Gold at the Heart of Illy (As Told by Ryelle)

Many thanks to Susan Calvin for recording this story.

[09:46]<Ryelle> this is a story about an orc
[09:46]<Ryelle> an unfriendly orc
[09:46]<Mechaloth> heehee
[09:46]<Siren418>
[09:47]<Mechaloth> I did play!
[09:47]<Siren418> hehe you should eat now
[09:47]*Siren418 hands mech a mallow
[09:47]<Mechaloth> Yes, yes I should
[09:47]<Mechaloth> Thank you kindly
[09:48]<sillygirl-2> heres a thermos with a refill for your hot chocolate Ryelle, i put it next to you
[09:48]<Ryelle> thank you sillygirl
[09:48]<sillygirl-2> welcome
[09:48]<Siren418> that's sweet sillygirl
[09:48]*Mechaloth hi-fives siren
[09:48]<sillygirl-2> well and a bit selfish, i wanna hear a loooong story
[09:48]<Mechaloth> Oblivion all the way
[09:49]<Siren418> yay!!
[09:49]<Siren418> hi5's mech back
[09:49]<Ryelle> well, the story is the length the story is
[09:49]*bluefish cuddles for the story
[09:50]<Ryelle> as you know, the Illy community welcomes new players
[09:50]<Cookies> clay story ryelle?
[09:50]<Ryelle> with lots of teachings and presents
[09:50]*Mechaloth prepares for story time
[09:50]<Ryelle> this is a different story, Cookies
[09:50]<Ryelle> this is the story of an unfriendly orc
[09:50]<Cookies> thats ok then
[09:51]<Ryelle> I don't like it when people talk about the clay incident
[09:51]<Mechaloth> I already said sorry a thousand times, Ryelle
[09:51]<Silver Moondust> Ryelle mail
[09:51]<wouterverbraak> *eagerly awaits the story of the unfriendly orc
[09:51]*Siren418 looks at unfriendly orc and giggles...then listens
[09:52]<Ryelle> answered Silver
[09:52]*Saint4 thinks ryelle is the best story teller ever!
[09:52]<Ryelle> well, this unfriendly orc was a veteran of Illy
[09:52]<MyOur> tell a good story a 100 times - tell a sad one only to teach
[09:52]<Ryelle> and something of a curmudgeon
[09:52]<Hoover> I'm an ugly old orc, and I'n still waiting for the royal mail to deliver my skyrim.
[09:52]<Mechaloth> I've got the cur part down
[09:53]<Ryelle> and everyone wondered why in the world he didn't move out of the new player circle
[09:53]<Ryelle> because when new players popped up near him he grumbled in global chat
[09:53]<Ryelle> and you don't even want to imagine what sorts of things he said in alliance chat
[09:53]<Siren418> hmmm *listens
[09:53]<MyOur> nn all
[09:53]<Ryelle> new players, such a bother, he would say
[09:54]<Ryelle> always asking for resources
[09:54]<Ryelle> always bumping my caravans
[09:54]<sillygirl-2> is this one of those moral stories...
[09:54]*Mechaloth hates hearing stories about his previous life
[09:54]<Saint4> lol silly... you dont like moral stories?
[09:55]<sillygirl-2> sorry etichs i meant, yes i do Saint
[09:55]<BenhuR_H4rum> continue the story Ryelle
[09:55]<Ryelle> but there was one new player who was particularly annoying
[09:55]*BenhuR_H4rum is curious
[09:55]<Ryelle> I'm not going to tell you her name
[09:55]<Kallow> Its a girl then
[09:55]<bluefish> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pMM4iwC-ag&ob=av2e
[09:55]<Ryelle> but it might have started with an R
[09:55]<Cookies> its was cookies..... oh wait thats me
[09:56]<Hoover> can you narrow it down by telling us her race ?
[09:56]<Saint4> lol @ cookies
[09:56]<Ryelle> it could be that she was an elf
[09:56]<Ryelle> a new elf, just joined to the game
[09:56]*Maurya is sure it is Rill
[09:56]*tjDude gets the popcorn for the clay story..
[09:56]<Cookies> lol we all know who then
[09:56]<BenhuR_H4rum> Rill is human Maurya
[09:56]*Sa'Belle whispers to Maurya that Rill is hooman
[09:56]<Saint4> ryelle is an elf
[09:56]<Maurya> hey tjD.. long time no see..
