M & C learn classpect info in a lava cave and find a denizen

* Maddox finishes collecting grist
* Carmen_Chapman does the same
<Maddox> "Alright. I think we take a quick rest. That hurt!"
<Maddox> "Then, we move on to the place on the map."
* Carmen_Chapman turns to the lizard
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatd the lil shit say before he quit???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Something bout some loot?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im ready to go get it!!!"
<ProcyonDM_> "I've got it marked down"
<ProcyonDM_> "I can direct you if you wish"
* Maddox looks a bit beat up, but nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wheres it at???"
* Carmen_Chapman still has her fists clenched in frustration, but managed the fight with only a couple scratches here and there
<ProcyonDM_> "Off the top of my head, I only know its direction. We can return to my house and can pinpoint it on a map"
<ProcyonDM_> "I'll know the layout of the land that way, or we can simply approach."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go back to ur place MaddoX s kinda beat up"
<Maddox> "Thanks."
* Maddox looks not incredibly beat up, but more pale than he should be. ((Adjusted the description - he got drained twice.))
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont wanna sit round doin shit though Im not lettin somethin else slip away!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman grumbles and stamps a foot in frustration
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets just go"
* Maddox thinks for a bit, then stands up a bit more.
<Maddox> "Alright."
<ProcyonDM> "We'll make haste."
<ProcyonDM> He climbs off the ogre and invites maddox on.
<ProcyonDM> "It seems you could use a lift."
<Maddox> "I really don't need it, but thank you."
* Maddox climbs on
<ProcyonDM> "Hand me the reins, I'll direct him."
* Maddox hands the reigns over
<ProcyonDM> He leads you both back to the path
<ProcyonDM> And then back to his house.
* Carmen_Chapman follows
<ProcyonDM> At his house, he spreads out a map on a tabke
<ProcyonDM> most of it is colored yellow, with several paths cutting through it, emanating from a central point
<ProcyonDM> "This is this section of this land."
<ProcyonDM> "Its mostly corn, but once you get far enough away, the scenery begnis to change."
<ProcyonDM> On the far edges, there is some more interesting scenery, a forest, a river, some rock formations, etc.
<ProcyonDM> He points out a place colored grey
* Maddox takes a picture of the map
<ProcyonDM> "This is the spot. I never go there, except for the once when I tried to map the entire area. I met resistance ehre, but I was meeting resisatnce everywhere."
<ProcyonDM> "I gave up the attempt soon afte.r
<ProcyonDM> It is kind of unfinished once oyu get farther away from the corn and farther away from the paths
<Carmen_Chapman> "U Xplored n mapped out all this shit???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats sooooo cool!"
<Maddox> "Woah."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur like a badass pioneer with a fuckin ogre"
<ProcyonDM> "I suppose. I actually did a lot ofthis on foot."
<ProcyonDM> "Almost lost a lot of battles."
<ProcyonDM> "had to do it though. Knew it would come in handy."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I just got a buffalo n a wagon but Im gettin there!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is p sweet dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "K maybe Mcboringpants isnt like a great name anymore"
<ProcyonDM> He doesnt respond to that at all.
<Maddox> "What is your name? ...We probably should have asked that earlier."
<ProcyonDM> "Wickham"
* Maddox nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wickham pioneer dude. Got it."
<Carmen_Chapman> "How do we get over where that spot is on the map?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "All looX like corn out there to me"
<ProcyonDM> He points to a spot on the map. "This is where we are. We take this path to it and then we go through the corn for a time. Once we exit it, I should be able to find my way."
<Maddox> "That sounds like plan."
* Maddox turns to Carmen
<Maddox> "Will you die of restlessness if I take a quick nap?"
* Carmen_Chapman frowns
<Carmen_Chapman> "S that sposed to mean!!!"
<Maddox> "That inaction may become lethal in dangerous doses."
* Maddox sticks his tounge out
* Carmen_Chapman rolls her eyes
<Carmen_Chapman> "Smartass"
* Maddox grins
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno I reeeeeally dont want that fuckin lich killin himself to be even more fuckin useless"
<Carmen_Chapman> "How long a nap we talkin?"
<Maddox> "Half an hour?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can u rest like on the ogre or somethin?"
<Maddox> "Hm. Maybe."
<Carmen_Chapman> ((Is this for a short rest to spend hit die?))
<Maddox> ((Yeah, spend all hit dice :P ))
<ProcyonDM> yep, have at it
<ProcyonDM> i mean
<ProcyonDM> if you guys decide to
<Carmen_Chapman> ((A short rest just requires no major phsyical activity like walking or fighting so as long as you're sitting down, sleeping isn't necessary))
<Maddox> ((Good to know.))
<Maddox> "I can try on the ogre, if that's fine with you, Wickham."
<ProcyonDM> "Of course."
<ProcyonDM> "I am not fast, though"
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Better than sittin here doin nothin for an hour"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im chill to walk"
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> "Let's go, then."
<ProcyonDM> Wickham leads the way.
<ProcyonDM> Once you guys get to the path where the corn turns from field to forest, WIckham stops.
<ProcyonDM> "Maddox, please dismount the ogre."
<ProcyonDM> and feel free to take a short rest
<ProcyonDM> "I don't trust this thing not to betray me."
<ProcyonDM> He lashes it to a tree.
* Maddox rubs his eyes, and gets off the ogre, nodding.'
<Maddox> !roll 11d6 hit dice health restore
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 11d6 --> [ 11d6=38 ] | {38}
* Maddox looks significantly better, and no longer pale.
<ProcyonDM> Indeed
<Maddox> "Why would it betray you here?"
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 2d6+6 hit dice restore
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2d6+6 --> [ 2d6=10 ] | {16}
<ProcyonDM> "I can keep it under control, but not quiet."
<ProcyonDM> "I suspect stealth will be useful here."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck"
* Maddox looks around a bit, but doesn't say anything more.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well this armors gonna be a fuckin problem"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hang on dudes"
<ProcyonDM> "Have you learned how to pad your armor?"
* Carmen_Chapman sits down on the ground and takes off a couple of larger modules, rearranging some of them so the padding fits better and is less clunky
<Carmen_Chapman> ((medium mode now))
<Maddox> ((Pretty sure mine is medium.))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((Yeah T2 medium gives +3))
<ProcyonDM> alrighty
<ProcyonDM> "ready to go?"
* Maddox nods again
* Carmen_Chapman stands up
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yup lets do this"
<ProcyonDM> "Alright."
<ProcyonDM> does it turn night on the planets? I might make it night just becuase thats a bit more interesting on a steal mission
<Maddox> Up to you.
<Maddox> I do it with my planets.
<Carmen_Chapman> I think it can turn night depending on whether it's facing Skaia or not
<ProcyonDM> Ok night has fallen
<ProcyonDM> just to make it more inetesting
<Carmen_Chapman> Oooh, night theme time for the Land of Beats and Spectacles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzdNV9fKx00
<ProcyonDM> lit
<ProcyonDM> nightcall
<ProcyonDM> anyway you follow him as he approaches. after a while, it turns from more forested to barren. for a while theres just pebbles and rocks and shurbs on the ground, but soon enormous boulders start to appear.
