The UN-common Cold [devious RP]

[Karyuu]

You just don't appreciate anti-climactic endings

[Peacer]

My character isn't sick as he has just been and will be some time before he get's again

[Coneitic]

Breakthrough!

A few people i know have been working on this clue i have... very hard to figure out seeing as how its inbetween memories untar had...  i think i may have found a something that moves the plague faster than from person to person... although i i am sure there is a way to reverse this and help slow down the speed the plague is traveling, im not sure i want to go the right way with this

[Under the moon]

Coneitic: PM me with what you are thinking. Also, not to disappoint you, I have said several times that this is a multi-path quest. Some people have taken an alternate path that by passed your clue, and took them to the next step. Note: The path they took was the harder path, so don't envy them.

On kran: Silicon -based- life form is what Kran are, not pure silicon itself. You are carbon based, yet you are not a solid lump of carbon black. The Kran's skin, and possibly skeleton, are the only parts that may be pure (relatively, as the come in different colors) silicon. The skin is likely formed the same way yours, or a tree's forms. As it is worn away from the outside, new silicon structures are being built from the inside, where Kran -are- soft. Think of them like silicon based turtles, insects, armadillos, or even crocodilians.

Injecting Kran blood into the bloodstream? I wouldn’t try that at home, kids. The chemical composition that would have to be in a Kran’s blood to keep it liquid in an oxygen environment would likely be very toxic to the Carbies. In fact, come to think about it, it might actually be a form of acid.

Just a reminder, anything that you figure out with Kran (and the answer is so obvious) is NOT a cure for those already infected, and will only keep the healthy from getting sick.

*wonders why no one has posted the HUGE clues found out yesterday*

[Siteri Kidachi]

Interesting theory...

After I found out that the plague was spread through apples, I immediately thought back to a thing Siofra said soon after she returned from death:

With pointed fangs it sits in wait...
With piercing force it doles out fate..
Over bloodless victioms proclaiming its might...
Eternally joining in a single bite...
Only one color, but not one SIZE!
Stuck, but easily flies.

Since she seemed obsessed with apples, we assumed that she meant that the apples were poisoned. Later, it seemed that they were not...
But maybe she meant the sickness. If we'd only known what it really meant, this could have been prevented.

[Kalika]

 

oh no! im addicted to apples

hmmmm...interesting...siofra told me that the apples make you *hiccups*

not much importance but ooo

[Croconil]

OMG! Auitianilize is addicted to apples! What will she do! 

[Under the moon]

Healers have studied all the apples they could find, and all the apple trees, but have found no sign of ever having the cold in them. Sorry, dead end.

[[Come now, folks, some of you have had a huge breakthrough-explaining-much-of-what-is-going-on thing happen yesterday. Where have you gone?]]

[Siteri Kidachi]

You mean the thing with Jagk? I missed some of that, and still don't really understand the significance... Although we do now know that Janeous did start the sickness.

[Gharan]

