The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

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Post	Writer	Date	Events
60	Jerusha4	Sept 6	Brother Philip leads the group to the infirmary. Elspeth and Amy immediately begin working on the unconscious student. Edwin nabs the scrap of paper that was pinned to the boy, and thinks about his own Deryniness. He passes the note to Airich, who also realizes the boy is probably Deryni. Airich warns Amy about the boy's shields, but she's already used her Empathy on him. Bede shows Edwin and Airich a paper with a warning to Deryni he'd found earlier that day. Bede thinks about the Abbess at the Carbury infirmary, who'd Healed him some years ago. Airich tells the others about the boys in the courtyard.
61	Bynw	Sept 4	Another boy is brought in, but he didn't survive his beating. The warning pinned to his robes gave a warning that Human friends of the Deryni would face the same punishment.
62	Nezz	Sept 6	Airich thanks Edwin for his help in the brawl the other night. The dead boy is brought in. Elspeth informs Brother Philip that she will speak with Canon Damian. She brings Edwin and Bede with her. Airich tries to say comforting things to Amy but she wants action. She insists on knowing if he's Deryni and when he finally admits such, she demands he find out from the boy who did this to him.
63	Marc	Sept 6	Brother Philips brings Elspeth, Edwin, and Bede to the Canon's office through the large building. There is talk, and Bede has a plan which Edwin refuses to participate in.
64	Laurna	Sept 6	Elspeth asks the Canon to tell them what they are facing and how they can help. She sees the note that reads how Humans defending Deryni will meet the same fate. She is concerned this will cause panic among the students, and compares the students' likely fear to her own fear of being declared a witch. Edwin agrees. Damian tells her about how "the Deryni question" started becoming more heated than usual at the beginning of last term. Elspeth tells him the boys will search out the responsible parties, and meanwhile the girls will care for the injured.
65	Laurna5	Sept 6	Airich and Amy go into Rapport with the wounded boy and Amy discovers that she is indeed Deryni. The feeling reminds her of a man from years in her past, and Airich recognizes the man as "Wash." Airich communicates with the boy and discovers his name is Robert and the dead boy is Alfie. Airich sees where the boys were attacked and understands what they were doing, but Robert doesn't recognize any of them. Before they leave Rapport, Amy shows Airich the memory of her knight from years ago, and when they finally return to the world, he tells her that her knight is still alive.
66	Bynw	Sept 6	Brother Philip gives each of the five members of the group a warrant allowing them to investigate the assault and death of these students. An edict is also going out putting the city under martial law and forbidding anyone from carrying unsecured weapons or meeting in large groups.
67	Revanne	Sept 6	Edwin resists giving in to his fear of being caught and killed as a Deryni. He tells Elspeth that she should have shown more deference to Canon Damian and Elspeth tells him off.
68	Laurna	Sept 6	Elspeth is surprised to return and find Airich sitting close to Amy with his arm around her. Amy jumps up, crying about how "he lives." Airich is vague about what happened. Elspeth puts Amy onto a spare cot to sleep, just as Brother Philip brings them their warrantees.
69	Nezz4	Sept 6	Edwin is freaking out and asks the Canon why the Bishop picked them; the Canon says it's because of the women's medical background and the guys' willingness to get involved. Elspeth asks for lodgings for the group. Airich returns to the other room, mentioning that he will sit with Robert Thorne and that the other boy is Alfred Meadows: no one else knew these names. Damian tells Bede that his misdeeds of the past might be cleared up if he behaves. Edwin leaves to find them a boarding house. Elspeth asks Airich how he knows Robert's name, and he confesses to her his Deryniness. Robert wakes up then and Elspeth ministers to him. A novice brings a tray of food for them. Bede offers to begin searching for clues and Elspeth informs the men they are all going out in the morning.
70	Marc	Sept 6	Bede goes to see Muirea and concocts a plan to keep Jasper away from her. He disguises her as the ghost of her dead sister (Jasper's late wife) and she goes to Jasper's house and "haunts" him, warning him away from Muirea. He seems terrified and the plan seems to have worked.
71	Nezz6	Sept 6	Airich tells Amy the story of her knight, including his name and background. Hearing the story sets her heart free from him at last.
72	Revanne1	Sept 6	Edwin considers running home to Culdi with tail tucked between his legs. He confesses to Elspeth how scared he is. They finds a scrap of parchment in Robert's cotte and Edwin determines it's part of an initiation test and possibly part of the trap that the boys fell into.
73	Marc7	Sept 6	Airich loans Edwin his magical protective shirt. Bede swaps Edwin's knife for his own dagger. The three ride out towards a windmill, based on Edwin's clue. Bede and Edwin sound like they might be making friends with each other.
74	Bynw	Sept 6	A man prepares  himself to be coronated King of Gwynedd and end the false line of Deryni kings. Hundreds of people witness this event.

⁴ a Collaboration by everyone
⁵ a collaboration with Nezz
⁶ a collaboration with Laurna
⁷ a collaboration with Nezz and Revanne

