**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon May 4 08:07:55 2026 May 04 08:07:55 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined May 04 08:56:01 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) May 04 11:55:05 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined May 04 17:41:53 * Molly (~u931732@192.168.1.101) has joined May 04 17:42:07 Logically, yes... but its difficult when I see it over and over May 04 17:42:07 * Molly nods sadly May 04 17:42:07 something different tonight, with any luck May 04 17:42:07 I hope so May 04 17:42:07 but not too salacious, hmm? May 04 17:42:08 Just something easy May 04 17:42:10 * Molly nods May 04 17:42:12 that would be unusual! May 04 17:42:14 * Morgan nods May 04 17:42:16 sadly May 04 17:42:18 * Molly nods May 04 17:42:20 I don’t even get to hold you May 04 17:42:22 * Morgan nods May 04 17:42:24 Not for a few days at least May 04 17:43:24 I hope you’ll be on your way to us swiftly May 04 17:46:46 I hope so love May 04 17:48:06 * Molly nods “I should get ready for dinner” May 04 17:49:03 * Morgan nods May 04 17:49:10 Aye, I suppose so May 04 17:51:08 I’d rather you were coming too May 04 17:59:44 * Morgan nods May 04 17:59:46 Me too May 04 18:00:42 Heinzharold will be sad he’s missing out on something dramatic though May 04 18:07:38 * Morgan nods May 04 18:07:40 Yes he will May 04 18:09:58 I’ll leave a note later May 04 18:11:10 Alright love. My love to all please May 04 18:11:56 of course *she kisses her fingertips before touching them to the mirror May 04 18:12:46 * Morgan does the same before covering it May 04 18:13:12 *his room seems much quieter May 04 18:16:08 * Morgan sighs, packing it away May 04 18:17:35 *there’s a little while before there’s a knock on his door May 04 18:21:04 * Morgan moves to open it May 04 18:22:00 * Molly is now known as Mainz May 04 18:22:07 My Lord May 04 18:22:57 * Morgan moves out of the way May 04 18:23:00 What did you discover? May 04 18:24:27 There’s a few minor things go missing, but not much more than one would expect in a town this size. No rapes or murders May 04 18:25:09 * Morgan nods May 04 18:25:27 The priest reckons those that disappeared could've been the type to leave looking for work May 04 18:27:06 * Mainz nods “Tavern folks reckon they were mostly blow ins, some of them drunks” May 04 18:27:58 * Morgan nods May 04 18:28:01 So what do you reckon? May 04 18:30:10 Can’t really see evidence of crimes, could be someone doing it to keep people more docile, or maintaining the peace in the evenings May 04 18:31:23 Bit extreme for maintaining the peace... May 04 18:34:29 * Mainz nods May 04 18:34:50 yeah... what’s to really gain? May 04 18:35:59 * Morgan nods May 04 18:36:08 Exactly. Doesn't really leave much as an option though May 04 18:37:44 No, it doesn’t. Any chance it’s religiously motivated? May 04 18:38:21 I don't really see it May 04 18:39:49 * Mainz nods May 04 18:42:30 I suppose I'll go and have a look tonight May 04 18:44:28 What do you want me to do? Prowl around a bit and see if anything is going on closer to the houses? May 04 18:45:12 Probably a good idea. I'll find somewhere to be obvious until its time to lock all the buildings May 04 18:47:57 Those girls are making us food, then there’s the tavern? May 04 18:48:09 * Morgan nods May 04 18:48:15 Yeah, that'll do May 04 18:52:05 * Mainz nods. The two girls are flirty with him again whilst they eat the meat (almost certainly goat) and the bread and cheese. The beer is not as nice as Ottilie’s small beer. Mainz is friendly with them, but not flirty May 04 18:53:27 * Morgan eats quietly May 04 18:54:39 *One girl touches Morgan’s shoulder* Do you like it? May 04 18:54:52 * Morgan nods May 04 18:54:56 Its not bad at all, thank you May 04 18:57:47 * Mainz nods, thanking them. They speak much clearer than the men they then move on to seeing in the tavern. The beer here is strong and a little bitter, but they seem keen to encourage Morgan and Mainz to