[09:56]<Barnold> Hi everybody, im a newbie named Barnold.
[09:56]<Ryelle> and the young elf popped up right in the orc's backyard
[09:56]<Maurya> oops.. so thre goes my guess..
[09:56]<tjDude> het maurya..
[09:57]<Ryelle> welcome to Illy, Barnold!
[09:57]<Surrender> hi barnold
[09:57]<Darth Demon>
[09:57]<tjDude> orc = ??
09:59]<Ryelle> so this young elven lass was very friendly
[09:59]<Xole> Oh, I see
[09:59]<Maurya> I'm in the noob circle myself.. but slightly less crowded
[09:59]<Barnold> thanks tjDude!
[09:59]<Siren418> chirp chirp bluefish
[09:59]<tjDude> lol..
[09:59]<Ryelle> and she spoke up immediately in global chat and said hello
[09:59]<Ryelle> and people sent her many presents
[09:59]<sillygirl-2> is sas
[09:59]<Ryelle> because sending presents to new players is an Illy tradition
[09:59]*Maurya is hoping this story is put up in forum for future generations to come
[09:59]<Ryelle> but the curmudgeonly orc did not send a present
[10:00]<sillygirl-2> i gotta go and wotn be able to here the end of the stroy
[10:00]<Siren418> oh my!
[10:00]<Saint4> @maurya .. me too
[10:00]<Siren418> bye silly girl
[10:00]<Ryelle> someone will have to make a copy of it then, Maurya
[10:00]<Xole> If it's put up, I want my name to be immortalized in the inbetween texts
[10:00]<Ryelle> by cutting and pasting it into a mail
[10:00]<tjDude> i had a booze story..
[10:00]<Susan Calvin> Got a copy
[10:00]<Siren418> haha Xole!
[10:00]<Ryelle> and sending it to me
[10:00]<sillygirl-2> sais bye and dries her tears and sniffles a bit, stroling out of the chat
[10:00]<bluefish> ohhhhhh u gonna take me home tonight
[10:00]<Susan Calvin> Gonna edit it though ;p
[10:00]<bluefish> down beside that red fire light
[10:00]<Ryelle> but as I was saying, the curmudgeonly orc did not send the lass a present
[10:01]<Ryelle> even though he was in chat
[10:01]<Siren418> shhh fish!
[10:01]<Ryelle> but the young elf wanted to make friends with the orc
[10:01]<Ryelle> and so she sent him a mail
[10:01]<bluefish> pray tell, go on
[10:02]<Ryelle> and she said "Hello! I'm new here in Illy and I want to be friends with my neighbors."
[10:02]<Ryelle> and she asked if he had any advice for new players
[10:02]<Surrender> did he bother to reply?
[10:02]<Maurya> i think so he did
[10:02]<Ryelle> he did Surrender
[10:02]<Maurya> and thats how the problem started
[10:02]<Ryelle> and this is what he said
[10:03]<Ryelle> Paigh vhat yoo oh
[10:03]<Ryelle> that was all
[10:03]<Maurya>
[10:03]<Ryelle> the young elf did not speak a word of Orkish at that time
[10:03]<Hoover> that is "I love you" in orcish.
[10:03]<Maurya> oh
[10:03]<Ryelle> so she was completely mystified by this message
[10:04]<Surrender> i would be too
[10:04]<Ryelle> but the young elf lass continued to play the game and talk to people in global chat
[10:04]<Ryelle> and soon she forgot her curmudgeonly orcish neighbor
[10:04]<bluefish> how does one learn orcish
[10:05]<Ryelle> mostly through experience, bluefish
[10:05]<bluefish> im an elf with no orcish D:
[10:05]<Ryelle> but then one day about a month after she began playing, the young elf lass was thieved
[10:06]<Ryelle> she had a killing rune, but the thieves were many
[10:06]<Saint4> oh no
[10:06]<Ryelle> and they took her clay
[10:06]<spiceman> ryelle do you give private lessons on elfish/
[10:06]<Ryelle> they took her books
[10:06]<Ryelle> and even worse, they took her beer!
[10:06]<Siren418> oh no!!!!!!!
[10:06]<Saint4> uh ohh
[10:06]<wouterverbraak> *not her beer!!!
