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  1. [6:52 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d1]: 1, Result: 1
  2. [6:52 PM] Mizuki: (we are going to the Yochlol then, right?)
  3. [6:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are landing in Orixia, toward the embrace of the cold night .
  4. [6:53 PM] Eon: (Yes)
  5. [6:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: With a pneumatic hiss, and the magic of the Reverse Gravity slowing your fall down to a gentle stop, the Sword of Avenger lands.
  6. [6:53 PM] Eon: "I'm not looking forward to freezing my lips off again."
  7.  
  8. [6:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are located near the entrace that Recelle made a while ago.
  9. [6:53 PM] Eon: Now, where was her white wolf cloak..
  10. [6:53 PM] Runic: Lexon groans, "Please not be as cold as I remember this place being"
  11. [6:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: This is the first day.
  12. [6:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: How will you proceed, adventurers?
  13. [6:54 PM] Eon: Ah. She supposed the robe of stars would suffice.
  14. [6:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow shrugs. "Hey, uh... Who's staying and watching the tower?"(edited)
  15.  
  16. [6:54 PM] Faerie: ''Before we land,'' Razmik rises to his feet and brings up one of the group's recent conquests:
  17. [6:54 PM] Bot Fodder: "Someone who can fly it?" suggests John. He looks at Recelle.
  18. [6:55 PM] Eon: "Recelle would be ideal, yeah."
  19. [6:55 PM] Faerie: ''Should't we do something with this first?'', he asks, procuring the Anchor from one of the ship's corners. ''This could really save our skin if we blunder.''
  20. [6:55 PM] Eon: At worse Recelle flies into orbit.
  21. [6:55 PM] Mizuki: "I suppose we can't really land it underground, right?" - Asked Alicia.
  22. [6:56 PM] Eon: "Hmm.. A sanctuary..? The closest things to that we have are the myconid hive or that lead room we fortified".
  23. [6:56 PM] Faerie: (''Hey let me suggest something right after we land in the bad side of town)
  24. [6:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle nods. "Well, I'll stay. Shouldn't be much a problem."
  25. [6:56 PM] Eon: (Inb4 ganked by 50 mind flayers)
  26. [6:56 PM] Faerie: (Oh, Runic, did you get the white raven dagger?)
  27. [6:56 PM] Eon: "In any case, keep the Sending Stone handy."
  28. [6:56 PM] Runic: (Nah I didn't)
  29. [6:57 PM] Eon: She gives her own sending stone a little jostle in her palm.
  30. [6:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle nods.
  31. [6:57 PM] Eon: Approaching the edge of the hole, she frowns. The last time they had been here..
  32. [6:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus directs his party a bit. "... Idun, if it's the elven ruins that we are heading to, you should come with."
  33. [6:57 PM] Eon: Her back. Her fucking back.
  34. [6:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The drow mage nods.
  35. [6:57 PM] Mizuki: Alicia is worried. Last time that small sun appeared right inside of the spelljammer, is it really safe? She shares her worries with the others.
  36. [6:58 PM] Mizuki: "I don't think it's a good idea to leave only one person inside."
  37. [6:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Nirvain, you can hold the fort with Recelle?" Augus continues. "I don't think I can leave Vel here."
  38. [6:58 PM] Faerie: ''Let' see...''
  39. [6:58 PM] Eon: "It should be fine unless another Divination goes awry, probably.."
  40. [6:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Vel clings onto Augus. o_o
  41. [6:59 PM] Eon: ... Crazy girl. Where does she even keep that mallet?
  42. [6:59 PM] Faerie: Razmik listens to his own idea, and places a hand on the Anchor of Homeward Voyage.
  43. [6:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Yeah. That'll do. I'll keep Elerith in check, see how she's feeling." Nirvain says.(edited)
  44. [6:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow shrugs. "I'll go with ya'll, fam."
  45. [6:59 PM] Faerie: That thing, he knows not how it works, but a vision appears on Razmik's mind. ''Shadowvale...''
  46. [6:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Those heading down with you at this moment:
  47. Augus, Vel, Idun, Shadow.
  48. [7:00 PM] Eon: "Hopefully not exactly in Shadowvale.."
  49.  
  50. [7:00 PM] Mizuki: (staying Nirvain, Elerith and Recelle then?)
  51. [7:00 PM] Eon: ... She peers down the hole again.
  52. [7:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (And Yss, plus wyverns)
  53. [7:00 PM] Eon: Anything change?
  54. [7:00 PM] Mizuki: (seems good)
  55. [7:01 PM] Faerie: ''...Oh. You're probably right.'' Razmik rectifies: slightly next to Shadowvale!
  56. [7:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's... more snow and ice.
  57. [7:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: So it seems a bit shallow, but you can break through with minimum issue.
  58. [7:01 PM] Eon: Nothing too suspicious, then.
  59. [7:01 PM] Mizuki: Alicia approaches the wyverns. - "Take care of each other, okay? Recelle too."
  60. [7:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The wyverns cries out with a happy, shrill voice.
  61. [7:02 PM] Eon: "Proud mother?" She glances at Alicia.
  62. [7:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle stares at the wyverns for a bit. "... Well, I'll make sure the area's fine. I'll get on repair as well."
  63. [7:02 PM] Faerie: (We got a short rest after last session, right?)
  64. [7:02 PM] Mizuki: Alicia then pats Recelle's shoulder. - "Be careful, if anything goes wrong, let us know as soon as possible."
  65. [7:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Not really)
  66. [7:02 PM] Faerie: (Eh I mean)
  67.  
  68. [7:02 PM] Faerie: (Okay.png)
  69. [7:03 PM] Faerie: Friendly reminder to take your Aids + IL
  70. [7:03 PM] Eon: (I don't want aids)
  71. [7:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: I mean, nothing's stopping you to take a break first before you head down?
  72. [7:03 PM] Eon: (I would like Aid)
  73. [7:03 PM] Bot Fodder: (What's the amount that adds, again?
  74. [7:03 PM] Mizuki: (nah, no need to rest, we should press on)
  75. [7:04 PM] Faerie: Razmik asks Shadow if he's got Esker's ring on him still. ''Make sure you hold onto that. If it's gone, I'm gone with it!''
  76. [7:04 PM] Eon: Would the descent be an issue? She didn't want to break her back again.
  77. [7:04 PM] Faerie: (+10 max HP from Aid (level ), plus 12 temp HP from IL)
  78. [7:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow nods.
  79. [7:04 PM] Mizuki: (Raz gave me aid as well, right?)
  80.  
  81. [7:04 PM] Faerie: Raz suggests everyone uses rope this time.
  82. [7:04 PM] Faerie: (I read that as aids, jesus)
  83. [7:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus looks down. "Well, it should be fine. Here, Idun." He holds out a hand to the wizard, who holds it, puzzled.
  84. [7:05 PM] Faerie: (Yeah, Aid on all six PCs)
  85. [7:05 PM] Mizuki: (>Friendly reminder to take your Aids + IL)
  86. [7:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Swooping up Vel and Idun, Augus leaps down the hole.
  87. [7:05 PM] Eon: (What have you two been up to :troubledkoga: )
  88. [7:05 PM] Eon: ...
  89. [7:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And lands with a loud crash.
  90. [7:05 PM] Eon: Esker stares.
  91. [7:05 PM] Faerie: How big was the fall, again?
  92. [7:05 PM] Eon: "Are.. you ok?"
  93. [7:06 PM] Faerie: If Augus could make it, Razmik is sure he could make it as well! Prooobably.(edited)
  94. [7:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus lets the two other girls down, swinging his warhammer and clearing the immediate area of snow.
  95. [7:06 PM] Mizuki: Alicia wraps Azura under her cloak, and takes a rope out of her bag. - "Uh..."
  96. [7:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 40ft drop.
  97. [7:06 PM] Eon: A rope will do!
  98. [7:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Alright, drop your rope down." Augus says. "Area's clear."
  99. [7:06 PM] Faerie: He'll opt to climb down instead. ''If anyone needs me to catch them, give me a holler.''
  100. [7:06 PM] Mizuki: She attaches it on the edge of the hole and goes down, protecting Azura from the cold.
  101. [7:06 PM] Bot Fodder: John almost walks in after Augus without thinking. "Oh. A rope would be good."
  102. [7:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: By the time the group finished descending, Augus has cleaned the area of snow and ice.
  103. [7:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are back in the tunnels you first entered the tunnel complex from.
  104. [7:07 PM] Faerie: ''Remember, everyone: these tunnels are narrow. Last time we were here we saw an Umber Hulk near the hive.''
  105. [7:07 PM] Runic: Lexon takes a step outside, landing his feet onto the freezing snow on a nearby ledge, "Cold, cold COLD, COLD, FUCK THAT'S COLD," he yells, hopping from foot to foot
  106. [7:07 PM] Eon: "A little nostalgic, huh?"
  107. [7:07 PM] Runic: He quickly jumps down the hole, expecting to find more warmer conditions
  108. [7:08 PM] Eon: Esker wasn't quite one for it, but it still put a light smile on her lips.
  109. [7:08 PM] Bot Fodder: John doesn't know if 'nostalgic' is the word he'd use.
  110. [7:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa:
  111.  
  112. [7:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Given that you know the area's layout, you shouldn't have too much problem going where you wish to go...
  113. NEW MESSAGES
  114. [7:08 PM] Faerie: Razmik gives Esker a glance. ''Not really. Remember that time I almost got eaten? Good times'', he laughs.
  115. [7:08 PM] Eon: ...
  116. [7:08 PM] Runic: "Don't know what that word means Esker, but I do hate this place if that's what your asking"
  117.  
  118. [7:08 PM] Eon: Esker frowns.
  119. [7:08 PM] Mizuki: "The faster we get out of those tunnels the better." - Said Alicia unwrapping her familiar after going down.
  120. [7:09 PM] Eon: That was something she would rather forget.
  121. [7:09 PM] Eon: Mhm.
  122. [7:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura peeks around the tunnel, almost curious.
  123. [7:09 PM] Eon: "Just to be sure. Huddle close for a bit."
  124. [7:09 PM] Eon: Pass Without Trace.
  125. [7:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Doesn't seem to be any different than the last time you left the area.
  126. [7:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Seems good.
  127. [7:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You travel toward the abandoned drow city, then?
  128. [7:10 PM] Mizuki: yes!
  129. [7:10 PM] Eon: Mhm.
  130. [7:10 PM] Runic: Si
  131. [7:10 PM] Faerie: Wait, not the Hive?
  132. [7:10 PM] Faerie: (I thought that was closer)
  133. [7:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Well, you could.
  134. [7:10 PM] Eon: Time was of the essence, but maybe they could stop by the hive..
  135. [7:11 PM] Mizuki: "I wonder how that base of ours is doing." - She commented on the way. - "We did quite a bit of work there and barely used it."(edited)
  136. [7:11 PM] Eon: Ask them about what happened after they left
  137. [7:11 PM] Eon: Might be prudent
  138. [7:11 PM] Faerie: Razmik reasons: What better way to know what's been going on since their last visit, than visiting their good, delicious friends?
  139. [7:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Right, then - to the myconid hive.
  140. [7:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
  141. [7:12 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 31, Result: 31
  142. [7:12 PM] Eon: You do not eat your friends.
  143. [7:12 PM] Faerie: ''Ah, yeah. We spent more time cleaning up and setting shop than resting, didn't we? Haha...''
  144. [7:12 PM] Runic: "I doubt that has happened to our base"
  145. [7:12 PM] Eon: "It was a really good rest, to be fair."
  146. [7:12 PM] Eon: She remembers how tired she was..
  147. [7:12 PM] Mizuki: "All that work and setup to just dive right into the enemy base." - She said laughing.
  148. [7:12 PM] Bot Fodder: "I'm sure our friends will be relieved to know we all came out okay!" John suggests brightly.
  149. [7:13 PM] Eon: "I never did understand why we charged into a mind flayer hive after talking to a literal stranger with a succubus."
  150. [7:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The trip down toward the hive was... Interrupted quickly. You see what seem to be an adventurer, a white haired human male in his mid-30's, wielding a glaive.
  151. [7:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 60feet down, by darkvision range.
  152. [7:13 PM] Faerie: Razmik points further down the tunnels, following Esker's lead. ''Yeah, not as bleak as the rest of these caverns. We weren't freezing dead in there, either!''
  153. [7:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: He notice the group, and seems to be wary about your number.
  154. [7:13 PM] Mizuki: (Alicia has darkvision now!)
  155. [7:14 PM] Eon: "..."
  156. [7:14 PM] Bot Fodder: (John would still use a torch :sadpopo:)
  157. [7:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: He ease into a relatively peaceful stance, and calls out in the dark. "Hail!"
  158. [7:14 PM] Eon: "Greetings."
  159. [7:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... As if you warn those without darkvision his presence.
  160. [7:14 PM] Mizuki: "Who goes there?" - She asked.
  161. [7:14 PM] Bot Fodder: "Hail, adventurer!" John responds in reflex.
  162. [7:14 PM] Faerie: ''Hail, traveler! Do you go alone?!'', Razmik waves
  163. [7:14 PM] Eon: "Your name and intent, please."
  164. [7:14 PM] Eon: Esker doubts he would try anything, but..
  165. [7:15 PM] Runic: Caught off guard, Lexon jumps due to not being able to see who the voice is coming from
  166. [7:15 PM] Eon: She glances at Augus for a bit, gauging if he recognised this strange man
  167. [7:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Given a relatively warm welcome, he approches with a sigh. "Hey. Aster Gloryseeker, adventurer. It's rare to see others in this part."
  168. [7:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus shakes his head.
  169. [7:15 PM] Eon: Who wanders in the Underdark alone, anyway?
  170. [7:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And yes, I am alone." He shrugs.
  171. [7:15 PM] Eon: Esker blinks.
  172. [7:16 PM] Bot Fodder: "Huh? But... didn't we just happen to meet each other?" John asks Esker. Stop-and-question without cause is bad form!
  173. [7:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: He sports a set of chain mail and wields a glaive - almost similar to Elerith and Augus, actually.
  174. [7:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...?
  175. [7:16 PM] Faerie: Razmik closes his eyes for a moment. And focuses, inhaling and drawing inwards. Fool me once... [Divine Sense]
  176. [7:16 PM] Mizuki: Alicia shakes his hand, carefully studying the man. - "Quite the unusual place to be alone, Aster."
  177. [7:16 PM] Eon: (I thought he just read my mind >.>)
  178. [7:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: What are you on, Esker?
  179. [7:16 PM] Faerie: Nothing to be worried about, hopefully.
  180. [7:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: No, you looked at Augus, Augus shakes his head at you, guessing your intent.
  181. [7:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :thinking:
  182. 7:17 PM] Eon: (Retconned~)
  183.  
  184. [7:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: In any case, Aster nods...
  185. [7:17 PM] Bot Fodder: "Perhaps he was driven underground by the Wind?" John hazards a guess. The Myconids mentioned stuff like that.
  186. [7:17 PM] Eon: "True to your name, then? I can't imagine what else anyone would march through this sordid place for.."
  187. [7:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It doesn't register celestial, fiend, or undead to you, Razmik.
  188. [7:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Beside for uh
  189. [7:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Present company of one demon cat.
  190. [7:17 PM] Faerie: Tot™?
  191. [7:18 PM] Faerie: (AlwaysTot)
  192. [7:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tot hisses at you from Shadow's cloak.
  193. [7:18 PM] Mizuki: (what is he? Human?)
  194. [7:18 PM] Eon: "Alone, even."
  195. [7:18 PM] Faerie: Truthfully, Razmik had almost begun to subconsciously filter his presence away whenever he checked.
  196. [7:18 PM] Faerie: ''No joking, there. Did something happen, for you to end up here?''
  197. [7:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Anyways, it's... Rare to see big groups like you. I am a... Beast hunter, I guess you would say? I am down here hunting Remohazs." He smiles, holding out a large hand.
  198. [7:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hm? No, I know this area relatively well - I am based in the abandoned Duergar city down south, and come up here once a month or so." Aster shakes his head.
  199. [7:19 PM] Eon: "Oh? As game or for survival?" Esker wonders what you could get from Remorhazs, really..
  200. [7:20 PM] Faerie: ''So you're on duty!'', Razmik nods. He wonders if he'd be related to one of the tribes he's heard so little about.
  201. [7:20 PM] Faerie: ''Oh... Duergar, hm.''
  202. [7:20 PM] Mizuki: "Hunting Remorhaz alone?" - Asked the wizard surprised. - "Quite a feat."
  203. [7:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Both - their horns and claws are valuable, and they are edible enough." Aster says.
  204. [7:20 PM] Mizuki: insight
  205. [7:20 PM] Bot Fodder: John nods, rubbing his chin. Hunting a Remorhaz alone... that explains the choice in weapon.
  206. [7:20 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20
  207. [7:20 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 15, Result: 15
  208. [7:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Remohazs are easier game than the mind flayers in the area." Aster admits. "Those are much trickier."
  209. [7:20 PM] Faerie: Razmik is from Faerun! What would he know about them?
  210. [7:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: He's not telling something, Alicia.
  211. [7:21 PM] Eon: Things must been dire on Orixia if they had to resort to hunting Remorhazs..
  212. [7:21 PM] Eon: Which she supposed, is suspicious, in itself.
  213. [7:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Not that his story has any holes in it, but he's hiding something.
  214. [7:21 PM] Bot Fodder: (Um. Yeah, they are dire. :sadpopo: )
  215. [7:21 PM] Mizuki: "Ooh, mindflayers." - Alicia nodded. - "Those are trouble, ran into any of them?"
  216. [7:21 PM] Bot Fodder: (There's not a lot else to hunt, it seems.)
  217. [7:22 PM] Eon: "I see, have you actually done it? Hunting and eating mind flayers."
  218. [7:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Not during this trip - something must've happened." Aster says. "Which I am glad for."
  219. [7:22 PM] Eon: "A trip from.. where, actually?"
  220. [7:22 PM] Bot Fodder: "I-I don't think people hunt mindflayers to eat them..." John says sheepishly.
  221. [7:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "No, mind flayers are much more difficult to handle than those fireworms."
  222. [7:22 PM] Eon: (We sorta of killed their Elder Brain, no biggie)
  223. [7:22 PM] Faerie: ''Yeah, seems their numbers have been dying down? Just a hunch, heh.''
  224. [7:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Yeah, exactly." Aster says to Razmik.
  225. [7:23 PM] Eon: Esker gives a wry smile. Doubt he would believe them if they told him.
  226.  
  227. [7:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "From where? The Duerger's abandoned city. I live there, sorta - squatting, one would say."
  228. [7:23 PM] Eon: ... Or that the world was about to end in a week.
  229. [7:24 PM] Eon: well, the whole plane, even.
  230. [7:24 PM] Eon: "Alone?"
  231. [7:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster proudly puffs out his chest. "I don't have a home to call my own. I wander the place as I wish."
  232. [7:24 PM] Mizuki: "Well, that's good to hear." - Answered Alicia, regarding the lack of mindflayers.
  233. [7:24 PM] Bot Fodder: (Keep Calm and Carry On ™ )
  234. [7:24 PM] Eon: ... The people she was travelling with were powerful in their own right, but hunting Remorhazs alone and trekking the Underdark?
  235. [7:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "In any case - good to run into you lots, but if you are travelling in large numbers, keep in mind that the fireworm is more likely to attack if you are in a company this big."
  236. [7:25 PM] Faerie: ''No surprises there'', Razmik expresses some optimism. ''You do what you can to get by, right? It's the same above.''
  237. [7:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster offers some advice.
  238. [7:25 PM] Eon: "You must be quite powerful then.."
  239. [7:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hmm?" Aster says, "Oh, I am a fighter of a sort."
  240. [7:25 PM] Eon: "Where did you learn to hunt these fire worms? It's impressive to do alone."
