Post Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk here (September 2016) WildArms cave sneaking to Tower Descent

September thread for Journal entries about game sessions this month! Remember that Session XP and Treasure/Loot can be cataloged in another thread, <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1861516/treasure" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1861516/treasure</a>... Journal XP Bonus is awarded for this thread. Post your Journal entries here. (You may also copy your Journal to your Character's personal logbook thread, but the XP award is based on posting it in the monthly Journal thread in the chronological windows of time, week to week between sessions.)Please write your own Journal XP Bonus proposal in chat. I'll review it and approve the XP amount and description. We'll use this thread for all sessions taking place in the month of SEPTEMBER 2016. This is the 19th consecutive month of Player Journals for this homebrew world. Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (March 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (April 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (May 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (June 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (July 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (August 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (September 2015) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (October 2015) Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (November 2015) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (December 2015) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (January 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (February 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (March 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (April 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (May 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (June 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (July 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (August 2016) . Link to Journals / Story / Notes / adventure talk (September 2016) . Open window: Journals from the most recent game sessions. Post your journals as a reply in this thread. Then mention it in-game to get your Bonus XP approved. 8 XP Received?! Upcoming outlook in-game: Main Party gaming on Tuesdays Exploring WildArms cave.&nbsp; Past the shriekers to the West, Hamaskas sees more crops of mushrooms loom on a ledge in the distance. This way to the sewer path?? In a confusion-cave to the North, Torvald speaks of a demonic snake man who set traps. Xrogeb found a mangey demon-dog in a different North-side cave tunnel. Trying to find the sneaky entry to Portlandio sewers, to gain access to the town without presenting unobtainable papers / ID. World-building in Portlandio again...&nbsp; Players respond to changes in the town and add changes to the map,&nbsp; locations, including new construction projects and deconstruction, NPC's, shops, and "new laws". Seriously! Haha!&nbsp; Start thinking about funny chaotic laws and construction projects to add to Portlandio,&nbsp; We will poll the group to homebrew some non-sensical, conflicting, hypocritical, unworkable, even bizarre, laws & construction projects from the Che Won administration. Mount a secret quest to break into Tower Descent (banned from adventurers and military),&nbsp; a mysterious magical tower with no doors or windows,&nbsp; on the Portlandio high harbor cliff where the Beacon light house used to be; and follow the steps of Margrave Horukh who entered the tower from the top level going-down to fight and repel the undead infestation! Airen & New Rhubarb,&nbsp; Torvald & Baradin,&nbsp; Swargen & Grubar & Stonemaw & Sizi,&nbsp; Hamaskas & ravens & BillJim,&nbsp; Baart & Pancake,&nbsp; Xrogeb & sometimes Olomas,&nbsp; Click this picture to see the animation of the entry to Tower Descent! Spooky!! This is where you could go adventuring next.... Why would you ever go in there? Because D&D!!! Help Horukh , Get Treasures, Save The Civilization, Fight the evil elementalist "Benders" meet-up... Roleplay, explore, puzzles, traps, and combat, on tap. It is going to be epic, and risky. If you click the animation, this is where Horukh went already. No joke. Post any game discussion here, tactics or roleplaying + journals!

Portlandio needs a subway system

SHRIEKERS !!!!! SOLD OUT !!!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; AT the Portlandio UNDERGROUND!

WickedWayz . said: Portlandio needs a subway system Ha ha! I think we have our first world-building submission from a player for the Che Won era of Portlandio governance. General Che Won will have his teams immediately start digging large, structurally unsound tunnels for this. So you know who we're working with here: Che Won is the more chaotic Koryon mustachio'd military general who is currently and newly in charge of martial law in Portlandio Province (after General Yi Bang executed their mutual friend the General Yi Ko, for significant reasons that you might look into more). &nbsp; Che Won makes funny expressions on his face, he gets very sad, very drunk, or very happy. He believes himself to be honorable and a truly loyal friend and man of his word. I'll post more pictures and info about Che Won in-game, because you'll want to get to know this guy and recognize this NPC. Che Won's legal troops wear yellow coats of padded armor. He is known (to the party) to harbor an illegal side army of bullywugs (frog people stationed in the nearby swamp). The party discovered that fact like almost a year ago. Thanks for doing Journals and custom pictures too, Wicked . Adds to the fun. I shall set The Shirkers as the cover-pic of the campaign for the week.

