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At the Stock Exchange OLD GAME.

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Amara Tahan
player, 84 posts
Tue 21 Jun 2016
at 01:34
  • msg #112

Sugar Hill

Amara waves her hands and a large plate a of cookies of various types appears in the middle of the group. "There you go, cookies." she picks 2 up and throws one to Mouse as she eats one.
Mouse
player, 62 posts
Tue 21 Jun 2016
at 01:58
  • msg #113

Sugar Hill

Mouse snaps the cookie out of the air and then moves to place himself between his friends, and even the Nisse, and the troll. His attention focuses on the angry troll.  His tail is held straight out behind him as he stood ready to protect his friends.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:59, Tue 21 June 2016.
Gremian
player, 22 posts
Wed 22 Jun 2016
at 02:08
  • msg #114

Sugar Hill

"Oh oh!" though Gremian as he angered the Troll. He slowly step back, wandering how he would retreat he if needed to. After Mouse moved in front of them, Gremian relaxed his stance a little. He was both impressed by the noble attitude of the dog and scared that Mouse wouldn't survive an angry Troll.
Julian Winters
player, 85 posts
Fri 24 Jun 2016
at 14:14
  • msg #115

Sugar Hill

Julian blinked at the Troll's outburst, quietly following Gremian's lead and taking a step back as well, seeing Mouse move to block the Troll Prince however, the researcher did his best to whisper to the hound. "...Mouse...maybe you should cover over here..."
Amara Tahan
player, 85 posts
Sat 25 Jun 2016
at 01:06
  • msg #116

Sugar Hill

Amara floats up and looks at the troll in the face "Look, everyone had a different idea what was going on, so we need to discuss before there is any Nisse smears on the floor.
The GM
GM, 194 posts
Mon 27 Jun 2016
at 01:23
  • msg #117

Sugar Hill

While Arna takes one of the cookies and divides it up into Nisse sized, portions, the Troll pauses and thinks.

"Yes," he grumbles, "Everyone does have a different idea of what is going on.  Now I am not sure what is going on.  Am I supposed to be a great king or am I not?  Am I the next Yule Troll?  What happened to the other Yule Trolls?  Why do the Nisse need me to lead them?  And what am I freeing them from?"

He looks down at the Nisse and adds, "Start Explaining."

Rolf steps forward, cookie segment in one hand.

"Well, your gloriousness, it's like this.  We are... um... the Humans, you see, their magic is very strong here, especially around the Winter Solstice.  And their magic is belief.  What they believe... well it becomes.

"It has something to do with Quantum Physics and a cat that is both dead and alive," Arna says.  "It's both and neither, until a Human opens the box and looks at it, and then the cat decides which its going to be."

"Why would the cat decide to be dead?" the Troll asks, baffled.

"It's a magic cat," Arna says.  When in doubt, magic explains anything.

"But the point is," Rolf continues, "the Humans here believe that we are supposed to be working for a big white bearded guy in a red outfit.. much like ourselves, but larger... no beard on Arna of course.. but you get the idea.  And it's such a strong belief that it's... well it's something we can't fight.  We must have him.  So we thought... well.. you."

"Me? Why me?"  the Troll asks.

"You understand us.  You're from the home country.  Like us." Rolf says.  "So we've set up spells to capture the Human belief-magic, at the trees, and we knew that if strange and amazing things happened at the trees, it would draw out Humans, and their belief.  You see, Human belief is often squashed behind their science.  But when things happen that doesn't work with their science, they start to believe again.  So there would be so much belief, and we would capture its power and use it to weave a great magic spell."

"They, um, exact terms of that spell is something these nice folk have a problem with," Arna says.  "You see, in order to accept you as the Yule Troll, the Humans have to belief that Santa Claus was always a Troll.  So we'd have to fiddle with memories a bit.  That seems to be a problem."
Amara Tahan
player, 86 posts
Mon 27 Jun 2016
at 02:11
  • msg #118

Sugar Hill

"Yes, that is a big problem. I don't like memories being fiddled with. So no screwing with the memories, got it?" she says with a glare at the Nisse
The GM
GM, 195 posts
Wed 29 Jun 2016
at 02:01
  • msg #119

Sugar Hill

"Troll magic will not change a person's memories," the Troll says.  "Only real things.  Solid things.  Make you look like a duck, yes, but not make you think you are a duck."