* Maddox squints, wondering if this is related to his land at all
<ProcyonDM> The boulders become more common and the ground starts to slope upward.
<ProcyonDM> At one point he stops behind a boulder.
<ProcyonDM> "From now on, we go stealthily."
<ProcyonDM> He pulls out of his pack some charcoal.
* Maddox nods
<ProcyonDM> he rubs some on his clothes, and is noticably harder to see
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoa"
<ProcyonDM> "I reccomend you take some
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats like some neXt level shit"
<ProcyonDM> "I dont want to get killed."
* Carmen_Chapman taXe some and rubs it on her armor
<ProcyonDM> "Ive lived too long."
<ProcyonDM> Ok +1 to stealth
<ProcyonDM> for you
* Carmen_Chapman leaves her skin as its already gray
* Maddox rubs it over his exposed skin and on his armor, making the green vader armor look significantly less green and more vader
* Maddox hands back what's left over, after getting the code.
<Maddox> ((because why not?))
<ProcyonDM> "Now, the area is patrolled by some imps, however theyre simply sentries. If they spot you, they sound the alarm and there are several enormous spider monsters I dont eevn know the name of that lurk.
<ProcyonDM> "I got this scar from some poison from the little one's mouth."
<ProcyonDM> he points to a large chemical burn scar on his arm.
<Maddox> "Oh."
<ProcyonDM> "If we go quietly, we can get in and find what treasure might be there."
* Carmen_Chapman nods
* Maddox nods as well
<ProcyonDM> There are several video game staple methods you can use that might help you out here, try to think of them so that we dont have to just roll a dozen stealth checks
<ProcyonDM> Also: lizard guy is silent, he passes all checks
<ProcyonDM> its you civilians who might mess this up
<Maddox> got it.
<Carmen_Chapman> Woohoo
<ProcyonDM> "lets go."
<Carmen_Chapman> Hooray for having no points in stealth haha
<ProcyonDM> He starts to move in.
* Maddox moves slowly and methodically behind him, looking around the area for sentries
<ProcyonDM> After a few minutes of moving from rock to rock, he points int he distance.
<ProcyonDM> On top of a flat, short rock, an imp is sleeping.
* Carmen_Chapman puts on her Pearl Tinted VR to see signatures of where things could be hiding
<ProcyonDM> Its time to move past it, roll your first stealh check
<ProcyonDM> ooh good thought
<ProcyonDM> you see clearly sevearl imps, and more heat signatures farther away you cant make out.
<Carmen_Chapman> This is so appropriate for the item hahaha
<Maddox> !roll 1d20 stealth
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=20 ] | {20}
<Maddox> (( :thumbsup: ))
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 1d20+1 stealth
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=18 ] | {19}
<ProcyonDM> dont hoard those good rolls.
<ProcyonDM> you pass by easily.
<ProcyonDM> carmen, you see two more chatting away in the distance.
<ProcyonDM> the slope conintues to steepen
<ProcyonDM> rocks start to get less common.
<ProcyonDM> up ahead, carmen sees a large mass of heat
<ProcyonDM> make your second stealth check
<Maddox> !roll 1d20
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=18 ] | {18}
<ProcyonDM> also if you fail, you can save it with quick thinking
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 1d20+1 stealth
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=5 ] | {6}
<ProcyonDM> You step on a rock and kick it a bit down the hill
<ProcyonDM> The imps stop talking.
* Carmen_Chapman quickly crouches down low against the ground to try and hide
<ProcyonDM> You hear two short exchanges and they begin to walk towards you
<ProcyonDM> What do you do
<Maddox> How far are they?
<ProcyonDM> 30 seconds walk
<Carmen_Chapman> Telekinesis to make a small noise somewhere else like throwing a rock or something?
<Carmen_Chapman> You're kind of on your own with this, Brennan. Carmen doesn't really have anything in her inventory. :(
<Carmen_Chapman> The cantrip is invisible, right?
<Carmen_Chapman> I don't remember
* Maddox cantrips a rock, knocking it over in the distance.
<Maddox> it is.
<ProcyonDM> They immediately veer and look over there.
<ProcyonDM> Youre safe for now
<ProcyonDM> The lizard is already moving.
* Maddox follows
* Carmen_Chapman follows, looking around occasionally with her goggles to make sure they're not missing anything
<ProcyonDM> There are two more imps up ahead. they seem more observant.
<ProcyonDM> you have a good position, but it appears that they are guarding an entrance to a cave of some kind.
<ProcyonDM> You have to get over there.
* Maddox looks to see how close we could reasonable get.
* Carmen_Chapman looX at MaddoX, pointing at the imps and then looking questioningly at MaddoX
<ProcyonDM> There rae several rocks you could advance to that are about 20 feet away from them, but it'd be hard.
<Maddox> How far are we right now?
<ProcyonDM> maybe 80 feet
<ProcyonDM> plenty far
<ProcyonDM> you can strategize here
* Maddox tilts his head in thoughts, then raises one finger, mouthing "only"
* Carmen_Chapman decatchalogues a couple of baggies of white powder
<Carmen_Chapman> ((thankfully they're on the surface of her sylladex so a bunch of stuff doesn't dump out))
* Maddox raises his eyebrows, but then nods excitedly.
* Maddox whispers "I can get that over to them."
* Carmen_Chapman points at the powders then tilts her head to the side pretending to me passed out
* Maddox continues, "How much would they need to ingest?"
<Carmen_Chapman> ((she doesn't actually know for sure what these do, but they're the ones she found by the passed out imp in the love tunnel pyramid))
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
* Carmen_Chapman opens one of the baggies and carefully sniffs the air inside
<ProcyonDM> did
<ProcyonDM> did you eat some
<ProcyonDM> ingest
<Carmen_Chapman> ((is it something recognizable?))
<ProcyonDM> snort some
<ProcyonDM> its just straight heroin
<Carmen_Chapman> ((no, just smelled the bag))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((okay so Carmen would recognize that))
* Carmen_Chapman shuts the bag suddenly, eyes wide
* Carmen_Chapman mouths *holy shit*
* Carmen_Chapman holds up her fingers and gestures a smidge pinch thing
* Maddox nods, picking up a few grains in two telekinetic instances each
* Maddox does a thumbs up? thumbs down? gesture
* Carmen_Chapman grins
* Carmen_Chapman points to the bag, picking up a bit more powder, gesturing to MaddoX
* Maddox collects a bit more powder in both instances
* Maddox repeats the gesture
* Carmen_Chapman grins, nodding again
* Maddox moves the two instances, almost invisible in the darkness, towards the imps, focusing.
* Maddox waits until they both have their mouths open, and then shoves the powder down their throats.
<ProcyonDM> They look at each other a bit, then drop.
<ProcyonDM> The lizard looks concerned, then you guys can head in.
* Maddox smiles, lettings the instances dissolve
* Carmen_Chapman points to the two imps then makes a throat cutting gesture questioningly
* Maddox nods
* Maddox slices their heads off using an OG axe, so there isn't any hum
<ProcyonDM> Nope as you guys are walking over, one of them pops
<ProcyonDM> the other pops soon after
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out an aXe, sneaking up to the cave entrance, then puts it away upon seeing them die
<ProcyonDM> They OD'd on the fuckton of heroin you gave them
<ProcyonDM> The cave entrance beckons
* Carmen_Chapman sneaX over to the grist, wary of additional monster signatures
<ProcyonDM> The titachnids are unmoved
<Carmen_Chapman> ((titachnids? where?))