*SESSION START* -Goal, to get back to portlandio- The party takes a laberynth of tunnels to return to the mushroom area Swargen returns form extra planar adventures, he hears a growling monster clawing at the walls until it can claw no more... Swargen moves towards the sound.. he enters into the cavern, glistening piles of gold are scattered across the floor (The piles of gold are mushroom growths, tempt travelers to inhale the spores) "Hemaskas - My ravins want to find the outside, but not to the SE, there is a spirit of anger that direction." -exchange between torvald and xorbeg, racist comments and beliefs and probably something important- Airen enters a room to find treasure, gets attacked by undead thing. -7 damage, paralysed, takes another 4- Xorbeg enters and rushes to Airen's damage, upon dog meat, he charges into the room, and smacks it upside the face with his MAGIC FUCKING FLAIL, HELL YEA (4 damage). bardin the room and pokes it with again, a magical sword (10 damage) torvald sees that the cavern has been manipulated by earth benders. Sizi and Grubar move in, but they don't because it is a busy room (claustrophobic? The real conspiracy) undead focuses Airen for 3 damage and he is still rock hard (New real conspiracy, Airen is into being hit) 'insert Gold's wooshing sound' a new undead appears no one knows why Bardin's turn, bardin is borning and pokes it for (13 damage) 'insert Gold's deflaiting sound' Someone notices that Airen is getting fat, the dwarf can't pull him. The Most important and handsome character in the party plays a song, me, Baart, with sexy smooth jazz A priest does a thing and Airen is emFATuated (He is actually a Catholic!!) The new undead continue's to bully the bullywug (Go figure), and fucks up Airen, (10 damage taken), and is paralysed with his arms wrapped in a warm embrace with someone (The Catholic? WAIT, is he a chubby chaser?) Bardin does a thing, kills the dead thing and good thing he did, OH WAIT HE FUCKS US ALL OVER AND MAKES A NEW FUCKING DEAD THING (Maybe hit the treasure chest?) everyone runs out of the room, except xorbeg because he's not a pussy -parle between xorbeg and undead, undead probably loses I stopped paying attention- Xorbeg, checks for traps, fails and searches the chest? - finds 80gp, and 2 potions of , then searches for a false bottom finds a tablet and scroll. Tablet of wind, and tablet of Earth - note says stuff about supply maybe something or other important. We all see a beholder I think we are going to fuck it up. Yep we are going to fuck it up. (Note: we prbably don't fuck it up) Torvald goes deep... HA CALLED IT, it explodes and some fungus shit, gets into torvald and will enter his system within a round Plot twist it wasn't a beholder, it was some fungus shit. Somebody takes some damage, an undead thing takes him from behind but fails to penetrate Hemaskas does mystic shit, but the wrong mystic shit. Torvald makes a joke, but it isn't good enough to get ackowledged the bard gets rocks thrown at hime for laughing at him, hemaskas then does some healing mystic shit. Torvald will die in 24hours unless cured, the beard giveth and the beard taketh away The stone giant goes in and fucks shit up - like real hard and just picks up the chest and walks away chest contains, a ring, a note and somestuff. ring is shaped like a wave and is something magic. But it also looks shiny Baart wears the pretty ring (Ring of elementalist metamorphisus - water) *Whilst wearing the ring I can turn myself completely into water by saying the command word* -note says stuff about and some poitons but who cares I have a badass ring!! FINE - 3 potions of healing and a potion of healing note is written in a water friendly script? note says great flood man, we shall talk more at the place we are going to meet at the time that we said - the time and place that no one in the party roles. Hemaskus and Airen roles a wisdom thing - Hemaskas pass Airen Pass effects Hemaskas sees a hidden message "Says Bring tablet" We retrieve the water tablet from the false bottom #Group Character recap we welcome Zanuka# Hemaskas, cures torvald :( He will no longer die within 24h We disturb shrieking mushrooms, baart fucks a load up with his trumpet. The wall shakes longer than it should have The coolaid man busts through the wall, plot twist it wasn't a cool guy, it was a monster.. nobody say that coming A monster with mandables, and strange round eyes on his face Everyone makes a check, everyone apart from Bill-jim and somebody else effects confusion (I missed the last bit, please fill me in) *SESSION END*

