S: Teleporter Plot 2

## Session 7

DAY THREE 10 AM BELLBURY TIME

Urrak, Ravaphine, and Brimeia have wandered down for breakfast. There are a handful of people here, sleeping on stools or eating fruit.(edited)

[10:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak wanders towards the kitchen, looking to see if there's food in the back

[10:35 PM] DM: There is indeed. A big pot of some kind of porridge is on the fire and there's meat roasting in the back.

[10:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak takes some porridge and a slice of roasted meat, sleepily leaving a gold piece on the counter in the back and walking back out to join her group

[10:38 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I've not slept so deep in weeks. How's the mornin' treatin' the rest o' ya?"

[10:39 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Weeks? We've only been here three days. What were you doing before you got here, Urrak? I don't think I ever asked" Ravaphine asks the half orc

[10:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Travelin'. A man hired me t' escort him though a patch of dark woods."

[10:40 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Humans are soft, squishy things. The poor lad wouldn't last an hour without protection"

[10:40 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Mmm. Feelin' much better." Brimeia stretches.

[10:41 PM] DM: Cyan comes in from outside, running a hand quickly back and forth through her short hair, causing small droplets of water to fly off. She spots you all and joins you. "Bit wet out there this morning."

[10:42 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak flushes slightly, now fully awake. "Aye, bit o' mornin' dew." "Brimeia, have ye still got ol' Poni?"

[10:42 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "He's in here" Ravaphine says as she taps her bag

[10:43 PM] DM: You can hear a bit of faint muffled noise.

[11:02 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "looks good, let's head out to Poni's again"

[11:02 PM] DM: Cyan: "After you!"

[11:04 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak leads the group towards the basement, warning Cyan about the state of it. "If it appears like a bomb has gone off in here, it basically has."

[11:06 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Bring out that old curmudgeon of a stick and we'll head out. Everybody ready?"

[11:06 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Ready!"

## Session 8

[11:06 PM] DM: You reach the basement, picking up Seirixori and Enna as they exit the tavern. Urrak disappears halfway down the steps to the basement.

[9:22 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine removes Poni out of her bag

[9:22 PM] DM: Poni: "You're quite lucky I can't breathe."

[9:22 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Are we though."

[9:24 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I'd say you're quite lucky you can't, honestly."

[9:24 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia snorts at both comments.

[9:24 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine sighs "Cyan, this is the mastermind behind this whole catastrophe. Meet Poni:"

[9:24 PM] DM: Poni: "Are you finished with your nonsense and ready to get back to, I don't know... saving the world? Or at least this pointless little village?"

[9:25 PM] DM: Cyan: "He's... everything you said he was."

[9:25 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "And more!"

[9:27 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Pick a component, and let's go. The less you speak ,the better."

[9:29 PM] DM: Poni: "I've already found one. Push the button to get a peek."

[9:28 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "The people in that village may object to your designation of them as pointless, stick-man. They are living lives there. Building a community. That's not something to balk at."

[9:30 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Poni please take us to the next destination of the component. We all need to be holding each other in some fashion so we don;t get left behind..." Ravaphine says as she looks shyly over to Cyan

[9:32 PM] DM: Cyan: "So you've said... several times." She winks at Ravaphine, teasing her.

[9:33 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine pushes the button

[9:33 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Well, time to get cozy, friends." Brimeia claps her arms around the nearest two ladies

[9:34 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She reaches her hand out towards Cyan with a hopeful smile on her face "This is where it gets interesting"

[9:35 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna stares down Brimeia. "One of these times I'm going to have a dagger out when you do that, and you're not going to like my reflex."

[9:35 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: ((but wait is that the hint of a smile on Enna's face oops))

[9:36 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Are you saying you mind it?" Brimeia flashes a grin and a wink.

[9:36 PM] DM: The space above the base of the teleportation object sizzles to life, surrounded by wild magic. Oddly you're not looking at a component at all. Instead, the circle is focused on an odd creature, raven-like in form but with arms and hands instead of wings and the size of a small human. It's walking through a crowded street and you can see the sign of a unicorn in a cauldron over the door it enters.

[9:36 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori steps out of range of Brimeia and places a hand lightly on Enna's shoulder, "you only need to touch one of us."

[9:37 PM] DM: Cyan shakes her head and allows Brimeia to grab her as well as taking Ravaphine's outstretched hand.

[9:42 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Poni...why did you show us this place? That is a Kenku. They're cursed and potentially dangerous. I've read that they could be spies or thieves"

[9:43 PM] DM: Poni: "It must have the component on it. There's no other reason for it to be in the portal."

As you watch, the Kenku ducked into a back room and slipped behind a false wall and is now walking down a dark corridor.

[9:44 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "So, are we going or just...watching?"

[9:44 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Welp," Ravaphine takes a deep breath, "Shall we?"

[9:44 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Let's go."

[9:44 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She makes sure everyone is hanging on to each other before putting Poni through the portal

[9:46 PM] DM: The scene around you changes from Poni's basement to an alleyway. There's piles of trash and rather large rodents that scurry out of your way as you appear. You can see people walking by and the usual chatter that comes from such a mass of people.

[9:47 PM] DM: Cyan: "This is very interesting indeed."

[9:47 PM] DM: It's day, but that's all you can tell from where you are.

[9:48 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine puts Poni safely back in her bag. "We need to watch out for that Kenku"

[9:48 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "At least it's not a veritable graveyard this time."

[9:49 PM] DM: You seem to be in an alleyway.

[9:50 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine motions for the group to head down the alley(edited)

[9:52 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia trots down the way Ravaphine is pointing

[9:52 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "We need to find that component"

[9:52 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows Brimea, walking along the alleyway

[9:53 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori follows as well.

[9:53 PM] DM: You head out towards the crowded street and you notice that it's a bustling city with tall buildings (for their era) and winding cobblestone roads. Most people are walking swiftly, often ducking into or out of the buildings.

[9:56 PM] DM: Though none of you notice the sign itself, you do notice that the buildings around here are of the same style as the building you saw in the portal.

[9:57 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine approaches one of the passers-by and asks if they have seen a place with the sign in question

[9:57 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Where did that damned thing go..or more importantly, where did we end up?"

[9:59 PM] DM: The first person to stop is a woman, middle-aged. "A unicorn? Only thing I know like that is the next street over." She points in the direction across the street from you and continues on her way.

[9:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I guess we're headed to that direction"

[9:59 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "She was more helpful than Poni."

[10:01 PM] DM: The woman seemed like she was in a rush, but she's already gone back into the crowd.

[10:00 PM] DM: There are several painted signs with different symbols on them. In a world where not many common folk can read, signs with symbols are used to explain what the buildings are for. You can see this is a sort of market area. Several signs are showing goods that are likely for sale.

[10:01 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori starts heading in the direction the woman pointed out.

[10:03 PM] DM: You push your way through the crowd and into another busy street.

[10:04 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine scans the area to see if the unicorn sign is anywhere near

[10:04 PM] DM: The signs here are a bit less literal, some are even clearly not what is actually offered, and you do see the sign with the unicorn ahead and down the street.

[10:06 PM] DM: You don't recognize anything specifically, it's not a place you've been, but it does have the same kind of big-city energy that you recognize from the time you visited Manavik.(edited)

[10:08 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Theres the unicorn!" Ravaphine points in the direction "But we must be careful"(edited)

[10:10 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine starts to head to the sign

[10:10 PM] DM: You head in that direction and, glancing in the window at the front, you can see that inside are several potions on display.

[10:11 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia pushes towards the building, using her height and size to advantage

[10:11 PM] DM: People walking towards you part at the sight of you, unaccustomed to people who look like you.

[10:12 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Well this is a familiar sight..." Seirixori mutters about the people around them.(edited)

[10:12 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine looks at the potions and sees if she recognizes any of them

[10:13 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: I go inside

[10:14 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori follows.

[10:14 PM] DM: Inside, you do see potions of several different colors and effects. You can recognize a few that look like the potions of healing that you found in the mansion.

[10:14 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows

[10:15 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Potions aren't exactly magic, but Brimeia still eyes the rows of them warily as she steps into the store. Wouldn't want to bump into something nasty

[10:15 PM] DM: There's also a man behind the counter, middle aged, balding, and a bit of a belly. "Can I help you ladies?"

[10:16 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Hello, we are just browsing. Say, do you happen to know this town's name?" Ravaphine asks the shopkeep

[10:16 PM] DM: Man: "Do I... know the name of the town I live and work in?"

[10:17 PM] DM: He looks at you oddly.

[10:18 PM] DM: Man: "This is Serinar. Jewel of the West."

[10:19 PM] DM: None of you recognize the name.

[10:19 PM] DM: They are mostly human, but there have been several elves, half-elves, and half-orcs as well.

[10:21 PM] DM: He's human.

[10:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "You seem to be a city of fair many folk, ever get any strange parties through these parts? Your `neighbors seemed perturbed to see us outside."

[10:23 PM] DM: Man: "Depends what you mean by strange. Not common to see red skin and horns on people walking around 'less they're dragonborn. Even then, it's not real common."

[10:23 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: While Enna is speaking to the man, Ravaphine scans the rest of the room to see if anything is out of place

[10:24 PM] DM: You can't really read him.

[10:26 PM] DM: Man: "Can I help you find something?"

[10:27 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Seen anything odd this way besides us?" Brimeia laughs

[10:28 PM] DM: He frowns. "What exactly are you trying to get at here? This is a place of business and if you're not here to shop, I'm going to have to ask you all to leave."

[10:29 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "What would you say is your standard fare, here in this shop? I doubt you're raking in the coin with mere mild healing salves."

[10:30 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine makes eye contact with Brimeia and tilts her head towards the back room ever so slightly

[10:31 PM] DM: He draws himself up, insulted. "I make quite good money, thank you, and I'm good at my craft. I'm going to have to ask you to leave since you think so little of my wares."

[10:32 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori steps forward, "Forgive my friends here, they don't like being in unusual places." Seirixori tries to charm him using Charm Person.

[10:33 PM] DM: Seirixori's words come out smooth as butter and the man turns and smiles at her. "It's quite alright. Can I help you with something else?"

[10:33 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia, seeing Ravaphine's look and noting Seirixori's efforts to step in, moves herself to block the storekeeper's line of vision to Ravaphine as best she can

[10:34 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori moves away from the group, as best she can, "Is there possibly something worth more in the back, that perhaps you aren't showing here in your lovely store-front?"

[10:34 PM] DM: Man: "Oh, no, we don't keep things in the back. Everything I have is out front."

[10:38 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna looks at Seirixori, a vague sense of distaste on her face on the use of the charm, but relieved the man's hackles are down. She starts moving toward the back, taking advantage of his attention on Seirixori

[10:38 PM] DM: At this point, a woman comes into the shop. A bit ragged and looks like she's been sleeping in the streets for the last couple days. She stops short, stammers out an apology and backs out of the store, leaving the way she came in swiftly.

[10:39 PM] DM: Enna, roll stealth with advantage since Serixori and Brimeia are helping.

[10:39 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: ((21))

[10:40 PM] DM: You successfully duck into the back room without him noticing.

[10:40 PM] DM: The back room is empty save for a few crates.

[10:41 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine shares a look and a thumbs up with Cyan to make sure she's doing okay

[10:41 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna surveys the room, trying to see if there's anything behind the crates

[10:41 PM] DM: Cyan returns the gesture.

[10:41 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Actually, maybe you can explain to me what these potions over here are," Seirixori points to the potions by the window, to pull him away from the others.

[10:42 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine goes outside to ask the lady if she is okay.

[10:43 PM] DM: The man points to one, yellow with an eye floating in it. "This is a potion of clairvoyance."

[10:44 PM] DM: Man: "It will let you see a place you know from a distance."

[10:45 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Hm, interesting. Anything about locating people?"

[10:45 PM] DM: Enna finds the false wall. It's a panel that pops open if you press on it the right way.

[10:47 PM] DM: Man: "Locating people? Hmm.... I don't think I have anything for that currently. You might need a wand or rod for that. Khairi down at the Pixie might have something like that."

[10:48 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna heads back toward the door to the back room and pokes her head out, motioning to Brimea to come in

[10:49 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia catches Enna's movement and looks over, though she does her best not to make any sudden or obvious movement herself aside from a subtle nod.

[10:49 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "I will have to try them later then, anything else up here in his window? I'm sorry, I really only know healing potions." Seirixori asks the man.

[10:50 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia tries to catch Seirixori's eye and then tips her head toward Enna, waiting a moment before tiptoeing that way

[10:50 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna whispers to Brimea "Get back here"

[10:50 PM] DM: Man: "Healing we have a lot of. They're my specialty," he adds with a wink.

[10:52 PM] DM: Brimeia ducks back with Enna and sees the empty room.

[10:52 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "There's a false wall. Here"

[10:53 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia prods the wall curiously. "Think it's the same one?"

[10:55 PM] DM: Cyan steps in and puts her hand on the man's shoulder. "Healing, you say? I can do a bit of healing myself. Why don't you tell me about how you make them?" She winks at Seirixori with a jerk of the head.

[10:55 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Most likely."

[10:55 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori nods and walks out of his sight, "Oh thank gods," she whispers to herself.

[10:57 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna presses the panel, her off hand fingering her shortsword in anticipation for what lay on the other side of the wall.

[10:57 PM] DM: The man goes into a deep conversation with Cyan about how he prepares his potions.

[10:58 PM] DM: Enna presses open the panel, and you can see a dark tunnel.

[10:59 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna sneaks into the tunnel

[11:00 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori tries to quietly make her way back towards the others.

[11:01 PM] DM: You also find the back room.

[11:02 PM] DM: It's dark. Dark enough that you can only see the 60' allowed by your darkvision. It appears to be much longer than that, though... but there, at the edge of your hearing, you can hear the click click click of sharp footsteps coming towards you.

[11:04 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna continues down the tunnel, quiet as she can

[11:04 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: (hoping that Brimea doesn't fuck up behind her)

[11:06 PM] DM: There is the glow of a light coming up the tunnel as well.

[11:06 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna sees the light coming up the tunnel and backs up, whispering to Brimeia "There's a party headed up our way."

[11:07 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "We should go back, hide behind the crates--make sure we're prepared to ambush if  need"(edited)

[11:08 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori hears all this and steps back into the room with Cyan and the shopkeep.

[11:09 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia nods and heads back up with Enna.

[11:10 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna and Brimeia head back down the tunnel in the direction they came and Enna motions to Brimeia to find a spot behind the crates opposite the room from her

[11:10 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia takes her position, crouched behind a crate, hiding as best she can.

[11:11 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna ducks behind a crate as well

[11:11 PM] DM: You can hear the click click click of a pair of footsteps, like a person wearing stiletto heels on the stonework getting closer.

[11:13 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "....Fuck. Damn city, damn doors." Enna realizes she should probably close the entrance wall and jumps up to hit the panel again, then retreats to her spot behind the crate(edited)

[11:14 PM] DM: The footsteps stop on the other side of the panel and the door comes open just a bit.

[11:15 PM] DM: The door swings open just enough for the kenku to squeeze through, shutting the door behind it.

[11:17 PM] DM: He turns around and spots Brimeia's tail sticking out of the side of the crates. He draws his rapier and points it in that direction. "I can see you. Come out." His voice is odd, it sounds like three different people speaking a couple words at a time before allowing someone else to speak.

[11:19 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia stands up and shrugs, "Ha, yeah, ya caught me. Was just looking for the facilities and got a bit lost." Brimeia laughs nervously

[11:20 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: ((13 deception))

[11:21 PM] DM: The kenku looks at you curiously. "There are no facilities here. Why were you here?" Again, his voice sounds like different people, except this time, he says facilities in your voice, exactly the same way you did.

[11:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna sneaks up behind the kenku, her shortsword drawn, and attempts to grab and disarm him from behind with her sword against his throat.

[11:24 PM] DM: The kenku spins around when he hears the crates behind him shift and when he opens his mouth, you hear a siren.

[11:26 PM] DM: Seirixori, you hear the siren in the back and the man in the storefront spins around as well.

[11:27 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Well, that obviously went so well," Seirixori turns to the back and carefully peeks around to see inside.

[11:31 PM] DM: The kenku sees he's surrounded and disengages, ducking into the main storefront.

[11:31 PM] DM: Seirixori! You can see the kenku, rapier drawn, coming into the store from the back room.(edited)

[11:32 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Is there need for a weapon?" She asks slowly taking out her staff, not sure about her companions on the inside only hearing a siren sound. Seirixori readies Thorn Whip if he moves towards the door.(edited)

[11:35 PM] DM: The man at the front looks a bit alarmed. "Coin? What's happened? Why are you sounding alarm?"

[11:36 PM] DM: Cyan also looks a bit caught off-guard, but draws her rapier, just in case, readying to defend herself.

[11:36 PM] DM: Enna!

[11:37 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna chases after the kenku, entering the main shop room with her shortsword drawn

[11:37 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: She casts Hunter's Mark, preparing for a fight

[11:39 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna says to the kenku, "Where does that tunnel lead?"

[11:39 PM] DM: Brimeia!

[11:43 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia follows Enna into the main room and bellows at the birdman, "Where's the magic shard?!"

[11:43 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: She readies her greataxe in case of an attack.

## Rav in the alley

[10:43 PM] DM: Ravaphine can see the woman ducking into the alley a couple buildings down.

[10:44 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine follows the woman but laying low

[10:46 PM] DM: Ravaphine follows the woman. She's pressed up against a wall, trying to hide behind a bit of brickwork.

[10:47 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine gets closer to the woman

[10:48 PM] DM: The woman is a bit skittish and jolts when she sees you approach. "Please, I don't mean no harm."