<ProcyonDM> you saw the in the distance in your gogles
<ProcyonDM> you get the grist and move in
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 2d20+20 build grist
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2d20+20 --> [ 2d20=19 ] | {39}
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 2d2 T1 chance
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2d2 --> [ 2d2=3 ] | {3}
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 2d8 T1 grist
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 2d8 --> [ 2d8=13 ] | {13}
<ProcyonDM> the heroin advances a rung on the echelladder to the rank of "fentanyl, scourge of the american poor"
<ProcyonDM> that was kind of dark
<ProcyonDM> but whatever
<Carmen_Chapman> Haha
* Carmen_Chapman gestures for the other two to come up to the cave upon not seeing any monster signatures
<Maddox> lol
* Maddox follows
<ProcyonDM> nothing in the cave
* Carmen_Chapman moves fowards with the group slowly
<ProcyonDM> no signatures i mean
<ProcyonDM> You all enter the cave, i assume
<ProcyonDM> "I'll stand watch here."
* Maddox nods
<ProcyonDM> Ok you guys start walking down.
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs, heading further in with MaddoX
<ProcyonDM> its a mineshaft type corridor.
<ProcyonDM> its hot, and after a while of walking, carmen's googles just become totally red
<ProcyonDM> its not like there someone, more like theres a big heat source
* Carmen_Chapman taXe the goggles off in annoyance
* Maddox murmurs, "It's getting warm."
* Carmen_Chapman nods
<ProcyonDM> You continue to walk, until theres a door made of of black steel
<ProcyonDM> you can barely see it in the dim
* Maddox stretches his fingers, ready to react at a moment's notice
<Carmen_Chapman> ((has there been anything they've seen in the tunnel so far?))
<ProcyonDM> Nope
<ProcyonDM> nothing
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out a flashlight, looking questioningly at MaddoX
* Maddox says, under his breath, "I don't trust this place."
<ProcyonDM> The door beckons
* Maddox opens the door with his cantrip
<ProcyonDM> It swings open easily. Theres a red light coming out of the room
* Maddox enters cautiously
<ProcyonDM> Inside is a pretty large cavern, the size of a football field
<ProcyonDM> Front and center is a cauldron of lava, with stairs up to it
<ProcyonDM> it bubbles
* Maddox whispers, "Sketchy."
* Carmen_Chapman mouths *whoooooa*
* Carmen_Chapman puts the flashlight away
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out her phone and taXe a couple quick photos of the cavern, ensuring the flash is off
<ProcyonDM> Its quiet inside
* Maddox approaches the stairs, very carefully, checking each step.
* Carmen_Chapman puts her phone away, following MaddoX
<ProcyonDM> Theyre all cut into the rock, and are solid
<ProcyonDM> The final step puts you just above the rim of the cauldron
* Carmen_Chapman looks around the cavern for monsters or anything else hiding around
<ProcyonDM> its not hot
<ProcyonDM> There is nothing
* Maddox frowns
<Maddox> "I feel like we're missing something."
<ProcyonDM> The caulron bubbles
<ProcyonDM> it swirls, mesmerizing, and you both cant help but look at it
* Carmen_Chapman puts on her Pearl goggles again to check things out and see if its hot
<ProcyonDM> it is, but you feel none of the heat.
* Maddox decaptcalogues a lunchable
* Carmen_Chapman puts the goggles away
* Maddox telekinetically lowers it into the lava, then raises it again, checking for heat damage.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Weird"
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX hot"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Doesnt feel hot"
<ProcyonDM> Nothing
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaaaaaa"
<ProcyonDM> no damage i mean
<Maddox> "Weird...."
* Maddox empties the lunchable's container, filling it with lava instead. He captchalogues it.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can you telekinesis round inside the pot n see if you can grab anything in there?"
<Maddox> "Sure."
<ProcyonDM> the lava doesnt stay in the lava
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe somethings hidin inside"
<ProcyonDM> lunchable
<ProcyonDM> fuck im getting tired
* Maddox telekinetically picks up the lava, carrying a baseball-sized chunk into the air.
<ProcyonDM> once you dip your instance in, it become kind of numb
<ProcyonDM> you cant feel it at all
<Maddox> "It just nullified my telekinesis?"
* Maddox looks very concerned
* Carmen_Chapman hovers her hand over the surface of the lava, feeling the air
<ProcyonDM> its cool
<ProcyonDM> It draws you in like a magnet
<ProcyonDM> it takes a serious effort not to dip your hand in
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whooooa"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Suckin my hand in"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats fuckin weird"
<Maddox> "This is really suspicous."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I wanna poke it"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Didnt feel hot"
<Maddox> "It's lava!"
* Maddox looks around the chamber for anything else in the room
<Carmen_Chapman> "Didnt feel hot though!"
<ProcyonDM> nothing but rocks
* Maddox frowns
<Maddox> "Be careful, if you do. Please."
* Carmen_Chapman grins
<Carmen_Chapman> "I thought u were gonna say no!"
* Maddox laughs quietly
* Carmen_Chapman tries to quickly poke and withdraw her finger from the edge of the cauldron so it's inside for a short moment
<Maddox> "What good would that do?"
<ProcyonDM> no more talking
<ProcyonDM> Maddox, your knees buckle
<ProcyonDM> theres a blindign light and you pass out
<ProcyonDM> Carmen does not
<ProcyonDM> Carmen, you feel incredibly warm… and calm. Before you can react to what's happening, you see in front of you your sprite, stepping out of the lava. It flashes and pulses in mesmerizing shapes, standing regally in front of you. It is not unsteady, it looks straight at you, deep into your eyes. It does not speak, but you understand it.
<ProcyonDM> “You were not meant to have this. This was not your burden to carry. This land is barren, but we must make it bear everything. It is vital. You must not fail, nor will you. Your knight and you will prevail.”
<Maddox> (( :O ))
<ProcyonDM> Your eyes move without instruction and you are looking into the sky, through the rock and through the clouds. You see the spirograph, always watching, never revealing why. The beat falls in time with your heart and you see things you have never seen before, but knowing these things gives you comfort like welcoming back a long lost brother.
<ProcyonDM> You see space. The stars are not there, but you know they're on their way. Out of darkness they grow and you see one out of the trillions. It has a solar system and planets. It's not yours, but you love it like you do your children. On it are aliens who you can’t quite describe, but know that you’ve loved them for lifetimes. Maddox is there, they all are. You see all the members of your session, even those long, long lost. Those who are gone are falling, but they did so much for us all. You know you will get there, but you don't know where there is. You know that there doesn't exist.
<ProcyonDM> Your eyes refocus. You’re still there, in that cave, but the lava is hot.
<ProcyonDM> You know who awaits you, her heart beating and her lungs breathing life into this world.
