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Mini Game Logs / Re: Towards the Coastline 14
Last post by Corwin - April 16, 2025, 01:04:42 PM18:55 <Kotono> "A few days ago, but I don't know how dated it was. Second hand news," Is the open answer, "People were spreading anything they heard when the plague hit, even after it looked successfully contained."
18:58 <Skaya> "Do you happen to know anything else that would make finding him easier? The name of an accomplice, perhaps? Or maybe as a local, you'd know what's further up the coast that he could be headed towards?"
19:05 <Kotono> "No, and I don't want to know. That sort of man is the type you never want to find. Unless you want to die." A flat look, "But I know your kind."
19:06 <Kotono> "You know us?" Rina asks, "You think you know me?"
19:06 <Skaya> "Oh? Do share."
19:11 <Kotono> "It's not hard to recognize heroes," Is the answer, "What some call the return of the light, when heroes like your kind move in."
19:13 — Skaya can't keep a satisfied look off her face at being called a hero. "Gee, thanks!"
19:19 <Kotono> "
19:20 <Kotono> "So go on. Chase after the dark," The man says, "Find out what has teeth in there and what bites back."
19:20 <Kotono> "As long as he dies choking, that's good enough for me," Rina says, then turns away from him and starts to leave.
19:31 <Skaya> "Are you sure nothing else comes to mind?" Skaya voices as she lingers rather than follow Rina immediately. "We're not on some crusade here, we can look the other way for some minor things while pursuing this guy. It would be worth your while, too."
19:39 <Kotono> There's silence at that, and Rina places down three heavy platinum coins. Each lands with a heavy thud as she stares your informant down. "I've heard an old dog can't learn new tricks." Is all he says, but he takes the coins nonetheless - or would, but Rina's hand goes out and stops him. She doesn't say a word, but doesn't let go. After a pause, "His patron is about disease. One sickness
19:39 <Kotono> weakens a body, but what happens when a nation gets sick again when already recovering?"
19:39 <Kotono> Rina scowls, deep and dark, "And you know that how? There's well informed, and then there's dropping too convienent clues."
19:42 <Skaya> "It's fine if you don't say," Skaya says to that, since she had just promised to look the other way. "You must have more specific knowledge, however," she adds expectantly.
19:44 <Kotono> At that Rina lets go of his hand. The coins are taken, "...He and his patron aren't popular in many circles, and he's incidentally getting in the way of Welland's possible preparations for war." Is the answer you get, "I'll not say more than that."
19:45 <Skaya> "Is there going to be another plague?"
19:47 <Kotono> The man's answer is to get up and rise, dust himself off and walk away.
19:48 <Kotono> Rina's hand goes to her frosty blade's hilt, but she glances at you a moment before making a move.
19:48 <Skaya> "It would probably backfire."
19:50 <Kotono> "And is he the mouthpiece for the people trying to make Eis and Laremy go to war?" Rina hisses back, even as he walks out of the inn. "He all but said that Brachidos is getting in their way."
19:53 <Skaya> "I'll back you up if you think we should act here."
20:00 mode: •Kotono (promoted to owner, opped)
20:01 <•Kotono> Rina moves. Fast as she can and out. Already the man's ducking into an alley and Rina follows at a sprint. She doesn't draw her weapon yet, but the chase is on!
20:03 — Skaya takes to the skies as a proper avian! And with her speed, it would take some serious magic to escape her.
20:04 <•Kotono> A wise noise as noises of alarm come out. It's a long alley that feeds into a crisscross of them. You see the man turn out of Rina's right at a four way intersection. No one's immediately around and now that he's out of sight, he begins to shrink down. In moments he turns into a common rat, skittering towards the shadows of some boxes.
20:08 <Skaya> A rat, is it? She's clearly allowed to do pest control, and so Skaya sends a trio of magic missiles at it with a wave of her hand!
20:08 <Skaya> roll 3d4+3+5
20:08 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d4+3+5 --> [ 3d4=10 ]{18}
20:08 <Skaya> It should help Rina see where to go, too!
20:11 <•Kotono> Magic missiles fly down and pelt the rat, getting a loud squeak as it stumbles before....OOC: Init, but one sec.
20:11 <Skaya> roll 1d20+11
20:11 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{20}
20:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Rina
20:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+13 Rina --> [ 1d20=5 ]{18}
20:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Rat-man
20:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+7 Rat-man --> [ 1d20=18 ]{25}
20:18 <•Kotono> Init is Rat-Man (25) > Skaya (20) > Rina (18)
20:19 <•Kotono> Before you can follow up your ambush, the rat ducks behind old wood boxes, out of sight and hidden. OOC: Go.
20:21 — Skaya comes down by those boxes an instant later, and tries to push them aside to take a closer look! She's quite strong, after all.
20:25 <•Kotono> The boxes go flying and you find the rat regrouping down there, the welts from the missiles going down. It chitters its teeth at you warningly as Rina comes around the corner. She manages a sharp turn and pounces in, sword out now even if it's the flat of her blade.
20:26 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+10 (-4 nonlethal)
20:26 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+10 (-4 nonlethal) --> [ 1d20=15 ]{25}
20:26 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3+2d6
20:26 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=5 ]{12}
20:28 <•Kotono> The clang of a solid blow sounds, the rat battered down further. It looks around, knocked aside boxes blocking one escape, Rina another and Skaya the last. It stares at you with hateful eyes, but makes no further move to attack. OOC: Ball is in your court now.
20:28 <Skaya> "Turn back into a person or die as vermin," Skaya instructs him.
20:31 <•Kotono> Rina's blade is pressed to the tip of his back. Slowly, like clay expanding up and sculpting itself back into a human, the man reappears. His face has blotchy bruises on it now and he's sitting on the ground. Rina's sword repositions to his neck. "If you don't answer my questions, I'm going to let whomever your patron is sort you out. Clear?" Rina presses the tip of the blade in, enough to
20:31 <•Kotono> make a slight indent, frost forming on the man's neck.
20:32 <•Kotono> "Ask," A single word, said without anger or inflection.
20:33 <Skaya> "Is it going to be another plague?" Skaya repeats her earlier question. They've stirred up a mess, but she might as well follow through and get their information here.
20:38 <•Kotono> "Probably," Is the answer, "I was told to tell you that, anyway."
20:39 <•Kotono> "And what, you waited around for us?" A scowl from Rina.
20:39 <•Kotono> "Dumb luck, if you'd believe it." Is the man's sharp retort, "I was going to approach your group this evening."
20:40 <•Kotono> The heat from Rina seems to get more intense, radiating off of her fiercely. "And who told you to tell us and why?"
20:41 <•Kotono> No answer. The man shakes his head several times, and then on a frosty press of Rina's sword, "I can't." A short, flat answer.
20:41 <Skaya> "The government?"
20:42 <•Kotono> No answer. Rina presses her blade slightly more, a bead of blood trickling onto her sword and flash-freezing. "I speak literally and not metaphorically." he grows.
20:43 <•Kotono> "Magic?" Rina asks, a glance at you. "That possible?"
20:49 <Skaya> "Assuming a god didn't descend to slap him with an inhibition? A Geas or another compulsion could do it. But the thing with such magic is that fairly literal. You'd either receive strict instructions or something vague and generic, but in both cases it should be possible to go against the spirit rather than the letter of the instructions," Skaya responds, peering at the man.
20:49 <Skaya> "Let's talk about you. What's your name? Who do you usually work with?"
20:51 <•Kotono> "John." Is the only answer you get again.
20:51 <Skaya> "How true do you judge your information?"
20:52 <•Kotono> "True enough," A pause, "I believe it. The Adversary's own are a rotting mix of poison and disease."
20:52 <•Kotono> "Can you search him?" Rina asks, "I want to know if he has an unholy symbol on him."
20:53 — Skaya makes a face, but complies with a shrug. She can, in fact, do it rather well.
20:53 <Skaya> OOC: Would sleight of hand (at +21) work here? If not, I'll user perception at +18.
20:55 <•Kotono> OOC: Give me both, let's say.