[10:49 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Hello, I don't mean any harm. I just saw you poke into the potions shop and leave. I wanted to ask if you were okay" Ravaphine asks the woman(edited)

[10:50 PM] DM: Woman: "I'm sorry, ok? I didn't mean-- you're... you're not looking for me, are you?"

[10:51 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "No ma'am, I'm just a visitor. My name is Ravaphine," she offers her hand to shake. "are you from around here and people are following you?" she asks(edited)

[10:51 PM] DM: She shakes her head. "Not from here, no, and... I don't think they're looking."

[10:53 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I know this will sound odd...but were you by any chance doing something one minute and suddenly you were transported to a different place?"

[10:53 PM] DM: The woman looks up at you, wide-eyed. "Yes, yes that's exactly what happened. ....what happened?"

[10:55 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'm going to be completely transparent and say that's exactly what happened to me. I was just traveling when suddenly I turned up into a different town. Have you heard of a place called Bellbury?" Ravaphine questions the woman

[10:56 PM] DM: The woman nods. "That's where I'm from. I came here and then... this... this creature told me I needed to help him, but I couldn't. He took everything I had as "payment" for not helping him."

[10:58 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'm so sorry to hear that," Ravaphine says sincerely, " I can help you back home to your town, if you could like to accompany my group. You could help us"

[10:59 PM] DM: Woman: "I'm not sure I'd be much help, but if I could get home, that would be great."

[11:00 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "What is your name? I'll introduce you to the group. By the way, did you happen to come across anything metallic and shiny?"

[11:00 PM] DM: Woman: "My name's Calley. Calley Gazzo. And I did... I had one, but it was taken by the creature."

[11:03 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "It's nice to meet you Calley. I will get you back home, I promise. Let's go back to the others" ravaphine says, while looking at the woman to make sure she seems trustworthy

[11:03 PM] DM: You think she's totally trustworthy.

[11:03 PM] DM: But she nods and follows you.

[11:04 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine and Calley head back to the shop and peer inside the window to see if any of her companions are still inside, but notices half of them are gone

[11:05 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine looks for another way into the shop

[11:05 PM] DM: Cyan's talking to the shopowner at the front of the building, but everyone else appears to be gone.

[11:06 PM] DM: You don't see another doorway.

[11:08 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "It looks like my party already is on the move. Did you happen to get a good look at the creature?" ravaphine asks the woman

[11:09 PM] DM: Calley: "It looked like a bird? A human with feathers and a bird's face? Or a really big bird with arms?"

[11:09 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Does he have any magic or other strengths?"

[11:10 PM] DM: Calley: "He talks strangely, but I don't know anything else. He took my things at knife point."

[11:11 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "What did he need help with?"

[11:12 PM] DM: Calley: "He wanted to get into a tower. He's trying to find something at the top of it, but we couldn't get past the first room. It didn't have a door."

[11:14 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Did you have any tools to help him? Is that why he took you?"

[11:14 PM] DM: Calley: "No. I don't know why he wanted me to help."

[11:18 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I see. Let's get you back home then." Ravaphine takes Poni out of her bag to try to teleport back to the basement

[11:18 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: She reaches for Calley's hand and pushes the button

[11:18 PM] DM: Calley: "Are you going to get my things back?"

[11:18 PM] DM: Ravaphine and Calley appear in Poni's basement.

[11:19 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "What are you missing?"

[11:19 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I will try my best to retrieve your items but this man seems dangerous"

[11:19 PM] DM: Calley: "Not much, but he took my coin purse and my locket. It's the only thing I have left from my mother."

[11:20 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I will look for it Calley. Where can I meet you again to deliver if I can find them?"

[11:21 PM] DM: Calley: "I... don't know. Where should I wait?"

[11:22 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "The tavern. We will be back okay? I promise. Is there anything I should keep in mind when approaching the bird dude?"(edited)

[11:22 PM] DM: Calley: "Which one?"

[11:23 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "The tavern in town square"

[11:23 PM] DM: Calley: "Ok. I'll wait there."

[11:23 PM] DM: Calley: "I don't know, other than he was really strange and he seemed good with his knives."

[11:24 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "May we meet again. Poni, please take me to the others looking for the component" ravaphine pushes the button

[11:25 PM] DM: The portal appears. It shows a dark room with a wall of safes across the wall.

[11:25 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Is this where the others are, poni?"

[11:30 PM] DM: Poni: "That is where the component is. Those imbeciles you call 'friends' are somewhere nearby."

[11:27 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine walks through the portal

[11:30 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine shoves poni in her bag again

[11:34 PM] DM: When you put Poni through the portal, you appear on a crowded road again. Luckily, it's familiar and you think you can find your way back to the potion shop.

[11:44 PM] DM: Ravaphine! Makes her way 6 seconds closer to the shop.

[11:46 PM] DM: The kenku looks around and sees it's surrounded. "You can't have it. It's mine. It's safe. You can't have it." The voices for the "you can't have it" are the same, but again, it sounds like it's using someone else's words, discordant and with odd inflection.

[11:47 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Tell us where it is and how to get to it and we'll let you go." She tries to intimidate him to give up the info.

[11:49 PM] DM: Kenku: "You can't get it. It's safe. Only I can. You help, you get (magic shard?!) in pay." The phrase 'magic shard' is shouted as Brimeia had.

[11:50 PM] DM: The man steps forward. "Coin, these are friends. Are you in trouble?"

[11:50 PM] DM: Cyan holds back.

[11:51 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna says to the Kenku, "It's safe. Safe from what?"

[11:52 PM] DM: Kenku: "Safe from you. From thieves. From anything. It's mine now."

[11:52 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "You said help. Help with what?"

[11:54 PM] DM: Kenku: "Calley said she'd help to pay me. She didn't help. I took MAGIC SHARD?! for pay. You help, you have MAGIC SHARD?! instead."

[11:54 PM] DM: (Calley is said in a woman's voice.)

[11:55 PM] DM: Ravaphine appears at the doorway.

[11:55 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Who is Calley?"

[11:56 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Calley is the woman who he harassed and kidnapped. He took all her belongings"

[11:57 PM] DM: Kenku: "Calley said she could help but needed money."

[11:58 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "What do you want from us?"

[11:58 PM] DM: The man steps forward with his arms up. "Please, everyone put your weapons away. We are all friends here."

[11:58 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna turns to the shopkeep "What is he talking about? What are you hiding down that tunnel?"

[11:59 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "We just want the broken magic thing. Let us have it and we'll be on our way."

[11:59 PM] DM: He looks away for a moment, conflicted, but says, "It's an entry to the Darkroses."

[12:00 AM] DM: Kenku: "You can't have it! Only for pay. Help me get what I want and you can have it in trade."

[12:01 AM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "And what do you want?"

[12:02 AM] DM: Kenku: "It is a little thing, but locked away. Only valuable to me. Master Bakar died. He had it."

[12:03 AM] Felicia - Seirixori: "I don't see why we can't try. Any objections?"

[12:03 AM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "It must be locked away for a reason. Maybe to keep it away from you"

[12:04 AM] DM: Shopkeep: "Master Bakar was his... friend, I guess you could call it. He had an accident. Blew out half his tower."

Kenku: "Yes, yes. He had my ring. I want it back, but tower is locked."

[12:07 AM] DM: The voices he uses are so odd it's really messing with your ability to read him, Enna.

[12:10 AM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna points her sword at the kenku. "Show us where we need to go then, bird-man. And keep that rapier down."(edited)

## Session 9

[8:18 PM] DM: Ravaphine and Cyan both suddenly blink out of sight, Poni's control rod falling to the floor where Ravaphine had been standing.

[8:20 PM] DM: Urrak suddenly appears as if stepping out of thin air, sword drawn.

[8:23 PM] DM: Coin and the shopkeep both jump back, surprised.

[8:23 PM] DM: Coin, feeling the tip of Enna's sword in his back steps forward again immediately.

[8:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna looks at Urrak appearing out of thin air, and says "Perfect timing. Nice of you to join us."

[8:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What in the nine hells is goin' on 'ere?"

[8:27 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori picks up Poni, "We're possibly going to help this guy here so he'll give us the component."(edited)

[8:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "And what's he expectin' in return?" Urrak asks as she re-sheaths her greatsword.

[8:29 PM] DM: Coin: "I give you the MAGIC SHARD!?" When he says 'magic shard,' it's said in Brimeia's voice in a demanding tone.

[8:29 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "We have to help him...get into a tower? Is that right?"

[8:30 PM] DM: Coin: "Yes. Master Bakar's tower."

[8:31 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Let's go."

[8:31 PM] DM: His voice is a combination of other people's voices in odd intonations.

[8:32 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "This is some questionable stuff, but I've seen jus about everythin' at this point." Urrak sighs and turns towards Enna "Where to?"

[8:33 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Our feathered friend here was just about to lead the way."

[8:34 PM] DM: Shopkeep: "I think we can all put our weapons away now, yes? It's making me nervous. A lot of breakables in here."

[8:36 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Well soon we'll be away from the breakables, won't we?"

[8:37 PM] DM: Coin: "No weapons on streets. Guards come."

[8:37 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori puts her staff down, "Yes, let's not draw anymore unwanted attention."

[8:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Agreed. Enna I know y' don't trust 'em as far as ye can throw 'em, but let's do as he asks for now"

[8:39 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "How far is this tower?"

[8:40 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna lowers her sword. "As long as we all keep our guards up."

[8:42 PM] DM: Shopkeep: "It's a few blocks away. You can't miss it."

[8:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Let's get on with it then."

[8:45 PM] DM: Coin sheathes his rapier. "Come, come. Will be quick if you smart."

[8:46 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Lead on." Seirixori moves to follows Coin.

[8:46 PM] DM: Coin steps out of the shop and into the busy street, but immediately ducks into the nearby alleyway.

[8:48 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows behind

[8:48 PM] DM: He's standing there waiting.

[8:48 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia also follows

[8:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Oi, y'flighty bird wait up", Urrak lumbers into to alley after everyone(edited)

[8:49 PM] DM: As you all follow, Coin leads you on a winding path across town utilizing back alleys and tunnels where possible. You get the feeling he probably tends to stay out of sight as much as possible.

[8:50 PM] DM: Coin: "I am not a 'y'flighty bird'. I am a kenku. Cannot fly." He, again, says y'flighty bird in Urrak's own voice.

[8:51 PM] DM: Coin: "Must get ring. Then (he makes the sound of coins being stacked in a pile) can fly."

[8:51 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak is creeped the fuck out by the kenku

[8:52 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I...see..."

[8:52 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Welcome to the perturbed club."

[8:54 PM] DM: After several minutes, you find yourself standing in a part of town that's a bit less dense. The buildings are farther apart and there are much fewer people.

[8:55 PM] DM: Coin lifts a hand and points at a tower, a terribly unstable looking tower with part of the side blown out of it. People walking by seem to be giving it a wide berth like they're afraid it might collapse at any moment.

[8:55 PM] DM: Coin walks right up to it and opens the door.

[8:56 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Yer goin' in there? It looks fit to fall apart at any minute!"

[8:57 PM] DM: Coin: "Hard to find ring after."

[8:57 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak begrudgingly follows Coin(edited)

[8:58 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "After what?"

[8:58 PM] DM: Coin makes the sound of rubble falling.

[8:58 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows after, looking up at the precarious building

[9:01 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Great, into a crumbling building. Fun." Seirixori deadpans and follows.

[9:01 PM] DM: Approaching the tower, you can see that the tower stands crooked and heavily damaged. There's evidence of cracks in the stonework as though the shifting tilt of the tower is causing extra stress on several of the stones. You can see why people tend to stay away. It does look like an incredibly unstable structure. There is a door along the southern curve that Coin has opened.

[9:03 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Uh, well why did the tower fall apart?" Brimeia asks, wondering if some kind of magical catastrophe had happened here like it had back in Bellbury.

[9:04 PM] DM: Coin: "Master Bakar was working. Then (he makes a sound of explosions and fizzing pops like a firecracker store caught on fire)."

[9:05 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Sounds like our friend, the stick"

[9:05 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Ugh, magic," Brimeia grumbles under her breath.

[9:05 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Oh, even better, more idiots with magic."

[9:05 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Wizards with explosives. Wonderful."

[9:09 PM] DM: Opening the door, you see a small room, completely enclosed. The walls are un-plastered stone like the exterior. There's a rune carved into the stone directly ahead, the edges worn like they've been touched many times over the years.

[9:09 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well hopefully that doesn't happen again, least while we're in 'ere." Urrak looks around a bit "So, where's this ring yer huntin' for?"

[9:10 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "So uh... what was Master Bakar trying to do exactly?" Brimeia looks less and less sure about this whole thing the more she hears.

[9:11 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I'm with the barbarian. What was your Master working on?" Enna says, the disdain in her voice clear with no real intention on masking it.

[9:13 PM] DM: Coin: "He makes things."

[9:13 PM] DM: Coin: "Made."

[9:13 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: ".....What kind of things."

[9:13 PM] DM: You don't recognize the rune.

[9:13 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Do you .. know what he was trying to make that time?"

[9:16 PM] DM: Coin opens his mouth and you hear a man's voice, this time one single voice. "You go ahead and get the supplies. I'll be working on the new evocation spell. I think maybe 'Dragon's Wrath' for a name."

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*[*9:01 PM*]* DM*:* Nolanos finds himself going about his day as normal when he's suddenly standing in the center of a town square he doesn't recognize. There are some larger buildings, one that looks like a tavern and another that looks like a temple, but the square is empty... all except for a dwarf woman in chainmail with red hair staring at you.

*[*9:02 PM*]* Nolanos*:* "um... hello? where.. where am i exactly?

*[*9:03 PM*]* DM*:* "Ah, a new one, I see. As far as we can tell, we're in Bellbury. It's all a great long story, but we've got good people trying to fix the problem. My name's Gunnloda, at your service." She holds her hand out to you.(edited)

*[*9:06 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* its a pleasure to meet you *shakes hand*

*[*9:07 PM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda: "Would you like a drink? Or I can try to explain things."

*[*9:07 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Both? Both is good

*[*9:08 PM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda laughs heartily. "Excellent choice."

*[*9:08 PM*]* DM*:* She puts a hand on your shoulder and leads you towards the tavern where she pulls a mug of ale for you.

*[*9:09 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* " Cheers" raises mug. *"*And thank you for this generosity"

*[*9:10 PM*]* DM*:* "Come. I'll show you the culprit." She leads you back out and south. Eventually you come across a smallish house that's burned to a husk. She leads you downstairs to the basement where a magical portal stands.

*[*9:11 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* God, what happened here?

*[*9:11 PM*]* DM*:* Looking through the portal, you can see two tieflings, an elf, a half-orc, and a strange bird-like creature standing outside of a tower.

*[*9:12 PM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda: "This gnome named Poni was playing with arcane magic and building this contraption. Something bad happened and ZAP! We were all ripped away from our lives. These people are trying to fix it. If we walk through, we can join them, but it's not without danger. You look like you can handle yourself, though."

*[*9:14 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Danger? Danger is my middle name" Nolanos tries seem smooth but it ends up being really awkward and he knows it. "... heh."

*[*9:15 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Clears throat. "No but seriously I'm on it"

*[*9:17 PM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda shakes her head. "If you say so. I think I'll join you though. These folks tend to get in more trouble than they should."

*[*9:17 PM*]* DM*:* She steps through the portal and you can see her inside the picture now.

*[*9:17 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Alrighty then." Steps forward.

*[*9:18 PM*]* DM*:* The scene around you changes!

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[9:17 PM] DM: Gunnloda shows up outside.

[9:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((15))

[9:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows shortly behind.

[9:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Um hi."

[9:18 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't like the sound of that."

[9:18 PM] DM: Go ahead and describe yourself, Nolanos.

[9:18 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Good morning everyone. I brought someone new along. I'm sorry, I don't think I caught your name."

[9:20 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Gunnloda!" Seirixori blurts out, glad to see her.

[9:21 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Hello, dear."

[9:21 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I think it's safe to say we know then what was the culprit of the ----great, another one."

[9:24 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia is a bit startled by the sudden appearance of two figures and begins to reach for her greataxe but relaxes when she sees the familiar face of Gunnloda along with an unfamiliar one. "Ah! A new companion!"

[9:21 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Hi everyone, my name is Nolanos, and this here" gestures to the clockwork raven on his right shoulder "is Reyes. I tink tinkering is fun." He immediately realizes that was a horrible joke but goes with it anyway

[9:22 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Another what?"

[9:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna unsheaths her shortsword once again, approaching Nolanos and pointing it at the raven. "What is that? Who are you?"

[9:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: It's apparent she's acting on instinct

[9:22 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I - I just told you."

[9:24 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna sneers, eyeing the dragonborn with fire in her eyes "It's an abomination."

[9:25 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Enna, please, we're trying to avoid fighting right now."

Gunnloda: "Now dear... there's no need to be drawing your weapon on a new friend."

[9:26 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I wouldn't consider anyone who plays at being a god anything akin to a friend."

[9:26 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "It's a great thing I don't consider myself one then."

[9:27 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "A friend?"

[9:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "A god"

[9:21 PM] DM: Coin: "This rune is teleportation. Activated by Master Bakar's voice, but it doesn't work since he died."

[9:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y' don't remember what the man sounded like?"

[9:22 PM] DM: Coin opens his mouth and you hear Master Bakar repeat an incantation. "He died. Magic stopped working."

[9:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks to the left hand wall, greeting Gunnloda as she passes. She places a hand on a odd bit of mortar

[9:23 PM] DM: You can feel the stone shift under your fingers like if you gave it a good push, it would move.