<ProcyonDM> behind you, the lizard runs in, shouting, but stops when he sees you
<ProcyonDM> You come to fully
<ProcyonDM> As does maddox
<ProcyonDM> continue
* Maddox grits his teeth, picking himself up the floor, his vision shortly clearing
* Carmen_Chapman stumbles backwards
<Carmen_Chapman> "holy shit what the fuck"
* Maddox suddenly realizes the lava is hot, and moves backwards, despite not fully seeing yet.
<ProcyonDM> "Get out here! QUick... so-something happened!!
<Maddox> "What happened? Psychic lava?"
* Maddox stumbles into a run, descending to the floor of the cavern, glad to be away from the lava
<ProcyonDM> The lziard beckons you outside, babbling
* Maddox checks behind him for Carmen
* Carmen_Chapman tries to get to her feet
<Carmen_Chapman> "W..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats going on?"
<ProcyonDM> Your mind feels muddy, but your body is more strong than ever before
<Maddox> "Let's go!"
* Maddox is in full panic mode, having lost conciousness and then told to run
* Carmen_Chapman tries to run and follow them, even though she's not really fully comprehending what's going on
<ProcyonDM> You exit the door and finally appraoch the end of the cave... to light
<ProcyonDM> Its day
<ProcyonDM> Skaia high above shines upon you
<ProcyonDM> The imps are gone
* Carmen_Chapman mumbles and stutters
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wh--- the f-fuck?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I...."
<ProcyonDM> At the entrance, while mesmerized by the day, you fail to notice something on the ground
<Carmen_Chapman> "The hells goin on?"
<ProcyonDM> It notices you though
<ProcyonDM> you hear a croak
* Carmen_Chapman squints in the light, looking down
<ProcyonA> ok so you see a frog
<Carmen_Chapman> "......"
<Carmen_Chapman> "what"
* Maddox blinks, mostly because of the light.
* Carmen_Chapman shields her eyes
<Carmen_Chapman> "How come I cant fuckin see anythin???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck my head hurts"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The hells goin on lizard dude?????"
<ProcyonA> "I... dont know"
<Maddox> "So why are we running!?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur freakin out bout somethin dude!!!"
<ProcyonA> "Well just look!"
<ProcyonA> He points towards the fields, and one entire section has changed to a writhing, hopping mass of frogs.
<ProcyonA> You also see the sprite just chilling
* Maddox finally sees, looking on the mass of frogs in fear and a small amount of disgust.
* Maddox grimaces
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatre u talkin bout???"
* Carmen_Chapman squints, trying to concentrate
<Carmen_Chapman> "OH"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats that shit???"
<ProcyonA> "...frogs"
* Maddox grits his teeth.
<Maddox> "Frogs."
<Maddox> "A giant, writhing mass of frogs."
<Carmen_Chapman> "wat"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where the fuck did they all come from????"
<Maddox> "I don't know!"
<ProcyonA> "Me neither."
<ProcyonA> "What happened to the corn"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Is that... Bambimom over there?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I g--g.... gotta figure somethin out with her"
<Maddox> "Yeah. I think so."
* Carmen_Chapman stumbles down the hillside towards her sprite, still trying to adjust to the bright light instead of nighttime
<ProcyonA> Its currently laying on the ground just outside the frogs
* Carmen_Chapman heads over to her sprite
<Carmen_Chapman> "That u Bambimom???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatre u doin out here?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The fuX goin on??????"
<ProcyonA> "I just was teleported here, and that is quite a story"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Really????"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Tell us!!"
<ProcyonA> "It appears the forge was just lit and youve been assigned the job of space player"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im kinda trippin out here n I need to hear some stuff that maXe sense"
<ProcyonA> she sounds much more lucid than ususal
<Carmen_Chapman> "That doesnt make sense dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U still high outta ur mind??"
<ProcyonA> "well thats gonna be few and far between, and no I'm not for some reason"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet"
* Carmen_Chapman waves over to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cmon dude stuff goin down!!!"
* Maddox follows Carmen down.
<ProcyonA> "who here likes frogs?"
<ProcyonA> she raises a hoof a bit
* Carmen_Chapman bolts a hand up in the air
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre so bouncy!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Jus like this whole fuckin planet!"
* Carmen_Chapman grins
<ProcyonA> they do seem to be hopping in time with the beat
<ProcyonA> "well youre gonna not"
<ProcyonA> "you gotta breed them"
* Maddox nods sadly.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Huh??"
<Maddox> "That many frogs... hopefully we get a more manageable quantity?"
<ProcyonA> "What do you mean? THere are far more than this"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoa peeps hang on"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im not gettin any a this"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Bambimom were u in the lava or somethin???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U said some shit to me n it was like amazing but its like I was just drippin on magic lava or some shit"
<ProcyonA> "no but i bet you saw me right"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Howd u know?"
<ProcyonA> "yeah thats just me in your mind"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U were in my head???"
<Maddox> "Wait what? I just fell unconscious for a bit."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I was like flyin through space n shit it was sooooooo crazy!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Musta been a hellavu cocktail u made Bambimom!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I didnt know u were like psychic n shit!"
<ProcyonA> "that wasnt me actually."
* Carmen_Chapman looX very confused
<ProcyonA> "what was skiaia playing through you and using my image"
* Carmen_Chapman shaXe her head
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur just bein more n more confusing!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The hells that sposed to mean?"
<ProcyonA> "sorry bud this is confusing"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats Skaiayaia-however-u-say-it?"
<ProcyonA> "Skaia is that thing up there"
<ProcyonA> it poitns its hoof to the sky at skaia
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cool so whys it tryin to blind us know when it was like totes night????"
* Maddox Remembering how we snuck in, looks around for any of the monsters we were avoiding
<ProcyonA> "Its notr trying to blind you, its just making you see stuff. thats a difficult proccess"
<ProcyonA> The mostners are gone
* Maddox turns to Carmen.
<Maddox> "So you had a vision, and now we're supposed to raise frogs?"
* Maddox turns to the sprite
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno!!!"
<Maddox> "Right?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Trippy space Bambimom didnt say anythin bout frogs!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just that like...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hmm lemme try n remember"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This land is like dead or barren or somethin n we gotta make it not"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh yeah!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats that mean Bambimom that sounds sweeeeet!!!"
<ProcyonA> "Actually youve already got one"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Am I gonna get someone I can like boss around??"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats what knights are for right???"
<ProcyonA> "ideally not but hes gonna help you"
<Carmen_Chapman> "They like charge off n do stuff for u?"
<ProcyonA> "While you breed frogs to create the genesis frog"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Am I gonna be a queen or somethin????"
* Maddox realizes what this might mean, and looks down.
<ProcyonA> "no to be exact i thintk you're a..."
<ProcyonA> "a seer?"
<ProcyonA> "yeah a seer"
<Maddox> (( :O ))
<Carmen_Chapman> "The fuX that sposed to mean?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "That sounds laaaaaame"
<ProcyonA> "not at all!"
<Carmen_Chapman> ((plot reveal dun dun dun))
<ProcyonA> ((yep, fuck stepping around it)
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats it mean then if its not lame???"
<Maddox> "I mean, some seers from fiction could see things really far away, or know really useful stuff."
<Maddox> "Didn't do a whole lot of fighting though."
* Maddox makes a :/ face
<ProcyonA> "yeah you know plenty of stuff"
<ProcyonA> "what you know you'll find out later"
<Maddox> "That doesn't make any sense."
