WEEK FOUR

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (4)

monday - thursday (33) survivors Sunday's trial was only mere hours ago, but you find yourself faced with a new week on The Pygmalion. When you awaken, you will find the ship restored to its previous state, all areas interfered with during the murder looking mostly the same as they did before. Along with this, it appears there are new areas opened on the ship. It seems you have more exploring to do. The robot in the cafeteria has prepared another breakfast of various foods. (OOC: Please submit your murder proposals by 9 PM EST Tuesday.) taken list profiles private conversations setting rulebook murder proposals ENTER COMMAND_

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[thanatosincarnate]

Usually for the ones who keep reappearing no matter how many times you defeat them, there's a leader or source that can be struck down and killed -- then the rest fall like any other.

{ What types of battles were you fighting, Luke? Besides the one where you got kicked off a cliff. }

Have any experiences to share?

[chiseler]

[...yeah he could buy that. It's sort of how the Battle of Manhattan went down, too.]

That depends. What do you really qualify as sharing? I could probably tell you a couple of things about monsters back home.

[thanatosincarnate]

Anything that could come to mind -- or maybe a moment of triumph against a seemingly impossible fight against monsters.

{ It's been awhile since Arumat's listened to someone share a story of anything. Probably not since Crowe. }

I'm not particularly picky.

[chiseler]

[What a question. He's silent for a moment, thinking back over his long-short life.]

Ever hear of a thing called Greek Fire?

[thanatosincarnate]

...No. Mind elucidating?

{ He'll be paying close attention now. }

[chiseler]

[How to explain…]

I kinda told you about this, but when I was a kid Thalia and I were on our own and on the run. We didn't really have much except each other so we stuck together. One day, Thalia found a goat. It sounds weird, I know, but the goat was kinda destined to find her, I think. Led us to this mansion in Richmond that we broke into and we ended up meeting this guy…name was Hal. [He frowns lightly at the mention of Hal, actually. It's a long and complicated story.]

Hal was cursed to stay inside a house with these monsters called leucrotae. Big ugly things with a lion's body and red fur, hooves like a horse and kind of a cross between a horse and a wolf, really. They have the ability to imitate people's voices. That's how a leucrota lures prey to it. Hal was cursed to have the leucrotae imitate his voice since he no longer had his and he was used to bring people into the house for the leucrotae to feed on.

So…Thalia and I thought about it and wanted to break Hal's curse and free him from the house. Leucrotae are strong, can't exactly be hurt by any sort of metal and considering Thalia had a spear and I had a golf club at the time, those options were out. They're very smart monsters, so we had to be clever about it. …and by clever I mean I browsed the internet for a while and--[…no, he's not going to elaborate on why he thought about the Greek fire.]--came up with the idea to make Greek fire. It's made with chemicals basically and Thalia could use her lightning as a catalyst to light it up. The problem with Greek fire is that it's one of the most dangerous magical substances in history. Not a lot of people even know the recipe because of that. It's a fire that's so dangerous it can be turned into bombs and it can burn underwater. It was the perfect weapon to use against the leucrotae. The only problem was that once the fire starts, it burns without stopping…Thalia and I barely made it out alive. But we got what we came for and then some. [It's a very, very small scope of events, something that needs more explanation, but that's all Arumat's going to get.]

Fighting monsters was pretty old by the time I was a teenager. But that time required skill and maybe a little bit of luck.

[thanatosincarnate]

{ Arumat begins to listen to Luke's story, with more rapt attention than he would to most telling their own tale. He had asked for this after all, and his golden eyes narrow slightly as his interest rises slightly, particularly about the part with the Greek fire.

When Luke finally finishes, Arumat will nod at the man's last words there -- but there is a slight, nagging curiosity at the back of his mind that prompts him into inquiry.}

What about Hal? I assume he made it out alive as well, free from his curse after you burned down the building?

[chiseler]

[There's a heavy frown following.]

...wish I could say that. But the leucrotae needed to be distracted so Thalia and I could escape. Hal's the one who broke open the jar of greek fire so that we could get out of there. And like I said, once the fire stops it burns everything in its path. We wouldn't have made it out without him.