20:55 <Skaya> roll 1d20+21+6
20:55 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+21+6 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{41}
20:55 <Skaya> roll 1d20+18+6
20:55 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+18+6 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{30}
21:02 <•Kotono> It's hidden well - tucked into a sleeve with a fake opening. But you find it, a symbol of a purple triangle with three drops of amber on it. You also find a shealthed dagger, a coin bag and a metal vial with liquid inside.
21:02 <•Kotono> Not in that fake sleeve, but onhim in general.
21:04 <Skaya> "Talona?" Skaya asks with a raised eyebrow. "Why would she be opposed to-- ah, is it like Rina said? You want the war to go hot, and Brachidos is getting in the way of that somehow?"
21:05 <•Kotono> No answer at all. "You going to answer any more questions?" Rina presses once more.
21:06 <•Kotono> The man spits at Rina, just missing her face.
21:06 <•Kotono> "Any reason not ot send him off to Talona?" Rina asks, voice with a faint overlay, like the crackle of a campfire.
21:08 <Skaya> "It would be better to give him to the authorities, instead," Skaya says even as she keeps an impassive eye on him. "He would no doubt be popular on the heels of recent events."
21:09 <Skaya> OOC: Let's see if he actually seems happy to be handed to the local government
21:10 <•Kotono> No reaction, only stone faced composure.
21:10 <•Kotono> "I think it's a waste of good rope used in hanging him, but suit yourself," Rina says, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him up.
21:12 <Skaya> "The alternative is that he tells us what we want to know and we sneak him out of town," Skaya says with a shrug. "But free choice and all that."
21:17 <•Kotono> No words come. Rina pulls him along, expression grim. She says simply, "Last chance." Still nothing and she shoves him down. "No," she decides, "You're just like him. A monster who thinks sickness is a game. That it's something to applaud." She presses her sword to his throat, "I'm going to go have a drink to celebrate sending you to the torment of Talona's rotting tits."
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+2 circumstance bonus)
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+13 (+2 circumstance bonus) --> [ 1d20=15 ]{28}
21:22 <•Kotono> No answer. Rina's sword stabs into his throat, and after a moment, tears out. A horrid gurgle of blood as John falls, then again. A stab into his chest. Another into his stomach. Again. Again. Rina's voice is a fire-like crackling snarl, "Monster!" Again and again, blade leaving frostburned wounds all over his body.
21:27 <Skaya> "He's dead," Skaya says, placing a hand on Rina's shoulder. The one away from the swinging sword, to avoid getting stabbed in the heat of passion.
21:32 <•Kotono> Rina finally stops at that. She looks down at him and takes a long breath. "If there's going to be justice for the evils in this world, we have to be sure. No unexpected survivals." Rina says, voice even. "If I'm going to live in this world, gain life and power while my brother rots in a grave, I'm not going to hesitate to improve it. Even if that means improvement by removing the stains
21:32 <•Kotono> on it."
21:34 <•Kotono> Then, softer, "Then if Talona wants to plunge Laremy into a war, I'll stop them after we stop Brachidos. Sear out the infection."
21:36 <Skaya> "If we had him tell the authorities about it, that might've been helpful. And we could've tailed him to see if someone will show up to break him out or silence him," Skaya points out. "If you killed him because of your convictions, I'm behind you one hundred percent, like I promised."
21:44 <•Kotono> "....I had a dream when I napped yesterday," Rina says after a pause. "I saw a great flame that spread out over a map of Laremy, of Eis, of Welland. It burned away all the pain and life grew in the ashes.When I looked at the flame, it was me." A softer voice, "Fire needs to be purified, just like this world. I don't know who said it, but it was a man's voice. A strong man. I looked at him
21:44 <•Kotono> there, I saw him for the monster he was. An infection to be burned out., seared away. I thought it was just a dream, but was it? This felt right. John or whomever he was won't spread another plague, kill another man, lure someone into evil."
21:46 — Skaya spreads her arms in a shrug. "I can't argue with that. But you're explaining this properly to the authorities."
21:47 <•Kotono> "Give me that symbol. I doubt anyone will make too much of a fuss over it when they see it," Rina says, "Not after the past weeks."
21:50 — Skaya carefully passes everything she got off John to Rina.
21:53 <•Kotono> With that, Rina goes out of the alley. She clears her throat, "Guard! Guards!" she shouts, "I need guards!" That gets people to look her way and soon enough, a trio of them run up. Rina shows the symbol, "The symbol of Talona, the deity of diseases. I found it on a man who fled from us. His body's in the alley, he's no longer a threat to Dareslan."
21:54 <•Kotono> That kicks off quite the alarm, as you might imagine. Anyone nearby gasps and several back well away, and one woman even flees in a panic. The guards immediately look grim, "Get Stonewell," one snaps, another running off. "You'll be investigated for it, but...you're the ones who fought the plague, aren't you? I saw you with the High Reeve."
18:58 <Skaya> "Do you happen to know anything else that would make finding him easier? The name of an accomplice, perhaps? Or maybe as a local, you'd know what's further up the coast that he could be headed towards?"
19:05 <Kotono> "No, and I don't want to know. That sort of man is the type you never want to find. Unless you want to die." A flat look, "But I know your kind."
19:06 <Kotono> "You know us?" Rina asks, "You think you know me?"
19:06 <Skaya> "Oh? Do share."
19:11 <Kotono> "It's not hard to recognize heroes," Is the answer, "What some call the return of the light, when heroes like your kind move in."
19:13 — Skaya can't keep a satisfied look off her face at being called a hero. "Gee, thanks!"
19:19 <Kotono> "
19:20 <Kotono> "So go on. Chase after the dark," The man says, "Find out what has teeth in there and what bites back."
19:20 <Kotono> "As long as he dies choking, that's good enough for me," Rina says, then turns away from him and starts to leave.
19:31 <Skaya> "Are you sure nothing else comes to mind?" Skaya voices as she lingers rather than follow Rina immediately. "We're not on some crusade here, we can look the other way for some minor things while pursuing this guy. It would be worth your while, too."
19:39 <Kotono> There's silence at that, and Rina places down three heavy platinum coins. Each lands with a heavy thud as she stares your informant down. "I've heard an old dog can't learn new tricks." Is all he says, but he takes the coins nonetheless - or would, but Rina's hand goes out and stops him. She doesn't say a word, but doesn't let go. After a pause, "His patron is about disease. One sickness
19:39 <Kotono> weakens a body, but what happens when a nation gets sick again when already recovering?"
19:39 <Kotono> Rina scowls, deep and dark, "And you know that how? There's well informed, and then there's dropping too convienent clues."
19:42 <Skaya> "It's fine if you don't say," Skaya says to that, since she had just promised to look the other way. "You must have more specific knowledge, however," she adds expectantly.
19:44 <Kotono> At that Rina lets go of his hand. The coins are taken, "...He and his patron aren't popular in many circles, and he's incidentally getting in the way of Welland's possible preparations for war." Is the answer you get, "I'll not say more than that."
19:45 <Skaya> "Is there going to be another plague?"
19:47 <Kotono> The man's answer is to get up and rise, dust himself off and walk away.
19:48 <Kotono> Rina's hand goes to her frosty blade's hilt, but she glances at you a moment before making a move.
19:48 <Skaya> "It would probably backfire."
19:50 <Kotono> "And is he the mouthpiece for the people trying to make Eis and Laremy go to war?" Rina hisses back, even as he walks out of the inn. "He all but said that Brachidos is getting in their way."
19:53 <Skaya> "I'll back you up if you think we should act here."
20:00 mode: •Kotono (promoted to owner, opped)
20:01 <•Kotono> Rina moves. Fast as she can and out. Already the man's ducking into an alley and Rina follows at a sprint. She doesn't draw her weapon yet, but the chase is on!
20:03 — Skaya takes to the skies as a proper avian! And with her speed, it would take some serious magic to escape her.
20:04 <•Kotono> A wise noise as noises of alarm come out. It's a long alley that feeds into a crisscross of them. You see the man turn out of Rina's right at a four way intersection. No one's immediately around and now that he's out of sight, he begins to shrink down. In moments he turns into a common rat, skittering towards the shadows of some boxes.