[9:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Magic is dangerous business. Half o' those who use it, shouldn't" Urrak pushes the stone

[9:25 PM] DM: The stone swings open! It's a secret door, possibly put there as a failsafe in case Master Bakar ever locked himself out.

[9:26 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak is so fascinated by the door she almost doesn't hear what's happening with the newcomer. "Oi, you lot, look 'ere!"

[9:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Th - there's a door now?"

[9:27 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Then what, pray tell, do you consider yourself, making things that weren't meant to be?"

[9:28 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I've known the works of your type, and nothing good ever comes of it."

[9:28 PM] DM: You are all standing outside the tower (the entry's not big enough for everyone). Urrak's inside poking at walls.

[9:28 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Look," Seirixori steps in front of Enna, "let's deal with one thing at a time. Urrak found a door, the faster we get this tower done, the faster you can yell at the new guy more."

[9:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Some kind of secret room, odd metal strips along the walls"

[9:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Two doors...seems interesting enough t' check out"

[9:29 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I am a student of science."

[9:31 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna balks at Seirixori stepping between her and the newcomer, hackles raised.

[9:32 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Enough about me though, I really think we should focus on the task ahead, lest we get killed"

[9:35 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "I'm sorry... I didn't realize bringing you through would cause such an ordeal."

[9:35 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "It's nothing I haven't experienced before to be honest"

[9:35 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Reluctantly, Enna lowers her sword. Staring straight through Seirixori at Nolanos, she says "Fine. As soon as I make sure of something."  She says to Nolanos, "Show me your arms."

[9:35 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I appreciate the sentiment though"

[9:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I'm not sure what that will prove, but fine"  Shows arms

[9:37 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Without the armor. Please."

[9:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: sighs and removes the armor

[9:38 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Do you always ask new people to strip?"

[9:38 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "I don't recall being subjected to it myself."

[9:39 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Yeah, what is all this about anyway?"

[9:40 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna ignores the comment by the dwarf, staring intently at the dragonborn's arms. She sheathes her sword, content and relieved, if only a little. She turns toward the door that Urrak opened and heads over. "I'm good for now. Just keep that thing contained."

[9:40 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "i - Okay?" quickly puts armor back on

[9:40 PM] DM: Peeking through the now open secret door, you see a room, rounded wall along the left side and straight walls to the right. There are two visible wooden doors. The floor here is flagstone and the walls plastered, but there are regularly spaced metal strips along the walls.

[9:41 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori awkwardly pats Nolanos' shoulder and moves into the room.(edited)

[9:41 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Are ye done havin' yer spat? Come on elf, not all life is tryin' t' kill ye. Few of us 'ere would kill for ye." Urrak walks into the room after Ser

[9:43 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Well, I for one welcome a helping hand," Brimeia chirps heading in with the others

[9:43 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Hm..." Seirixori walks towards the stone she notices slightly more noticeable than the rest.

[9:44 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "You'll thank me someday for my precaution." Enna follows into the room.

[9:44 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "There's a raised stone here."

[9:45 PM] DM: Urrak enters the second room?

[9:47 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak turns to Seirixori "A raised stone? Can ye move it?"

[9:49 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Urrak wait, something clicked when you stood on the stone."

[9:51 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks down at her feet, raising her hands a bit in a cautious stance "Clicked...? Alright, looks like a puzzle. Should I stay here?"

[9:51 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I wouldn't move far if I were you, this place could be booby trapped to hell"

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*[*9:49 PM*]* DM*:* Martyn appears in the town square!

*[*9:53 PM*]* Jonathan- Martyn Hornback*:* Martyn looks about, briefly disoriented. He'd been poofed into the square. he didn't notice anyone, but decided to head to Poni's basement in search of the others.

*[*9:54 PM*]* DM*:* In the basement, you can see the portal is active and you can see several of the people you've met before standing around the entry of a tower.

*[*9:55 PM*]* Jonathan- Martyn Hornback*:* Martyn advances forward, and steps through it.

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[9:55 PM] DM: Martyn appears behind you outside the tower.(edited)

[9:55 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Helllo then! What goes on here?" Martyn says

[9:55 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Hey, Seirixori. There's some wires...or pipes? Behind the door there, could ye check them out? I don't want to move lest I set somethin' off"

[9:56 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Sure..." Seirixori says uneasily, but does as she's asked.(edited)

[9:56 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I'm not the new guy anymore!"

[9:57 PM] DM: Seirixori, you see something behind the open secret door, but you can't reach it because you'd have to shut the door... and Urrak's in the way.

[9:57 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Sorry, what's going on and why does Urrak look nervous?" Martyn asks

[9:58 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Urrak stepped on a thing and I can't check out what it is because Urrak is now in the way of the door I need to look behind. We're doing great."

[9:59 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Does the raven speak? Can the raven look? Also who is the raven? or the person the raven stands upon?"

[10:00 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Yes actually"

[10:03 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I don't know if this tile is set t' blow or not, but Seirixori, move around me and try and get out. I'm gonna move, and I don't want ye t' be injured"(edited)

[10:03 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos nudges Reyes a bit and she flies into the room with the doors

[10:05 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori nods and tries to move around Urrak and leave the room.

[10:05 PM] DM: You all watch as a mechanical raven takes flight and flies over all your heads into the room. Nolanos, you can see there's a box behind the door with tubes for pipes or wires sticking into it. You recognize it as a sort of control box.

[10:06 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "A bloody tin bird....?" Urrak watches Reyes fly into the room, mindful to stay in place

[10:07 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Is there anything we can do to help?"

[10:07 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna backs up out of the room for to make room for Seirixori

[10:08 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Urrak, I can try and pull you out, unless you have other ideas?"

[10:09 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, I'm gonna jump as far as these legs'll carry me right out the door"(edited)

[10:09 PM] DM: Coin backs out of the room.

[10:10 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Should we move? We should move, huh?" Brimeia backs up, away from all the presumably magical nonsense that might be triggered

[10:10 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori now moves out of the room once everyone is out of the way.(edited)

[10:11 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: Martyn shifts as well, putting the whole party between him and Urrak

[10:11 PM] DM: Is Reyes staying in the room?

[10:12 PM] Alex - Nolanos: No Reyes is coming back

[10:14 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak takes a few deep breaths, sets her eyes on the open door and sprints out of the room

[10:14 PM] DM: Nothing happens.

[10:14 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak is sweating furiously(edited)

[10:15 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I...I heard two more clicks"

[10:15 PM] DM: click

[10:15 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Um."

[10:15 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "One when I stepped off, and one after..."

[10:15 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Ohh no."

[10:15 PM] DM: click

[10:15 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Close the door!"

[10:16 PM] DM: Coin: "What happened?"

[10:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak bellows for everyone to get out of the tower "Clicking in floor, possible explosion, not good, RUN!"

[10:16 PM] DM: click

[10:17 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Tries to identify the source of the ticking

[10:17 PM] DM: It's coming from the second room.

[10:17 PM] DM: click

[10:19 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Reyes, lets go" Reyes flies into room 2 again trying to find anything else worth noting

[10:19 PM] DM: click

[10:20 PM] DM: You don't notice anything different about the room except the clicking.

[10:22 PM] DM: The ticking is coming from the control box. You don't notice anything else.

[10:22 PM] DM: click

[10:24 PM] Alex - Nolanos: I carefully move into the room, trying not to step on more moving tiles

[10:25 PM] DM: click

[10:25 PM] DM: whine

[10:27 PM] DM: Nolanos dives back into the first room as a bolt of lightning shoots through the room, bouncing between the different metal strips.

[10:28 PM] DM: You both take 1 point of lightning damage.

[10:28 PM] DM: click

[10:29 PM] DM: Nolanos actually takes no damage from the shock.

[10:29 PM] DM: Reyes takes one point.

[10:31 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos carefully goes back in and tries to disarm the thing. (Does it still need disarming?)

[10:31 PM] DM: So you go back in and shut the door to access it?

click

[10:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What is that fool lizard on about..." Urrak watches Nolanos go back into the secret room in wonder

[10:34 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "....So is this thing blowing up or not."

[10:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Not yet I suppose..."

[10:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "OK. SO. There's a control box in there that I'm pretty sure,if I can disarm it, we can pass through safely."

[10:37 PM] DM: click

[10:37 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Go on then."

[10:38 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Yer clothes are singed...what happened in there?"

[10:38 PM] DM: click

[10:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nol uses the thieves tools to do the thing(edited)

[10:39 PM] DM: Nolanos disappears back into the room and you all see the door close.

[10:42 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Did... did i do it?"(edited)

[10:42 PM] DM: The door opens and you see Nolanos on the other side.

[10:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "LIGHTNING AMIRITE?"

[10:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos grins excitedly

[10:44 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "The traps been disarmed, let's go"

[10:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak claps Nolanos on the back "Ye mad devil! Good work!"

[10:45 PM] DM: Reyes is perched on Nolanos's shoulder again.

[10:45 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Right." Seirixori walks by Nolan, and into the room that had the clicks.

[10:46 PM] DM: You see two doors along the walls.

*[*10:46 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos boops Reyes on the beak with the tip of his finger, kind of like their own version of a high 5

*[*10:46 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna follows the party, keeping a wide berth between her and Nolanos

*[*10:46 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* Urrak walks back into the trap room behind Enna

*[*10:47 PM*]* DM*:* Coin and Gunnloda will pull up the rear.

*[*10:47 PM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda: "Nolanos, dear, are you ok? That looked a bit... dangerous."(edited)

*[*10:48 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori looks at the two doors, wondering if more trap-like things are nearby. "Anyone good at looking for traps?"

*[*10:48 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Chuckles warmly "I'm quite alright. That was actually the most excitement I've had in a while"

*[*10:49 PM*]* DM*:* Nolanos and Martyn both have thieves tools.

*[*10:49 PM*]* Kyris - Brimeia*:* "See? Knew our new friend would be a credit to this motley band!"

*[*10:49 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* " I can look for more traps?(edited)

*[*10:49 PM*]* Kyris - Brimeia*:* "Is there uh.. any more of those?"

*[*10:49 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* "Well, it's only been three days and we've run into plenty, so stick around I guess? IF this asshole lets you." Seirixori motions to her bag where she shoved poni.(edited)

*[*10:52 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* looking for trapson floors doors and wallsalso looking for a way to open the doors

*[*10:54 PM*]* DM*:* You don't see any traps. The door is a normal looking wooden door.

*[*10:54 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* I check the other door for the same things

*[*10:55 PM*]* DM*:* You see no traps.

*[*10:55 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* I cautiously open the door

*[*10:56 PM*]* DM*:* When you open the door to this room, you can see a tall ceiling, maybe thirty or forty feet high, and a long staircase going around the edge of the wall. There are long cracks in the plaster of the exterior wall, some pieces entirely broken away and crumbled to dust at the floor. Tucked into a corner of the room, almost beneath the stairs is a suit of armor, covered in dust and some bits of the plaster that had cracked above.

*[*10:57 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* I investigate the suit of armor, making sure not to trigger any traps along the way

*[*11:00 PM*]* DM*:* It looks like a suit of armor!

*[*11:00 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* is there anything else in the room that stands out

*[*11:00 PM*]* DM*:* Just what's in the description.

*[*11:01 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* I leave and go into the other roomalso carefullyand looking before i walk in

*[*11:01 PM*]* DM*:* Opening this door, you see shelves and crates along the walls. On the far wall, you can see another teleportation sigil.

*[*11:02 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori, impatient of all the things, moves into the first room Nolanos entered and looks around.

*[*11:03 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* Urrak looks on, watching Nolanos and Seirixori "Have y' found any more traps?"

*[*11:03 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "there seems to be a transportation sigil in here"

*[*11:04 PM*]* Kyris - Brimeia*:* "Ugh. More teleporting magic?" Brimeia grumbles.

*[*11:04 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna follows Nolanos and Seirixori into the next room, stepping carefully.

*[*11:04 PM*]* Jonathan- Martyn Hornback*:* martyn steps past the rest of the group to peer into the room where Nolanos had gone. "You all right in there?"

*[*11:04 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos walks in, looking for traps/ anything of note on the way to investigate the sigil

*[*11:04 PM*]* DM*:* Coin: "Yes, we used them to move around."

*[*11:05 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "Can we use them t' get t' where this ring is?"

*[*11:05 PM*]* DM*:* Nolanos, the room seems to be full of normal goods. Dried foods, parchment, cloth, etc.

*[*11:06 PM*]* DM*:* Coin: "They don't work. He died."

*[*11:06 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "The sigils are attached in some way to your friend?"

*[*11:06 PM*]* DM*:* Coin: "His magic."

*[*11:06 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* "There's some stairs, let's just try that." Seirixori slowly makes her way up, trying to keep an out for more traps.

*[*11:07 PM*]* DM*:* You don't see anything suspicious.

*[*11:07 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna follows Seirixori up the stairs

*[*11:08 PM*]* DM*:* At the top of the stairs, there is another wooden door.

*[*11:08 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Return to the first room and follow up the stairs(edited)

*[*11:08 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori opens the door slowly peeking in.

*[*11:09 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna follows Seirixori, keeping an eye out for anything unstable or traps

*[*11:09 PM*]* DM*:* Opening this door, you enter a sort of triangular shaped room with a narrow hall that leads to another triangular room on the other side. In the other room, you can see two creatures, purplish with spines along the back and one giant green eye. It has clawed hands and feet and a hunched-over posture. They look at you, back at each other, and continue to tug at the item they both hold in their hands.

*[*11:10 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Can I see/ identifythem?

*[*11:10 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* Urrak follows the others

*[*11:10 PM*]* Jonathan- Martyn Hornback*:* Martyn follows behind Urrak

*[*11:10 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna whispers to Seirixori, "What do you see?"

*[*11:11 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* "riiight," Seirixori steps back, "So, gross purple creature things, ignoring me for now, uh," She turns back to the group behind, "suggestions?"

*[*11:12 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "I'll take a look." Enna peers behind Seirixori, trying to see into the room.

*[*11:12 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Anyone know what these things are?"

*[*11:13 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "Purple creatures? Strange..."

*[*11:14 PM*]* DM*:* Neither of you recognize them.

*[*11:15 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Can I take a look?"

*[*11:16 PM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* "You should probably be in front to be fair," Seirixori mutters, trying not to show her slight jealousy, "have at it." She moves out of the way to let Nolanos move in.

*[*11:17 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna moves back from the door. "Have a grand time."

*[*11:17 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Sorry, I don't mean to step on your toes... I'll just.. yeah." Awkwardly steps forward

*[*11:21 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* whispering, i tell everyone "These are nothics! They're known to infiltrate arcane academies and libraries and other places of learning"

*[*11:24 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "They're fighting over a scroll. Ideas anyone?"(edited)

*[*11:24 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "Killing usually does the job, I find."

*[*11:25 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "Can y' sneak up on 'em?"

*[*11:25 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "I'm inclined to agree with the killing"(edited)

*[*11:25 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "I'll go ahead."(edited)

*[*11:25 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "and the sneaking now that you mention it"

*[*11:26 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna pulls her bow around from across her back and begins to move forward. "Any of you with armor feel like providing some backup?"

*[*11:26 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Can someone shoot one while I sneak up on the other?"

*[*11:27 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "I'll be here if things go south"

*[*11:27 PM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* Urrak draws her greatsword

*[*11:27 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "excellent"

*[*11:28 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna nods, and sneaks forward into the room.

*[*11:31 PM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* I sneak in, pull out a dagger, and move up behind them.

*[*11:32 PM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna sneaks along the wall, bow drawn and ready to loose an arrow in case she's spotted.

*[*11:32 PM*]* DM*:* When you enter the room, the nothics look at you and say something none of you recognize as words. One takes the opportunity to try to grab the scroll from the other, but the other grabs tighter and they start fighting again.

[11:34 PM] DM: As you travel through that narrow hallway, you both suddenly feel sick and are poisoned. Until further notice, you have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.

[11:35 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "FUCK"

[11:35 PM] DM: As you close in, the nothics turn towards you both and say something again in that language.

[11:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: I draw my  rapier and forget the sneak attack(edited)

[11:38 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna feels woozy and shakes her head to try to regain focus. She draws her bow, readying to attack.

[11:39 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "THE HALLWAY IS POISONED I THINK. BE CAREFUL" Coughs woozily(edited)

[11:41 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "What's happening?"

[11:43 PM] DM: Nolanos thrusts forward with his rapier, but the nothic side-steps it.

[11:45 PM] DM: They both turn on Nolanos.

[11:45 PM] DM: One of them swipes at you with two claw attacks. The first misses wide, but the other hits for 4 damage.

[11:47 PM] DM: The other closes and attacks for 6 damage and the other attack misses and he stumbles into the other nothic dealing damage to it instead.

[11:49 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori moves into the room and sees the nothic and Nolanos getting hit by them, "Well, I shouldn't be surprised." Seirixori casts healing word on Nolanos.

[11:50 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Bless you and your beautiful face"

[11:51 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "If you say so, dragonborn." Then she turns to the nothics closest to her and flings a small flame at it.(edited)

[11:52 PM] DM: The flame shoots forward and singes the nothic.

[11:52 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "UMM."

[11:54 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna casts Hunter's Mark, trying to regain her focus while sick.

[11:55 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: She draws back her bow and looses an arrow at the nothic she marked, aiming for its eye.

[11:55 PM] DM: The arrow sails wide of the target.

[11:56 PM] DM: Enna retreats to the corner.

[11:57 PM] DM: Martyn steps deeper into the room.

[11:59 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: Martyn attacks with witch bolt

[11:59 PM] DM: The attack fails to land.

[12:00 AM] DM: Brimeia goes into a rage and rushes into the room.