<ProcyonA> "ask your friend the denizen, the heartbeat of the land"
<Maddox> "How could Carmen know things that she doesn't know?"
<ProcyonA> "no i mean youll soon be able to see lots of things"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im so confused!!!"
<ProcyonA> "fuck the lucidity is wearing off."
<Carmen_Chapman> "K hurry then"
<ProcyonA> "Keep going, and everything will make more sense"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck this seer thing for now"
<ProcyonA> It passes out
<Carmen_Chapman> "Tell us--"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Welp"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Never mind"
<Maddox> "It's funny. Your bambimom, even drugged, is way more useful than my wooden fork thing."
<Maddox> "If not vague."
<ProcyonA> probably beause its a fork
<Maddox> "Assuming that the whole frog thing wasn't just a fever dream."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well theres like a fuckton of frogs over there!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ive never seen so many frogs!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what the fuck were sposed to do with this breeding shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Or the knight thing!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Breeding sounds kinda gross!!!"
<ProcyonA> ((im goign to be the lizard again))
<Maddox> "Seriously!"
<ProcyonA> "I agree"
* Maddox telekinetically picks up a single frog.
<ProcyonA> It squirms a bit
* Maddox squints, checking if there is anything out of the ordinary about these frogs.
* Maddox picks a second one up for comparison.
<ProcyonA> Nope, not on frist glance
* Maddox drops both back on the pile.
<Maddox> "I think we leave this."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like frogs are sweet"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But the fuck am I sposed to do with a mountain of frogs???"
<ProcyonA> "breed them, apparently"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres no way n hell Im goin swimming in there for some frog seX!!!"
<Maddox> "screw that!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats like the perfect prank!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im not doin somethin crazy n gross for like no reason dude"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno even how like frog seX even worX"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Biologys hard!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I kinda failed that class"
<Maddox> "I would assume its like regular... yeah. Let's just leave."
<ProcyonA> "Didnt it say the denizen might know"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah I guess?"
<Maddox> "The heart of the land or whatever? Maybe?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is hard!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Howm I sposed to know shit??"
<Maddox> "To be fair, your sprite is high."
<Maddox> "Could be totally wrong."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im like.. the *last* person u want to be keeping track of ur facts!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "If like the two of us were gonna be a seer or some shit to know a buncha complicated magicky shit, ur already doin like a whole lot fuckin more than I can!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur smart! N magic with mind powers!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe she was getting us confused cuz she was high"
* Maddox tilts his head
<Maddox> "Maybe. That doesn't seem very likely though."
<Maddox> "We don't look too alike."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Drugs dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Spose u dont really know but whatevs"
<Carmen_Chapman> "MaXe more sense to me than me bein a magic knowitall!"
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> "That makes sense."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who the fuck knows"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont"
* Maddox turns back to the lizard.
* Carmen_Chapman laughs
<Maddox> "Well, any idea where the heart is?"
<Maddox> "You mentioned something about other sections earlier."
<ProcyonA> "yeha we've gotta go into the third section"
<ProcyonA> "I can take you to the portal, but I havent gone through."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh yeah!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We were gonna go through the gate by my house or somethin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Right?"
<Maddox> "Oh yeah! and some kind of shortcut."
* Maddox turns to the lizard
<Maddox> "Is that the portal you're talking about?"
<ProcyonA> "I believe so."
<ProcyonA> "we may be thinnking of differnet portals though. THere are multiple here"
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> "Can you take us there?"
* Maddox turns back to Carmen
<Maddox> "If you're fine with going."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sounds good to me"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Anythins better than a frog orgy"
<Maddox> "Seriously."
* Maddox turns back to the lizard
<Maddox> "Let's go."
* Carmen_Chapman nods, following
<ProcyonA> So you return to the first portal to Carmen's house?
<ProcyonA> "This is it."
<Maddox> "Alright. Thanks for your help."
* Maddox smiles
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet"
<Maddox> "We made it in and out!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno how!"
<Maddox> "Me neither!"
<ProcyonA> "Hopefull what comes next isnt as confusing for you, but this is where I leave you"
* Maddox raises the hand for the high five.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Balancin over stinky fish shit, sneakin round at night, knowin n keeping track of a buncha info.... this game just keeps makin me do all the shit Im bad at!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Glad we had ur help lizard dude"
<ProcyonA> "THank you for helping clear this land."
<ProcyonA> "Now this land might be farmed"
<Maddox> "Hopefully! You deserve it.
* Maddox puts his hand down.
<ProcyonA> "thank you."
<ProcyonA> oh i missed tha tlol
<ProcyonA> he slaps it
* Maddox turns around, and steps into the gate.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Peace, dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Try n have some fun"
* Carmen_Chapman follows MaddoX
<ProcyonA> You guys teleport back home using the return node
* Maddox , arriving on the other side, yawns.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whew"
<Carmen_Chapman> "That was fuckin weird"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Maddox> "Yeah! You had a vision, I fell unconcious, and your sprite decided frogs were happening."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Did u see anythin when u passed out?"
<ProcyonA> nope
* Maddox frowns
<ProcyonA> just to clarify
<Maddox> "No, I was out."
<Maddox> "That's an interesting thought though."
<Maddox> "If I was knocked out long enough, would I wake up on the gold planet?"
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hell if I know"
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> "Well, I think I'm ready to turn in. I don't think I'll be able to fight well without rest."
<Maddox> "And who knows what's on the other side of that portal!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah I guess"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U need some rest then?"
<Maddox> "You're not tired?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Nope!!!"
<Maddox> "Wow."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im not gonna like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Go by myself though"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So u can chill out bout that dude"
* Maddox smiles
<Maddox> "Even if you did go, you could probably handle it with your giant flaming chainsaw of death, along with your war bellows."
* Maddox attempts to hug Carmen
* Carmen_Chapman smiles
* Carmen_Chapman hugs back
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what Im gonna do if u go to sleep n I dont"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe Ill just like lay down anyways or somethin"
<Maddox> "Hm. I'll let you know when I wake up."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Could go check out Eyepatch n see how the circus village s doin"
<Maddox> "Oh yeah! Go for it."
* Maddox heads upstairs to the bedroom he slept in last time.
* Carmen_Chapman waves as MaddoX heads upstairs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im gonna go on a quick walk down the hill to the village"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Be back in a bit after u feel better?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just wanna stretch my legs n stuff"
<Maddox> "No problem."
* Maddox heads upstairs and to sleep.
* Carmen_Chapman heads down the hill on Myke to the village to quickly check on Eyepatch
* Maddox wakes back up after whatever happens with Carmen.
<ProcyonA> He's doing fine, the village is circusing all over th place
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sup dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hows the village doin???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX sweet!"
<ProcyonA> He tells you its diong quite well, theyre still rebuilding, but its good.
<ProcyonA> The kid who won is close by him
<Carmen_Chapman> "MaddoXs takin a nap so I wanted to say hi real quick"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U can say stuff u didnt wanna say in front of him hahaha!"