drink plenty May 04 18:59:35 * Morgan drinks slowly as usual May 04 19:02:57 *He notices the atmosphere become less relaxed when the dusk starts, and people say goodnight May 04 19:03:31 Suppose I'd best be away to my room then... May 04 19:04:37 * Mainz nods, saying goodnight to the final few in the building May 04 19:04:56 * Morgan does likewise, moving back to the inn May 04 19:07:37 My window is good for getting out of May 04 19:07:47 * Morgan nods May 04 19:07:49 Mine too May 04 19:08:59 * Mainz nods, smiling May 04 19:09:22 Good luck, whistle if there’s a problem and I’ll come looking May 04 19:10:03 * Morgan nods, going into his room to wait May 04 19:11:25 *he’s left to his own devices, fortunately he has his sketchbook with him May 04 19:13:10 * Morgan sketches while he waits May 04 19:14:00 *he’s almost finished whatever he’s drawing by the time it’s fully dark ((what is it?)) May 04 19:14:46 ((HeinzHarold Snr and Ma together) May 04 19:15:33 *it’s come out nicely* May 04 19:16:21 * Morgan nods, putting it away before checking his weapons and things in his coat before blowing out the candles and opening the window to wait May 04 19:18:22 *it’s all eerily quiet, the night air still May 04 19:20:01 * Morgan climbs quietly out the window, slowly climbing down May 04 19:21:21 *he manages this without incident May 04 19:21:37 * Morgan uses his magic to feel for heat sources not in the buildings May 04 19:23:54 *there’s a lot of goats in pens, and then some further out May 04 19:25:13 * Morgan finds somewhere concealed to wait May 04 19:25:57 *there’s a great spot by a pen, but it stinks of goat shit May 04 19:26:13 * Morgan rolls his eyes, waiting May 04 19:28:33 *an hour passes, and then he hears the sound of a goat screaming in the woods May 04 19:30:51 * Morgan looks in that direction May 04 19:31:14 *it’s too far out to see May 04 19:35:17 * Morgan reaches out with his magic again May 04 19:37:20 *the only thing warm in the right direction is said goat May 04 19:38:07 * Morgan shakes his head, waiting May 04 19:40:06 *the goat continues to sound like it is being slaughtered until it abruptly stops May 04 19:40:25 * Morgan checks again May 04 19:42:04 *there’s only the cooling of a mangled goat corpse May 04 19:42:23 * Morgan starts moving toward it May 04 19:45:27 *it’s immediately very dark within the woods, the air cooler than outside them May 04 19:46:38 * Morgan moves slowly and quietly May 04 19:48:21 *he hears the sound of alarm from another goat about a hundred feet left of him May 04 19:49:19 * Morgan changes direction May 04 19:51:34 *there’s an even eerier sound then, like the noise of people screaming but as if from within a closed room May 04 19:52:13 * Morgan frowns, moving a little quicker May 04 19:54:23 *this goat sounds like it gets ripped apart too May 04 19:54:44 * Morgan carries on May 04 19:57:12 *once that one sounds dead, he suddenly has nothing to navigate by. It’s so quiet, and only the barest of light comes through the tree cover. The forest surrounds him, cool, black, and containing at least one thing that likes to kill May 04 19:58:33 * Morgan reaches out with his magic again May 04 19:59:39 *there’s no more goats nearby, and nothing too hot or too cold May 04 20:00:08 * Morgan starts heading back out of the woods May 04 20:01:40 *he doesn’t get far before there’s another sound of scared goat, this time from further out May 04 20:02:05 * Morgan runs in that direction May 04 20:04:20 *it’s difficult to traverse the terrain, and he nearly trips like he did when he was in the woods with the schattenmann May 04 20:06:23 * Morgan swears, drawing his dracheneisen sword May 04 20:07:06 *the goat noise continues* May 04 20:08:32 * Morgan creates a ball of flame thirty feet ahead of himself and higher up to use as a light source May 04 20:10:17 *it illuminates the forest, but also something interesting to his left, what looks like it was once cleared of trees and fewer have managed to regrow. There’s