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In the tomb there's bound to be; defenses strong times three
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The defenses overcome; the ghosts must be undone.
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'''Cast'''
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Excellent Air boat WotLA p.34
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== '''Cast''' ==
 
* [[Phinnae]] '''Juggernaut of the West'''
 
* [[Phinnae]] '''Juggernaut of the West'''
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* [[nikink/JadeWisdom| Jade Wisdom]] Scavenger lord in the making. AKA ''Cynis Kitaro''.
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* [[nikink/JadeWisdom|Jade Wisdom]] Scavenger lord in the making. AKA ''Cynis Kitaro''.
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* [[Nikink/Scarred| Scarred]] Drunken Solar with a hidden past
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* [[Nikink/Scarred|Scarred]] Drunken Solar with a hidden past
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* [[Nikink/Savvy| Savvy]] (Beauteous Lunar with a debt to repay) '''Repaid! Yay!!!'''
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* [[Kally/Savvy|Savvy]] (Beauteous Lunar with a debt to repay) '''Repaid! Yay!!!''' [[http:/lion-horse.jpg|Here's a pic of Savvy in all her raging glory!]]
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** I must say ROFL ROFL ROFL!!! - [[Bencyclopedia]]
  
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'''Extras'''
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=== '''Extras''' ===
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* [[Bencyclopedia/TarosPetasi| Taros Petasi]] - Enigmatic Elipse Scavenger Lord, maybe with ties to House Ragara?
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* [[Bencyclopedia/TarosPetasi|Taros Petasi]] - Enigmatic Elipse Scavenger Lord, maybe with ties to House Ragara?
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** [[Bencyclopedia/RagaraTanro| Ragara Tanro]] - Servant of Taros
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** [[Bencyclopedia/RagaraTanro|Ragara Tanro]] - Servant of Taros
 
** Madame Wang - manager(?) of the 7000 Pleasures Teahouse.
 
** Madame Wang - manager(?) of the 7000 Pleasures Teahouse.
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* [[Bencyclopedia/BaosGap| Baos Gap]] - Dawn Caste Solar, Circle mate of Taros Petasi
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* [[Bencyclopedia/BaosGap|Baos Gap]] - Dawn Caste Solar, Circle mate of Taros Petasi
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* [[Bencyclopedia/IncomparableHammer| Incomparable Hammer]] - Twilight Caste Solar, Circle mate of Taros Petasi
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* [[Bencyclopedia/IncomparableHammer|Incomparable Hammer]] - Twilight Caste Solar, Circle mate of Taros Petasi
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* [[Bencyclopedia/PerfectButterfly|Perfect Butterfly]] - Zenith Caste Solar.
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** Gare - Her father, in Riverwood
  
 
* Madam Wu - Owner of a cheap Teahouse in Nexus...  
 
* Madam Wu - Owner of a cheap Teahouse in Nexus...  
 
* ''Pirule Kugimo'' - hapless mortal Nexus labourer trying to earn a quick coin by spying on Exalts... (and a dwarf)
 
* ''Pirule Kugimo'' - hapless mortal Nexus labourer trying to earn a quick coin by spying on Exalts... (and a dwarf)
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* Invincible Serf of the Wyld - Noble Fae
 
* Cousin Rosa of Tolinya (ex-slave, branded with the brand of the Wujin Shi Tea Company)
 
* Cousin Rosa of Tolinya (ex-slave, branded with the brand of the Wujin Shi Tea Company)
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* The seven emancipated slave girls
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** Bitchy (now a dedicated follower of Savvy)
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** Whiney
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** Moany (now a dedicated follower of Savvy)
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** Groany
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** Catty
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** Fussy
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** Feral (now a dedicated follower of Savvy)
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* Master Wu, Sijanese tour guide
  
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'''Deceased and or Unknown'''
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=== '''Deceased and or Unknown''' ===
 
* First Age
 
* First Age
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** [[Bencyclopedia/SuChi| Su Chi]] - First Age Dawn Caste
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** [[Bencyclopedia/SuChi|Su Chi]] - First Age Dawn Caste
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** [[Bencyclopedia/EightTimesDreaming| Eight Times Dreaming]] - First Age Twilight Caste
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** [[Bencyclopedia/EightTimesDreaming|Eight Times Dreaming]] - First Age Twilight Caste
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** [[Bencyclopedia/SwiftSilence| Swift Silence]] - First Age Changing Moon
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** [[Bencyclopedia/SwiftSilence|Swift Silence]] - First Age Changing Moon
 