Another dead end 

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[This is'nt my log, and I've cleaned it up a bit. Didn't touch Jagk's speech though.
 Jagk seems to be sleeping.
 Peacer bows politely to jagk with a smile on his lips
 Peacer puts a hand slowly on mudis' weapons
 Jagk still seems to be sleeping.
 Peacer says: Hello jagk
 Mudis stands in door way
 Jagk grumbles and opens his one good eye slowly.
 Jagk says: I am no'th open for bi'th'ne'th.
 Jagk says: Go away.
 Peacer says: Maybe the cloak of shadows will make you more interested
 Jagk slowly gets to his feet.
 Jagk says: pah. Th'a'th thing wa'th u'th'le'th.
 Peacer says: useless aye?
 Jagk says: I th'old it to th'ome fool.
 Jagk glnce at, but not directly at all the people suddenly in the room.
 Peacer says: is this fool a nolthrir who goes by the name janeous creek?
 Jagk's one eye narrows.
 Jagk says: He told you how th'o find me?
 Siteri says: So you do know him.
 Mudis smirks a little
 Jagk says: I knew I th;ound not have tru'sh'ted him.
 Peacer says: Hmm i was the one who led us here
 Peacer says: apparenlty
 Jagk says: What are you hear for?
 Peacer says: what else have you sold then that cloak?
 Jagk says: The Cloak? The fool only wanted the Cloak. Cur'th'ed thing it i'th
 Peacer raises an eyebrow "Cursed?"
 Jagk says: It never worked like in the th'otie'th
 Mudis looks puzzled
 Siteri says: The what? I don't understand this guy.
 Jagk says: All it ever did wa'th make me th'ick and dizzy when I put it on.
 Peacer says: it should have
 Einnol grins.
 Peacer smiles
 Peacer says: the cloak caused the sickness
 Peacer says: then janeous creek and the cloak is the clue to stop this
 Mudis is very curious now
 Siteri says: Really?
 Jagk says: The th'ickness?
 Siteri wipes her nose.
 Peacer says: do you have anything else than mushrooms abainst this...
 Jagk says: What 'thicknes do you talk of?
 Siteri says: But... what does that mean? How will knowing that help to find the cure?
 Peacer says: now we know the root to this is the cloak
 Peacer says: Jagk can you tell me where you got this cloak?
 Jagk says: The Cloak never cau'th'ed me to be th'ick.
 Jagk eyes passes Peacer.
 Peacer says: then why do you run around with mushrooms?
 Siteri says: ...You just said it did.
 Siteri points at Jagk. "Explain that contradiction!"
 Jagk says: it made me -feel- 'thick. Then it goe'th away when you take it off.
 Jagk says: I found it.....year'th ago.
 Peacer says: then... we should get janeous to take his off
 Peacer says: maybe it will stop all of this
 Jagk fingers his face with his good hand.
 Jagk says: I found the Cloak after thi'th...
 Jagk says: It i'th not one cloak, but th'wo.
 Jagk says: You wan'th th'o now where I go'th i'th?
 Peacer nods
 Mudis nods
 Siteri says: Sure.
 Jagk says: I GO'TH it when I died!
 Siteri says: ...In the Death Realm?
 Jagk says: I go'th this fa'the
 Peacer says: since janeous hangs out there...
 Jagk says: Ye'th....before they th'arted coming back.
 Peacer says: he must have known you had it
 Peacer says: and came up here only to get the cloak
 Jagk says: He a'sked me abou'th i'th, and came to find me.
 Jagk says: The book wa'th u'th'le'th a'th well.
 Peacer says: book? what book?
 Mudis looks very interested
 Siteri says: That sounds important... tell us about it.
 Mudis says: yes please
 Jagk says: The book with the cloak. Li'th'en th'o wha'th I am th'aying.
 Mudis tries hard not to smirk
 Mudis says: what was the book about
 Siteri says: Do you have it with you?
 Jagk says: I'th wa'th with the th'wo cloak'th. The page'th were blank.
 Peacer looks at Siteri "Janeous has it"
 Jagk says: I'th only th'aid one thing on the cover.
 Peacer says: what was that?
 Jagk says: "Thi'th book can only be read by the dead, and only under'th'ood by the living"
 Jagk says: I tried to th;ake it out when I found the portal, but i'th vanished.
 Jagk says: All i had wa'th the Cloak'th.
 Peacer says: Maybe this is all Janeous wanted...
 Jagk says: The book i'th th;ill in the Realm of Death.
 Mudis says: could you find it again?
 Jagk says: NO!
 Siteri says: So... the book can only be read by the dead, and only understood by the living...
 Jagk says: I will no'th go back there.
 Siteri says: The only way to understand it is to somehow send a message from the dead to the living...
 Jagk says: Never!
 Peacer says: Jagk do you know where you could have possibly dropped it?
 Siteri says: ...Too bad we didn't wait a little longer to resurrect Farren.
 Peacer's ears wiggle at siteri