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Post	Writer	Date	Events
45	Revanne2	Sept 4	Edwin arises early and thinks to return to his studies, but find Elspeth and Amy at breakfast, joins them, and begins copying their letter. He is professional offended at Elspeth's suggestion that he might share the contents of the letter with others. When finished, he takes the letter to Canon Damian.
46	Laurna	Sept 4	Amy is distressed by thoughts from her past, and Elspeth suggests she return to bed. Amy takes her up on this offer, but goes to check on their patient first.
47	Nezz	Sept 4	Amy helps the red-headed serving girl bringing Airich breakfast. She is surprised that he looks as well as he does and wonders if he is Deryni and has healed himself. She gives him medical advice and leaves. The serving girl thanks Airich for his rescue of her, and he gives her the knife he'd taken the night before.
48	Marc	Sept 4	Bede finds Muirea in the hall as she's leaving Airich's room. She tells him how she came to be in Grecotha and he offers to help her against Jasper. He then explores Grecotha and returns with a new shirt. He goes to Airich's room at Elspeth's suggestion to sit with the patient.
49	Jerusha	Sept 4	Edwin returns and reports that Canon Damian can't offer the women into the University library, but he can let them research in the cathedral library. The three of them head out at once.
50	Jerusha	Sept 4	A monk runs to Canon Damian, worried about Elspeth's eyes. Damian reassures the man Elspeth comes with good credentials. Meanwhile, Elspeth reassures Edwin she is perfectly capable of reading Latin and they spend the afternoon looking for talacil clues. Amy finds a cryptic note about dampening the effects of the cursed drug. The three go to dinner and dine upon meat rolls.
51	Nezz3	Sept 4	Elspeth thinks to check her patient and the three head up to his room. Airich, looking surprisingly healed, sees her eyes for the first time and falls over himself in surprise, and apologizes profusely. He swears on his sword to perform a task for her and she just wants to check the progress of his wounds.
52	Laurna3	Sept 4	Amy notices Airich's shirt on an embroidery hoop and recognizes it as extraordinary, even as she doesn't understand that it's magic. She asks if Airich is a healer, but he hands her his handkerchief and she is terrified by the voice she hears singing in her head. She drops the handkerchief.
53	Marc3	Sept 4	Bede keeps the handkerchief from falling onto his painting and asks about its healing properties. He is concerned it might have some magical hold on Amy but doesn't sense anything out of the ordinary. He hands it to Edwin to have a look.
54	Jerusha3	Sept 4	Elspeth demands everyone leave the room so she can inspect her patient in peace. Afterwards, she goes to Amy and apologizes and asks Amy to tell her what upset her.
55	Laurna	Sept 4	Amy tells Elspeth about how she heard the handkerchief singing, and is surprised Elspeth didn't hear it when she'd touched it. They wonder which girlfriend of the knight gave that to him.
56	Revanne	Sept 4	Edwin is thinking about earlier that day and the fact that he'd made confession to Canon Damian about the girl he'd messed about with over the summer. The canon had given Edwin the task of watching over Elspeth and Amy as penance, for as long as the girls stayed in Grecotha.
57	Marc	Sept 4	Bede gives Elspeth and Amy a false tale about his history with Muirea, asking if he can take her with them when they leave Grecotha, on account of Jasper's unwanted intentions toward her. Muirea passes along the coin Airich left for Elspeth as payment for her service before he checked out of the inn earlier that morning.
58	Nezz	Sept 4	Airich has stopped by the library one last time on his way out of Grecotha, but hadn't found the information he was looking over. He overhears some students talking in hushed tones about burning a Deryni at the stake. He spies on them, using Deryni powers, discovers that they're serious, and decides that it's time for him to get out of town. But then he thinks about the group he left behind at the inn and decides they deserve a warning.
59	Bynw	Sept 4	A Brother Philip fetches Elspeth and the rest of the group to Canon Damian. He brings them to the infirmary where lies a boy who has been beaten nearly beyond healing. His robes are pinned with a note referencing the Statutes of Ramos.