* Carmen_Chapman pats the kid on the back
<Carmen_Chapman> "Good work kid"
<ProcyonA> he says its not like he didnt like maddox
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hey Im not gonna judge!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I didnt wanna assume anythin u know"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Anythin we can help with later after MaddoX gets up?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U can think bout it if u need n we can come back later!"
<ProcyonA> He says he cant htinkn of anyting now, but thanks.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Have some curse-free fun!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well be back to see some fuckin sweet performances"
* Carmen_Chapman grins
<ProcyonA> he thnaks you and wabes goodbye, grinning toothily
* Carmen_Chapman heads back up the hill to go home
* Carmen_Chapman comforts Myke on the way, apologizing for being gone so long
* Carmen_Chapman hops off Myke when she gets home, going inside to make a big pile of food
* Carmen_Chapman alchemizes some duplicates of the bacon in the freezer
* Carmen_Chapman cooX up the bacon along with some mashed potatoes, maple syrup, and toasted acorns, waiting for MaddoX to get up
<ProcyonA> do bison eat meat
<ProcyonA> oh wait not for myke
<ProcyonA> carry on
* Maddox wakes up, not too much later.
* Maddox does morning routine, then comes downstairs.
<Maddox> "Morning? I guess? I feel a lot better now."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Nice!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Made some food"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hope ur hungry"
<Maddox> "Thanks!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im starvin so even if ur not Im gonna eat!!"
* Maddox eats a portion of the prepared food.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hope u like acorns"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre kinda a thing back home"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ember thought they were really fuckin weird soundin though so I guess not everyone eats them???"
<Maddox> "Yeah. That's not a thing I think."
<Maddox> "Almonds and Walnuts, but not acorns."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dont eat em if u dont wanna"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just do what u like"
* Carmen_Chapman smiles
* Maddox tries an acorn
<Maddox> ((These are bitter or no?))
<ProcyonA> probably
* Maddox swallows it, but says,
<Maddox> "It's a bit bitter I think. Probably an aquired taste."
* Maddox avoids eating acorns for the rest of the meal.
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "I like em in my potatoes"
* Carmen_Chapman sprinkles some on her potatoes, mixing them in
* Carmen_Chapman finishes up her food
* Maddox finishes his food as well.
<Maddox> "Well, we ready to continue?"
<Maddox> "We got more portals to try!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yup!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman rearranges her armor, attaching a couple extra modules to put it back into heavy mode
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ready to go!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U need anythin else?"
<Maddox> "Don't think so!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet"
<ProcyonA> so are you guys oign
<Carmen_Chapman> "Time to climb some stairs!"
<Maddox> "Yup."
* Maddox checks his sylladex, then heads up the tall staircase.
<ProcyonA> its quite a climb.
<Maddox> "Well, here we go!"
* Maddox goes through.
<ProcyonA> This land is barren. It doesnt make sense, as there is sun, you see a lake in the distance, and there is short grass around.
<ProcyonA> you're there for just a bit before you get it, when the beat kicks in
<ProcyonA> The entire land shakes
<Maddox> "Woah."
<ProcyonA> would either of you have bene in an earthquake? becuase thats what it feels like
<ProcyonA> and every second or so
<Maddox> Maddox hasn't, but I've OOC seen videos.
<Maddox> "That... sounds close. And Scary."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dang!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is AWESOME!!!!"
<Maddox> "That's one way to put it!"
<Maddox> "We got this though. Let's find out where it is."
<Carmen_Chapman> "The grounds fuckin MOVING!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lizard guy said somethin bout a giant circus"
<Maddox> "Let's walk then, and see if we can figure out where this shaking is coming from."
<ProcyonA> from this pov, there deosnt seemt o be any giant circuses
* Maddox tries to get any kind of directional on the noise
* Carmen_Chapman frowns
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wheres all the peeps???"
<ProcyonA> its directly ahead of you
<ProcyonA> btw ni the distance, you see cracks in the groun
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoooooooa"
<Maddox> "Oh."
<Maddox> "Well, that answers the 'where' question."
<Maddox> "Now we're on the 'what' bit. Mostly the 'how big' bit."
* Maddox heads towards the noise.
<Maddox> ((I assume it will be a decent walk.))
<ProcyonA> You move on, and feel the shaking get slowly harder
<ProcyonA> finally, you reach the first crack.
<ProcyonA> you guys know those like archaeology cross sectoisn where you seebones and fossils from various times?
<Maddox> ((Did Carmen follow?))
<Maddox> Yeah.
<ProcyonA> a bit below the ground, you see where the carnival went. just below the surface, maybe 5 feet, you see carts that used to sell food buried under the dirt on the ground
<ProcyonA> a ways away, you see grist buried.
<Carmen_Chapman> ((yeah she followed))
<Maddox> "Oh No."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoooooooooaaaaaa"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Look at all that grist!!!"
<Maddox> "What happened to the lizards that manned those carts?!"
<ProcyonA> int he distance, you see the skeleton of a ferris wheel half buried sticking out from the ground
<Carmen_Chapman> "U think there were peeps there when all this got buried?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Looks like a fossil dig or somethin!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "A circus fossil dig!!!!"
<ProcyonA> theres grist, so it doesnt look good for the people
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe we can find some fuckin ancient circus artifaX or somethin!"
<Maddox> "I guess? Not much we can do about them now."
* Maddox tries pulling up on one of the carts with 40lbs of lift.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Bout who?"
<Maddox> "These lizards. The skeletons."
<ProcyonA> its buried but you can manage to pry it out and into the crack.
<ProcyonA> after that its too heavy and it falls into the crack
<Maddox> How far does it fall?
<ProcyonA> maybe 40 feet, then it gets stuck
<ProcyonA> because the crack is too thin
<ProcyonA> btw this thing is pretty wide
<ProcyonA> like a solid 20-30 feet
<ProcyonA> its not far to get around it though
* Maddox goes around it to the half-buried ferris wheel.
<Maddox> "I wonder what exactly caused this."
<ProcyonA> how close are tou guys getting to the edge?
<Maddox> I was probably within 5 feet so I could pull something up.
<ProcyonA> oh yeah roll dex to not stumble
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where u goin? Whats over there?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh theres a ferris wheel!"
<Maddox> !roll 1d20
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=9 ] | {9}
<ProcyonA> yeah youre fine
<Maddox> "Yeah!"
<ProcyonA> the rumbling continues to get worse as you continue on
* Maddox gets close to the ferris wheel.
* Carmen_Chapman walks around the crack to follow MaddoX, steering clear of the crack
<Carmen_Chapman> "Waaaaaait....."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lizard dude said somethin bout a ferris wheel!"
<Maddox> "Oh yeah. I don't remember what though."
<Carmen_Chapman> "This isnt the circus he was talkin bout was it???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its all covered in dirt!!!!"
<ProcyonA> You realize it was, but the entire thing has been buried
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuuuuuuck"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its like a giant fuckin landslide or somethin!!"
<Maddox> "Landslide? It's like this bit of land decided to get a divorce from itself!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats that volcano thing where the city got rekt by ash???"
<Maddox> "Pompei or something?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah that!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its like that!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "AAAH!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "You think theres like lizard peeps buried in here!?!?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lizard guy said this was like SWARMING with tons a peeps!!!"
<Maddox> "Maybe! But that skeleton looks old... it's been a while since this started!"
