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Ohalian sighs again, before walking up to Ophelia, reaching out and trying to grab the cube from where it's hidden.
"When I say I'm going to do something, it means I'm going to do it."

OOC: I do believe that will provoke an attack of opportunity or two, which they could use as disarm attempts.

EDIT: Sleight of Hand check added, as per GM post.
EDIT2: MISERABLE FAILURE![/Unreal Tournament announcer voice]

9 Bonus for sleight of hand to do
I rolled 1d20+9, the result is 10.
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[OOC: @nick: In this situation, I don't think it's so easy to take the cube from Ophelia, especially since "hiding it" probably means that it'd need a bit of fiddling to take it out. So you can do the following:

You make a sleight of hand check against DC 25. This already includes Ophelia's (certain) attempt of trying to keep you away from her.

Let's do this first and then we'll see if Ohalian manages to get away from her or not.

@Ophelia: I've calculated the DC based among your skills, the specific situation, etc., so this includes your defense against Ohalian's attempt. Once Ohalian has posted, please post what your PC does next.]

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'joyblood' wrote:
[OOC: @nick: In this situation, I don't think it's so easy to take the cube from Ophelia, especially since "hiding it" probably means that it'd need a bit of fiddling to take it out. So you can do the following:

You make a sleight of hand check against DC 25. This already includes Ophelia's (certain) attempt of trying to keep you away from her.

Let's do this first and then we'll see if Ohalian manages to get away from her or not.

I thought that Nick already did the sleight of hand roll...(see above in Nick's post, way at the bottom of it.)

-Ophelia

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[OOC: @Ophelia: He edited it after my post!

@nick:Wow, didn't really expect a failure here... would you please edit your post accordingly? Would be great if you give an interesting description of what's happening, rather than just "tries and fails" Eye-wink ]

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OOC:@Nick: I will wait for you to describe what you do in your failed attempt at grabbing the cube, then I will post what my reaction is.

-Ophelia

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[OOC: @Ophelia: nick has edited his post... so it's your turn now.]

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Ophelia doesn't even move. "TIGERFURY, THAT'S IT! I am going to stay in animal form for this first part of the trip. You all can talk to me as much as you would like, I just won't be able to verbally answer you. Blackthornes, I will act like your animal comapanion. Hoot will act like the Masked Gnoll's companion. YOU TWO!(she says while pointing to Tigerfury and Ian)HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO A HEAD, NOW DEAL WITH IT!"
She is whispering this in an almost yell...well for as much as she can yell with that big scar on her neck.

And with that she turns into a Raven, and goes and lands on Blackthorne's shoulder. She mentally calls out to Hoot to do the same for the Masked Gnoll.

OOC: Boy, you guys have really gotten her PISSED! Just try and get her to trust either of you now. But don't worry, I am not pissed, my character is.

-Ophelia

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OOC:joyblood? wild shape is a magic effect right? as in, dispel magic could...you know, dispel it?

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[OOC: @pb: Yes, that's right.]

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OOC: well then Laughing out loud

The Illumian gives a loud sigh and mumbles a few foriegn words under her breath (Illumian, of course). She straightens and begins to cast a spell, focusing and gesturing at Ophelia the Raven.

((OOC: Alright, so this is against ALL ongoing spells and magical effects and supernatural effects and so on. This includes any magic items on your person. I'm going to roll a d20 5 times plus my modifier and this is agains 11+your caster level/the caster level of your magic items, ok? The first roll will be for the Wild Shape))

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OOC: Alrighty, so an 18 didn't make it, unless you're a level 7 or below druid, so don't worry about not being a raven, but how did your magic items fare? Laughing out loud

8 Bonus for to do
I rolled 1d20+8, the result is 18.
I rolled 1d20+8, the result is 19.
I rolled 1d20+8, the result is 11.
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Ian stares, open mouthed, as Ohalian makes his ill fated grab for the cube. As Ophelia wild-shapes into a raven, Ian takes a step toward Ohalian, points his fingers at him, and snaps his fingers, bringing his rapier out of his glove of storing, appearing just inches away from Ohalians throat.
"Apologize. Now."

Damn it! I was just getting through to het too!

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Once again, a dark voice appears in Ian's mind. But instead of speaking, it sounds like a mixture of chuckling and a cat's purr...