  241. [7:26 PM] Runic: Lexon shuffles excitingly from the advice, "So, uh. How big is this worm?"
  242. [7:26 PM] Faerie: Maybe, but strength was to be found in solidarity. Any adventurer aspiring to live further than Level 1 ought to know that!
  243. [7:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Ah, you would just learn." Aster motions. "Just... wrestle and fight them."
  244. [7:26 PM] Eon: Really? Esker doubts it.
  245. [7:26 PM] Eon: (Insight, please?)
  246. [7:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Go for it Esker.
  247. [7:26 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+9
  248. [7:26 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 11, Result: 20
  249. [7:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Strange.
  250. [7:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  251. [7:27 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 10, Result: 10
  252. [7:27 PM] Bot Fodder: "They're drawn by numbers? Then, we will take that to heart, thanks!" John seems utterly unsuspecting, at any rate.
  253. [7:27 PM] Runic: Lexon shuffles around even faster in excitement, knowing that they're wrestle-able(edited)
  254. [7:27 PM] Faerie: (What are the odds of him being enslaved by tha aboleth.png)
  255. [7:27 PM] Eon: Esker has no doubt they would skewer whichever unfortunate Remorhaz decided to think little of them.
  256. [7:28 PM] Eon: (non-zero, but we are pretty far from the lake..)
  257. [7:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Something about this Aster's mannerism seems to tell you that he's not a fighter, but... Someone that relies on his innate power, more.
  258. [7:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Or maybe - something?
  259. [7:28 PM] Eon: (actually Mystic)
  260. [7:28 PM] Faerie: ''Heh, you know what would be really bad, but also kind of funny? If it took hold of our mage friend, over here.'' Razmik points to Alicia with his thumb. It's just a joke.(edited)
  261. [7:28 PM] Bot Fodder: ... They're not wrestleable by a normal person, though.
  262. [7:29 PM] Faerie: (You can wrestle them, since they're only 'large' mechanically)
  263. [7:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...? Aster doesn't seem to understand your joke, Razmik.
  264. [7:29 PM] Runic: (>Normal)
  265. [7:29 PM] Bot Fodder: (Exactly :smugpopo: )
  266. [7:29 PM] Eon: "Now I'm curious.. Say, would you like to spar with.. That guy?" She points at.. John.
  267. [7:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hiding his confused glance, he peeks at John.
  268. [7:29 PM] Eon: John is the go to on martial prowess, after all.
  269. [7:29 PM] Bot Fodder: "What?" John tilts his head. "I think this is hardly the time or place..."
  270. [7:29 PM] Mizuki: Alicia stares at Razmik confused. - "Take hold of me? A Remorhaz?"
  271. [7:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Uh. Sparring? A bit of it is fine, but I would prefer if we are to have a degree of safety net - healers, and the like."
  272. [7:30 PM] Faerie: ''Here would be unwise, no? We haven't the time...'', Razmik suggests.
  273. [7:30 PM] Eon: (How long does your Know your Enemy feature take, btw, John)
  274. [7:30 PM] Mizuki: "Come on Esker, we're in the middle of a Remorhaz tunnel and you want sparring?" - She asked. What was Esker thinking?
  275. [7:30 PM] Bot Fodder: (About a... minute, I think?)
  276. [7:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (1 minute, and you don't really need to spar to use I think)
  277. [7:30 PM] Eon: (Think you can proc it now)
  278. [7:31 PM] Eon: (yeah, that's not due to Know Your Enemy)
  279. [7:31 PM] Bot Fodder: (Seems reasonable!)
  280. [7:31 PM] Eon: "We do have paladins on standby, and myself.."
  281. [7:31 PM] Runic: "If you feel left out Alicia, I can spar you," Lexon says cheerfully, trying his best at an attempt to pursuade Alicia(edited)
  282. [7:31 PM] Eon: "Just colour me curious, Alicia" She winks.
  283.  
  284. [7:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well..." Aster shrugs, dropping his glaive on the side, planting it into the ground. "Then we could?"
  285. [7:32 PM] Bot Fodder: (>"Alicia, wanna grapple? :^) " )
  286. [7:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Wait." Aster holds out his hand.
  287. [7:32 PM] Eon: (>grapples butt cheeks)
  288. [7:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Sorry, AUGUS.
  289. [7:32 PM] Mizuki: Alicia sighs. What if a Remorhaz comes? - "Couldn't we get out of those tunnels first...?"
  290. [7:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus steps forth, putting his hammer down on the side for Vel to hold.
  291. [7:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Let me."
  292. [7:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster gauges Augus for a moment, before nodding.
  293. [7:33 PM] Eon: Hmm? Unexpected, but this should prove interesting.
  294. [7:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The two bear of men soon clashes, each attempting to overpower each other.
  295. [7:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus acts with a burst of renewed vigor ever since he obtained his warhammer.
  296. [7:33 PM] Eon: Esker glances at John, wondering what he thinks of the stranger.
  297. [7:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The other man, Aster, seems unassuming... But is somehow able to match the half-giant in strength.
  298. [7:34 PM] Faerie: ''Have fun, I'll go take a look around.'', Razmik keeps some distance and circles around the group about... 30 feet in distance, if the tunnels allow it? Brandishing Salamander as a source of light, shield out. He takes his time to be on the lookout for anything suspicious.(edited)
  299. [7:34 PM] Eon: Wrestling Augus and matching him.. Impressive.
  300. [7:34 PM] Runic: Lexon watching the two go at it, gauges their strength(edited)
  301. [7:34 PM] Bot Fodder: John watches intently, keeping a lookout for Remorhazes (Remorhazi?) out of the corner of his eye. The scuffle might draw one, after all.
  302. [7:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Half-giant? Huh." Aster sneers, pushing Augus's hands to the side, entering a proper grapple, attempting to pin. "You halfie should learn your place properly..."
  303. [7:35 PM] Eon: She sneaks up to Alicia and whispers - "He could prove a formiable ally, I just.. can't pull my finger on something about his claims to be a fighter."
  304. [7:35 PM] Runic: "Ohhh!" Lexon blurts out in anticipation
  305. [7:35 PM] Faerie: ...of course, he still tries to update himself on the bout every so often. It could prove educative!
  306. [7:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus silently lifts his arms, offering a silent prayer, and twists the grapple into his favor. "You have something against half-giants? You are no man, then."
  307. [7:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster grins.
  308. [7:36 PM] Faerie: (LEXON SHOW THEM WHO'S CHAMP)
  309. [7:36 PM] Mizuki: Alicia nods towards the druid girl, she understands her reasoning, it just doesn't seem like a good time to her.
  310. [7:36 PM] Bot Fodder: John cringes at the racial commentary. What if someone watching gets offended? Not that anyone is, but...
  311. [7:36 PM] Runic: "OHHH!" He yells even louder in hype
  312. [7:36 PM] Mizuki: No matter, they already started anyway, she stays silent.
  313. [7:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: His hands, arms, and legs seem to grow thicker, and his nails extending into claw. A horn spikes out from his forehead, as his skin turns to a shade of blue.
  314. [7:36 PM] Eon: Ah.
  315. [7:37 PM] Runic: (You don't interfere in a 1 on 1 wrestle! Unless it starts getting stale!)
  316. [7:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster, entering his true form, attempts to wrestle down Augus. "You should learn your place, halfie. That hammer's not just for anyone."
  317. [7:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  318. [7:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 1, Result: 1
  319. [7:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  320. [7:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 4, Result: 4
  321. [7:37 PM] Eon: That explains.. a few things.
  322. [7:37 PM] Runic: STALE
  323. [7:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Both of them flub around a bit.
  324. [7:37 PM] Faerie: (Pfffft)
  325. [7:37 PM] Bot Fodder: (Kek)
  326. [7:37 PM] Eon: ... Anti-climatic.
  327. [7:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But Augus flips the pin, and crashes Aster onto the floor!
  328. [7:37 PM] Mizuki: (BASED AUGUS)
  329. [7:37 PM] Runic: Lexon's excitement drops a little...(edited)
  330. [7:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Oni, huh." Augus says, pinning Aster.
  331. [7:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... And lets go, letting Aster stand up. "Ow. Damn..."
  332. [7:38 PM] Eon: Oni.. what does Esker know about them?
  333. [7:38 PM] Runic: "That was a little sloppy to be honest," Lexon mutters "Buttery fingers?"
  334. [7:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shifting back into his human form, he spits. "... If you weren't a halfie, don't you think you could've done more than just that?"
  335. [7:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... I think it's the mold." Augus says to Lexon to the side.
  336. [7:39 PM] Bot Fodder: "Oni?" John tilts his head. However, looking closer at the transformed Aster, he suddenly pales.
  337. [7:39 PM] Faerie: Razmik scuttles closer.
  338. [7:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster readjusts and pushes his horn back into his forehead.
  339. [7:39 PM] Eon: Esker frowns. Friction like that would be.. troublesome.
  340. [7:39 PM] Faerie: ''Hey, what happened? That was quick.''
  341. [7:39 PM] Mizuki: (what can I roll to see if I know things about onis?)
  342. [7:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (history.)
  343. [7:39 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+4
  344. [7:39 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 3, Result: 7
  345. [7:39 PM] Bot Fodder: "T-t-that's..."
  346. [7:40 PM] Eon: (can Esker, as well?)
  347. [7:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You know more about onion, usually.
  348. [7:40 PM] Runic: Lexon :sadpopo: 's
  349. [7:40 PM] Mizuki: (kek)
  350. [7:40 PM] Bot Fodder: John doesn't know jack about Oni... but that's an Ogre, isn't it?!
  351. [7:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "In any case, you've demonstrated your strength. Hey, paladin, can I get a pat for my sore muscle?" Aster asks for some heal.
  352. [7:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..."
  353. [7:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus slaps the oni with Lay on Hand. "I am one."
  354. [7:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Oh. Uh."
  355. [7:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Thanks."
  356. [7:41 PM] Mizuki: Alicia stares at the man with a smile. - "Not just a fighter of sorts, I see."
  357. [7:41 PM] Mizuki: She sees no problems with that though.
  358.  
  359. [7:41 PM] Eon: "Mhm, as I suspected."
  360. [7:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster shrugs. "In any case, you've won in combat against me, and I am duty-bound to give you something. Anything you want?"
  361. [7:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus looks around for advice on it; He doesn't really care much.
  362. [7:42 PM] Faerie: ...it was bound to happen eventually. Razmik lets out a chuckle, amused.. ''Are we done playing? You two alright?''
  363. [7:42 PM] Eon: Esker's eyebrow raises.
  364. [7:42 PM] Eon: "How about.. you help us save this plane?"
  365. [7:42 PM] Bot Fodder: John continues to stare like a deer caught in headlights.
  366. [7:42 PM] Eon: She smirks a little.
  367. [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster chokes and coughs, getting a doubletake.
  368. [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "what."
  369. [7:43 PM] Eon: "Yeah. Plane's ending in a week."
  370. [7:43 PM] Runic: Lexon would normally ask to spar, but he's not so sure right about now with what he witnessed, so he stays quiet for now
  371. [7:43 PM] Faerie: ''The second to last time we got asked that, we really regretted it.'' Raz sighs.
  372. [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Augus pats the man's back, getting his breath straightened up.
  373. [7:43 PM] Eon: "We're kind of trying to prevent that."
  374. [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Vel covers her eyes, peeking out between her fingers at the two beefy men.
  375. [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She seems to be blushing.
  376. [7:43 PM] Eon: "Abyssification, specifically." She gauges his reaction.
  377. [7:43 PM] Bot Fodder: ( Vel: "...kya~<3")
  378. [7:44 PM] Faerie: The paladin can explain the gist of it. ''It's a bit more involved than that, but yeah...''
  379. [7:44 PM] Runic: (Tiamett that's into men with a smoking musculature, nice)(edited)
  380. [7:44 PM] Faerie: ''We only know about it by pure, dumb luck.''
  381. [7:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "What are you on about?" Aster seems to be confused as well as having a bit of no-fucks-given.
  382. [7:44 PM] Eon: Esker doesn't see that point of covering your eyes but still watching! Watch brazenly, woman!
  383. [7:45 PM] Mizuki: Alicia sighs. You can't just suddenly tell a man something like that :sadpopo:
  384. [7:45 PM] Eon: It'll never not be sudden, anyway.
  385. [7:45 PM] Eon: 'Hey, the world's ending' isn't something most people will take lightly."
  386. [7:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hm? The world's ending in a week? Sounds to me you are some crazy lots. Look, I won't do something so senseless like that; I can't trust you when you just go out and say the world's ending and you are saving int." Aster says.
  387. [7:45 PM] Mizuki: "Aster, we're on our way to a myconid hive, I'm guessing you know the place?" - She asked turning to him.
  388. [7:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hm? Yeah. They are nice, doesn't serve meat though. I take care of some larger beasts when I am in the area for them."
  389. [7:46 PM] Eon: Esker was kind of expecting this..
  390. [7:46 PM] Faerie: ''I'm sure you've heard weirder things before. But yes, the world's being made into a layer of Hell soon enough.'' He shrugs, helpless.
  391. [7:46 PM] Eon: "We can talk about it on the way to the hive, I suppose. I'll explain on the way.."
  392. [7:46 PM] Mizuki: "Accompany us then, we can talk on the way."
  393. [7:46 PM] Eon: She would relay what they purchased from the Merchanes.
  394. [7:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Anyways, no dice. I'll do something reasonable, but not willy-nilly save-the-world adventure." Aster says, falling in rank and talking with Augus and you guys.
  395. [7:46 PM] Faerie: ''Alright, let's stop moving for a minute, then.''
  396. [7:47 PM] Eon: well, rather, what Alicia relayed to her about from the Merchanes.
  397. [7:47 PM] Bot Fodder: John looks very conflicted. He rapidly looks between the other party members.
  398. [7:47 PM] Eon: "So much for honor bound.."
  399. [7:47 PM] Faerie: Razmik knows how to explain: He'll cast Zone of Truth below him, foregoing his save
  400. [7:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It doesn't seem like Aster is trusting you regarding the information; in fact, that would be most of what people agree upon.
  401. [7:47 PM] Runic: "Something up John?" Lexon asks noticing Johns disarray(edited)
  402. [7:47 PM] Eon: "Besides, unless you can skip town to another plane, it concerns you, anyway."
  403. [7:47 PM] Faerie: Then, he'll repeat what he's been saying word for word. ''So, there.''
  404. [7:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Unfortunately, he can't identify Zone of Truth well; In first place, Oni's can't lie, so he won't even be able to check validity of your magic.
  405. [7:48 PM] Mizuki: "Aster, you noticed the lack of mindflayers around, right?" - She asked turning to him while walking - "Our handwork. The elder brain is dead."
  406. [7:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And he's not a spellcaster enough to identify the magical effect.
  407. [7:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Really? That's something. Huh." Aster nods.
  408. [7:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: >they don't lie, they just don't tell the truth
  409. NEW MESSAGES
  410. [7:49 PM] Eon: "It's.. a long story." Esker sighs.
  411.  
  412. [7:49 PM] Faerie: It's not often that Razmik has the opportunity to talk to someone less knowledgeable on magic than himself. He waves the spell away after Alicia's confession.
  413. [7:49 PM] Bot Fodder: "... Hey, guys, maybe we should just move on?" John says awkwardly. He'd sooner deal with those Mercanes again than keep an Ogre Mage around.
  414. [7:49 PM] Mizuki: "It's quite the long story, really." - She continued. - "It was guarding a spelljammer, you see. One of those things used to travel through the sea of stars."
  415. [7:50 PM] Eon: "Even if you don't believe us, you can be our ally until we leave the Underdark, perhaps?"
  416.  
  417. [7:50 PM] Eon: "Alicia.." That's not the sort of thing you tell strangers.
  418. [7:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That seems fine." Aster shrugs.
  419. [7:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Then that's what I'll ask of you, Gloryseeker." Augus nods.
  420. [7:51 PM] Faerie: ''It's normal to have qualms. Reasonable, even, but I didn't take you for the kind to fall back on your word from the way you fought.'', Razmik taunts ever so lightly.
  421. [7:51 PM] Faerie: If the man didn't care, then neither did Razmik about his physical prowess. He keeps walking with the group.
  422. [7:51 PM] Runic: Lexon whispers to John, "Yeah, rather move on at this point, this guy doesn't seem to intresting to fight" agreeing with him... in his own way
  423. [7:51 PM] Eon: Then its settled. Better terms could probably have been reached, but time was ticking.
  424. [7:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster is treating you as a group of half-lunatics bent on some weird heroics, but a promise is a promise.
  425. [7:51 PM] Eon: "Lets move then."
  426. [7:52 PM] Mizuki: (we're already moving)
  427. [7:52 PM] Eon: Granted, we probably are!
  428. [7:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You arrive in the myconid hive...
  429. [7:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Mold, mycelium, and tall mushroom trees grow - different from when you last were here, the trees and growth seem a bit more energetic.
  430. [7:52 PM] Eon: Esker smiles a little.
  431. [7:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A bunch of small myconids crowd around the party, sniffing and rubbing against you, as if recognizing you.
  432. [7:52 PM] Mizuki: "Aster, walk with us, for now." - Said Alicia - "Then, you can decide on whatever you want to do."
  433. [7:53 PM] Eon: "Hey, little ones."
  434. [7:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster picks up a few and let them ride him around.
  435. [7:53 PM] Faerie: A bit more vibrant, a bit more bright. Razmik's spirit lifts a little.
  436. [7:53 PM] Faerie: He braces for the spores...
  437. [7:53 PM] Eon: She wonders what would happen if she cast Plant Growth on them, but that is neither here nor there.
  438. [7:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Deep in the myconids, the myconid sovereign trots out, having be alerted of your presence.
  439. [7:53 PM] Runic: "Place is looking a bit better the last time we visted from what I remember" Lexon comments
  440. [7:53 PM] Tenrei: Kirie looks around interestedly
  441. [7:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Ohh, it's you, welcome." The soverneign speaks telepathically, after huffing some rapport spore at you.
  442. [7:54 PM] Bot Fodder: John stays especially quiet. Of course, he is incapable of being passive aggressive, since any passivity causes him to disappear in short order.
  443. [7:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's more adults in the area now, working and tending to various mushrooms.
  444. [7:54 PM] Eon: "It's good to meet you again. How have things been, recently?" She could already guess, but..
  445. [7:54 PM] Bot Fodder: (Sorry for using what is technically meta-knowledge, Koga :sadpopo: )
  446. [7:54 PM] Mizuki: "Been a while." - Alicia smiled.
  447. [7:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It's fine, your meta knowledge is wrong anyways :happypopo: )
  448. [7:55 PM] Eon: (kek)
  449. [7:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The myconid soverneign helps you get settled, as small group of myconids carries over small stools and the like for you.
  450. [7:55 PM] Faerie: ''You seem to do well!'', Razmik catches up. ''Hello, how are you doing?'', he adds to the pile of 'how are you's.
  451. [7:55 PM] Eon: literal stools?
  452. [7:55 PM] Eon: like toadstools?(edited)
  453. [7:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Not much has been going on." He admits.
  454. [7:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Yeah, Esker.
  455. [7:55 PM] Eon: (PogChamp)
  456. [7:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They seem to be harvested and be used as furnitures in the area.
  457. [7:56 PM] Bot Fodder: (Yeah, kek. I couldn't have it be spot-on.)
  458.  
  459. [7:56 PM] Mizuki: "Any squidman bothering you people lately?" - Asked Alicia.
  460. [7:56 PM] Eon: "Down here, thats probably a good thing."
  461. [7:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Yo. A bit early to be back, but I am travelling with those guys - you know each other, it seems." Aster adds. The Soverneign seems friendly to him.(edited)
  462. [7:57 PM] Eon: "Mhm, we were also wondering if there were any other changes since we last left the Underdark, mostly."