[10:06]<Ryelle> she had experienced nothing but kindness from the Illy community before this
[10:07]<Ryelle> so she was shaken by this intrusion on her happy town
[10:07]<Hoover> I'm going to be a nice orc.
[10:07]<Ryelle> and the people in global chat comforted her
[10:07]<Ryelle> and they sent her some gold
[10:07]<Ryelle> and some clay
[10:07]<Surrender> good for you hoover
[10:07]<Ryelle> and some books
[10:08]<Ryelle> and of course, they sent her beer
[10:08]<Ryelle> but the curmudgeonly orc sent her nothing
[10:08]<Ryelle> except
[10:08]<Ryelle> he sent her a mail
[10:09]<Dumi> is it ok to bump caravans near my city?
[10:09]<Maurya> politeness says no
[10:10]<Maurya> its never okay to bump caravans anywhere.. unless ur getting back at someone...
[10:10]<Susan Calvin> But... Story!
[10:10]<Ryelle> it is ok, but it's better to find an alternative
[10:10]<Ryelle> interestingly, caravan bumping comes into this story a bit later
[10:10]<Dumi> some1 is collecting wood in the 3rd square from my city
[10:10]*Wandermist peeks in GC...
[10:10]<Ryelle> but first, getting back to the mail
[10:11]*Ryelle snuggles Wander
[10:11]<Wandermist> Snuggles Ryelle
[10:11]<Wandermist>
[10:11]<bluefish> calling all seductive deadly creatures
[10:11]<Ryelle> so the curmudgeonly orc sent her no gold, no clay, no books and no beer
[10:11]<Ryelle> but he sent her a mail
[10:11]<Wandermist> not even a lump of coal ?
[10:11]<Shellarose> hi wander
[10:11]<Ryelle> not even a lump of coal, Wander
[10:12]<Wandermist> Snuggles Shella
[10:12]<flash git> tell about the mail
[10:12]<Ryelle> the mail said
[10:12]*Siren418 perks ears
[10:12]<flash git> ?
[10:12]*Saint4 perks ears with siren
[10:12]*Wandermist leans in and Listens...
[10:12]<Ryelle> luk fohr zhe goal en zhe haart of zhe lahnd
[10:13]<Saint4> the suspense is killing me!
[10:13]<Siren418> me too!
[10:13]<Dumi> what?
[10:13]<Ryelle> and the young elf had been studying a little Orkish by this time
[10:13]<sudhir1981> i need resources, they are growing very slow. Can some give some resources?
[10:13]<Ryelle> and she became very excited
[10:13]<Hoover> pidgeon orcish ?
[10:13]<Wandermist> i'll keep an eye out for it..
[10:13]<Ryelle> check your incoming, sudhir
[10:13]<bluefish>
[10:14]<Ryelle> and she sent her caravan right away to harvest at Centrum
[10:14]<Ryelle> at 0,0
[10:14]<Ryelle> because she was sure she would find gold there
[10:14]<Dumi> i didn't understand that message
[10:14]<Hoover> was it a long way to 0,0 ?
[10:14]<Ryelle> and she did find gold
[10:14]<Siren418>
[10:15]<Saint4> lol dumi... its orcish.. saying there is gold in the center or heart of the map.. which is coords 0.0
[10:15]<Ryelle> it took 4 hours for her caravans to get there, but they immediately began harvesting gold
[10:15]<Susan Calvin> No beer?
[10:15]<sudhir1981> thanks ryelle!!
[10:15]<Ryelle> and she was very exciting
[10:15]<Ryelle> excited*
[10:15]<Ryelle> but within two minutes of her caravans arriving, they were bumped by someone else's caravans
[10:15]<Ryelle> and whose do you suppose they were?
[10:15]<Siren418> oh oh !!!
[10:16]<Wandermist> " Nobody likes bumping... "
[10:16]<flash git> the B####
[10:16]<Ryelle> who do you think
[10:16]<Siren418> the orc1
[10:16]<Siren418> *!
[10:16]<flash git> do tell
[10:16]<Ryelle> Siren is right
[10:16]<Ryelle> it was the curmudgeonly orc
[10:16]<Hoover> maybe he didn't know you were there.
[10:17]<Ryelle> and then she got another mail from the orc
[10:17]<Ryelle> and she thought, maybe he will apologize
[10:17]<BenhuR_H4rum> [Gold] ?
