// On one of the clerics boards, Kopeister has suggested to found an 
// order of tolerant clerics, and Gelfling has written a reply to that
// note. Now he wants to discuss it with his mentor.

Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: can i help you today gelfling ?
You nod smilingly.
You say in xyllic: Oh... not really help, maybe just read my note and 
tell me what you think about it.
Kopeister nods solemnly.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: in the temple ?

You nod solemnly.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: oki i will do
Kopeister rolls to an upright position and grunts loudly while getting up.

// Walking to the upper discussion room

This room has a heavy curtain on the eastern wall. At the western wall is
a big tapestry depicting a fighting scene. At the northern wall is a
shrine with two small statues of dragon and falcon. On the shrine are two
books, both chained to the wall. The southern wall is ornamented by some
pictures. The floor is covered by a big carpet. In the middle of the room
is a large round table made of ebony surrounded by several chairs and
eight armchairs. The armchairs at the northwestern and the southeastern
place almost look like thrones. Above the table hangs a big chandelier
from the ceiling.
An open trapdoor is leading down.
A bulletin board containing thirtyone notes.
Hikaru is resting here.

You sit down to rest a while.

Kopeister stomps in.
Kopeister smiles and greets you!
Hikaru smiles at Kopeister.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: checked for rassi hik ?
Kopeister looks at the bulletin board containing thirtyone notes.
Kopeister reads a note titled 'Re: Order of tolerant clerics'.
Hikaru shakes his head in disagreement.
Hikaru says in xyllic: not yet
Kopeister sadly snaps his fingers.
Hikaru says in xyllic: i will look for a vial
Hikaru sits up and clambers to his feet.

// This is the text that Kopeister is reading

31: Re: Order of tolerant clerics                                (13.05.259)
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Your thoughts sound very interesting to me. I would like to join
such an order, because targets like those you mentioned were the
real reason why I became a cleric: Relieving my mind from evil
and destructive thoughts, finding inner peace and serving Rokoon. 

I would also like to mention that blind hatred, even towards
the enemies of Rokoon, is a feeling that seems most destructive
to me. I am far away from demanding completely peaceful behaviour
from all clerics, and I will always be ready to support any team
of fighters for the good, if they walk out onto the battlefield
to defend an innocent victim against evil forces. If the attack
is being started for a sensible reason, then I am ready to join
the crowd, in order to kill - and perhaps die - for Rokoon.

But on the other hand, it seems somehow sick to me, when Satais
and Clerics search the world, just in order to kill any Necromancer
and any Priest of the jungle snake they can find. I do not like them,
but I must admit that I do not hate them either, whatever cruelty
they might commit. And you can believe me when I say that I would
have good reasons to hate them: It was one of those cruel, dark
Priests of Huitzilopochtli (yes, I dare to spell the true name of
true evil), who sacrificed my parents and destroyed our home. 
What should be the difference between us and them, if we acted
as cruel and hateful as they do? 

Gelfling.
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// End of that note

You say in xyllic: we should keep a vial in these rooms... 
Hikaru waves quickly.
Hikaru leaves down.
Kopeister nods solemnly.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: your are stronger than me, i hate hotzels
Kopeister sits down to rest a while.

You emote: Gelfling thoughtfully looks at the carpet.

You say in xyllic: Stronger? No... just burned out somehow.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and i hunt them and will go on for that
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but that cant be all, and its not the main
reason why i am here

Kopeister hums a mystic melody.

You emote: Gelfling tries hard to swallow his tears.
Kopeister smiles at you.
Hikaru arrives.

You say in xyllic: I .. how shall I explain? If I hated them still, I 
would not be able to sleep a single night.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i thought this order could take a part of 
the evil and neutralize it in a meditative way
Hikaru sits down to rest a while.
Hikaru sighs deeply.
Hikaru says in xyllic: no trace of the claw :(
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: no trace hikaru ?
Hikaru drops a vial.
Kopeister sighs deeply.

Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i think you handle right gelfling, at least
very honorable
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but i cant forget the blood of the orphanage
kids
Hikaru says in xyllic: well, i have to leave again... cu

You emote: Gelfling looks up and smiles slightly.
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Hikaru waves happily.
Kopeister waves sadly in Hikaru's direction.
Hikaru removes a warhelmet.
Hikaru drops a warhelmet and a waterskin (1/4l).
Hikaru left this world.

You say in xyllic: Do not forget that I am an orphan myself.
Kopeister nods solemnly.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: see i respect your way

You say in xyllic: and it was me who found my parents... dead, their 
breasts cut open... I was 6 years old.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but i remember the times, as we only 
engaged as they harmed ppl
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and they were free to do what they want 
if they were peacefully
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but they learned only about all, and used 
their knowledge to make the pool of blood even bigger
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.

You nod thoughtfully.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but as long as you will engage i respect 
your behaviour and in my opinion its your free choice

You say in xyllic: But how sick is this, hunting them like animals? 
What is then the difference between them and us?

You think about it but fail.
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: where do we hunt them gelfling ?

You say in xyllic: Well... some of these days I accompanied Ubinox on 
his ways...
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: most of that what u call a hunt happens 
when they are doing evil
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i visit my friends the natives, and other
prefered hotzel victims often
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: to let them beneath Rokoons protecting wings
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: ubinox is a wild one, u know
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: have u seen hikaru ever engaging ?

You say in xyllic: and once or twice I went with Cestus... they did not 
only check the possible victims, they really searched the world, and 
nobody was killed on those days
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: u have to tolerate or convice other clerics

You shrug helplessly.

You say in xyllic: I would not call me a pacifist, I am not. Give me a 
good reason, and I am ready to join a fighting team.
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and remember how many of us have been in 
their torture chamber

You nod solemnly.

You say in xyllic: I do remember that.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: how many ppl were sneaked and killed 
without a chance

You nod solemnly.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i dont know a solution
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i am a blind mortal
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and i pray to Rokoon to show me some light
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and it seems as Rokoons light shows 
different clerics different aspects of life/behaviour

You say in xyllic: I am certainly not as peaceful as, say Vyfken or Kawana 
or Hikaru... I do see reasons for a fight. but not for this blind hatred 
I had to watch...
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: try to cure your friends and brothers and
sisters from that hate

You emote: Gelfling thoughtfully looks down for a while.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: take it from them and live with it, if you 
can, you will be soon known as a famous bearer of pain
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but most of us can hardly bear the own pain
Kopeister sighs deeply.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: thats what i wanted to search in a group
meditation

You say in xyllic: How can I change them without judging them? I am not
better or stronger than they are... Nor do I claim to posess the truth.

Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: a way to come closer, get new visions
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: so if your arent a prophet, go the mortal 
way, the slow and stony way
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: live your life, be example, try to convince,
but respect your brothers and sisters in Rokoon

You emote: Gelfling take a deep breath.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: saying that people sinned is easy, show 
them the way to go
Kopeister shrugs sadly.

You say in xyllic: Oh... life is not easy, and it has never been...
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: ony the trust in Rokoon can bring you on 
this way

You emote: Gelfling sadly looks at Kopeister.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and if you trust in Rokoon and your 
friends you cant be despaired
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: yeah look at me and my scared body
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i tried to go my way
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i got sacrificed in the monastery by 
a former guildbrother
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and i tried not to hate
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but since they have started to torture, 
i do hate

You say in xyllic: How many scars did you receive from them? Perhaps more
pain than any other can imagine.

Kopeister glares at something far distant.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i got killed or sacrificed from hotzel 
about 20 or 30 times in my life

You emote: Gelfling gently touches Kopeister's right hand.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: maybe more often, thats nothing thats 
important
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but the broke my friends, wasted the place
where i was born
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: destroyed so much trust
Kopeister sighs deeply.

