WillGM gets into gamespace. Nicole boots open the bar. WillGM: Last we met our intrepid band, it was coming on late afternoon at Golden Gate Park. You have just helped deal with an incursion via the Infernal Fire Tether in the park, consisting of 4 Shedim. Three are dealt with, and the fourth is in the unconscious human lying beside you, arranged somewhat comfortably. You are beside one of the park's walking paths, the Bridge towering over the scene. WillGM: With you are NPCs Ellis, Liriel, Frizz, and Hallaren, Seneschal of the Tether. WillGM: ------------------- Game Start ----------------------- Nicole: and if I recall correctly, I just said something that got all the angels riled. Could I have that line again? WillGM: Hmm... I don't recall that. Ending of the log: WillGM: WillGM: Hallaren ponders. "If I were looking for deep dreams..." WillGM: WillGM: "...I'd head to the Far Marches. Though I wonder what kind WillGM: of friends I would find there." WillGM: Nicole blinks a bit. WillGM: Fearless: "The where?" WillGM: WillGM: Liriel begins to answer Fearless then says, "Nicole is, in WillGM: all probability, the best equipped here to answer that question, given WillGM: her training so far." WillGM: Nicole: "Uh. Yeah. It's kinda the no-man's land of the dreamworld." WillGM: Fearless: "This have anything to do with that bit about BA and the WillGM: poodles you keep alluding to?" WillGM: Nicole: "As in, it doesn't belong to Heaven, or Hell...but...you guys WillGM: remember Grace, right?" WillGM: WillGM: "No *men*," says Hallaren, with a small smile. "But quite WillGM: few other things that walk like men and talk like men." He ponders. WillGM: "And quite a few that don't." WillGM: Fearless: "Grace, yes." WillGM: Edward: "Grace? Yeah..." WillGM: Nicole looks at Fearless. "Sorta, kinda, not really. That all WillGM: took place in the Near Marches, which are split half and half for Heaven WillGM: and Hell. But..." WillGM: Nicole: "Concepts like the one Grace represented -- The Damsel in WillGM: Distress -- have become real and taken root out in the Far Marches. And WillGM: it's all our faults." WillGM: WillGM: Liriel and Hallaren both protest, Hallaren more articulately. WillGM: "'Fault' is a very negative-sounding word, Nicole. Ethereals are created WillGM: by humans, it's true, but this is apparently a natural phenomenon. It's WillGM: when they try running around on Earth that the whole ecosystem of ideas WillGM: starts getting out of balance." WillGM: Edward: "And Grace isn't exactly what you'd call nice... Damsel in WillGM: distress is right, and when she isn't in distress she arranges for it so Edward OOCly finds bchunk, which does exactly what he wants it to do. woo. WillGM: that someone can come bail her out." Nicole: that line. %) WillGM: Ah, okay. Nicole nods. "Okay, okay, I see I got everybody riled. It was a shorthand way of saying what Hallaren just said. I'm amused that we sorta caused it." Nicole: "But that's basically the point. It's not exactly a 'nice' place to hang out, but it's *different*." Fearless: "It certainly sounds... interesting." WillGM: Hallaren waves a hand amusedly. "Nah, just making sure weren't feeling guilty about something beyond your control." Nicole: "Well, right. It was kinda a colloquialism." WillGM: "Okay." WillGM: Liriel sits down by a tree and to all appearances goes into a brown study. WillGM: Hallaren looks over at the sleeping human and checks his watch. Nicole blinks, and says, "Anyway, that's basically it." Nicole killed some time at the game store, poked at Liber Castorellum a bit, remembers the note from Hallaren in it. %) WillGM: Yes, though Lilim are ever so much easier to deal with than Shedim. WillGM: "I'm not certain what I think of his suggestion. Who here is even capable of a trip into the Marches?" Fearless: "So lemme make sure I have the pieces of this, Nicole. We apparently need help from your friends in deep dreams. Right? Who have you met there, other than Grace?" Nicole: "the fourth has potential, she was looking at all the pretty flowers..." Nicole: "Not much yet. I'm still a novice." WillGM: Guede Triad! Guede Triad!! Fearless: "List everyone, both sleeping and awakened, that you've met there, if you can. It may help." Nicole: "Not much. We found Frizz and Larry on my first foray out there." Fearless: "Okay, what about in the not-so-deep dreams?" Nicole: "Everything else I've been learning has been in the Near Marches." Nicole