[12:02 AM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia swings her axe in a large arc toward the nothic

[12:02 AM] DM: The greataxe comes down with a grunt and slashes through one of the nothic's arms.

[12:03 AM] DM: The nothic's arm falls limp to its side.

[12:05 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak runs in and throws a dagger at the already injured nothic

[12:05 AM] DM: Urrak's dagger sails forward, avoiding Brimeia and lands square in the chest of the nothic.

[12:06 AM] DM: Coin enters the room.

[12:06 AM] DM: Gunnloda also files in. "Is everyone ok?"

[12:07 AM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Define, okay." martyn says

[12:07 AM] DM: She fires a sacred flame bolt at the nothic. The nothic fails to dodge and takes the radiant damage in the shoulder.

[12:12 AM] DM: Nolanos sinks his rapier into the thing's gut. It howls in pain and is severely hurt.

[12:12 AM] DM: Nolanos disengages from the fight and ducks into the corner.

[12:13 AM] DM: The first nothic spins and attacks Nolanos.  Both his attacks miss.

[12:13 AM] DM: The other swings on Brimeia with its one good arm. It hits for 8 points of slashing damage, reduced to 4 due to rage.

[12:15 AM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori decides to try out something she recently learned and tuns into a Panther.

[12:15 AM] DM: Enna!

[12:16 AM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna shoots an arrow at the nothic she had marked earlier

[12:17 AM] DM: The arrow sinks into the nothic's eyeball and it falls to the ground, dead.

[12:17 AM] DM: The other one turns towards you and hisses.

[12:18 AM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: Martyn moves across the room and fires with his short-bow(edited)

[12:19 AM] DM: The arrow hits the nothic in the thigh.

[12:22 AM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia stomps over to the next nothic and swings her greataxe at it with a mighty roar

[12:23 AM] DM: Brimeia's axe unfortunately swings wide.

[12:23 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "You tried and thats what counts?"

[12:23 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak runs towards the nothic and swings at it with her greatsword

[12:24 AM] DM: Urrak's swing also goes wide.

[12:25 AM] DM: Coin steps up and throws a dagger. It also goes wide.

[12:25 AM] DM: Gunnloda heads into the fray!

[12:26 AM] DM: She fires another sacred flame at the nothic but it dodges.

[12:28 AM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos takes advantage of the nothic's distracted state, stabbing it vigorously

[12:29 AM] DM: Nolanos prison shanks the thing right in what's probably the kidney.

[12:29 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "DAMN RIGHT BITCH"

[12:29 AM] DM: It turns its eye on Enna, the person who killed the other.

*[*12:30 AM*]* DM*:* It turns its rotting gaze on you and you take 14 necrotic damage.

*[*12:32 AM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori runs at the creature and tries to bite it.

*[*12:34 AM*]* DM*:* Seirixori misses the charge attack and the bite.

*[*12:35 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna's soul goes ow

*[*12:36 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna casts Hunter's Mark on the remaining nothic, and then shoots another arrow.

*[*12:37 AM*]* DM*:* Enna's arrow flies true and again, the creature takes it right in the eyeball and falls to the ground.

*[*12:37 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos throws chicken soup for the soul to Enna

*[*12:37 AM*]* DM*:* The creatures lie dead.

*[*12:37 AM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* Urrak loots the corpses

*[*12:38 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "And stay down, son of a bitch"

*[*12:38 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos picks up the scroll and inspects it

*[*12:38 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna leans against the wall, winded.

*[*12:38 AM*]* DM*:* Martyn and Coin will have to join the others eventually.

*[*12:38 AM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori heads to Enna and headbutts her and then walks back to the corpses.

*[*12:38 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "what the hell was so important about this thing"(edited)

*[*12:39 AM*]* Kyris - Brimeia*:* With the fight over, Brimeia calms down from her rage and searches the bodies for anything of interest

*[*12:39 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* "Enna! Did you like the book?"

*[*12:39 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* Enna walks over to the corpses and joins the party.

*[*12:39 AM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda walks to Enna and puts her hand on her shoulder and heals her 10 points

*[*12:39 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "Thank you."

*[*12:39 AM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "These things are even uglier up close"

*[*12:40 AM*]* Kyris - Brimeia*:* When she looks up she turns to Seirixori. "Oh hey, when'd you learn that new trick?"

*[*12:40 AM*]* DM*:* Urrak, you find 2 other scrolls tucked into the bookshelves.

*[*12:40 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "What does the scroll say?"

*[*12:40 AM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori paws at the bodies and then sits next to Gunnloda. Seirixori does a small roar at Brimeia because guess who can't talk.

*[*12:40 AM*]* DM*:* The rest of you find several books about magic.

*[*12:40 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos stows the scroll away to inspect later and searches around the room for other cool things

*[*12:41 AM*]* DM*:* If you have access to the spells on the scrolls, you can read them. Otherwise, you just know it's a magic scroll.

*[*12:41 AM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* Urrak hands the scrolls to Seirixori

*[*12:41 AM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "You'll make better use of these than I...Oh wait"(edited)

*[*12:42 AM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori grabs it in her mouth and then nudges Gunnloda to hopefully convey to take it from her.

*[*12:42 AM*]* DM*:* Gunnloda takes them and pets the panther on the head.

*[*12:42 AM*]* Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi*:* "Aye, right. So yer a big cat now..."

*[*12:42 AM*]* DM*:* She opens them... "I don't recognize these."

*[*12:43 AM*]* Leigh- Enna Meliamne*:* "So why were these things so invested in these scrolls?"

*[*12:43 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos walks up to Seirixori and asks "permission to pet?"(edited)

*[*12:44 AM*]* DM*:* None of you know anything else about nothics.

*[*12:44 AM*]* Felicia - Seirixori*:* Seirixori purrs at Gunnloda and pokes her bag trying to motion to put the scrolls there. She sniffs at Nolanos and waits but then nods.

*[*12:45 AM*]* Alex - Nolanos*:* Nolanos scritches Seirixori's head behind the ears

## Session 10

[2:19 PM] DM: DAY 3, 1:40 PM BELLBURY TIME

You're currently in the dilapidated wizard's tower with the kenku Coin who has asked you to help him reach the top floor so he can retrieve an item promised to him by the wizard Master Bakar. Bakar appears to have blown up part of his tower with whatever he was working on and now the teleportation sigils Coin usually used don't work. You just slaughtered two nothics and took three scrolls from the room. Some of you are poisoned (Disadvantage on all ability and attack rolls), one of you is a panther. What would you like to do next?

[2:24 PM] Alex - Nolanos: does anyone have spells/potions that can cure poison?

[2:25 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "I can detect it, but not cure it. Maybe it will wear off with time?"

[2:26 PM] DM: Coin joins the others on the library side.(edited)

[2:35 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We best be gettin' outta here, lest more of us get sick"

[2:35 PM] DM: You can see a door there in the room on the west wall.

[2:36 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I'll second that."

[2:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Right. Onwards and upwards"(edited)

[2:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak moves towards the door, but pauses before opening. "Tinkerer, can ye sense a trap?"

[2:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Let me see" Nolanos checks for traps before progressing

[2:38 PM] DM: You don't see any traps.

[2:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Looks clear to me"

[2:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak opens the door slowly

[2:39 PM] DM: This room has another staircase that leads upwards to the third floor.

[2:40 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Curiouser and curiouser"

[2:40 PM] DM: You don't notice anything specifically, but you can tell there's daylight at the top of the stairs and the smell of fresh air.

[2:41 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Can i send Reyes to check the other staircase before we make a decision on where to go?

[2:42 PM] DM: There's only one staircase up.

[2:42 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Thank god, it looks like there's an end, or at least an opening to the outside. Let's get to the top. I need some air."

[2:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Agreed, let's go." Urrak walks up the flight of stairs

[2:43 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows behind

[2:43 PM] DM: As you climb the stairs, you notice the plastered stone of the walls and ceilings is cracked, then singed, then missing. The entire upper corner of this room appears to be blown out. There's bits of rubble across the floor, mostly piled to the outer wall, but for the most part, it seems the explosion caused most of the rubble to either fly out and away from the tower or otherwise disappear. There's a corner of the interior wall that's broken away revealing both a look into the adjacent room as well as piping that ran through the wall. There is another wooden door on the farthest end of the interior wall.

[2:49 PM] DM: Enna, Gunnloda, Coin, Brimeia, and Seirixori just can't quite get your feet under you due to the tilt of the floor.

[2:51 PM] DM: Luckily those of you who felt the effects of the poison feel much better.

[2:53 PM] DM: You don't notice any traps and all you can tell is that something bad happened.

[2:54 PM] Alex - Nolanos: I carefully walk in anyway

[2:54 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Looks like this is where the batty wizard lost control with that explosion."

[2:55 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "This is why I don't mess around with all that mystical mumbo jumbo. Only causes trouble..." Urrak mumbles as she slowly steps into the room

[2:55 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna walks in after Nolanos

[2:56 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Heartily agreed, Urrak" Brimeia nods

[2:56 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak peeks through the crack in the wall

[2:56 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "See anything?"

[2:57 PM] DM: Urrak, all you see is an empty, long room. You do notice the pipes that you're looking past have ruptures in them.

[2:58 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "What is all that piping for?"

[2:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Pipes are ruptured, may be more o' that poison y' ran into earlier"

[2:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I'd say be careful, regardless"

[2:59 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Agreed. Not looking to fall ill like that again anytime soon."

[2:59 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori steps forward and attempts to see if she can smell anything out of place.

[3:02 PM] DM: There's an odd smell, not poison, exactly, but something chemical you can't really place.

[3:03 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Does it smell like the hallway downstairs?"

[3:03 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori shakes her head no.

[3:04 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Let's go ahead then, everyone hold your breath to be sure. Can't be taking any chances."

[3:05 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Everybody ready?"(edited)

[3:06 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, slow n' steady"

[3:07 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna walks toward the wooden door but stops short of opening it. "Trapsmith?" She looks over at Nolanos and nods at the door.

[3:07 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Be careful, dear."

[3:08 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Let's go, I guess" Nolanos checks for traps and holds his breath before opening the door

[3:09 PM] DM: You notice no traps on the door!

[3:09 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Taking a fresh breath, Nolanos opens the door

[3:09 PM] DM: This lengthy room is bare of anything but another door at the other end.

[3:10 PM] DM: You see a long, empty room!

[3:11 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos quickly but carefully makes his way to the next door, checking for traps there as well

[3:11 PM] DM: You notice no traps.

[3:11 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows behind

[3:11 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows close after

[3:12 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Upon noticing no traps, Nolanos gestures that he wants to open the door, looking for any arguments first

[3:16 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna gestures to the wall, showing nozzles in multiple spots that look like the same material as the other piping

[3:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak nods, as she'd noticed them as well. She motions for the group to get out of this room and onto the others as soon as possible

[3:18 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna motions to Nolanos in a "hurry up" fashion

[3:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos, having already checked for traps, opens the door(edited)

[3:20 PM] DM: This room holds several small cages, many with the corpse of a creature that must have died in the explosion or its aftermath or due to starvation when Master Bakar was unable to feed them.

[3:20 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia nods at the gestures and follows quickly

[3:20 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos investigates the room for anything suspicious or traplike

[3:20 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What a madman..." Urrak steps into the room and looks around at the cages

[3:21 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori enters the new room with Urrak and co.

[3:22 PM] DM: You can easily recognize some of the creatures. Birds, a cat, some rats. Some of them look like they may have some sort of injuries or other oddities to them before they starved. Some have incisions and stitches.

[3:22 PM] DM: Nolanos, you don't notice anything trap-like, but you do notice that the stone floor around the door feels... spongy.

[3:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "A power-hungry mad wizard mutilating and experimenting with life? Color me surprised."

[3:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Coin, what in the world was Bakar up to with these creatures?"

[3:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna sounds thoroughly sickened as she says this

[3:23 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Spongy stone? What the..."

[3:23 PM] DM: Coin: "Wanted to improve creatures."

[3:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Improve? How?"

[3:23 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "That's horrific."

[3:24 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna looks about to lunge at the kenku "You don't--- you can't just--you let this happen?"

[3:25 PM] DM: Coin tilts his head. "Cats want to fly too."

[3:25 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: As Brimeia steps into the room she lets out a quiet noise of shock and disgust. "Devilish dabblers," she grumbles.

[3:25 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori makes to laugh and nods in her panther form at Coins comment.

[3:25 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "I dunno, Coin. Doesn't look like it worked too well."(edited)

[3:26 PM] DM: Nolanos, you notice that the sponginess might be from something on the other side of the door, but you don't know what. It is kind of sticking to your shoes and making it hard for you to walk, though. It's like you're standing in dough.

[3:26 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I've seen enough, let's get done with this as soon as possible."

[3:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Guys... you may want to check this out..." Gestures at the ground(edited)

[3:27 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "If the bastard hadn't already blown himself up, I'd strangle him myself. Let's get out of here."

[3:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "The floor...it's soft? What in the nine hells..."

[3:28 PM] DM: Coin: "Not out. Up."

[3:28 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "What do you mean, soft?" Brimeia frowns, not liking the sound of that.

[3:28 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Huh?" Nolanos steps back, looks up, and sees... (?)(edited)

[3:30 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Sighing, Nolanos carefully opens the door

[3:31 PM] DM: Opening this door, you're immediately greeted with a strange pinkish-purple lump of flesh with several eyes and mouths. Behind it is another cage, this one larger and broken. It starts babbling incoherently with its many mouths all speaking over one another in what sounds like a number of languages. Roll a Wisdom save and initiative.

[3:34 PM] DM: Nolanos is overcome by the madness of the babbling and throws his hands over his ears. His turn is skipped.

[3:35 PM] DM: Brimeia is also overcome with madness, but she takes off running in a random direction, which happens to be back the way you came.

[3:40 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori attempts to go through the door to get to the creature and bite it.

[3:41 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos is gently rocking in the corner "MAKE IT STOP"

[3:43 PM] DM: The panther leaps into the room and bites down on one chunk of eye and tooth.

[3:43 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "This is a gibbering mouther. The thing runs on insanity and is powered by some dark, dark magic! Everyone keep your wits about you!"

[3:44 PM] DM: Gunnloda comes into the room and fires a Sacred Flame into the mouther.

[3:45 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna casts Hunter's Mark on the mouther as a bonus action

[3:47 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: She then takes an arrow out of her quiver and draws it back, loosing an arrow at the mouther

[3:47 PM] DM: The arrow flies through the air and catches the mouther in one of its throats.

[3:48 PM] DM: Coin! Succeeds his wisdom throw, enters the room and throws a dagger. It disappears deep in the flesh.

[3:49 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks into the room, greatsword drawn and slashes at the mouther

[3:51 PM] DM: Urrak's sword slices through, splattering black ichor across the walls.

[3:54 PM] DM: Enna manages to spin away from the chemical glob as it sails towards Coin and explodes in a bright flash, but Gunnloda, Coin, and Nolanos are all blinded until the end of the creature's next turn.

[3:55 PM] DM: It also reaches out and tries to bite Urrak.

[3:55 PM] DM: It fails to hit.

[3:57 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos moves to the corner, trying to get away from the mouther

[3:58 PM] DM: You are no longer insane, but you can't move from where you are.

[4:00 PM] DM: Nolanos manages to blindly fire his shortbow at the thing and catch it in one of its eyes.

[4:05 PM] DM: Brimeia moves back into the room.

[4:05 PM] DM: Seirixori whimpers at the noise and fails to act this turn.

[4:06 PM] DM: Gunnloda swings at the thing with her warhammer and clocks.

[4:08 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna moves back, finding a good vantage point

[4:08 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: She shoots another arrow at the mouther

[4:09 PM] DM: The arrow hits with a sickening squelch and it's gasping its last breaths.

[4:10 PM] DM: Coin!  In his madness and blindness, Coin lashes out with another dagger. He slashes Nolanos.

[4:11 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I'M NOT THE BAD GUY, FRIEND"

[4:11 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "ALSO OW."(edited)

[4:12 PM] DM: Urrak has to grit her teeth and try not to let the madness in. She loses the rest of her turn.

[4:12 PM] DM: The creature spits again, this time at the space in front of Enna.

[4:13 PM] DM: Gunnloda, Coin, and Nolanos are no longer blind.

[4:13 PM] DM: And it tries to bite at Urrak.

[4:14 PM] DM: And fails again.

[4:16 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos wipes the grit from his face and shoots the mouther

[4:17 PM] DM: The arrow flies past Urrak and into the creature and finally, all the mouths fall silent.

[4:17 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak breathes a sigh of relief as the voices stop

[4:17 PM] DM: The creature sort of melts into a puddle of flesh.

[4:17 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Ding dong, asshole"

[4:17 PM] DM: Coin blinks at Nolanos. "Sorry."

[4:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Oh its okay, I don't have any hard feelings"(edited)

[4:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "God that thing was gross"

[4:18 PM] DM: Gunnloda flicks her warhammer, some of the ichor falling away. "Yes, yes it was."

[4:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Horrifying"

[4:18 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Good lord, is there anything good that can come from arcane magic? Ever?"

[4:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak cleans her greatsword of the ichor and sheaths it.

[4:19 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna walks over to the fleshy puddle and retrieves her arrows, wiping them clean on her armor.

[4:18 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori gags and coughs at the awful taste of the creature.

[4:19 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak offers her waterskin to Seirixori, "Fancy a palette cleanse?"

[4:20 PM] DM: Gunnloda looks over at the panther. "That probably didn't taste good, did it? Here." She pulls a hunk of dried meat from her bag and holds it out to Seir.

[4:20 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows suit and retrieves his arrows as well

[4:22 PM] DM: Coin pulls his dagger out with two fingers, and if a beak could cringe, it would.