You say in xyllic: That is more than anyone could bear. I think I can
understand you now.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i still try not to hate them, and to 
have a look like a soldier
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: but it overcomes me, i hope u can be 
stronger

You emote: Gelfling smiles bitterly.
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: we will see, maybe u r a prophet and 
just dont know
Kopeister smiles hopefully at you.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and we could really need a new prophet

You say in xyllic: Hatred, fear, rage - those feelings darken our hearts,
they do not ease the pain in your soul.

Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: only friends and the thoughts at Rokoon ease
the pain in our souls
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: omen is telling me why we are talking here
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: he speaks of rivers full of blood
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and a red eath
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.

You say in xyllic: Gemini? Why, tell him we are searching a way to 
bring love and peace into the world...
Kopeister kneels down and thrusts his small holy sceptre of Rokoon 
into the ground.
He spreads his arms and looks up.

You smirk.
You hear a falcon crying outside.
Satisfied he gets up and collects his stuff.

You kneel down and thrust your small holy sceptre of Rokoon into the ground.
You spread your arms and await Rokoons answer.
You hear a falcon crying outside.
Satisfied you get up and collect your stuff.

Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: he told me that they will kill, all 
clerics who arent worthy of sacrifice if we dont return the javelin

You say in xyllic: can those dark priests see us here?
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: only if they use the watch tower

You say in xyllic: but they have to know us by name, do they?
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: yes if they dont remember our faces they 
cant have a far look at us
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: u know where this magic place is ?

You say in xyllic: No, I hear about it for the first time
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: i could show you if u like, buts very 
dangerous

You say in xyllic: did you answer his call?
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: always ... he starts now the usuall
wimpy/coward story
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: and he fears to meet me in person ...
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: u wanted a talk with a hotzel ?

You say in xyllic: Hm... should I? Should I really?
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: now i can offer you a not dangerous oputunity
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister just summoned a blue stone.

You say in xyllic: a blue stone?
> Kopeister hums a mystic melody.

You smile.
Kopeister just summoned a blue stone but it vanishes again.
A blue stone materializes in your hand.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: if u want that i dont listen, i drop mine
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.

You say in xyllic: does he have one too?
Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of Kopeister come into your mind:
Rokoons greetings rotten one
Kopeister sighs deeply.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: he is hidden, i cant send a stone

You say in xyllic: he seems not to be very talkative now...
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.

You say in xyllic: maybe wearing his hooded robe?
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: seems their armour protects him from 
getting a stone
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: yes the tells are from a robbed and hodded elf
Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister just summoned a blue stone but it vanishes again.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: now he has one

Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of elf come into your mind:
so u do want to convert to Huitzilopochtli ?

Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of Kopeister come into your mind:
greetings dark one, i sended this stones, cos my pilgrim still thinks that
words could help some1 like you
Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of Kopeister come into your mind:
while i think that you are lost

Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of elf come into your mind:
ahh what is his/name ..perhaps I will ",m

Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of Kopeister come into your mind:
he has a stone too, he will talk to you now

Kopeister hums a mystic melody.
Kopeister lifts his hand and his skin is refilled magically.

You think 'Perhaps you will what?' and then the words fade away.

Kopeister drinks from a waterskin (0l).
Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of elf come into your mind:
ahh so perhaps I can make the pair of ye see the light
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: he asked me for weak clerics to train his bolts

You say in xyllic: shall I tell him my name?

You smirk.
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: if u fear to be cursed not, otherwise why not
Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of elf come into your mind:
I cannot understand how ye can think rokoon is a good god ? he is a coward
and a wimp

: Kopeister: waer schoen wenn man das ding hochgehen lassen koennte ...
// Would be nice if you could make that thing explode

Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of elf come into your mind:
Praise Huitzilopochtli he will save ye
Suddenly your stone glows and some thoughts of elf come into your mind:
perhaps I will "meet" you one day little slave of kopeister

Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: shall i listen ? or do u want yoour personal
conversion ?
Kopeister grumbles in xyllic: if you feel not ready for such a talk drop the
stone imediatly

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