mutters something about poodles. Nicole: "Annie, mostly." Fearless: "Who else?" Nicole: "And Grace, of course, but we knew that." WillGM: "It's a nice name. Would Grace be any good as a contact?" Edward looks doubtful at that Nicole: "She might. And I've been meaning to stop in and say hi and see how she's coming along." Nicole: "We had some *words* the last time I crossed her path." Fearless nods. "Anyone else?" WillGM: Frizz cocks a potentially respectful eyebrow at Nicole. Nicole: "I don't want to talk about it." WillGM: Hallaren and Liriel exchange glances. WillGM: 3d6 Nicole looks down at her hands. Fearless: "Please? It might help." Nicole shakes her head, still staring at her hand. WillGM: "Easy, mister. She doesn't seem to want to talk about it." WillGM: 3d6 Dicesuke throws the bones for WillGM (3d6) and gets 13. WillGM: 'k, carry on. Nicole looks up, after thinking. "Okay, Fearless, you *asked*. I can get into people's dreamscapes. I was in BA's, not that it really mattered in the end." Nicole: "Saving him from a bunch of flying poodles." Fearless: "Sounds like a BA nightmare." Fearless: "He must've been enjoying himself that night." Nicole: "Not that it did any fucking good, BA still screwed me over here, and I got dinged for my part in the favour." WillGM: *quietly* "Dinged?" Nicole looks back down at her hands. "And that's the part I don't want to talk about." WillGM: "Okay." Fearless: "I think I can extrapolate from there. You ran into someone from the Other Side." Nicole looks up at Hallaren. "I didn't mean to, it happened before I realized. I thought it was Ed." Edward blinks. Nicole: "Yeah, Ed, you were there, in BA's dream." Nicole: "'cept it wasn't you." WillGM: Frizz leans over and whispers something to Bruce. (msg'd) Nicole: "I didn't mean to." Edward puts a reassuring hand on 'cole's shoulder. Bruce rolls his eyes and nods. Nicole looks at her hands again and shakes her head, and looks almost like she's about to cry. WillGM: Hallaren gets up quickly and comes over behind the chair to put his hand on Nicole's other shoulder. Bruce nudges Fearless in the back with his elbow. Firmly. Nicole says, quietly, where only Ed and Hallaren can hear, "I owe a favour that I didn't want to owe." Fearless heads over, kneels down, and takes Nicole's hands in his. "I'm sorry. I didn't want to force you to saying anything, but. Look, is there any way I can help with this?" Edward connects two plus two, twitches. Nicole: "I don't think so, Fearless. The problem is not in our realm to fix." Nicole sighs and shakes her head. "I was too trusting, I learned a valuable lesson, but...don't really want to talk about it." WillGM: The sleeping man stirs. Hallaren mutters, "Blast. Gave out too fast." He goes over to the man now sitting up. "Easy, pal, you're not in any shape to go anywhere at the moment." WillGM: Frizz is instantly on alert. WillGM: The stranger wipes some sleep out of his eyes and mutters, "I'm not yer pal." Nicole just stays where she's at, watching quietly. WillGM: Hallaren says brightly, "Well, you could be." The man makes a gagging sound. "Figured." Fearless: "Its okay, Nicole. There are skeletons in everyone's closet. Some are simply scarier than others. You've told us enough; thanks. Now that we know, at least part of it, we can help you... somehow." He keeps his voice soft yet firm and supportive. WillGM: Hallaren nods at Ellis. "This one's the one that tried to possess you." Ellis blinks and turns a shade paler. Nicole nods, and looks back down at her hands. Bruce nudges Ellis. "Hey, at least you made out easy." WillGM: Ellis nods. "You'll pardon me if that's not overwhelmingly reassuring." Nicole turns the chair slightly, to look at the rest of the park, and listen. Bruce grins slightly, screwing the cap back on his flask. "Yeah, well, you're not the one washing the nasty taste out of your brain." Nicole daydreams a bit. Fearless: can you enter the Marches via daydreaming? Nicole: no, to the best of my knowledge. WillGM: Nope. Nicole is just pondering. WillGM: Liriel comes over. "Can we talk to it for a while?" WillGM: "I don't see why not. Do you think it has something to do with you?" WillGM: "In truth, I doubt it. But then, one never knows." WillGM: Hallaren hums a low, weird tune with a slow rhythm. The Shedite-possessed man groans but knows better than to fight back. WillGM: "He'll be very suggestible and amenable to questions for a few minutes. I'll