² posted by Nezz
³ collaboration by everyone

[18:18] * web54 () has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He's showing as logged on but idle on Discord, which usually means AFK
[18:18] <The_Bee> HI KK1
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Strippy
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hullo KK, Happy Mothers Day! 🙂
[18:19] <web54> Hello, all, and especially mothers.
[18:19] <HoundMistress> So Strippy is KK?
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No, I think web54 is KK
[18:19] * web54 is now known as KK
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Strippy is not KK
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> No!
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi KK. Happy Mothers Day. Hope you have had a good day
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Web54, don't forget to change your nick
[18:20] <HoundMistress> Oh, web54 was KK, so do I know Strippy?
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He's fairly new to the forum
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He was at Zoom this month
[18:20] <HoundMistress> Ok, then no, I don't.
[18:20] <HoundMistress> I wanted to Zoom but the laptop was not cooperating
[18:21] <KK> It was excellent. I went to a mothers day fund raiser tea at the cat rescue where I got Daphne.
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> What was it doing?
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That sounds like fun, KK
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I meant to zoom but fell asleep and din't wake up until it was too latw
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh nice. Hopefully the kitties appreciate it. 🙂
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I meant to zoom but fell asleep and din't wake up until it was too late
[18:21] <The_Bee> Did you meet other kitties and the fur-parents?
[18:22] <KK> It was. Couldn't go up to the cat room, because my knee is not up for it yet, but the tea was lovely.  I go most years.
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DS got me a Mother's Day card that was almost more like a mini-book, it had so many pages, and it was cat-themed with lots of cute kitty pictures. I think he knows me.  😄
[18:23] <KK> LOL. Ya think?
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I suspect he does
[18:23] <HoundMistress> Your knee bothering you a lot from the fall, KK?
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We had a Mother's Day lunch with DS, DIL, DIL's mom, DH, and DH's mom.
[18:25] * ~bynw waves
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> (DD is working a double today, since Mother's Day is typically the busiest day of the year where she works.)
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Bynw
[18:25] <HoundMistress> Hi, bynw
[18:25] <~bynw> just got home
[18:25] <The_Bee> Sad news her: My neighbor Michael'scat Mickey died last weekend.  Mickey used to spend a lot of time visiting me.
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Hi Bynw
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> @Evie.delacourt with the new arrival you will want to prqctice sitting on the floor and getting up as they always want you to play with them, on their level
[18:26] <HoundMistress> So sorry, Bee!
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Awww, I'm sorry. I remember you talking about Mickey a lot.
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I remember you talking about Mickey's visits even after Melantha died
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi Bynw
[18:26] <The_Bee> His other cat,Stache, is very shy.
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> @DerynifanK Working on it. At least my back is doing a lot better recently, so that might be possible
[18:26] <KK> No fall. Over-stressed right knee at Charlottesville airport on my way to LA. Stupid glider bench....  Continiung physio, but that was a month ago, and it's still not back to where it was. Going to see the orthopedist on Tuesday to see what's going on.
[18:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> @Bee sorry to hear about Mickey
[18:27] <HoundMistress> Hope it will settle back down!!
[18:27] <The_Bee> I'm glad Michael still has a cat.
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I hope there is no serious problem with the knee.
[18:28] <KK> I sure hope so. Balance is even worse than it was
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😦
[18:28] <HoundMistress> Are you using a cane or walker, KK?
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Sorry about the balance KK
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Have to go do a quick job in the kitchen BRB
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would say we could just bring a chair litter to Derynicon and carry you everywhere, but you do NOT want to rely on my lifting abilities!  😄
[18:30] <HoundMistress> LOL, Evie! nor mine!
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm afraid it would be more like "Here, sit in this padded wheelbarrow and we'll try to push you around without it tumping over."  😉
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Get one of the two wheeled versions
[18:30] <HoundMistress> LOL, Evie!
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Evie! You said "tump"! Yay!!!!
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Forty mumble something years of living in the South is rubbing off on me finally
[18:31] <KK> I'm using walker, have both 2 an 4-wheel versions.
[18:31] <HoundMistress> Just be steady!
[18:32] <The_Bee> any preference which?
[18:32] <HoundMistress> I liked my 4 wheeled ones.
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> The 4 wheel is nice because the y usually have a seat and storage. Technically called a rollator
[18:33] <KK> Depends on where I'm going. 2-wheel version is easier to get it in and out of the car. It lives in the car.
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Yep, I miss that storage under the seat. Canes don't have storage. ;(
[18:34] <KK> Nope, and nowhere to put a purse.
[18:35] <KK> But you have to take the stuff out of the seat storage in order to fold it down.
[18:35] <The_Bee> I haven't used my e-trike since my accident two weeks ago.  It's in the hall downstairs.
[18:35] <HoundMistress> Yep, you do. I had people at work who became expert helping me with the walker.
[18:35] <KK> Yike, you had another accident? What happened?
[18:36] <HoundMistress> What happened Evie?
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Walkers are definitely better than canes for balance problems.
[18:37] <The_Bee> I didn't realize I was going over a curb.  It tipped over, andI had stitches.  It took me almmost seven hours to get home from the ER.
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nothing happened to me, Evie. Bee's the one who had the trike accident, if that's who you mean
[18:37] <KK> Definitely better.
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nothing happened to me, HM. Bee's the one who had the trike accident, if that's who you mean
[18:37] <The_Bee> I got a tetanus shot out of it.
[18:38] <HoundMistress> Yes, Bee.
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Darn it, I just remembered I meant to look into seeing what boosters I need this weekend.
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I guess that goes on tomorrow's to-do list
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Since baby ejection day is Thursday
[18:39] <The_Bee> I still haven't gotten this year's flu or covid shots.
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Why do you need boosters? are you traveling?
[18:40] <KK> Just so she doesn't have to worry about them once the baby arrives.
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No, but my granddaughter is being born on Thursday, and if I'm going to be around her a lot in the next few months before she's old enough to be immunized against the usual childhood diseases, I'll want to be sure my own defenses are still strong.
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Traveling, yes! Staunton, Virginia, baby!
[18:41] <HoundMistress> I'm planning to wear a mask while flying.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> When they go to day care or school kids become biological weapons. Bringing every bug in existence home.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Babies have natural immunity from Mom up to the age of 6 mos I think.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> At least going to VA I shouldn't need typhoid and cholera shots like I needed last time I planned a big trip.  😉
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We used to call that the Disease of the Week Club
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> https://tenor.com/view/snoopdog-snoop-dancing-absolutely-loveit-gif-19986922
[18:42] <HoundMistress> People at work bring it in from their kids.
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My kids came down with everything under the sun when they were wee tykes.  One of the hazards of daycare, unfortunately.
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And that was even with them being breastfed. Natural immunity only goes so far.
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> My DD2 teaches preschool and she calls trem walking germ factories
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Same here. Except it was my wife who did the breastfeeding.
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, it usually works that way, Strippy.  😄
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Usually
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> My DD2 teaches preschool and she calls them walking germ factories
[18:44] <The_Bee> I was born before the measles vaccine was created.  I'n not sure what illnesses ai had in the 1940s.
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though I saw an amusing video this week about a new dad who cut holes in his t-shirt to fit the bottle nipples through because he wanted the bonding experience of feeding his baby at his chest too.  😄
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Polio and TB, wasn't it?
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> LOL
[18:45] <KK> Polio vaccine was in the early 1950s.
[18:45] <The_Bee> MMR--measles, mumps and rubella(?)
[18:45] <HoundMistress> MMR for me. Mumps, Measles and Rubella
[18:45] <HoundMistress> I think. Born in the 50s
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I used to be mad that I got the type of polio vaccine that was administered in water instead of the kind that came in a sugar cube, even though by the time I knew about it at all, I couldn't recall having received it at all since I was an infant at the time.  But child me thought it was unfair I didn't get a sugar cube.  LOL!
[18:46] <The_Bee> I don't know if I got MMR or not.  Salk for polio. smallpox vac
[18:46] <HoundMistress> Smallpox with the multitined needle.
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm pretty sure I remember getting the sugar cube when I was a wee one
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I still have that faint smallpox vaccine scar on my shoulder.
[18:46] <KK> Salk vaccine was a shot.
[18:46] <The_Bee> I had to get the smallpox vax several times before it took.
[18:48] <KK> I got my smallpox vaccination on hip, so no noticible scar.
[18:48] <The_Bee> I once read that Dr. Salk chose not to patent his vaccine.  He wanted it free to everyone.
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I saw that too
[18:48] <HoundMistress> I saw that, too, Bee. He wanted everyone to have it.
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Not too many like him around these days
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> I do have a book question that I'm sure has been discussed before if I can ask.
[18:49] <HoundMistress> The pharmaceutical companies wouldn't allow it now.
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Sure, Strippy
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Even if it's been asked before, that doesn't mean the same people are here for this time around
[18:49] <KK> Query away, Strippy!
[18:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> The pharmaceutical companies are only interest in profits and will do anything to get more.
[18:50] <HoundMistress> Exactly, DFK
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> In Deryni Rising, Kelson and Charissa both speak incantations to cast spells. Whenhe creates the ward, words came unbidden to his lips. In The Quest for Saint Camber Conall says his teacher didn't believe in trite rhythms. Do the words really have a meaning?
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Trite rhymes
[18:51] <HoundMistress> KK?
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Evil to the rescue
[18:51] <KK> BRB. I think my Walmart delivery has just arrived.
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Autocorrect sucks
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *Evie waits for the magistra to speak and refrains from throwing her hand in the air like Hermione Granger as a transfer student to the Schola from Hogwarts*
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I always assumed they were necessary for the spell
[18:52] * ~bynw will give his 2 cents worth on that one but will wait for KK to answer first
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think in Deryni Magic it's said or implied that they are more of an aid to focus than a true necessity
[18:52] <HoundMistress> I think I read somewhere that they are often used but not necessary. It's intent that counts.
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though I'm sure KK can and will clarify if that's the case, being the world author
