Sparky GURPS
It is a new morning, we all meet in the kitchen and have a good morning meal. Right away Lily is annoying but we have all gotten used to that by now. Rick mentions that he wants to head back to NY to further his training. We all really need some downtime and it is agreed. John has hit a dry spell working with the people in Germany. The archaeologists that that guy hired needs to compose her data. We hope to hear from her shortly. My quest to further my skills as well seems to have no end in site, though Rick seems a little worried that I might not be of further use to him. I friggen hate that room, just thought I would remind you all of that.
We get Rick ready for his little holiday and head back to NY. Lily and John accompany us and we decide to do a bit of shopping while we are there. While we are looking around we see a news bulletin being played on the TVs in one window. We can't hear it, but it looks as if Lily is the daring burglar of a few high tech facilities. I head inside the store and ask the clerk what channel they are playing. After getting my answer I leave. I take Lily and while she freaks out I put her into my car. I take about 20 minutes and apply a few cosmetics to both make her not look like herself but also to make her more mundane, less noticeable. We head to a few pawn shops after that. Then we head home, she couldn't figure out if she wanted to sell her junk, a little fisherman and some other thing.
While home we catch up on the news and listen intently to what the reporters have to say. Since Lily said she was an "experiment" we ask if she has any particular markings on her that would say so. I don't know what she was thinking, but...she literally tore off her clothing, her only set I might add. Needless to say, a 17 year old girl, with a fairly attractive appearance...very nice indeed, who needs to go to the library to do "research". Eventually I give her a set of my clothing, and we have to make another trip to the city...just to buy more.
That night, I have no dreams.
The next day is rather uneventful, we lay low for a bit. John responds to a few mails, I continue my studies and learn the ability to mind read. My power slowly grows, I don't know what I should learn next, there are so many options. My schools, just for those of you who don't know. Healing, machine, fire, communication and empathy, necromancy, and enchantment. Study in healing goes well, same with fire. I am a guy who needs a lot of study time just to improve, just like Rick.
That night, no dreams once again. Though, I don't get a full nights sleep.
The morning arrives, we head back to NY. We are not here to pick up Rick, we do that tomorrow. NO, our task today is to pick up Lily some clothing. She stole a set of mine for the past few days, twerp. Donning a simple disguise we head in, my paranoia about the government's eyes is a little strong, especially around Eye-mart... We get the clothing and leave. Loading up we head out and head back home. A cop car rushes by us heading straight to Wal-mart. Ok...remain calm, act natural and drive the speed limit, they are not after us, that is just me being paranoid. Home, safe! Rick is the crazy one, he thinks this place is genuinely haunted, well he is right, does that mean I am crazy? The news is still talking about the thief being at large, the one that resembles Lily. We have determined that it is not her. She was stolen/released from a lab here in NY, but she was brought all the way to Seattle and dumped. There is no further development on the story, no leads, no breaking bulletins, nothing. We are good for now.
Sleep is ok, again no dreams though.
Upon waking, we head back to NY. Lily doesn't join us, we decided to leave her at home, too risky. She was being a pest this morning, so I practiced a few of my mind intrusion spells on her. She was disappointed and slightly angry at me for the past few days. She also doesn't seem to wear her new clothing either, damn my hormones. We pick up Rick, update him about the news and let him know that things are going well on the research. We mention that John and myself will be heading back to the woods to investigate further. There was 4 people in Cecil's group, we are missing two. For once, we actually take some genuine time and relax, we sit outside and enjoy the evening. A raven appears and lands in a tree. At first I notice it, and discover that it is looking straight at me. Its eyes, black holes that seem to bore into my soul. I ask everyone if they can see the bird. Lily gets hungry. I get up and move to the opposite side of the house, its eyes follow, Lily approaches the tree the raven is in, Rick practices his kata and John heads inside. I cast a subtle spell and see if this bird has some sort of message, I read its mind. Grrr, I really wish I could speak bird. (http://gigaville.dreamhosters.com/comic.php?id=374) Seeing that I am getting nothing out of this, and being very weirded out by the bird looking at me, I head in. It flies off, Lily is disappointed and halfway up the tree. Eventually everyone comes in and we relax inside. I present Rick with a nunchaku that I have been working on for the past little while, here I thought that since he studied Kung-fu he would naturally know how to use this thing. At any rate Rick notices that I am tense and offers to use some things he did learn, massage. After a bit, my tongue goes numb and feels like a dozen prickly needles are attacking it, note to self, massages are bad for speech. Lily begins to be a pest, Rick takes care of her, his way. She is now on the ground, can't walk, hardly can crawl even, and the *ahem* unfortunate thing is that she was bouncing around without clothing again. I came prepared heh heh heh. Now I have a few pictures on a camera in my room. A pleasant distraction from the everyday life.
That night, I dreamed. The black haired woman again. A quaint French cafe, we are siting at a table. The sun shines brightly overhead and it is a pleasant smell of java and pastries. I begin to attempt to talk to her again and she rushes at me! Her face becoming twisted and frightening. I startle back in my chair to avoid her, but, she didn't move. She is still there, in her chair, with that smile on her face. Did she just lunge at me or was it my imagination. In any case, I wake up, slightly confused, well my sleep is ruined.