go fetch a Kyrio Cabinet." He stands, and says to the man, "Stay here." The guy meekly nods. WillGM: Hallaren saunters off. Bruce settles back to watch the interrogation with some amount of interest. Fearless stays with Nicole, for support, while listening in on the interrogation WillGM: Liriel asks the Shedite a series of standard questions: true name, Superior, current mission, prior Earth experience. The answers are: bizarre series of syllables, Kronos, theft of the Skull of St. John of Patmos, worked as a Valeforians contact. WillGM: Of you all, I suspect only Fearless would actually get the name right the first time. ;^) Edward twitches violently at the mention of K. Nicole sighs, and turns away a bit more, still listening but not really wanting to watch. WillGM: The Shedite notices it, and grins at you. "Friend of yours?" Edward: "Not really." WillGM: Ellis gives a sign of reaction to the mention of St. John. WillGM: "Who are Valeforians?" Edward: "Valefor. Demon Prince of Theft." WillGM: "Ah. Makes sense." WillGM: "Is there anything you all sense you might want to know?" Fearless: "And what does Kronos want with the skull?" Nicole very carefully starts to edge away from Fearless, as much as possible without giving the obvious clue of movement. This is, as you can imagine, not an easy task. Fearless lets Nicole slip away. WillGM: "He doesn't tell me that sort of thing. Mine is but to do, and shut my ass up about it. Though John was the Revelations dude, and the Boss is big into prophecies." Bruce: "Or maybe he just has a nasty fetish." WillGM: "The Boss's fetishes are not a matter of healthy speculation." Fearless: "Were all four of you assigned the same job?" WillGM: "No, we just grouped together hoping enough of us would overload the guards. We're all from different Words." Fearless: "What were their jobs?" WillGM: "Dunno. We didn't talk to each other about them. I think one was from Fire and another one was from Lust." Fearless frowns, but doesn't ask any further questions. next victimizer! WillGM: The Shedite looks about, blinking blearily. WillGM: Hallaren comes back, cheerily tossing a large geode cut half open in one hand. WillGM: Liriel asks one last question. "What would make you go Renegade?" WillGM: "Fifty cents and a death wish." WillGM: "Well, we'll work on that." He indicates the geode. "Come on, in you go." WillGM: "Humans might want to turn away..." Fearless watches anyway. Edward shrugs, keeps looking. Already saw 'em. WillGM: There is a Symphonic squishing sound as the Shedite exits the host and slurps into the jumbo-size Force Catcher. "He'll be safe enough there until I bother to let him out," says Hallaren. Bruce: "That's... really kind of gross." WillGM: He addresses the human. "Hey, fellow. Fell asleep on the lawn here. I think that's your stuff back there, though, isn't it?" He points to the guy's stuff; the guy thanks him and heads over that way. In a moment, it's just you all again. Nicole was looking away, and thinking. WillGM: "Well, my friends, has the trip here at all helped you in whatever you are looking for?" Edward: "Another clue, at least." Fearless: "It has helped, and unfortunately it has hurt... and not necessarily for what we are looking for in either case." He looks over at Nicole, sadly. Nicole continues looking over the park, and not acknowledging the look. Fearless: "I wouldn't blame her if she hates me, now..." WillGM: "We should decide where to go next. Hallaren, sir, I must ask..." WillGM: "Of course, of course. I will be near the Memorial if you need me." He heads off. Nicole finally turns back to face the group, a tear track or two obvious upon her face. She still doesn't say anything, though. WillGM: "Before I decide on anything... Edward, what did you see as the clue we gained?" Edward: "That we might want to look further in the Marches?" Edward: ".. of course, by 'we' I mean 'those of us who can get to the marches in the first place', but.." WillGM: Liriel eyes Nicole out of the corner of his eye. Nicole looks up. "I might be willing." Bruce: "Hey, don't let us force you into anything you don't want to do, kid." Nicole shrugs. "I learned not to be naive. I don't know if my skills are up to the task, but I can try." WillGM: Liriel exchanges a look with Ellis, who says, "I know what you're thinking, but I don't know if that's actually part of the mission." WillGM: "I am not a great believer in coincidence. It *does* happen, but... well. There is still possible good to be done, even if not." WillGM: "A plot to steal the Skull may still be afoot. We might travel to its resting place, and see about foiling it. Also, the Skull itself may be a good signpost in our Quest." Nicole: "And where is this Skull?" Fearless: "I smell a red herring there, though. Why send a lone operative through *this* tether, of all places, if the skull is of any real importance?" Edward nods at Fearless. Edward: "Unless of course he wants us to think we've foiled it now that said operative has been caught." WillGM: "Red herring?" Fearless: "Decoy." WillGM: "Ah." WillGM: "He... truly believed he was part of such an operation. Of course, Princes are well-known for setting up operatives to fail." Nicole shrugs quietly, and looks around at the rest of the park. WillGM: Liriel seems to come to a decision. "You are more experienced than I at such things. I shall accept your judgment." Edward: "It wasn't the Shedite I was referring to." Fearless: "We've had dealings with Kronos in the past. You could say he's why we're involved in the first place." Fearless: "Ed, I think you, me, and Bruce should head over to where the Skull is located, just to be sure Kronos didn't slip an operative through a quieter place. I don't think we'll be of much use in the dreamscape, so we might as well check out that lead." Edward nods. WillGM: Ellis coughs. WillGM: "Patmos is near Italy; near enough, anyway. I think I should go with you as well." Fearless: "Good idea. Assuming that's where the skull is." Edward: "... Wait. If that skull is in Italy, why in blazes send someone through *here* to get it?" Zibblsnrt: Uh, Patmos is a Greek island off the Turkish coast.. Nicole: "And I will stay here and have Christmas with my folks while the rest of you gallivante around the world. Oh yeah, and helping in my own way. Nicole: " Edward: "I'm having trouble imagining that there's no convenient Tether located closer than here." Nicole shrugs again, and looks away. Fearless: "I'm thinking the skull's not on Patmos right now." WillGM: Zibb: Closer in global terms than California, anyway. WillGM: "For me, yes. For you, Tether travel is impossible. We shall no doubt employ planes again." WillGM: Frizz comes over to Nicole. "I had a thought on that, actually..." Bruce coughs slightly, sensing sarcasm. "Of course, there's no reason Nicole shouldn't come with us. S'not like her.. err... talents are bound to one location." Bruce: "Er. Metaphysically speaking. Or something." Bruce flails helplessly. Nicole: "I promised my parents Christmas." Nicole: "I'm not breaking that promise. They don't get to see me a lot, so it's important." Bruce nods. "Okay." WillGM: The park security guy comes by and stands diffidently, waiting to be addressed. Fearless: "Just be careful while dreaming, Nicole. Okay?" Nicole sighs. Nicole: "I'm not naive anymore, okay?" Bruce kicks Fearless a nonchalant kick to the shin. Nicole rolls over to Ed, and looks up at him. "Can we talk before you take off for exotic climes?" Fearless sidesteps the kick. "Fair enough." WillGM: Frizz signals to Nicole that he'll want to talk soon. Edward nods. Nicole nods to Frizz as well. "Important?" Edward: "Here okay, or did you want to talk in private?" WillGM: "Depends. Sorry I can't give a clearer answer." Nicole: "Okay, hang on." Fearless ponders, then heads over to Ellis. "Coach, do you know if there are any missions in this area that would be caring for religious artifacts from other parts of the world?" Nicole looks back up at Ed. "Alone, but it's not totally important. Y'mind if I talk to Frizz first?" Edward nods. "'kay." Nicole: "Alright." Nicole rolls over to Frizz, then. WillGM: Ellis scratches his head. "Well, relics of saints are always popular, but not via theft. Not for a church, anyway." Fearless: "Not quite what I asked, Greg." WillGM: "It was just a thought I had, in case people went gallivanting off. If I... possess you... your consciousness would go to the Marches. You could work there without interruption, for days on end. I might even manage to be able to attend myself -- I'm not sure how much of my awareness you'd take up." Nicole: "Interesting. It might work." WillGM: *to Fearless* "Well, then bluntly I'm gonna have to say no. I can't think of any missions or churches in California that would go anywhere near a plot to disturb a relic by theft." Nicole: "On the other hand, I'd really