a big flat slab of rock almost like a table May 04 20:13:08 * Morgan looks it over May 04 20:13:16 Oh... a sacrifice table... May 04 20:14:36 *The rock does look like it might have been used for that, the occasional nick and gouge in the surface. There might be letters at the head, but they look to have been well-worn by the years May 04 20:15:06 * Morgan pulls up some soil before going to rub it over the lettering May 04 20:16:17 *he can now make out V**L* May 04 20:16:57 * Morgan nods, looking around May 04 20:18:15 *it looks long abandoned May 04 20:18:54 * Morgan moves away, back in the direction he was travelling May 04 20:19:34 *this time there is no noise, but he feels that itch between his shoulder blades like he’s being watched May 04 20:20:18 * Morgan smiles, turning right, taking four steps and turning right again May 04 20:21:15 *the feeling eases May 04 20:22:41 * Morgan starts walking in a circle May 04 20:23:29 *he sees a glimpse of movement within the trees May 04 20:24:35 * Morgan looks that way May 04 20:25:50 *there’s definitely something heading away from him, and it’s about eight feet tall May 04 20:26:03 * Morgan gives chase May 04 20:27:37 *he hears the contained screaming noise when he gains upon it. His created light highlights the skeletal manure of the creature May 04 20:30:52 * Morgan picks up his speed May 04 20:31:51 *He can smell the rotting smell of entrails, blood, and wet fur in its wake. He gets to about twenty feet behind it May 04 20:32:39 * Morgan picks up a rock, hurling it toward the creature May 04 20:34:02 *it stops, but stays completely still May 04 20:34:35 * Morgan carries on moving May 04 20:35:16 *it carries on forward too* May 04 20:36:36 * Morgan picks up his pace May 04 20:37:03 *he gets to ten feet from it May 04 20:37:37 * Morgan throws another rock, this time at it May 04 20:38:52 *it stops again, freezing once more* May 04 20:39:20 Come on then, lets have you May 04 20:41:19 *it turns. It is big, a hybrid monstrosity of beast and man, chunks of foul fur covering the bones. It has glowing yellow eyes and three sets of goat horns from the skull May 04 20:42:07 Well aren't you a beauty May 04 20:43:47 *the noises that come from beneath the curtain of hair that hangs from the ribs become a cacophony of human suffering May 04 20:44:50 What the hell are you May 04 20:46:09 *it lowers its head, suddenly charging with an unexpected and supernatural speed* May 04 20:46:56 * Morgan throws a large ball of fire at it before jumping sideways and swinging his sword at chest height May 04 20:49:09 *the fire seems to do nothing at all to it. Its speed means it turns enough that only the bony arm is severed. The human voices scream with pain May 04 20:50:30 * Morgan turns, holding the sword out at his side May 04 20:51:28 *it looks at the fallen arm, not moving* May 04 20:52:19 * Morgan stands still, sending a pillar of flame at it May 04 20:53:10 *it doesn’t seem to be affected by that either* May 04 20:54:12 * Morgan starts to close the gap May 04 20:55:07 *it charges for him again May 04 20:55:26 * Morgan runs at it, swinging upwards at the creatures head May 04 20:58:02 *the beautiful and light dracheneisen sword splits the skull like a hot knife through butter May 04 20:58:23 * Morgan spins, aiming to take off the creatures head May 04 21:00:11 *This is done so cleanly that the body doesn’t seem to realise the head is gone for several seconds May 04 21:00:23 * Morgan stands still, watching it May 04 21:01:48 *it collapses, but with it there is a popping sound, and what is in the abdomen spills out all over the ground May 04 21:02:34 * Morgan steps back, watching it May 04 21:03:38 *what emerges appear to be from his distance small wriggling creatures about the size of kittens. there’s at least twenty of them May 04 21:04:05 What the fuck are you May 04 21:07:08 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) May 04 21:07:12 * Mainz has quit (Read error: EOF from client)