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Sakura Leic · **Reply #575 on:** February 02, 2015, 04:44:06 AM

(Should we just get more supplies the next day?)

Phi · **Reply #576 on:** February 02, 2015, 04:50:13 AM

(I vote "yes".)

Quote from: Quickman on February 02, 2015, 04:39:25 AM

((I assumed the evening, due to the angle of the sun darkening an alley and that the friars intend to go out and collect. I'm not sure, though.))

(Okay, if so, it's definitely plausible that she's tired. Especially considering the long trip.)

Quickman · **Reply #577 on:** February 02, 2015, 04:51:44 AM

((I vote "Yes," as I want to get to the Inn soon. Prof's got some pertinent stuff to talk about in private.))

Blue Valkyrie · **Reply #578 on:** February 02, 2015, 04:52:32 AM

((I also vote yes too, inn first then supplies the next day.))

Sakura Leic · **Reply #579 on:** February 02, 2015, 04:57:33 AM

(Alright then I shall get the chicken.)

After a while Sakura came out with a Chicken and paid Farah the 500 gold. Noticing that most of her compatriots were tired they bid Farah farewell and started to head back to the inn.

As Farah finished waving goodbye she thought about how it was surprising to find that Calien and his daughter were here even though she hadn't seen Calien for many years. She wonder what could have made Calien come here of all places.

Quickman · **Reply #580 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:06:07 AM

((Time to zombie and throw in the description!))

The inn itself was a simple two-story building, though its walls were plaster and wood, rather than stone. It was an older building, built around the time Iron Gate was settled. The inn was one of the first buildings constructed prior to the monastery, as it needed to serve the purpose of housing workers, hence the wooden materials.

However, its design made it the perfect building for the Professor's eccentric projects. Along the walls were piping that led into the rooms. Each room had two or three pipes leading to it, and the entire network came from a large furnace and two smaller outbuildings that stood beside the inn. Those three structures had steam and smoke emerging from even more ductwork.

Inside the inn, the air was comfortably warm, though there wasn't a fireplace in sight. Nor the scent of an active wood stove. The walls had sealed patches at various points, and pipes were run along the seams of the ceiling. Every now and then, the hiss of steam could be heard, along with the clunk of a pipe's expansion.

Blue Valkyrie · **Reply #581 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:16:16 AM

As she enters behind the professor she blinks a little taken back by all the pipes. "This is rather different than the Golden Acorn, you made all of this?"

Sakura Leic · **Reply #582 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:23:24 AM

"Daddy we're back!" Sakura called as she entered Calien's room.

"Oh good, so did you do much after finding Pema?" Calien asked.

"No, the only thing we did was get a chicken." Sakura said as she showed him the chicken.

"Oh I didn't think ypu guys would....find one so easily." Calien said as his eyes widened.

"Dad are you okay?" Sakura asked him.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. You mind if I get a good look at the Chicken?" Calien asked.

"Sure, come on Bianca Dad wants to see you." Sakura said as she got the Chicken out of the cage and gave it to him.

Calien stared at the creature in front of him with an astonished expression as he attempted to pet it. The Chicken didn't get startled or skitished to his surprised.

"<My god I can't believe it....>" Calien thought.

"I think she likes you, the Chicken lady, Farah, said her Chickens are really friendly!" Sakura smiled.

"Farah, huh?" Calien said as he continued to absentmindedly pet Bianca.

"<So Farah is here....and she cultivated these things?! Well her Chicken seems friendly enough.....but we really got to be careful with her just in case.>" Calien thought.

"I see, well Bianca seems to be a fine Chicken. Just make sure we take really good care of her okay?" Calien smiled.

"Okay dad." Sakura smiled back.

"<I really need to talk to Sakura more in depth about our little feathered friend later, I don't want to make any one else panic.>" Calien thought.

Quickman · **Reply #583 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:27:25 AM

The Professor turned around with a beaming smile. "Well, well, well, I d-did have some help. The schematics, I designed them. Selected the materials for the pipes. We had, we had workers to help. Workers who appreciate my work! The Order, the Order... they wouldn't let me do this to the m-monastery. They don't like my work."

He dropped his gaze for a moment as his smile fade. Turning around, he motioned for them to follow as he limped toward the stairs. "Come! Come! Much to show you!"

Phi · **Reply #584 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:27:38 AM

(Curious, how old is Sakura?)

Sakura Leic · **Reply #585 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:28:40 AM

(16 in this RP.)

Phi · **Reply #586 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:32:09 AM

(Hmm, okay. That should be good enough for what I have planned.)

Blue Valkyrie · **Reply #587 on:** February 02, 2015, 06:05:03 AM

Aya follows along for the tour.

((Guess Aya is about 21 looking?))

Quickman · **Reply #588 on:** February 02, 2015, 06:25:18 AM

((Prof's age is ambiguous. I haven't really figured it out, yet. I guess he's at least in his twenties or thirties, most likely the latter. Possibly older, but I'm going to leave it ambiguous.))

The Professor led them upstairs to his room. Inside, there were a few doors leading to other rooms, and the walls were lined with pipes, shelves, and books. A desk and chair sat at one end, covered in scrolls, schematic drawings, and a pile of books and scrolls beside it. An ornate telescope stood at the window, along with a chair, a small table, and even more scrolls and papers.