<Maddox> "What if this is the sort of thing that happened to my planet?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lizard guy said he came here a bunch!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "How are we sposed to know whats down there???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "There could be dyin peeps!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree, rifling through the leaves worriedly
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got anythin to dig or like get peeps out???"
<Maddox> "Nothing but my axes!"
* Maddox looks concerned now.
<Maddox> "ANYONE DOWN THERE?"
<ProcyonA> No one responds.
* Carmen_Chapman frowns
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh!"
* Carmen_Chapman picks a leaf and puts on her Pearl Tinted VR
* Carmen_Chapman scans around to see if there are any heat signatures anywhere
<ProcyonA> None.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont see anythin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What do we do now???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is horrible!"
<ProcyonA> The wind blows, the rest of the land silent.
<Maddox> "We go and see if this was natural, or some giant monster."
<Maddox> "and if it's the later..."
<Maddox> "we kill it."
<Maddox> "That's seemed to work so far."
* Maddox makes a :/ face.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah I guess....."
<Maddox> "We can't revive the dead. Not without crazy game circle traitor guide stuff, anyway."
<Maddox> "Hopefully they all ran."
<Maddox> "And this isn't a mass grave."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Were sposed to be find some kinda passage to the center but howre we sposed to do that when everything is buried n dead!!!"
<Maddox> "Lets follow the noise."
* Carmen_Chapman nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "Imma start at the ferris wheel"
* Carmen_Chapman heads over to the ferris wheel
* Maddox follows
<ProcyonA> Its suprisngly intact
<ProcyonA> nothing has fallen apart, its just totally dirty
<ProcyonA> it looks like someone just dropped a bunch of dirt on it
* Carmen_Chapman looX puzzled
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whered all this dirt come from???"
<Maddox> "The crack?"
* Carmen_Chapman looX around for something in the air or large hills around
<Maddox> "Was there some kind of massive amount of telekinetic dirt movement or something?"
<ProcyonA> by the wya the mini earthquakes have gotten strogner and stronger
<Maddox> as we move, right?
<ProcyonA> as you advanced
<ProcyonA> yep
<Maddox> "There's something ahead."
<Maddox> "There has to be."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets see what it is"
* Maddox keeps moving towards the noise and shaking.
<ProcyonA> and the land has some hills in the distance, butnothign that wuold suggest massive telekenisis
<Carmen_Chapman> "Careful for the craX n stuff!"
<Maddox> "Yup!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Those movies n shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "CraX openin up everywhere!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno if thats how earthquaXe aXually work though...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dont get many of em up north"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Still!!!!"
<Maddox> "I'll be careful!"
* Maddox continues towards the noise.
* Carmen_Chapman follows, looking around for the river the lizard guy mentioned
<ProcyonA> you cant find a river, but you do eventauly find a small ravine, not a crack but just a depression in a long line
<ProcyonA> its damp in the bottom
<Maddox> "Weird. I thought it was supposed to be a river?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Shitton of dirt fell from the sky dude"
<Maddox> ((Do we have to cross it, or is it parallel to our path?))
<Maddox> "Yeah, but I assumed it was ground level."
<ProcyonA> you have to cross it
<Maddox> How wide is it?
<ProcyonA> maybe 30 feet
<ProcyonA> but its not super deep and its walkable
<Maddox> "I don't really want to go down there."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Which way do u think the thumpins comin from?"
<Maddox> "Ahead."
<Maddox> "Here, climb on my back."
<Maddox> "Wait, hm."
<Maddox> "Maybe not."
<Maddox> "I think I can make that gap."
<ProcyonA> youre trying to jump it??
<ProcyonA> just watlk across it
<Maddox> Across the gap? oh, it's not deep.
<Maddox> How deep is it?
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont wanna get on ur back I can walk myself!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U think its across the river thingy??"
<ProcyonA> theres an initial 5~ foot drop, then it slopes down to a total of about 15 feet deep
<Carmen_Chapman> "Looks safe enough to me lets just go!"
<Maddox> ((thought by too deep you meant like 50 lol))
<Maddox> "Yeah, let's go down. Probably will be stable enough."
* Maddox crosses.
* Carmen_Chapman crosses as well, running across the valley to try and hop up on the other side
<ProcyonA> you guys both have no problem, but youre muddy now
* Maddox brushes all the mud he can off both of them, telekinetically
<Carmen_Chapman> "ThanX"
<Maddox> "No problem."
* Maddox turns back towards the noise.
<Maddox> "Let's keep going."
<ProcyonA> ok at this point, its a bit difficult to stay up when the beat shakes the ground
<ProcyonA> if you look at the ground closely, you see dirt kicked up in the air about a centimeter
<Carmen_Chapman> "The grounds like a big fuckin trampoline!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Geez!"
<Maddox> "Is this a giant, broken drum or something? Made of Dirt?!"
* Maddox continues, stabilizing them both the best he can telekinetically.
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is sooo weird!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "It feels like some sorta fucked up trip!"
<ProcyonA> The ground is now completely devoid of everything, no grass, no cracks, no nothing
<Carmen_Chapman> "Magine this MaddoX but like in ur house but nothins aXually shakin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats how it gets sometimes when u get all tremors n shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just feels like it is"
<Maddox> "Oh wow."
* Maddox stares out at the empty field of shaking dirt.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Howre we sposed to find a passage in this shit?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "LooX just like dirt to me!"
<Maddox> "I don't know. We just follow the noise and keep on getting back up!"
<Maddox> "Maybe we'll find something covered in dirt over there or something?"
* Maddox gets into the habit of covering his ears every beat
<ProcyonA> you continue walking and on the horizon you see a small hill tht isnt shaking
* Maddox squints, trying to confirm this lack of shaking
<ProcyonA> you can vaguely tell it isnt
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats that thing over there?"
* Carmen_Chapman puts on her Pearl Tinted VR
<ProcyonA> there are no life forms, but you find a zoom function and see theres a staircase going down into a hole at the top of the hil
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres stairs!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman runs over towards the hill to get a closer look
* Maddox follows at a brisk pace, trying not to fall over
<ProcyonA> you guys each stumble at least
<ProcyonA> once
<ProcyonA> once you get to the hill, it is legitmately hard to stay up, but the hill alone is still
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats fuckin weird!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This s gotta be it!"
* Maddox takes a bit to get used to his not-earthquake legs
<Maddox> "Yeah!"
<ProcyonA> on top of the hil, tehre is a well tyoe hole with marble stairs going down in a spiral on the sides
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wow"
<Carmen_Chapman> "That looX deep"
* Maddox looks down the staircase
<Maddox> "Yeah. Something important has gotta be down there."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im glad this isnt shaking right now"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets see whats down there!"
<ProcyonA> you can see the bottom pretty far down, more marble
* Carmen_Chapman starts descending the stairs
<ProcyonA> you succeed in goign
* Maddox and Carmen: Descend
<ProcyonA> As soon as you step off the hill, it starts shaking too
<Carmen_Chapman> "S like it was waitin for us or somethin...."
<ProcyonA> after the last of you steps down a step, the one before shakes na falls from the wall and shatters on the ground below
<Maddox> "Oh no."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhh"
* Maddox starts descending more quickly
<Carmen_Chapman> "Guess were not goin back that way"
<Maddox> "Let's not die here?"