Hey kids, yea, what's that you want to learn how to write a journal? Well Gather round and I will tell you a story&nbsp;

That was indeed a bardic worthy transcript of the session, from our resident stenographer. Thanks for that Gregor . We haven't had a blow by blow retelling in a while. Reading that style it is almost like the "Example of D&D" page from some of the early Basic editions. You can get a little more ++ xp per week, Gregor , based on one more thing -- add a picture. It can be a picture from google (anything that reps / illustrates your journal). You can use a new post for the pic. P.S. After the end of your telling, when you logged off,&nbsp; Torvald the dwarf wandered off on his own, narrowly avoiding a net-trap set by a snake-man. He sensed the slope (dwarf skill) that led him back to the party and away from the snake-man. &nbsp;Meanwhile after regaining senses and ganging up, eventually the umberhulk was reduced to 12 HP then 1 HP and it was trying to cause a rock slide and burrow back into the wall to flee and return, but it was killed ( Xrogeb , Bill Jim, Swargen ). Some shieker mushrooms were singing shrilly. And more mushrooms (this time mushroom men with legs) were spotted around the next bend west-northwest in the cave. Airen was laying in a field of gold coins (he thought). I like that ring that Baart got (water metamorphosis). As well as his use of the Horn of Blasting so far. Pic: The bard in JourneyQuest Another Bard who's always writing the group's adventures.

Sizi Journal 9/13/2016 Session *Thoughts of a Mercenary* &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Bloody Axe.... Orc Clan feared by most, known to few.... Sizi is proud to be a member of this Clan... Benders, what manner of world changers are these? Bloody Axe needs no magic beyond healers.... Portals? Sizi can not abide with this profanity called "bending" any longer.... Must gather supplies and be gone before they rule us.... Gods above, the Flames, the very Earth swallow my clan mates....... Sizi is all that remains to carry the banner.... &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;This Group has not been impressed so far with my prowess.... but then, all i have done so far is bumble into striking out at them, both verbally and now physically. Thankfully, the Half Ogre and War Priest have vouched for Sizi, though the fog of our meeting is still, well, Fog.... i can not recall ever forgetting how i have met fellow travelers. The Human claims his God has ordained it, but what use have I of it? Took me from one part of this infernal Cave, just to drop me in another, and no real further for the trouble. My funds are short, though the 400gp helps a bit. Soon i can build my own Bloody Axe clan, that will rival even the old one, the destroyed one..... and rid the world of these evil benders, the Eaters of Clans, before they are the only clan left...

Your image sir

Torvald shall call it... FLUFFY!

Journal Notes 9/13 These caverns seem to be quite dangerous and who knew that they were so close to Portlandio?&nbsp;

Journal Notes 9/20 Finally finding our way out of the sewers it seems that there is.......

Chris said: Journal Notes 9/20 Finally finding our way out of the sewers it seems that there is....... That right there is freaking awsome!