 Jagk says: Wha'th i'th thi'th all about? Wha;th ha;th Janeou'th done?
 Peacer says: somehow, Janeous has started the illness in hydlaa
 Peacer says: Now... take a look at Poor siteri here
 Jagk's face twists
 Jagk says: I don'th care.
 Peacer says: she has been infected and is now suffering horribly
 Peacer says: watch out, she might sneeze on you
 Siteri wipes her nose.
 Mudis says: or me i have lost all the fur on my arms
 Mudis says: see
 Peacer says: Do you want nosebleedings? Unclear sight? a running nose? And probably even more
 Jagk says: Fine!
 Peacer says: ]ues
 Jagk says: I'll th'ell you one thing that'th may help...ju'th th'ay back!
 Peacer nods
 Peacer says: more sick people will arrive too
 Jagk says: A dwarf came looking for me abou'th fif'th'een year'th ago.
 Peacer says: was his name krook and looked very old?
 Jagk says: He heard that I had been one of th'a fir'th to come back th'oo live.
 Jagk says: I don'th know hi'th name.
 Mudis puts his armor back onhis arms
 Jagk says: He a'th'ed me all kind'th of que'th'ion'th about the dead, and if I could th'alk to them.
 Jagk says: He a'th'ed me if I could find the portal back in....
 Mudis says: in? in where?
 Jagk says: th'oo the Dead pla'th! Li'th'en th'o me.
 Mudis holds up his hands sorry
 Jagk says: He wan'th'ed to go th'o the dea'th'realm, while th'ill alive.
 Jagk says: He wan'th'ed th'o th'ee 'her again, he th'aid.
 Mudis starts to say someting but stops himself
 Jagk says: Maybe he found a way. A'th'k him.
 Peacer says: We can''t
 Jagk says: No'th my problem th'en.
 Mudis says: i feel a sneeze coming
 Mudis holds his nose
 Jagk turns....then pauses.
 Jagk says: I am a bui'th'ne'th man.
 Mudis nods to alcarin
 Jagk says: I al'th'o know about th'ome th'ickne'th'e'ss
 Mudis says: please share
 Jagk says: th'ell me abou'th you illne'th, and I will th'ee wha'th i can th'ell you.
 Mudis says: it is different for each race
 Mudis says: l am loosing fur
 Jagk says: [[you may use /me tells about the illness, as I know all about it. >]]
 Peacer says: hmm well i told you a couple of symptoms before"
 Peacer explains aboutr the illness
 Alcarin tells about the illness [And complains about being KO'ed by a sneeze]
 Mudis tells all he nknow about illness
 Jagk says: Th'o...Kran are immune, everone ge'th the 'th'y'th'om'th a'th the th'ame th'ime, and i'th re'thi'th'th magic...
 Mudis says: kran are imune
 Jagk says: Wha'th doe'th Janeou'th have be'th'ide'th the cloak?
 Mudis says: everyone gets it at same time
 Alcarin says: A compulsion glyph...
 Peacer says: a compulsion glyph
 Jagk chuckles deep in his chest.
 Mudis says: and resists magic
 Jagk says: He ha'th one of tho'th'e, do'th he?
 Peacer says: he could make people feel bad because he had the compulsion glyph and the cloak
 Alcarin says: Embeded in a black stone
 Jagk says: Doe'th he know i'th make'th the u'th'er go mad?
 Peacer says: probably not
 Jagk chuckles agin. and finally looks the others in the eye...with his one eye.
 Jagk says: Do you know wa'th it doe'th?
 Alcarin says: Makes others do things?
 Jagk says: Other'th? Ye'th......
 Jagk says: All other'th
 Jagk says: All life obay'th i'th whim. -All- life.
 Alcarin says: This cold is alive?
 Jagk says: A'th'k your healer'th that.
 Jagk says: Now go away.
 Mudis says: what do you know of this cold?
 Jagk says: Nothing, a'th I th'aid.
 Mudis looks like he might sneeze
 Jagk glares.
 Jagk says: If he i'th u'th'ing the glyph, i'th power can not rea'th thi'th far.
 Mudis says: woulld ruby crystals increass its reach?
 Alcarin says: Rubies, Emeralds, or Diamonds?
 Jagk says: He would have had th'o have been very clo'the th'o the per'th'on he th'arted i'th with.
 Jagk shrugs.
 Jagk says: For one th'ou'thand th'ria, I give you one la'th bi'th of knowlege.
 Mudis says: how about you tell us and I dont' sneeze on you?
 Jagk says: Ju'th drop i'th on the floor, and don'th come near me.
 Alcarin says: A thousand trias isn't bad...
 Jagk says: Or you ge'th nothing from me.
 Mudis looks to alcarin to follow his lead
 Jagk says: Now th'ep back.
 Jagk says: From wha'th I know of th'e glyph, i'th can only be u'th'ed on one thing a'th once....or i'th lo'th'e'th power.
 Jagk runs to the other door and locks it behind him.
 Alcarin says: So what all did I miss?
 Mudis says: where did u come in again?
 Alcarin says: Uh...
 Mudis says: jagk sold cloak to janeous
 Peacer says: Yes Mudis we've known all the time
 Peacer smiles
 Alcarin says: He was sayin he also knew about the sickness
 Mudis says: did you hear about the book?  ]