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah.  Intent + Focus + Will
[18:54] <~bynw> ok Evie beat me to it. the "trite rhymes" are just a memory enhancer for the practitioner. they aren't needed.
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Howdy!
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Heya Marc!
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi Marc
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Marc!
[18:54] <HoundMistress> Hi, Marc
[18:54] <The_Bee> In Deryni Magic, KK pointed that in Evaines final spell, she simple stacked the ward cubes.
[18:54] <The_Bee> Hi Marc
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Thank you all for clarifying that for me.
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> One way to look at it is that I, as a rank amateur artist/colorist, could do a decent portrait of a cat if I had a line drawing to trace and could color in the lines.  But if I tried to paint one without the aids, it wouldn't be a very good likeness of a cat.  A true master, on the other hand, doesn't need those aids.
[18:56] <HoundMistress> Good Evie, good explanation
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> So I think in magical/psionic terms, it's similar to that.  It's possible without the various aids to focusing, but just a lot harder unless you've got the training and skill.
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I always assumed they were necessary for the practitioner to focus and produce the spellspell
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> I would assume Charissa had loads of training
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Probably.  But in that case there was also probably long tradition in play as well
[18:59] <The_Bee> Or maybe KK no longer felt the need for rhymed spells. =D
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> @Evie.delacourt  and maybe not as effective.
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> "Duel Arcane before a big audience for a kingdom? Better make it look good."
[18:59] <HoundMistress> Also it's very dramatic if you have onlookers, like at the Corination of Kelson
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If it's traditional to say an incantation in a formal ritual, then regardless of whether a certain practitioner really needs to do it or not, they might still choose to do so out of respect for that tradition
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Whereas Conall was almost certainly less well trained than Charissa, but he also doesn't strike me as a particularly respectful sort.
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And Kelson is powerful enough to perform well in the duel either way
[19:01] <The_Bee> Like a traditional High Mass, for example
[19:01] <HoundMistress> And incantations come to hand for those "made" Dyrini. Darn can't spell Dyrenie
[19:01] <HoundMistress>  Deryni
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> If I knew I'd be duel arcaning anytime soon, I'd prioritize working on voice projection and stage presence. The monsters can come second
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I can see that, Bee. It's just a different level of formality
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/phantom-of-the-opera-gerard-butler-mask-phantom-poto-gif-10303185884092263842
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Conall had some training, but really didn't need it after the ceremony since the Haldane gifts came ready to use without  any training.
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Sounds like a metaphor for the divine right of kings or some such anointing
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> True, but given that he was dueling against Kelson, maybe he could have used an extra focal aid or two!
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> But Kelson had both Haldane and Deryni pwoers which made him stronger I would think
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hadn't thought of it like that, but in a way it could be seen like that
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yup! Kelson had the edge in that regard
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> But Kelson had both Haldane and Deryni powers which made him stronger I would think
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I know that the make-Deryni don't *need* training, but I expect having additional training on top of that would be helpful.
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think Conall made the mistake of thinking Kelson was only drawing on his Haldane powers and forgot Kelson was also half Deryni
[19:04] <HoundMistress> Especially for control
[19:05] <The_Bee> I've felt that Conall would have been better off if his parents had sent him like in Carthmoor, where he could have learned to appreciate is own inheritance.  There was simply no useful place for him at Rhemuth Castle.
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would think if you have someone who is both Haldane and Deryni, the natural gifts would amplify the assumed gifts/instantaneous "training," and any additional training of the regular sort would likely also be faster.
[19:05] <The_Bee> live in Carthmoor
[19:06] <HoundMistress> Yep, Conall was a distant "spare"
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It would certainly have kept him from preying on the young ladies in Rhemuth, though I would pity the steward at Carthmoor having to supervise him, since I get the feeling Conall wouldn't have been as respectful to a "lesser" person being in authority over him.
[19:07] <The_Bee> And he had  to contend with both Keson the heir apparent and the more naturally athletic Dhugal.
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> You mean in the years just before Brion's death?
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Or maybe fostered for a while at another court.
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> What would you say is kelson's best physical attribute? If he had to rely on something besides his words and magic, what would it be?
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Jerusha! You made it!
[19:09] <HoundMistress> Hi, Jerusha
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi!
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That might have helped. I think he wouldn't have disrespected another king
[19:09] <~bynw> Hi Jerusha
[19:09] <The_Bee> I think Conall would have learned respect if Nigel had given the steward permission to use corporal punishment.
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[19:09] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Dinner and clean up took too long tonight
[19:09] <HoundMistress> Were they not allowed to punish Conall?
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He (usually) shows a fair bit of wisdom for a lad his age
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> except when it comes to women...
[19:10] <HoundMistress> Kelson was brainier than Conall
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> With occasional lapses, but that's understandable given his youth and the pressures on him
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Or maybe his best physical attribute was Morgan
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You spelled Duncan wrong, Jerusha
[19:10] <The_Bee> Did  we ever see any of Nigel's sons being punished?
[19:10] <HoundMistress> Alaric would have died for Kelson if he needed to
[19:11] <KK> I'm back. Had to put the frozen stuff in the freezer.
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, Nigel threatened to thrash them at one point for fighting with each other
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah, we did see Conall get punished.
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Nigel got punished. Don't know that any others did anything wroung.
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ACK
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ACK
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ACK
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ACK
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ACK
[19:11] <HoundMistress> But that just probably made Conall angrier
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> TM: Martian much?
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> CONALL got punished. I Dozed off for a bit and apparently I'm not fully rebooted.
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Well, if Kelson were a physical threat, he could solve the stories himself, I guess 😆
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Well, if Kelson were a physical threat, he could solve the stories all by himself, I guess 😆
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Conall was somewhat mollified once he realized his younger brothers were being little pains in the butt due to jealousy
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It's better to share the load of useful attributes in an ensemble cast 👍
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> But yeah, he had to have his ego stroked before he could get his temper under control
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Nah, he was dead by that time. 😉
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Sounds like this Connell guy needs a detention.
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Let's give KK a moment to catch up with the chat.  😄
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Marc, we gotta get you the Kelson trilogy ASAP
[19:13] <KK> I'm caught up.
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> And now we pause for a word from our Queen of Stories
[19:14] <The_Bee> Conall may have felt, rightly or wrongly, that his father cared more about Kelson than his own son.
[19:15] <HoundMistress> Conall was only out for Conall and his dad & Kelson were in the way.
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> "Kelson had both Haldane and Deryni powers which made him stronger" That wasn't stated that I remember. It's also not necessarily so, if everything he knew about Derynitarily he could already do Haldanely.
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think Conall was just having a bad case of cousin rivalry. It was one thing for Brion to be King--he was a grown man--but having his agemate suddenly be his overlord was a bit much for his competitiveness to handle.
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Or Conall was just a bad egg.
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Or Conall just had the author against him!
[19:16] <HoundMistress> LOL! Well, there have to be SOME villains.
[19:16] <The_Bee> Jasta elf/Sharon implied Conall's jealousy in her fanfic.
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Every story needs villains!
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I had a little more sympathy for Conall before I read the trilogy again more closely and saw what he was doing with his assumed powers, and then I was like "Nah, you deserve everything you got!"
[19:16] <KK> Yes, she did. Miss her.
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Hrm, there can be "man against nature" stories, where there's not an animate villain ...
[19:17] <The_Bee> KK could have made either Conall or Kelson the villain.
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, but then I don't think Morgan and Duncan would be helping out the villain, so the story would sort of fall apart at that point
[19:17] <KK> True. But human struggles are far more interesting.
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Conall may have realized what might have been if Kelson had  never been born
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> If you check the old "Deryni Archives" magazine—#2 or #3, I think—KK akk but says that Conall is going to be a villain.
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I really need to get my hands on those zines
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> It's high fantasy, so there kind of has to be A Good Guy (yay) and A Bad Guy (boo hiss).
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> A good chunk of QfSC turned into that, and it was certainly fun to read.
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Amen
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> If you check the old "Deryni Archives" magazine—#2 or #3, I think—KK all but says that Conall is going to be a villain.
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Nezz: what"that"? Meaning " if Kelson had  never been born"
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I didn't think y'all had enough villains to boo, so in my last story I gave you four....  😄
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ?
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> And then there's Two Kingdoms ...
[19:20] <KK> Bynw, I wonder if it would be practiclalto post Deryni Archives on the website.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Dang, I thought I'd hit "Reply," sorry. I meant that part of QfSC was the Man-against-Nature plot. Not all of it, but a chunk.
[19:20] <The_Bee> I've fantasized an alternate realiy in which Conall is saved from villainy.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> ya want villains, or at least grey folks, ol' Doc M got ya covered!
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh! OOH!  YES!  DA on the forum!  *pants like an excited puppy*
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I think we have 3 of the zines on the forum: that's where I read about that.
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Bynw has already done a bit of that?
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> !!!
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Where are they?
[19:21] <KK> I have a complete set, and they aren't doing anything sitting in a fie box.