Once he was certain the group had all congregated in the room, he poked his head into the hall, and then came back inside and closed the door. Limping around to face the group, he gestured. "My study. I, I, I can study here, study the forbidden arts. In secret. The Order, the Order... they don't like my work."

Sakura Leic · **Reply #589 on:** February 02, 2015, 06:28:30 AM

Sakura, Calien, Yin, and Bianca eventually entered the Professor's room and were amazed with what was inside.

"Wow look at all this neat stuff!" Sakura said in amazement.

"This is pretty impressive." Calien whistled.

Blue Valkyrie · **Reply #590 on:** February 02, 2015, 06:35:23 AM

"You mentioned that before, why would they hate your work on the Precursors?" Aya sat down on the nearest available seat.

Quickman · **Reply #591 on:** February 02, 2015, 06:51:54 AM

The Professor got very quiet and he turned away from the group, finally removing his hood. "They, they... forbid it. My master, my master, h-he studied the P-precursors... He came from a guild... before he joined the Order. He, he taught me the ways of his guild. The Order, they didn't like his work. They didn't like it. He studied the f-forbidden arts. He, he, he started the w-work on the inn. I, I still have his drawings... I used them for my work. This, this was m-my legacy to him."

He paused for a moment before continuing. "The Order... they, they d-don't w-want the town to know of the Precursors. Forbidden arts. Forbidden technology. Because, because the inn is outside their influence, my master and I could, could... improve it. But, but, but, when my master... when my m-master tried... tried to introduce steam power... they..."

He trailed off and continued with another thought. "I'm... I'm n-not officially part of the Order. They, they keep me because I'm useful. If, if, if I try to spread P-precursor technology..."

Fumbling with his robe, he opened it enough to let it fall off his shoulders and collect around his waist, revealing his back covered in lashes.

"I, I, I c-can't go back tonight... N-not without punishment."

Blue Valkyrie · **Reply #592 on:** February 02, 2015, 07:02:30 AM

Aya's expression became one of anger and confusion "Why would they hurt your master over that?! You two were trying to make things better for Iron Gate right? What do they have to gain by doing all this?!" Aya clearly has no concept of how religion can effect a culture.

"If this is how people down here treat each other I can understand why Sakura and her father wanted to live away from people!" She bites her lip still quite angry over the story.

(So in short a religion that doesn't want to admit a super powerful culture predated it existed? That could be...bad if Aya's origins are revealed to the public.

)

Sakura Leic · **Reply #593 on:** February 02, 2015, 07:05:59 AM

"What in the world?" Calien's eyes widen "Why would the order not want Steam Power to be introduced?"

"Fxeni is true there's no Steam Powered technology?" Sakura asked.

(You can continue on with that.)

Quickman · **Reply #594 on:** February 02, 2015, 07:57:18 AM

The Professor pulled his robe back over his shoulders, secured it, and turned around. "My master knew. My master knew. Took the secret with him. I've, I've I've looked through his papers... I've looked... He didn't tell me, didn't want me to know, didn't want them to know that I knew..."

He leaned to one side to look at the door, and then continued. "The Order, the Order... they control this town. Everything g-goes through the Order. They are good, my master was a good man. My master was a good man. But, but, but, they have secrets. They, they, they tried to keep me a secret, tried to hide me when m-my master brought me to the monastery. I got out, I got out during Mass. The town, the town saw. They know. The Order couldn't hide me anymore."

He dropped his gaze again. "They, they couldn't get rid of me. They couldn't get rid of me like my m-master. It, it, it would arouse too much suspicion. I'm useful to them, yes. I'm useful. They keep me. But, but, but... they don't want me to be useful for the town. The inn... the inn was here before the Order. The Order, the Order... they were not the first to use that m-monastery..."

Sakura Leic · **Reply #595 on:** February 02, 2015, 08:00:53 AM

"So it's not the Monastery itself but his Order that's corrupting this place." Calien stated.

"That's...that's horrible." Sakura gasped.

(EDIT:....or was it the other way around, I got confused.)

Quickman · **Reply #596 on:** February 02, 2015, 08:35:55 AM

((The Order is corrupt, whereas the monastery is just a building.))

Sakura Leic · **Reply #597 on:** February 02, 2015, 08:38:21 AM

(Okay then.)

Mr. Haxwell · **Reply #598 on:** February 02, 2015, 09:51:17 AM

(Concerning age; Toshi is practically over a 100 elven years, yet she appears to be in her 20s.

On another note, I'll have Toshi already regrouped; and with the others, listening in on the Prof's story.)

Toshi - "If this Order is in control over most of the town; how come no one's stand up to them, yet?" she asked.

Quickman · **Reply #599 on:** February 02, 2015, 10:08:33 AM

((I figured that was the case. Since our timezones are different, I've zombied you when the group needed to move. I have a habit of zombieing people. Basically, I just assume that if the group goes somewhere, all party members follow regardless if they post or not.))

The Professor pulled his chair over from his cluttered desk and sat. "You, you said exactly why. The Order, the Order has control. The Order is good to the town. We collect alms for the p-poor. We help the poor! If, if, if someone cannot afford to stay at the inn, we can provide! The Order provides! The Order is good!"

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