<div>Upon Zifu's arrival he grabs her by the throat (OOC: if that is indeed possible in this form), "What have you done to us!! I don't believe she is trying to help us. It's a trick! Turn us back!"</div>
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<div>Rikku raged with anger, waiting for a response.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Lev Lafayette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lev@mimesisrpg.com">lev@mimesisrpg.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Scene 121: Follow that Rainbow!<br><br>Nota bene: Apologies for the gap in posts. A combination of exams (only<br>
two more and I'll have an MBA!) and illness knocked me out for a<br>while....<br><br>Azhur deep in contemplation listened haphazardly to the comments of the<br>rest of the rump Fellowship following his question. His mind was<br>
questioning the relationship between God and Dragons. The smirk of the<br>Godlearner, as he could read his thoughts (but of course, that was<br>impossible!), was not comforting. The recommendation of the Godlearner<br>to take the path of Heaven and Hell didn't help. His lessons of this<br>
ancient culture seemed right. They always wanted the know the extremes<br>of everything with the power that brought, but without a care of the<br>consequences.<br><br>The Dragonewt's initial recommendation of the Rainbow Way came with a<br>
hiss and a rasp. Azhur shook his head, as it sounded so much like a<br>laugh. But then the Dragonewt started to argue the virtues more<br>seriously and Jareena used her visions of the sunrise to back him up.<br>The Dragonewt waxed poetically of how the rainbow bridge represented a<br>
dragon of the past and the future; "Where the rainbow endssss.. The<br>dragon begins...!" Azhur shuddered at the thought. "The rain ends, the<br>rainbow begins, and the cycle continuesss... The arch representss birth,<br>
the ssswelling of the belly in humansss, the growth of the eggsss for my<br>peoplesss.."<br><br>[Seeker: 1W11 with augments (including Jareena's), rolls 20! A critical<br>failure, bumped to a failure. Resistance 14, roll 6, a success. A defeat<br>
for the Seeker! Let's run with it, eh?]<br><br>With the Dragonewt's insistence (after all, it was his rebirth), the<br>Fellowship made the first steps under the bridge, underneath the<br>double-headed multi-coloured dragon crescent the represented the<br>
beginning of the bridge. The place was appropriately colourful, painted<br>with the full range that one would expect to see. But likewise so was<br>the clothing of those who ran the markets and stalls. The people who<br>inhabited them seemed cheerful, but vague, as if their minds were<br>
elsewhere.<br><br>The Bridges of Godunya were a shortcut to Hum Chang, but it was still a<br>journey of at least a few days. As Yelm set that night, the Fellowship<br>made their way to one of the bridgeside stalls, which combined a<br>
resthouse, a puppet show and diner. A strange combination, but seemingly<br>not inappropriate in this place.<br><br>Despite the fact that the food was coloured strangely, it was fairly<br>tasty, although perhaps a little sweet to the taste from those of the<br>
cool north-west. The puppet-show was strangely appropriate, a<br>philosophical story of how all of Glorantha was but a stage, how the<br>characters were playing roles that the Gods had given them from the<br>mystery of their birth and how some could aspire to be born again, over<br>
and over, becoming increasingly aware and skilled at dealing with more<br>complex problems, until one day they could transform into a dragon - a<br>very real one - a simple escape from the universe itself.<br><br>Azhur was less than thrilled with the prospect of becoming a dragon.<br>
Rikku sneered at the idea. But the Seeker, sat nodding, his tongue<br>darting in and out in approval. Still all agreed it was a good show, and<br>found their way into bed for the night.<br><br>It was the ever-aware Rotterex who woke up first with a start. Something<br>
clearly didn't smell right. He looked around in surprise, for it was not<br>his bed that he was in. Worse still, and in absolute horror, he seemed<br>to have been transformed into an Aldryami! His body was wooden. Quickly<br>
he looked around and saw the rest of the Fellowship, they too had been<br>transformed - into marionette puppets! Quickly Rotterex woke the rest of<br>the party up, who looked about in horror. Instead of being in their beds<br>
they were in the street of a wooden play-town. Around them, other<br>puppets went about their business, mimicking the behaviour of a normal<br>street setting.<br><br>Suddenly there was a great commotion. There was a stamping of feet, as<br>
if a platoon of troops was approaching. The puppets scattered, hiding<br>indoors, closing windows. Marching down the street was a hundreds of<br>identical puppets, tall and strong with strong jaws. One small puppet<br>found itself outside of a building, it banged on the door, desparately.<br>
A soldier puppet reached down and grabbed it, and bit off its head,<br>passing the limp body behind, where it was crushed in the jaws of the<br>others.<br><br>The Fellowship puppets looked at each other with great concern; there<br>
seemed to be nowhere to run. Suddenly a voice came from behind them.<br>"This way! In here!" It was the voice of a raven-haired thin puppet of a<br>female form. Taking no time, the Fellowship puppets ran inside and the<br>
door was slammed shut and bolted, just as the soldier puppets marched<br>past.<br><br>"The soldiers now control all of Getai. I am Zifu. You are new here?<br>That is very sad."<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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