  463. [7:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "No squid, they've been quiet." The soverneign admits.
  464. [7:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's very good to see you back and not squid-face."
  465. [7:57 PM] Eon: At this point she'll pull out a handful of goodberries.
  466. [7:57 PM] Eon: She doubted the myconids could eat like they would, but!
  467. [7:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They are 100% able to eat goodberries.
  468. [7:57 PM] Faerie: Razmik points out that yes, they've been there before. On less urgent terms, but worse prepared.
  469. [7:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Initial curiousity quickly turns into low murmurs of approval, as the small myconids happily devour the goodberries.
  470. [7:58 PM] Eon: Esker smiles. She has way more where that came from.
  471. [7:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "In any case, feel free to rest here. Squidmans are not bothering us." The soverneign welcomes you; He seem to have assumed you are here to take a break.
  472. [7:59 PM] Mizuki: "That would be great." - Nodded Alicia - "But we're in quite a hurry this time."
  473. [7:59 PM] Mizuki: "Even more than the last time, I'd say." - She lets out a sigh.
  474. [8:00 PM] Eon: "Ah, we're just passing through, really.. Has only the squidmen not bothering you been the only change?"
  475. [8:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hurrying? Yes. We don't have good sense of time, but it's good to move fast."The soverneign agrees with Alicia.
  476. [8:00 PM] Faerie: ''Maybe for a short while, if you'll have us.'' He'd like that, honestly: a breather would be nice, even if the group's in what he recognizes as top shape. ''We're here to ask around, in fact.''
  477. [8:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Not many things happened - things are quiet, quieter than usual."
  478. [8:00 PM] Eon: She puts her hands on the stool by her sides, as if ready to stand up at any moment.
  479. [8:00 PM] Mizuki: "That's a good thing, isn't it?"
  480. [8:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "We like quiet, so yes." The soverneign admits.
  481. [8:01 PM] Faerie: He turns to Alicia. ''Mhmm, no news is good news. I take it there haven't been any incidents like last time?'', Razmik asks the sovereign.
  482. [8:02 PM] Eon: Esker briefly wonders about the mindflayers. Weakened, but not shattered..
  483. [8:02 PM] Eon: If the circumstances were different, maybe they could have expunged the whole hive in this trip. If a bit ambitious.
  484. [8:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Soon enough, you are served some refreshments - organic sacs of fluid, pure water filtered by fungal growth and drained into water sacs. The myconids don't use much water, themselves, but some of their agricultural still do.
  485. [8:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "We've been more prepared, and the young ones are growing up fast. The village is going well." The sovereign admits, seemingly happy.
  486. [8:03 PM] Faerie: Ooh. What's it taste like? Razmik dips the tip of his finger in and smells it. [Gourmand]
  487. [8:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: He huffs out clouds of blue spores, as if joyous.
  488. [8:03 PM] Faerie: It was probably fine, though: he does it out of sheer interest.
  489. [8:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's pure water, with little to no taste beside for being cool and refreshing.
  490. [8:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You feel that there's a hint of sweetness, as if its drained through some sort of fibrous plant, imparting a hint of flavor, but it's not something noticible by most men.
  491. [8:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: However, you are not most men - you are one with Gourmand.
  492.  
  493. [8:05 PM] Runic: Lexon takes a sip, not too intrested in it due to it essentially being just water, 'Not enough alcohol content," he thinks to himself.
  494. [8:05 PM] Mizuki: Alicia nods towards the sovereign. - "That's good to hear."
  495. [8:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Alcohol?"
  496. [8:05 PM] Runic: (Thinks)
  497. [8:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The sovereign shuffles around a bit, sending out spores.
  498. [8:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Rapport. :smugpopo: )
  499. [8:05 PM] Eon: Esker doesn't mind the drink, but they should really be going..
  500. [8:05 PM] Runic: (Oh wait telepathy)
  501. [8:06 PM] Faerie: Razmik almost laments having filled his waterskin properly properly. The tales he could tell after this! ...it dawns on him just much fascinating stuff he's seen so far while adventuring.
  502. [8:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... A small group of saplings carries over a sack of something to Lexon.
  503. [8:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Mushroom wine.
  504. [8:06 PM] Eon: Esker glances over.
  505. [8:06 PM] Runic: Lexon takes another sip of the drink, now covered in the new spores
  506. [8:06 PM] Eon: Exotic..
  507. [8:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Myconids are fermentation masters, even if they don't really use much of the products themselves. They are valuable trade items.
  508. [8:06 PM] Eon: The dreams of a tavern!
  509. [8:06 PM] Mizuki: She takes one of the water sacs and drinks a bit. Water can be good too! She fills her waterskin with the rest.
  510.  
  511. [8:07 PM] Eon: "If you would, I would be interested to know how that is mad-" She really shouldn't.
  512. [8:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus takes note.
  513.  
  514. [8:07 PM] Tenrei: Kirie drinks soberly.
  515. [8:07 PM] Runic: "Oooh, thank you, let me have a taste of this," He says taking the sack, all while pulling out one of the containers, and drinks it for the first time(edited)
  516. [8:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You suddenly have an image of a group of myconid saplings dancing around in a circle around a mushroom growing on a pool of water, Esker.
  517. [8:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And then the pool of water just turns into wine.
  518. [8:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You have no idea how it works.
  519. [8:08 PM] Eon: ... Curious.
  520. [8:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>myconids are literally jesus)
  521.  
  522. [8:09 PM] Eon: "... We should really get moving."
  523. [8:09 PM] Bot Fodder: John takes his fill of water gratefully, declining alcohol. He seems to want to keep himself fully vigilant.
  524. [8:09 PM] Eon: She didn't want to worry the myconids with.. the pressing matter.
  525. [8:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Having taken a break with the myconid creatures, you feel refreshed and more able to tackle on the oncoming challenges.
  526. [8:09 PM] Faerie: Razmik enjoys his drink, as well. Nothing quite like cooling, refreshing water to make one simmer down after marching like that. 'You know, I could work this into some manner of drink, as well. Maybe apples... tastes very clear, and...'
  527. A bit of his inner monologue leaks out.
  528. [8:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You receive advantage on all mental saves (Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma) for 24 hours, or until your next long rest.
  529. [8:10 PM] Mizuki: "That's true." - She said nodding to Esker. - "It's good to know you're all safe and well."
  530.  
  531. [8:10 PM] Eon: (>adv on mental saves >double paladin auras)
  532. [8:11 PM] Eon: Esker stands up.
  533. [8:11 PM] Faerie: ''Yeah, makes the trip here worth it'', Raz nods. Of course, the water was good too!
  534. [8:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The myconids, having the number to spare, is able to scout for you via their connection with the nature world around them, and their network of myceliums.
  535. [8:12 PM] Eon: "Many thanks for the hospitality, at any rate." Esker bows.
  536. [8:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are able to move toward the drow city without much issue, if that's where you are headed.
  537. [8:12 PM] Eon: (Mhm)
  538. [8:12 PM] Mizuki: it is!
  539.  
  540. [8:12 PM] Faerie: ''We ought to leave soon, though. Again, I'll have to thank you for the hospitality.'' He smiles and bows a bit.
  541. [8:12 PM] Runic: Lexon finishes gulping down the last of the contents of the mushroom wine he's drinking, now with the contents empty, rather than throwing the bottle, essentially littering, he just drops the bottle back into his back, like every other drink
  542. [8:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Indeed. Between the mushrooms, Aster and Augus both being familiar with the area, Esker being a druid, and familiars, the trip's almost too easy.
  543. [8:13 PM] Faerie: (Is Lexon collecting alcohol containers?)
  544. [8:13 PM] Runic: Lexon then stands back up, stretches and put, and is now ready to embark
  545.  
  546. [8:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You arrive in the drow city unchallenged and unhindered.
  547. [8:13 PM] Runic: (Collecting? More like half-heartingly using his backpack as a trashbin for his finished drinks)
  548. [8:14 PM] Eon: "I wonder if the trap by the temple is still there.."
  549. [8:14 PM] Bot Fodder: John nearly forgets to thank the Myconids as the party leaves. His staring gradually diminishes as he comes to accept that the newcomer doesn't plan on leading the party into a trap... for now.
  550. [8:14 PM] Eon: "Granted, nothing should come out to skewer us like the last time, but hmm."
  551. [8:14 PM] Faerie: (Take five bottles of Giant Slayer to your nearest pub and gain a prize!)
  552.  
  553. [8:14 PM] Faerie: ''What trap? I think I missed that place.''
  554. [8:15 PM] Eon: "It stunned us for a minute of so? It's by the temple."
  555. [8:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Approaching the drow city, Shadow approaches Razmik. "Psst, fam. If we are gonna talk with you know who, should we divert those... not in the know, to elsewhere first?"
  556. [8:15 PM] Faerie: Razmik stops, his visage somber for a moment. ''Wait, temple? Don't tell me... Nephelle?''
  557. [8:15 PM] Eon: "...Shh."
  558. [8:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Meanwhile, Idun's studying the drow city with interest.
  559. [8:16 PM] Runic: "Oh yeah, I remember that trap now that you mention it, Esker. Pretty awkward min we had laying there..."(edited)
  560. [8:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Being a drow in a drow city, it's like fish being in the water for her.
  561. [8:16 PM] Faerie: Sounded vicious!
  562. [8:16 PM] Mizuki: Alicia reminds the others, via selective telepathy they can do that now.
  563.  
  564. [8:16 PM] Eon: "Shadow."
  565. [8:16 PM] Bot Fodder: John had forgotten all about that. He says so. Y'know, secretly.
  566. [8:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Sup."
  567. [8:17 PM] Eon: "You want to bring our friends to the old hideout and see if its still in working order?"
  568. [8:17 PM] Faerie: ''Testing.'', he pings Alicia, then Azura as well. ''Azura was right that time, talking like this is easy enough if you focus.''
  569. [8:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus picks up Idun, and leaves the drow wizard on his shoulders, so she has better vision of the area.
  570. [8:17 PM] Eon: "We can.. scout ahead."
  571. [8:17 PM] Mizuki: "I wasn't here last time, but this Nephelle might be a good way to start our investigation." - She said, only to her party via telepathy.
  572. [8:17 PM] Eon: Actually, was her biolumniscent moss still around?
  573. [8:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's much dimmer now, but they are still around.
  574. [8:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It seems that the area isn't great for them to reproduce on their own.
  575. [8:18 PM] Eon: no surprise, she could always top them off later.
  576. [8:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Huh. Y'know, I don't drop by the city here often." Aster says. "I don't consider this area safe, and I often just stay with the myconids."
  577.  
  578. [8:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow ponders for a moment.
  579. [8:19 PM] Mizuki: Alicia tries to feel the network of alarms she left there last time. Are they still around?(edited)
  580. [8:19 PM] Eon: She reckons Shadow doesn't quite fancy meeting the Yochlol again.
  581. [8:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow takes Tot and makes up an excuse, diverting those "not in the know", to scout their base of operation within the city.
  582. [8:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They are gone - they don't last that long.
  583. [8:20 PM] Faerie: There certainly was nothing safe about the place last time they were there, Razmik thought.
  584. [8:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That said, Shadow distinctively remember where the previous hideout is. "Hey, fam. We are gonna go check out the hideout. You guys go do some scouting, alright?" Shadow says.
  585. [8:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "We'll meet up back there after you guys are done."
  586. [8:20 PM] Mizuki: (Koga, just a reminder that I can see in the ethereal plane now, and 360 degrees)
  587. [8:20 PM] Eon: Esker nods.
  588.  
  589. [8:22 PM] Eon: "Remember we're here to get information, at any rate. Hopefully no one threatens to blow her up or anything."
  590. [8:22 PM] Eon: Esker coughs.
  591. [8:22 PM] Eon: She'll.. control her urges.
  592. [8:22 PM] Mizuki: (brb brushing my teeth)
  593. [8:22 PM] Bot Fodder: (I'll use the restroom too, then.)
  594. [8:22 PM] Eon: That said, a blood sacrifice for information like what she offered the last time was no go.
  595. [8:22 PM] Tenrei: "We'll see." Kirie says.
  596. [8:23 PM] Faerie: 'I don't remember all that well, did you ever fill me in on that? I seem to have slept 'normally' that night...'
  597. [8:23 PM] Eon: (you were up during that session and provided commentary :smugsatori: )
  598. [8:24 PM] Faerie: 'Do you think I should put my symbol away, or, you know... tone it down?', he asks the group, refering to his grown auras.
  599. [8:24 PM] Faerie: (I remember that part. The next day was so miserable)
  600. [8:24 PM] Tenrei: "We have no obligation to be nice here."
  601. [8:24 PM] Runic: "Probably tone it down, yeah"
  602. [8:24 PM] Eon: "It might give us an edge in getting information."
  603.  
  604. [8:25 PM] Eon: Esker would love to pummel the yochlol, but..
  605. [8:25 PM] Runic: "Welllll... yeah, we are looking for information though and it'll be helpful" He adds(edited)
  606. [8:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Back)
  607. [8:25 PM] Tenrei: "We aren't going to get it by bein nice to the evil priestess."
  608. [8:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You stand in front of the Temple of Lolth, Queen of the Demonweb Pits.
  609. [8:26 PM] Eon: "I doubt we would get it by being rude to her, either."
  610. [8:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Remembering where the Symbol trap was, you are able to avert your gaze and not trigger it once again - unless that's what you wish to do.
  611. [8:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Now, you are able to enter after you finish preparation.
  612. [8:27 PM] Eon: A minute of stunned silence is still a minute wasted..
  613. [8:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: So if there's anything you wish to do before you commense dramatic talking, now's the time.
  614.  
  615. [8:27 PM] Faerie: Razmik's audibly (mentally?) relieved. 'Then I'll keep my armor on.' Plate wasn't the only thing keeping him safe, you know.
  616. [8:28 PM] Eon: (nothing on my end!)
  617. [8:28 PM] Faerie: 'At any rate, let's stick together. You guys should know what to say.'
  618. [8:28 PM] Faerie: Razmik waits by the doorstep. Hopefully, it'll go better THIS time...
  619. [8:28 PM] Mizuki: (I'm ready)
  620. [8:29 PM] Eon: "If this.. thing is truly related to your Nephelle, you know her better than I do."
  621. [8:29 PM] Bot Fodder: (Back)
  622. [8:29 PM] Bot Fodder: "She's... kind of not? It's complicated," John says with a frown.
  623. [8:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anything from Kirie?
  624. [8:29 PM] Runic: Lexon sticks close to the group, ready to enter and talk to the Yochlol
  625. [8:29 PM] Eon: Diplomancy with a demon.. it has come to this.
  626. [8:29 PM] Tenrei: Kirie's fully prepared!
  627.  
  628. [8:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Well.
  629. [8:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You push open the temple door, and enters.
  630. [8:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The hall is as you remember it - if you were here.
  631. [8:31 PM] Eon: Esker supresses a frown.
  632. [8:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: In the main hall, a stunningly beautiful drow female, clad in nothing but a layer of spidersilk, is sitting on a chair, conversing with another figure clad in a cloak. She turns to you with a thin smile.
  633. [8:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The figure clad in cloak turns to glance toward the party, the figure's face covered in darkness...
  634. [8:31 PM] Eon: Another? She frowns for real.
  635. [8:32 PM] Bot Fodder: "... Already had company, I see?" says John, wearing his best poker face.(edited)
  636. [8:32 PM] Faerie: 'Is this normal?', Razmik asks the group. By the sound of it, John's got it covered.
  637. [8:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia, you are able to see fairly well; It's an unfamiliar face, one striking you as someone you've seen before, a strange familiarity, but not someone you are able to recall. The figure's hidden beauty is much more than you can imagine.
  638. [8:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Noticing your glance, the figure pulls her robe closer to herself.
  639. [8:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia, Religion check.
  640. [8:33 PM] Mizuki: Alicia wasn't here last time so she doesn't know the place. She presumes a second figure wasn't expected though, keeping a straight face.
  641. [8:33 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+4 PLS
  642. [8:33 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 6, Result: 10
  643. [8:33 PM] Mizuki: (damn)
  644. [8:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  645.  
  646. [8:33 PM] Mizuki: (the adv was just for saves, right?)
  647. [8:33 PM] Tenrei: Kirie's lips tighten.
  648. [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I'd best go, then, if you have company." Speaking in Elven, the robed figure stands, and nods to the group of you.
  649. [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: What will you do?
  650. [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Just for saves, not checks.)
  651. [8:34 PM] Eon: "Halt. Who are you?"
  652. [8:34 PM] Mizuki: (aw man)
  653. [8:34 PM] Mizuki: (I can't get help action, right?)
  654. [8:34 PM] Faerie: Was its face still inscrutable?
  655. [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The hooded figure ignore you, Esker.
  656. [8:34 PM] Mizuki: (from Azura)
  657. [8:34 PM] Tenrei: (Accented elven?)
  658. [8:34 PM] Eon: Esker frowns.
  659. [8:34 PM] Faerie: Razmik looks at the figure, then back at the drow.
  660. [8:34 PM] Eon: well, frowns more.
  661. [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Without specific vision, you are unable to see well. The elven accent is decidingly drow-like.
  662. [8:34 PM] Eon: Whoever was chatting with a yochlol..
  663. [8:34 PM] Bot Fodder: John didn't catch that, but this isn't his house, so he can't stop her without the host's permission.
  664. [8:35 PM] Eon: Another drow..?
  665. [8:35 PM] Eon: They knew two..
  666. [8:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And Alicia, the beauty is beyond something you can put a race to, but perhaps - yes, a drow.
  667. [8:35 PM] Tenrei: Kirie just waits.
  668. [8:35 PM] Mizuki: Alicia stares at the figure as it pass through them, impressed. She addresses the others via telepathy. - "She... Seems familiar somehow..."
  669. [8:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Without interruption, the hooded figure will leave.
  670. [8:35 PM] Faerie: Razmik, too, assumes proper waiting stance.
  671. [8:35 PM] Eon: ....
  672. [8:36 PM] Eon: Something that won't be considered an attack..
  673. [8:36 PM] Runic: Lexon remains passive
  674. [8:36 PM] Eon: some way to blow off that hood, at least?
  675. [8:36 PM] Mizuki: "Wait!" - Said Alicia, addressing the figure. - "Have we... Met before?"
  676. [8:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The remaining drow woman nods toward the figure as she leaves, not wishing to say much about the matter, it seems? ...
  677. [8:36 PM] Faerie: (That's pretty hostile-sounding. Drow like their privacy)
  678. [8:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Blinking, as if in surprise, the hooded figure lifts her head and glances at Alicia.
  679. [8:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  680. [8:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 10, Result: 10
  681. [8:37 PM] Bot Fodder: (Deleted my last line because it was wrong :V)
  682. [8:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura coos softly... Reroll your religion check, Alicia.
  683. [8:37 PM] Faerie: (Is she the chick that gutted the Windsmerian commander?)
  684. [8:37 PM] Mizuki: Alicia stares right in her eyes.
  685. [8:37 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+4 please dicebot
  686. [8:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 16, Result: 20
  687.  
  688. [8:37 PM] Eon: (nice.)
  689. [8:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  690. [8:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You don't know the figure per se
  691. [8:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: because you've only saw her on scriptures and temple rows.
  692. [8:38 PM] Faerie: (Aw shit.)
  693. [8:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a common figure of a goddess, the avatar of Eilistraee.
  694. [8:38 PM] Eon: (a god of the elves..?)
  695. [8:38 PM] Eon: (the good drow one right?)
  696. [8:38 PM] Bot Fodder: (Somebody's Avatar? Heh.)
  697. [8:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The robe has magical property, to prevent direct sight from perception...
