[DarkRanger]

*Mirella AND her unicorn do Xena flips while making Xena sounds and snapping Rashemi necks with their legs like Xena*

[Bertram Anders]

*Brandon comes soaring in on his flying nightmare(you know, per SRD.) His sword humming eerily and glowing brightly not only in the radiance of his enchantments on it, but also in the blood of a pair of Rashemi berserkers he found on the First Escarpment.* "When I heard Thayan had been captured I immediately began to free my schedule. It was easy enough with the gravity of the situation. The Tharhioness was even generous enough to let me lead 200 centuries into Rashmen for the "Thayan Liberation Mission,"which; is the name Eltabbar has assigned to our current ploy. With all that being said, all my men are formed and ready to march as soon as all the others have gathered."

(Okay, I don't know if I should be reading that in R. Lee Ermey's voice or Max Payne's voice. I'll go with Max Payne. :P )

Problem: How in blue blazes is Corella going to fit 20,000 grunts inside her Invisibility Sphere? Clearly my Hazlok's plan for a surprise attack is going to take some retooling...

Okay, change of plans: Everyone here is going on an extreme crash diet! No food or drink whatsoever, and necromancy and/or transmutation may be involved as well. Each of you has a goal of losing at least 20% of your body mass by sunset. No amputations allowed! Okay, ready? Go!

(1. Definitely Max Payne.)
(2. 20% body mass off of Brandon = terrible idea. Less mass≠more muscle.)

[Wids]

(1. Definitely Max Payne.)

"Minsc was right. There are no choices. Nothing but a straight line. The illusion comes afterwards, when you ask 'Why me?' and 'What if?' when you look back, see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or a forked lightning. If you had done something differently, it wouldn't be you, it would be someone else looking back, asking a different set of questions."

"One last thing left to do: I was compelled to give the warchief his longbow back." *nocks an arrow and draws the string* "...one arrow at a time."

Yeah, that sounds about right. :)

(2. 20% body mass off of Brandon = terrible idea. Less mass≠more muscle.)

Okay, so we'll leave his muscle alone and take that mass out of his bones instead. Problem solved!

[TheShadowEntity]

Clearly we must mount an immediate rescue effort.

Okay, so we all go in under Corella's Invisibility Sphere; stay close to her, and no picking her pockets or trying to yank her mask off. If Brandon can catch a break from his Tribune stuff, he can handle most of the fighting; just lead the gallant charge out of the Invisibility Sphere once we have their ringleader and/or Thayan in sight. Khreed? Ride with Brandon and the rest of the vanguard; you Tempurans love doing that. Petra? Help Corella nuke any undead who show up; half a dozen Rashemi vampires might cause some big problems if we're out past dusk. Korina and Djed? You two are the diversion; just run out ahead of the squad and start killing random Rashemi dudes until you both come to bickering with each other over who killed what and start trying to kill each other instead. If that doesn't get their attention, nothing will. Cassae and Maurice? Go up to the biggest, meanest berserker you can find and sell him about 400 pounds worth of junk; that should put a crimp in his frenzied battle charge. Gayle? While we're passing through into Rashemen, see if you can talk Gust into giving us a group discount on bandages; we might need about 500 of them. Deedra? Blast the everloving turducken out of any Rashemi shaman who has magic eyes circling his head, especially if they're the purple eyes. Marister? Well...I dunno. Sic some wolves or whatever on them. Hadir? Grab up all the loot and give it renames like "Sandy Desert Butt Crack of a Thousand Camel Droppings" or whatever. Daeris? If this mission goes belly-up, we're all blaming you. :P

Any questions? See Hazlok. This whole plan is his idea. Honest.

Wait not even a "Sila, Make sure our dinner is ready when we get back?" :P

[Bertram Anders]

Okay, so we'll leave his muscle alone and take that mass out of his bones instead. Problem solved!

Um. I don't think that his bones are 20% of his body mass.

[Wids]

Okay, so we'll leave his muscle alone and take that mass out of his bones instead. Problem solved!

Um. I don't think that his bones are 20% of his body mass.

Okay, so we'll remove his brain too. He doesn't have much need for that thing, right? :P

[Bertram Anders]

Okay, so we'll leave his muscle alone and take that mass out of his bones instead. Problem solved!

Um. I don't think that his bones are 20% of his body mass.

Okay, so we'll remove his brain too. He doesn't have much need for that thing, right? :P

That's a negative. His intelligence score says otherwise though. I think a good tactician needs one though.

[LooseWilly]

Carry on...

Veybold will have the kingdom running smoothly for you all when you get back.

Have fun storming the Rashemi...

[Bela]

Mission successfully completed.

Thayan safely returned to his rightful place. The Rashemi kidnappers obliterated, we can all resume our 'normal' duties.

A job well done.

Welcome back Thayan. :D

[Animayhem]

Welcome back!