[19:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> OOH!  Bring 'em to Derynicon
[19:21] <HoundMistress> Load 'em up
[19:21] <KK> GOOD IDEA!
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Hint: do not try to do a Forum search for "deryni archives". It treats it as "OR" and hits every occurrence of "deryni" ...
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Well now I need to buy a portable scanner...
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Watch Evie speed read as if her salvation is depending on how fast she can get through the stack.  LOL!
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Actually I take that back: my ipad is a portable scanner. 🙂
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[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was going to say, most phones/tablets can do that now
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> There are a lot of stories there
[19:23] <~bynw> i have to get some time to scan more of Deryni Archives again
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> At least if you have enough memory for that many pages
[19:23] <KK> There's some nice Deryni artwork, too.
[19:23] <The_Bee46> How hard would it be to post the zines on the website?
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> All of the shields
[19:23] * The_Bee46 is now known as Bee
[19:23] <~bynw> some are already there
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> More to read without the time.
[19:25] * The_Bee (49443757@67BEAD99.65ADDF3B.C60DAD5D.IP) Quit (Quit: Client closed)
[19:25] * Bee is suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder.
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> KK, did you have heraldic devices created for the other Eleven Kingdoms?  We had a member a while back who created some based on the Codex descriptions on the Hort of Orsal's arms and a few others, and then just created a few more based on what was known of each kingdom, but I didn't know if you might have created official ones at some point.
[19:25] <~bynw> https://rhemuthcastle.com/index.php/board,74.0.html  here is where Vol 1,2, and 3 are located
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[19:33] <~bynw> Hi lesliewilliams806
[19:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Leslie
[19:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Leslie! You made it!
[19:33] <Bee> HI Lesliwilliams
[19:33] <~bynw> glad you could slip in
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[19:33] <lesliewilliams806> I'm so glad to find yall
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[19:34] <HoundMistress> Got dropped for some reason.
[19:34] <Bee> Welcome!
[19:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> KK, Leslie just barely joined the forum, like 10 minutes ago.
[19:35] <Bee> Hit the wrong key and you can get kicked out
[19:35] <HoundMistress> That was it, Bee
[19:37] <Bee> My traditional question for newbies, Leslie:  Who's your favorite Deryni-books character?
[19:37] <lesliewilliams806> Camber or Rhys
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> In am going to toddle off.  Have a good week, everyone!
[19:37] <lesliewilliams806> Have a great night
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Good to see you, Jerusha
[19:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> cya Jerusha
[19:37] <Bee> bye Jerusha. Good week
[19:37] <~bynw> cya Jerusha
[19:37] <KK> Bye, Jerusha.
[19:37] <HoundMistress> Bye, Jerusha! Have a good week!
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ah, I think Rhys might be one of DesertRose's favorites also, so she'll be glad to meet you when she returns
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I think everyone loves Rhys
[19:38] * ~bynw is going to have to reboot the chat server later so the security cert updates
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I mean, what's not to love?
[19:38] <lesliewilliams806> I am a sucker for Healers and redheads
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He's one of my favorites from that century, though I'm a lot more familiar with Kelson's era
[19:38] <HoundMistress> Rhys is very lovable.
[19:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Hmm, jerusha2 and lesliewilliams806 not in the same chat at the same time ... suspicious ... 🙂
[19:39] <HoundMistress> He's my pre-Kelson character
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They were here at the same time...briefly....
[19:39] <lesliewilliams806> Just don't let him mix your drinks😂
[19:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL
[19:39] <Bee> MY Deryni fave is Javan; Peregrine in the Adept books.
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I loved Javan.  Darn you, KK!
[19:40] <KK> Peregy
[19:40] <HoundMistress> Can't remember the main character's name in the Adept series, but he is mine there.
[19:40] <~bynw> Javan would have been an awesome king had he been allowed to be one
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> KK, does it give you great joy when your fans curse you? Because they love your characters so much and you were mean to them?
[19:40] <lesliewilliams806> Its been so long since I've gabbed with fellow Deryni fans. Trying to remember
[19:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You either do diabolical things to my favorite characters, or you stick them in cassocks and make them off limits.  Why do I even love you?  😉
[19:40] <KK> Peregrin is also one of my favorites.
[19:41] <lesliewilliams806> Speaking of cassocks and off limits, does anyone remember Father Alvido in the TV series Shogun? YUm
[19:41] <~bynw> talking just the Adept ... Peregrin is the best
[19:41] * ~bynw has that on MP4
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I should reread the Adept books. Last I checked, you hadn't stuffed Peregrin into a cassock, and even if you did, he'd probably be Anglican.  😄
[19:42] <KK> If my stories make you laugh or cry, then I've one my job. Sometimes I cry too.
[19:42] <HoundMistress> Yes, he just died. Richard Chamberlain
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was about to ask if that was Richard Chamberlain's character. I didn't see the series, but I do remember RC
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> A few weeks ago, Laurna and I were working on a scene and we both ended up just bawling.
[19:42] <lesliewilliams806> https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/2ub3icbX/image.png
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[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I got an error message, Leslie
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> That gives an error on Discord side, LW.
[19:43] <lesliewilliams806> i'm sorry
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Evie is with me on Discord
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[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> But I can look up the character later
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I thought that at first, but then I remembered that RC was a priest in the Thornbirds, but I don't think he waas in Shogun
[19:43] <~bynw> yeah that image didnt come across ...
[19:43] * web41 is now known as KK
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi web41, whoever you are
[19:43] <~bynw> wb KK
[19:44] <KK> Sorry, I hit the wrong key.
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> !
[19:44] <Bee> Rei KK
[19:44] <HoundMistress> I think you are right, stnezz. RC was a ships captain in Shogun.
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> it happens
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think he was in both, Nezz, though I could be mistaken since I never saw either
[19:44] <lesliewilliams806> Hiya KK!
[19:44] <HoundMistress> He was in both
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> I thought it was a joke about "hitting the wrong key"!
[19:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> He was in both, just not not a priest in Shogun. He was a sailor. Or something like that.
[19:44] <~bynw> nope dont hit the wrong key
[19:45] <Bee> I remember Richard Chamberlain as Doctor Kildare.
[19:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *Evie looks all over her keyboard for the key that is labeled "Wrong"*
[19:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Can you press the Any key?
[19:45] * ~bynw has hit the wrong key many years ago and caused the server to go offline
[19:45] * CambersGhost [discord] <stnezz> points to the *Wrong Key* on the keyboard._ Don't press this one!
[19:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ack!
[19:45] <lesliewilliams806> CHamberlain was Captain John Blackthorne
[19:45] <KK> RC was the priest in Thornbirds.
[19:45] <lesliewilliams806> He was great in that
[19:46] <lesliewilliams806> ***sob***
[19:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I used to have a keyboard that had an extraneous key that didn't do anything, apparently  just for decoration or symmetry.  I labeled mine as "Thermonuclear Detonator."
[19:46] <Bee> LOL!
[19:46] <HoundMistress> LOL, Evie!
[19:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmyyR22RLGk
[19:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Daffy: "NO NO NO NO NO Don't push the WED one! Never push the WED one!"
[19:46] <lesliewilliams806> the key of death lol
[19:47] * ~bynw presses the red candy like button
[19:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://tenor.com/view/junevi-gif-18033834710861070581 embed: https://tenor.com/view/junevi-gif-18033834710861070581
[19:47] <lesliewilliams806> I have a laptop keyboard that is so sensitive that I have to use dictation instead of typing
[19:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That sounds like it would be some lethal key only a trained Deryni bard could play in
[19:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bynw and I think alike. 🙂
[19:47] <Bee> Someone once said the spacebar should be labeled the ANY KEY.
[19:48] <~bynw> "Stimpy you fool!"
[19:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> "you fat, bloated eediot!"
[19:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> I added labels like "Ejector Seat" and "Machine Guns" to extra buttons in my car.
[19:48] <KK> I've got some key stickers that do that: like, launch arheads, spray oil, eject, and the like. I'm going to send them to Cameron.
[19:48] <~bynw> that's awesome
[19:49] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Years ago, I was typing at the desktop computer and my window kept disappearing. I thought the computer had a virus, but after a few moments I noticed the window just kept getting minimized for some reason. Eventually I noticed the cat paw that kept depressing the Esc key right before it happened, and found Gigi watching my reaction....
[19:49] <HoundMistress> I always wanted one of those dashboard ray gun sounds.
[19:49] <lesliewilliams806> Sounds like something M would design
[19:49] <KK> LOL. Many the cat....
[19:49] <HoundMistress> Pew, pew, pewpew.
[19:49] <KK> Yep.
[19:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Paw, paw, pawpaw
[19:50] <KK> That, too.
[19:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> I  Think I am going to head out as I have to do my exercises. Everyone have a good week.
[19:50] <HoundMistress> LOL!
[19:50] <HoundMistress> Have a good week, DFK
[19:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Good grief! Something has just somehow clambered onto my roof, and it sounds like a herd of bison is up there!
[19:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Have a great week, DFK 🙂
[19:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, DFK
[19:50] <lesliewilliams806>  i'm sorry, th
[19:50] <~bynw> cya DFK
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Evie, maybe you're  having an earthquake. 🙂
[19:51] <lesliewilliams806> I"m sorry, that's agent Q
[19:51] <lesliewilliams806> have a good night
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> The oil spray?
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Maybe, if it's an unusually loud and curiously non-moving one!
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Nite all.
[19:51] <Bee> bye dfk
[19:51] <KK> I think I'll also head out. Busy days coming up.
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yesssss
[19:51] <HoundMistress> I think I'm going to go and take Quanah outside on his leash which will make his day. Love y'all! Have a great week!!
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yay
[19:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *grabby hands*
[19:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> night HM
[19:52] <Bee> Have good week, KK.  Thanks for coming.
[19:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Cya KK, have a wonderful week
[19:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Critters can sound remarkably loud in theceiling, at least. I had mice but I would have sworn they were raccoons.
[19:52] <~bynw> have a good night and week KK
[19:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'll stick around a bit longer.  I'm still full from lunch. LOL!
[19:52] <Bee> scritches to Daphne
[19:52] <HoundMistress> I'll hang out but taking Q out for a bit.
[19:52] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:52] <lesliewilliams806> wonderful to chat, II
[19:52] <lesliewilliams806> KK
[19:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Purple sparkles!
[19:53] <KK> See you guys next week!
[19:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> cya KK 🙂
[19:53] <KK> Nighters.
[19:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> See you later!
[19:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <strippy69> Yes! Thanks!
[19:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I"ll be a grandma by next weekend
[19:53] * KK () Quit (Quit: Client closed)