<Maddox> "Yeah!"
* Carmen_Chapman continues descending
<ProcyonA> You rech the bottom in a huge pile of crumbled marble
<ProcyonA> Theres a path lit by torches, lined with marble bricks with geometric designs.
<ProcyonA> it goes abotu 40 feet until it ends with a set of heavy iron doors
<Carmen_Chapman> "This looks sooo cool!"
* Carmen_Chapman punches MaddoX's arm
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can u believe this???"
<Maddox> "Yeah! This is crazy!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Were goin in a like underground castle dungeon fancy place!"
* Maddox checks all his Axes are perfectly summonable, and verifies the contents of his sylladex.
<Maddox> "Yep! If this is anything like a video game, we're about to fight a lot of things."
<Maddox> "Let's go!"
* Maddox tries to push open the doors.
* Carmen_Chapman heads off down the hallway
<ProcyonA> Maddox is unable to open the doors
<Carmen_Chapman> "They dont open?"
* Maddox frowns slightly.
* Maddox tries to pull open the doors
* Carmen_Chapman looX through her Pearl glasses (which I'm just going to say she keeps on)
<ProcyonA> They cant go through the doors
<ProcyonA> they dont pull open either for maddox
<Maddox> "No..."
* Maddox looks around for some kind of switch or puzzle.
<ProcyonA> There isnt any.
<Carmen_Chapman> "The doors block these glasses!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "They stuck?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets try pushing together real hard!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe we can each push on a door"
<Maddox> "Sounds good!"
* Maddox braces against the left door.
* Carmen_Chapman goes to the right and starts pushing
<Carmen_Chapman> "Puuuush!"
* Maddox pushes
<ProcyonA> The right door swings open easily
* Maddox blinks
<Maddox> "What?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoa!"
<ProcyonA> Carmen you're face with an enormous room. Its lit well, but the sheer size of it makes the ceiling hard to see.
* Carmen_Chapman stumbles
* Maddox follows behind Carmen through the now-open right door.
* Carmen_Chapman stops, stunned in awe
* Maddox stops as well, looking up and around
<ProcyonA> its all dark grey marble, and every 30~ feet there is a staircase and the room raises by abour 5 feet
<Carmen_Chapman> "...."
<ProcyonA> it contiues until there is a circular pedestal around 30 feet in diameter.
<ProcyonA> on it you see something you cant make out
* Carmen_Chapman 's jaw drops in amazement
<ProcyonA> Maddox you cant get in.
<Carmen_Chapman> "This......"
<Maddox> Invisible wall?
* Carmen_Chapman turns slowly in circles, looking up at the ceiling and around the enormous room
* Carmen_Chapman eventually comes to her senses enough to face MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "This.... is amazing!""
<ProcyonA> in a loud voice, carmen hears her name called. "CARMEN!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunn---"
<Maddox> ((Invisible wall?))
* Carmen_Chapman jumps in surprise
<ProcyonA> MAddox, however, hears screetching like a thousand nails on chalkboards
<ProcyonA> yep invisible wall
* Maddox crashes into the invisible wall
<Maddox> "OW!"
* Maddox falls backwards, holding his nose.
<Maddox> "AHH"
* Carmen_Chapman looks around, worried, trying to find the source of the loud voice
* Maddox rapidly switches to plugging his ears
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whos there???"
* Carmen_Chapman notices MaddoX fallen on the ground
* Carmen_Chapman to the door to help him up and into the room
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cmon!"
* Maddox blinks at Carmen, his nose bleeding slightly from the hit
<ProcyonA> On the top layer, you see a thick, wormlike monster with a human head and spines on its back.
* Carmen_Chapman spins around in surprise
<Carmen_Chapman> "AHHH!!!"
<ProcyonA> as you look at it, it grows, and lengthens, until its coiled form nearly fills the topmost pedestal
* Maddox pulls out both axesabers, turning them on
<ProcyonA> "CARMEN, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO MAKE A CHO-"
<ProcyonA> before it can get the words out, it coughs.
* Maddox grimaces from the sheer amount of horrible noises coming out of the creature
* Maddox takes cover behind the other door
<ProcyonA> you see a torrent of blood hit the steps leading up to it, and it shrinks until its the thickness and lenth of a human. From below, you can no see it
<Carmen_Chapman> "W.. Who are u?"
<ProcyonA> it doesnt respond.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Please dont eat us!"
<ProcyonA> you hear another human-sounding cough come from the pedestal
<ProcyonA> "come closer..."
* Maddox peeks around cover, hearing the less-terrible screeches
<ProcyonA> he cant see anything fromt he ground, neither can carmen
* Carmen_Chapman cautiously climbs some of the stairs, trying to peer over the top of the pedestal to see what it is
<Carmen_Chapman> "Are u.... okay?"
<ProcyonA> Its clearley not.
<ProcyonA> the lsat couple flights are covered in dark blue blood
<ProcyonA> its slippery even.
<ProcyonA> you get to te top and see this limp worm-human thing
<ProcyonA> "no..."
<ProcyonA> "my enemy has left me"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What happened?"
<ProcyonA> "I know not. They have abandoned me."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who?"
<ProcyonA> "you too know the punishment of their betrayal."
<Carmen_Chapman> "What are you talking about???"
<ProcyonA> "It matters not. We should be fighting, but my strength is connected to theirs."
<ProcyonA> "Take hold of me. THe beat depends upon it."
<Maddox> ((get captcha code of dying denizen lol :P ))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fighting?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Why would we fight? Whats going on????"
* Carmen_Chapman approaches
<ProcyonA> "I can no tell you now... take hold of me. Carry me out of this place."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who is your strength connected to??? Im getting kind of worried n I dont even know who u are!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where do we go?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The stairs crumbled behind us"
* Carmen_Chapman tentatively reaches out a shaking hand
<ProcyonA> "Damn..."
<ProcyonA> "This land is breaking apart."
<ProcyonA> "I will use the last of my strenght..."
<ProcyonA> "TO remove us fromt he place, but you must put me atop your shoulders."
<ProcyonA> it has no arms btw
<ProcyonA> so it cant grab your hand
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U mean ur the reason the earthquaXe n craX n shit?"
* Carmen_Chapman reaches out her other hand tentatively
* Carmen_Chapman slowly reaches out to touch the snake
* Carmen_Chapman gingerly tries to pick it up, trying to stabilize her tremoring grip
<ProcyonA> it grabs hold like a boa constrictor
<ProcyonA> "I'm afraid so. walk over to your mate."
* Carmen_Chapman gingerly lifts the snake to her shoulders, still holding onto it, and descends the stairs quickly back to MaddoX
<Maddox> "What's going on?"
<ProcyonA> "touch him"
* Maddox winces at the words
* Carmen_Chapman reaches out a shaking hand towards MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "MaddoX....."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I.... dont really know whats going on...."
<Maddox> "What...?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But..."
<Maddox> "Okay..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just hold still"
<Maddox> "Alright."
* Carmen_Chapman reaches out to put a hand on MaddoX's shoulder
<ProcyonA> As soon as you touch him, you are all suddenly in your house