"Our magic is a little more flexible there," Rolf says, "but we needed your power.  The staff."

"We cannot do this," Dovregubbenson growls.  "If someone starts a fight I will finish it, but I did not come to this land to cast a spell on all the people here, and change what they know.  This is not a Troll thing."

"Then we're stuck," Arna says.  "Doomed to be... Christmas Elves with no leader."

"The Library People said they might have another idea," Karl says, looking at them hopefully.
Violet
player, 43 posts
Wed 29 Jun 2016
at 11:49
  • msg #120

Sugar Hill

"Well, I was under the impression you knew a little more about this than you seem to have been told but... if the belief magic changed the Nisse it could change you to be more like Santa rather than changing people to believe Santa was always a troll. Make the red outfit, build a grotto, help hand out toys... that kind of thing. If you want to be the kind of ruler the Nisse need then we can help you be that. But if you don't want to then we won't make you." Violet explained, mostly to the Troll. "To use your example of a duck, we can make the bill and the feathers and maybe you'll be enough like a duck for the Nisse to be happy, or the magic of belief and Christmas will do the rest?" She shrugged. "It seems worth a try, doesn't involve messing with people's memories... but it does rely rather on you wanting to do that." She supposed they could probably find someone else... but she didn't want to say that until it was clear the troll had made his decision.
Julian Winters
player, 86 posts
Thu 30 Jun 2016
at 16:22
  • msg #121

Sugar Hill

Julian nodded with Violet's reasoning. With the magic of belief at their backing, the Nisse might just be able to pull it off without obtrusively changing everyone's memories, "The Nisse said it themselves, the magic is strong here. Belief is a powerful thing."
Mouse
player, 63 posts
Thu 30 Jun 2016
at 16:50
  • msg #122

Sugar Hill

With things calming down, Mouse begins wagging his tail again.  He stepped back and sat next to Julian.
The GM
GM, 196 posts
Fri 1 Jul 2016
at 00:43
  • msg #123

Sugar Hill

"I am a troll," Dovregubbenson says.  "I want to stay a troll.  To be a troll and true to all trolls, and sing to rocks as old as the Earth.  Also, I am the next king of the trolls.  If I give up being a troll, there is no future troll king.  And that would be bad."

"We thought you could have it both ways, if there was a Yule Troll," Rolf says.

"Wait, who's going to be a duck?" Karl asks.

"You cannot change me, into a duck or an Elf or a Human," the Troll says.  "I will not let you.  You little Nisse, find another way.  I must be what I am.  I can be more, but not less."
Violet
player, 44 posts
Fri 1 Jul 2016
at 06:07
  • msg #124

Sugar Hill

"This wouldn't exactly be less... more different, but I can see that it might cause problems. Have you considered other candidates for the job? I mean as the Prince has pointed out he has his own people to consider and to care for. Perhaps we could find someone truly able to embrace the role?" Violet suggested, hoping it would not upset the troll.
Gremian
player, 23 posts
Fri 1 Jul 2016
at 23:26
  • msg #125

Sugar Hill

Gremian wanted until it was clear that the Troll Prince wasn't angry anymore. Or at least, less angry. But at the same time, he grown annoyed with the Nisses; their way to give partial responses that could have more than one meaning.

Violet suggestion gave Gremian an idea. "Well, someone able to embrace the role, why not one of the human, a willing human" he insisted, "that already don the suit. I'm sure some of them would love to have real Christmas Elves to help them." And he grinned at the thought of a drunk Santa that would make the deal unbearable to the Nisses. "Or, instead of having a king, why not faking one. I mean, when a kid ask you about him, you answer something that make your presence here acceptable without Santa, humm, like, I don't know, like you are on a secret mission for him. That should do the trick, no?"
Amara Tahan
player, 88 posts
Wed 6 Jul 2016
at 01:30
  • msg #126

Sugar Hill

Amara puts her finger to her lips "Wasn't there a movie like that? The Santa Clause? Maybe we could bless someone like that"
The GM
GM, 197 posts
Fri 8 Jul 2016
at 02:03
  • msg #127

Sugar Hill

The Nisse look at each other.

