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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #40 on: March 07, 2013, 07:01:20 PM »
Cade frowned at the inky, foul-looking substance. "Yeah... Um, what's this?" he asks, the frown threatening to take up permanent residence.

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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #41 on: March 07, 2013, 07:25:42 PM »
"The drink you wanted, sir." Marlowe matches Cade's frown with one of his own. "Is there a problem?"
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #42 on: March 07, 2013, 07:43:06 PM »
"The... Marlowe, I wasn't being serious. Besides, I don't drink before warping. It causes too many... errors. Thanks, though. It could still come in handy; we've got that guy to kill after all. Hmm... was it a guy? I guess we'll find out."

Cade grabs the bottle and makes sure it's stoppered tight. He then concentrates for a second, and the bottle disappears from his hand.

"Are you ready to leave? We need to round up the others."

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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #43 on: March 07, 2013, 07:52:31 PM »
"Quite ready, sir." Marlowe nods. "Now, where to first?"
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #44 on: March 13, 2013, 10:49:25 AM »
Meanwhile, at The Hell's 9th Hole...

The room was thick with the scent of musk and the very haze of perspiration. Strewn about like used rags, the bodies of a few dozen (maybe a hundred?) succubi and other exotic beauties lay in a pile that ended up as a mound-like, makeshift bed for Raoul, his head resting upon the particularly generous bosom of a drow priestess whom, judging from the bondage gear, had been his last plaything for the night. Their collective sleep was sound, if brought about by an unique combination of exhaustion and bliss.

At the top of the pile, Raoul groaned himself awake and lightly scratched the back of his head. Placing his hands on either side of the drow priestess (and eliciting a groan in the process), he stood up and proceeded down the pile, which shifted as if to allow him better footholds for his descent even in their sleep, a different husky moan for each and every step he took down to ground level.

Reaching for a nearby robe, Raoul proceeded towards the exit, groaning to himself.

"I hate these slow Tuesday mornings..."
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #45 on: March 16, 2013, 12:05:47 AM »
Just as Cade and Marlowe are about to teleport out there is a tentative scraping at the door. "Lord Cade? Master Marlowe? Orgesht humbly craves pardon for what shall, for a certainty, be an unpleasant intrusion. Yet this lowly wretch is compelled, bid by his august majesty our Duke. May Orgesht enter?"

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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #46 on: March 16, 2013, 10:30:30 AM »
Cade sighs. "For the last time, Orgesht, just knock and say 'Can I come in?' You don't need to go through that whole submissive wretch thing you do."


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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #47 on: March 16, 2013, 12:15:15 PM »
Marlowe opens the door, eyebrows raised. "You...say the Duke sent you? Why?"
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #48 on: March 16, 2013, 08:04:25 PM »
Even for the infernal realms, the figure before the door is a horror. Trapped somewhere between life and undeath, he exudes an aura of decay and wrongness, accentuated by the presence of too many limbs, all jutting at unnatural angles. His scales are the white of bloated corpses, and the muscles and bone underneath seem to constantly warp and mutate towards no definitive destination. Even the creature's size is incomprehensible, seeming to be less than a hand-span from some angles and that of an ogre from others. Though the he reeks of violent decay intermingled with the chamber pots he is often tasked to clean (without the luxury of a brush), his nose starts twitching, as if just exposed to a horrible stench. Eyes tightly shut, he prostrates himself, "The instructions were not detailed. But, as always, Orgesht must serve. His exalted magnificence appeared greatly amused that this lowly worm was to aid your esteemed personages in 'crushing the hopes of his people'. The meaning of this is not clear to me. And Lord Cade, my most abject apologies if my manner displeases you. It was the command of the Great Mother herself that Orgesht must give proper obeisance to his betters, regardless of his current master."

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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #49 on: March 17, 2013, 01:01:48 AM »
"Crushing the hopes..." Slowly, Marlowe splays a hand over his face and leans against the wall, shoulders shaking faintly. Whether with laughter or sobs, it's hard to tell.
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #50 on: April 10, 2013, 11:23:17 AM »
After a few seconds, Marlowe straightens up and fixes Orgesht with a look. "You're saying that you've been sent to come along with us?"
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #51 on: April 10, 2013, 05:42:56 PM »
The kobold's worm-eaten ears droop slightly.  "Yes, Orgesht will accompany his new masters on this quest. Though he knows naught of its particulars. Your wretched but faithful servant was given to understand that the hour of our departure had drawn nigh."

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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #52 on: April 10, 2013, 07:34:09 PM »
Cade looks Orgesht over in half-disbelief. "Well... yes, yes I suppose it has. I hope you've got what you need, because we're hopping out of here right now to pick up the others."

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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #53 on: July 02, 2013, 11:18:07 AM »
After gathering the others, you prepare to teleport the group to the planar coordinates given to you by the dream of a demon you know you've never met...

As the swirling chaos of Limbo appears around you, ahead you see the purplish glow of a portal.
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #54 on: July 03, 2013, 02:05:03 AM »
Cade releases the group into the new surroundings, and he examines the immediate vicinity for anything of note aside from the portal in the distance.

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« Reply #55 on: July 03, 2013, 08:42:38 AM »
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« Reply #56 on: July 03, 2013, 09:24:59 AM »
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #57 on: July 03, 2013, 09:40:22 AM »
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Re: Chapter 4: If a tree falls in the forest...
« Reply #59 on: July 03, 2013, 10:25:25 AM »
"Are we really jumping into that thing? It seems about as safe as swimming naked with open wounds in a tank filled with dire sharks." Raoul noted with some doubt.
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