[Peacer]

Peacer says: Well i might as well just start
Peacer says: In some time... this Illness has ravaged hydlaa
Peacer says: many of us have been trying to gather the cure for this
Peacer says: the one who probably started this, which i think is janeous but that's not important right now
Peacer says: the one who did start it though must have planned this
Peacer says: We are all going mad at each other just to find this cure, we are attacking our friends
Peacer says: we are insulting them
Peacer says: instead of working together like we should
Peacer says: Last day, someoen i know as quite peaceful started swearing at everyone who could possibly have this potion
Peacer says: or know anythng about it
Peacer says: I tried to explain that there was no way this could be, and then i got targeted?
Peacer says: Citizens of yliakum
Peacer says: friends, if we want to find this cure we need to work together
Peacer says: we need to have a strong bond of trust and know each other well, it's this trust and these friends which makes the light strong
Smotang says: Indeed peacer i fully agree with you! it is only through teamwork that we will succeed
Peacer says: [and note that what i'm saying has also made someone get annoyed slightly at each other ooc'ly
Ceruny says: But what if it is one of us helping the evil man?
Peacer says: [and this is not what happend few moments ago in the temple rick
Peacer says: [irick*
Alcarin remains silent, tilts his head back and pinches his nose.
Peacer says: So now, i suggest that we all owe an apoligy to which ever friend we have treated nworthy
Peacer says: If irick was here i would apoligize to him
Peacer says: Hope you will think about what i've said
Peacer smiles at irick "Irick, brother I'm sorry i've treated you unworthy"
Irick coughs and leans on his sheathed sword, looking at peacer slightly
Grunn says: You are right. We must work together.

[a bit after]

Grunn says: [[folks, as some of you know, this is UtM, creator and beifactor of this RP. I ask that you do not get angry at other players, even if your characters do. This is for fun and entertainment. The clues are leaking out slowly, so you don't have them all yet. The cure is not yet known, but you are getting close. Keep working hard, and stay in character]]

[Suzuka249]

Well, I was in IRC discussing the RP briefly, and I mentioned something I thought most people though, but someone felt I should post it. UTM: if you think this is unecesary and redundant, PM me and I will delete it. I would not want to litter your RP thread.

 "well, it has become largelyassumed that Janeous is behind the plague, and is somehow controlling it. He attempted to do in the vespers before, so it is likely he controlled the plague to cure the vespers, to make people turn against them."

[Siteri Kidachi]

To add to the above theory, it seems that the plague is probably being controlled by means of a compulsion glyph. Therefore, the following steps are needed to end this once and for all:

1. Obtain the Eye of Truth. This allows someone to see through Janeous' disguise.
2. Find Janeous once the Eye has been obtained.
3. Take away the Compulsion Glyph from Janeous, end its hold on the virus, then destroy the glyph or otherwise render it inaccessible to Janeous.
Once this is done, the virus will become a regular cold, and will go away as normal after a while.

[Eid]

I have Purchased the Circle stolen from the poet, i have linked with untars mind and he read tome the contents of the book, hering liies what was written.

Eid Unrolls the scrolls and reads allound for all to hear

 Haunt tells you: On the Cloak of Shadows, by Gerft Freeman.
 Haunt tells you: My studies on this odd obect have been startling to say the least.
 Haunt tells you: It seems that the stories of it are true. Horribly true.
 Eid is jotting down the words onto a scroll as they apear in his head
 Gwinn smiles and continues to listen as Haunt reads the words that have no meaning
 Haunt tells you: It can, in fact, make one person, look, sound, smell, almost become another person.
 Haunt tells you: Not only that, it draws the life out of the person one becomes.
 Eid is intrigued by the writtings within th ebook and grabs another piece of parchment
 Haunt tells you: The Cloak is actualy two cloaks that are joined magically. When one hides under the dark half, he may look like the person trpped under the other half. He alos drains their life this way. When all the life is gone, the victim dies.
 You tell einnol: [the book is being read to me now shhh]
 Einnol tells you: And we are playing the other path at the same time.
 Haunt tells you: The cloak is so well constructed, that it can not be seen. Only two ways have been found to detect it.
 Gwinn smiles kindly with each pause in passage hidding her confusion with each word
 Haunt tells you: One, is to actualy touch it, and pull it off.
 Haunt tells you: The other is to use magic, any magic, directly on either half of the Cloak.
 Haunt tells you: We have found that wearing the cloak makes one ill after a long time wearing it. Sometimes even dizzy.
 Haunt tells you: It does run out of power as well, and the person will start looking like themselves.
 Haunt tells you: But it recharges after a little time.
 Haunt tells you: This Cloak is evil, and creates evil in the minds of who uses it. We have decided to hide it in one place no one will ever find it. I do not like the thought of desrtoying my research, so am going to hide this book in the world of the dead we found through the portal at the top of the tower.
 Eid pulls out another peice of parchment intent on getting everything down
 Gwinn sits smiles bidding him continue, a she continues to listen
 Haunt tells you: With that, I close the research on this artifact from an earlier time, and we will never tell the people of it. Never.
 Haunt tells group: And that is the story.