois> I thought more of sailing, I have to admit
Enrique_Suerra points at the dooropening..
<Enrique_Suerra> At some points.. the boats have to fit through a space.. probably even smaller than that
CamilleDeValois frowns
<CamilleDeValois> This sounds somewhat problematic indeed, then. I am more used to wider rivers and open sea
<Juan_Gonzales> We ll face jungle, not plain :o
<CamilleDeValois> Obviously so
<Enrique_Suerra> And the rule that will make sure you survive.. everything in the jungle that can kill you, will kill you, unless you kill it first.
<Enrique_Suerra> And do not underestimate the creatures of the jungle. I've seen a grown man break his own back after being bitten by a snake the size of my pinky.
<Storyteller> We can stop here... Too much pitbull action for the badguys to move.. so we can also go on till departure..
<Juan_Gonzales> Pitbull action?
<Storyteller> (Guarding and hoarding stuff like crazy)
<Storyteller> End Session. Next Session: Departure
-- To Be Continued --
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