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OOC: Pfft, i missed all the voices in the head fun, didn't i? Laughing out loud

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[OOC: So far... yes... *smiles*]

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Ophelia the Raven caws, almost a chuckle at the illumian. Then she caws loudly and defiantly at TigerFury, an angriest noise you have ever heard from a Raven.

-Ophelia

OOC: This is sure getting fun, isn't it?

@joyblood: I have never, not once in 11 years of RPGing heard of Dispel Magic being able to change a druid from wild shape to her regular form. That sound like a fishy call to me, even though it didn't work ::shrug::

@PB: None of her magic items are "on" now that would be noticably turned "off". Also, what kind of Dispel Magic were you using for Ophelia... targeted dispel? area dispel? or counterspell?

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((OOC: Targeted Dispel Laughing out loud))

"Hmm." The Illumian shrugs, dusting off her hands. "Well, you could always kill her. She'd then have to give up the cube. Forgive me, Lady Whispers, but it seems like you are being quite unreasonable. The skull can sense the cube, everything in where you are going can sense the cube. Honestly, staying in raven form will not be that much help to you or the rest of your group. Do you want to be that much of a bother to everyone else?"

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OOC:
@joyblood: Okie dokies! it says in the SRD:

If you are in animal form because of Wild Shape, it cannot be dispelled as it is a supernatural ability.

Quote:
Quote: Originally Posted by SRD Supernatural Abilities (Su): Supernatural abilities are magical but not spell-like. Supernatural abilities are not subject to spell resistance and do not function in areas where magic is suppressed or negated (such as an antimagic field). A supernatural ability’s effect cannot be dispelled and is not subject to counterspells. See the table below for a summary of the types of special abilities.

Wild Shape IS a supernatural ability.

There ya go Eye-wink

-Ophelia

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*to everyone*
" Ophelia is now my animal companion, she was never anything more than that, if any of you have a problem with that, I am sorry. Besides, if anyone gives us trouble about noticing that she has something wierd about her, I will just flatout lie."
*to the Illumian*
" I am sorry, but quite honestly, I dont like you. Anybody who would wish Ophelia dead is not a person I should like to be around anyways. Im sorry to say this, but Im afraid you've stuck your nose were it doesn't belong......I suggest you leave us alone, acording to Ian, we are in enough trouble as it is, so if I were you I'd stay out of it."

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"Very well." The Illumian turns towards the door where A'kin left. "A'kin, I believe that I will make my statement to the Harmonium myself. Thank you for the necklace and for your services."

She twists on her heel and heads towards the door.

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*Ophelia, the Raven, flies off of Blackthornes shoulder and onto the illumian's shoulder, and nestles in to her hair by her ear. Ophelia, the Raven caws gently to Blackthornes. Then the "Raven" pecks lightly at the skull.. trying to show it's importance to us all.*

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The Illumian raises her eyebrow towards the raven Ophelia. "Well I'm glad that you seem to understand what I said, Lady Whispers. It's not that I want her dead, Mister....your name. It's just that this whole situation is seeming more and more complicated by the moment. Apparently you haven't realized that I am now a part of this as much as you are since this....skull (she gives a shudder with the word) that your friend has pointed out seems to have bonded to me against my will. I could be an extreme help or hinderance to your cause depending on how I am treated. I suggest you choose wisely."

She turns away from Blackthornes and crosses her arms. "Now Lady Whispers, or Ophelia if you like. It seems that there are two groups of two that vie for the cube...and a gnoll. Would you consent to letting both parties again plead their case without all this...dramatization and then making your decision? I'm sure we could come to a consensus instead of an argument where one has need to become a creature of the air."

She reaches out a gloved hand to give raven Ophelia a light pet, if she allows it.

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Ophelia, the Raven allows herself to be pet. Then she gives out a loud "caw!", flies to the center of the room and shimmers into her natural elven form.

She puts up a hand to quiet whoever may talk next. "NOW, if ANYONE of you move twards me then the deal is off and I turn back into a Raven... for a VERY long time.. We need the illumian, because she has the skull, and hells, she has been with us through half of what we have gone through as a group already. NOW, everyone to the left side of the shop. I will stand over here, AWAY from all of your prying hands, and hear you each out. After hearing you each out, I will make my decision about who gets the cube."