[4:22 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Hmm? Over already?" Brimeia shakes her head as if trying to shrug off the odd feeling from before.

[4:23 PM] DM: So in this room, you now see another door along the same wall.

[4:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "How close are we to the top, Coin?"

[4:23 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori gladly takes the meat from Gunnloda and awkwardly tries to drink the water offered as well.

[4:23 PM] DM: Coin shrugs. "Half? I don't walk. I don't know."

[4:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak sighs, "Might as well push on"

[4:30 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "I suppose so. Anyone want to take the lead?"(edited)

[4:30 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks to and opens the next door

[4:31 PM] DM: You see stairs leading up.

[4:31 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks up the stairs, slowly

[4:31 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows behind

[4:31 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos goes next

[4:33 PM] DM: Again, as you climb the staircase, you see sky instead of ceiling ahead of you. The floor is partially missing, parts still crumbling to the floor below. Turning around from the top of the stairs, you can see a door.

[4:34 PM] DM: Brimeia is again at Disadvantage for this floor due to the tilt.

[4:35 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos nudges Reyes, who checks around the other side of the broken room

[4:35 PM] DM: You see broken walls and floor, lots of rubble, but not much else besides a door.

[4:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Reyes lands and inspects the other part of the room more closely

[4:37 PM] DM: It's full of rubble. Not much else to see. This floor is probably where the explosion actually happened.

[4:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Is there a door on that side?

[4:38 PM] DM: Yes.

[4:38 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Can Reyes open it?

[4:38 PM] DM: Reyes can't open doors like this.

[4:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak goes to open to door

[4:39 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Reyes comes back to rest on my shoulder

[4:39 PM] DM: Where are you guys positioning yourselves?

[4:40 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeis stands near the front with Urrak

[4:41 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos stands near the back but away from the edge, bow at the ready

[4:41 PM] DM: There are shelves here that once contained potions covering the walls near an alchemy station, but many of the vials have shattered, possibly due to the concussive force of the explosion. The fluids splattered across the wall and dripped down into a viscous puddle of goo. There is another sigil on the wall opposite the alchemy station.

[4:43 PM] DM: You see a lot of shattered glass and splattered liquids. They're not really distinguishable, but if you'd like to look through the wreckage, you can roll Investigation.

[4:44 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak looks along the shelves

[4:44 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna kneels down, inspecting the splattered liquids, making sure not to touch

[4:45 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Reyes glides in and lands on a shelf, hopping along it as it looks for things

[4:45 PM] DM: Enna finds a whole potion that has a cloudy green color and a jellyfish-like bubble in the center.

[4:46 PM] DM: Urrak finds one that alternates between a thick, vivid green and the appearance of plain water.(edited)

[4:47 PM] DM: And Brimeia finds... that some of the goo is moving.

[4:50 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "It's an ooze, and this one loves the taste o' metal"

[4:50 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Be careful, everyone"

[4:50 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Be careful with your weapons."

[4:51 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "All the potions must have come together to make this monstrosity. Yikes."

[4:51 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Reyes, come back!"

[4:53 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia rages and jabs the ooze with a javelin!

[4:55 PM] DM: Gunnloda! Will come in and Sacred Flame it from a distance because she does not want it to eat her armor. It takes 4 radiant damage and seems to recoil.

[4:56 PM] DM: The ooze reaches out a pseudopod and swings at Brimeia.

[4:56 PM] DM: It whacks her for 3 bludgeoning damage (reduced to 1) and 3 acid damage.

[4:56 PM] DM: Coin! Is going to hang back because nope.

[4:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak, not wanting the thing to eat her prized greatsword runs up and punches the ooze

[4:59 PM] DM: Urrak runs up and stomps the thing, causing it to splatter and fail to reform.

[5:00 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Remind me to get some new boots after this..."

[5:01 PM] DM: Gunnloda chuckles.

[5:01 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Well that was interesting" Nolanos enters the room and fully checks the shelves for potions that may still be intact

[5:03 PM] DM: You don't find any other useful bits.

[5:01 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna smiles a little, appreciating an excuse for some levity after the situation with the cages before

[5:01 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori moves towards the other door and sits next to it, waiting.

[5:03 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: The panther form of Seirixori vanishes and her Tiefling self is sitting on the ground, her chin resting on her hand, "Let's get on with this."(edited)

[5:04 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Still more to go," Enna agrees

[5:04 PM] DM: Coin: "Bad when red woman is better choice."

[5:07 PM] DM: Nolanos disappears and Coin jumps. "What happened?!"

[5:07 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah, we've been dealin with the effects of another mad wizard with a penchant to teleportation"

[5:08 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Mind ye, any one of us could poof out just the same at any time"(edited)

[5:08 PM] DM: Coin repeats "poof" in Urrak's voice.

[5:08 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Well, there's goes the traps guy. Anyone want to take the lead on that?"

[5:09 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I guess we'll just have to watch our feet and tread carefully."

[5:10 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I'll take the lead, should anything happen to explode in my face. I can take a hit" Urrak moves to open the next door

[5:11 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori scrambles to get up and away from the door before Urrak opens it.(edited)

[5:11 PM] DM: Opening the door, you see the floor is pretty much completely covered in rubble. There's missing bits of the floor fallen into the floor below and walls that have fallen into heaps.

[5:12 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Tread carefully. Floor seems unstable at best"

[5:12 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak moves to explore the room

[5:14 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seeing the mess in the next room Seirixori decides she's going to go back into a beast and change into a Wolf.

[5:15 PM] DM: Urrak dodges one loose bit of rubble.

[5:16 PM] DM: Urrak manages to scramble over the walls to the stairs.

[5:17 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori tries to follow Urrak.

[5:19 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Good wolf"(edited)

[5:19 PM] DM: The wolf is on the stairs.

[5:20 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Good job, Ser"

[5:21 PM] DM: Urrak, when you look up, you can see that the stairs go around the narrow part of the tower up to a floor high above. It's crooked though and it might be difficult to find footing.

[5:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Before anyone else almost kills themselves..."

[5:22 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori barks and walks up a couple more stairs, tilting her head to see if she can hear any movement on the next floor.

[5:22 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna takes the hemp rope out of her bag. "Urrak, catch?" She throws one end of the rope towards the half-orc

[5:23 PM] DM: The rope tumbles over the edge.

[5:23 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Welp."

[5:24 PM] DM: You can pull the rope back up though.

[5:24 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna pulls the rope back up and tries again

[5:26 PM] DM: Urrak can catch the rope without falling.

[5:23 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia sidles over cautiously

[5:24 PM] DM: You don't hear anything. It's also like... 20-30 feet high.

[5:26 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Got it!"

[5:27 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak ties her end of the rope around her waist

[5:27 PM] DM: The rubble's not really anything large enough to anchor.

[5:28 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna holds the rope and anchors it on something sturdy in the alchemy room(edited)

[5:28 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia tries not to look too closely at anything but the path in front of her.

[5:29 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Okay, now we have a failsafe."

[5:25 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Not hearing anything, Seirixori slowly heads up the stairs.

[5:26 PM] DM: Serixori starts moving up the stairs, and other than the odd tilt and sway of this upper end of the tower, doesn't notice anything.

[5:27 PM] DM: You reach the landing and see a ladder to the next floor up.

[5:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Where did that dang shapeshifter go...?" Urrak mumbles to herself

[5:29 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori contemplates trying to get up the ladder but decides to wait for her companions. She sits next to it, keeping an ear out for any strange noises.

[5:31 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Urrak, hold steady and brace it."

[5:31 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia runs her hand along the rope to help keep her on course

[5:31 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, will do!" Urrak braces herself against the walls of the stairwell

[5:32 PM] DM: Brimeia's trying so hard not to pay attention to the height that she misses the loose rock and slips. She falls to the floor taking 3 points of damage.

[5:34 PM] DM: The sudden fall caused Brimeia's grip on the rope to falter and she slipped over the edge to the floor below taking an added 7 points of falling damage and landing prone on the floor in room 8.

[5:36 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "OW" Brimeia yelps.

[5:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "BRIMEIA!" Urrak leans to look down and sees her companion prone

[5:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "YOU ALRIGHT, MATE?"

[5:36 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna moves forward, hearing the thud and Urrak yelling. "WHAT HAPPENED?"

[5:36 PM] DM: Gunnloda, from the other room: "What happened?"

[5:36 PM] DM: Coin: repeats the sound Brimeia made when she yelped and fell.

[5:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Damn clumsy Tiefling fell through the floor!"

[5:38 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Oh, no! Are you ok, love?"

[5:38 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I'm coming over. We'll get her back up."

[5:39 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna moves through the door, making her way along the edge of the wall

[5:40 PM] DM: You manage to make it to the stairs safely.

[5:41 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Where did Seirixori go?"

[5:41 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna begins heading up the stairs

[5:42 PM] DM: You make it halfway up the long spiral stairway. Another to get to the top.

[5:42 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Urrak, make sure the Tiefling gets back up okay."

[5:42 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Ugh. Maybe I'll just stay here," she grumbles

[5:43 PM] DM: Enna's foot slips as she tries to transition through the tilted stairs.

[5:43 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Shit"

[5:44 PM] DM: She manages to sprawl out and stop just falling prone and taking 4 points of damage from smacking her face on the stair's edge.

[5:44 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Ow. Graceful."

[5:46 PM] DM: Gunnloda finds herself sitting right next to Brimeia, flat on her back.  "Oof."

[5:46 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna gets up and steadies herself again, attempting to make her way up the steep slope of the stairs

[5:46 PM] DM: Coin peeks over the edge and makes the sound of a deep sigh.

[5:46 PM] DM: Gunnloda sits up. "Oh... hello, dear. Glad I didn't land on you."

[5:46 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Ah, you too?" Brimeia sighs toward Gunnloda

[5:47 PM] DM: Coin manages to get to the stairs with Urrak.

[5:49 PM] DM: You manage to catch yourself from falling again, but you're definitely starting to feel a bit queasy.

[5:49 PM] DM: You can crawl to the top.

[5:49 PM] DM: Coin: "Up?"

[5:47 PM] DM: He repeats the sounds Brimeia and Gunnloda made when they fell, complete with the clanging of Gunnloda's armor.

[5:48 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "That creature... Come on, dear. Let's at least dust off." She stands and puts her hand out to Brimeia to help her up.

[5:49 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia reluctantly clambers to her feet, accepting the cleric's assistance

[5:49 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Thanks."

[5:49 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna decides it's safer to crawl than attempt to walk up the stairs and makes it to the top

[5:50 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, Coin, you can go up. We've two people we need to get still"

[5:50 PM] DM: Coin calls up to the top. "More rope?"

[5:51 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "That's all I've got, unless wolfy here has some hiding in that fur of hers"

[5:51 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak grabs her climber's kit and hands Coin the rope

[5:51 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "'Ere, more rope for ye"

[5:52 PM] DM: He takes it, looks at it, looks at her, looks at it, looks at her. "How is this going to help?"

[5:53 PM] DM: Gunnloda cracks her back. "Do you need healing, dear?"(edited)

[5:53 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak moves to throw one end of the rope to Enna

[5:53 PM] DM: The rope falls right back down in her face.

[5:53 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia, looking a bit sheepish, answers, "Yes, please."

[5:53 PM] DM: Coin moves past Urrak.

[5:53 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Augh--damn"

[5:54 PM] DM: Gunnloda puts a hand on her shoulder and heals her with a smile. "You'll be ok."

[5:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak turns to the hole, ignoring Coin and yells "BRIMEIA, GUNNLODA, GRAB THE ROPE, I'LL PULL YOU UP ONE AT A TIME"

[5:54 PM] DM: Coin comes tumbling back down the stairs.

[5:55 PM] DM: He's oddly silent when he does, though.

[5:56 PM] DM: You guys at the top can see up into the top room though. It looks like a decorated space.

[5:56 PM] DM: Gunnloda gestures to the rope. "Do you want to go up?"

[5:57 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Let's finish this..the others seem to be okay."

[5:57 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori nods and shakes her head for Enna to go up first.

[5:57 PM] DM: Gunnloda yells up: "Let us know if we need to come up for anything!"

[5:58 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna calls down the stairs, "Urrak, make your way up here.""

[5:58 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "We're jus' leavin' 'em then? You sure?" Urrak yells up(edited)

[5:59 PM] DM: Gunnloda carefully edges over to look down. "That's a loooong way down." She moves back over to where Brimeia is. "Think I'll stay over here."

[5:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Alright, you two stay put! We'll be back for ye!"

[5:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak goes to climb the stairs

[6:00 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "We've got to move on and we've already cleared those areas. They'll be able to back up our rear in case anything happens. And I don't trust that Tiefling to get up these stairs with the way she's been fumbling."

[6:00 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia doesn't bother going over the edge to look and stays put. "Ah, someone reasonable"

[6:00 PM] DM: Athletics check.

[6:00 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Should we go back to the stairs at least? Through the Death Rooms?"

[6:01 PM] DM: Coin follows you up with your rope.

[6:01 PM] DM: You make it up!

[6:01 PM] DM: And he tumbles back down again in a heap of feather and claw.

[6:01 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori, tired of waiting, decides to try and somehow get up the ladder.

[6:02 PM] DM: You've had enough time that with a few tries you can scramble your way up.

[6:02 PM] DM: While the smaller items of this room are scattered a bit, and anything round has rolled against the outer wall, this is clearly a personal space. There is another sigil on the wall that allowed Master Bakar and Coin to teleport directly from the entry to this room. There's a bed on one side and shelves, a chair, and a desk around the edges.

[6:02 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows the wolf up the ladder

[6:03 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows close behind

[6:03 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori pokes around the room to see if there's anything useful.

[6:04 PM] DM: Coin is battered, but he really, really wants to get his thing.

[6:05 PM] DM: Coin uses the rope and crawls on all fours, taking a full 10 minutes to climb carefully up the stairs.

[6:06 PM] DM: Coin pulls a door open to a set of drawers and small closet. He opens one of the drawers and pulls out a small ring.

[6:07 PM] DM: He sets it on his finger. "Coin can fly. Meet at potion shop and I will bring MAGIC SHARD?!"

[6:08 PM] DM: Coin: "You can have other things" he says, gesturing at the drawers.

[6:08 PM] DM: He starts moving back towards the stairs.

[6:08 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "...I hate that damn bird." Urrak wraps the rope back into a neat coil and places it back in her pack

[6:08 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Might as well look around."

[6:08 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori looks in the drawers Coin pointed to.

[6:09 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak searches in the drawers as well

[6:09 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Well, do you think the other rooms any safer than this one?" Brimeia asks Gunnloda

[6:10 PM] DM: Enna and Urrak can find a whole bunch of stuff in there. 90 gp, 1000 cp, some fine cloth, two small silver mirrors, a vial of perfume, a cloak of blue and silver, another of blue and gold, a finely made dagger, and a necklace in the shape of a heart.

[6:11 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "I think we're safe enough here. The floor wasn't crumbling under us here."

[6:12 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori, seeing that Urrak and Enna are really the only ones who can carry stuff, tries to make her way back down.

[6:12 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Ah good. Let's wait til the rest get back then"

[6:13 PM] DM: After piling all the stuff in Urrak's bag you all very carefully make your way downstairs.

[6:15 PM] DM: Gunnloda greets you all. "All clear up there? Where did that bird run off to?"

[6:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ran to his shop, we'll have to meet him there for the shard"

[6:16 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori changes back into her regular form when they meet Gunnloda and Brimeia. "Are you alright?" She asks Gunnloda

[6:17 PM] DM: Gunnloda shrugs. "A little sore. I'll be glad to be back on solid ground."

[6:17 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "And you Brimeia? That was quite a fall"

[6:17 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia's eyes dart furtively for a moment. "Uh. Fine. 'm fine."

[6:18 PM] DM: Gunnloda smiles. "She'll be all right."

[6:18 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Well, Coin took off, so we might as well get out of here and back to the shop."

[6:18 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye. Sooner the better"

[6:19 PM] DM: You all make your way back downstairs and toward the shop. Coin meets you in the alley outside the shop with the shard.

[6:19 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak reaches for the shard and asks "So just what does this magic shard do, anyway?"

[6:20 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Upon further inspecting it, she realizes it looks similar to the pieces of the component

[6:20 PM] DM: Coin: "I don't know."

[6:21 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Let's just get out of here," Seirixori pulls out Poni and readies to teleport everyone out.

[6:21 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Seconded."

[6:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Sounds like a plan"

[6:21 PM] DM: Gunnloda says "Yes, please," and puts her hand on Seirixori's shoulder.

[6:22 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori pushes the button when all the touching happens.

[6:22 PM] DM: You all appear back in Poni's basement.

## Session 11

[7:54 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: After returning in the portal from the wizard's tower, exhausted and battleweary, Enna makes her way first thing out of Poni's basement out into the fresh air of the town square. Enna releases a sigh of relief to see the sky overhead and not be surrounded by encroaching walls.

[7:55 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: She looks around, surveying the square.

[7:57 PM] DM: It's mostly bare. Seems the majority of people are in the Cask. You can hear a bit of noise coming from that direction.

[8:00 PM] DM: You notice the door to the big fancy building next to the Cask is open, but you're pretty sure it was closed before.

[8:03 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna walks toward the building, intrigued

[8:04 PM] DM: The door's wide open and you can hear someone rustling around inside.

[8:05 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna peers inside, approaching slowly just in case

[8:06 PM] DM: You hear a gruff voice. "Hello? Lady Moonstream? Anyone?"

[8:07 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna walks into the building after the voice. "Just a visitor."