  698. [8:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But you are able to recognize the figure regardless.
  699. [8:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Sensing your glance and your question, she panics for a split moment, before calming down.
  700. [8:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "No, you are mistaken. We have never met before."
  701. [8:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Giving you a soft nod, she brush past you, Alicia, and leaves in a hurry.
  702. [8:40 PM] Bot Fodder: (Something something 'dancing naked in the moonlight' is all I know about Elistraee's following. :ok_hand: )
  703. [8:40 PM] Runic: (Naisu)
  704. [8:40 PM] Mizuki: Alicia lowers her hand and informs the others, letting the avatar of Eilistraee leave ininterrupted with a nod.(edited)
  705. [8:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: >Eilistraee was the chaotic good drow goddess of song, dance, swordwork, hunting, moonlight, goodness, and beauty, within the drow pantheon known as the Dark Seldarine. She was the patroness and protector of the few dark elves who longed to return to the surface and live there, at peace with other races, and to abandon the endless conflicts and intrigues that dominated the lives of most drow.
  706. [8:40 PM] Faerie: (>panics)
  707. [8:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: To put it simply, she's both the daughter of and the enemy of Lolth.
  708.  
  709. [8:41 PM] Eon: ... Esker glances back at what was presumbly the yochlol.
  710. [8:41 PM] Bot Fodder: John responds with a 'Huh.' The information evidently has little impact on him.
  711. [8:41 PM] Eon: Awkward.
  712. [8:41 PM] Faerie: 'Must be important if she's talking with a demon...', Raz remarks. 'I wonder.'
  713. [8:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She smiles, attempting to direct your attention away from her guest. "Yes?"
  714. [8:41 PM] Eon: Esker glances to the rest. It would really be better if they took the lead..
  715. [8:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The Yochlol shifts back into her daemon form in a stride. "Have you come to make a sacrifice?"
  716. [8:41 PM] Eon: She might.. snap at her, agai-
  717. [8:41 PM] Eon: Esker bites her lip.
  718. [8:41 PM] Faerie: Lowkey Divine Sense. ''Sacrifice?'', he inquires.
  719. [8:42 PM] Bot Fodder: "Hello again. Sorry to barge in while you had guests." John begins talking like it were any regular person.
  720. [8:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's a fiend, alright, Razmik.
  721. [8:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Ah, no, it's quite alright. She wasn't able to stay long, anyways." The Yochlol seems to be in a good mood.
  722. [8:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am afraid I have no tea for you, however."
  723. [8:42 PM] Faerie: If the drow stank, it ain't right. Wise words to live by, praise Doomwing.
  724. [8:43 PM] Bot Fodder: (inb4 "The Yochlol can read minds btw LOL")
  725. [8:43 PM] Faerie: Razmik could make some, but... yeah, no. He figures he didn't actually mean to serve them tea.
  726. [8:43 PM] Eon: (it can.)
  727. [8:43 PM] Faerie: (It can, but it takes a save)
  728. [8:43 PM] Faerie: (Unless it works differently from the spell, I guess)
  729. [8:43 PM] Mizuki: "What was she doing in a place like this?" - She asked curious. Lolth and Eilistraee were enemies after all.
  730. [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Sighing, the Yochlol fades back into her humanoid form, falling back onto her chair. "Then? What are you here for?"
  731. [8:44 PM] Bot Fodder: (Also, never accept tea from a Drow. This is especially true for Drow.)
  732. [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The hooded figure has since long disappeared into the street; It seems that all the fiend wished for was a diversion.
  733. [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "She? Who?"
  734. [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I don't recall anyone else but you coming today." She replies, dryly.
  735. [8:45 PM] Bot Fodder: "We just wanted to talk. We need your help again, but for something else this time."
  736. [8:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Perhaps a spiderling or two, elsewise?"
  737. [8:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Interesting. Go on." The Yochlol smiles.
  738. [8:45 PM] Mizuki: Alicia narrows her eyes, and points to the eyes addorned on her robe calmly.
  739. [8:45 PM] Faerie: What? Was she playing coy, or was it something else? Insight?
  740.  
  741. [8:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Insight? Sure.
  742. [8:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  743. [8:46 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 4, Result: 4
  744. [8:46 PM] Eon: ... Something was afoot, in either case.
  745. [8:46 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+5
  746. [8:46 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 19, Result: 24
  747. [8:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She makes a casual indication to the Lolth's symbol, discreetly covered with a black silk.
  748. [8:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I have no knowledge of anyone else coming by today. And that's how it should be."
  749. [8:47 PM] Bot Fodder: "Well..." John pauses for a moment to consider the phrasing. "We were hoping you could help us stop the plane from getting destroyed." WOW, that didn't go well at all. John sighs dejectedly. He's not cut out for this kind of quest.
  750. [8:47 PM] Faerie: Razmik wonders what the point of talking to someone is if you're just going to walk around in circles like that. He listens on.
  751. [8:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That said, this temple is terribly dusty - a few mortal to clean up this area would be nice. Ah, I am but a terrible monster." She jests.
  752. [8:47 PM] Tenrei: "Yes, that." Kirie says.
  753. [8:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She smirks. "I don't really know why I would... Help."
  754. [8:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Or how, even."
  755. [8:48 PM] Eon: Lolth was.. watching?
  756. [8:48 PM] Mizuki: Alicia turns to John. Well! To the point.
  757.  
  758. [8:48 PM] Faerie: What Razmik gathers is... he should take her to mean the exact opposite of what she says.
  759. [8:49 PM] Faerie: 'So she knows what's going on. How do we get it out of her?'
  760. [8:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If that's all, you'd best leave. You can't possibly expect me to help you save the world, now, can you?" The Yochlol laughs a little.
  761. [8:49 PM] Bot Fodder: "It was a rumor, but one we bought from a... Mercane?" John glances at Alicia to see whether he got that right. "Anyway, he said there's less than a week... and we think the Moon is involved."
  762. [8:49 PM] Eon: "If this plane is destroyed, surely what you're guarding is forfeit. And that would disappoint Lolth, would it not?"
  763. [8:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And? This world, it hardly has a meaning. I am here as a Cast in a silly play." She smirks. "What I am guarding is merely a function for a role, a silly charade. You know this as well as I do, dreamers."
  764. [8:50 PM] Eon: Of course. She was actually an outsider.
  765. [8:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "No, dreamers - it's the web of deceit that I play. Saving this fake reality has no meaning for me."
  766. [8:51 PM] Faerie: ''Then why bother wasting time here for nothing?''
  767.  
  768. [8:51 PM] Eon: "Indeed, you seem rather bored.."
  769. [8:51 PM] Bot Fodder: So she guards her post regardless. John can kind of respect that, he guesses.
  770. [8:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She shrugs. "You don't get a choice to play as an actor either, Razmik." She smiles to Razmik sweetly.
  771. [8:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "We play our roles, dance on the stage of life..." She motions. "A grand beginning and end to all dreams."
  772.  
  773. [8:52 PM] Eon: Rather poetic, for a servant of Lolth..
  774. [8:52 PM] Faerie: Razmik huffs. ''Rather, I embrace my role, and have grown for it.'' But that's that. What can you do? What could she do?
  775. [8:53 PM] Eon: But still, this wasn't going anywhere.
  776. [8:53 PM] Tenrei: "I assure you miss, my comrades are all extremely well-meaning people who would do quite a bit for some information. You can't think of anything that's worth a small chat to you?"
  777. [8:53 PM] Mizuki: "With the end of this world, the end to what YOU hold dear is but a consequence." - Said Alicia to the Yochlol. - "This isn't necessarily about Lolth."
  778. [8:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That's fine, but remember who you are, Razmik. You are a baker, a paladin, and not a pawn in a nightmare of someone else's making." She nods to Razmik, understanding something.
  779. [8:53 PM] Mizuki: Alicia turns to the door, where the girl just left.
  780. [8:54 PM] Eon: "... Say, where did you get your name? Nephelle?"
  781. [8:54 PM] Bot Fodder: John prefers not to deal in all the meta-stuff. He recalls what the party had gleaned from an abandoned library in the city, last time. "Weren't people in this city working on a way to destroy the other moons? Or maybe save thiers?"(edited)
  782. [8:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She shrugs. "A small chat, we can afford."
  783. [8:54 PM] Eon: They might need to play from.. this angle.
  784. [8:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The name?" The Yochlol shrugs. "That's... a Secret."
  785. [8:55 PM] Eon: "Curious.." She glances at the party members more familiar with Nephelle.
  786. [8:55 PM] Faerie: Raz considers her words. It's possible there was some truth to them, he acknowledges. His eyes narrow at Esker's mention.
  787. [8:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "They were seeking to destroy the other moons - Corellon's influence in this realm is light. It's the rulership of the three moons that mattered to the elves. Lolth is merely a minor deity in these lands, can you believe it? Despite the temple of grandeur, it's all a show of my queen's... lavish arrogance."
  788. [8:55 PM] Bot Fodder: "I'll tell you later, Esker..." John says. For a moment, he seems almost sad.
  789. [8:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's all now just a dusty room with no visitors." She smiles.
  790. [8:56 PM] Eon: "And yet you're here, guarding in a city that is bereft of life."
  791. [8:56 PM] Bot Fodder: "I can believe it." John shrugs. "A goddess would need to have followers, right?"
  792.  
  793. [8:56 PM] Eon: Would it be foolhardy to pity the demon? Probably.
  794. [8:57 PM] Mizuki: "And soon, it might be nothing but ashes." - Added Alicia. - "We're trying to stop that."
  795. [8:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Mhmm. This weakness in the story - do you not think it's the scriptwriter's fault?" She says. "Sometimes, those who writes the script are... terrible at their job, leaving openings like these for certain agents to slip in. Like... Say, feys."
  796. [8:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Or one such as I?" She chuckles.
  797. [8:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "But we have to obey the rules of the script, if we are in here, unless we know the rules and can ... Play with it."
  798. [8:58 PM] Eon: ... that Avatar just now.
  799. [8:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "As for followers - that's another weakness in the script. An unreasonable point. But it's one we are always saving for moments. Nay, I am here for another purpose."
  800. [8:59 PM] Faerie: Razmik notes the contradiction in her words. ''Seems the fey never quite stopped sending people in. Why would that be? Our host reaches their dusk, despite the rules.''
  801. [8:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And now, you, who are saving this world of dream... Well met?" She chuckles.
  802. [8:59 PM] Eon: Esker glances to the side.
  803. [9:00 PM] Bot Fodder: "Well, I guess you're a lot easier to talk to than the 'other one' we met first. Was that the writer, too?" John chuckles, scratching his head.
  804. [9:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Indeed? I'll let you in on a secret, since I've taken quite a liking to you, Razmik..." She smiles. "The scriptwriter, the feys, they aren't the only involved parties. Many people wish a slice of the pie, a dominion over this dreamstuff."
  805. [9:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Recall your journey, and the force involved, and you'll understand. Many hands are trying to reach in. Some force may be keeping the scriptwriter alive, just so they are able to steal his power."
  806. [9:02 PM] Faerie: ...such as Orcus. Or Orcus would have, if the dreamstuff held any use outside the nightmares.
  807. [9:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The writer's influence has waned. You might've noticed that we are talking about him openly. He, however, cannot interupt us without an outside force. This room is... Similar to a resting room, to put on makeups for us actors." She jests.
  808. [9:02 PM] Bot Fodder: John nods slowly. Yeah... come to think of it, these nightmares have dealt with entities far stronger than the Nightmare's master could possibly be.
  809. [9:02 PM] Eon: (Ding dong. Remember what we gleamed from the library.)
  810. [9:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "So we are free to gossip, alright?" Nephelle smiles sweetly.
  811. [9:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Of course - not too much. I, myself, have many things to hide still." She shrugs.
  812. [9:03 PM] Eon: "Gossip is a good antidote to boredom, though, isn't it?"
  813. [9:03 PM] Eon: She gives a wry smile.
  814. [9:03 PM] Faerie: '...or the throne room', he adds in his mind. It was like nothing could reach them in there, despite being located nowhere in particular.
  815. [9:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's poison to the soul as well - I enjoy it so!" She laughs to Esker's words.
  816.  
  817. [9:04 PM] Eon: "As if you could be poisoned yourself." Esker.. snickers.....?
  818. [9:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The demonic drow woman idly plays with her fingers, as if waiting for you to say something of worth.
  819. [9:05 PM] Bot Fodder: (Suddenly, Denalthir vibes.)
  820.  
  821. [9:05 PM] Eon: Esker shrugs. She's out of ideas.
  822. [9:05 PM] Bot Fodder: "Is the thing you're guarding also something that needs to remain a secret? I was wondering about that 'legacy' you mentioned."
  823. [9:05 PM] Faerie: Razmik fidgets in place, uneasy at the forces at play beyond his understanding.
  824. [9:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hm? Well, now - that's another secret, but we are behind closed doors." She snickers "The legacy of the dark elves? They are but a race of folly, in this frozen realm."
  825. [9:07 PM] Mizuki: Alicia thinks. Slowly it's all coming together, the dreams, the deities and beings involved. This wasn't just about defeating the lord of the nightmare and freeing everyone's imprisioned souls... There was more, way more.
  826. [9:07 PM] Faerie: He pauses, and waits for a moment to ask, index pointing to the ceiling. ''Answer me this: Can something 'escape' this reality into the real world, in any way?''
  827. [9:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "They have nothing worth protecting - a vengeance toward the moon, a hatred to the other elves. They do not seek change in their life. And they have largely waned as a race."
  828. [9:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hmm."
  829. [9:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She ponders for a moment. "Well... It's not impossible."
  830. [9:08 PM] Mizuki: She stares at Raz quickly, and reminds herself of that time he became something similar to the avatar of Lathander. Suddenly, that makes a lot more sense.
  831. [9:08 PM] Eon: Esker clutches her cloak closer. The Astral Plane..
  832. [9:08 PM] Eon: A foolhardy idea, surely..
  833. [9:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She points to you, Razmik. "Your strength, the riches and the wealth you've obtained - is it not something you can bring in and out of the play with you?"
  834. [9:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If something is a part of you, then it's something you can bring in and out of. That's the rule."
  835.  
  836. [9:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Otherwise, the dreamstuff - they are too weak and vulnerable. They will melt like snow in the sun, should they be exposed to Reality."
  837. [9:09 PM] Eon: ... Hmm. A part of her? Her possessions were a part of her?
  838. [9:10 PM] Eon: ... Maybe she should just declare Shadow and Recelle hers.
  839. [9:10 PM] Bot Fodder: John frowns harshly at Razmik, suddenly. "Hey, wait. How can you think about that? If we leave now, everything will get destroyed!" The guard's mentality remains as simple and innocent as ever.
  840. [9:10 PM] Mizuki: Alicia presses her right hand against her chest. Shadow and Recelle. There was still hope then.
  841. [9:10 PM] Tenrei: "So you think, with a strong enough bond...?"
  842. [9:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (dat persona vibe suddenly)
  843. [9:10 PM] Faerie: Razmik takes a breath in, as if to not falter. ''Yeah... mostly, the strength. But what is and what isn't part of us 'actors'?''
  844. [9:10 PM] Bot Fodder: (Snrk.)
  845. [9:10 PM] Faerie: Kirie was onto something!
  846. [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Bond? I don't know. The rule's there, and... Remember what I said about rules? You need to know them, to break them." She smiles.
  847. [9:11 PM] Eon: This is the sort of thing you Divine for..
  848. [9:11 PM] Bot Fodder: "Then, can you tell us the rules, if we don't know them all...?"
  849. [9:11 PM] Faerie: ''If we distance ourselves from something, what would that...?''
  850. [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You know know the rule, as it is written. How you break them is... For you to do. You can only bring in and out something that is a part of you."
  851. [9:12 PM] Bot Fodder: (This is getting trippy, man.)
  852. [9:12 PM] Faerie: ''A part...''
  853. [9:12 PM] Eon: ... She stares at the seeds in her pouch.
  854. [9:12 PM] Eon: A part of her?
  855. [9:12 PM] Faerie: Razmik feels like he's been hit in the gut by a ram just now.
  856. [9:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She grins. "So if you become insane, and welcome an eldritch horror into your mind, yes, you are able to bring it to the reality as well. So be careful about that, dreamers."
  857. [9:12 PM] Eon: Esker blinks.
  858. [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "But I jest."
  859. [9:13 PM] Mizuki: "The treasures we bring outside..." - Started Alicia - "Aren't necessarily a part of us."
  860. [9:13 PM] Bot Fodder: John tries not to look at his present company. He fails.
  861. [9:13 PM] Faerie: 'I need to forget... we need...', he urges the group.
  862. [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "They do belong to you, and they aren't necessarily a part of you. What makes something a part of you? Good question."
  863. [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle shrugs. "That's for you to figure out."
  864. [9:14 PM] Bot Fodder: "... A name?" John says, the words escaping without warning.
  865. [9:14 PM] Mizuki: (dis sum deep lore son)
  866. [9:14 PM] Faerie: 'What Can't Be Named's release weighs on me, guys... am I the only one?', he's unable to resist asking telephatically.
  867. [9:14 PM] Eon: (Inb4 its literally what we write on our character sheets.)
  868. [9:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (that would be super meta, huh? :happypopo: )
  869. [9:14 PM] Bot Fodder: He stares hard at 'Nephelle.'
  870.  
  871. [9:15 PM] Mizuki: (>mfw "the party" is on my bonds)
  872. NicoSmug1
  873. [9:15 PM] Bot Fodder: (Ehehe.)
  874. [9:15 PM] Eon: (The whole plot is meta!)
  875. [9:15 PM] Eon: (The script writer is an umbrella!)
  876. [9:15 PM] Bot Fodder: (PLS.)
  877. [9:15 PM] Faerie: ''Wait - you can't just mean stuff we can perceive. Are you saying that, if we 'believe' in something enough...?''
  878. [9:16 PM] Faerie: That's the extent of Razmik's probing: Any more and he'll likely short circuit.
  879. [9:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle shrugs. "That would be silly - you'd be able to imagine yourself a god, then."
  880. [9:16 PM] Eon: Shadow and Recelle were real enough to her, at any rate.
  881. [9:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The thing that you make your own - it needs to exist."
  882. [9:16 PM] Mizuki: "Names... The people we met in the outside world..." - Alicia runs her hand through her hair. - "We're constantly taking things out and... Bringing things in."(edited)
  883. [9:17 PM] Eon: Esker rubs her temples.
  884. [9:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The feys, and the scriptwriter, are bringing things in."
  885. [9:17 PM] Eon: This was getting terribly metaphysical.
  886. [9:17 PM] Eon: Heck was the yochlol even telling the truth?
  887. [9:17 PM] Eon: Insight if I may
  888. [9:17 PM] Bot Fodder: John folds his arms. "Hrm..." He wants to say they're getting off-topic... but are they?
  889. [9:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You are merely an actor, not the ones responsible for the story." Nephelle says, a bit sadly. "You don't have that level of administrative right."
  890. [9:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Go for it, Esker.
  891. [9:18 PM] Eon: Roll 1d20+9
  892. [9:18 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 5, Result: 14
  893. [9:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You have no idea what the truth is.
  894. [9:18 PM] Faerie: (Guidance urself my man)
  895. [9:18 PM] Eon: This is starting to hurt her head.
  896. [9:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She might be lying between every breath, and you wouldn't be able to know.
  897. [9:18 PM] Bot Fodder: (I'll try insight, too. Erm, also, Divine Casting in here might have unintended side effects.)
  898. [9:18 PM] Eon: It would be second nature to a yochlol..
  899. [9:18 PM] Mizuki: Alicia stares at the Yochlol's eyes. - "In that, you're wrong."
  900.  
  901. [9:19 PM] Faerie: Insight as well. Razmik keeps himself entertained trying to follow her words carefully, closely.