Amy wept on Muirea's shoulder, letting out her pent-up exhaustion and relief. "Airich is going to live, Muirea! He is even cured of his ailment. We did a ritual...it was working... but then it wasn't...Airich died, but then he didn't....  A... a healer came... healed him. A miracle has happened. Muirea, a miracle! I have so much I want to tell you and Elspeth, but I haven't had a chance to tell her. It's about the Healer who came. I trust him, but I can not say much more. So I've got to hold it in. I have laid my future in this Healer's hands; Airich's and my future together. I will tell you soon, I promise." Amy rambled on like a student who'd won a drinking contest; excited for the win, but dazed by the drink. Amy was indeed dizzy. Finally, she let go of Muirea and looked around, not finding what she sought. "Do you remember where Speth put her medicines? Wasn't her bag right here?" Amy looked around their small corner room. She stumbled over her own bedding and then sat down rather hard on the pallet, rubbing her forehead. The spell she had learned assisted with the dizziness, but not with the headache.

"It's in the other room, I'll get it." Muirea rushed out and back in seconds later. She plopped the leather satchel before Amy. But Muirea did not dare to even loosen the strings holding the flap closed. Too many mysteries were contained in those small vials, jars, and herbal packets. Life or death if not used with knowledge and respect. "You're certain you know what you're looking for?" she asked as Amy undid the ties and started pulling items out.

