AOP 003 Main

July 14, 2021

[7:01 PM] The Blue Scale: So, last time...

[7:02 PM] The Blue Scale: You guys met with most of the crew as you departed out onto the ocean.

[7:03 PM] The Blue Scale: After getting to know each other a bit, Entropy had Boredom bring your employer to you, where you were able to extract more information from him.

[7:05 PM] The Blue Scale: He revealed he was let go from the guild and was acting independently to fix one of his mistakes.  He'd accidentally lead a dangerous pirate captain to a powerful artifact crafted by one of the Nine, the most powerful wizards known to Davos.  He's hoping to find a magic compass that will lead him to all the items so he can destroy them.

[7:05 PM] The Blue Scale: Um...I think that's pretty much everything that happened.

[7:05 PM] Jaden: ((Pretty much))

[7:05 PM] Entropy: ((we also got 3 rooms.))

[7:05 PM] The Blue Scale: Yes.

[7:06 PM] The Blue Scale: And he has gone to speak to the captain about this pirate pursuer.

[7:06 PM] Jaden: ((Also we found Pip!))

[7:07 PM] Jaden: ((We are still a while away before reach our destination right?))

[7:07 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Ah yes.  Also, @Pip has joined you.))

[7:08 PM] The Blue Scale: It'll be about three days to the island.

[7:08 PM] The Blue Scale: It's been a couple hours since your talk with Ephrim when Damin, the first mate approaches you.

[7:09 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "Suh who ready tuh duh sum work?"

[7:10 PM] Pip: Pip's fins fan out a little and a few freckles start glowing at his approach. She seems to startle easily.

[7:10 PM] Coppelia: Raises her hand

[7:10 PM] Entropy: What kind of work?

[7:10 PM] Pip: "Oh, uh, what needs to be done?"

[7:10 PM] Olenna: nods.

[7:10 PM] Jaden: after getting all the information about whats going on,  changed back into his full gear and has been looking out into the ocean, as if looking for something.(edited)

[7:12 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "We need some good ol' scrubbing done, some potatoes peel an fi da brave of yuh there's fishing duty."

[7:12 PM] Jaden: turns around  "I can handle some fishing"

[7:12 PM] Coppelia: scribbles Potatoes please

[7:12 PM] Saiph: Oh!  Yeah, fishing is fine.

[7:13 PM] Olenna: I can scrub with magic. Saiph is good at fishing, probably.

[7:13 PM] Saiph: Sure.

[7:13 PM] Saiph: draws his scimitar.

[7:13 PM] Saiph: How big are the fish?

[7:15 PM] Olenna: How aggressive are the fish?

[7:15 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "Eh, this far out?  Probably nuh too big.  Just keep them there weapons ready."

[7:15 PM] Pip: "I, uh, I think I know Prestidigitation. Mending, too. I can peel potatoes, I think. I used to be quite good with a knife."

[7:15 PM] Saiph: Oh.

[7:15 PM] Entropy: No clue what any of those are ,but I will go with Coppelia.

[7:16 PM] Saiph: Nets then?  I can do nets.

[7:18 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "Nets are fine.  Them there fishing should head up to the back deck.  The rest of yuh, report to Liria inna the kitchen."

[7:18 PM] Coppelia: She gestures to the other two, already making her way to the kitchen

[7:19 PM] Saiph: nods, and goes up!

[7:19 PM] Jaden: heads towards the back, waving Saiph to follow

[7:19 PM] Olenna: hesitates. "... let me know if you need any help, Saiph."

[7:19 PM] Olenna: then heads down to the kitchen.

[7:19 PM] The Blue Scale: Ok, I'll set up side chats, then.

[7:19 PM] Saiph: Okay!

[7:19 PM] Jaden: ((Cool))

[7:20 PM] Coppelia: ((Chill legumes))

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[7:20 PM] Entropy: heads to the kitchen dragging Boredom with her.

[7:21 PM] Pip: Pip will also make her way to the kitchen.

[7:22 PM] The Blue Scale: We'll do potatoes in here.

[7:22 PM] The Blue Scale: You see the cook, Lirial asleep at one of the tables.

[7:22 PM] Olenna: whispers, "What's a potato?"

[7:22 PM] Entropy: No clue.

[7:23 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia goes over to Liria and gently taps her shoulder

[7:23 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial stirs awake and grabs a knife.  "T'AINT NO TIME TO BE SCROUN--Oh...hi."

[7:24 PM] Pip: "Oh it's a starchy root vegetable that looks a little like a lumpy brown roc-AAA!!!"(edited)

[7:24 PM] Entropy: holds Boredom in front of her as a shield.

[7:24 PM] Olenna: Hi! ... sorry.

[7:24 PM] Coppelia: She jumps back, her hood jostling but stays up. She grabs her notebook and quickly scribbles Potatoes?

[7:25 PM] Pip: Pip is, from her reaction and the fact that every fin on her body is as flared out as it can be, quite spooked.