[10:17]<Ryelle> maybe he will even send me some gold as a present
[10:17]<flash git> nah
[10:17]<bluefish> this time tomorrow i shall have the world
[10:17]<Ryelle> so she opened the mail
[10:17]<Ryelle> and it said ...
[10:17]<flash git> and?
[10:18]<Jefke De Lathouwer> please continue Ryelle
[10:18]<Ryelle> paigh vhat yooo oh ... luk 4 zhe goallld en zhe haart uf zhe lahnd
[10:18]<Surrender> hi jefke
[10:18]<Ryelle> hi Jefke!
[10:17]<TheLady> Get off my laaand???
[10:18]<Wandermist> HarllomIllyriadromance novel
[10:18]<Ryelle> and she was bewildered
[10:19]<Barnold> Thanks for all the caravans
[10:19]<Ryelle> she didn't have any more caravans to send back to Centrum
[10:19]<Ryelle> because it was such a long journey
[10:19]<Saint4> oh no ryelle
[10:19]<Ryelle> she was very disappointed
[10:19]<Ryelle> she might even have cried a little
[10:19]<flash git> the pain
[10:19]<Ryelle> but eventually she got over it
[10:19]<Captain Ganoes Paran> the agony
[10:20]*BenhuR_H4rum share [Barrels of Beer]
[10:20]<Wandermist> i'll light a candle...
[10:20]<Ryelle> and then there came a day when someone attacked the young elf lass
[10:20]<BenhuR_H4rum> to everyone
[10:20]<Ryelle> it was only with one spearman
[10:20]<Ryelle> but she didn't know that
[10:20]<flash git> it wasn't?
[10:20]<flash git> was it?
[10:21]<Ryelle> marching very slowly
[10:21]<Ryelle> the army looked very scary on its way in
[10:21]<Ryelle> and she sent a mail to her neighbor begging for help
[10:22]<Ryelle> but he did not send help
[10:22]<Siren418> :([10:22]
[10:22]<Ryelle> someone else did though
[10:22]<Ryelle> someone she did not even know
[10:22]<Ryelle> sent help from far away when he found out about her problem
[10:23]<Ryelle> and the young elf had grown wiser since the incident of the thieves
[10:23]<Ryelle> and her death rune zapped the intruders
[10:23]<Shellarose> i can't seem to type anythin in gc today...lag is so bad
[10:23]<Ryelle> so she did not even need the reinforcements
[10:24]<bluefish> why is everyone up so late?
[10:24]<Ryelle> I'm getting lag too
[10:24]<Susan Calvin> For the story
[10:24]<Ryelle> I hope I can finish the story
[10:24]<Siren418> we're in for good company
[10:24]<Bradman> i always lag
[10:24]<Ryelle> well, so at any rate, she was still mad that someone attacked her
[10:25]<Ryelle> and someone offered to siege the person who did it
[10:25]<Ryelle> but even so, she was discouraged
[10:25]<Wandermist> we are all from around the world... thats why
[10:25]<Ryelle> and she thought that would be a good idea
[10:25]<Wandermist> sorry, lagg
[10:25]<Bradman> true
[10:25]<bluefish> Good company sounds good right about now
[10:25]<bluefish> before i eat breakfast even!
[10:25]<bluefish> pancakes
[10:25]<Bradman> :S
[10:25]<Ryelle> but then she got another mail from the curmudgeonly orc
[10:25]<Siren418> mmmmm
[10:25]<Siren418> ooo do tell!
[10:25]<Bradman> :s
[10:25]<Captain Ganoes Paran>
[10:26]<Ryelle> and it said
[10:26]<Ryelle> Paigh vhat yoo oh
[10:26]<Ryelle> Luk fohr zhe goalld en zhe haart of zhe lahnd
[10:26]<bluefish> wut about the clay?
[10:26]<Hoover> sounds like his record had got stuck.
[10:27]<Darth Demon> look for the gold in the haert of the land ?
[10:27]<Ryelle> Reetahrn nought eevoll furh eevoll
[10:28]<Darth Demon> ryelle i think i get it,,, go on
[10:28]<Darth Demon>
[10:28]<Siren418> yes me too
[10:28]<Ryelle> and so she did something a little unusual
[10:28]<bluefish> yes yes get to the clay
[10:28]<Hoover> maybe he is autistic ?