*If anyone moves twards her she is going to turn back into a Raven and stay that way for a loooong while.*

-Ophelia

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Ohalian looks down at the rapier Ian flicked out, and then looks at him.

"Wouldn't hurt me."

He the demonstrates why by flicking out a metal claw from the end of one of his fingers, and slashing his throat wide open, letting the metallic red blood flow out for a few moments before his throat heals. He then pulls a rag out from under his clothes and wipes up the blood before returning it to the pouch he got it from.

"It'll sting, but it won't do much more than that."

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[OOC: @Ophelia: Wheee.... seems like we've done it wrong since years in my old gaming group... *chuckles* you never stop learning Eye-wink

Okay then, dispel magic doesn't work against supernatural abilities then.

@pb: A'kin left for his back room a few posts ago... and besides, a bit before, the main door seem to have been locked (of course, you don't know for sure - a clicking sound appeared from it). Please edit your post accordingly.]

Charknathrol turns to Ophelia, watching her with - literally - empty eyes.

Cube... dangerous... Ophelia dissolving... dying... not strong enough...

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Mr. Smith? Can you hear us? Do you agree to our plan?

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Ah, yeah. That's fine. You had better give me a dead switch, though.

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As said, you can switch it off yourself. You just have to focus on that little red light in the upper left corner of your left eye vision, and concentrate on switching it off.

Very well then... we'll start with the procedure now. We need to activate the old interface for it once again... that what you described as the man in leather. The first few seconds, you might have minor perception problems, while we adjust the system to your cyberware. But it'll be gone before it gets too troublesome.

Ready?

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That's fine. Go ahead.

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Just a second later, Ohalian sees a flash only a step away from him. It reminds him of a monitor being switched on, and the man in leather appears before him once again.

He raises his hands, touching Ohalian's ears, and begins mumbling incomprehensible words.

A sound like metal on metal appears in Ohalian's right ear, scratching and ugly, but then dissolved just before it begins to hurt. It is replaced by sounds that remind him of old radio stations - a mixture of sounds, voices, even music, along with lots of white noise.

Then, suddenly, all these sounds are gone, and Ohalian's perception is perfectly fine again.

"We're done," the man in leather explains.

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Very well, we're done!, the man from J-Sys explains.

Everything went fine. We can now hear everything that you hear. We'll see how this works, if any optimizations are necessary, and when that's done, we'll go for the other senses.

Optimizations... Ohalian knows the corporate talk well enough to understand that there might be unpredictable drawbacks to the procedure, and that the J-Sys people are going to find out in practice.

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Okay, but tell me before you try any other senses. I just had a fair bit of bizarre intererence with white noise and garbled voices and music, after a piercing screech. Besides, I have no intention of letting you find out where I live. I'll let you know about any side effects from this.

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I'm from no political or security team, Mr. Smith. My only task is investigating the technical aspects of what's going on. And of course we'll tell you in advance before we try anything else. Seriously - I'm not your enemy. As for what you heared, we'll try finding out where it came from, but I assume you just got connected to random data from our A.I. database.

The man in leather observes Ohalian, then adds, "Actually, you have heard sounds from all over the city."

[OOC: Just as a side note, I want to point out to everyone else that the man in leather can only be perceived by Ohalian.]

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Umm... the man in leather just said I just heard sounds from all over the city.

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The... you're kidding, right? The man in leather is nothing but a visual image of an information gathering subroutine. It's connected to the A. I., but it's not intelligent by itself. It follows either the A.I.'s commands, or the commands of the programmers. And there's been no data transmission since we've adjusted your sensory cyberware.

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((OOC: She turned towards the door, never tried to open it Laughing out loud When she was speaking to A'kin, she directed it towards the back door that he entered, not really caring if he actually heard, but now Ophelia has let her know that blackthornes seems to be the one with the problem, not everyone. She never got a chance to see if it was locked.))

"Alright, so it seems that the skull has plead it's case. It doesn't feel that Lady Whispers is strong enough. Now what about you...Silverblood? What do you think that we should do with the cube?"

((Referring to nick012000's character...who hasn't given her a name Laughing out loud))

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"I said everone to the left side of the shop! If this doesn't happen, say by the time I count to 5, then the deal is off! And I do NOT care what the skull said... right now I want everyone where I can see them from a distance!" Ophelia tries to yell, but it still sounds hoarse in her throat.

None of you have ever seen her this mad before.