Party Notes from a recent World Building and RP session, with some custom around-town combat and NPC encounters: Party members present: Torvald, Baradin, Airen, Swargen, Grubar, Sizi, Hamaskas Game events that week: Airen became dubbed The Big Cheese of Portlandio per General Che Won's orders. (A role the Bullywug never wanted). Baradin Cavalier defeated long-time adversary The Black Knight (evil) in 1:1 combat and disposed of evil sword & armor suit. Swargen Inn-Owner and party subsidized the Naughty Nymph to continue charity and profitability. &nbsp;The inn staff was already feeding earthquake refugees with a buffet. The party considers buying-up a chain of dilapidated and quake-damaged taverns, breweries, and inns.&nbsp; Swargen led a sanctified cleansing against the Umberlee temple that was celebrating the tsunami and praying for another typhoon. Swargen and his supporters vanquished the High Priestess Amberlee and some stubborn water-bakemono mooks. One water elemental combatant, reduced to a single droplet (1 HP), was granted surrender and it agreed to become an Undine (neutral good water elemental) and retreated to the Plane Of Water, now serving as a potential extraplanar ally of yours. Hamaskas met the Raven Mocker again this time as it was taking away the soul of an Overland Guide who died in the earthquake at the Cartography shop in the epicenter. The Mocker reminded Hamaskas of the impenetrable undead threat of the Tower Descent. General Che Won desk papers ordering new laws and construction: General Che Won with the tacit approval of The Big Cheese Airen laid down new laws and commenced building under-engineered construction projects with unlimited budgets on credit. A few PC furtively stole/borrowed items from General Che Won's tables/desks. Airen spent some time milling around this table in Che Won's House: Torvald happened to pass by this desk (and he lawfully abstained from pocketing the tempting gems): Swargen found his own recent citizen's request deposited on another desk at Che Won's: Hamaskas rifled through some papers and found papers about a Bird Sanctuary, New Wall, Subway, and citizenship profiteering: Investigate / infiltrate the Tower Descent next? Loot owed from the DM: ( DM will tally it up and add to the Treasure/Loot thread soon ) Umberlee Temple treasure Harlepen Keep treasure & accounting books clues Alu-Fiend treasure Details on the selected items stolen from General Che Won's desk tables.

(Putting the smack-down on the evil black knight was the definite pick-me-up Baradin needed!)

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Journal Notes 9/27 It seems that a lot has changed in the time that we were gone... and for some reason now that Che Won is in charge he has appointed me the big cheese... why... oh why. And these laws that he wants implemented? What was he thinking? At any rate I can't worry about those things right now. Horukh is likely in need of aid in that mysterious tower. I remember how peaceful this place used to be. What has become of Portlandio?

AIREN FOR MAYOR

WickedWayz . said: AIREN FOR MAYOR

Baradin's Journal - Early Fall (Return to Portlandio) It has almost been a year since I arrived in Portlandio. Finding myself a stranger in a strange land, I accepted help where I could. A Lord Harlepen took me. He provided me the customary food and shelter. But in truth, he treated me as no more than a mere servant... For weeks I toiled away at various&nbsp;menial&nbsp;tasks... then the Great Portlandio Storm hit... and a chance encounter with Count Horukh changed everything. Seizing a chance to escape; I accepted his commission: to investigate orcish activity near the old fort at Alwa Avignon. Over a month of travel and days of exploration revealed a great hidden evil... The evil spear Alkrag; weapon of the dark god Gruumsh! Together we battled our way through undead and orcish servants; hellbent on&nbsp;retrieving&nbsp;the artifact. But even more alarming was finding hints "someone"&nbsp;orchestrated this whole chain of events. Thankfully we were able to destroy Alkrag and make it back to Portlandio safely. A few weeks later, frantic peasants brought word of raiders looting and burning the surrounding farmsteads. Even more troubling was news of a vast orcish horde advancing from the north. Eager to help the&nbsp;beleaguered citizenry, the entire might of the Challengers set forth.&nbsp; However, what we found was sobering. Orcs had already&nbsp;infiltrated further south than expected... And had established a sizable stronghold. The raiders were a mix of orcs and human brigands. But these men were not simple bandits... They were hired mercenaries! Through strength of arms we razed their fortress and put all to the sword. The threat was ended. A search of the compound reveal little. The only two captives held were slain during the fighting... and the dead never share their tales. It was a victory that left many unanswered questions. In typical adventurer fashion, we looted all we could and haphazardly headed back to town. On the way back I encountered one of Lord Harlepen's lieutenants... A tall man wearing black armor. He was accompanied by several "unsavory" companions. I immediately marked him as a blaggard and wisely avoided further interaction.&nbsp; To make this long story short... Lord Harlepen was found out to be our&nbsp;villain. He was in league with the various orc tribes of Krimba-Hai. His goal was see an enslaved mankind in hopes it would spare us from an even greater coming darkness... Quite an absurd notion! Either way his plans ended in failure. The Challengers assaulted the orcish temple and dismantled his portal nexuses. In the process we slew most of Harlepen's co-conspirators...&nbsp; However, a few of his allies managed to escape our justice. One of those was the Black Knight... Rumors of murder and violence followed the man. Upon returning to Portlandio, I'd hope to find the fiend and bring him to judgement. Strangely I would not have to wait very long... First place I checked was Harlepen's old manor. I found it abandoned and boarded up. The recent earthquake had severely damaged the buildings structure and surrounding courtyard. Investigating further, I observed a faint trace of smoke coming from the tower keep. Up the spire I went... And into the Black Knight's lair... For I discovered him there waiting for me...&nbsp;