[7:25 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "...oh, potatoes.  Right.  Sorry bout that.  Some folks like to think they can pilfer the supplies between meals."

[7:26 PM] Coppelia: Nods slowly, as if pretending to understand

[7:26 PM] Olenna: I can scrub things too, if you like. With magic if that's faster.

[7:27 PM] Entropy: let’s Boredom go.

[7:27 PM] Pip: "Sounds like a terrible idea, while you're here to dissuade them."

Pip states, slowly returning to her un-spooked state.

[7:28 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Sure.  A clean kitchen's a happy kitchen.  And a kitchen less likely to give you the shits.  For the rest of you, we got sacks of potatoes to peel right over there.  You got knives, or will you be needing some?"

[7:29 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia rustles in her cloak and pulls out a dagger, holding it out and cocking her head to the side, seeking approval

[7:30 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial examines it.  "...good make.  Where'd you get this?"

[7:31 PM] Olenna: will start prestidigitating things clean.

[7:31 PM] Coppelia: Adjusts it in her hand to get her notebook out. As she does a glimpse of a filigree handle appears My master left me a few items he said would come in handy. He told me to defend myself

[7:32 PM] Olenna: Quite right, too.

[7:32 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Master?"

[7:33 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Also, little fishy person...thanks for your faith in my ability."

[7:33 PM] Entropy: grabs some potatoes and sits down with them pulling out a dagger that is slightly curved and definitely of fiendish make. ”So Boredom how do you peel a ‘potato’?”

[7:33 PM] Coppelia: She nods He asked me to call him Father once, but it made him sad. So I called him Master

[7:34 PM] The Blue Scale: Boredom grabs a potato...turns it over in his hands...then bites into it like an apple.  After that, he spits it out.  "Ugh...awful."

[7:35 PM] Entropy: Good to know.

[7:35 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial looks cock-eyed at Coppelia.  "...well...I'm depressed...but ok."

[7:35 PM] Pip: "I don't really have much of anything. Things have been a bit up-"

Pip does a full-body cringe as she sees and hears Boredom bite into the potato.

[7:36 PM] Pip: "They're, um, supposed to be cooked. Boiled, or baked. Often baked and then mashed."

[7:36 PM] Entropy: grabs the potato from boredom and tries a bite herself.

[7:36 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia just shrugs, tucking away her notebook. She walks over to Entropy and Boredom, taking the potato from them as she passes. She sits down and starts peeling it with her dagger

[7:37 PM] Pip: "Uh, maybe don't?"

[7:37 PM] Entropy: Don’t what?

[7:37 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "HEY!  No swiping from the supplies!"

[7:37 PM] Olenna: I suppose it's better than "Your majesty."

[7:38 PM] Olenna: tidies things up as she prestis, too.

[7:38 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Catch you two doing that again, and I'll skin you!"

[7:38 PM] Entropy: points at Boredom “ his fault.”

[7:39 PM] Coppelia: She shrugs again as she continues to peel. As she works the knife against the potato skin, her feet lightly tap and slide against the floor

[7:39 PM] Entropy: looks at Lirial, “ will keep that in mind.”

[7:39 PM] Pip: "If you need anything mended or patched up, I have a way with a needle and thread. Pity that accursed- ehm, pity I lost mine."

[7:39 PM] Entropy: grabs another potato and tries to attempt to peel it.

[7:40 PM] Coppelia: Holds out her potato as if to demonstrate

[7:40 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial turns to Pip: "...you do clothes?  Excellent.  Some of the fellas her got a bad case of torn pants.  You can help with those."

[7:40 PM] The Blue Scale: Entropy, roll a DEX check for peeling.

[7:40 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "...oy, witch girl.  Nice work on the cleaning."

[7:41 PM] Olenna: smiles.

[7:41 PM] Olenna: Thank you.

[7:41 PM] Entropy: ((Nat 1))

[7:42 PM] Pip: Pip beams.

"Oh yes! I was quite the seamstress awhile back. Things've been a bit difficult as of late, but it'll be great to get back into the swing of things! For now though, I need a knife so I can help with those potatoes."

[7:42 PM] The Blue Scale: Entropy, you take 3 points of damage as the blade slashes into your hand.

[7:43 PM] Entropy: pulls out another dagger and tosses it to Pip.

[7:44 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "What brought you ladies all to the ocean, anyway?"

[7:44 PM] Entropy: pulls out a bit of cloth and wraps it around the wound to not bleed all over.

[7:44 PM] Coppelia: Tilts her head, hesitates, then taps her fingers to where her throat would be under her cloak

[7:45 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Oh, right.  Sorry."

[7:45 PM] Olenna: Oh, we heard they needed someone to help.

[7:45 PM] Olenna: Saiph and I.

[7:45 PM] Coppelia: She holds up a hand and shakes her head, then taps again

[7:46 PM] Pip: "I don't really want to talk about it at the moment."