  902. [9:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If you are able to bring a soul into the nightmare..." She smiles at Alicia.
  903. [9:19 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+5
  904. [9:19 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 19, Result: 24
  905. [9:19 PM] Eon: ... Is Nephelle a valid target for divination?
  906. [9:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Then you have to be a mother." She concludes.
  907. [9:19 PM] Tenrei: "I dunno. Worst case Alicia can do some... magic jar stuff."
  908. [9:19 PM] Tenrei: "It seems possible, in any case."
  909. [9:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... This Nephelle in front of you. She's speaking not only truthfully, but with intention to help you, Razmik.
  910. [9:19 PM] Eon: ('A servant of a god')
  911. [9:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's strange, a fiend... Helping you, to this extent.
  912. [9:20 PM] Faerie: ''A soul...''
  913. [9:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There is something more to it, surely. A fiend couldn't possibly be this well-intended. Either she's doing so out of her personal interest, or...
  914.  
  915. [9:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You might be able to try, Esker.
  916. [9:21 PM] Faerie: Why, what would push Razmik to believe that? He warns the others: Try as he might, he couldn't shake the feeling off. Was there something wrong with him?
  917. [9:21 PM] Eon: She did just speak with an avatar of Elistraee..
  918. [9:21 PM] Eon: Try.. what?
  919. [9:21 PM] Eon: Oh, divination.
  920. [9:21 PM] Mizuki: "We're not just actors, not just playing roles." - She continued. - "Everyone I met here... They are real, they aren't just scripts. We changed the flow of history itself in some worlds, and we shall do it once again in this one."
  921. [9:22 PM] Eon: ... What should she even ask, though..
  922. [9:22 PM] Bot Fodder: A guard smiles at Alicia. Perhaps it was nothing, though.
  923. [9:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "This is the realm of dreams and nightmares. The reality here is as real as you make of it. If that's what you believe, then it shall be real." Nephelle nods.
  924. [9:22 PM] Mizuki: "And not without help. If they were only scripts, characters in a play, they wouldn't be able to do what they did. For both the world we are in, and... Us."(edited)
  925. [9:22 PM] Faerie: Razmik paces around, now. He makes sure not to touch anything.
  926. [9:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You reduce the scripts down back into the reality as they should be, instead of a horrific play that repeats for eternity. For that, is you saving the world, as it goes."
  927. [9:23 PM] Eon: (Why are you helping us? Is probably too easy to cryptic)
  928. [9:23 PM] Faerie: (At any rate, do NOT Divination here)
  929. [9:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (The answer would be "because I have reasons.jpg" Kappa )
  930. [9:23 PM] Eon: (Exactly..)
  931.  
  932. [9:23 PM] Bot Fodder: (... Don't suppose you've read SuMaGa in the past, Kogasa? :thinking: )
  933. [9:24 PM] Eon: (The worst Lolth yells at me, right?)
  934. [9:24 PM] Eon: (Well there could be worse still I guess..)
  935. [9:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( I don't say yes or no to questions regarding to what novels I've read :smugpopo: )
  936. [9:24 PM] Tenrei: (Okay, so we need Recelle and Shadow to both take a level in Wizard, then we need to keep giving them scrolls of Magic Jar til they pass the INT check, which puts their souls into jars, then Alicia just needs to carry the jars home and find new bodies for them to possess)
  937. [9:24 PM] Tenrei: (Just... for reference)
  938. [9:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (K E K)
  939. [9:25 PM] Faerie: (Pfffff)
  940. [9:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (There's a simpler way, obviously - or ways.)
  941. [9:25 PM] Eon: (Gosh that cheese is stinky (
  942. [9:25 PM] Mizuki: (t-that won't be necessary!)
  943. [9:25 PM] Runic: (Uhuh, sounds like a huge hassle to do lol)
  944. [9:25 PM] Bot Fodder: (But I want the TRUE END. :sadpopo: )
  945. [9:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Ah, that's right. If you wish to access the riches of the temple, you still have to defeat me, the guardian - least I become influenced by the scriptwriter. If you don't, then while we make this room the actor's rest room, we are able to rest and recover." Nephelle points out.
  946. [9:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "But in that case, I would suggest a game of chess or something instead. I am allowed to do so, accordingly."
  947. [9:26 PM] Eon: (If we don't come up with anything I am literally going to divination her right in front of her.)
  948. [9:26 PM] Mizuki: (>a game of chess)
  949. [9:26 PM] Eon: Esker pulls out dice.
  950. [9:26 PM] Mizuki: (that would be a bit anticlimatic!)
  951. [9:26 PM] Eon: "Fancy chance, instead?"
  952. [9:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Game of chance are not to your favor." She says.
  953. [9:27 PM] Mizuki: (when did we anime this shit up?)
  954. [9:27 PM] Eon: That is true. They were kind of in a temple..
  955. [9:27 PM] Faerie: ''...I need to make myself forget something we did'', Razmik finally admits. ''Either that, or make it so we are convinced it was no real thing.'' He looks at Nephelle, almost pleading through his eyes. ''Otherwise, something could come out...''
  956. [9:27 PM] Bot Fodder: (Careful... Games of chance require a wager from both sides, too. )
  957. [9:27 PM] Faerie: (As early as session 1, Alicia)
  958. NicoSmug1
  959. [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "But that's after you are done. Once I am done my duty here, I am allowed to leave the nightmare." She warns.
  960. [9:28 PM] Eon: (At most I lop off my arm.)
  961. [9:28 PM] Bot Fodder: "Forgetting it wouldn't unmake it," John tells Razmik adamantly.
  962.  
  963. [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "As for that something..."
  964. [9:28 PM] Mizuki: (forget what?)
  965. [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle seems interested.
  966. [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "As long as you do not carry that something - or someone? - in you, you should be fine."
  967. [9:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... The one with a thousand form is the enemy of all gods and mortals, but calls the Dreamland his home. In the first place, he is able to come and go as he pleases."
  968. [9:30 PM] Faerie: Carry - in him? Maybe it's as Razmik thought.
  969. [9:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I would not worry about it over much - think of him as a jester, fooling around with the actors on the stage, to his own whim."
  970. [9:30 PM] Faerie: ''Thousand forms... from Beyond the stars?''
  971. [9:30 PM] Eon: Esker shudders. Why?
  972. [9:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, I know no whence he came from, but he does call Dreamland his home."
  973. [9:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "This land - Orixia? - is of a different origin." She says. "And one with a different story."
  974. [9:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Have you wondered why you've never heard of a land like this in the multiverse? ..." She smiles.
  975. [9:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She waves her hand, creating an illusion, of a veil of stars. "Being here as an actor has some advantage for me."
  976. [9:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I was able to learn a lot."
  977. [9:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The veil of stars stretches forth, until you are able to zoom in on... the area beyond the edge of the multiverse.
  978. [9:32 PM] Bot Fodder: John never wondered why he hasn't heard of it. That happens to him a lot.
  979. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A throbbing orb of organ infesting an hourglass, spinning madly, as liquid sand within the crystalline capture flows erraticly.
  980. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A cap of ice, and an uneven cap of tendril and flesh.
  981. [9:33 PM] Faerie: Razmik swallows it. She has his curiosity, and he nods looking at the veil. ''I've found myself learning a lot here, as well... about things that shouldn't be.''
  982. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "This is Orixia, outside of dream."
  983. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... It is part of the Far Realm."
  984. [9:33 PM] Faerie: ''That hourglass...!'', he recognizes it. That's what they called it.
  985. [9:34 PM] Eon: .....
  986. [9:34 PM] Eon: Hold up..
  987. [9:34 PM] Eon: That can't be right.
  988. [9:34 PM] Eon: The moon was from the Far Realm
  989. [9:35 PM] Eon: That would be a silly thing to say if they were already in it. Unless that was just more Dreamland logic.
  990. [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Your journey here will end in a note of horror, as force from beyond merely the scriptwriter are involved. A hand from beyond the scriptwriter's control handed him the script. That's why he has so little control in this final act..." She sings, a note pf orphecy.
  991. [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Should you, the actors, decline the script, and make a story of your own... What do you think will happen?"
  992. [9:35 PM] Bot Fodder: (Ruin has come to our family.)
  993. [9:36 PM] Eon: "I imagine the script writer will first throw a fit."
  994.  
  995. [9:36 PM] Eon: "I imagine the script writer will first throw a fit."
  996. [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's a bit more involved than that, hahaha." Nephelle chuckles. "The one whose hand was extended too far... They'll be punished."
  997. [9:37 PM] Eon: ... was she suggesting they say fuck it to the Abyssification of the plane?
  998. [9:37 PM] Eon: Just.. forget it?
  999. [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The illusion shifts, as time reverse - as the Far Realms fade. As the Far Realms drain, recline, revealing Orixia.
  1000. [9:37 PM] Eon: That.. was a disturbing thought.
  1001. [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A roaring ice cap, a hourglass of stone, a goblet.
  1002. [9:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And the illusion ends.
  1003. [9:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Know thy enemy. It's not the scriptwriter anymore - he not longer have much control over his own power."
  1004. [9:38 PM] Faerie: Razmik thinks, nobody present ever asked for any of this. He straightens himself up. ''Even now, there's one thing I can be certain of. I'm either leaving this place after breaking a cycle, or I'll forfeit my life to it.''
  1005. [9:38 PM] Eon: Orixia is not part of the Far Realm.. yet?
  1006. [9:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "He's just as much an actor as you and I, now, even. Trapped in an awesome story... An awful story."
  1007. [9:39 PM] Eon: Right. The Abyssification wasn't actually the Abyss..
  1008. [9:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Good." Nephelle smiles to Razmik.
  1009. [9:39 PM] Bot Fodder: John's head spins. "I'm not sure I understand... but... you're saying if we beat the Nightmare, the moon won't destroy the world?"
  1010. [9:39 PM] Eon: Esker rubs her temples. Too much thinking.
  1011. [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "To put it in layman's term." She sighs. "If you break the script, which is given by someone else, that someone else will also lose the reality that they've presented."
  1012. [9:40 PM] Mizuki: Alicia nods towards Raz. - "We won't let him do as it pleases, whatever it is. We will carve our own path through this so called script."(edited)
  1013. [9:40 PM] Faerie: It was the same for everyone else. ''...we can't accept this'', he laments. No.
  1014. [9:41 PM] Bot Fodder: John nods. "... Okay."
  1015. [9:41 PM] Eon: (Guys, do you want to trigger nightmare intentionally?)
  1016.  
  1017. [9:41 PM] Mizuki: (I DON'T GIVE A SHIT)
  1018. [9:41 PM] Bot Fodder: (Well, she just said this is a Safe Space ™, so.)
  1019. [9:41 PM] Runic: (rather not)
  1020. [9:41 PM] Eon: (As in, later.)
  1021. [9:41 PM] Eon: (Just walk up to Augus and metabomb him)
  1022. [9:42 PM] Bot Fodder: (... W-why? :sadpopo: )
  1023. [9:42 PM] Runic: (wow rude man)
  1024. [9:42 PM] Faerie: ''For the sake of a sickening play like this? That can't be it. That won't be why we're here! I simply cannot accept that.''
  1025. [9:42 PM] Eon: (Breaks the script, doesn't it?)
  1026. [9:42 PM] Faerie: Razmik's gaze pierces Nephelle, and then falls back to the group.
  1027. [9:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Do not forget why you are here, Razmik."
  1028. [9:43 PM] Eon: Esker crosses her arms. She had a point, Raz..
  1029. [9:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle seems sad. "There are some people that... You can save them, but only their souls. And there are worlds that you can actually save, to reverse the false reality."
  1030. [9:43 PM] Bot Fodder: John sighs. "So, then that moon-monster is related... but it's not part of the script. Not the one we're trying to beat, at any rate. I guess that means we need to continue like we always have."
  1031. [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hm? Save the world, if that's what you wish; I am unable to give you aid as per my role as an Actor. Outside of that, however..."
  1032. [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Outside of that, you have my support." She finishes.
  1033.  
  1034. [9:45 PM] Bot Fodder: (Okayyy... So. "Save Orixia, save the World!" or something, then?)
  1035. [9:45 PM] Faerie: ''Tell me. Please tell us, what... can we do? I'll do anything if it means unmaking this night terror.''
  1036. [9:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..."
  1037. [9:46 PM] Faerie: Anything.
  1038. [9:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well..." Nephelle shrugs. "You can do whatever it is that you are able to do, whatever it is that you've been doing. And..."
  1039. [9:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... You can bake me a cake, maybe."
  1040. [9:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Jokes aside." She coughs.
  1041. [9:46 PM] Mizuki: (FUCK)
  1042. [9:46 PM] Mizuki: (OH MY GOD)
  1043. [9:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You can save this world. I believe in it, Razmik, Alicia, John, Lexon... Others who've joined later."
  1044. [9:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And you can save more than this world."
  1045. [9:47 PM] Faerie: Razmik... squarely falls to his knees.
  1046. [9:47 PM] Bot Fodder: (She couldn't help it. Razmik was being too cute for her.)
  1047. [9:47 PM] Eon: "Esker."
  1048. [9:47 PM] Mizuki: Alicia gasps, and stares at Raz wide eyed. He got that... Right?
  1049. [9:47 PM] Eon: And.. that's problematic..
  1050. [9:47 PM] Faerie: ''T-tell me something, please...''
  1051. [9:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle gently walks up to Razmik, and lifts him up.
  1052. [9:48 PM] Faerie: ''Was... was any of it authentic?''
  1053. [9:48 PM] Faerie: He knows that she knows what he means.
  1054. [9:48 PM] Bot Fodder: (Quick, while she has her guard down! Let's kill her and take her treasure!)
  1055. [9:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... The only thing that is not real, would be the act performed by an Actor." Nephelle says, after thinking about it for a moment.
  1056. [9:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You just need to worry about one thing. Doing the right thing."
  1057. [9:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The beautiful drow woman holds onto Razmik, giving him a solid hug, before backing away.
  1058. [9:49 PM] Eon: Esker is.. confused.
  1059. [9:50 PM] Faerie: Razmik shakes still. He looks down, to the side, unmoving.
  1060. [9:50 PM] Eon: Ever more so than before, she throws her arms up in defeat.
  1061. [9:50 PM] Mizuki: Alicia puts a shaky hand on Raz's shoulder. - "That... We will."
  1062. [9:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She smiles in mischief. "But thinking about it too much would only hurt your resolve. Once again, you have my full support."
  1063. [9:51 PM] Faerie: ''...I won't... let you down. Alright? I promise.'', Razmik blurts out. And that's all he says on it
  1064. [9:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle smiles happily.
  1065. [9:51 PM] Faerie: Somewhere in his chest, a tiny flame sways.
  1066. [9:54 PM] Faerie: In time, Nephelle's words - the whole conversation, rather -, are what will fan that mote into a roaring inferno. Maybe out of desperation, maybe simply because Razmik lacks a choice. As it stands, he's promised to turn that impotency, that fear, that anger into something else. Something... better.
  1067. [9:54 PM] Faerie: Something not unlike a cake.
  1068. [9:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... In any case." Nephelle pauses. "Anything else?"
  1069. [9:54 PM] Faerie: He smiles after Nephelle, finally. Alicia was right, too. After what feels like an eternity, Razmik shakes his head.(edited)
  1070. [9:56 PM] Bot Fodder: "Agreed. On the second part." John is strangely calm. He smiles lightly. "Don't look down on Actors too much. Sometimes, they're the ones who really make the show..."
  1071. [9:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle nods.
  1072. [9:57 PM] Mizuki: Alicia shakes her head and smiles. They're not actors, but they surely will make the show.
  1073. [9:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: [... Nephelle's Blessing has been updated.]
  1074. [9:58 PM] Bot Fodder: (John didn mean that we were the Actors. But >Metaphors lol.)
  1075. [9:58 PM] Bot Fodder: John streches, cracks his neck, and rolls his shoulders. "Okay. That's all I can think of, so maybe we'll see you again soon."
  1076. [9:59 PM] Faerie: (metaphorgotten)
  1077. [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle nods.
  1078. [9:59 PM] Mizuki: (gib nep's blessing update)
  1079. [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I'll be here, until the script comes to an end, or my duty is fulfilled." Nephelle says.
  1080. [10:00 PM] Faerie: Razmik is sure they will. His stomach wouldn't be upsetting him so, otherwise
  1081. [10:00 PM] Faerie: But, all of that can wait. It sounds like he'll need to get baking (baking, not caking) again, soon.(edited)
  1082. [10:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  1083. [10:00 PM] Eon: ...
  1084. [10:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: What will you do now, adventurers?
  1085. [10:01 PM] Eon: All that said and done..
  1086. [10:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The Yochlol is unable to aid you as an Actor in the play.
  1087. [10:01 PM] Eon: They still weren't anywhere closer to prevent what was to happen in 7 days.
  1088. [10:02 PM] Faerie: There is no Yochlol this particular paladin knows of. Not in there, and not in front of them.
  1089. [10:02 PM] Eon: ... Not to dismiss resolve, of course.
  1090. [10:02 PM] Mizuki: (this treasure of hers, is it just for greed or does it matter plot-wise?)
  1091. [10:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Indeed. It seems that going to a drow deity's demonic servant wasn't the best idea to save the world with.
  1092. [10:02 PM] Eon: The Outsider was their best bet that they were familiar with..
  1093. [10:03 PM] Eon: She supposed it fell to Divination, or asking the human tribes on the surface.
  1094. [10:03 PM] Eon: Its not like they could ask the mind flayers.
  1095. [10:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That may be a direction you could try.
  1096. [10:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You can ask the Aboleth for help? :smugpopo:
  1097. [10:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Surely THAT can't go wrong :smugpopo:
  1098. [10:04 PM] Mizuki: (that's an option :smugpopo:)
  1099. [10:04 PM] Eon: Why that sounds like a perfect idea!
  1100. [10:04 PM] Mizuki: (but Koga, do we know about this treasure of her? Is it just for greed or is it something relevant?)
  1101. [10:04 PM] Eon: Esker marches off in its general direction
  1102. [10:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You don't know)
  1103. [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Nobody asked either - nor will the yochlol be able to answer LUL)
  1104. [10:05 PM] Bot Fodder: (Well... let's go talk to Augus. We need to pick up where we left off.)
  1105. [10:05 PM] Mizuki: (well then lads, it's time to find out then.)
  1106. [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It might be a black ribbon :smugpopo: )
  1107. [10:05 PM] Eon: (Alicia no)
  1108. [10:05 PM] Eon: (Koga no :cryingpopo:
  1109. [10:05 PM] Mizuki: (why not, this should be important as hell)
  1110. [10:05 PM] Eon: (Because if its important, in what world is Raz going to smite it?)
  1111. [10:05 PM] Bot Fodder: (That is: stopping the force that is changing Orixia into a dead land.)
  1112. [10:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Well, I wouldn't call being a part of the Far Realm /dead/)
  1113. [10:06 PM] Faerie: Razmik exists stage, head held high. As he leaves the temple, the last thing he sees is the one whose name's carried in his lips.
  1114. [10:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It's /worse/ than that, but it's not dead.)
  1115. [10:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( Kappa )
  1116. [10:06 PM] Eon: (Kogapls)
  1117. [10:06 PM] Mizuki: Alicia holds Razmik by the shoulder before he leaves.
  1118. [10:06 PM] Eon: (Lets just smite the moon, sheesh.)
  1119. [10:06 PM] Faerie: Closing his eyes for a moment, he then closes the curtain behind him. Waits outside.
  1120.  
  1121. [10:07 PM] Eon: Esker frowns. This was so very confusing..
  1122. [10:07 PM] Mizuki: "Nephelle..." - She started, hands shaky. - "I think you know what I'm about to ask... The very reason we can't just leave right now..."