[8:11 PM] DM: You see a dwarf man, brown skin, dark hair, full braided beard, in traveling clothes pop out from a room down the hall. "Hello? You work for Lady Moonstream?"

[8:13 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "No, just another unwitting visitor to your home, thanks to that wretched gnome Poni. Lady Moonstream?"

[8:13 PM] DM: Dwarf: "Yeah, she runs these parts. I was wondering why there's nobody at the docks to take my shipment, but... it seems there's not much of anyone anywhere."

[8:14 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Shipment of what? What is your occupation here?"

[8:16 PM] DM: He looks at you curiously. "That's a lot of questions for someone who doesn't work here." He steps forward with his hand out. "Name's Belrom. You are?"

[8:20 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I'd imagine I'm entitled to know the lay of the land and the townsfolk for the place I may end up stuck in for eternity, don't you? The name is Enna. You haven't answered my question."

[8:22 PM] DM: He frowns and puts his hand back down. "Don't think that means you have a right to my business. Do you know where Lady Moonstream is, or not?"

[8:25 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Is she among the missing?"

[8:25 PM] DM: Belrom: "This is her house and she don't seem to be here."

[8:26 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "If this is her home, then what are you doing here?"

[8:27 PM] DM: He looks irritated. "I told ya. I was wondering why nobody was at the docks to take the shipment."

[8:31 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "I'm just trying to find some answers. You'll understand if being suddenly teleported into a new place is a mite bit...disorienting."

[8:31 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine appears once again in the town square and hears the commotion coming from the cask. Not feeling very sociable and instead wanting to explore the town more, she decides to walk toward the mansion and sees the exchange between enna and the stranger while lurking in the back(edited)

[8:31 PM] DM: Belrom: "Teleporting? What are you talking about?"

[8:34 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna looks quizzically at the dwarf. "Are you joking? Your local wizard idiot. People you've never seen before poofing into your town from nowhere? Are  you about to tell me you haven't noticed? Because I don't like being taken for a fool."

[8:35 PM] DM: Belrom: "I don't know what you're talking about, lady. I'm from Grimpeak. Just came into town maybe an hour ago."

[8:36 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: Ravaphine walks up to Enna and the stranger. "Is this man giving you trouble?"

[8:36 PM] DM: He scoffs. "If anything, it's her givin' me trouble."

[8:37 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "If you only got here an hour ago, what are you doing in here?"

[8:37 PM] DM: Belrom: "Do you know where Lady Moonstream is? Or Amandis? Nira?"

[8:38 PM] DM: Belrom: "I've got a cart full'a ore at the docks, waiting for someone to pay for it, but there ain't nobody there."

[8:39 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna realizes she's made a misstep and tries to backtrack. "Apologies. I assumed you were one of Bellbury's citizens. Tensions are...high right now and we're..newcomers. "

[8:39 PM] DM: Belrom: "You don't say."

[8:40 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "You haven't said what you've come to deliver though. Perhaps we can pass on the message to someone more familiar."

[8:41 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia, a bit shaken up from all the mess with the tower, takes her time collecting herself, wandering the still mostly empty town streets before noticing the commotion by the fancy building.

[8:42 PM] DM: Belmon speaks slowly like he's about out of patience. "Every Fendan I bring Grimpeak's ore down to Bellbury, sell it to Amandis or Nira so they can ship it down to Riverrun, then I go to the Hydra to get drunk and laid til it's time to go back west."

[8:43 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "There's no need to be rude. We can figure this out together. How much do they usually pay you"

[8:43 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Recognizing Enna and Ravaphine's voices, she steps in to take a look. "Hello, friends!" She looks around another moment at the unfamiliar man, then back to her companions. "Problem?"

[8:44 PM] DM: He startles for a moment. "How many of you are there?"

[8:44 PM] DM: He eyes Brimeia warily.

[8:46 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Depends what you mean by that," Brimeia answers with a shrug.

[8:46 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Fendan? God we really are somewhere different aren't we."

[8:53 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "What can you tell us about this Lady Moonstream and how she runs this...did you say she runs the town?"

[8:55 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Amandis and Nira too while you're at it"

[8:56 PM] DM: Belrom: "You really ain't from around here are you?"

[8:57 PM] DM: Belrom: "The Moonstreams run most of this part of the whole dang countryside, but yes, Eloise Moonstream runs this town. Amandis and Nira are the harbormasters at the docks."

[8:58 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Just traveling and passing through. Thought we'd stop to learn about the history of the town"

[8:59 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "and you? what town are you from?"

[9:00 PM] DM: His face falls. "Grimpeak. I'm clearly not gonna get any answers from you lot. Think I'd rather go get drunk."

[9:03 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Ah yes, northwest of here in the mountains north of Clearhall. I've heard of that place" Ravaphine lies

[9:05 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Are the Moonstreams good people?"

[9:07 PM] DM: Belrom: "They're people. They got good and bad in 'em. She and her wife are nice to look at though. Half-elves."

[9:08 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "What else do they get imported here besides ore"

[9:10 PM] DM: Belrom: "I don't know! I just deliver my ore. This is the furthest upstream you can get big boats on the Muyar, so we bring our stuff here to float it down to Riverrun. That's all I know."

[9:11 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I'll tell you what, I'll help you look for Amandis or Nira by the docks. They might be there doing other business. And then I can buy you as much ale as you want here at the cask before you go, for your troubles"

[9:12 PM] DM: He kind of narrows his eyes at you, then looks you up and down, looks at the others suspiciously. "....ok?"

[9:12 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Lead the way!"

[9:15 PM] DM: He does. He takes you down the main north-south road, the same one you take to get to Poni's, and you actually pass Poni's house. A bit further south, the buildings turn to lesser quality wooden structures and the smell of rotting fish is heavy in the air. There's a wide river to the south that hugs the edge of Bellbury with several smaller docks, some of which have smaller boats tied to them, and two larger docks. There's a huge open space that's been sectioned off to act as a warehouse/storage area, and there's a cart there, full of ore, with two oxen tied to it. Everything looks like it was in use and suddenly had nobody there to continue working. There are some boxes broken open, huge piles of fish sitting on the deck, and a boat drifting on the river, barely tied with one bit of rope.(edited)

[9:16 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Looks like everything just...up and stopped."

[9:18 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "ECK. Quite a stench here, isn't there? Doesn't seem if anyone's tended to this mess in a while."

[9:18 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "I don't know if the people you're looking for are here" Ravaphine says to the dude

[9:20 PM] DM: Belrom: "I told you... doesn't seem anyone's here. Except you."

[9:20 PM] DM: Belrom: "It's damn creepy."

[9:20 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "We're trying to figure out what happened to everyone in this town. Have you ever seen anything.. out of sorts? Maybe on the edge of the woods on the outskirts of town? Anything that could have attacked or taken the people here? They can't have all just...disappeared."

[9:22 PM] DM: Belrom looks at you weirdly. "How the hells would something take hundreds of people? Where would they go?"(edited)

[9:26 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "You would be surprised what devils magic can stir up." Realizing the way that could come across, she turns to  Brimeia momentarily, awkwardly. "No offense." She anxiously fidgets with her bracer, seemingly stuck in a thought.

[9:27 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia lets out a low huff at the mention of devils. "None taken, so long as you don't consider me one of 'em"

[9:33 PM] DM: Sure. There's a building set on the edge of the warehouse/storage area that looks a bit more put-together than most of the buildings in the area. It looks like where most of the business would pass through.

[9:35 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Let's head over to the warehouse area. Maybe somebody is there or they left a note" Ravaphine motions for the party to follow

[9:36 PM] DM: No, actually the door's just a bit open.

[9:37 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia follows along. "What are we looking for anyway?"

[9:38 PM] DM: There's a long counter inside with lots of paperwork on the other side at three stations with stools. There's also a door that leads further into the building.

[9:46 PM] DM: Sure. It's pretty easy to see the last time the logs were written in was under a heading of "Dordan, 5 Jaqmont, 3Y53."

[9:46 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "Doesn't look like any shipments have gone through here in a while. Let's head back to the town square and get you that drink, sir"

[9:47 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "It's clear there's not much to find here." Enna starts walking back the way they came

[9:47 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "I like the sound of that!" Brimeia agrees

[9:48 PM] DM: Belrom: "Sure. If you're buying."

[9:48 PM] Jaymes - Ravaphine: "First round is on me"

[9:48 PM] DM: You head back north and go to the Cask.

## Session 12

[10:06 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori doesn't even care that no one followed her and grabs Poni, "Hey dead gnome, what mess do have next for us?"

[10:07 PM] DM: Poni: "You're going alone? Push the button. I'll show you what I found."

[10:09 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori pushes it, now only wondering where everyone is at, "I hadn't planned on it, but I guess we'll see."

[10:11 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna walks into Poni's basement, joining Seirixori

[10:12 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos enters the basement, "sorry, what'd i miss?"

[10:12 PM] DM: The base buzzes to life and the portal flashes open, the edges frayed with magic. Inside, you see stonework. The walls and floor are fitted, carved stone blocks. There's a stone statue of a dragon against the wall, and a component sitting there on the ground. There's the flicker of firelight against the wall casting strange shadows, and now and then a shadow that looks like it might be someone or something moving about in the room.

[10:13 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "ah. that's what."

[10:12 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Just in time for the fun, I see," Brimeia comments as she steps in.

[10:13 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Oh here we go again,"

[10:14 PM] DM: As you watch, suddenly the light in the room goes out, a sudden darkness lit only by embers, then that too fades to black.

[10:15 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "What in the hells?"

[10:16 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "We've got to get that component, but this doesn't look like a situation we want to drop a bunch of people in all at once."

[10:16 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "So who wants to go in first?"

[10:18 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Well I can see well enough in the dark, but I'd likely go in swinging." Brimeia shrugs.

[10:20 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Well, every other time we've done this, we haven't exactly ended up where the damn gnome is showing us, so let's just go in. Quietly though, please."

[10:21 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: Brimeia sighs. "Well if the lady insists," she says flashing a wink.

[10:22 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Great plan." Nolanos holds out his hands. "all together?"(edited)

[10:22 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori waits for everyone and goes through once everyone is ready.

[10:22 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Let's do it."

## Azutesh swamp

[10:24 PM] DM: Once everyone's holding hands and Poni's stuck through the portal, the area around you shimmers and flashes. You're now standing in a swamp, ankle deep in muddy water. There are trees all around you, and the only other thing you can really see is a mountain towards the east.

[10:24 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori lifts up a foot, "well this is ...great." and takes a look around.

[10:25 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Well, at least it's not a magical exploding tower this time"

[10:26 PM] DM: Seirixori and Martyn do notice the telltale bumps of some potential crocodiles in the distance, but the immediate area seems clear enough of creatures... until you notice the voice. Someone's trying to get your attention.

[10:27 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Listen! Can you hear that?"

[10:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "hear what?"(edited)

[10:27 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "yes, but let's be a little quieter, those things over there are not something I want to toy with."

[10:28 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "What?" Brimeia looks around in confusion

[10:30 PM] DM: You can see a creature coming towards you from the south-east. You can all recognize him as lizardfolk. He's wearing little more than straps that he uses to carry his gear, but he has a spear in hand and a scimitar at his hip. "Kepesk needs help. You help."

[10:31 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "That doesn't sound particularly wise."

[10:31 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "What sort of help?"

[10:32 PM] DM: He comes closer and hesitates when he sees Nolanos, but answers Brimeia. "Eggs. Nasty creatures are attacking our eggs. Diskiga needs help."

[10:33 PM] DM: He seems honest about needing help, but definitely a little extra cautious now that he's seen everyone's faces.

[10:34 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "What kind of creatures?"

[10:34 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Can we get out of this swamp and then have this conversation?"

[10:35 PM] DM: He shakes his head. "Yes! Yes! Eggs are in mountain. Not swamp. Come help Kepesk get rid of nasty creatures."

[10:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos is wary of this person, but is ready to follow.(edited)

[10:36 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Is there a dragon statue around there?"

[10:37 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "We're here," Martyn says. "And going anywhere but this swamp seems better than just standing here."

[10:37 PM] DM: He looks at you warily. "You know about dragon? Are you helping nasty creatures?"

[10:37 PM] DM: He brings his spear around in front of him in defense.

[10:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "What exactly is that supposed to mean?" Nolanos is clearly getting offended.(edited)

[10:37 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: "Again, what kind of creatures are attacking your eggs?"

[10:38 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Uhhh.... no? I don't know where we are." She takes a step back.

[10:38 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Dragons stole your eggs?" Brimeia puts particular emphasis on the word 'Dragons'.

[10:39 PM] DM: "No, no. Dragon was here. Long ago. Now gone and we, the true dragon kin," he eyes Nolanos again, "took it. Now nasty ones are trying to kill us and break our eggs."

[10:40 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Oh hell no." he mutters.

[10:40 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "I see... And who are these nasty ones?"

[10:42 PM] DM: "They come and kill my family, my friends. They will kill our future. I had to go get help. If you won't help..."

[10:42 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "We didn't say we wouldn't help, we just asked who the nasty ones were."

[10:42 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "We'll help, we'll help, let's just get out of this thing please."

[10:43 PM] DM: He spins around and starts hopping through the swamp towards the mountain. "Come, come!"

[10:44 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori follows, wanting to get out of the swamp, "ugh, not my favorite."

[10:44 PM] Alex - Nolanos: grumbles angrily "I don't trust him."

[10:44 PM] Leigh- Enna Meliamne: Enna follows

[10:44 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows

[10:45 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: martyn speaks quietly to Nolanos, "We remain vigilant and smile along and if necessary fight our way out."

[10:45 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: Martyn follows along

[10:45 PM] DM: As you follow Kepesk through the swamp towards the east, you notice a large, stone dragon head jutting out of the side of a rocky cliff that rises out of the swampland. Beneath the head is an entryway. Looking closer, you can see that this used to have doors attached, but they have since either rotted away or been broken off.

[10:46 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Look at the state of that," Martyn says

[10:46 PM] DM: At the door, he picks up a torch from the ground and it bursts into flame at a touch. "Home."

[10:47 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "...Fancy."

[10:49 PM] DM: He steps inside.

[10:49 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "So, uh....Kepesk, was it? Who are we helping you...fight?" She asks as she slowly follows him inside.

[10:50 PM] DM: "Murderers."

[10:50 PM] DM: Entering this room, you immediately see a wall of rubble and broken stone against the back wall obscuring what would probably be the way further into the structure. In the corner, however, you do notice a tunnel of rough stone. The entry has well-crafted stone walls and flagstone floor where it hasn't been broken and collapsed over time. There are piles of rotted wood against the sides of the walls.

[10:50 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Almost as frustrating as that halfling," Seirixori looks around.

[10:53 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "I'm not saying they may actually be of dragon ancestry. But this isn't the kind of place you just squat because  of the ambiance."

[10:55 PM] DM: Kepesk gestures toward the tunnel. "You help."

[10:56 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "gee thanks for the details." Nolanos mutters in Draconian.(edited)

[10:56 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Nothing ventured, nothing interesting to tell urrak about when she returns."

[10:56 PM] DM: Kepesk narrows his eyes at Nolanos.

[10:57 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Sorry. Problem?"

[10:58 PM] DM: He mutters back in Draconic.

[11:00 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "What is your problem??"

[11:01 PM] DM: He shakes his head and moves into the tunnel.

[11:02 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows.

[11:02 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "You all coming?"

[11:03 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Yes. But this seems like a terrible idea. and possibly a trap."

[11:03 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "i know what you mean. but it also seems to be the only way to get where we need to go, so."

[11:04 PM] DM: What kind of marching order will you guys be using by default? Say two by two unless otherwise needed? Who's in front, who's in back?

[11:04 PM] Alex - Nolanos: im fine with where i am

[11:05 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: depends if we're sneaking or not

[11:05 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori will be in the back.

[11:05 PM] DM: Kepesk keeps going, turning right at the first turn. He lifts the torch higher so you can see. There are three lizardfolk bodies lying on the ground. "Look."

[11:07 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori twists her staff in her hand, "Never a good thing."

[11:08 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "Looks like something slashed them up pretty good."

[11:08 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Yeah... well. We doing this then?"

[11:09 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "What did you say the nasty ones look like, little scaly friend?"

[11:09 PM] DM: "You go. Help. I stay with you, but nasty ones are strong."

[11:10 PM] DM: "Meat," he says with a shrug.

[11:11 PM] DM: "Meat and false dragon."(edited)

[11:11 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "....Right."

[11:12 PM] Alex - Nolanos: A couple sparks of electricity come out of Nolanos's nose as he exhales a little too sharply at the last statement.

[11:13 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Do you know where they are?"

[11:14 PM] DM: You all notice that these lizardfolk were probably fighters of some sort. They have weapons near their bodies, but nothing very fancy. Rusty swords, makeshift axes.

[11:14 PM] DM: Kepesk shakes his head. "I left through back when it started to find help."

[11:16 PM] DM: "Kepesk is only one that could leave that way. Everyone else is trapped in dragon room."

[11:16 PM] Kyris - Brimeia: "So... you ran. And left your companions behind?"

[11:16 PM] DM: "They can't. They protect eggs, but Kepesk is the only one who can change. Only one who can fit."

[11:17 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Fit what?"

[11:18 PM] DM: Kepesk hisses. "We waste time. Fit through dragon hole. Small hole, underwater. Others cannot change into little lizard."

[11:18 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Let's go then, if we're all ok with that?"

[11:18 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "lets"

## Session 13

[8:15 PM] DM: Day 4, 10:20 AM BELLBURY TIME:

You're still in a cave with a lizardfolk male named Kepesk and three dead lizardfolk bodies. He's asked you to help save the rest of his clan, particularly the eggs of their clutch from nasty creatures who have slaughtered many of their warriors.