* Second Age
 
* Second Age
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** * [[Bencyclopedia/PelepsDakura| Peleps Dakura]] - '''MUST DIE!!!!'''... I mean ... '''IS DEAD!''' Yay!
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** [[Bencyclopedia/PelepsDakura|Peleps Dakura]] - '''MUST DIE!!!!'''... I mean ... '''IS DEAD!''' Yay!
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** Mysterious Fate Ninja types (might even be all the same person!)
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*** [[Nikink/PoA769AscAir28|Old man in street of Sijan]]
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*** [[Nikink/PoA769RespAir02|Yellow-clad horseman on a yacht]]
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** [[Nikink/PoA769AscAir25|Mysterious Abyssally horseman]]
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** [[Nikink/PoA769RespAir20|Guild Factor ''Doodad'']] (one day we may run into him)
  
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'''Places'''
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== '''Places''' ==
 
* Nexus (d'uh!)
 
* Nexus (d'uh!)
 
** Madame Wu's Teahouse of Infinite Courage
 
** Madame Wu's Teahouse of Infinite Courage
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** Nexus Pool
 
** Nexus Pool
 
** Dakura's Mansion
 
** Dakura's Mansion
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** ''The Shining Pearl'', Dakura's yacht
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** ''The Shining Pearl'', Dakura's yacht - [[Nikink/PoA769RespAir14|deceased]]
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* An-Teng
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** Dragon's Jaw
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* Riverwood, a small village on the River of Tears. Home of [[Bencyclopedia/PerfectButterfly|Perfect Butterfly]]
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* Harbourhead
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** Tiraklou - Savvy's sister here once...
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* Sijan
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** [[Nikink/PoA769RespAir01|Tomb]] of [[Bencyclopedia/SuChi|Su Chi]]
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* Lookshy
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** Tomhaza Redoubt (Shhhh! It's a secret!)
  
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== Calendar ==
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http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Calendar <- Handy. :)
  
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||||||<b>Year 767</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767AscAir|Ascending Air]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767RespAir|Resplendent Air]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767DescAir|Descending Air]]</b>||
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||||||||||||||<b>Ascending Wood</b>|| ||||||||||||||<b>Respendant Wood</b>|| ||||||||||||||||<b>Descending Wood</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767AscWater|Ascending Water]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767RespWater|Resplendent Water]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767DescWater|Descending Water]]</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767AscEarth|Ascending Earth]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767RespEarth|Resplendent Earth]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767DescEarth|Descending Earth]]</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767AscWood|Ascending Wood]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767RespWood|Resplendent Wood]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767DescWood|Descending Wood]]</b>||
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||15||16||17||18||19||20||21||    ||15||16||17||18||19||20||21||    ||15||16||17||18||19||20||21||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767AscFire|Ascending Fire]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767RespFire|Resplendent Fire]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767DescFire|Descending Fire]]</b>||
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||||||<b>[[Nikink/PoA767Calibration|Calibration]]</b>||
  
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||||||<b>Year 768</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768AscAir|Ascending Air]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768RespAir|Resplendent Air]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768DescAir|Descending Air]]</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768AscWater|Ascending Water]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768RespWater|Resplendent Water]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768DescWater|Descending Water]]</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768AscEarth|Ascending Earth]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768RespEarth|Resplendent Earth]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768DescEarth|Descending Earth]]</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768AscWood|Ascending Wood]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768RespWood|Resplendent Wood]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768DescWood|Descending Wood]]</b>||
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768AscFire|Ascending Fire]]</b>||<b>Resplendent Fire</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768DescFire|Descending Fire]]</b>||
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||||||<b>[[Nikink/PoA768Calibration|Calibration]]</b>||
 
Year 768
 
Year 768
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: [[/PoA768DescWood17| 17th Descending Wood]] : Quartet meet in Nexus by happenstance. Mooks die, meet Taors, learn of Golden Bow of the East.
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: [[Nikink/PoA768DescWood|Descending Wood]] : The odd quartet meet in Nexus, greet a Solar, get a quest, kill a Dynast, steal a yacht.
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: [[/PoA768DescWood18| 18th Descending Wood]] : Visit Nexus library, learn '''The Tale of [[/ShuZhou| Shu Zhou]]''', Meet Ragara Tanro
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: [[Nikink/PoA768AscFire|Ascending Fire]] : Leave Nexus on a quest to Sijan on behalf of an Eclipse. Flee local authorities for the death of a Dynast. Bring groupies.
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: [[/PoA768DescWood19| 19th Descending Wood]] : Taros says Sijan! Savvy says Dakura! Jade Wisdom says Oaths! Phinnae says Pirates! Scarred says Drink!
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: [[Nikink/PoA768DescFire|Descending Fire]] : Fae!. Scarred frustrated. Savvy furious. Phinnae flies. Jade Wisdom fights.
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: [[/PoA768DescWood20| 20th Descending Wood]] : Mystery abounds, Pirule Kugimo caught, Scarred lost in Nexus with all the money
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: [[Nikink/PoA768Calibration|Calibration]] : weirdness happens.
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=== '''21st Descending Wood''' ===
 
  
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So, Savvy, Phinae and Jade Wisdom start to wander back to the warehouse with Pirule. Savvy runs  off, leaving Phinnae and Jade to stop a short distance away from the Tavern to discuss the situation some more.
 
