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Memory #21
May. 29th, 2014 08:00 pmMemory 21: On trial for breaking the universe
Form: Faberge egg (6/7)
The party (sans Belkar) is in a (very blue) jail. Roy is worried about some kind of trial. Haley manages to pick the lock. Right as the army is coming for them. They hide in the cells and pretend like they weren't trying to escape. They joke with another paladin (Hinjo!) and learn that Belkar escaped his cell and is taunting Miko with murder. MIko goes to catch him.
They meet Lord Shojo, a half-senile-seeming old man with a cat. He tells them they weakened the fabric of the universe and will be judged by a scary being from the Upper Planes. But Celia is their defense attorney! Hi Celia!
So, there's a lot of witness testimony. But Celia points out that all they proved was that the party blew up a dungeon (We did? Neat!). Lord Shojo was forced to reveal state secrets about the origin of the OotS universe... and about how that castle held one of five gates protecting the universe from a Snarl in the fabric of reality. Also, one of the other gates is in Azure City.
Celia argues that the destruction of the gate by Elan (Whoops!) was to keep Xykon from getting a hold of the Snarl's power. And the Being agrees! Yay!
Incidentally, this story notes that the Norse and Babylonian pantheons (and the Chinese zodiac as animal gods) exist in Elan's world, and the Greek pantheon existed at one point, but was eaten by the Snarl. This totally will not be awkward given Elan has two Greek demigods on his team.
Form: Faberge egg (6/7)
The party (sans Belkar) is in a (very blue) jail. Roy is worried about some kind of trial. Haley manages to pick the lock. Right as the army is coming for them. They hide in the cells and pretend like they weren't trying to escape. They joke with another paladin (Hinjo!) and learn that Belkar escaped his cell and is taunting Miko with murder. MIko goes to catch him.
They meet Lord Shojo, a half-senile-seeming old man with a cat. He tells them they weakened the fabric of the universe and will be judged by a scary being from the Upper Planes. But Celia is their defense attorney! Hi Celia!
So, there's a lot of witness testimony. But Celia points out that all they proved was that the party blew up a dungeon (We did? Neat!). Lord Shojo was forced to reveal state secrets about the origin of the OotS universe... and about how that castle held one of five gates protecting the universe from a Snarl in the fabric of reality. Also, one of the other gates is in Azure City.
Celia argues that the destruction of the gate by Elan (Whoops!) was to keep Xykon from getting a hold of the Snarl's power. And the Being agrees! Yay!
Incidentally, this story notes that the Norse and Babylonian pantheons (and the Chinese zodiac as animal gods) exist in Elan's world, and the Greek pantheon existed at one point, but was eaten by the Snarl. This totally will not be awkward given Elan has two Greek demigods on his team.