  1123. [10:07 PM] Eon: But well. That isn't something she can change. She heads outside, gauging Razmkk.
  1124. [10:08 PM] Mizuki: She stares at her eyes, and awaits an answer.
  1125. [10:08 PM] Bot Fodder: (What we're supposed to take away from this is: the moon is NOT the source of the nightmare in Orixia.)
  1126. [10:08 PM] Runic: Lexon walks out of the temple as well, left with a confused attitude and a slight headache from listening
  1127. [10:08 PM] Mizuki: Her eyes filled with resolve.
  1128. [10:08 PM] Mizuki: (GUYS PLS WAIT ;_;)
  1129. [10:08 PM] Eon: (Go 1v1 it Alicia)
  1130. [10:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Gogogo)
  1131. [10:08 PM] Bot Fodder: (It merely shares a... common thread, we'll say? That's how I read it.)
  1132. [10:08 PM] Eon: (It'll go great)
  1133. [10:09 PM] Faerie: Razmik looks back at you, Esker. He seems calmer, but remains silent. After a pause, his head tilts.
  1134. [10:09 PM] Bot Fodder: (So tl;dr we fix Orixia's winter problem and everything might work out. Temporarily.)
  1135. [10:09 PM] Mizuki: (what the fuck lads, stop leaving the room, our business here isn't finished :sadpopo:)
  1136. [10:09 PM] Eon: (Just 1v1 her)
  1137. [10:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nothing's preventing you from turning 360 degreen and moonwalking back to challenge the Yochlol to a dance off, Alicia.
  1138. [10:09 PM] Faerie: (Mine is! I don't know about the rest)
  1139.  
  1140. [10:10 PM] Eon: "... I don't understand, but I'm here if you need me."
  1141. [10:10 PM] Faerie: (Bathroom, be right back)
  1142. [10:10 PM] Mizuki: (You dudes really want Alicia to 1x1 this up? :sadpopo:)
  1143. [10:10 PM] Eon: She rests her hand on her shoulder.. for a moment.
  1144. [10:10 PM] Eon: (You'll be fineee.)
  1145. [10:11 PM] Runic: (Lexon doesn't really have much to say so he'll just follow Razmik)
  1146. [10:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Remember to make it a danceoff, Yochlols don't actually have feets)
  1147. [10:11 PM] Eon: (I'm joking, unless you one shot her with banishment)
  1148. [10:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You might get dancing_cow.avi'd though)
  1149. [10:11 PM] Mizuki: "This treasure of yours." - She continued, staring at her eyes. - "What is it?"
  1150. [10:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hmm?" The Yochlol smiles. "Why, is the legacy of the foolish drows, who worshipped the moon instead of the great goddess that gave them life and meaning."
  1151. [10:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "They've never sought to better their life, and devout their lives into vengeance. It's a great artifact of exacting one's vengeance."
  1152.  
  1153. [10:13 PM] Bot Fodder: John clears his throat, lingering by the door. "Hey, let's... not get too ahead of ourselves. We can worry about the treasure... when we need it. Sound good?"
  1154. [10:13 PM] Eon: Esker sighs. Now is a good time as any.. she kneels down. Hopefully no sun fetuses appear again.
  1155. [10:13 PM] Eon: She wonders what is taking Alicia so long, but hey.
  1156. [10:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That's the will of the Queen, of the Demonweb Pits. They unwillingly pranked themselves into a corner, looked up to the night sky, and cursed the gods for their own weakness. Drows of Orixia are like that."
  1157. [10:14 PM] Bot Fodder: (I'm sorry we're so thick, Kogasa :sadpopo: )
  1158. [10:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It's cute!)
  1159. [10:14 PM] Faerie: Razmik can help Esker get everything in place for the ritual.
  1160. [10:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (SO THICK AND RICH LIKE I AM EATING A CHEESE CAKE)
  1161. [10:14 PM] Mizuki: (thick? Am I doing something wrong here guys? ;_;)
  1162.  
  1163. [10:15 PM] Faerie: (Not like this isn't convulted as fuck, man)
  1164. [10:15 PM] Runic: ( :rainbowpopo: )
  1165. [10:15 PM] Eon: (Hmm.)
  1166. [10:15 PM] Mizuki: (we might need this artifact to make this work)
  1167. [10:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Hm? Well, the Yochlol isn't in the Actor position to give you the treasure; because that's her role in the play, "The temple guardian guarding a secret treasure")
  1168. [10:15 PM] Mizuki: (nephelle wouldn't want us to leave it like this just because she's nephelle)
  1169. [10:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Outside of that, she's Nephelle.)
  1170. [10:15 PM] Eon: (Just banish her, sheesh.)
  1171. [10:16 PM] Mizuki: (I don't have a spellslot for that silly :sadpopo:)
  1172. [10:16 PM] Eon: (Get good then)
  1173. [10:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You can think of it as a guy in a theme park making a story about a princess, and hired a girl to be the princess. She does what she is told to do. Outside of her role as a princess, she might be into cakes and metal music.)
  1174. [10:16 PM] Bot Fodder: (The legacy of a people who wanted to blow up a moon. The treasure !!might!! have relation to that. Get it?)
  1175. [10:17 PM] Eon: (Can we just sneak past her?)
  1176. [10:17 PM] Bot Fodder: (So, we won't need it yet.)
  1177. [10:17 PM] Eon: (She probably has special sight, but ehh.)
  1178. [10:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (However, once she's rescued and all, she might not longer be around the place - since the princess's role is done.)
  1179. [10:17 PM] Mizuki: "I'm sorry but... We need to go through here." - She finished. Her shaky hands resting on the pommel of her sword.
  1180. [10:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (So that's your Give n' Take.)
  1181. [10:17 PM] Faerie: (The treasure was with you all along)
  1182.  
  1183. [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Sighing, Neph- Nah, the Yochlol stands up.
  1184. [10:18 PM] Eon: "Mielikki, your humble servant.." What was taking them so long?
  1185. [10:18 PM] Faerie: (Dramatic)
  1186. [10:18 PM] Bot Fodder: John takes this opportunity to stride over, pick Alicia up by the waist, and carry her out. "Okay, thank youuuu--"
  1187. [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Then, you foolish mortals who dare to challenge the Queen of Demonweb Pit's authority!" She says, entering proper stance. "A- ... Uh.... "
  1188. [10:19 PM] Mizuki: (guys :sdapopo:)
  1189. [10:19 PM] Faerie: (Anticlimatic)
  1190. [10:19 PM] Bot Fodder: (FACE ME FIRST)
  1191. [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She has a :sadpopo: face as Alicia's carried away.
  1192. [10:19 PM] Mizuki: Alicia won't be carried away
  1193. [10:19 PM] Faerie: (Nephelle's so great)
  1194. [10:19 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+7 acrobatics
  1195. [10:19 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+7]: 16, Result: 23
  1196. [10:19 PM] Faerie: (OH FUCK)
  1197. [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You sure about this?
  1198.  
  1199. [10:19 PM] Mizuki: (pls lobby :sadpopo:)
  1200. [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alrighty then.
  1201. [10:20 PM] Eon: "Mistress of the woods.. Mother of the the glade.. etc. etc."
  1202. [10:20 PM] Eon: ... How long is she into the ritual? :sadpopo:
  1203. [10:20 PM] Bot Fodder: (Oh no, PvP :firepopo: )
  1204. [10:21 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+11
  1205. [10:21 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+11]: 10, Result: 21
  1206. [10:21 PM] Bot Fodder: (RIP)
  1207. [10:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (ripperino)
  1208. [10:22 PM] Mizuki: Alicia frees herself and lowers her face. This isn't how it's supposed to be. She stares at John's face angrily.
  1209. [10:22 PM] Mizuki: "I can walk on my own."
  1210. [10:22 PM] Mizuki: She stares back at Nephelle, and leaves without a word, leaving John behind.
  1211. [10:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... If you wish, you may fight for the treasure by a game of chess instead, Alicia."
  1212. [10:23 PM] Bot Fodder: "... A-ahaha, of course you can. Sorry," John scurries after Alicia contritely.
  1213. [10:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am to guard the treasure, and should I lose in a fight, then to the victor goes the spoil." She says pointly.
  1214. [10:23 PM] Mizuki: (brb 1 minute, gotta set up the notebook.)
  1215. [10:24 PM] Eon: (Just take a catfight, sheesh.)
  1216. [10:24 PM] Runic: (Man if she wants to fight, just admit it man...)
  1217. [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Btw, Nephelle has no proficiency in dragonchess)
  1218.  
  1219. [10:24 PM] Faerie: (So she's basically spelling it out)
  1220. [10:24 PM] Eon: (Just game of chess it, make Azura Help and Kirie Bardic you)
  1221. [10:24 PM] Faerie: (Hey, let me set myself up for failure)
  1222. [10:25 PM] Tenrei: (Kirie could win a rap battle)
  1223. [10:25 PM] Eon: (She's dancing between her script and her intentions..)
  1224. [10:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (If you feel like you need the treasure, she's more than willing to engage in battle in an area she doesn't have expertise to)
  1225. [10:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (and give it to you)
  1226. [10:25 PM] Faerie: (Razmik knows Perform. Tandem burn?)
  1227. [10:25 PM] Eon: (This is really silly either way)
  1228. [10:25 PM] Faerie: (But I mean)
  1229. [10:25 PM] Bot Fodder: (What happens after she loses, though? :sadpopo: )
  1230. [10:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (However, she's not able to just hand it to you. Also, by fulfilling her duty, she have to leave the nightmare.)
  1231. [10:26 PM] Mizuki: (guys, pls wait for me, 5 minutes :sadpopo: )
  1232. [10:26 PM] Runic: (kk)
  1233. [10:26 PM] Faerie: (That...)
  1234. [10:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Well, as she said - she'll leave the nightmare. Which means that she won't be able to do as much.)
  1235. [10:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (tl;dr it's a trade between a possibly legendary weapon and Nephelle's Blessing)
  1236.  
  1237. [10:26 PM] Faerie: (Yeah, but I wonder... the artifact can be nothing good, can it?)
  1238.  
  1239. [10:27 PM] Eon: (I honestly doubt Alicia would do this to Nephelle.)
  1240. [10:27 PM] Faerie: (Unless it is NOT what the drow originally intended to guard...?)
  1241. [10:27 PM] Eon: (I really really doubt it.)
  1242. [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Only one way to find out :rainbowpopo: )
  1243. [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Or Augury "Is it Holy Avenger")
  1244. [10:28 PM] Faerie: (Dreams are volatile, but I doubt an Actor can do something like that)
  1245. [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I guess 2 ways :rainbowpopo: )
  1246. [10:28 PM] Eon: (.... Divination is still ritual casting)
  1247. [10:29 PM] Faerie: (YOU'RE BEING TOO NICE, IT'S SCARING ME)
  1248. [10:29 PM] Eon: (PLEASE WAIT WARMLY)
  1249. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (brb pee)
  1250. [10:29 PM] Eon: (GIRL PREPARING)
  1251. [10:29 PM] Bot Fodder: ( :flamingpopo: )
  1252. [10:30 PM] Mizuki: (I just realized something)
  1253. [10:30 PM] Mizuki: (Alicia doesn't have proficiency in acrobatics, kek)
  1254. [10:30 PM] Faerie: (Also, >fight yochlol
  1255. >she benefits from Razmik's auras)
  1256. [10:31 PM] Eon: (Wow, get grappled)
  1257. [10:31 PM] Bot Fodder: (....... :firepopo: )
  1258. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (wow get ripperino'd)
  1259. [10:31 PM] Faerie: (PLEASE BAN THIS CHEATER)
  1260.  
  1261. [10:31 PM] Eon: (VAC)
  1262. [10:31 PM] Mizuki: (maximum sadpopo)
  1263. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Ahem.
  1264. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Esker. Your ritual finishes.
  1265. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You may Divination.
  1266. [10:31 PM] Runic: ( pets Mizu)
  1267. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (And spend your material)
  1268. [10:31 PM] Mizuki: (so, Alicia fights uselessly as John takes her out? :sadpopo:)
  1269. [10:32 PM] Eon: ... And here we go again.
  1270. [10:32 PM] Faerie: Raz takes a Ready.
  1271. [10:32 PM] Eon: (Hmm. Our goal might have changed.)
  1272. [10:33 PM] Bot Fodder: (Nah, no need for a retcon.)
  1273. [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... The Temple of Lolth rejects the authorities of the moon; She is her own goddess, and defies and and all eldritch lunar influence. Your Divination proceeds without interruption.
  1274. [10:33 PM] Faerie: Shove back anything that appears in front of Esker, were that to happen.
  1275. [10:33 PM] Eon: (Do we ask about the abyssificafion, or Orixia's always winter meme)
  1276. [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You feel strange praying to Mielikki in Lolth's temple, but that's that.
  1277. [10:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shit gotta ga nai.
  1278. [10:34 PM] Eon: (Fuck, I don't know. Consensus, guys.)
  1279. [10:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Take your time. LUL
  1280. [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (imma get some salsa and chips in while you guys decide. :rainbowpopo: )
  1281.  
  1282. [10:36 PM] Bot Fodder: (Well... I dunno if we asked the "Why" before, but how about that? What is the original cause of Orixia's changes?)
  1283. [10:37 PM] Eon: (We might as well ask how to restore it)
  1284. [10:38 PM] Runic: (Yeah asking how to restore it might be better)
  1285. [10:39 PM] Bot Fodder: (Sure, that works.)
  1286.  
  1287. [10:40 PM] Eon: "What is the best way for our party, alongside Augus' party to restore Orixia from its perpetually frozen state, alongside the Wight Wind?"
  1288. [10:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
  1289. [10:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hm.
  1290. [10:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: One moment.
  1291. [10:41 PM] Eon: (Mielikki putting me on hold!)
  1292. [10:42 PM] Faerie: (>best
  1293. >not ''most likely to work''
  1294. WARNING)(edited)
  1295. [10:42 PM] Eon: (EXCUSE YOU LAWYER)
  1296. [10:42 PM] Eon: (YOU WRITE THEM THEN)
  1297. [10:42 PM] Faerie: (I'M KIDDING)
  1298. [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The winter of Orixia is eternal, and that's the way it should be.
  1299. The Wight Wind blows as a curse to the land, a twisted Wind of White.
  1300. The Dominion of Wind lies in the hand of One who Shall Not Be Named.
  1301. Seek the King's audience, seek his favor, or defeat the King once and for all."
  1302. [10:42 PM] Mizuki: Alicia is just sitting on a corner, conflicted. Was leaving it like this really the right thing to do? What if they end up needing the treasure later and don't have time to claim it? She rests her head on her hands and closes her eyes.
  1303. [10:43 PM] Eon: ...
  1304. [10:43 PM] Eon: Esker facepalms.
  1305. [10:43 PM] Faerie: (IS IT TIME TO RUN STORM KING'S THUNDER)
  1306. [10:43 PM] Eon: She's appreciative.
  1307. [10:43 PM] Eon: She really is.
  1308. [10:43 PM] Mizuki: She knows it's nep but... Does she really want them to leave like that? She doesn't know, and now she feels silly, and kinda angry at the others.(edited)
  1309. [10:43 PM] Eon: BUT DID IT HAVE TO BE ANOTHER RIDDLE
  1310. [10:43 PM] Eon: ... King.
  1311. [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Mielikki is apologetic, and offers you an image.
  1312. [10:43 PM] Faerie: ''...Augus.''
  1313. [10:44 PM] Eon: She doubts it to be the myconids
  1314. [10:44 PM] Eon: "Yes."
  1315. [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A shadowy being, clad in yellow, worming, squirming robe.
  1316. [10:44 PM] Faerie: ''Augus might know a King.''
  1317. [10:44 PM] Eon: Esker flinches.
  1318. [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A scepter in hand, a King whose name Shall Not Be Named.
  1319. [10:44 PM] Eon: A King in Yellow?
  1320. [10:44 PM] Faerie: (Mielikki pls)
  1321. [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's the cause of the Wight Wind.
  1322. [10:44 PM] Eon: ..........
  1323. [10:44 PM] Eon: Esker flops.
  1324. [10:45 PM] Eon: "I don't even.."
  1325. [10:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You had to ask and she's like "oh... uh. Well... if you wanna know...")
  1326. [10:45 PM] Eon: "Raz, do we really have to be heroes?"
  1327. [10:45 PM] Runic: "Errr, I assume the advice ain't so good Esker?" Lexon asks
  1328. [10:45 PM] Eon: Sighing.
  1329. [10:46 PM] Eon: She relays what she saw.
  1330. [10:46 PM] Bot Fodder: Johns brow furrow's. "This sounds like..." Demon King? Demon King. This totally sounds like a Demon King.(edited)
  1331.  
  1332. [10:46 PM] Tenrei: (Does Kirie know any stories about such a king?)
  1333. [10:46 PM] Eon: "Sword or supplication.." Esker mutters.
  1334. [10:46 PM] Faerie: ''...I've never called myself a hero, Esker. We have to... do what we can.''
  1335. [10:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Arcana)
  1336. [10:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (DC 10 is enough)
  1337. [10:46 PM] Faerie: His answer is concise, and wholly unreasonable, just like you'd expect from Razmik.
  1338. [10:47 PM] Eon: "You sure act like one.."
  1339. [10:47 PM] Tenrei: roll 1d20+1
  1340. [10:47 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 8, Result: 9
  1341. [10:47 PM] Eon: ......
  1342. [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (flops)
  1343. [10:47 PM] Tenrei: ( :sadpopo: )
  1344. [10:47 PM] Tenrei: ( b-bard bonus)
  1345. [10:47 PM] Eon: (Someone slap her with Guidance)
  1346. [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You recall something about the character; Maybe Elerith knows more about it.
  1347.  
  1348. [10:48 PM] Eon: Can Esker try?
  1349. [10:48 PM] Eon: She did see an image, too
  1350. [10:48 PM] Bot Fodder: "Well, this 'King' should obviously get exterminated by the Hero. That's how it'd work back home," John says. Simplistic.
  1351. [10:48 PM] Eon: (Gib adv :smugpopo: )
  1352. [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Yeah, go right ahead.
  1353. [10:48 PM] Eon: Roll 1d20+1
  1354. [10:48 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 19, Result: 20
  1355. [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: No adv-
  1356. [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: No advantage necessary.
  1357. [10:49 PM] Bot Fodder: "So, you know what we have to do."
  1358. [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The King in Yellow is a Great Old One, a viable patron for warlocks to form a pact with.
  1359. [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: In classical elements, he is associated with the wind.
  1360. [10:49 PM] Bot Fodder: "Let's go get Sir Augus!" John concludes decisively.
  1361. [10:49 PM] Eon: "Its more than that, John.."
  1362. [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: His real name shall not be named, as calling it multiple times summon misfortune or, worse of all, him to descend.
  1363. [10:49 PM] Eon: "Its nature is.. similar to Ny-" Esker flinches.
  1364. [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: His presence drives those around him mad.
  1365. [10:50 PM] Mizuki: (literally azathoth)
  1366. [10:50 PM] Eon: (Say Hastur three times guys)
  1367. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The mental image given by Mielikki was censored for your sanity enough that it didn't impact you.
  1368. [10:50 PM] Faerie: Razmik spoke about Augus too soon. He gives John a weird look.
  1369. [10:51 PM] Bot Fodder: "What? Who else is supposed to be the Hero?" John says defensively.
  1370.  
  1371. [10:51 PM] Eon: "Ny- Ny-"
  1372. [10:51 PM] Tenrei: "So you know of this?" Kirie asks Esker.
  1373. [10:51 PM] Eon: "N-Crawling Chaos."
  1374. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As an additional piece of information,
  1375. [10:52 PM] Eon: "... I knew a Great Old One warlock at some point."
  1376. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Not all Great Old Ones are allied with each other; In fact, the opposite is more likely true.