  
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Phinnae suggests they should remain close to the Tavern with Pirule so he can identify the wealthy fop. Jade Wisdom is sceptical of this idea due to an inability to reasonably hide Pirule and prevent him from calling out or otherwise attracting unwanted attention. This leads to a small impasse...
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||<b>[[Nikink/PoA769AscAir|Ascending Air]]</b>||<b>[[Nikink/PoA769RespAir|Resplendent Air]]</b>||<b>Descending Air</b>||
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Year 769
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: [[Nikink/PoA769AscAir|Ascending Air]] : Seven Su-Chi's. Sidereal slyness. Scary stranger. Sijanese stonework. Schooling Savvy.
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: [[Nikink/PoA769RespAir|Resplendent Air]] :
  
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Then Pirule helpfully suggests staying ''inside'' the Tavern to keep a watch out for the fop, and Phinnae agrees to this idea. So Jade and Pirule head back to the warehouse while Phinnae enters the Tavern to  keep watch from a position of stealth and inconspicuousness.
 
  
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While inside the Tavern, Phinnae call for a bit of fun, gambling on an arm-wrestling contest between herself (a poor frail woman-folk-type) and the big manly men of the bar, to help pass the time. A big burly man takes up the challenge. One scream of pain and a broken arm later, the rest of the Tavern patrons look nervous and edge away from the 'poor frail woman-folk-type' lady who just broke a man's arm without breaking a sweat or showing any signs of remorse... that's right, inconspicuous.
 
  
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Phinnae then tries to bribe the Barkeep, but with no concept of money, the Barkeep is not impressed...
 
  
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Jade Wisdom and Pirule make it back to the warehouse safely. The Jadeborn offers the man his bed roll, some food and a cup of tea, all of which are accepted with gratitude.
 
  
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Dawn comes all too quickly...
 
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Phinnae is phrustrated by Bar-Wenches who cannot understand her High- or Low-Realm Phrases.
 
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Savvy, Jade Wisdom and Pirule Kugimo remain patiently at the warehouse waiting for Phinnae and Taros (and maybe Scarred). Soon, Ragara Tanro arrives with a message for Savvy, that Taros has invited her to the 7000-Pleasures Teahouse. Upon hearing this, the super-intelligent Jadeborn takes Pirule away out of earshot, as y'know, spy and all that... Once Tanro has left, Jade Wisdom leads Pirule back inside and Savvy confides the news to him in a language Pirule cannot comprehend. Jade Wisdom recommends that Savvy go to Taros as soon as possible, while he remains at the warehouse to watch the captive and await Phinnae (and Scarred...).
 
  
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(Common consensus has it that Scarred has taken all the money and gotten lost inside many Nexus Pubs, Taverns, Whorehouses, Opium Dens and Gambling houses on the way back to the warehouse.)
 
  
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Savvy finds an discreet corner and becomes a bird to fly to Taros.
 
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Midday. Sunny and warm...
 
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Phinnae is bored (and hungry? and thirsty?) but notices the Dynastic looking man with good clothes, darks hair and noble bearing enter the bar. The man talks quietly and briefly to the man behind the bar, then leaves. Phinnae phollows! Phop has disappeared!! Phrustrated Phinnae phlies high, phails to phind, still phrustrated, phuck!!! She phlies back to the warehouse.
 
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Savvy arrives at the Teahouse to meet Taros. He informs her of some details about [[Bencyclopedia/PelepsDakura| Peleps Dakura]]. Savvy is grateful, and idle chitchat ensues, and soon thereafter Savvy departs.
 
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Jade Wisdom engages in conversation with Pirule, getting a little closer to establishing a bond of intimacy with the man. Then Phinnae arrives.
 