Swargen Journal/Thoughts 09/27/2016 session Portlandio, the once great city i called home after being forced to accept it as such.. Now it needs guardians like never before. Thor has granted me the Power of his Hammer along with the Might of the warriors Grubar and Sizi.... It is time to use these gits to help the needy and protect the weak....I have been approached by an Elf that claims to be a warrior of no small skill, She may not heal as i do, but i am sure the will be a place for her with my companions. Thor guides Grubar, Sizi, and Myself to stay here in town, caring for the displaced and the abused, so this is the path we shall follow for now. My rash actions have endangered my companions enough, and this is how i will atone for those acts that could only be considered evil.

Journal Notes 10/4/16 It has been a while since I have visited all throughout Portlandio... It seems that along side the chaos and destruction some people are still managing to open up new shops. The previous owners of the Auction House of Marvelous Things seems to have been able to re establish themselves as well! Nothing they have seems to peek my interest at the moment... although what is this? A Bridle of Speaking? It gives a mount the ability to understand and speak in common... although vocabulary and concepts are limited to the animal's intelligence. Surely Baradin could put this to use.

What's a Nell? The bathroom was a fine and large area, all decked out in cream colored tiles and gold trim furnishings, the bath alone could hold 3 women of her small size. The water was clear and hot scented with a more than generous helping of essential rose oil, it would have been very expensive from the market or imported perhaps from foreign lands. The water around her started to take on a shadowy black colour as she immersed the back of her head and her slightly curled hair into the water, the cheap dye loosing it's grip on her and slipping into the water. Dye had become a necessity in her line of work, most women would be identifed by their hair colour and race at a glance. A question she has asked herself for a while now, it had become clear that the criminal empire was not coming together as fast as she might like. Having to go to the likes of that warlord idiot was insulting, however she knew in the end she could manipulate him.&nbsp; He would become her pawn and the first building block of the empire she was trying to build. She needed to have street cred first and there was one sure fire way to get a rep, scale that weird undead infested tower and steal whatever was not bolted down. Not only was it forbidden to all adventurers but was extremely dangerous, yes this would be the right choice. After all what could go wrong? Nell slipped out of the bath not bothering to empty it and took a set of noblewoman's clothing out of her pack, she trussed her now natural red hair into a braid adding a few red and brown leaves to it and took one last look at the bathroom. This would be her's one day, one day she would have a home of her own and not have to borrow other people's. She slipped over to the window and jimmied it open with her knife, slipping down the wall and taking a look around. Good noone about at this hour, with a smile she struck the pose of an arrogant elf maiden and strode down the street to the more seedy part of town, just one drink before she heads to the tower.

Journal Notes 10/11 The Challengers of Destiny entered the mysterious tower.... years later they emerge after solving one puzzle. The End.