20:08 <Skaya> A rat, is it? She's clearly allowed to do pest control, and so Skaya sends a trio of magic missiles at it with a wave of her hand!
20:08 <Skaya> roll 3d4+3+5
20:08 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d4+3+5 --> [ 3d4=10 ]{18}
20:08 <Skaya> It should help Rina see where to go, too!
20:11 <•Kotono> Magic missiles fly down and pelt the rat, getting a loud squeak as it stumbles before....OOC: Init, but one sec.
20:11 <Skaya> roll 1d20+11
20:11 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{20}
20:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Rina
20:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+13 Rina --> [ 1d20=5 ]{18}
20:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Rat-man
20:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+7 Rat-man --> [ 1d20=18 ]{25}
20:18 <•Kotono> Init is Rat-Man (25) > Skaya (20) > Rina (18)
20:19 <•Kotono> Before you can follow up your ambush, the rat ducks behind old wood boxes, out of sight and hidden. OOC: Go.
20:21 — Skaya comes down by those boxes an instant later, and tries to push them aside to take a closer look! She's quite strong, after all.
20:25 <•Kotono> The boxes go flying and you find the rat regrouping down there, the welts from the missiles going down. It chitters its teeth at you warningly as Rina comes around the corner. She manages a sharp turn and pounces in, sword out now even if it's the flat of her blade.
20:26 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+10 (-4 nonlethal)
20:26 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+10 (-4 nonlethal) --> [ 1d20=15 ]{25}
20:26 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3+2d6
20:26 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=5 ]{12}
20:28 <•Kotono> The clang of a solid blow sounds, the rat battered down further. It looks around, knocked aside boxes blocking one escape, Rina another and Skaya the last. It stares at you with hateful eyes, but makes no further move to attack. OOC: Ball is in your court now.
20:28 <Skaya> "Turn back into a person or die as vermin," Skaya instructs him.
20:31 <•Kotono> Rina's blade is pressed to the tip of his back. Slowly, like clay expanding up and sculpting itself back into a human, the man reappears. His face has blotchy bruises on it now and he's sitting on the ground. Rina's sword repositions to his neck. "If you don't answer my questions, I'm going to let whomever your patron is sort you out. Clear?" Rina presses the tip of the blade in, enough to
20:31 <•Kotono> make a slight indent, frost forming on the man's neck.
20:32 <•Kotono> "Ask," A single word, said without anger or inflection.
20:33 <Skaya> "Is it going to be another plague?" Skaya repeats her earlier question. They've stirred up a mess, but she might as well follow through and get their information here.
20:38 <•Kotono> "Probably," Is the answer, "I was told to tell you that, anyway."
20:39 <•Kotono> "And what, you waited around for us?" A scowl from Rina.
20:39 <•Kotono> "Dumb luck, if you'd believe it." Is the man's sharp retort, "I was going to approach your group this evening."
20:40 <•Kotono> The heat from Rina seems to get more intense, radiating off of her fiercely. "And who told you to tell us and why?"
20:41 <•Kotono> No answer. The man shakes his head several times, and then on a frosty press of Rina's sword, "I can't." A short, flat answer.
20:41 <Skaya> "The government?"
20:42 <•Kotono> No answer. Rina presses her blade slightly more, a bead of blood trickling onto her sword and flash-freezing. "I speak literally and not metaphorically." he grows.
20:43 <•Kotono> "Magic?" Rina asks, a glance at you. "That possible?"
20:49 <Skaya> "Assuming a god didn't descend to slap him with an inhibition? A Geas or another compulsion could do it. But the thing with such magic is that fairly literal. You'd either receive strict instructions or something vague and generic, but in both cases it should be possible to go against the spirit rather than the letter of the instructions," Skaya responds, peering at the man.
20:49 <Skaya> "Let's talk about you. What's your name? Who do you usually work with?"
20:51 <•Kotono> "John." Is the only answer you get again.
20:51 <Skaya> "How true do you judge your information?"
20:52 <•Kotono> "True enough," A pause, "I believe it. The Adversary's own are a rotting mix of poison and disease."
20:52 <•Kotono> "Can you search him?" Rina asks, "I want to know if he has an unholy symbol on him."
20:53 — Skaya makes a face, but complies with a shrug. She can, in fact, do it rather well.
20:53 <Skaya> OOC: Would sleight of hand (at +21) work here? If not, I'll user perception at +18.
20:55 <•Kotono> OOC: Give me both, let's say.
20:55 <Skaya> roll 1d20+21+6
20:55 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+21+6 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{41}
20:55 <Skaya> roll 1d20+18+6
20:55 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+18+6 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{30}
21:02 <•Kotono> It's hidden well - tucked into a sleeve with a fake opening. But you find it, a symbol of a purple triangle with three drops of amber on it. You also find a shealthed dagger, a coin bag and a metal vial with liquid inside.
21:02 <•Kotono> Not in that fake sleeve, but onhim in general.
21:04 <Skaya> "Talona?" Skaya asks with a raised eyebrow. "Why would she be opposed to-- ah, is it like Rina said? You want the war to go hot, and Brachidos is getting in the way of that somehow?"
21:05 <•Kotono> No answer at all. "You going to answer any more questions?" Rina presses once more.
21:06 <•Kotono> The man spits at Rina, just missing her face.
21:06 <•Kotono> "Any reason not ot send him off to Talona?" Rina asks, voice with a faint overlay, like the crackle of a campfire.
21:08 <Skaya> "It would be better to give him to the authorities, instead," Skaya says even as she keeps an impassive eye on him. "He would no doubt be popular on the heels of recent events."
21:09 <Skaya> OOC: Let's see if he actually seems happy to be handed to the local government
21:10 <•Kotono> No reaction, only stone faced composure.
21:10 <•Kotono> "I think it's a waste of good rope used in hanging him, but suit yourself," Rina says, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him up.
21:12 <Skaya> "The alternative is that he tells us what we want to know and we sneak him out of town," Skaya says with a shrug. "But free choice and all that."
21:17 <•Kotono> No words come. Rina pulls him along, expression grim. She says simply, "Last chance." Still nothing and she shoves him down. "No," she decides, "You're just like him. A monster who thinks sickness is a game. That it's something to applaud." She presses her sword to his throat, "I'm going to go have a drink to celebrate sending you to the torment of Talona's rotting tits."
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+2 circumstance bonus)
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+13 (+2 circumstance bonus) --> [ 1d20=15 ]{28}
21:22 <•Kotono> No answer. Rina's sword stabs into his throat, and after a moment, tears out. A horrid gurgle of blood as John falls, then again. A stab into his chest. Another into his stomach. Again. Again. Rina's voice is a fire-like crackling snarl, "Monster!" Again and again, blade leaving frostburned wounds all over his body.
21:27 <Skaya> "He's dead," Skaya says, placing a hand on Rina's shoulder. The one away from the swinging sword, to avoid getting stabbed in the heat of passion.
21:32 <•Kotono> Rina finally stops at that. She looks down at him and takes a long breath. "If there's going to be justice for the evils in this world, we have to be sure. No unexpected survivals." Rina says, voice even. "If I'm going to live in this world, gain life and power while my brother rots in a grave, I'm not going to hesitate to improve it. Even if that means improvement by removing the stains
21:32 <•Kotono> on it."
21:34 <•Kotono> Then, softer, "Then if Talona wants to plunge Laremy into a war, I'll stop them after we stop Brachidos. Sear out the infection."
21:36 <Skaya> "If we had him tell the authorities about it, that might've been helpful. And we could've tailed him to see if someone will show up to break him out or silence him," Skaya points out. "If you killed him because of your convictions, I'm behind you one hundred percent, like I promised."