  
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The Lunar girl manages to draw a very rough picture of the wealthy man, and conveys her frustration at losing him so quickly. Jade Wisdom informs the young exalt that apart from her being very unlucky (which is unlikely, because Exalts make their own luck), many other types of being can use Charms to hide themselves from view, or travel very quickly, or confuse the mind. Also many magical artifacts can do the same.
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=== '''23th Resplendent Air''' ===
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Downtime occurs.
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=== '''24th Resplendent Air''' ===
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Downtime occurs.
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=== '''25th Resplendent Air''' ===
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Downtime occurs.
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=== '''26th Resplendent Air''' ===
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Downtime occurs.
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=== '''27th Resplendent Air''' ===
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Downtime occurs.
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=== '''28th Resplendent Air''' ===
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Downtime occurs.
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=== '''14th Ascending Water''' ===
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Downtime occurs. Phinnae limit breaks
  
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Savvy then returns. Jade Wisdom makes her a cup of tea as she relates her information. Phinnae is curious and excited about Dakura's interest in 'Exotic' slaves. And also a little concerned that he may have some of her relatives...
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=== '''22nd Ascending Water''' ===
  
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After some discussion, the yacht seems to be the best place to attack the Dragon-Blood without running afoul of Nexus laws. Jade Wisdom suggests it may be very easy for the Lunars to assault the yacht, but getting himself and Scarred aboard to help, if their help is desired, may be somewhat more difficult as they cannot change shape, fly, swim (not that far anyway), walk on water, or sail. Of course, Lord Scarred may have an awesome idea, but he isn't present, and may have run into trouble, or just passed out in a gutter somewhere, or fled the city...
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The smell of Nexus greets the Companions long before it comes into sight. They hastily try to remove as many Guild paraphernalia and markings as they can. This is probably a bit late, given the amount of river traffic.
  
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Everyone wonders what has happened to Scarred... (except Pirule, who's probably thankful).
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Phinnae captains the boat easily into a berth at the Nexus Pool. Once docked, everyone packs what little belongings they have and Scarred becomes Easily Overlooked in order to keep the giant Orichalcum Bow hidden. Then they make their way to the Teahouse of 7000 Pleasures.  
  
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Phinnae flies there as a condor and once in human form again she knocks on the door of the Teahouse, having arrived hours before everyone else. Madame ''Wang'' answers. The old woman looks a bit surprised to see Phinnae all by herself, and asks as to the whereabouts of the others.
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Phinnae decides to fly around the city to look for Scarred.  Soaring high in the sky to avoid attracting attention but using her "eagle" eyes to scour the filthy streets of Nexus.  After many hours of searching, Phinnae frustrated, lands on the roof of a two storey building.  While resting on the roof she hears shouts and loud sobbing.  Curious she flaps down to the window sill at the back of the building. She sees a scantily clad young woman being beaten by a hulk of a man.  Phinnae's rage is piqued. She changes shape on the sill and charges through the window.  The Man is surprised and is unable to fend off Phinnae's flying, reverse, roundhouse, scissor, hook kick.  She executes the move perfectly and the assailant is left in a heap at her feet.
 
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** Is this the right or wrong way to do this?  Does it make sense? And it is not finished if its ok! [[Phinnae]]
 
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Jade Wisdom decides to take Pirule and wander through Nexus to try and find Scarred. Everyone present thinks that Scarred has spent all the money in a tavern, opium den, whore-house or gambling den... or all four. Savvy chooses to remain in the warehouse to ponder the information about Dakura.
 
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Scarred awakes in a poor looking tavern, "''Salt of Creation''". He has a splitting headache, and very patchy memories of the previous 12 hours or so. He orders another ale, and talks to the barkeep to discover where he is. The answer, ''Sentinel Hills'', is not much help. Ordering an extra strong coffee to help recall events, he asks for directions to the ''Drunken Carp''. Soon after, he stumbles back out onto the street and pushes his way slowly towards his original destination. Being very hungry, the local 'rat-on-a-stick' is very appealing, and helps pass the time...
 
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Jade Wisdom talks some more to Pirule Kugimo. Discussing life in Nexus with life in Urvar and generally being nice and building a certain intimacy between the two. (Yay! A new Contact! Social Combat testing moderately successful!!!)
 
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Night falls
 
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Scarred enters the Drunken Carp and makes a bee-line for the barwench. He orders an ale. Perplexed at where the rest of the group are, he bribes the barwench for information. She tells him a little about their arrival and departure, which leaves the drunkard more perplexed.  
 