"Speth has taught me much about all of this. But I would not use most of it without Elspeth's guidance. Except for the one I need. It's a rolled parchment of crushed leaves with a green ribbon. Oh, here it is. Amy held up the roll to the candlelight to be sure of the writing on the outer parchment. "I don't suppose you brought home any ale from your shift. I don't want to go back to the kitchen to get some."

"Chef liked my work today, gave me a whole skin." Muirea smiled at Amy's side looks.

"He must like you."

"He always did. You know, he was the one who let me sleep in the kitchens when I escaped from that beast... from Jasper's house. The chef is married with a dozen kids, but he saw that I had a place to stay, and food to eat. He respected me like I was one of his daughters."

Muirea poured some of the ale into a cup and handed it to Amy. Amy then measured two pinches of the dried herbs and then tipped them over into the cup. She swirled it a little, then drank the whole cup of ale down. She closed her eyes and hummed for a moment, willing the drum-playing green squirrel to go to sleep.

"Amy, I want you to know how pleased I am that you and Sir Airich have one another. I wish we could all find such happiness." The girl years away from her home in Meara still had that Mearan friendship closeness in her blood. She hugged Amy, hoping to sooth away her friend's tired expression. When Amy started feeling a little better and looked up with a smile, Muirea finally asked,"Tell me, is Bede downstairs? He said he'd be here if he could, no?" Muirea tried to hide her concern when Amy's smile faded.

"I am sorry, but no. Bede would have come with me instead of Edwin," Amy assured Muirea, "but Edwin needed to talk to the Duggans. He is downstairs doing that now. I hope you are not mad at Bede. He seemed really upset about something, but he didn't say what."

Muirea stood and paced the room. "Eustace told me some of today's trouble. What a horror ye've all been through. Is Bede coming back here tonight? He and I have much that needs discussing. The two of us."

This time, Amy's smile returned, slightly lopsided and teasing. "I think that is what he wants, too. You know his eyes sparkle when he talks of you."  Amy squeezed Muirea's and then said more seriously.  "I was going to bring you back with us to the safe house where Bede is, very near to where Airich is sleeping and healing. But I think, now, that might not be best. See, we found the boy Aidan–you remember, Canon Damian's assistant–he was looking sickly so we brought him here. I want you to watch him tonight. Would you be willing to do that for me? I know Bede will get back here before dawn arrives. There is more going on that he will explain to you then."

Muirea looked disappointed but did not say anything.

"Here, help me carry the gear we need for tonight downstairs. Yes, that bag and that one, and those bags in the boys rooms, better included Edwin's book satchel, yeah, the singed one." Amy giggled, seeing the repairs Edwin had attempted after the satchel's harrowing in the fireplace days ago. "We can leave the rest here to get in the morning. I will explain as we carry these down to the kitchens."

Not too many hours ago, in The King's Arms, Eustace had stopped by to see Muirea. She had given him her usual amicable maid persona, strained nigh imperceptibly by the mutual knowledge that she was an informant first. "Ah'm just finishing up my shift, Eustace. What can I do for ye?"

((What Eustace remembers on ((2d6 3 + 1 = 4))) "Bede said to tell you that he might sound like he's lying, but he wants you to believe him anyway. And that he'll fight anyone on any terrain to get back to you, no matter the altitude."

That perplexed her terribly, furrowing her brows and flushing her cheeks. "When? What holds the man up?"

He related the rest of the events of the afternoon as he saw them, and she knew then that she may well be walking back to Duggan's alone. She had half a mind to demand Eustace go back with a message of her own, but chastised herself for even thinking of sending him back into such intrigue. Yes, it was out of her hands, now, and she did not like it, as she did not like walking alone, until she remembered halfway home that she had neglected to appreciate the good news: Jasper had met his match at last! Yes, her one-time savior, the kind Deryni knight, was in mortal peril, Bede was in over his head for sure this time, and the rest of her new friends fared little better. But the monster in her story was as good as slain! She could almost dance her way to the Duggan's doorstep. But still, she worried for them all. She decided she would pray for them, repetitiously, when she could.