21:44 <•Kotono> "....I had a dream when I napped yesterday," Rina says after a pause. "I saw a great flame that spread out over a map of Laremy, of Eis, of Welland. It burned away all the pain and life grew in the ashes.When I looked at the flame, it was me." A softer voice, "Fire needs to be purified, just like this world. I don't know who said it, but it was a man's voice. A strong man. I looked at him
21:44 <•Kotono> there, I saw him for the monster he was. An infection to be burned out., seared away. I thought it was just a dream, but was it? This felt right. John or whomever he was won't spread another plague, kill another man, lure someone into evil."
21:46 — Skaya spreads her arms in a shrug. "I can't argue with that. But you're explaining this properly to the authorities."
21:47 <•Kotono> "Give me that symbol. I doubt anyone will make too much of a fuss over it when they see it," Rina says, "Not after the past weeks."
21:50 — Skaya carefully passes everything she got off John to Rina.
21:53 <•Kotono> With that, Rina goes out of the alley. She clears her throat, "Guard! Guards!" she shouts, "I need guards!" That gets people to look her way and soon enough, a trio of them run up. Rina shows the symbol, "The symbol of Talona, the deity of diseases. I found it on a man who fled from us. His body's in the alley, he's no longer a threat to Dareslan."
21:54 <•Kotono> That kicks off quite the alarm, as you might imagine. Anyone nearby gasps and several back well away, and one woman even flees in a panic. The guards immediately look grim, "Get Stonewell," one snaps, another running off. "You'll be investigated for it, but...you're the ones who fought the plague, aren't you? I saw you with the High Reeve."
#82
Mini Game Logs / Re: Towards the Coastline 14
Last post by Corwin - April 16, 2025, 01:04:27 PM19:14 <•Kotono> ----
19:14 <•Kotono> Rina and Skaya head out. Once out of the inn, a warm and sunny day already, "You really don't feel that different?" Rina asks.
19:17 <Skaya> "It's been a long few days," Skaya muses, forcing herself to walk alongside Rina, her wings folded. "There's plenty of urges, too, but some of them predate... all this," she says, gesturing at the two of them vaguely after a brief pause. "And some of it I was born with. If anything, it's opened up more options. Fun options!"
19:22 <•Kotono> "Like what?" Rina asks as you walk out. The two of you get looks and a respectful distance by most, and Rina just accepts it as she walks.
19:23 <Skaya> "Let me ask you this, first. Do ordinary people really don't like the slaad? I know they often look like weird frogs, but their bodies aren't fixed like that."
19:27 <•Kotono> "I don't t hink normal people know what a slaad is," Rina counters, "The only reason I know is because of you."
19:29 <Skaya> "Because I like them! They were my goal for the longest time!"
19:34 <•Kotono> "What's to like?" Rina asks back, "I've never gotten that part of it."
19:39 <Skaya> "They're never boring. You know how they have a lot of contradicting origin stories? Well, there's one that says that all of them are simultaneously correct. Isn't that amazing? I once read a gnome philosopher wizard discuss the possibility of his pet cat existing and not existing simultaneously, but that was just two states. With a slaad, you can't even be sure what his pet is, or if he's a he."
19:43 <•Kotono> There's a long pause after that as you walk. At last Rina says, "At least one part of that made sense, which is one part more than I expected."
19:46 <Skaya> "I always wanted to tap into that potential. Just imagine, Rina! Being anything you ever wanted, changing it in an instant the way you might change clothes if it wasn't the future you expected for yourself. Control of Limbo, perhaps growing to control reality itself around you. If that's not a great goal to aspire towards, what is?"
19:57 <•Kotono> "Not being a chaos frog?" Rina banters back, "Mission accomplished.?
19:57 <•Kotono> "Not being a chaos frog?" Rina banters back, "Mission accomplished."
19:58 <Skaya> "What's your new goal, then? Setting yourself on fire amidst like-minded people?"
20:01 <•Kotono> "Stop Brachidos,
20:01 <•Kotono> "Stop Brachidos," Rina shakes her head, "AFter that, I don't even know anymore."
20:13 — Skaya doesn't respond for a while, walking silently besides Rina before her wings twitch and take her a few inches off the ground while still keeping pace with her friend. "That would be nice," she finally admits.
20:16 <•Kotono> "Yeah. After that...hah. Talking about a long life?" Rina's voiceb ecomes heavy, "Who cares? Even if I survive Brachidos, then what?"
20:17 <Skaya> "Yeah, same. I always intended to become immortal, so once again, no changes for me!"
20:21 <•Kotono> That draws Rina into herself and the conversation fizzles out. On you walk into the recovering town, before...OOC: Going to support her doing GI?
20:24 <Skaya> OOC: My diplo is at +21 (+14 +7inspiration). Does she want me to roll instead?
20:31 <•Kotono> OOC: Yes, hers is lower so you take front and she'll take 10 to give you +2.
20:32 <Skaya> roll 1d20+22
20:32 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{31}
20:32 <Skaya> OOC: It was +6, so +20 without aid. Thus, result of 31
20:56 <•Kotono> You talk around for Brachidos. You end up in a small inn that's serving breakfast and lunch. Here an older man in a hooded cloak drinks and looks up at you, "Asking questions that get you face down in an alley, friend," he whispers.
20:57 <Skaya> "It's not a search for the faint-hearted," Skaya agrees, wishing she actually had money to grease the process.
21:00 <•Kotono> Rina stands, arms crossed, behind Skaya.
21:01 <•Kotono> "Especially two ladies," He goes on, "But I've heard of strong ladies doing strong deeds during the quarantine." You get a flash of green eyes and a sardonic smile, "Looking to add more to your collection?"
21:02 <Skaya> "Some things just have to be done, and the alternative here is decent people suffering. So how about it? Help put us on the right trail?"
21:03 <•Kotono> The man taps the table a few times, "You know how the game's played, don't you, friend? Gold is the greatest motivator to help your fellow man."
21:04 <•Kotono> Rina reaches into her pouch and tosses down a single, heavy, stamped platinum coin. "Motivate away."
21:04 <Skaya> "I do hear that platinum motivates a great deal better than gold," Skaya agrees with a small smile.
21:07 <•Kotono> The coin's taken and tucked away. "I know you heard he was here before, spread his own brand of mischief. Shame the man who told you didn't make it." A little tsk, "He headed north, towards the coastline. That's what I've heard."
21:07 <•Kotono> A sharp tsk from Rina, but she doesn't say anything else.
21:08 <Skaya> "How long ago was that? A week, two?"
19:14 <•Kotono> Rina and Skaya head out. Once out of the inn, a warm and sunny day already, "You really don't feel that different?" Rina asks.
19:17 <Skaya> "It's been a long few days," Skaya muses, forcing herself to walk alongside Rina, her wings folded. "There's plenty of urges, too, but some of them predate... all this," she says, gesturing at the two of them vaguely after a brief pause. "And some of it I was born with. If anything, it's opened up more options. Fun options!"
19:22 <•Kotono> "Like what?" Rina asks as you walk out. The two of you get looks and a respectful distance by most, and Rina just accepts it as she walks.
19:23 <Skaya> "Let me ask you this, first. Do ordinary people really don't like the slaad? I know they often look like weird frogs, but their bodies aren't fixed like that."
19:27 <•Kotono> "I don't t hink normal people know what a slaad is," Rina counters, "The only reason I know is because of you."
19:29 <Skaya> "Because I like them! They were my goal for the longest time!"
19:34 <•Kotono> "What's to like?" Rina asks back, "I've never gotten that part of it."
19:39 <Skaya> "They're never boring. You know how they have a lot of contradicting origin stories? Well, there's one that says that all of them are simultaneously correct. Isn't that amazing? I once read a gnome philosopher wizard discuss the possibility of his pet cat existing and not existing simultaneously, but that was just two states. With a slaad, you can't even be sure what his pet is, or if he's a he."
19:43 <•Kotono> There's a long pause after that as you walk. At last Rina says, "At least one part of that made sense, which is one part more than I expected."
19:46 <Skaya> "I always wanted to tap into that potential. Just imagine, Rina! Being anything you ever wanted, changing it in an instant the way you might change clothes if it wasn't the future you expected for yourself. Control of Limbo, perhaps growing to control reality itself around you. If that's not a great goal to aspire towards, what is?"