"One..."

"Two..."

-Ophelia

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((OOC: Did anyone move?))

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A dark, unknown voice appears in Ophelia's mind. It sounds more or less like a cat, trying to speak the Elven tongue.

Beware, little girl... the cube is more dangerous than you can imagine. Beware, too, for danger comes from many directions. Beware, but always remember to follow your intuition. Fear is your enemy.

Despite the words, the voice is comforting, even warm, in her mind.

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Ian looks momentarily alarmed at Ohalian's healing abilitiy. He snaps his fingers again, and the rapier vanishes.
As Ophelia makes her demands, Ian bows aslightly and steps back against the wall. As he stands there, he focuses himself inward.
Oh. You again. Well, I did ask you to wait until we were out of physical danger, But If we can postpone this for just a little while longer, I swear you will have my full attention.

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The Masked Gnoll, seeming oblivious to the entire conversation beforehand, is absolutly entralled by the sudden appearence of a raven in the room. He claps his hands like an amused child, and becomes depressen when Ophelia turns back. He gloomly shuffles over to the wall.

OOC: Cant we all just get along?

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Once more, the cat-like voice appears in Ian's mind.

I am not here to barter with you, young boy. You are afraid... you are so frightened deep down in your soul that you don't even dare to speak the truth. But, play your games. I will not stop you.

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Who ARE you, anyway? I'll admit, I am not at all comfortable with my current situation, but If you think I'm scared of becoming a lower planes petitioner today rather than next week, I hate to say you a bit late for that. I accepted my long term fate a while ago. But it's too late to change that now, so I'm just here to enjoy the ride.
That is, unless, your about to offer me a fate worse then death. I must admit Ive heard that line before. Maybe you'll be the one to actually scare me with that line. If so, then I truely am honered. It's not every day someone has that much power.

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With your current situation? Or with your entire life? Your life without hope, replacing true joy and ecstasy with pale victories... know, Ian, that all power is within your own hand. And realize this is what you are most afraid of.

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OOC: :shock: So there is still Ohalian, Blackthornes, and the illumian to move over to the wall. Remember Ophelia is ONLY going to count to five... or the deal to listen to ANYONE is off. So please hurry up and move you three Laughing out loud Sorry to be so bossy IC, but she is pissed beyond pissed. This is not a power trip, just a character that is ANGRY... notice I said the "character is angry" not I am angry.. I am having a jolly good time here Laughing out loud

IC:

"Three..."

"Four..."

-Ophelia

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"Forgive me Lady, but I do believe this is also unreasonable. If anyone makes a move towards you, I would understand your fear, but it seems like all of us are completely calm. I have not lifted a weapon towards you and my attempt to break your prior enchantment was benign."

The Illumian stays by the door, arms crossed.

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OOC: @ joyblood: where is everyone standing in the room. Like where are blackthornes and Ohalian? I know th illumian is by the door, and the others are against the wall but that is it.

-Ophelia

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"Oh, Bloody hells." Ian says under his breath. He activates his Ring of Telekinesis, but seems... distracted.

OOC: Unless Blackthornes, Ohalian, or our Illumian friend resist, I am Telekenitically lifting them into the air, and movinging them closer to the wall, one at a time and as quickly as possible.

I am, glad to say, back home, and ready to go. But, I must say, I am dissapointed. I'm away from home a few days and suddenly the party is at each others throats? Tsk tsk.

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((OOC: Will save then, Fidrikon?))

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OOC: Go ahead, and Joyblood? If Blackthornes/Ohalian doesn't post before Ophelia hits 'one,' can we just say that they failed their will saves?

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*Blackthornes raises his hands in the air, and speaks to Ophelia*
"Ok, I will go, I am not against you after all."
*Moves towards the wall, speaking to the illumian*
"I do apalogize. My only problem was the comment that you made against dear Ophelia, and I took it wrong, so I truly have no problems with you. And yes, I do realize that you are involved, its just that your comment towards Ophelia confused my train of thought. I hope we can come to not hold this against each other. By the way, the name is Blackthornes, happy to meet you. *extends his hand in friendly gesture*"
OOC:(added after Will roll) I will make a bluff check on the illumian to help convince her that I want to be friends: I rolled 12+21=33 for the bluff check

5 Bonus for WILL to do
I rolled 1d20+5, the result is 16.
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