  
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In her characteristically uncharismatic manner, Phinnae says it's none of the old woman's business, then bluntly demands to see Rosa. Madame Wang informs her that Rosa departed for her home months ago. Phinnae then asks for a bath. And a new change of clothes!
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The Jadeborn and the mortal man move from pub to tavern to brothel to casino in a futile effort to search all of Nexus for the missing (to them) Solar. Eventually, somewhat weary, they arrive back at the Drunken Carp. Scarred immediately abuses them for being late, and then swiftly buys them a meal and drink. Then he raises his voice and buys the whole tavern a drink. He then sniggers as he realises his magic gourd is unlimited, and could supply endless amounts of alcohol to everyone, but he'd rather spend the money.
 
  
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The three leave after their meal. Once outside, Jade Wisdom notices Scarred has left the bag of silver inside on the table. He swiftly bursts inside and intimidates the girl taking the money from the table into handing it over. Once outside again, he gives Pirule a few coins and tells him to never talk to anyone about the group, or spy on them again. Pirule is relieved and grateful to be let free, to return to his pregnant wife and his mother who has a bad hip.
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Madame Wang agrees that the barbarian smells quite strongly and leads Phinnae through several corridors of giggles behind closed doors to a well appointed room. Phinnae demands Madame Wang tell Taros that the others are on their way. Madame Wang refuses politely, saying that Master Taros is in Firewander at present. Phinnae pauses for a second to consider this, then tells Madame Wang to get rooms and tea ready for everyone.
  
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The Solar and Jadeborn start the long walk back to the warehouse.
 
 
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Midnight
 
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=== '''22nd Descending Wood''' ===
 
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The Jadeborn once again makes tea for the assembled misfits. Scarred snubs it to fall asleep loudly next to his gourd, but Savvy accepts. Jade Wisdom and Savvy engage in a conversation about slavery and the nature of civilisation. Unwittingly the Artisan greatly upsets the Lunar girl from a tribe raided regularly for slaves. Savvy throws a punch in frustration at the Enlightened Ubermensch and storms out. The Jadeborn is perplexed and puzzled by the erratic behaviour by the Exalt, Chosen by Luna and granted powers far beyond mortal men, but figures slavery had something to do with it. He makes a note of it as a valuable lesson learned by both parties, and goes to bed.
 
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Savvy flies out of Nexus and hunts as a Simhata for a couple of hours, before flying back at about 4am and collapsing, calmer, into bed herself.
 
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Morning arrives.
 
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Scarred and Jade Wisdom awake. The Jadeborn informs the Solar about Peleps Dakura, and then the two decide to spar against each other to pass the time. The Solar clearly outmatches Jade Wisdom, who takes careful note of the Solars technique in an effort to improve himself.
 
  
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Savvy wakes at the sound of scuffling, and upon seeing this, Jade Wisdom intermingles the sparring with brewing and pouring a cup of tea for her. As he ducks and weaves to avoid the Solars blows he bows low to the Lunar and apologises for causing unintended offense and reaches out to hand her the cup. Scarred slyly whips his hand out to snatch the tea cup away and drink it. He pauses for a moment to express his admiration for its quality. Everyone likes Jade Wisdom's tea! WIth good humour and respect for the Solars skill at martial arts, Jade Wisdom makes Savvy another cup.
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Walking through the busy and overcrowded streets of Nexus, Jade Wisdom takes pleasure in explaining (and warning about) the city to ''Perfect Butterfly'', as she has come to be known.
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Over this liquid breakfast, the three discuss Dakura some more. Scarred mentions that he believes the Dragon-Blood is third in line to the Scarlet Throne! But the others are... unconvinced.
 
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The trio decide the best plan is to head to Dakura's mansion in [[TheNexusProject/Bastion|Bastion]] to find a servant or slave willing to inform them of Dakura's whereabouts and habits. This agreed to they walk there over course of the morning.
 
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They find Dakura's mansion, and quickly spot a servants entrance. Jade Wisdom is tasked with keeping watch for a likely servant. The Solar and Lunar realise they aren't exactly well kept or clean. Blood spatters and more mysterious stains cover them both... they decide to bathe...
 
 
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The two filthy Anathema find a nearby canal and wash some of the grit and grime away. The Solar uses a Charm to render himself effectively invisible and gets a cunning plan - since he is so clever and awesome and can make himself invisible, why doesn't ''he'' sneak into the mansion?!?!?! OMGWTFBBQ! And he has larceny-fu enough to break into any locked room!
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A large, well built man brings Phinnae some hot water and fresh clothes. While he is in her room, trapped some might say, she asks him about recent events in Nexus. He says Master Taros, Captain Baos and Mistress Incomparable Hammer have been working on a large project, but he doesn't know what that project is.
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He mentions this to Savvy and Jade Wisdom, who agree it's a much better plan to send in the ''spy'' to do some ''Spying''. Even if he ''is'' drunk.
 