19:57 <•Kotono> "Not being a chaos frog?" Rina banters back, "Mission accomplished.?
19:57 <•Kotono> "Not being a chaos frog?" Rina banters back, "Mission accomplished."
19:58 <Skaya> "What's your new goal, then? Setting yourself on fire amidst like-minded people?"
20:01 <•Kotono> "Stop Brachidos,
20:01 <•Kotono> "Stop Brachidos," Rina shakes her head, "AFter that, I don't even know anymore."
20:13 — Skaya doesn't respond for a while, walking silently besides Rina before her wings twitch and take her a few inches off the ground while still keeping pace with her friend. "That would be nice," she finally admits.
20:16 <•Kotono> "Yeah. After that...hah. Talking about a long life?" Rina's voiceb ecomes heavy, "Who cares? Even if I survive Brachidos, then what?"
20:17 <Skaya> "Yeah, same. I always intended to become immortal, so once again, no changes for me!"
20:21 <•Kotono> That draws Rina into herself and the conversation fizzles out. On you walk into the recovering town, before...OOC: Going to support her doing GI?
20:24 <Skaya> OOC: My diplo is at +21 (+14 +7inspiration). Does she want me to roll instead?
20:31 <•Kotono> OOC: Yes, hers is lower so you take front and she'll take 10 to give you +2.
20:32 <Skaya> roll 1d20+22
20:32 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{31}
20:32 <Skaya> OOC: It was +6, so +20 without aid. Thus, result of 31
20:56 <•Kotono> You talk around for Brachidos. You end up in a small inn that's serving breakfast and lunch. Here an older man in a hooded cloak drinks and looks up at you, "Asking questions that get you face down in an alley, friend," he whispers.
20:57 <Skaya> "It's not a search for the faint-hearted," Skaya agrees, wishing she actually had money to grease the process.
21:00 <•Kotono> Rina stands, arms crossed, behind Skaya.
21:01 <•Kotono> "Especially two ladies," He goes on, "But I've heard of strong ladies doing strong deeds during the quarantine." You get a flash of green eyes and a sardonic smile, "Looking to add more to your collection?"
21:02 <Skaya> "Some things just have to be done, and the alternative here is decent people suffering. So how about it? Help put us on the right trail?"
21:03 <•Kotono> The man taps the table a few times, "You know how the game's played, don't you, friend? Gold is the greatest motivator to help your fellow man."
21:04 <•Kotono> Rina reaches into her pouch and tosses down a single, heavy, stamped platinum coin. "Motivate away."
21:04 <Skaya> "I do hear that platinum motivates a great deal better than gold," Skaya agrees with a small smile.
21:07 <•Kotono> The coin's taken and tucked away. "I know you heard he was here before, spread his own brand of mischief. Shame the man who told you didn't make it." A little tsk, "He headed north, towards the coastline. That's what I've heard."
21:07 <•Kotono> A sharp tsk from Rina, but she doesn't say anything else.
21:08 <Skaya> "How long ago was that? A week, two?"
#83
Mini Game Logs / Re: Towards the Coastline 14
Last post by Corwin - April 16, 2025, 01:04:13 PM19:08 <•Kotono> Skaya and Rina go off. Sanda's nose deep in her book for a little longer, but Anne lingers by Devar. "Will you appeal to Eldath as well?" she asks.
19:09 <Devar> "She showed me a great deal last night, I have no reason to doubt She will show me the path we need to follow." Devar says. "Moore sounds like the type to be rather generous with His followers too, or at least that's how it sounds to me when you talk about Him."
19:15 <•Kotono> "Yes," Anne agrees, "But we will see. Though I wonder how Starre is? Sent on her own quest away from us for now."
19:18 <Devar> "I have a feeling our elemental friend probably gave her a gift, too." Devar says. "Either that or her own patron, I bet. She was integral, somehow or another, in what we accomplished."
19:20 <•Kotono> "Perhaps," Anne floats up slowly, "But maybe I'll fly and see the warmth of the sun before this. Just for a little while."
19:21 <•Kotono> Sanda silently rolls her eyes, barely notable as she's reading, before she says, "Statistically speaking, most people don't need to make an excuse to take a day off."
19:23 <Devar> "You have the freedom to do so, just don't go too close up there." Devar says. He turns to Sanda. "You could take a lesson from that statistic, you know. Or are you figuring out which spells to put in your Mighty Tome?"
19:28 <•Kotono> Anne lets that pass while Sanda says, "I'm taking some time at the moment," she answers, not looking up.
19:29 <Devar> "Skaya would probably ask you if you were reading something indecent." Devar says, deadpan. "Is it any good?"
19:36 <•Kotono> Turning a page, "The mating habits of lonely clerics." Sanda says, just as deadpan. After a long moment where Anne pinches the bridge of her nose, "Spell lore, mostly."
19:37 <Devar> "Ah, from our good friend the illusionist dragon?" Devar asks.
19:45 <•Kotono> "Yes," Sanda continues to read, "Mostly for my own edification, but it should help as I continue to study the third circle of magic and look towards the fourth."
19:46 <Devar> "Actually, I've been meaning to ask - are you considering any sort of specialization for your magic?" Devar asks. "You probably figured out my focus is on abjuration, I'm hoping to keep building on my skills to create stronger wards to not be burdened by traditional armor."
19:51 <•Kotono> "Statistically speaking, specialists are for those who can't handle all the schools of magic," Sanda sniffs, "Why would I limit myself like that?"
19:52 <•Kotono> "Making up for certain...shortcomings in other areas?" Anne counters back, "Compensation, say."
19:52 <•Kotono> Then after a beat, "Not that I mean you, Devar," Anne appends, looking abashed.
19:53 <Devar> "Mm, I'd prefer to look at it like wanting to be the best at something, rather than focusing on areas that don't interest me." He says with a shrug. "No offense taken, don't worry. I understand the sentiment, I just don't see it that way."
19:57 <•Kotono> "I should be going," Anne decides after one more glance at Sanda. "Good luck today, Devar."
19:58 <Devar> "Don't get yourself into too much trouble up there!"
20:06 <•Kotono> For some reasont hat makes Sanda chuckle, but she goes off. With that all done, what's your plan for the day?
20:09 <Devar> OOC: He'll poke around town, see if he hears anything interesting in terms of news from outside. After that, he'll settle in for prayer and meditation if need be, and lastly talk to Storm's Eye.
20:15 <•Kotono> OOC: Give me diplo for GI.
20:18 <Devar> OOC: Take 10 for 27
20:24 <•Kotono> News is flooding in to town. First of all, you hear that the army's standing down from around Dareslan and shifting south. There's whispers of possible war in Laremy, that Laremy are once again warmongers. "Maybe this time they'll get what's coming to them from Eis," One shopkeep growls.
20:26 <Devar> Devar will pointedly not get into any discussion about Laremy!
20:34 <•Kotono> Likely a wise choice. Past that you hear of murmurs about ankheg activity. More of them are being seen, and there's some stories of farms being attacked and even farmers hurt or killed. Nothing concrete, but you hear the rumor. There's also talk about traveling heroes who fought the madman behind the plague, and how they defeated him beneath the city. "If I ever find that man," A merchant
20:34 <•Kotono> running a stall selling produce says, "I'd leave him walking away with more than he could eat. Good men of good stock, probably from the Petty Kingdoms in the south or further lands fi you ask me."
20:37 <Devar> "Don't worry about that man and his friends, they can take care of themselves." Devar says with a broad smile. "Help your neighbor, help the downtrodden. Especially at a time like this." Whether he needs to convince this person he's part of that band of traveling heroes? Perhaps not, but redirecting kindness to those who need it is part of his own faith.
20:51 <•Kotono> "Those of 'em that are left," A quiet murmur, "They took it hardest in the plague, I heard."
20:53 <Devar> "They did." He confirms sadly. "It will be some time before the city fully recovers, but I am confident good people will help."
21:00 <•Kotono> "With less of them around, at least food will go farther," The merchant fans himself against the heat, "Not all is bad about the plague."