Enna poofs out of the room and Kepesk yelps.  "Where did that one go?"

[8:15 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Away," Martyn says. "Let's not fret about where or why."

[8:18 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "It happens, lead on Kepesk."

[8:19 PM] DM: Kepesk shakes his head. "Kepesk cannot fight creatures. I will help from back."

[8:20 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Why?" Martyn pauses. "Why do they overpower you?"

[8:21 PM] DM: Kepesk: "Kepesk is not a warrior. They are too strong."

[8:24 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Right. Well, let's try to not make too much noise then." Seirixori changes into a wolf and moves forward, trying to  see if she can find who they're looking for faster.

[8:25 PM] DM: You move forward into the next area. This appears to have once been a room, but everything is collapsed. Most of the walls and ceiling are in crumbled bits all over the floor.

[8:27 PM] DM: You can see two stonework hallways to the northwest and two wider, natural tunnels heading east and southeast.

[8:29 PM] DM: Depends on what you're looking for. You can ask Kepesk which way to the clutch if that's what you want or you can do perception to see if you notice anything weird or can find any clues about where the creatures might have gone, etc.

[8:33 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori starts heading towards the two tunnels to the northwest, looking down the one that's more west.

[8:34 PM] DM: There's a hallway that ends at a rotten, wooden door.

[8:35 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori goes to it slowly to see if she can smell anything bad or hear anything.

[8:36 PM] DM: You smell rotted wood.

[8:36 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "I'm liking this less and less." Martyn says

[8:37 PM] DM: And since you're in the junction of the halls, you see another rotten wooden door to the north as well

[8:37 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori pushes on the door to see if it opens.

[8:38 PM] DM: The door swings open easily. This room seems to be the remains of the kitchen of the temple that once stood here. The wood has mildewed and is moldy and rotting, but you can see the remains of tables, counters, and chairs. There are rusted metal utensils, pots and pans, and other kitchen implements. Some of them have rusted away to almost nothing.

[8:38 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: She walks back towards the group and then to the other door and attempts to push that one open.

[8:39 PM] DM: This one has a latch on the door that might require fingers to open.

[8:39 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori walks to Martyn and nudges him to the door to get him to open it.

[8:40 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Thanks for volunteering me," Martyn says, but advances anyway. He tries the knob.

[8:41 PM] DM: It turns and opens. This room has the rusted remains of several cages along the edges. There is a hole half-filled with rubble in the corner, a bit of cooler air coming in from the tunnels beyond. In the center of the room is a dead lizardfolk and a dead giant lizard.

[8:43 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "is that hole your escape route?" Martyn asked the lizard guide

[8:43 PM] DM: Brimeia disappears and Kepesk jumps back again, startled.

[8:44 PM] DM: Kepesk: "What trickery is this?"

[8:45 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Not being able to respond, Seirixori moves towards the hallway to the right.

[8:49 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori moves slowly into the next room, keeping an eye out for things.

[8:49 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: Martyn moves close behind

[8:50 PM] DM: Up ahead, you see the bodies of several more lizardfolk.

[8:53 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Why do I feel like we're being led to a massacre?"

[8:53 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: She moves towards the dead lizardfolk to see what's in that direction.

[8:55 PM] DM: There are several dead lizardfolk here, most with weapons in hand or nearby.

[8:57 PM] DM: You can see a wide tunnel further to the east, a collapsed room to the south, and a narrow hall to the north.

[9:00 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Is this the right way, lizard friend?" Martyn asked

[9:00 PM] DM: Kepesk points to the hall. "Clan is that way. I do not know where the creatures who did this are."

[9:01 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori moves to the north hall and peers down it.

[9:02 PM] DM: At the end of the hall, you can see a pile of lizardfolk bodies stacked next to a closed door. There are also what look like branching halls to the left and right.

[9:05 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori growls at the pile of bodies and moves closer to check it out and keep an eye out on the hallway to the right.

[9:05 PM] DM: As you pass the halls, you can see that they both end in wooden doors.

[9:14 PM] DM: Martyn sneaks up behind Seirixori, but trips over what looks like a severed leg.

[9:15 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos is warily standing back, ready to help if necessary

[9:16 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori glares at Martyn and motions with her head down the hall and slowly walks forward.

[9:17 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows, looking for traps / pretty  things/etc (?)

[9:18 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: Martyn hangs a little back, so as to let the stealthier ones venture first

[9:18 PM] DM: The door is shut tight.

[9:28 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Hey wait a minute.. there are human bodies in there"(edited)

[9:30 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori sits near the door, waiting for someone who can actually open it to come over, wary about what's behind it.

[9:32 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Meat indeed. Right then." Nolanos walks over to the door near Seirixori and carefully opens it

[9:33 PM] DM: This room appears to have once been a place of worship. There were benches, now piles of rotted wood scattered across the floor. There are stone statues of dragons along the edges of the room. There is a door in the center of the wall opposite the entry, but standing in front of it is a lizardfolk larger and darker of scale than the others you've seen.

[9:33 PM] DM: He levels a huge trident in your direction. "I will not let you destroy my clan."

[9:34 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Who said anything about destroying you? We're here to help you."

[9:34 PM] DM: Kepesk pushes past you into the room. "Diskiga, these ones are here to help."

[9:35 PM] DM: "Why would you help us, pretender?"

[9:37 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori ignores the conversation happening and searches near the statues to see if she can find anything.

[9:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Because, despite your people's tendency to judge me for things I have not done, helping people in need is the right thing to do. Now, will you pull your heads out of your asses and focus on the matter at hand?"

[9:38 PM] DM: You see dragon shaped statues!

[9:38 PM] DM: Diskiga: "If you want to help, you can go find those creatures and kill them. Before they kill the last of us."

[9:39 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "It would help if we knew what they even were, or why they were here"

[9:39 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Specifically."

[9:40 PM] DM: Diskiga: "I have not seen them, only the dead."

[9:42 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Right then.  Any idea where they could have gone?"(edited)

[9:43 PM] DM: Diskiga: "Only that they have not come this far yet or their bodies would be skewered on the end of my trident."

[9:45 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "care to help us find them then? you seem to have a debt you'd like to settle with them, and we're not familiar with this place."

[9:45 PM] DM: Diskiga hisses. "I will not leave my clan unprotected."

[9:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Fair enough."

[9:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Mind if I take a look around?"

[9:47 PM] DM: Diskiga: "For what?"

[9:49 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Clues as to why they may be here, where they've gone, who the hell they are-- literally any information at all."

[9:50 PM] DM: Diskiga: "You will not find it here."

[9:51 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "Obviously, they're not here, given the obvious lack of fighting. Please, point us at them though."

[9:52 PM] DM: Diskiga turns to Kepesk. "I send you for help and this is what you find?"

[9:53 PM] DM: Kepesk backs away, clearly afraid of what Diskiga might do. "We will find them. Come, let's go look."

[9:55 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos leaves the room, and tries to find more clues he may have missed on the way in.

[10:06 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos returns to the group and says quietly, "I heard some movement behind a door over there. could be worth checking out."

[10:07 PM] Alex - Nolanos: he then moves v cautiously toward the door and waits for the group.

## Session 14 -Bellbury

[8:31 PM] DM: DAY FOUR 11 AM BELLBURY TIME

Urrak finds herself standing in the middle of Bellbury's town square. Again.

[8:34 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak, resigned to her fate, heads towards the pub in search for familiar faces

[8:35 PM] DM: Cyan and Gunnloda are both there chatting at the bar, but the rest of the people you've gotten accustomed to are not.

[8:37 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks up to the two women, "Sorry t' interrupt. But 'ave ye seen the rest of our component huntin party?"

[8:39 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Yes, I believe they went to Poni's... around two hours ago?"

[8:44 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah, I suppose I should'a figured." Urrak says with a laugh. "I appreciate the information. Feels like I've been gone for days..." Urrak places a gentle hand on Gunnloda's shoulder "I best be goin' then, somethin' tells me those fools'll need some help. Gods be with ye."

[8:44 PM] DM: Gunnloda smiles. "Let me know if you need an extra hand."

[8:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, you'll be m' first call" Urrak chuckles over her shoulder as she exits the pub and head's toward's Poni's basement

[8:46 PM] DM: When you get there, you can see through the portal a wolf, Nolanos, and a lizardfolk crouched in some sort of hallway made of stone blocks.

[8:47 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "At least it's never boring" Urrak mutters to herself before stepping into the portal.

## Azutesh

You're in some sort of collapsed building/cave where a lizardfolk druid named Kepesk has asked you to help save his clan from being slaughtered. You managed to find the clan's chief, a huge, dark scaled lizardfolk named Diskiga who was rather short with you and short on information. After returning down the hall to seek out and deal with the creatures killing the lizardfolk, Nolanos heard some movement behind the door to the north end of the tunnel, the door that had several bodies piled up outside of it. After relaying this information, however, Martyn vanishes. Seirixori is still a wolf. Urrak seems to step directly out of the wall next to you.

[8:48 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well now, what fresh hells is this?"

[8:49 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Glad you could join us"

[8:49 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "We seem to be monster hunting, though what /kind/ of monster is a mystery"(edited)

[8:50 PM] DM: As Martyn disappears and Urrak steps out of a wall, Kepesk yelps. "What kind of magic is this?"

[8:52 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "A kind o' magic that's seriously gettin on my nerves t' be damn sure. But it's a long story, friend."

[8:55 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "So, what's the situation y've gotten yerselves in?"

[8:56 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori huffs and nods her head towards where there was movement and growls a little.

[8:57 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos investigates the bodies in front of the door, hoping to get an idea of what may be moving behind it.

[9:02 PM] DM: You start quietly shifting through the bodies and you notice a trend. The humanoid bodies have largely been dead for at least a day or two and were in the process of being butchered for food. The blood was drained, the cuts are clean, etc. There's one human man who was killed probably closer to this morning, and he's not prepped at all. He just has a large puncture wound in his chest. The lizardfolk all are recent kills, within the last couple hours most likely, and have been killed with slashes, like claws or swords, maybe some fire, and some small puncture wounds that may have been teeth or daggers.

[9:04 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Ok, so judging by this pile, there may be a possibility that there are humans behind this door," Nolanos whispers to the group. "it could also be our monsters, but I don't know for sure."

[9:05 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Whatever it is, we'd best be careful proceedin'"

[9:05 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "agreed."

[9:06 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak draws her sword from it's scabbard. "I say we keep goin'...slowly"

[9:06 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak will take the front, in case of trouble

[9:07 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos will be right behind, bow at the ready

[9:08 PM] DM: Ok. So Urrak, when you reach the end of the corridor, you can see the pile of bodies to your right with a shut, rotten, wooden door, a bit of a hall to the left with another branching hall, and an open natural cave-like tunnel further south. If you're sneaking, I need a roll.

[9:09 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak sneaks south

[9:09 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: ((12))

[9:13 PM] DM: As Urrak starts turning south, Nolanos taps her on the shoulder and gestures towards the northern door.

[9:13 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Right, door."

[9:14 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks towards the door. She turns to Nolanos "Sense any traps? Noises?"

[9:15 PM] Alex - Nolanos: /checks for traps/

[9:16 PM] DM: You find no traps.

[9:17 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos holds a thumb up, gesturing there are no traps

[9:17 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak nods and slowly opens the door

[9:20 PM] DM: When you open the door to this room, you see three humanoids inside. There's a silver dragonborn wearing heavy armor and a shield with a symbol on it with a spear at the ready, a high elf in deep green and silver robes pointing an ivory wand at the door, and a dwarf woman in half plate with a greataxe standing between you and the others.

Dwarf: "Ye best not try anything if ye want to keep your head."(edited)

[9:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Whoa now, no need for a tussle" she slowly places her sword back in it's scabbard

[9:22 PM] DM: Yeah, you recognize it as a symbol of Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, the lawful good deity of dragons and dragonkin.

[9:22 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "What in the..."

[9:23 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos lowers his bow, slightly confused

[9:23 PM] DM: The dragonborn steps forward. "Another? Who sent you?"

[9:25 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Uh, no one sent me. Why are you here?"

[9:26 PM] DM: Dragonborn: "I've been tasked with cleansing this temple to Toathor."

[9:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Cleansin'? So the lizardfolk genocide was yer idea then?"

[9:28 PM] DM: Dragonborn: "They're vermin and nothing more."

[9:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak turns to the party and motions towards the two dragon statues, there lies the component

[9:29 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "That seems harsh"

[9:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Beyond, it's cruel."

[9:29 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Who's this Toathor bloke?"

[9:30 PM] DM: Dragonborn: "Toathor was the black dragon that used to rule these parts. He was killed and his cult scattered, but these... glorified lizards have taken to roost here. I'm to cleanse the temple and destroy it in Bahamut's name."

[9:31 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori growls and moves forward.

[9:32 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "And ye brought along some friends t'help ye with yer mass murder? How quaint."

[9:32 PM] DM: The dwarf makes to ready herself against Seirixori. "Keep your mutt muzzled, giant."

[9:33 PM] DM: Elf: "We're not friends. We were hired."

[9:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Easy, Ser, let's try not t' stir this pot." Urrak lightly paps her head.

[9:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "A sell sword, eh? How much is old scaleface payin ye?"

[9:34 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori growls again but doesn't move.

[9:35 PM] DM: Dragonborn: "That's none of your concern. Now, unless you would like to join us in destroying the last of the lizards or would like to join them in that pile there, I'd suggest you clear out."

[9:35 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah, he's cheapskatin' ye then."

[9:36 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "How about a third option: you clear out before we make /you/ a part of that pile."(edited)

[9:41 PM] DM: The elf and dwarf sort of glance back at the dragonborn, but he pulls himself up to his full height. "I'll not be scared off so easily. How disappointing to see one of the Kin reduced to helping these creatures. You have three seconds to make your choice or by Bahamut's scales I will make it for you."

[9:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I'll tell ye what, elf, come work for us. We've more gold t' spare than ol' leatherface 'ere."(edited)

[9:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "How can you call yourself a follower of Bahamut when you don't value innocent life? They are by no means a perfect people, especially with how they treat us, but that doesn't make it right to hate in return."

[9:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye my friend here makes a good point. Switchin' sides is both moral...and lucrative"

[9:44 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak nudges Nolanos as if to say "go along with the bit"

[9:48 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak attempts to keep a straight face while sweating profusely

[9:48 PM] DM: Dragonborn: "You know nothing, scale-traitor. These lizards terrorize the people of Azutesh. They've been stealing livestock and ambushing travelers. A little boy went missing two days ago. I have reason to believe they're being led by a minion of Sess'inek. Now step. Aside. Two."

[9:48 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori ignores Urrak and Nolanos trying to talk their way down and lunges for whoevers in front.

## Combat

[9:55 PM] DM: Seirixori wriggles her way past Urrak and straight up tackles the dwarf, sinking her teeth into the space between her chin and her armor. The dwarf screams... and then it's her turn.

[9:57 PM] DM: She scrambles back and to her feet, then uses her second wind  to heal herself a little before swinging back at Seirixori. Her axe hits Seirixori in the flank for 10 hp of slashing damage.

[10:00 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos attacks Dragonboyo with his sword

[10:02 PM] DM: That will hit! Nolanos lunges and manages to stick his sword right in between two gaps of the dragonborn's armor.

[10:05 PM] DM: On his turn, the dragonborn is going to disengage, stepping back another 5' and cast healing word on himself.

[10:08 PM] Seirixori: Seirixori goes for the dwarf again with a bite.(edited)

[10:09 PM] DM: Seirixori's jaws snap shut on air.

[10:13 PM] DM: The elf points his wand and three darts of arcane energy slam into Seirixori's body which instantly loses its wolf shape and she returns to her tiefling form.

[10:14 PM] DM: A figure appears behind Nolanos from where she was hidden in the corner, sinking her dagger into his side for 8 points of damage.

[10:16 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak swings her greatsword at the figure that stabbed Nolanos

[10:17 PM] DM: Urrak buries her sword in the halfling's shoulder and she falls to the ground, bleeding profusely.

[10:18 PM] DM: The dwarf is going to take a swing at Seirixori.

[10:20 PM] DM: The dwarf's greataxe hits Seirixori's battered tiefling form and she falls to the ground, unconscious.

[10:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: will attack dragonboyo instead with my shortbow

[10:27 PM] DM: Your arrow plinks off his shield.

[10:29 PM] DM: He steps up and grabs the halfling's hand. Their hands glow for a moment, and she wakes up.

[10:31 PM] DM: The elf casts a fire bolt from his wand at Urrak.

[10:32 PM] DM: The halfling disengages and rolls away from the cluster of people, then throws one of her daggers at Nolanos, but it hits the block wall behind him instead.

[10:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak runs at the dragonborn and swings her greatsword

[10:34 PM] DM: Unfortunately, the dragonborn manages to bat the sword away with his shield.

[10:37 PM] DM: As the dwarf readies to swing her axe at Urrak, you hear a shout from the hall and a spear comes flying in over Seirixori's not-dead body. It also flies over the dwarf, but it's the thought that counts as Kepesk stands at the doorway.

[10:38 PM] DM: Behind him stands Diskiga, ready to charge in as well.

[10:39 PM] DM: Dwarf: "GODSDAMMIT RHOGAR!" She swings her axe at Urrak.

[10:39 PM] DM: And misses.

[10:41 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos attacks Dragonboyo

[10:42 PM] DM: Unfortunately, you just can't find a spot to poke him that isn't covered in splint armor.

[10:43 PM] DM: The dragonborn, meanwhile, will take a stab at Urrak.

[10:44 PM] DM: He gets her in the gut for 8 damage.