[10:28]<Ryelle> she sent a mail to the person who attacked her
[10:28]<Ryelle> and she asked if he was OK
[10:28]<Ryelle> and she asked if he needed any help
[10:28]<Darth Demon> hoover u just been damned
[10:28]<Darth Demon>
[10:29]<Ryelle> and he replied that he was angry because she had not answered him in global chat
[10:29]<Ryelle> and she said she was sorry
[10:29]<Jefke De Lathouwer> ayayayayayayayayayay
[10:29]<Ryelle> and told him to mail her if he needed her
[10:29]<Ryelle> and from that time on, she started to pay a little more attention to players in chat
[10:30]<Jefke De Lathouwer> it was YOU - who'd have thought it ???
[10:31]<Ryelle> the story has a bittersweet ending
[10:31]<Darth Demon>
[10:31]<Wandermist> keep going Ry
[10:31]<Ryelle> the sweet part is that the young elf began to pay more attention to people in global chat
[10:31]<Ryelle> and to try to help where she could
[10:31]<Ryelle> and she got a great return
[10:32]<Ryelle> because as she came to know and love the people of Illy
[10:32]<Siren418> *is excited where the story is going
[10:32]<Ryelle> they returned her gifts in greater measure
[10:32]<Ryelle> and one day the curmudgeonly orc decided to leave Illy for good
[10:32]<Siren418> oh my!
[10:32]<Ryelle> but because of him there would always be more than one new player who would always remember ...
[10:33]<Ryelle> Pay what you owe
[10:33]<Ryelle> Look for the gold in the heart of Illy
[10:33]<Ryelle> and do not return evil for evil
[10:33]*Sa'Belle claps and snuggles Rye
[10:33]<Siren418> ooohh i like that
[10:33]<Saint4> wow!!!! Best story ever
[10:33]<Ryelle> and as long as we do those things
[10:33]*bluefish applauds
[10:33]<Ryelle> the memory of an orc named Warrrgh will always be with us
[10:34]<Siren418> *claps for the story!! thanks Ryelle
[10:34]<Wandermist> I miss Warrrgh
[10:34]<Ryelle> me too Wander, me too
[10:34]<Jefke De Lathouwer> the heart of Illy is ..... GC !
[10:34]<Darth Demon> so
[10:34]<Wandermist> loved his " Orc Speak "
[10:34]<Ryelle> the people are the gold at the heart of Illy
[10:34]<ugofirst> true jefke
[10:34]*Siren418 smiles big!
[10:34]*Ryelle snuggles everyone
[10:35]<Ryelle> thank you so much
[10:35]*Siren418 snuggles ryelle
[10:35]<Kveldulf> nice story Ryelle
[10:35]<ugofirst> double true rye
[10:35]<Wandermist> snuggles Ryelle
[10:35]*Siren418 snuggles everyone!!
[10:35]<Maurya> now i can go and have my really late lunch..
[10:35]<Siren418> Snugglefest!!!
[10:35]<naivuud> Thanks Ryelle
[10:35]<Siren418>
[10:35]<bluefish>
[10:35]<Saint4> did anyone get a copy of that?
[10:35]<Darth Demon> eats Maurya's lunch
[10:35]<Ryelle> naivuud, my orc friend
[10:35]<Ryelle> you have always helped me
[10:35]<Wandermist> and you stayed till it was done Maurya.
[10:35]<Ryelle> thank you
[10:35]<wouterverbraak> Ryelle great story! thank you
[10:35]<BenhuR_H4rum> nice story Ryelle
[10:36]<naivuud> No prob
[10:36]<Maurya>
[10:36]<Siren418> thank you so much
[10:36]<Surrender> thanks for the story Ryelle
[10:36]<BenhuR_H4rum> thanks
[10:36]*Saint4 thinks ryelle is the best story teller ever
[10:36]<Captain Ganoes Paran> nice story Ryelle
[10:36]<Jefke De Lathouwer> Ryelle - thx for the entertainment & insights
[10:36]<Wandermist> My first, did more before Ry ?
[10:37]<Siren418> bye maurya!
[10:37]<Saint4> did anyone copy that story?
[10:37]<DonXavier> i'm trying to build more caravans... what's the problem...?
[10:37]<Shellarose> nice ryelle