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So, shortly thereafter,Scarred enters the mansion though the servants door. Sneaking unobserved like a breeze past the single guard. The high walls of the mansion hide a serene and secluded garden of cherry blossoms, hedge rows, pristine gravel paths and fountains. In the centre lies a grand, yet elegant house. He sneaks in, casually disregarding the finery in his search for Dakura, or information about him. He overhears two guards talking about the yacht being prepared for launch the next day, after 'stock' has been acquired. Upon gleaning this information the Solar uber-spy leaves as he entered and informs the patiently waiting Jadeborn and somewhat less patient Lunar.
 
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The trio decide to go to the Nexus Pool. At Jade Wisdom's suggestion they travel by Canal Taxi, saving a lot of walking and time. He is ''so'' wise...
 
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Upon arrival the scale of the problem becomes apparent as the frontage is miles long, and there are thousands of water craft docked and coming and going. A cunning plan is formulated. Jade Wisdom will impersonate a Dragon-Blood lord with slave girl Savvy and retainer Scarred. They will then travel to the Dockmaster and enquire as to the whereabouts of Dakura's yacht. Scarred uses his knowledge of the Dynasty to provide a plausible name, ''Cynis Kitaro''. Jade Wisdom indentifies where the Dockmaster would be and leads his new 'retinue' there.
 
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The Dockmaster's headquarters is crowded with people clamouring for attention and standing in queues to present their docking slips or pay their fees. Taking no heed of these lesser individuals, Cynis Kitaro strides past them all in his mighty Jade Power-Armour. The small bureaucratic man behind the counter attempts to charge a small fee, but is quickly cowed into giving directions and waiving the fee entirely. Cynis Kitaro then turns and strides out gesturing his retainers to follow.
 
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''The SHining Pearl'' is about a mile away. An easy walk through the stench and crowded piers. Stopping within sight of the yacht they see it is being loaded by lines of slaves. Cynis Kitaro walks up to the guards and informs them of his delivery to Peleps Dakura of one fine slave girl. The guards appear uncertain, but unwilling to argue they accept Savvy and take her into the holding cells within the yacht.
 
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Cynis Kitaro and his retainer walk away from the docks a short distance, and discuss getting food. They eat at a nearby pub and then go to keep a stealthy watch over the yacht. Inside the boat, Savvy experiments with changing shape to escape her shackles and is relieved to find the shackles do not change size to keep her held.
 
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Jade Wisdom walks carefully to Scarred's position. A small discussion takes place about how best to get themselves aboard. Scarred reinforces his awesome Solar might by bragging about his stealthy prowess, and ability to just walk up the gangplank past the guards. Jade Wisdom is suitably impressed, but counters that that doesn't help getting him on board. Scarred agrees, and then skips down to the pier and up the gangplank anyway. Shrugging to himself, the jadeborn noble takes a giant leap onto the yacht, and stays stock still to avoid notice.
 
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Meanwhile Phinnae is flying high above Nexus, looking for Pirates and slave markets and long lost family members, when she notices a bright silvery glow, as if the moon had fallen to the ground, coming from far out in the river. Intrigued, she alters course and floes out towards it.
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The others arrive at last at the well appointed foyer and are met by the gracious Madame Wang. Savvy enquires after Phinnae and Taros, and is told that though Phinnae is here, Taros is regrettably not. Madame Wang then leads them all to well appointed guest rooms.
  
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They all spot a large, well built man leaving another room in a hurry with a concerned look upon his face. Phinnae can be heard beyond the door saying she was only trying to say thankyou!
  
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Then Scarred reappears, dirty, dishevelled and smelling like a brewery full of pig-swill. Despite this the others make small talk with him and fill him in on the news, such as it is, about Taros. Savvy asks Feral to tell more about Nexus and its laws and customs, as the girl grew up in the city. While she speaks, Scarred and the sailors get quite drunk, before eventually, the sailors take their leave, getting paid by Madame Wang on the way out.
  
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"Cousin Rosa!" cries Phinnae, rushing to the girls side. She starts examining her cousin for injuries and concludes that Rosa is in a critical but stable state. Phinnae produces a small package of her Mother's Medicinal Ointment from the folds of her clothes and rubs Rosa's injuries with it, muttering a small chant to the Tolinyan gods as she does so. As she does this, Phinnae notices a branding mark upon Rosa, but cannot quite understand what it means.
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Savvy and Jade stay politely out on deck, and start to work on building an intimacy towards Savvy in the girls. This works mostly and Savvy organises the yacht to be fleeced of cloth to clothe the girls in. Dakura's closets prove useful here. Savvy then asks if Phinnae can sail the yacht, to which the Western Juggernaught replies, oh yeah, probably.
 