21:02 <Devar> "Losing life is never something anyone enjoys, but it is still important to find the seeds of good in it." Devar says. "Hopefully it also means those who survived will be healthier, to lead good lives."
21:06 <•Kotono> "More work for them, at least," Is the agreement, "More coin to earn."
21:08 <Devar> Devar nods. "All I can ask is you continue to be kind to the people here. It's in short supply after a situation like this. I don't mean to say you give anything away for free, just... be kind." Devar says with a smile.
19:09 <Devar> "She showed me a great deal last night, I have no reason to doubt She will show me the path we need to follow." Devar says. "Moore sounds like the type to be rather generous with His followers too, or at least that's how it sounds to me when you talk about Him."
19:15 <•Kotono> "Yes," Anne agrees, "But we will see. Though I wonder how Starre is? Sent on her own quest away from us for now."
19:18 <Devar> "I have a feeling our elemental friend probably gave her a gift, too." Devar says. "Either that or her own patron, I bet. She was integral, somehow or another, in what we accomplished."
19:20 <•Kotono> "Perhaps," Anne floats up slowly, "But maybe I'll fly and see the warmth of the sun before this. Just for a little while."
19:21 <•Kotono> Sanda silently rolls her eyes, barely notable as she's reading, before she says, "Statistically speaking, most people don't need to make an excuse to take a day off."
19:23 <Devar> "You have the freedom to do so, just don't go too close up there." Devar says. He turns to Sanda. "You could take a lesson from that statistic, you know. Or are you figuring out which spells to put in your Mighty Tome?"
19:28 <•Kotono> Anne lets that pass while Sanda says, "I'm taking some time at the moment," she answers, not looking up.
19:29 <Devar> "Skaya would probably ask you if you were reading something indecent." Devar says, deadpan. "Is it any good?"
19:36 <•Kotono> Turning a page, "The mating habits of lonely clerics." Sanda says, just as deadpan. After a long moment where Anne pinches the bridge of her nose, "Spell lore, mostly."
19:37 <Devar> "Ah, from our good friend the illusionist dragon?" Devar asks.
19:45 <•Kotono> "Yes," Sanda continues to read, "Mostly for my own edification, but it should help as I continue to study the third circle of magic and look towards the fourth."
19:46 <Devar> "Actually, I've been meaning to ask - are you considering any sort of specialization for your magic?" Devar asks. "You probably figured out my focus is on abjuration, I'm hoping to keep building on my skills to create stronger wards to not be burdened by traditional armor."
19:51 <•Kotono> "Statistically speaking, specialists are for those who can't handle all the schools of magic," Sanda sniffs, "Why would I limit myself like that?"
19:52 <•Kotono> "Making up for certain...shortcomings in other areas?" Anne counters back, "Compensation, say."
19:52 <•Kotono> Then after a beat, "Not that I mean you, Devar," Anne appends, looking abashed.
19:53 <Devar> "Mm, I'd prefer to look at it like wanting to be the best at something, rather than focusing on areas that don't interest me." He says with a shrug. "No offense taken, don't worry. I understand the sentiment, I just don't see it that way."
19:57 <•Kotono> "I should be going," Anne decides after one more glance at Sanda. "Good luck today, Devar."
19:58 <Devar> "Don't get yourself into too much trouble up there!"
20:06 <•Kotono> For some reasont hat makes Sanda chuckle, but she goes off. With that all done, what's your plan for the day?
20:09 <Devar> OOC: He'll poke around town, see if he hears anything interesting in terms of news from outside. After that, he'll settle in for prayer and meditation if need be, and lastly talk to Storm's Eye.
20:15 <•Kotono> OOC: Give me diplo for GI.
20:18 <Devar> OOC: Take 10 for 27
20:24 <•Kotono> News is flooding in to town. First of all, you hear that the army's standing down from around Dareslan and shifting south. There's whispers of possible war in Laremy, that Laremy are once again warmongers. "Maybe this time they'll get what's coming to them from Eis," One shopkeep growls.
20:26 <Devar> Devar will pointedly not get into any discussion about Laremy!
20:34 <•Kotono> Likely a wise choice. Past that you hear of murmurs about ankheg activity. More of them are being seen, and there's some stories of farms being attacked and even farmers hurt or killed. Nothing concrete, but you hear the rumor. There's also talk about traveling heroes who fought the madman behind the plague, and how they defeated him beneath the city. "If I ever find that man," A merchant
20:34 <•Kotono> running a stall selling produce says, "I'd leave him walking away with more than he could eat. Good men of good stock, probably from the Petty Kingdoms in the south or further lands fi you ask me."
20:37 <Devar> "Don't worry about that man and his friends, they can take care of themselves." Devar says with a broad smile. "Help your neighbor, help the downtrodden. Especially at a time like this." Whether he needs to convince this person he's part of that band of traveling heroes? Perhaps not, but redirecting kindness to those who need it is part of his own faith.
20:51 <•Kotono> "Those of 'em that are left," A quiet murmur, "They took it hardest in the plague, I heard."
20:53 <Devar> "They did." He confirms sadly. "It will be some time before the city fully recovers, but I am confident good people will help."
21:00 <•Kotono> "With less of them around, at least food will go farther," The merchant fans himself against the heat, "Not all is bad about the plague."
21:02 <Devar> "Losing life is never something anyone enjoys, but it is still important to find the seeds of good in it." Devar says. "Hopefully it also means those who survived will be healthier, to lead good lives."
21:06 <•Kotono> "More work for them, at least," Is the agreement, "More coin to earn."
21:08 <Devar> Devar nods. "All I can ask is you continue to be kind to the people here. It's in short supply after a situation like this. I don't mean to say you give anything away for free, just... be kind." Devar says with a smile.
#84
Mini Game Logs / Towards the Coastline 14
Last post by Corwin - April 16, 2025, 01:04:08 PM18:13 <•Kotono> Rest. After everything the party went through, rest and normality is wonderful. Dareslan has come alive again, the plague and quarantine past. Come a night where sleep is a luxury rather than a requirement, the party gathers in the inn's dining room, a large table to the side set apart for all of you. Rina's already there, a bowl of bright red peppers before her. She's slowly munching nad
18:13 <•Kotono> savoring each one of them, licking her lips afterwards. Getting too close to her feels like being close to a campfire, the other chairs with some distance from her. Anne sits nearby, eyes closed and a half eaten plate of breakfast before her. She floats just above her chair, hair loose and blowing in an unseen and unfelt breeze. Sanda's nose deep in a book, no food in front of her, though a
18:13 <•Kotono> cup of water's nearby. Her hair has a distinctly wet sheen to it, not oily, just damp.
18:15 — Skaya feels a distinct urge to comb Sanda's hair, and she surrenders to it after a token resistance. Like Anne, she just floats behind Sanda before working on her tresses.
18:16 <•Kotono> Sanda looks up in surprise before, "Skaya, what are you-wait, why are you brushing my hair?" she asks, "But that feels nice."
18:16 <Skaya> "It feels like the right thing to do."
18:16 <•Kotono> "Good morning," Anne's voice is softer, breathier. She doesn't open her eyes, "How are you adjusting, Skaya?"
18:17 <•Kotono> Rina has another pepper before, "I don't know about you, but it turns out if you don't have to worry about the heat, spicy peppers taste great."
18:17 <Skaya> At Anne's question, she shrugs. "I already felt like I belonged in the skies, so that didn't change. But I'm reconsidering some future choices."
18:18 <•Kotono> "I spent most of the evening in flight," Anne confesses, "Had in those first few hours a portal to Air appeared, I fear I would have gone through and happily never seen land again."
18:19 <Skaya> "I would've found you eventually so you probably would have? Seen land again, I mean."
18:19 <•Kotono> Sanda relaxes to all of this, "Devar up and back yet?" she asks.
18:19 <Devar> Devar for his part looks a little more lively himself, but is sticking to the ground, taking a seat next to the others to reach out and steal a piece of bacon from Anne's plate. "It looks like everyone had a good night." He comments.