honestly like at least Christmas day to be *me* with my folks, I owe 'em that much." WillGM: *to Nicole* "Yeah, I can deal with that. Hang around your house in a bird or something. I've never tried quail before." WillGM: *to Nicole* "It doesn't have to be all the time, just when things are getting hairy." Nicole: "Okay. Although quail might be hard to pull off if you want to be around..." WillGM: "The specifics don't matter, really. You know what I mean -- just staying nearby, ready to jump in when necessary. Nicole: "Yeah. That might be wise." WillGM: The park security guy coughs discreetly, and rocks on his heels. Nicole thinks for a second. "If you were being me, would you know what I know?" Edward: Erm.. are we standing on the "Do Not Walk On" lawns or something? WillGM: "Nope. 'S only Kyriotates of Destiny get that, and that's only memories. Thoughts are private, memories are self. We don't mess with that." WillGM: Ed: It looks like he wants to talk to one of you, but doesn't want to barge in. Bruce shuffles over to the security guy while everyone else does their own thing. "Something I can help you with?" Nicole: "Okay...so would my folks notice something was odd?" WillGM: "Oh, that depends on my acting skills. And whether I've got enough oomph to hang around you in the Marches and ask questions of you on short notice." WillGM: Bruce: "Hallaren wanted me to send a message to you to be careful when you left. A group of known Magpies have come up from L.A. and are looking around the park for something. So far they're on the other end, but we're putting the word out." Nicole: "Okay. I think that'll work mostly, and I can give you some details before we do it. One last question...what's it *feel* like?" Bruce looks blank. "Magpies?" WillGM: Frizz takes a breath to answer, and pauses. "You mean from the other end? ... Why... I don't know. I've never been possessed." WillGM: Frizz looks up and scratches his chin. "I wonder if I could be. That's an interesting question." Nicole grins. WillGM: Bruce: "Demons of Theft." Bruce: "Ah-ha." Nicole: "Anyway, I'm up for it. I guess I'll find out for myself, I'll try to remember to tell you." WillGM: "Great! In that case, I'll send someone home with you. A squirrel or something from the park. You won't need to feed him, but I'd be much obliged if you'd bring him back when we were done." WillGM: Bruce: "Just wanted to let you know." He waves and heads back to his duties. Nicole: "That can be done." :) Bruce doesn't worry about barging in, and whistles to get everyone's attention. "Hallaren says that some of.. Valefor's?.. boys are skulking around the park for something." Edward: "Won-derful." WillGM: "I think we've found why our boy came through here. Was gonna meet up with some of the locals." Fearless: "Interesting. Something's up. That means the skull should be in the city, then. Where are the nearest churches, missions, monastaries, and convents? Roman Catholic and otherwise?" Nicole: "Well, this is San Francisco. Named for St. Francis of Assissi. There's a mission here." Nicole: "In the appropriately named Mission District." WillGM: "That would be the big one in the city, yes. You think it's here, then?" Fearless: "Very good chance of it. Might be here for study or safekeeping. Or on display." Nicole: "Would it be possible that something like that is in a museum somewhere?" WillGM: "Well, it's not an official relic at all, really. Is it... you know... real?" He addresses this last question to Liriel. WillGM: Liriel nods. Fearless: "That's quite possible, too." Nicole: "There's a couple museums in the park." WillGM: "But our Shedite was leaving the park, at top speed." Edward: Gonna crash soon. Been a long lousy day yesterday Fearless: "Hrrm...." Nicole shrugs. "Just thinking. There's a lot of museums in SF, it's a cosmopolitan city." Fearless: "And we have a lot of ground to cover." WillGM: "While I wouldn't be amazingly fond of going to a mission, I wouldn't turn it down. And that's a far more likely place for a relic than a museum, in my opinion." Fearless nods. Nicole: "I was just thinking." Fearless: "Coach, are you still able to enter missions, or was that privledge taken away when you were...?" WillGM: Ellis coughs. "I can still go in. I can't receive Communion, marriage, last rites, and so forth." He turns away. Nicole looks at Frizz. "Would you mind if I went to talk to Ed now?" Bruce scratches at a stubbled cheek. "Gettin' good