In the spacious attic of the Duggan household, she knelt as many do in ritual, but merely praying with a child's training in religion. "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ... there are four ... five people I still care about. Now, they are so far away, being charmed by strange men I dinna ken. I am finally free from the murderer of my sister, but so alone. I dinna ken what is next for anyone. That is na gift of mine. I just want to see them all, soon. Including Airich. I'd blame meself, Laird, if he died in my city! And the kind girls. It's been so long since I've had friends like them. Who knew that Kelsonites could be so kind? The bookish one. He could do with less tension, sometimes. And Bede ..." she trailed off, there, feeling a memory of warmth on her lips. That was some un-Bede-like nonsense Eustace was saying, she thought. But she admitted to herself that she liked the sentiment, as she drifted off to sleep.

But sleep gave her less comfort than the waking world. She heard a trample of footsteps and shouted for Jasper to stay away from her.

"Shh ... it's me. It's me, Muirea!" Amy soothed worriedly. Muirea opened her eyes and lifted her tangled hair out of her vision, breathing a sigh of relief. It was indeed the other maid, her friend from Carbury. And she seemed possessed of a weariness beyond anything a single day could bestow. But she was here. Laughing, Muirea embraced her.

I was lucky enough to find copy #24 online. Unfortunately, it came without the slipcover, but I am so happy to have it!

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Post	Writer	Date	Events
30	Jerusha	Sept 4	Elspeth and Amy run upstairs, taking themselves and the satchel to safety.
31	bynw	Sept 4	A student at the University tells his fellows that a Deryni and his Human friend will be burned at the stake within a fortnight.
32	Revanne	Sept 4	Edwin regrets jumping into the fight to help Airich and vows to never assist anyone else in the library. He sees Elspeth "stealing" his satchel and running away with it. He thinks he's been set up by Airich and these girls to steal his bag. He runs upstairs after the girls and finds himself locked out of their room.
33	Marc	Sept 4	Bede throws his opponent into a bunch of other men, then runs after the barmaid. He thinks it's Winnifred, his fiancee, but discovers it's Winnifred's cousin Muireagain. She doesn't recognize Bede at first. She tells Bede to sneak out the back to avoid the bouncers, but she'll be safer in the kitchen.
34	Nezz	Sept 4	Airich is grateful that Bede knocked down several of his opponents, and is feeling the affects of the brawl. Jasper, the big man who started it all, seems to be the only one still in it, but one of his friends sneak-attacks from behind. Airich puts them both down and heads up towards his room, trying not to faint.
35	Jerusha	Sept 4	Elspeth is arguing with Edwin through the door and makes Edwin tell them what's in the bag so that they can positively identify him as the owner. Amy is convinced that it is his.
36	Laurna	Sept 4	Amy is ready to use her dagger on Edwin if he tries anything funny and lets him in. The three of them exchange heated words and throw accusations and Amy threatens him with her dagger, but the women finally accept that the bag is his and he even thanks her. Edwin marvels at her eyes.
37	Nezz	Sept 4	Airich makes it upstairs, cursing himself for not using his Deryni powers to save the barmaid the easy way, and passes out in front of the Carbury women's door after Edwin chews him out.
38	Jerusha	Sept 4	Elspeth has Amy and Edwin pull Airich into the room and latches the door just as the bouncers come looking for the troublemakers. She treats Airich's bruises and lacerations, and straightens his broken nose.
39	Marc	Sept 4	Bede hides in the stable, waiting for the bouncers to finish their sweep. He sees the innkeeper throw out Jasper and his friends, with Jasper complaining about his lack of Muirea. They think Airich must have been cheating to have beaten them, and Jasper suspects magic. Bede climbs the inn's wall and sneaks into his room.
40	Laurna	Sept 3	Amy helps Elspeth treat Airich and uses her Empathy to find where he's hurt. He notices and Mindspeaks to her, which triggers her and reminds her of her knight from years ago. She runs to the other side of the room and refuses to touch Airich again.
41	Jerusha	Sept 4	Elspeth is concerned for her friend, but continues treating Airich and doses him to sleep. She gives Edwin what-for when she discovers the student abandoned "his friend" to chase after his satchel.
42	Revanne1	Sept 4	Edwin apologizes to Elspeth for thinking them thieves and admits that he earns a living using the writing implements in his satchel. They discuss hiring Edwin to do a job for them and he will happily copy a letter for them in the morning.
43	Marc	Sept 4	Bede hears a man's voice through the door to the girls' room, and argues with them about his not being there to protect them. He gets inside and traded insults with Edwin, but then realizes that Edwin was one of the men helping Muirea. They make their peace, then Edwin goes with Bede to his room to sleep.
44	Nezz	Sept 5	Just before dawn, Edwin and Bede help Airich back to his own room. He insists on getting a handkerchief from his rucksack, and when Edwin touches it, he feels its magic, but is annoyed when Airich won't tell him about it. Airich is left to himself and he thinks about the woman who'd touched his mind. He decides she's probably Hill folk with Second Sight instead of Deryni, but then has a brief memory that keeps him from sleeping for awhile.

¹Posted by Nezz

Quote from: Evie on May 04, 2025, 01:53:48 PM

Quote from: Laurna on May 04, 2025, 01:45:31 PMOh my Goodness. Evie, you did it!  I could cry!

Who knew that the compulsion to prevent Aidan from sharing what was going on inside his head would extend all the way to trying to keep this scene from getting posted also! (Note for readers: You have NO idea how difficult it was to get Aidan's scene posted, because something in it kept triggering security errors for some weird reason. Thanks to Bynw, Laurna, and Nezz for helping to troubleshoot what was going on with it!)

If I'd thought it would help, I would have done much more troubleshooting. Now I'm afraid this has burned you from ever contributing another scene for us. And we love what you did so much!!!

Quote from: Laurna on May 04, 2025, 01:45:31 PMOh my Goodness. Evie, you did it!  I could cry!

Who knew that the compulsion to prevent Aidan from sharing what was going on inside his head would extend all the way to trying to keep this scene from getting posted also! (Note for readers: You have NO idea how difficult it was to get Aidan's scene posted, because something in it kept triggering security errors for some weird reason. Thanks to Bynw, Laurna, and Nezz for helping to troubleshoot what was going on with it!)