"Make the Santa out of someone else?"  Karl asks.

"Would have to be someone dedicated to the cause," Arna says.

"Must like the far north, too," Rolf says. "And look good in red.  Probably helpful if he was really well versed in the lore."

"And of course, be a volunteer.  And no, you know, Earthly mundane responsibilities that would hurt people if they were ignored," Arna says.

The three Nisse continue to look at each other.

"Probably helpful if he already looked a little.. you know, thick white beard..." Arna says thoughtfully, sizing up the beards on the two male Nisse.

"Some extra pounds in the gut wouldn't hurt," Rolf says.

Karl looks down at his belt buckle and clears his throat loudly.
Gremian
player, 26 posts
Thu 14 Jul 2016
at 02:30
  • msg #128

Sugar Hill

Well, from Gremian point of view, the Nisses accepted a good solution to their problem, one that didn't involve meddling with memory or the Troll Prince. He looked around to see if everyone else were okay with their new plan.
Amara Tahan
player, 89 posts
Thu 14 Jul 2016
at 03:13
  • msg #129

Sugar Hill

That sounds good to me. The next question is who or what?"
Julian Winters
player, 89 posts
Thu 14 Jul 2016
at 15:19
  • msg #130

Sugar Hill

Julian tapped his chin in thought, looking about the gathered group, "Perhaps we should report back to the Library? Let them in on our progress and maybe they can help us with his little challenge of whom should fill the role?"
The GM
GM, 201 posts
Sat 16 Jul 2016
at 17:44
  • msg #131

Sugar Hill

"We get to see the Library?" Karl asks.  "I've always wanted to."

"We... um... didn't want to attract attention," Rolf says.

"It's quite late at night, do you think we'd be bothering anyone?  Should we go in the morning?  Is it open so late?"

As the party is well aware, there are "mundane" issues to consider in the city.  While it is true that the city never sleeps a group of people going into a place such as the Morgan Library, in the small hours of the night, is the sort of thing that can result in calls to the police.

"I like it," Rolf says.  "We can get the library behind us, and start looking for our Santa."

Of course, they must be newcomers to the city, because as the more experienced residents know, this being November... in one month, the city will be swarming with Santas.
Amara Tahan
player, 91 posts
Sat 16 Jul 2016
at 23:48
  • msg #132

Sugar Hill

"We should go someplace to sleep probably and go to the Library in the morning. There we can discuss things more closely. So does anyone know a good place for a group like us to crash for the night?"
Gremian
player, 28 posts
Tue 19 Jul 2016
at 03:18
  • msg #133

Sugar Hill

"I don't recommend my place for a large group. It's small and full of machines. And humans sometime patrol there. Beside, you think that we are all needed to babysit the Nisses until tomorrow morning? "
This message was last edited by the player at 02:02, Sun 31 July 2016.
The GM
GM, 202 posts
Tue 19 Jul 2016
at 14:26
  • msg #134

Sugar Hill

"Not my cave," the Troll grumbles.

"Personal space," Arna says quietly.  "Very much a Troll Thing."

"There's always here," Karl says happily.  "In the morning, we can make waffles!"

"We don't have... umm... furniture big enough," Rolf notes.

"We'll make do," Arna says.  "Perhaps if Amara can magic up a cookie, she can do furniture?  Though it is a lot bigger than a cookie, Seven Laws of Conjuring and all that, you know.  Still, our bakery and our little home in the back is open to you, if you want to spend the night here."
Amara Tahan
player, 92 posts
Wed 20 Jul 2016
at 01:38
  • msg #135

Sugar Hill

"We might be able to all crash at the library, I can't remember if they have any places there" She is thinking they do need to babysit the Nisses  till the morning. She doesn't really trust them to do smart things.
The GM
GM, 205 posts
Sun 24 Jul 2016
at 15:28
  • msg #136

Sugar Hill

We are going to transfer here to the new thread: The Library, New House Guests
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