at pickin' at sore spots there, Fearless. Gotta love the reporter's instinct." Fearless: "It's hell sometimes, to be honest..." WillGM: "No, go right ahead. Sorry to keep you." Fearless: "It got me shot at by the Joisey Mafia, once." Nicole grins at Frizz and then rolls over to Ed. Bruce: "Really? Just once?" Fearless: "Well, BA and I were firing back." Nicole looks up at Ed. "So..." Edward looks down at 'cole. "Do we want to move off for a bit?" Nicole: "Yeah. Just a couple things, but I just don't really want to be overheard." Edward: "'k.. Lead on, Lady Fair." Nicole grins and goes a bit down the path away from the group. Edward walks with 'cole Nicole looks around, making sure we're a sufficient distance, and then looks up at Ed. "Three things." Edward nods and listens. WillGM: *to Bruce* "I don't suppose you'd know anybody around here, would you? Last I was in California, I was keeping Forty-Niners from bashing each others' heads in over property rights." Nicole: "First, I take it you figured out what exactly was playing you in BA's dreamscape." Edward nods, scowling. Nicole: "Y'wanna know what she hooked me for?" Nicole: "Not taking me to Beleth's tower for worse torture." Edward: "If you're okay with talking about i-.... I see." Bruce shrugs as Frizz. "Can't say I do. First time in this parts, myself." Nicole: "I was stupid and assumed she was you, y'know? Not gonna happen again. But it segues into point #2." Edward nods. Nicole: "I want to figure out some way to identify myself to you in dreams, so that I can find you if I need to get ahold of the gang." Edward nods. Nicole: "Frizz is gonna help, but it's probably wise to wear a belt and suspenders. And finding a dreamscape involves thinking hard about the person, and of our gang of wackos, you're the person I'm closest to. Ellis will work in a pinch, and I'm sorry, but I'm not going anywhere near Fearless' dreamscape." Nicole: "And I don't know Bruce all that well. So you're it." :) Edward: "Well, assuming I'll remember this in my dreams... How's your Enya knowledge?" Edward: "Heh. I'm flattered." Fearless: hey, mine tend to be normal... if you call a near utter lack of stuff in dreams "normal" Bruce: No one wants to see my dreams. :) Nicole: "Somewhat okay. What are you thinking about?" Fearless: she's assuming mine as bad as BA's. Edward: "When we meet dreamsides, I'll quote a line or a stanza from one of their songs. You ident with the follow-up." Nicole: "Alright." Nicole: "That way, y'know it's me and not one of Beleth's baddies. They're *good*." WillGM: Heh, I consider myself a fairly big Enya fan and I don't know if *I* could do that. ;^) Edward: I could. Bruce: I figure my dreams tend toward Beleth's side. ;) Nicole: the player just pointed out to Ed's player that she's really *not*, so there'll have to be a prompt. But we'll do it. WillGM: A near-burnout homicide detective? Yeah, I'd guess. Nicole: "Third thing. That side trip to Berkeley...you earned your pips?" Edward nods. "Yeah, sorta. Still need a lesson or two on controlling Essence, but other than that..." Nicole: "Not a bad deal. Might do something like that myself. Let me know how it works out." Nicole: Will: yeah, it's an indirect way of asking if he was a soldier now. :) Nicole looks around at the greenery and then up at Ed again. "That's mostly it. Be safe on this quest, though, okay?" Edward nods. "I'll do my best. You take care of yourself too, y'hear?" Nicole: "I'll do so. Hopefully Frizz can devote some time to keeping an eye on me, and Annie might help too. I should be okay." Edward nods. WillGM: A squirrel chooses this moment to bound up to Nicole, climb her wheelchair, put a foot on her shoulder, and then disappear into her backpack, zipping up the pack behind it. Edward blinks. WillGM: Frizz looks over, catches Nicole's eye, and nods. Nicole nods back, and grins. "Don't worry. Now we prolly ought to get back to the gang." Edward thinks for a moment more, then remembers Frizz. ".. right." .oO( Kyrios.) WillGM: Ellis comes back to the group quietly. "So, did we actually decide to hit St. Francis first?" Nicole: "I don't know." Fearless: "Not a bad place to start." Bruce: "Might be worth it just to thumb our noses at a few Hellspawn." Edward: "Why not?" Fearless: can we hit there next week? I'm getting tired, and I need to be up early tomorrow. :/ Edward: yes, please. WillGM: Okay. WillGM: ------------------ Session End -------------------