Haku1
Ze Hamster of Lurkdom
1999 PC, Ascending Air, 1
You have have been summoned to attend upon the will of the Senate of the holy Realm, heart of Creation, pillar that holds up high the firmament of Heaven from Creation.
It is by our august mandate to call forth a coterie of heroes that you have been summoned to stand before the Chancellor of the Senate on the first day of Ascending Air, in the Post Change year 1999, at noon.
The scroll had been short, had impeccable calligraphy, and bore the seal of the senate chancellor. It was also the reason that various beings of power and might had been called to the Senate over the two millennium, to serve as heroes of the Realm. That their puissant would be used to safeguard the interests of the Senate, Realm and Creation.
It was also why there were a number of Raksha and Dragonblooded nobles seated in a rather large and comfortable waiting area.
A seemingly endless expanse of white marble stretched outwards, interspersed by pillars and floating lamps, the luxurious chairs and sofas with attending tables provided places to wait. The soft music playing in the background was lovely and meant to entertain, but it did not truly take away the ennui of waiting.
There were several doors standing about, not against walls, but between pillars. The two largest and grandest of doors, carved from solid jade and decorated with orichalcum, moonsilver and starmetal etchings, led out into Creation and into the Senate chamber itself.
Here and there stood smaller doors, some of them used by the various staff of the freehold, while others were more imposing, such as the one to the office of the chancellor, and which was guarded by a slender and attractive female secretary manning the desk by it. A commoner raksha or a poorly bred dragonblooded, if one were to judge her by her appearances, after all, it wasn't likely that there would be a mortal attending to the chancellor of the senate.
And thus those invited waited and waited... where even minutes felt like an eternity.
And judging by the mechanical clock that stood in the waiting area, ticking away as the insect on its top ate at time, noon would never come.
Here and there, now and then, servants fluttered to those waiting to attend to their needs; be it snacks or assorted drinks, or something more exotic.
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OOC - those without a completed charactersheet have a choice; wait and join in when their charactersheet is done OR join and post and stuff, BUT be unable to do anything that requires die-rolling.
Current shaping effects at work
Lobby of Eternity - Fantasy
The music is lovely but boring, the snacks and drinks provided on call not doing much to help kill time, the wait here seems to take forever. Those stuck waiting here will be excited when it ends and they can move on. When oh when will the ennui of waiting in the lobby end? Would it not behoove those who wait to be grateful to those who end the eternity of waiting?
Shaping Effect has 9 success rolled for it
Submission provides +1 die towards things done while waiting
Resistance inflicts 4 successes in external penalty
What the clock looks like...