18:20 <•Kotono> "The point is that it's wonderful to fly, and I already wonder how I lived without it. It feel so right-ah, there he is," Anne turns, "Good morning. How are you adjusting." Anne doesn't argue with the food snatch, "Help yourself, I'm done."
18:21 <•Kotono> "I didn't realize I wouldn't get tired or hungry," Rina admits, "But I haven't been either since I used the sphere."
18:22 <Devar> "Very well, though that was divinely influenced, I think." He says. "Eldath's grace was kind to me in reward for everything we did. I also got some information on where the other pieces of the magic items I'm using might be found, so that was very welcome news."
18:22 <•Kotono> "Statistically speaking, we've become some sort of elemental or spiritual creatures," Sanda looks up from her book, "Probably the latter, since the definition of elemental requires a body wholly or mostly composed of that element. The lack of need to eat or sleep is a classic sign of such a change."
18:23 <•Kotono> "Did you?" Rina asks, "Where? Anywhere close?"
18:23 <Skaya> "Ah, in my case, I already had some of the benefits?" Skaya muses. "Like seeing in the dark? So it's more of a progression than a sudden change."
18:24 <•Kotono> "Some of those transformations speak of a lack of aging, even greater than the elves," Anne muses quietly, "But only time will reveal that. The progression is helpful to you, it's been distracting as much as it's been pleasurable."
18:25 <Skaya> "Speaking of! You know how we couldn't use more than one orb here to transform? But we probably can transform ourselves even more in the future if we work at it!"
18:26 <•Kotono> "You have something in mind?" Rina asks right back.
18:27 <•Kotono> Anne blows out a long, soft breath. "Also, if you insist on growing wings as well, at least ensure I'm there, Rina."
18:27 <Skaya> "We've already experienced a taste of the inner planes, so the outer planes are the way to go next!"
18:27 <Devar> "I don't know about close." He admits. "One's in the oceans to the north, so that could be... a lot of places, but I imagine if I get close Lady Eldath will give me a sign and guide me. The other one seems to be somewhere near the border of Laremy and Eis to the southwest." He looks over at Skaya, "I mean, I'm sure there are beings that live in somewhere like the Positive plane, so I guess that
18:27 <Devar> makes sense."
18:29 <Skaya> "Well yes, but I was talking about the heavens and Limbo and all the good stuff," Skaya elaborates. "But it might require an intermediary step. Which means dragons."
18:30 <Devar> "We can probably get back to that... thing underground and do a proper exploration now." Devar says. "After we deal with our current quarry."
18:30 <•Kotono> OOC: Southeast, in case I got that wrong in the post.
18:31 <Devar> OOC: Noted!
18:31 <Skaya> "I guess it's all in the longer run. For now, let's decide where we're headed."
18:31 <•Kotono> OOC: Southeast, I'll edit the post.
18:31 <•Kotono> OOC: Fixed.
18:32 <•Kotono> "LImbo's hardly the good stuff," Anne counters, "And I'm not remotely sure how you got dragon out of that as an intermediate step."
18:32 <•Kotono> Rina suddenly looks pale, "The ocean?"
18:32 <•Kotono> "The ocean," Sanda sing-songs, before, "....interesting. The ocean sounds like a great time. What are the odds?"
18:33 <Skaya> "Everyone knows that draconic nature can be transmitted with a drop of blood and some magic."
18:33 <Devar> "Don't worry, I won't ask you to go in." He says with a smile.
18:34 <•Kotono> "Meanwhile," Rina goes on, "We have a little time here before we get moving. Does nayone have anything to do besides shopping?"
18:35 — Skaya shudders at the mention of shopping.
18:36 <Devar> "I haven't had much of a chance to have a proper talk with Storm's Eye, but I can do that on the road easily enough." He says. "I tried looking for some things, but they aren't available here so I'll just check at the next town."
18:37 <Skaya> "So we're back to talking about our next destination, huh?" Skaya voices, examining Sanda's hair. Would a bow compliment it, or just get wet?
18:39 <•Kotono> A fair question. "Before that, we need to try and find out more on where Brachidos went," Anne muses, "But the problem is that Dareslan has been quarantined."
18:39 <•Kotono> "I'll get a map of Welland today," Rina speaks up. "That'll help."
18:40 <•Kotono> "I'll petition Moore for aid. After what we did, perhaps we'll get direct guidance," Anne says, "But that will likely require some large part of the day."
18:40 <•Kotono> Sanda's hair would look nice with a bow, most likely. For her part, Sanda adds, "I'd like to do some more shopping, but that's it."
18:40 <Devar> "Hey, can we use the, uh..." Devar looks contemplative for a moment. "Whatever it was you guys used to get aid for the city, can we use that to maybe go far and get some news to maybe point us in the right direction?"
18:45 <Skaya> "While not impossible," Skaya muses, considering Devar's question even as she retrieves a barrette suitable for Sanda from her collection, "there's not a lot of time during those trips, even the dangers aside. Plus we'll be going in the opposite direction from how we've been chasing him."
18:47 <Devar> "Oh, does it only go in one direction?" He nods. "We can ask around in town if anyone's come from the direction we're going of any news, if we hear bad things then we'll know it's the right way to go."
18:48 <Skaya> "You really should know the location at least, from what I understood."
18:49 <•Kotono> "How about we get everything together that we can, and we consider that all tonight?" Anne suggests, "Exhaust the local preparations before going further than Dareslan."
18:51 <Devar> "Like you said, we might get some divine directives anyway." He adds.
18:53 <Skaya> "I'm fine with it!" Skaya agrees, stepping back to admire her handiwork.
18:53 <•Kotono> Sanda's hair has a barrete now, keeping it nicer as Rina gives Skaya a little approving nod.
18:53 <•Kotono> "Then let's get to work," Anne floats up and to her feet, "Let's meet for dinner and see where we're all at?"
18:55 <Skaya> "Good luck!"
19:03 <•Kotono> OOC: Skaya and Devar, anything you two want to do in particular? Sec.
19:03 <Skaya> OOC: I will tag along to support someone with GI, but otherwise I don't have anything to do
19:03 <Devar> OOC: Nothing specific, he can chat with his magic lance when we're on the road.
19:07 <•Kotono> OOC: Right. Devar in here, Skaya in #evil.
18:13 <•Kotono> savoring each one of them, licking her lips afterwards. Getting too close to her feels like being close to a campfire, the other chairs with some distance from her. Anne sits nearby, eyes closed and a half eaten plate of breakfast before her. She floats just above her chair, hair loose and blowing in an unseen and unfelt breeze. Sanda's nose deep in a book, no food in front of her, though a
18:13 <•Kotono> cup of water's nearby. Her hair has a distinctly wet sheen to it, not oily, just damp.
18:15 — Skaya feels a distinct urge to comb Sanda's hair, and she surrenders to it after a token resistance. Like Anne, she just floats behind Sanda before working on her tresses.
18:16 <•Kotono> Sanda looks up in surprise before, "Skaya, what are you-wait, why are you brushing my hair?" she asks, "But that feels nice."
18:16 <Skaya> "It feels like the right thing to do."
18:16 <•Kotono> "Good morning," Anne's voice is softer, breathier. She doesn't open her eyes, "How are you adjusting, Skaya?"
18:17 <•Kotono> Rina has another pepper before, "I don't know about you, but it turns out if you don't have to worry about the heat, spicy peppers taste great."
18:17 <Skaya> At Anne's question, she shrugs. "I already felt like I belonged in the skies, so that didn't change. But I'm reconsidering some future choices."
18:18 <•Kotono> "I spent most of the evening in flight," Anne confesses, "Had in those first few hours a portal to Air appeared, I fear I would have gone through and happily never seen land again."
18:19 <Skaya> "I would've found you eventually so you probably would have? Seen land again, I mean."
18:19 <•Kotono> Sanda relaxes to all of this, "Devar up and back yet?" she asks.
18:19 <Devar> Devar for his part looks a little more lively himself, but is sticking to the ground, taking a seat next to the others to reach out and steal a piece of bacon from Anne's plate. "It looks like everyone had a good night." He comments.