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Added links to the first age exalts and linked other NPCs to my pages. - [[Bencyclopedia]]
 
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Damn homophones! :) [[nikink]]
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What the hell is ''Toxophilite''? - [[nikink]]
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: According to thefreedictionary.com a Toxophilite is a lover of Archery - [[Bencyclopedia]]
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:: The more you know! :) [[nikink]]
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Good grief! I hate falling behind on the notes... three pages transcribed, '''nineteen''' to go! I hope you people appreciate the effort! ;) [[nikink]]
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Who did the what now? - [[Muzz]]

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In the tomb there's bound to be; defenses strong times three The defenses overcome; the ghosts must be undone.

Excellent Air boat WotLA p.34

Cast

Extras

  • Taros Petasi - Enigmatic Elipse Scavenger Lord, maybe with ties to House Ragara?
    • Ragara Tanro - Servant of Taros
    • Madame Wang - manager(?) of the 7000 Pleasures Teahouse.
  • Baos Gap - Dawn Caste Solar, Circle mate of Taros Petasi
  • Incomparable Hammer - Twilight Caste Solar, Circle mate of Taros Petasi
  • Perfect Butterfly - Zenith Caste Solar.
    • Gare - Her father, in Riverwood
  • Madam Wu - Owner of a cheap Teahouse in Nexus...
  • Pirule Kugimo - hapless mortal Nexus labourer trying to earn a quick coin by spying on Exalts... (and a dwarf)
  • Invincible Serf of the Wyld - Noble Fae
  • Cousin Rosa of Tolinya (ex-slave, branded with the brand of the Wujin Shi Tea Company)
  • The seven emancipated slave girls
    • Bitchy (now a dedicated follower of Savvy)
    • Whiney
    • Moany (now a dedicated follower of Savvy)
    • Groany
    • Catty
    • Fussy
    • Feral (now a dedicated follower of Savvy)
  • Master Wu, Sijanese tour guide

Deceased and or Unknown


Places

  • Nexus (d'uh!)
    • Madame Wu's Teahouse of Infinite Courage
    • The Seven-Thousand Pleasures Teahouse
    • The Drunken Carp Tavern
    • Salt of Creation Tavern (in Sentinel Hills)
    • Nexus Pool
    • Dakura's Mansion
    • The Shining Pearl, Dakura's yacht - deceased
  • An-Teng
    • Dragon's Jaw
  • Riverwood, a small village on the River of Tears. Home of Perfect Butterfly
  • Harbourhead
    • Tiraklou - Savvy's sister here once...
  • Sijan
  • Lookshy
    • Tomhaza Redoubt (Shhhh! It's a secret!)

Calendar

http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Calendar <- Handy. :)

||||||Year 767|| ||Ascending Air||Resplendent Air||Descending Air|| ||Ascending Water||Resplendent Water||Descending Water|| ||Ascending Earth||Resplendent Earth||Descending Earth|| ||Ascending Wood||Resplendent Wood||Descending Wood|| ||Ascending Fire||Resplendent Fire||Descending Fire|| ||||||Calibration||

||||||Year 768|| ||Ascending Air||Resplendent Air||Descending Air|| ||Ascending Water||Resplendent Water||Descending Water|| ||Ascending Earth||Resplendent Earth||Descending Earth|| ||Ascending Wood||Resplendent Wood||Descending Wood|| ||Ascending Fire||Resplendent Fire||Descending Fire|| ||||||Calibration|| Year 768

Descending Wood : The odd quartet meet in Nexus, greet a Solar, get a quest, kill a Dynast, steal a yacht.
Ascending Fire : Leave Nexus on a quest to Sijan on behalf of an Eclipse. Flee local authorities for the death of a Dynast. Bring groupies.
Descending Fire : Fae!. Scarred frustrated. Savvy furious. Phinnae flies. Jade Wisdom fights.
Calibration : weirdness happens.


||||||Year 769|| ||Ascending Air||Resplendent Air||Descending Air|| Year 769

Ascending Air : Seven Su-Chi's. Sidereal slyness. Scary stranger. Sijanese stonework. Schooling Savvy.
Resplendent Air :





23th Resplendent Air

Downtime occurs.

24th Resplendent Air

Downtime occurs.

25th Resplendent Air

Downtime occurs.

26th Resplendent Air

Downtime occurs.

27th Resplendent Air

Downtime occurs.

28th Resplendent Air

Downtime occurs.