  1377. [10:52 PM] Eon: "Was a nice fellow, if a bit.. odd."
  1378. [10:52 PM] Faerie: ((NO FUCK THAT))
  1379. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The King in Yellow, for example, is directly in conflict with the one who holds dominion over Water.
  1380. [10:52 PM] Faerie: (We're not ringing that shit-eating, grinning piece of shit of an old one)
  1381. [10:53 PM] Bot Fodder: (... Oh?)
  1382.  
  1383. [10:53 PM] Eon: "... I doubt we can just walk over and skewer something like that."
  1384. [10:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: For further details, however, you might need to ask someone whose an primordial native.
  1385. [10:54 PM] Eon: "We don't even know."
  1386. [10:54 PM] Eon: (LETS GO ASK THE ABOLETH GUYS)
  1387. [10:54 PM] Tenrei: "Do we have any other choice?"
  1388. [10:54 PM] Eon: "We can start by asking Augus, or more importantly, Elerith."
  1389. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  1390. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: So, what now, adventurers?
  1391. [10:56 PM] Eon: "I suggest we group up, at any rate."
  1392. [10:56 PM] Runic: "Seems like a good starting as any, let's head out and meet back with them then?"
  1393. [10:56 PM] Faerie: (Wait, which old one is associated with water? I doubt it's Nyarlathotep)
  1394. [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Cthulhu)
  1395. [10:56 PM] Eon: "Unless we wish to have tea with an Aboleth."
  1396. [10:56 PM] Bot Fodder: (Aboleth)
  1397. [10:56 PM] Eon: She sneers a little.
  1398. [10:57 PM] Faerie: Razmik gets up, and tails behind Esker.
  1399. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (In the first place, however, classical elements are kinda a slap-on for Lovecraftian horor and a lot of people don't like it, so don't think of it as something too serious outside of this campaign)
  1400.  
  1401. [10:58 PM] Mizuki: Alicia rejoins the others without a word, frustrated.
  1402. [10:58 PM] Faerie: (Oh. Alright, elements did sound kind of... I dunno, too mundane a thing for old gods to concern themselves with)
  1403. [10:58 PM] Eon: (Yeah. Classical elements were something we can understand.)
  1404. [10:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Having a greater picture of the world, it feels as if there's something greater... A veil of plot draped over your every action.
  1405. [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Regardless, you travel.
  1406. [10:59 PM] Faerie: (Hahaha)
  1407. [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Finding your hold safehouse, you spot the place after a bit of search.
  1408. [10:59 PM] Eon: (Pff)
  1409. [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As you open the trapdoor, you hear Shadow's voice, "Password?"
  1410. [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And Tot snarling, "Shadow's an idiot is the password, by the way."
  1411. [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "N-no! It's The Dark Wind Carries Me to Victory!"
  1412. [11:00 PM] Bot Fodder: "That's too long," says John.
  1413. [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anyways, you are able to slide down to the safehouse you've previously created.
  1414. [11:00 PM] Eon: "Let us in or I'll turn you into the pig you are."
  1415. [11:00 PM] Faerie: Razmik ignores Shadow. ''...If you really don't feel like it, you don't have to come. I understand, this is beyond insanity.''
  1416. [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus is there, maintaining his warhammer. Vel and Idun are arguing about something.
  1417. [11:00 PM] Eon: Esker isn't quite in the mood.
  1418. [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow seems sad.
  1419.  
  1420. [11:01 PM] Faerie: He won't try to guilt Esker into staying with them by saying he feels considerably more secure with her around, though.
  1421. [11:01 PM] Eon: "We have more pressing issues. As usual."
  1422. [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "What is it?" Augus turns his attention to the group.
  1423. [11:02 PM] Eon: She relays the information they obtained, neglecting how they got it.
  1424. [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The Divination result?
  1425. [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus nods,
  1426. [11:02 PM] Eon: Both yochlol and divi
  1427. [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... There's just one problem, that doesn't solve the doomsday result in seven days."
  1428. [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Have you asked about that?"
  1429. [11:02 PM] Eon: "..."
  1430. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..."
  1431. [11:03 PM] Bot Fodder: "Well, it might!" John says.
  1432. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus seems sad.
  1433. [11:03 PM] Eon: "One thing leads the other. I'm sure."
  1434. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Maybe. Well..."
  1435. [11:03 PM] Bot Fodder: "It's related."
  1436. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I appreciate you trying to help Orixia. We can use a bit less Wight Wind around."
  1437. [11:03 PM] Eon: She's practically lying through her teeth. Not like it was her first time.
  1438. [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus pats Esker's shoulder, though you can tell he's more concerned about the world coming to an end in seven days.
  1439. [11:04 PM] Faerie: ''All we have is a hammer. We need to find that nail, first.''
  1440. [11:04 PM] Eon: "In either case, we need to find this King in Yellow."
  1441. [11:04 PM] Faerie: (Wait so hold up
  1442. [11:04 PM] Bot Fodder: John pauses. "Actually, it's really related. Listen: other than your throne, are there any other kings in Orixia?"
  1443. [11:04 PM] Faerie: Can you Augury and ask about the result of casting Divination again to see if it'll be legit?)
  1444. [11:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You'll get result of uncertain, I think)
  1445. [11:05 PM] Eon: (Errrrmmmm, who has Augury)
  1446. [11:05 PM] Bot Fodder: (Also let's not summon another miniature sun.)
  1447. [11:05 PM] Eon: (Augus is almost Augury, but I doubt it works like that.)
  1448. [11:06 PM] Faerie: (Also, failure chance is only before taking a long rest, not after a week, so...)
  1449.  
  1450. [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (so you taking a long rest? :happypopo: )
  1451. [11:06 PM] Bot Fodder: (Noooo.)
  1452. [11:06 PM] Faerie: (Not yet, I don't think)
  1453. [11:06 PM] Eon: (We have not the time)
  1454. [11:06 PM] Bot Fodder: (We really need to conserve those.)
  1455. [11:06 PM] Eon: (Just take the 75%?
  1456. [11:06 PM] Eon: (At most its a bad end)
  1457. [11:07 PM] Bot Fodder: (Oh well when you put it like tha-- NO! :flamingpopo: )
  1458. [11:07 PM] Mizuki: "Find this king in yellow?" - Asked Alicia turning to Esker. - "Didn't you just say it's nature was similar to the crawling chaos? You think we stand a chance against something like that?"
  1459. [11:07 PM] Faerie: Razmik procures a mirror from his pack.
  1460. [11:07 PM] Eon: "The alternative is we lay down and die."
  1461. [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Vel pops her head in, clinging onto Augus.
  1462. [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Idun walks up. "... King in Yellow?"
  1463. [11:07 PM] Faerie: ''We get one shot until tomorrow. Let's think before speaking.''
  1464. [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If it's about it, you can probably ask Elerith."
  1465. [11:08 PM] Mizuki: "Ah, I don't get you guys." - She said almost pulling her hair off. - "We had the possibility of finding a lead right there, in that very room we were in and you guys refused that!"
  1466. [11:08 PM] Eon: "I was thinking about that, yeah."
  1467. [11:08 PM] Eon: "Wasn't she your friend?"
  1468. [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Elerith is a Favored of the King." Idun says, "Not that she like it."
  1469. [11:08 PM] Bot Fodder: (John asked Augus about it too, Kogasa. But it might've been while you were AFK.)
  1470. [11:08 PM] Mizuki: "You think it was easy for me to say that words? You think I wanted that?" - She asked tearing up.
  1471. [11:08 PM] Eon: Esker glares at Alicia, not here, not infront of them.
  1472. [11:08 PM] Faerie: ''Alicia.''
  1473. [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If you seek audience with the King in Yellow, Elerith might be able to help. Or die trying."
  1474. [11:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus nods, confirming it
  1475. [11:09 PM] Faerie: Razmik flings the mirror at her, with due warning.
  1476. [11:09 PM] Eon: "Indeed, I was thinking of returning to the ship."
  1477. [11:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (didn't notice :sadpopo: )
  1478. [11:09 PM] Faerie: ''Think to whatever's back in that temple. Peer inside, and tell me what you see.''
  1479.  
  1480. [11:09 PM] Eon: Esker glances at Aster.
  1481. [11:09 PM] Mizuki: (what's the name of the mirror again?)
  1482. [11:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: I completely forgot about Aster.
  1483. [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster, uh, notice your gaze, Esker.
  1484. [11:10 PM] Eon: A powerful ally that doesn't see use is but a broken tool.
  1485. [11:10 PM] Faerie: (Mirror of the Past)
  1486. [11:10 PM] Eon: Hmmph. He could follow till the exit, she supposes.
  1487. [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hm? You have the need of lil ol' me?" Aster grins.
  1488. [11:10 PM] Bot Fodder: (HAstuer)
  1489. [11:11 PM] Mizuki: Alicia throws her staff to the side and rubs her eyes, staring at the mirror.
  1490. [11:11 PM] Eon: "Hmm."
  1491. [11:11 PM] Eon: Esker murmurs, impassive.(edited)
  1492. [11:11 PM] Mizuki: She thinks of what could be inside the temple, tears falling on the glass.
  1493. [11:11 PM] Bot Fodder: (Also brb, one sec.)
  1494. [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Invoking upon the Mirror of the Past, and gazing into you, recalling Nephelle... You see the past of you and Nephelle. The crying girl hidden in the cellar, the girl's soul whose freed from the nightmare, but chose to stay behind. The girl who loved cakes.
  1495. [11:12 PM] Eon: Alicia.. Esker frowns.
  1496. [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A little elven girl who, at the end, stands back to back, holding hand with a drow female.
  1497. [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Like a splitting image, a part of a whole.
  1498. [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The mirror crack, suddenly - but it seems to just be an illusion? The mirror doesn't seem to be damaged.
  1499. [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Though, the mirror's effect ends.
  1500. [11:13 PM] Faerie: Were Razmik the one holding the mirror, he would have shattered it before that last image. ...Good going.
  1501. [11:13 PM] Mizuki: Alicia pushes the mirror back to Raz.
  1502. [11:14 PM] Mizuki: "I don't know anymore... I don't know what we're supposed to be doing!" - She said breaking into a sobbing mess.
  1503. [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A soft ruffling pats your head - Azura.
  1504. [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura ruffles her feather gently on Alicia, comforting her.
  1505. [11:15 PM] Eon: ...
  1506. [11:15 PM] Faerie: ''Find solace in certainty, Alicia. She's still there, rooting for us. Waiting for us to break through.''
  1507. [11:15 PM] Faerie: That's what Razmik does, at least.
  1508. [11:15 PM] Eon: Esker turns into a cat.
  1509. [11:16 PM] Eon: With a leap and bound, she licks the tears off Alicia.
  1510. [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow's listening in for the most parts, thinking about the things that transpired.
  1511. [11:16 PM] Eon: She wasn't an expert at comforting people, but..
  1512. [11:16 PM] Mizuki: Alicia sits back in a corner and covers her face with her hands, leaving the staff on the floor.
  1513. [11:17 PM] Eon: Catsker pauses, glancing at Razmik.
  1514. [11:17 PM] Faerie: Even as the burden over their shoulders doesn't cease to push down, Razmik finds it hard to frown. He stands next to Alicia. ...she understood.
  1515. [11:18 PM] Faerie: ''Yeah? I'm trying to think.'', he informs Esker matter of factly
  1516. [11:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow nods.
  1517. [11:18 PM] Faerie: ''It's hard.''
  1518. [11:18 PM] Eon: ... Fair enough. She resumes her.. comfort.
  1519. [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster scratches his hair.
  1520. [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hey, uh." He speaks to Razmik, who seems to have a better grasp on things. "I don't really understand the whole thing you guys are talking about. But you are talking about stopping the Wight Wind?"
  1521. [11:19 PM] Faerie: (Well)
  1522. [11:20 PM] Runic: Lexon sighs, due with the mood, turning... pretty darn solemn at this point.(edited)
  1523. [11:20 PM] Faerie: (Fucking off to hunt aboleths wouldn't be the best use of our time right now, but we gotta wait for that Divination. What do?)
  1524. [11:20 PM] Mizuki: "What the hell..." - She continued, still crying. - "This is all terrible... Nephelle..."
  1525. [11:20 PM] Eon: Catsker communicates through the rapport spores: 'You guys should go to the spelljammer first. We'll.. catch up.'
  1526. [11:21 PM] Bot Fodder: (Dammit, I missed a lot.)
  1527. [11:21 PM] Eon: Catsker purrs a little, trying to coax Alicia a little.
  1528. [11:21 PM] Eon: She's trying her best.
  1529. [11:21 PM] Faerie: ''That might be a way, yes-'', he pauses, eyeing the... oni, was it? He nods at Aster. He had the name of one of Morninglord's orders...(edited)
  1530. [11:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You lots are really doing the whole heroic thing, huh." Aster says, sighing. "... Bunch of damn fools, but you are smarter than the rest of us."
  1531. [11:22 PM] Mizuki: She stops herself, almost saying out loud. Even Nephelle... The first one they met in the nightmares are against them now. Playing a role against her will. She will make this so called "writer" pay. Be it the lord of the nightmare or anyone else. She won't rest until then.(edited)
  1532. [11:22 PM] Bot Fodder: "Never heard that one before," John says. He's serious, of course.
  1533. [11:22 PM] Eon: (Watch out, umbrella demon)
  1534. [11:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Look, I am just a hunter. But if you wanna get me to fuck someone up, be it some eldritch horror or whatever, just so I can get back to worm hunting without the world suddenly ending, let me know."
  1535. [11:22 PM] Faerie: ''The problem is that the more we learn about what we'd be going up against, the bleaker the idea gets.''
  1536. [11:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "My father always said," Aster motions for a punch, "When in doubt, punch them in the face."
  1537. [11:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( SMOrc )
  1538. [11:23 PM] Eon: Catsker does one last series of licking, steps back and transforms back.
  1539. [11:23 PM] Eon: "You're with us then?"
  1540. [11:24 PM] Eon: "Mielikki knows we can use the help."
  1541. [11:24 PM] Tenrei: "That's why we need all the help we can get." Kirie says.
  1542. [11:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, no, my contract's with you until you leave the underground, what I do afterward is my own business." Aster says, shrugging.
  1543. [11:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I mean, I'll go back home and get my clanfolks up on the matter instead."
  1544. [11:24 PM] Bot Fodder: Hey, that's what John's old man said too! Or something similar... No, wait. This is obviously a sneaky Ogre trick. John frowns profusely.
  1545. [11:24 PM] Faerie: ''And someone I know once said, 'easier to curse the darkness than to light a candle'. Deal, you're in.''
  1546. [11:25 PM] Eon: Esker shrugs. Whatever they could get.
  1547. [11:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I mean, I can help you punch out a horror, or I can get a few dozen others a bit less good than I to go punch out more horrors. Your pick."
  1548. [11:25 PM] Eon: Alicia.. Esker looks on quietly. She didn't understand exactly, but..
  1549.  
  1550. [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "What I mean is."
  1551. [11:26 PM] Eon: Anything that makes her cry answers to her.
  1552. [11:26 PM] Eon: Well, anything that makes her friends cry.
  1553. [11:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster throws a punch at Razmik's shoulder. "My father also told me to not hit a girl, so I'll punch you instead. If you are gonna do something, do it. Go save the world, if you are lunatics like that. Fuck, you humans are weird..." He spits. "I don't even know why I want to help you."
  1554. [11:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If you don't know how to do it, figure out whose face you gotta punch. And then PUNCH IT."
  1555. [11:27 PM] Eon: "You tell me. I'm new to this heroic thing, too."
  1556. [11:27 PM] Faerie: An army? It'd be hardly ideal to prepare for a war, without knowing if it'd come to that. Razmik scratches his head.
  1557. [11:28 PM] Faerie: He beats on his chest, instead of returning the mock blow. ''Right. We need to stop moping and get going, then.''
  1558. [11:29 PM] Eon: "Regardless, you make a good point. Go. Rally your men."
  1559. [11:29 PM] Faerie: Raising his voice, Razmik asks the crowd. ''We have places to go. Who marches with us?!''(edited)
  1560. [11:29 PM] Bot Fodder: (... W-we do? :sadpopo: )
  1561. [11:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Good. Geez, you human are bunch of sentimental folks." He murmurs, transforming into his original, oni form... And reaches up, snapping his horn off. Blood flows. He toss the horn to Augus. "Augus. Concentrate on the horn, and you can get my attention."
  1562. [11:29 PM] Faerie: 'No waste in preparing. We ought to start right now', he says over the rapport.
  1563. [11:30 PM] Eon: She'll walk over to Alicia, and offer her support, physically and mentally.
  1564. [11:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus catches the horn, and nods gravely.
  1565. [11:30 PM] Eon: "Lets go, Alicia."
  1566. [11:30 PM] Bot Fodder: "....." This guy... ugh. John doesn't care any more.
  1567. [11:30 PM] Mizuki: Alicia picks up her staff, and stands up, shaky.
  1568. [11:30 PM] Eon: ... This is oddly familiar. Alicia did something like this for her.. when?
  1569. [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura gently rubs against Alicia from her shoulder, as if urging her to be strong.
  1570. [11:31 PM] Faerie: Alicia, Razmik's shield is yours!
  1571. [11:31 PM] Eon: "I'll carry you if I have to, you know."
  1572. [11:31 PM] Bot Fodder: (Okay, so uh. Where are we going?)
  1573. [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I can do it as well, so..." Shadow says, offering an arm to Alicia.
  1574. [11:31 PM] Faerie: Literally. He places his Sentinel Shield in your hands. ''Don't mind the symbol'', he says.
  1575. [11:31 PM] Faerie: ''It's served me well.''
  1576. [11:32 PM] Eon: (Spelljammer first, talk to Elerith.)
  1577. [11:32 PM] Mizuki: "Didn't I just say I can walk on my own?" - She said, rubbing her eyes.
  1578. [11:32 PM] Eon: (Then go flatten a King in Yellow. Or get flattened.)
  1579. [11:32 PM] Faerie: (That'd be the place to start. We're gonna be pretty busy, I feel...)
  1580. [11:32 PM] Eon: If you did, Esker doesn't give a shit.
  1581. [11:32 PM] Mizuki: (you don't use that shield, Raz?)
  1582. [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hey, you totally could." Shadow says, picking up Alicia. "I just so happen to be nearby, dont' mind me, fam."
  1583. [11:32 PM] Faerie: (I got a new one last session)
  1584. [11:33 PM] Faerie: (Everything got so anime so suddenly)
  1585. [11:34 PM] Bot Fodder: John has displayed strikingly little reaction since the Mirror was used. "I sure hope Elerith will be up for talking..."
  1586. [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Augus nods.
  1587. [11:35 PM] Eon: She better.
  1588. [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "She'll be fine." Augus says, "I trust her."
  1589.  
  1590. [11:36 PM] Mizuki: Alicia also pushes the shield back to Raz's arms as she gets up. - "... Both my hands are busy already. I won't be using this."
  1591. [11:36 PM] Faerie: ''We would want to help her any way we're able, while she communes.'' Razmik prods Esker's arm, hinting at her being the one best suited for that.
  1592. [11:36 PM] Mizuki: She's clearly grateful though, for your offer.(edited)
  1593. [11:36 PM] Faerie: (Gib guidance pls)
  1594. [11:37 PM] Eon: Esker just nods.
  1595. [11:37 PM] Eon: ...
  1596. [11:37 PM] Eon: Roll 1d20
  1597. [11:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 6, Result: 6
  1598. [11:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Back on the surface?
  1599. [11:37 PM] Eon: Esker ruffles Alicia.
  1600. [11:38 PM] Faerie: ''...When's the last time you used that sword? Think in what's most likely to let us live.''