The morning arrives and we get ourselves ready to head back into the woods. This is just nuts though, something is affecting Rick, it is not naturally in any way. I feel as if we are just wasting time though, we are no closer to answering this riddle. We pack up a few things and head into the woods.
We get Rick ready for his little holiday and head back to NY. Lily and John accompany us and we decide to do a bit of shopping while we are there. While we are looking around we see a news bulletin being played on the TVs in one window. We can't hear it, but it looks as if Lily is the daring burglar of a few high tech facilities. I head inside the store and ask the clerk what channel they are playing. After getting my answer I leave. I take Lily and while she freaks out I put her into my car. I take about 20 minutes and apply a few cosmetics to both make her not look like herself but also to make her more mundane, less noticeable. We head to a few pawn shops after that. Then we head home, she couldn't figure out if she wanted to sell her junk, a little fisherman and some other thing.
While home we catch up on the news and listen intently to what the reporters have to say. Since Lily said she was an "experiment" we ask if she has any particular markings on her that would say so. I don't know what she was thinking, but...she literally tore off her clothing, her only set I might add. Needless to say, a 17 year old girl, with a fairly attractive appearance...very nice indeed, who needs to go to the library to do "research". Eventually I give her a set of my clothing, and we have to make another trip to the city...just to buy more.
That night, I have no dreams.
The next day is rather uneventful, we lay low for a bit. John responds to a few mails, I continue my studies and learn the ability to mind read. My power slowly grows, I don't know what I should learn next, there are so many options. My schools, just for those of you who don't know. Healing, machine, fire, communication and empathy, necromancy, and enchantment. Study in healing goes well, same with fire. I am a guy who needs a lot of study time just to improve, just like Rick.
That night, no dreams once again. Though, I don't get a full nights sleep.
The morning arrives, we head back to NY. We are not here to pick up Rick, we do that tomorrow. NO, our task today is to pick up Lily some clothing. She stole a set of mine for the past few days, twerp. Donning a simple disguise we head in, my paranoia about the government's eyes is a little strong, especially around Eye-mart... We get the clothing and leave. Loading up we head out and head back home. A cop car rushes by us heading straight to Wal-mart. Ok...remain calm, act natural and drive the speed limit, they are not after us, that is just me being paranoid. Home, safe! Rick is the crazy one, he thinks this place is genuinely haunted, well he is right, does that mean I am crazy? The news is still talking about the thief being at large, the one that resembles Lily. We have determined that it is not her. She was stolen/released from a lab here in NY, but she was brought all the way to Seattle and dumped. There is no further development on the story, no leads, no breaking bulletins, nothing. We are good for now.
Sleep is ok, again no dreams though.
Upon waking, we head back to NY. Lily doesn't join us, we decided to leave her at home, too risky. She was being a pest this morning, so I practiced a few of my mind intrusion spells on her. She was disappointed and slightly angry at me for the past few days. She also doesn't seem to wear her new clothing either, damn my hormones. We pick up Rick, update him about the news and let him know that things are going well on the research. We mention that John and myself will be heading back to the woods to investigate further. There was 4 people in Cecil's group, we are missing two. For once, we actually take some genuine time and relax, we sit outside and enjoy the evening. A raven appears and lands in a tree. At first I notice it, and discover that it is looking straight at me. Its eyes, black holes that seem to bore into my soul. I ask everyone if they can see the bird. Lily gets hungry. I get up and move to the opposite side of the house, its eyes follow, Lily approaches the tree the raven is in, Rick practices his kata and John heads inside. I cast a subtle spell and see if this bird has some sort of message, I read its mind. Grrr, I really wish I could speak bird. (http://gigaville.dreamhosters.com/comic.php?id=374) Seeing that I am getting nothing out of this, and being very weirded out by the bird looking at me, I head in. It flies off, Lily is disappointed and halfway up the tree. Eventually everyone comes in and we relax inside. I present Rick with a nunchaku that I have been working on for the past little while, here I thought that since he studied Kung-fu he would naturally know how to use this thing. At any rate Rick notices that I am tense and offers to use some things he did learn, massage. After a bit, my tongue goes numb and feels like a dozen prickly needles are attacking it, note to self, massages are bad for speech. Lily begins to be a pest, Rick takes care of her, his way. She is now on the ground, can't walk, hardly can crawl even, and the *ahem* unfortunate thing is that she was bouncing around without clothing again. I came prepared heh heh heh. Now I have a few pictures on a camera in my room. A pleasant distraction from the everyday life.
That night, I dreamed. The black haired woman again. A quaint French cafe, we are siting at a table. The sun shines brightly overhead and it is a pleasant smell of java and pastries. I begin to attempt to talk to her again and she rushes at me! Her face becoming twisted and frightening. I startle back in my chair to avoid her, but, she didn't move. She is still there, in her chair, with that smile on her face. Did she just lunge at me or was it my imagination. In any case, I wake up, slightly confused, well my sleep is ruined.
The morning arrives and we get ourselves ready to head back into the woods. This is just nuts though, something is affecting Rick, it is not naturally in any way. I feel as if we are just wasting time though, we are no closer to answering this riddle. We pack up a few things and head into the woods.