14th Ascending Water

Downtime occurs. Phinnae limit breaks

22nd Ascending Water

The smell of Nexus greets the Companions long before it comes into sight. They hastily try to remove as many Guild paraphernalia and markings as they can. This is probably a bit late, given the amount of river traffic.

Phinnae captains the boat easily into a berth at the Nexus Pool. Once docked, everyone packs what little belongings they have and Scarred becomes Easily Overlooked in order to keep the giant Orichalcum Bow hidden. Then they make their way to the Teahouse of 7000 Pleasures.

Phinnae flies there as a condor and once in human form again she knocks on the door of the Teahouse, having arrived hours before everyone else. Madame Wang answers. The old woman looks a bit surprised to see Phinnae all by herself, and asks as to the whereabouts of the others.

In her characteristically uncharismatic manner, Phinnae says it's none of the old woman's business, then bluntly demands to see Rosa. Madame Wang informs her that Rosa departed for her home months ago. Phinnae then asks for a bath. And a new change of clothes!

Madame Wang agrees that the barbarian smells quite strongly and leads Phinnae through several corridors of giggles behind closed doors to a well appointed room. Phinnae demands Madame Wang tell Taros that the others are on their way. Madame Wang refuses politely, saying that Master Taros is in Firewander at present. Phinnae pauses for a second to consider this, then tells Madame Wang to get rooms and tea ready for everyone.

Walking through the busy and overcrowded streets of Nexus, Jade Wisdom takes pleasure in explaining (and warning about) the city to Perfect Butterfly, as she has come to be known.

A large, well built man brings Phinnae some hot water and fresh clothes. While he is in her room, trapped some might say, she asks him about recent events in Nexus. He says Master Taros, Captain Baos and Mistress Incomparable Hammer have been working on a large project, but he doesn't know what that project is.

The others arrive at last at the well appointed foyer and are met by the gracious Madame Wang. Savvy enquires after Phinnae and Taros, and is told that though Phinnae is here, Taros is regrettably not. Madame Wang then leads them all to well appointed guest rooms.

They all spot a large, well built man leaving another room in a hurry with a concerned look upon his face. Phinnae can be heard beyond the door saying she was only trying to say thankyou!

Half an hour later or so, Madame Wang gets Phinnae from her room and leads her to a lush lounge replete with tasty snacks gentle music and several varieties of tea from around Creation. Soon after Phinnae has gotten comfortable, the rest arrive. Jade Wisdom 's eyes light up upon spotting the tea and he sips it with relish and delight. After devouring the exquisit snacks, Perfect Butterfly, Savvy and ex-slave girls all go to a communal bathroom. Jade Wisdom and the sailors then do likewise.

Around mid-afternoon everyone is refreshed, relaxed, re-clothed and reclining back in the lounge.

Then Scarred reappears, dirty, dishevelled and smelling like a brewery full of pig-swill. Despite this the others make small talk with him and fill him in on the news, such as it is, about Taros. Savvy asks Feral to tell more about Nexus and its laws and customs, as the girl grew up in the city. While she speaks, Scarred and the sailors get quite drunk, before eventually, the sailors take their leave, getting paid by Madame Wang on the way out.

The night passes uneventfully, and very comfortably.


23rd Ascending Water

Comments

Added links to the first age exalts and linked other NPCs to my pages. - Bencyclopedia

Trying some organisational changes. If anyone has a better idea, I'd love to see it! :) Will leave the last couple of days in game time (or game sessions) up on this page and archive off the others on a rolling schedule (alternatively, one of you lot can do that too if you feel so inclined, just copy how I've done it. Each Archived day will usually be fairly short to read, has it's own comments section and should be easy to build off, but one thing I'm wary of is losing exactly what the party of misfits has learned. If it's archived away who's to say what day they learned the specific bit of info you're looking for to recall... hm... wordy sentences for the win tonight! Maybe each date should have a reminder about that day? So like: 16th Descending Wood - Nexus, quartet met, alley thugs, Taros intro. - nikink

Perhaps you could just have this page be a timeline with a brief rundown of each day + the calander with the links off to the more detailed descriptions. Possibly just have the most recent game or two on here as well, to act as a memory tickler if needed. - Bencyclopedia
I'm pretty sure you just said what I said... :) nikink
Quite possibly, I just did it less wordy :P Bencyclopedia

Damn homophones! :) nikink

What the hell is Toxophilite? - nikink

According to thefreedictionary.com a Toxophilite is a lover of Archery - Bencyclopedia
The more you know! :) nikink

Good grief! I hate falling behind on the notes... three pages transcribed, nineteen to go! I hope you people appreciate the effort! ;) nikink

Who did the what now? - Muzz

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