[10:45 PM] DM: The elf is a little panicky and fires a fire bolt at Kepesk.

[10:46 PM] DM: The halfling tosses another dagger at Nolanos for 6 damage.

[10:46 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak turns and attacks the dwarf with her greatsword

[10:47 PM] DM: Urrak's greatsword slashes deep into the dwarf's collar where her armor is light and the dwarf staggers, almost collapsing.

[10:48 PM] DM: Kepesk steps forward and touches Seirixori's foot, healing her for 9 hp.

[10:48 PM] DM: She's still prone, but awake.

[10:49 PM] DM: Diskiga, meanwhile, runs around him and attempts to skewer the stumbling dwarf.  His massive trident practically pins her to the ground and he hisses at the other three. The dwarf is down.

[10:51 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos swings at Dragonboyo again

[10:53 PM] DM: Nolanos takes advantage of the dragonborn's focus on Urrak and slides his rapier right into the opening at the dragonborn's armpit and he falls to a very heavy, very loud pile on the floor.

[10:55 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori stands shakily and backs up into the hallway and mutters under her breath, healing herself.

[10:57 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Outloud she says , "I... crap." and throws an ice knife at the elf.

[11:01 PM] DM: The ice knife flies past the elf's head, but explodes behind him, causing 6 points of cold damage to the back of his head.

[11:06 PM] DM: The elf tries to skitter backwards away from Diskiga, the beginnings of a flame leaking from the tip of his wand when Diskiga takes an attack of opportunity on him. It actually misses, so the elf casts Burning Hands. From this new location, it only hits Diskiga, who rolled a natural 20 and takes half damage.

[11:07 PM] DM: The halfling is cornered and can't see a good spot to make a run for it, so she throws a dagger at Kepesk.

[11:07 PM] DM: It catches him in the shoulder.

[11:08 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak runs past the knocked out dwarf and attacks the elf

[11:08 PM] DM: The elf ducks and cowers in the corner.

[11:09 PM] DM: Kepesk draws his scimitar and heads for the halfling, but misses as well.

[11:10 PM] DM: Diskiga hisses again and jumps forward to spear the elf as he huddles in the corner. But he misses because I suck tonight too apparently.

[11:11 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos runs into the corner next to the halfling and sword against the halfling

[11:14 PM] DM: The halfling is small and slippery and that does not hit her.(edited)

[11:17 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori, realizing what's actually happening now that she's not in a rage or a wolf bites her lip and makes her way to the component to pick it up, ignoring the fighting. "It would be great if the two of you, Urrak and Nolanos, could...come here." she says hoping they listen.

[11:18 PM] DM: The component's against the back wall, now between Diskiga and the halfling.

[11:21 PM] DM: The elf cries out, "Please! Don't!" and drops his wand. The halfling Disengages and Dashes out towards the exit.(edited)

[11:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak puts her sword away and picks the elf up by the collar "Sell Sword, give me one good reason I shouldn't run ye through right now."

[11:24 PM] DM: Kepesk turns and chases the halfling as far as the door. Diskiga ignores Urrak and skewers the elf with his trident for 19 damage, which also heals the wound he had taken before. The elf is unconscious.

[11:25 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Well. That 'appened."

## End Combat

[11:27 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos breathes for a second and, having realized he doesn't have any health potions, looks for one on Dragonboyo.

[11:27 PM] DM: Diskiga snarls as he jiggles the elf's body off his trident.

[11:28 PM] DM: Diskiga: "Kepesk, go after that one. Make sure it's no threat or it's your head."

Kepesk nods and gives chase.(edited)

[11:29 PM] DM: Give me an investigation check Nolanos

[11:30 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak wipes some of the elf's blood from her face. She seems a bit troubled by the whole ordeal. She walks over to Serixiori and the component

[11:30 PM] DM: You find that he's pretty well equipped, but as a cleric, probably didn't rely on potions much.

[11:31 PM] DM: Besides his splint armor, spear, and bahamut symbol shield, you find a longsword at his hip and a magical cloak draped across his shoulders.

[11:32 PM] DM: Diskiga: "Take what you want from them and get out. Your help is no longer needed."

[11:32 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "ooo shiny. I'll take that."

[11:32 PM] DM: He also has 30 sp and 10 gp.

[11:32 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ye leathery devil! The elf boy was surrenderin'!"

[11:33 PM] DM: He points his trident at Urrak. "Watch your tongue or I will eat it."

[11:33 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "How different are ye from them if ye have no mercy?"

[11:33 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori walks up to Urrak and lays a hand on her shoulder, healing her, "Urrak, leave it be." She says tiredly, "Nolanos we need to leave."

[11:34 PM] DM: He hisses. "Mercy is for weak fools. Only the strong survive. Take what you want from them and leave."

[11:35 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urraks hand grips the hilt of her side dagger for a moment but relaxes at Seri's healing touch. "Let's get out of 'ere."

[11:35 PM] DM: Diskiga walks towards the door to return to his clan.

[11:36 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks over to the dwarf and looks for anything worthwhile(edited)

[11:37 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Our job is done here." Nolanos picks up the elf's wand and anything else of worth on their body(edited)

[11:38 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Please, can we just go," Seirixori says just barely loud enough for her companions.

[11:38 PM] DM: Urrak finds dwarf-sized half plate (magic armor is one-size-fits-all, but nonmagic is not), a greataxe with dwarven runes carved into the flat of the head, two light hammers, a magic javelin with silver lightning bolts at either end, a set of mason's tools, a set of smith's tools, and two potions of healing.

[11:38 PM] DM: This is if you choose to strip them... otherwise don't take the armor. lol

[11:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak takes the dwarf's axe, potions, and javelin

[11:39 PM] DM: Nolanos finds fine robes of deep green and silver, a smooth, ivory wand, a dagger, and in his pocket is a magic, shimmering pearl. he also had a potion of healing in his scholar's pack.

[11:40 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, let's get back t' Bellbury"

[11:42 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks back to Seri and places a hand on her shoulder. "Thanks for the healin'. Y'got the component?"

[11:43 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Yes," is all she says.

[11:43 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos takes all the things, and helps Urrak take the hammers and smith kit, then walks over the group

[11:44 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori grabs Nolanos as soon as he's in reach and pushes the button on Poni.

## Basement

[11:44 PM] DM: The world shifts and you are back safe and relatively sound in Poni's basement.

[11:45 PM] DM: Poni: "I-- good job, back there."

[11:45 PM] DM: Poni: "I might not have, you know... started a race war, but at least you got the thing."

[11:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Don't ye look at me, I came in part way t' this bloody mess"

[11:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "It had already begun. We just got caught in it."(edited)

[11:45 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori drops Poni and sprints out the room and heads towards the citrus grove.

[11:46 PM] DM: Poni: "Ow."

[11:46 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah, Seri--!" Urrak watches as she runs off "What's come over Serixirori...?"

[11:46 PM] Alex - Nolanos: Nolanos follows Seirixori(edited)

[11:46 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak follows close behind

[11:47 PM] DM: Poni: "Ok! I guess I'll just stay here. On the floor. Assholes."

[11:47 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "We'll be back!" Nolanos yells over his shoulder to Poni "Sorry!"

[11:47 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori looks behind her and sees them following and shifts into her panther form and tries to lose them.

[11:48 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Seirixori, wait! We just want to talk!"

[11:48 PM] DM: She is very quickly gaining distance on you and unless she chooses to stop, you won't be able to catch up before she even gets to the town square, let alone the citrus grove.

## Nolanos and Urrak

[11:50 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Nolanos it's no use, she's too quick."

[11:51 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Damn."(edited)

[11:52 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak stops running, and grabs her side. It's still sore from the earlier wound "Let 'er be. She'll talk t' us when she's ready."(edited)

[11:52 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "She clearly wants to be alone. I'm going to go check on Poni then."

[11:53 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, I'll join ya. Sittin' down sounds lovely right about now..."

[11:58 PM] DM: You return and find Poni, still sitting on the floor, but kinda over to the side like someone might've accidentally kicked him on the way out.

[11:58 PM] Alex - Nolanos: "Heh. sorry about that." Nolanos walks over and adjusts him, dust him off a bit.(edited)

[12:00 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak walks in close behind Nolanos, and finds a stool to sit on. She drinks a little from her waterskin and begins to take off her leather armor to get a better look at her wound.

[12:00 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "What do y'think has Seri in such a way?"

[12:01 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "She nearly died in there... that had to have been rough on her."

[12:02 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Beyond that, I don't know for sure."

[12:05 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, that's true. I imagine druids  don't see much battle." Urrak uses a bit of her water to clean the wound. Thanks to Serixori's magic it's closing, but pain of being gouged remains along with some old blood. "Remind me to invest in platemail"

[12:05 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "Will do my friend."

[12:07 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "God, what even just happened in there?? How did that turn out so... I don't know. Nothing is ever black and white, but that was just... it was so much."

[12:08 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y'can never take someone at face value, it seems. T'just...stab someome who was beggin for 'is life. It's cruel."

[12:12 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "And on the other side, killin a whole race like insects...this world's gone mad."

[12:12 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "I can't help but wonder if we made the wrong choice in there..."

[12:14 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Best not dwell on the past, mate. It'll drive ye crazy thinkin o' what ifs. M'pop always said 'take what yesterday taught ye into tomorrow and you'll be better for it today'"

[12:15 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "yes, but what was the lesson?"

[12:16 AM] Alex - Nolanos: "I suppose you're right, thinking like this will only drive me crazy. Nevermind me then"

[12:18 AM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Yer a good lad, Nolanos. Perhaps I'm not the best source of life advice, but when y've been in as many scuffles as I have, y'stop worryin so much about the philosophical side o'things"

## Session 15

[10:20 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Do you know how many more components there are? How many  more of these trips need to be made?"

[10:21 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I couldn't tell ya..." Urraks looks off to the side a bit, sighing

[10:21 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Not sure we've asked, or if we have, that Poni would even tell us."

[10:22 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "A machine like that, could be hundreds o' parts."

[10:24 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "I hope not. People are starting to wear down."

[10:25 PM] DM: Every now and then, you notice someone missing from where they were sitting or someone walking into the Cask. Fewer of them seem confused... most seem more resigned like they've done this before.

[10:25 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I can see that.  How long've folks been sleepin' all about? Can't recall ever havin t' step over people before..."(edited)

[10:27 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "It was here and there at first, but it seems like it's spread. Feels more like a war camp than a tavern tonight. 's why I made a special meal, hoping to perk 'em up, but... it hasn't worked."

[10:27 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "It's strange how some of us have been here far longer than anyone. Less popping in and out than the others."

[10:28 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Fickle magic. Works as it pleases..."

[10:39 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah, Vyon. Can't say I ever knew the name o' this country. Jus Bellbury."

[10:39 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Hey, we know where we are now."

[10:39 PM] DM: Safika looks very confused.

[10:40 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Right. Context. Ah we were teleported here from places far far away by a mad dwarf named Poni."

[10:41 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Now tend t' pop in n out at random. But if we get all the pieces of his now obliterated machine, Poni, or what's left of him, can help us get back home"

[10:41 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Ah wait, not dwarf, gnome. Small man"

[10:42 PM] DM: Gunnloda laughs. "Smaller'n a dwarf, yes."

[10:42 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Tiny, tiny man"

[10:42 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Suppose all us small folk look alike to you giants though."

[10:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak blushes and rubs her neck "I mean no harm innit"

[10:43 PM] Jonathan- Martyn Hornback: "It's strange men folk indeed that fit in a pocket, though," Martyn says

[10:44 PM] DM: Gunnloda laughs. "No offense taken. I was just wondering if all you had to go from was the tops of our heads."

[10:44 PM] DM: Safika: "Right... so you don't know where Baroness Moonstream is?"

[10:44 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori snickers.

[10:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Can't say I do, miss, awful sorry.  Serixiori, any clue about this mysterious woman?"

[10:46 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Probably just as lost as we are, on some other place in this world."

[10:47 PM] DM: Safika: "Wherever she is, I doubt she's lost."

[10:47 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "The gnome's magic affected the whle town. Who's t' say? Might I ask why the urgency?"

[10:49 PM] DM: Safika: "I was bringing a message from the Queen... but it seems her house is deserted."

[10:50 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Y'hear that, Ser? There's a queen as well!"

[10:51 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Oooh fancy place."

[10:51 PM] DM: Safika: "Are you all just teasing me now? Of course there's a Queen. There's a queen in every country on this continent."

[10:53 PM] DM: Gunnloda smiles softly. "Forgive them, dear. It's just we didn't know where we were until just now when you said."

[10:53 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori shrugs, "I pretty much deal with people in forests. or rather... they ignore me, so."(edited)

[10:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She lives in the woods and I'm from an orc stronghold, minimal interaction with queens I'm afraid."

[10:54 PM] DM: Safika frowns. "I don't like being made a fool. Where are you from then?"

[10:54 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "D'Akshi Stronghold, miss"

[10:55 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Sorry," she mutters around her tankard of water, "Limabey."

[10:56 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "I'm originally from Dhog Lodir... you've probably heard of that one. I didn't realize we were in Vyon or I'd have said something before," she adds to you all.

[10:57 PM] DM: Safika nods at Gunnloda. "Not surprising."

[10:57 PM] DM: Safika: "I've not heard of those others. They're not Vyon? Ascus? Dhog Lodir? Shetai?"

[10:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: Urrak shrugs "When ye travel as much as I have,  names start t' blur together."

[10:59 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Though Shetai sounds real familiar"

[11:00 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Ardabeh"

[11:00 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I reckon that's who we paid our taxes to"(edited)

[11:01 PM] DM: Both Gunnloda and Safika turn to Seirixori in surprise.

Safika: "Ardabeh? What in the world are you doing here?"

[11:02 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Uhhh...dying?" she snorts a little, "goddess that was stupid. Um... I didn't really have a choice?"

[11:04 PM] DM: Safika: "You really are clueless, aren't you? Is anyone in this town from Vyon? Where are all the people who lived here?"

[11:06 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "It's not like I was given a map when shoved to live with  a bunch of druids." Seirixori grumbles. "Maybe they're in our place or whatever."

[11:07 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Strewn about, every which way.  Poni's magic was right powerful.  Say,  sorry if this seems odd but, did ye happen to come from the riverlands of Shetai? I remember folks like yourself.  Deep skinned and curly haired."  Urrak blushes slightly,  thinking of fond memories.

[11:08 PM] DM: Safika hesitates for a moment, but says, "I was born in Vyon, but my mother was from Shetai."

[11:13 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Shetai is a land of strong genes" she laughs lightly,  "Sorry if my assumption offended.  I suppose i was struck by a wave of... nostalgia. " Urrak wipes a bit sweat from her brow. "I apologize that we're of little use to your quest,  but if there's anything we can do t' help, we'd like t' be of assistance... Since it's for the queen and all."

[11:14 PM] DM: Safika shook her head. "No offense taken. I hear it's a beautiful place."

[11:14 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori mouths 'The Queen' to herself and giggles.

[11:16 PM] DM: Safika: "Anyway, no... I was just hoping someone knew when she'd return."

[11:18 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "You know..." Seirixori thinks about a couple of the other townspeople, "Some of the people that actually live here, we've seen them. They're the ones we find sometimes when finding those stupid components."

[11:20 PM] DM: Safika: "You lost me again."

[11:22 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Oh, uh, the reason people keep disappearing. A gnome blew up some teleporter thing and this town is pretty deserted, and to piece it back together some of us go and find the pieces for it. I think someone named Lin and uh some guy? They were both where we were looking for these pieces. So maybe your baroness is somewhere with one too."

[11:23 PM] DM: Safika: "Strange."

[11:23 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Aye, might've gotten swept up"

[11:23 PM] DM: Safika: "And you're going looking for them?"

[11:24 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Oh! And we can technically find her, right? With Poni... if we had something she owned?"

[11:24 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "We're not really looking for the people, they just kind of happen to be there."(edited)

[11:25 PM] DM: Safika: "I mean... she lives next door. Her, her wife, and their daughter. I'm sure you can find something she owned in there."

[11:25 PM] DM: Safika: "I'm sure you've already thought about finding her first."

[11:26 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Since time is of the essence, if we can track 'er, it'll make things much easier"

[11:30 PM] DM: Safika: "Like I said... she lives in the big house next door. If you have a way to track her, that's how you'll do it."

[11:31 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Right.  You up for it,  Ser?"

[11:32 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Oh, r-right now? I, I guess we could do that."

[11:35 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "I'll need to gear up and all, but aye.  Let's find this Moonstream."

[11:37 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "O-okay, sure." She looks down at herself, "guess I'll clean this some other time."

[11:38 PM] DM: Safika: "I guess none of you are the prestidigitation type casters."

[11:39 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "The what?"

[11:39 PM] DM: Safika: "Prestidigitation? It's how wizards are always so clean."

[11:40 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Oh...yes that would be helpful. I got stuck with more nature-y things I guess."

[11:40 PM] DM: Safika looks at your clothes like she's noticing them for the first time. "You uh... feeling ok?"

[11:41 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: Seirixori rolls her eyes, there's no forgetting the mess she caused until she can get these clean. "Everything kind of hurts, but yes, I'm fine. No more bleeding."

[11:43 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "She nearly met her end not too long ago. Long story. "

[11:43 PM] DM: Safika: "My condolences?"

[11:44 PM] DM: Gunnloda: "Well if you all are getting yourselves in another mess, I'm coming along to make sure you come back."

[11:45 PM] Felicia - Seirixori: "Thank you!" Seirixori nearly shouts.

[11:45 PM] Wingy - Urrak D'Akshi: "Wouldn't have it any other way,  Gunnloda" Urrak says with a smile.