New Plot idea

[Lara Croft]

I ran this past Aimee and now we're running it past the rest of ya to see what you think or what improvements or adds or so on needs to be done with it. Just a brief idea where I can up with this is from Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.... well it sparked my mind to work anyways other then that I dunno how close it'll come to being like that.

Plot Idea: Lara is after an artifact ( to be determined) and goes to an old friend of her father’s for help… namely Kenneth Irons. While in New York, Lara drops in on Sara to say hi and Sara finds out why Lara is in NYC and goes with her instead to visit Patience who has some information for what Lara is looking for.

Meanwhile Sydney is also after the same artifact and joins forces with Irons to find it unknowing the kind of man Irons is ( which she’ll find out) and unbeknownst to all of them Lara is trying to find said artifact before one of her ex-lovers does.


Be mindful that this is just a rough draft and basically a summary type thing so feel free to add your ideas too! And this new plot ball won't be rolling until everyone who can be aware of it is aware of it and has their say.

[Chase Carver]

Sounds like loads of fun. Of course Chase will have to stake his claim on the above mentioned artifact but instead of his usual tomb raider for hire mentality this time his poor dealings with money has gotten the attention of the mob and more importantly in the cross hairs of Jackie. He needs the artifact to pay off his debt but little does he know the mob would have Jackie either trailing him or accompanying him to make sure they gets thier money, before wacking him ofcourse.

I'm open to any input and look forward to scratching my Jackie/Chase itch.

[Lara Croft]

Okay I think we've figured out the some of the artifact and so it won't seem so TC Laraish centered of a plot we're gunna go Rambaldi for it and something that he was buried with so.... ideas are most welcome especially from all you Alias buffs.

[Victoria Delacroix]

Perhaps I can throw Victoria in somewhere lol. And wow I forgot to post the profile thus meaning I'll have to remake it. I figure perhaps she is now searching for this Artifact as well, and whether helping someone else, like an ex lover of Lara's search for it. She funds it and goes lol that kinda thing.

I dunno hmm..*thinks mores..*

[Lara Croft]

I say go for it dahling. The more the merrier and speaking of all of this I think I found a muse for our Relic or our Relic, just lemme know what y'all think.

The Vajra

Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond and refers to a symbol important to both Hinduism and Buddhism.

The equivalent word in Tibetan is dorje, which is also a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. Dorje can also refer to a small sceptre held in the right hand by Tibetan lamas during religious ceremonies.

In Hindu mythology the vajra is the thunderbolt weapon wielded by Indra, King of the Gods. It is storied to have been made from the bones of sage Dadhichi, an ascetic to kill Vritra who was protected by a blessing from Lord Shiva that he (Vritra) could not be killed by a weapon that was made neither of metal, nor of non-metal, neither made by gods nor by man. It represents various qualities: (1) it is indestructible, being the most powerful thing in the cosmos; (2) it cannot be used inappropriately; (3) it always returns to its wielder. The vajra represented the natural phenomenon of lightning, similar to the thunderbolt wielded by Zeus.

In Buddhism the vajra is the symbol of Vajrayana, one of the three major branches of Buddhism. Vajrayana is translated as "Thunderbolt Vehicle" or "Diamond Vehicle" and can imply the thunderbolt experience of Buddhist enlightenment or bodhi and also implies indestructibility, just as diamonds are harder than other gemstones.

In the tantric traditions of both Hinduism and Buddhism, the vajra is a symbol for the nature of reality, or sunyata, indicating endless creativity, potency, and skillful activity. The term is employed extensively in tantric literature: the term for the spiritual teacher is the vajracarya; instead of bodhisattva, we have vajrasattva, and so on. The practice of prefixing terms, names, places, and so on by vajra represents the conscious attempt to recognize the transcendental aspect of all phenomena; it became part of the process of "sacramentalizing" the activities of the spiritual practitioner and encouraged him to engage all his psychophysical energies in the spiritual life.

An instrument symbolizing vajra is also extensively used in the rituals of the tantra. It consists of a spherical central section, with two symmetrical sets of five prongs, which arc out from lotus blooms on either side of the sphere and come to a point at two points equidistant from the centre, thus giving it the appearance of a "diamond sceptre", which is how the term is sometimes translated.

Various figures in Tantric iconography are represented holding or wielding the vajra. Three of the most famous of these are Vajrasattva, Vajrapani, and Padmasambhava. Vajrasattva (lit. vajra-being) holds the vajra, in his right hand, to his heart. The figure of the Wrathful Vajrapani (lit. vajra in the hand) brandishes the vajra, in his right hand, above his head. Padmasambhava holds the vajra in front of him in his right hand.

The vajra is made up of several parts:

In the center is a sphere which represents Sunyata, the primordial nature of the universe, the underlying unity of all things.

Emerging from the sphere are two eight petalled lotus flowers. One represents the phenomenal world (or in Buddhist terms Samsara), the other represents the noumenal world (or Nirvana). This is one of the fundamental dichotomies which are perceived by the unenlightened.

Arranged equally around the mouth of the lotus are 2, 4, or 8 mythical creatures which are called makaras. These are half fish, half crocodile. In mythology fantastic creatures made up of two or more animals often represent the union of opposites, or a harmonisation of qualities that are transcend our usual experience.

From the mouths of the makaras come tongues which come together in a point.

The five pronged vajra (with four makaras, plus a central prong) is the most commonly seen vajra. There is an elaborate system of correspondences between the five elements of the noumenal side of the vajra, and the phenomenal side. One important correspondence is between the five 'poisons' with the five wisdoms. The five poisons are the mental states that obscure the original purity of a beings mind, while the five wisdoms are the five most important aspects of the enlightened mind. Each of the five wisdoms is also associated with a Buddha figure. (see also Five Wisdom Buddhas)

poison : wisdom (associated Buddha figure)
greed = wisdom of sameness (Amitabha)
hatred = mirror like Wisdom (Akshobhya)
delusion = reality wisdom (Vairocana)
pride = wisdom of individuality (Ratnasambhava)
envy = all accomplishing wisdom (Amoghasiddhi)

[Sara Pezzini]

I supposed we're going to find each of these pieces seperately?
-Pez

[Lara Croft]

That's an idea perhaps which lead me to another idea. What if the Vajra was broken up and hidden by the same Monks that Rambaldi was with and he helped them to hide it. And we could say that the reason Chase knows about it already is because he has a peice of it or maybe he sold the peice he had of it to Shae's charrie and has to steal it back and that's kinda where the story picks up? And the reason Lara goes to Irons is let's say Irons and her Father were collegues at one time and they went looking for the Vajra... and the last needed peice of it is in fact buried with Rambaldi because all the time he was alive he kept it in his posession?

These are just ideas... but yeah.