Great job on Journals and pictures! Welcome to the group Lex , playing Nell . Announcement: Higher XP when you create a picture/image.&nbsp; I'm raising the Journal XP Bonus amount again for when you custom-create your own picture, image, or digital mashup. A journal with text and a google-picture will get the base amount (now at +650 XP), and a journal with text plus a custom pic will get +750 XP going forward. Chris , haha. I like those glowing elemental gingwatzim. Sometimes I just like saying gingwatzim . I'll keep dropping helpful hints on the puzzles so you all can keep progressing. Even still it's up to the PC's to implement the puzzle solutions where they are mechanical or blocked by monster guardians! Talking Javan:&nbsp; A development update for SolidHybrid's cavalier PC Javan ( Baradin's horse) comes up to you. He can now talk kinda like Mr. Ed (the famous Mr Ed). No kidding. This guy. Video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LND1PypBnrU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LND1PypBnrU</a> Apparently Javan and the Stone Pony made their way back to Portlandio (after getting their saddlebags robbed by Zeicheal's Flind Thief while parked outside the giant slug / beholder / dracolich cave). Airen the bullywug saw them grazing outside the window as he was shopping in the Marvelous Magic shoppe, so Airen decided to buy a Bridle of Comprehension from the shoppe, which he placed on Javan, imparting the ability to speak and understand Common words. Airen the bullywug saw them grazing outside the window as he was shopping for Marvelous Magic. Javan told him of harrowing horse-and-pony adventures getting back to Portlandio on their own, since the main bipedal bulk of the party had taken the treacherous underground cavern route. Airen then told Javan where to find Baradin (at the ruins of Lord H Keep), so Javan will ride to you bringing the news of the party's current location for you to catch up, come November game times. In conclusion you ( Baradin ) now have a talking horse and a stone pony, along with more loot & findings I owe you from the ruins of Lord H Keep. I'll get back to you on the armor, weapons, loot, and written findings from Lord H Keep. There is more there, including possibly clues of how to get back to Baradin's homeland on another continent.

Gotta tell you all, if I could upvote a whole topic entry by entry, I'd do it. Did my heart good to see y'all quoting THE GAMERS movies.&nbsp; I'll explain in the OOC thread.

Some say they have experienced fear, that natural reaction to a worrying situtation. A moment of almost falling over or perhaps somone jumping out of a dark room shouting "boo!". This is not true fear, a feeling that forces your mental state to regress to an earlier stage in your speices evolution. A Primodial hardwired need to protect your own DNA and the possible future of that DNA reproducing. A total loss of all the acumluated knowlege of a lifetime overridden by one singular notion, survival at any cost. This one imperative gripped Nell by the throat and held her fast, adrenaline surged through her vains igniting her nervous system into a state of hyper response. The muscles in her body, usually easily controlled into precise movement went into small tremors. Those tremors grew into an almost unified shaking of her form, the usual graceful pose her race enjoyed overridden and replaced by clumbsy bursts of energy wihin her synapsys. The daggers slipped from her slender fingers, clattering to the stone floor. Nell started taking back steps as her hands curled into fists, her almont eyes wide. The small part of her incontrol knew she needed to get closer to the Raven Guy, she still did not klnow his name. He seemed one of the few that might oppose the immensly powerful creature that dominated her vission.&nbsp; The Air Elemental,(she supposed that is what it was) loomed in the hallway, causing eddies and currents of wind to buffet and whip down the hall. Her cloak billowing behind her, she shook her head as though trying to denigh its existance. "This is beyond me", the words forced through chattering teeth. A keening scream reverberated down the hallway from the Elemental, it changing in pitch to a low roar. Nell could feel the ends of her ears vibrating with the sound. She glanced back at the Raven Guy, she was not far from him now.&nbsp; He had plucked a feather and was saying somthing, then was gone. The full realization that none was going to save Nell crashed against her mental state, an emotional wave of panic and primodial horror gripped her and would not let go. She whimpered and bolted for the stair well, slipping into the shadows there and crouching down. Hugging her knees, she bowed her head and tried not to weep openly. Above her lurked shadows she could not touch and in that hallway was a creature so beyound her she would have no chance. She was trapped, a small elf in the darkness. This was a far cry from ripping off dandy noblemen and cheating at cards. Nell was going to die down here. She silently begged any God or Goddess for help, be them good or evil. She would pay any price to live through this, she cursed her lack of magical knowlege and would pay any price to survive this.&nbsp; No bargin was to evil or too much, she would barter her very soul to live through this horror

lex, that there ^^^^^^^^^ is friggin awesome writing, i LOVE IT..... keep that up please &nbsp;

Thanks man