  1601. [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (burn.jpg)
  1602. [11:39 PM] Eon: (Back yeah, otherwise back to surface.)
  1603. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  1604. [11:39 PM] Faerie: ''I don't want something to happen to you, or anyone else. That's all.'' He shrugs, concerned.
  1605. [11:39 PM] Eon: (Does it require attunement?)
  1606. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You make your way back to the surface without interruption, where Aster departs. "Just ring me up whenever situation changes and you need my help. I'll be right here in a jiffy."
  1607. [11:39 PM] Mizuki: (Raz has another shield now)
  1608. [11:40 PM] Faerie: (It doesn't take attunement)
  1609. [11:40 PM] Eon: (Is it made of metal?)
  1610. [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aster says, slinking off back into the tunnel.
  1611. [11:40 PM] Bot Fodder: (Ah, missed a line, disregard
  1612. [11:40 PM] Faerie: (Probably. It's got encrusted gems in it)
  1613. [11:40 PM] Mizuki: "..." - She lowers her face, and takes the shield back, hesitantly. - "Don't treat me like a baby, Raz..."
  1614. [11:40 PM] Eon: (Who the fuck came up with no metal rule anyway)
  1615. [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (RAISE YOUR FLAG)
  1616. [11:40 PM] Mizuki: (well then, I'll equip this meme)
  1617.  
  1618. [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Back in Sword of the Avenger.
  1619. [11:41 PM] Bot Fodder: (Can always stab your sword into the ground or something.)
  1620. [11:41 PM] Faerie: ''I wouldn't dare. You are so much more powerful than I.'', Razmik points out mere fact, rather than voicing an opinion.
  1621. [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle nods as the group gets back. "That was fairly quick. Welcome back."
  1622. [11:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus fetches for Elerith, explaining to her the situation.
  1623. [11:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..." Elerith nods, hesitantly.
  1624. [11:42 PM] Eon: Esker walks up to Guide her.
  1625. [11:43 PM] Eon: This wouldn't be like ringing up Mielikki, she imagines.
  1626. [11:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I mean... I don't... Really know. Do you want me to ask for help, or...?" Elerith says, stuttering a little.
  1627. [11:43 PM] Faerie: ''Think you need an edge?'', Raz chimes in. ''I really don't know what you're about to talk to.''
  1628. [11:43 PM] Eon: "We are more looking to.."
  1629. [11:43 PM] Eon: "Stick a sword in his face."
  1630. [11:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith frowns.
  1631. [11:44 PM] Bot Fodder: "Um... I don't suppose saying 'Go away' nicely would work?" John suggests halfheartedly.
  1632. [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I like how you picked the second option immediately)
  1633. [11:44 PM] Eon: ... Esker would normally consider supplication.
  1634. [11:44 PM] Tenrei: Kirie takes out her jar and raps on it with her knuckles. "Wine."
  1635. She pours out a cup.
  1636. "...Anyone want a drink?"
  1637. [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (> Seek the King's audience, seek his favor, or defeat the King once and for all.")
  1638.  
  1639. [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I... Could."
  1640. [11:45 PM] Eon: Esker would, she really would. Especially with how the encounter with Ny- the Crawling Chaos went.
  1641. [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I will... try to summon him... If that's what you wish."
  1642. [11:45 PM] Faerie: ''...What does it demand of you, Elerith? What would you do to get on its good graces?''
  1643. [11:45 PM] Eon: But now isn't the time.
  1644. [11:45 PM] Eon: "Now? Here?"
  1645. [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "M-me? ..."
  1646. [11:45 PM] Bot Fodder: (The "once and for all" part is the hard part. Only one man can do that.)
  1647. [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (And he's still looking for his garden gnomes)
  1648. [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (so idk about getting his help)
  1649. [11:45 PM] Faerie: (HAHAHAHA)
  1650. [11:45 PM] Tenrei: ( I am no man :firepopo: )
  1651. [11:45 PM] Eon: (Henderson? pls)
  1652. [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am... Not his daughter, but... something... Like that."
  1653. [11:46 PM] Bot Fodder: John takes a deep breath and walks over to Kirie. "Sure. This is about as close to off-duty time as I'll get this week."
  1654. [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith seems to have trouble explaining her relationship with the King in Yellow.
  1655. [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's like... Being a born Chosen."
  1656. [11:46 PM] Eon: "No thanks, Kirie. I'll subside on rage."
  1657. [11:46 PM] Eon: "Born under the wrong star?"
  1658.  
  1659. [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith nods.
  1660. [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: So, what's your angle?
  1661. [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Do you wish to seek an audience, or seek a fight against the Great Old One?
  1662. [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The latter I need to pull open the CR 28 statblock someone made.
  1663. [11:47 PM] Faerie: ''Couldn't you just ask it the why of it? Why the Wight Wind?''
  1664. [11:47 PM] Eon: (we really didn't think the whole put a sword in his face thing through.)
  1665. [11:47 PM] Mizuki: Alicia is tempted to have a drink but she refuses it as well. She doesn't plan on relaxing. Not now.
  1666. [11:47 PM] Faerie: Razmik is not too hopeful, but asking was probably free.
  1667. [11:48 PM] Eon: Esker mulls over it..
  1668. [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hmm... I could..."
  1669. [11:48 PM] Eon: .... They didn't even scratch the Crawling Chaos the last time.
  1670. [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Please give me a moment... Time isn't good, he's likely busy..."
  1671. [11:48 PM] Eon: She mellows a little.
  1672. [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith enters meditation.
  1673. [11:48 PM] Faerie: ''I'd be surprised if nobody's ever tried that, before...'', he mulls.
  1674. [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Moments later, Elerith opens her eyes.
  1675. [11:49 PM] Eon: Esker will sit down next to her, providing Guidance, still.
  1676. [11:49 PM] Faerie: Warlocks? Lacking in common sense? The thought doesn't occur to Razmik.
  1677. [11:49 PM] Bot Fodder: "Uh... do we really want to ask this thing something like 'why'?" John has a bad feeling about this.
  1678. [11:49 PM] Tenrei: Kirie is :sadpopo:
  1679. [11:49 PM] Eon: "Do you have a better plan?"
  1680. [11:49 PM] Eon: Tick tock.
  1681. [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... It hurts, but..."
  1682. [11:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... I have the news. The King does not recall doing anything to Orixia."
  1683. [11:50 PM] Eon: "......."
  1684. [11:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "He must've... passed nearby, corrupting the wind accidentally by being nearby."
  1685. [11:50 PM] Faerie: ''What.''
  1686. [11:50 PM] Eon: "W-what."
  1687. [11:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... That must've been how I was... Born."
  1688. [11:50 PM] Eon: By sheer and utter accident.
  1689. [11:50 PM] Eon: like accidentally stepping on an anthill.
  1690. [11:51 PM] Bot Fodder: John takes a long sip from his cup. "I guess that's a relief, in a weird way."
  1691. [11:51 PM] Tenrei: Kirie nods. "I see. So we just need him because he's the one that can fix it."
  1692. [11:51 PM] Faerie: This was an outrage. ''Just what kind of abomination - just what did you just talk to?!''
  1693. [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "S-should I beg him to... fix it?" Elerith asks, terrified.
  1694. [11:51 PM] Faerie: ''...beg?''
  1695. [11:51 PM] Eon: "..." Esker frowns, worried.
  1696. [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus brushes Elerith's hair gently.
  1697. [11:51 PM] Tenrei: "Is it that scary?" Kirie asks.
  1698. [11:51 PM] Faerie: Razmik didn't like the sound of that one bit. The poor girl didn't seem keen on the idea.
  1699. [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith's obviously shaken, just from communing with her "patron".
  1700. [11:52 PM] Bot Fodder: "U-um, you can take your time..." John holds his hands out, trying to calm Elerith down a little.
  1701.  
  1702. [11:52 PM] Eon: This was.. selfish. To ask this of her.
  1703. [11:52 PM] Faerie: She said it hurt. Does she seem wounded, in or out?
  1704. [11:52 PM] Bot Fodder: "Maybe ask how we might fix it?"
  1705. [11:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "N, no, it's... Alright." Elerith breaths in and out, slowly.
  1706. [11:52 PM] Tenrei: "It's alright But ask him." Kirie says in a soft, kind voice. "We need to know."
  1707. [11:52 PM] Eon: "Alicia, do you still have the water from the myconids? It'll help."
  1708. [11:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She doesn't seem wounded, on the outside. But her psyche seems to be on the verge of breaking.
  1709. [11:53 PM] Mizuki: Alicia hands Esker her waterskin.
  1710. [11:53 PM] Eon: "This.. should make you feel better, slightly."
  1711. [11:53 PM] Bot Fodder: (I wish I could share my resistance with her. How much psychic damage is she taking?)
  1712. [11:53 PM] Faerie: ''Hold'', Razmik raises his hand.
  1713. [11:53 PM] Faerie: 'We can't keep pushing her, she'll snap.'
  1714. [11:53 PM] Eon: "...?"
  1715. [11:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I can... Ask, if he's willing to..." She sips on the liquid, "Willing to tell, if there's some way we can fix it on our end..."
  1716. [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus puts his hands on Elerith's shoulders, and squeezes gently. "..."
  1717. [11:54 PM] Faerie: Was there anything Razmik could do...?
  1718. [11:54 PM] Eon: Would a Greater Restoration help?
  1719. [11:54 PM] Eon: would 2 Lesser Restorations help, either?
  1720. [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Depends on the final condition, it might, it might not.)
  1721. [11:54 PM] Faerie: El's psyche seemed fragile enough without having to do this
  1722.  
  1723. [11:55 PM] Bot Fodder: (Can a Bard spell help her mentally bulk up?)
  1724. [11:55 PM] Eon: "Maybe, maybe we should rest for a bit first.." Esker mellows completely.
  1725. [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "What if we appease this King in Yellow?" Augus asks. "If he demands it, I can go smash up some vampires or something."
  1726. [11:55 PM] Eon: She glances at Augus, he knew her better.
  1727. [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Like, no sweat. You don't have to push yourself, El. If there's an easier way out for you, let me know."
  1728. [11:56 PM] Bot Fodder: "It doesn't like vampires?" John asks, curious.
  1729. [11:56 PM] Faerie: ''Vampires? There's those in Orixia?''
  1730. [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I don't know, I am just saying vampires because there's... Yeah, there's a bunch."
  1731. [11:56 PM] Bot Fodder: (Uh, where was that Orixia documentation Koga gave us... it was in there.)
  1732. [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith shakes her head, "Uh... uh... I can ask... He doesn't mind when I ask to do things to help him..."
  1733. [11:57 PM] Bot Fodder: "Ah, of course!" John nods reverently. Apparently, his fearless leader is brilliant.
  1734. [11:57 PM] Faerie: ''Fuck vampires, yeah. I can help if that's it. Anything that helps the burden off you...''
  1735. [11:57 PM] Eon: "... Are you sure?"
  1736. [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith nods, entering meditation....
  1737. [11:57 PM] Eon: She didn't need any more people breaking down today.
  1738. [11:57 PM] Bot Fodder: ... John has never known Razmik to use such language!
  1739. [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
  1740. [11:57 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 55, Result: 55
  1741. [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: For a moment, nothing seems to happen.
  1742. [11:57 PM] Mizuki: Alicia pats the girl's shoulder.
  1743. [11:57 PM] Eon: Esker grips her shoulders. Guidance's faint glow..
  1744. [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Then, Elerith's clothes start.. .Squirming.
  1745. [11:57 PM] Eon: "..!"
  1746. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tiny tendrils crawl over her body, yellow tendrils flowing into a protective coat.
  1747. [11:58 PM] Faerie: (People use stronger language when upset! Or so I suspect. I'm unable to go 30 minutes without uttering some manner of the word ''fuck'')
  1748. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Coughing a little, she opens her eyes, her iris... changed.
  1749. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..."
  1750. [11:58 PM] Tenrei: "Well." Kirie says, backing up
  1751. [11:58 PM] Eon: Esker.. doesn't let go.
  1752. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... There's one who lives in the water, who calls itself god."
  1753. [11:58 PM] Eon: Against her better judgement.
  1754. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Slay it, and we'll talk."
  1755. [11:58 PM] Faerie: ''...''
  1756. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith faints.
  1757. [11:58 PM] Eon: "..."
  1758. [11:58 PM] Tenrei: "Gotcha."
  1759. [11:59 PM] Eon: The God in the Lake, huh.
  1760. [11:59 PM] Faerie: ''Hey, are you alright?'', he tries to pat her awake
  1761. [11:59 PM] Eon: "... That's a relief."
  1762.  
  1763. [11:59 PM] Eon: Not Elerith, though.
  1764. [11:59 PM] Bot Fodder: John hurriedly supports the warlock so she doesn't fall over.
  1765. [11:59 PM] Mizuki: Alicia helps laying down Elerith.
  1766. [11:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith wakes up, as per normal herself still.
  1767. [11:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Uh, uh... My patron... He meant the aboleth."
  1768. August 13, 2017
  1769. [12:00 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: She explains, before people rush off to some weird depth in some other ocean.
  1770. [12:00 AM] Bot Fodder: (Has the Aboleth been mentioned IC before, even?)
  1771. [12:00 AM] Eon: "Mhm. That's something we can do."
  1772. [12:00 AM] Eon: God Eater.
  1773. [12:00 AM] Mizuki: (yes)
  1774. [12:00 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (A bit here and there)
  1775. [12:00 AM] Faerie: ''...that makes this whole issue easier, then''
  1776. [12:00 AM] Eon: "... killing something like that is within our resume."
  1777. [12:01 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "T, the King's being really nice..." Elerith says, as she's scooped up by Augus, who's carrying her in his two arms. Vel on the side pushes a heal on Elerith.
  1778. [12:01 AM] Faerie: (Wew, imagine if it had meant Cthulhu instead)
  1779. [12:01 AM] Eon: (you wouldn't ask ants to kill your neighbour.)
  1780. [12:01 AM] Bot Fodder: (If it were, he probably wouldn't have used the term 'Slay.')(edited)
  1781. [12:01 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... The funny thing is." Vel says, "Removing the Wight Wind would remove the vampire presence here; They rely on the Wight Wind to protect them from the sun."
  1782. [12:01 AM] Eon: "Will you be alright, Elerith?"
  1783. [12:02 AM] Tenrei: Kirie pats Elerith's arm and offers her a mushroom. "Take this, it'll help."
  1784. [12:02 AM] Eon: Esker frowns.
  1785.  
  1786. [12:02 AM] Eon: That mushroom?
  1787. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: >msuhroom
  1788. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: k e k
  1789. [12:02 AM] Eon: Esker frowns even more
  1790. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith nods, taking, imbibing the mushroom.(edited)
  1791. [12:02 AM] Eon: HOW LONG HAS IT EVEN BEEN SINCE THAT WAS PICKED
  1792. [12:02 AM] Eon: ... Elerith no.
  1793. [12:02 AM] Bot Fodder: (... Ohhhhhhh.)
  1794. [12:02 AM] Eon: "Kirie."
  1795. [12:02 AM] Faerie: One, two... three? How many birds would they stone at once like that? Razmik counts, and sets on 'three'. ''So...''
  1796. [12:02 AM] Eon: "How long has it been?"
  1797. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Her iris dilates a bit.
  1798. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Millions of colors.
  1799. [12:03 AM] Eon: "Since we got that mushroom?"
  1800. [12:03 AM] Tenrei: "It's a relaxant."
  1801.  
  1802. [12:03 AM] Eon: "You're not fooling the druid."
  1803. [12:03 AM] Tenrei: "When was the last time we were down in the caves?"
  1804. [12:03 AM] Eon: "Days? Weeks? I don't.. remember."
  1805. [12:03 AM] Bot Fodder: John stares at the effect on Elerith, then looks dolefully down into the cup Kirie gave him. "....."
  1806. [12:03 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Elerith starts climbing onto Augus.
  1807. [12:03 AM] Eon: There was a gap in her recollection, somewhere..
  1808. [12:03 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Uh."
  1809. [12:03 AM] Faerie: ''I'm not sure, three, four days ago?''
  1810. [12:03 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... I'll get her to... Rest." Augus says.(edited)
  1811. [12:03 AM] Eon: "..."
  1812. [12:04 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Excuse me for a moment."
  1813. [12:04 AM] Faerie: Razmik looks at Esker. Someone had a warped distortion of time! Raz worries it might be him.
  1814. [12:04 AM] Eon: Time stopped for her, once..
  1815. [12:04 AM] Tenrei: "Have fun~"
  1816. [12:04 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Augus walks off promptly.
  1817. [12:04 AM] Eon: Rather, her time stopped.
  1818. [12:04 AM] Eon: Esker facepalms.
  1819. [12:04 AM] Eon: "Anyway."
  1820. [12:04 AM] Bot Fodder: John waves distractedly. He's still squinting into the cup.
  1821.  
  1822. [12:05 AM] Eon: "We finally have a very concrete task."
  1823. [12:05 AM] Mizuki: "Well then..." - Said Alicia taking a deep breath - "Lets kill that aboleth, I need something to blow some steam"
  1824. [12:05 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Well, that's as good as anything." Recelle nods.
  1825. [12:05 AM] Tenrei: "Yes. Let's get to it."
  1826. [12:05 AM] Tenrei: "...Don't worry John, that's normal wine."
  1827. [12:05 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Stopping the Wight Wind might just be a secondary goal..." Shadow says, "But hey, it's a goal, and it should help with the primary if... We make relations."
  1828. [12:06 AM] Mizuki: (brb washroom)
  1829. [12:06 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow pauses, "Why are we making friends with Great Old Ones all of a sudden, guys?"
  1830. [12:06 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "This is the second one."
  1831. [12:06 AM] Eon: "Times awasting. How are we feeling?"
  1832. [12:06 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: :sadpopo:
  1833. [12:06 AM] Bot Fodder: "Oh, good." He still looks reluctant to drink it, though. "But, uh, for now! We have a monster to slay!"
  1834. [12:06 AM] Eon: "Second..?"
  1835.  
  1836. [12:06 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "We weren't doing the first one intentionally, but that's that." Shadow says.
  1837. [12:07 AM] Eon: "We are not exactly in prime condition, but.."
  1838. [12:07 AM] Faerie: ''Always another dawn!'', Razmik adds, eager. ''Mielikki is sure to offer her wisdom once more in a few hours.''
  1839. [12:07 AM] Eon: "It should be good enough."
  1840. [12:07 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>tfw the party's going to be on good terms with 2 GOO's)
  1841. [12:07 AM] Bot Fodder: "Do we know what to expect from this thing?" John asks.
  1842.  
  1843. [12:07 AM] Eon: "... Alicia knows."
  1844. [12:07 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Aboleth? You've researched into it over campfires previously, swapping tales.
  1845. [12:07 AM] Eon: "Trust her to know about tentacled aberrations."
  1846. [12:07 AM] Faerie: (We get all four on friendly terms then unleash a free four all in a demiplane, gg easy)
  1847. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's one of the few monsters that you are able to read statblock of.
  1848.  
  1849.  
  1850. [12:08 AM] Eon: "The only factor we aren't sure about is the thralls that it has obtained."
  1851. [12:08 AM] Bot Fodder: "Hm? Is she an aberration expert?" John inquires innocently.(edited)
  1852. [12:08 AM] Faerie: This, and that, and some of this other thing. Also loads of water. Razmik understands the important bits.
  1853. [12:08 AM] Eon: "It may be a few, a hundred, a thousand.."
  1854. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anyways, having a goal, you once again set off toward the underground, this time to slay a monster to appease an otherworldly god.
  1855. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... 1000 XP each participants.(edited)
  1856.  
  1857. [12:09 AM] Eon: "Our slaying of the elder brain may have shifted the balance of power, too."
  1858. [12:09 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: We'll end it here for now - thanks for playing!
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