18:20 <•Kotono> "The point is that it's wonderful to fly, and I already wonder how I lived without it. It feel so right-ah, there he is," Anne turns, "Good morning. How are you adjusting." Anne doesn't argue with the food snatch, "Help yourself, I'm done."
18:21 <•Kotono> "I didn't realize I wouldn't get tired or hungry," Rina admits, "But I haven't been either since I used the sphere."
18:22 <Devar> "Very well, though that was divinely influenced, I think." He says. "Eldath's grace was kind to me in reward for everything we did. I also got some information on where the other pieces of the magic items I'm using might be found, so that was very welcome news."
18:22 <•Kotono> "Statistically speaking, we've become some sort of elemental or spiritual creatures," Sanda looks up from her book, "Probably the latter, since the definition of elemental requires a body wholly or mostly composed of that element. The lack of need to eat or sleep is a classic sign of such a change."
18:23 <•Kotono> "Did you?" Rina asks, "Where? Anywhere close?"
18:23 <Skaya> "Ah, in my case, I already had some of the benefits?" Skaya muses. "Like seeing in the dark? So it's more of a progression than a sudden change."
18:24 <•Kotono> "Some of those transformations speak of a lack of aging, even greater than the elves," Anne muses quietly, "But only time will reveal that. The progression is helpful to you, it's been distracting as much as it's been pleasurable."
18:25 <Skaya> "Speaking of! You know how we couldn't use more than one orb here to transform? But we probably can transform ourselves even more in the future if we work at it!"
18:26 <•Kotono> "You have something in mind?" Rina asks right back.
18:27 <•Kotono> Anne blows out a long, soft breath. "Also, if you insist on growing wings as well, at least ensure I'm there, Rina."
18:27 <Skaya> "We've already experienced a taste of the inner planes, so the outer planes are the way to go next!"
18:27 <Devar> "I don't know about close." He admits. "One's in the oceans to the north, so that could be... a lot of places, but I imagine if I get close Lady Eldath will give me a sign and guide me. The other one seems to be somewhere near the border of Laremy and Eis to the southwest." He looks over at Skaya, "I mean, I'm sure there are beings that live in somewhere like the Positive plane, so I guess that
18:27 <Devar> makes sense."
18:29 <Skaya> "Well yes, but I was talking about the heavens and Limbo and all the good stuff," Skaya elaborates. "But it might require an intermediary step. Which means dragons."
18:30 <Devar> "We can probably get back to that... thing underground and do a proper exploration now." Devar says. "After we deal with our current quarry."
18:30 <•Kotono> OOC: Southeast, in case I got that wrong in the post.
18:31 <Devar> OOC: Noted!
18:31 <Skaya> "I guess it's all in the longer run. For now, let's decide where we're headed."
18:31 <•Kotono> OOC: Southeast, I'll edit the post.
18:31 <•Kotono> OOC: Fixed.
18:32 <•Kotono> "LImbo's hardly the good stuff," Anne counters, "And I'm not remotely sure how you got dragon out of that as an intermediate step."
18:32 <•Kotono> Rina suddenly looks pale, "The ocean?"
18:32 <•Kotono> "The ocean," Sanda sing-songs, before, "....interesting. The ocean sounds like a great time. What are the odds?"
18:33 <Skaya> "Everyone knows that draconic nature can be transmitted with a drop of blood and some magic."
18:33 <Devar> "Don't worry, I won't ask you to go in." He says with a smile.
18:34 <•Kotono> "Meanwhile," Rina goes on, "We have a little time here before we get moving. Does nayone have anything to do besides shopping?"
18:35 — Skaya shudders at the mention of shopping.
18:36 <Devar> "I haven't had much of a chance to have a proper talk with Storm's Eye, but I can do that on the road easily enough." He says. "I tried looking for some things, but they aren't available here so I'll just check at the next town."
18:37 <Skaya> "So we're back to talking about our next destination, huh?" Skaya voices, examining Sanda's hair. Would a bow compliment it, or just get wet?
18:39 <•Kotono> A fair question. "Before that, we need to try and find out more on where Brachidos went," Anne muses, "But the problem is that Dareslan has been quarantined."
18:39 <•Kotono> "I'll get a map of Welland today," Rina speaks up. "That'll help."
18:40 <•Kotono> "I'll petition Moore for aid. After what we did, perhaps we'll get direct guidance," Anne says, "But that will likely require some large part of the day."
18:40 <•Kotono> Sanda's hair would look nice with a bow, most likely. For her part, Sanda adds, "I'd like to do some more shopping, but that's it."
18:40 <Devar> "Hey, can we use the, uh..." Devar looks contemplative for a moment. "Whatever it was you guys used to get aid for the city, can we use that to maybe go far and get some news to maybe point us in the right direction?"
18:45 <Skaya> "While not impossible," Skaya muses, considering Devar's question even as she retrieves a barrette suitable for Sanda from her collection, "there's not a lot of time during those trips, even the dangers aside. Plus we'll be going in the opposite direction from how we've been chasing him."
18:47 <Devar> "Oh, does it only go in one direction?" He nods. "We can ask around in town if anyone's come from the direction we're going of any news, if we hear bad things then we'll know it's the right way to go."
18:48 <Skaya> "You really should know the location at least, from what I understood."
18:49 <•Kotono> "How about we get everything together that we can, and we consider that all tonight?" Anne suggests, "Exhaust the local preparations before going further than Dareslan."
18:51 <Devar> "Like you said, we might get some divine directives anyway." He adds.
18:53 <Skaya> "I'm fine with it!" Skaya agrees, stepping back to admire her handiwork.
18:53 <•Kotono> Sanda's hair has a barrete now, keeping it nicer as Rina gives Skaya a little approving nod.
18:53 <•Kotono> "Then let's get to work," Anne floats up and to her feet, "Let's meet for dinner and see where we're all at?"
18:55 <Skaya> "Good luck!"
19:03 <•Kotono> OOC: Skaya and Devar, anything you two want to do in particular? Sec.
19:03 <Skaya> OOC: I will tag along to support someone with GI, but otherwise I don't have anything to do
19:03 <Devar> OOC: Nothing specific, he can chat with his magic lance when we're on the road.
19:07 <•Kotono> OOC: Right. Devar in here, Skaya in #evil.
#85
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Anastasia - April 12, 2025, 01:34:02 PMEnhanced Wagon
This is an SRD standard wagon, except that the parts are enchanted to last longer and break down less. What's more, inside is a bag of holding type III. It's also loaded with weeks of supplies, various mundane supplies and a small variety of masterwork weapons.
The horses are young, strong and of high quality equal to heavy warhorses with an additional +2 bonus to Strength.
This is an SRD standard wagon, except that the parts are enchanted to last longer and break down less. What's more, inside is a bag of holding type III. It's also loaded with weeks of supplies, various mundane supplies and a small variety of masterwork weapons.
The horses are young, strong and of high quality equal to heavy warhorses with an additional +2 bonus to Strength.
#86
Old Otik's Table / Re: Share the music
Last post by Anastasia - April 10, 2025, 09:43:52 PM #87
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Anastasia - April 03, 2025, 03:04:28 PMRina pays 10 gold for information.
#88
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Anastasia - April 02, 2025, 04:21:56 PMMake a note of the loan on your sheet, Skaya.
> roll 1d100 low is better long shot considering
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 low is better long shot considering --> [ 1d100=8 ]{8}
Close but no luck. Considering it's not a common item and it would've been highly valuable during the plague, you didn't quite get it, Devar.
> roll 1d100 low is better long shot considering
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 low is better long shot considering --> [ 1d100=8 ]{8}
Close but no luck. Considering it's not a common item and it would've been highly valuable during the plague, you didn't quite get it, Devar.
#89
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Nephrite - April 02, 2025, 11:33:24 AMOkay, Devar will do his last bit of housekeeping in trying to find a Rod of Bodily Restoration.
#90
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Corwin - April 02, 2025, 11:02:06 AMSince the price for it is doubled but it really is a nice kama, Skaya tearfully takes Sanda up on her offer to loan her 6,302gp. If Sanda hadn't changed her mind.