Pip says, attempting to catch the dagger.

[7:46 PM] Olenna: Is your voicebox broken?

[7:46 PM] Pip: "You all right over there?"

[7:47 PM] Coppelia: She tilts her head towards Olenna, then shakes her head, trying to figure out how to move her hands. She settles on crossing her hands and pulling them apart

[7:48 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "You came apart?"

[7:48 PM] Entropy: Something came undone?

[7:49 PM] Olenna: Have you seen a synthetic person medic?

[7:49 PM] Coppelia: Her foots taps in frustration. She looks around and takes a couple of potatoes. She lays out three, leaves a space, then lays out two more. An unfinished line

[7:49 PM] Pip: "You're free?"

[7:50 PM] Pip: "Sorry, I'm bad at this."

[7:50 PM] Olenna: Oh, you weren't finished?

[7:50 PM] Coppelia: She hesitates, then nods

[7:50 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Sea's a good place to go when you're free.  Nowhere to get tied down."

[7:51 PM] Entropy: That’s a hope, been in one place  for a long time.

[7:52 PM] Pip: Pip will awkwardly get on to peeling potatoes.

[7:52 PM] Entropy: What brought you to the ocean?

[7:52 PM] Olenna: Hmm. Maybe we can find someone who could help.

[7:53 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Me?  The war did.  I was young when it happened and it left me...well, it wasn't good for anybody.  Came to the ocean to escape it."

[7:53 PM] Coppelia: She nods. She holds out a hand, then presses it to her chest. She then picks up a potato and goes back to peeling

[7:54 PM] Olenna: It must have been very traumatic.

[7:55 PM] Entropy: ((16 insight on Lirial))

[7:55 PM] The Blue Scale: ((To know what?))

[7:55 PM] Entropy: ((((Never mind ))

[7:56 PM] Entropy: keeps tying to peel potato’s.

[7:56 PM] Olenna: ... I'm not from here. I don't know anything about the war, even when it was or who the sides were.

[7:58 PM] Entropy: It was about 17 years ago ,at least that’s when it apparently ended.

[7:59 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "The Fiend War.  ...a warlock thought he was going to conquer the world...almost did too.  It was...it was unpleasant."

[8:00 PM] Entropy: Was never quite clear on the sides myself. Or the reason for it.

[8:00 PM] Olenna: Oh, I see. That's terrible.

[8:02 PM] Coppelia: Makes a fist with her hand and moves it in a circle over her chest

[8:02 PM] Olenna: What does that mean?

[8:02 PM] Entropy: You said you were young, you fight in it?

[8:03 PM] Coppelia: She puts down her knife and potato, and digs out her notebook and quill, scribbling It means “sorry”. I know a few words through hand motions. I can teach you if you’d like

[8:04 PM] Pip: "I don't remember much of it. Kinda a vague feeling of distress. Moving all the time."

[8:05 PM] Olenna: I'd like to learn.

[8:06 PM] Coppelia: She nods, her fingers fluttering slightly, almost happily. She hears Pip, and moves her hands in a few complex movements. She casts Prestidigitation and a sweet smelling wind passes over Pip

[8:07 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "I did not fight in it, no."

[8:07 PM] Entropy: ((17 insight on that.))

[8:08 PM] The Blue Scale: ((You see no reason to doubt her.  She doesn't look like someone who did...you think.))

[8:08 PM] Entropy: Interesting.

[8:09 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Did you?"

[8:09 PM] Entropy: Yes.

[8:11 PM] Entropy: Haven’t run into anyone else who did though.

[8:12 PM] Entropy:  is probably getting better at peeling piling the peel on or near Boredom.

[8:12 PM] Coppelia: ((What should I role for, essentially, a vibe check between Entropy and Lirial?))

[8:13 PM] The Blue Scale: Insight

[8:13 PM] Coppelia: ((19))

[8:14 PM] The Blue Scale: @Entropy What sort of vibe would you say there is between you and Lirial?

[8:16 PM] Entropy: ((Entropy is tense and guarded with most people but she is even more tense and focused with Lirial, similar to a couple of the interactions she had with Jaden that Copellia saw, an element of worry in Entropy as well.))

[8:17 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia turns towards the two speaking, taking note as she continues peeling

[8:17 PM] Pip: Pip seems a bit puzzled by the fragrant wind, but Prestidigitates a canopy of stars in response. They twinkle and hang in the air for an instant, before winking out, one-by-one.

[8:17 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Thanks for the cleaning, by the way.  How long have you practiced magic?  You guild?"

[8:18 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial turns towards Olenna when asking.

[8:18 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "In fact, are any of you guild?"

[8:19 PM] Pip: "Uh, no."

[8:19 PM] Entropy: Nope, honestly I have not spent that much time on this plane.

[8:19 PM] Coppelia: Shakes her head, tilting it a bit in confusion

[8:19 PM] Pip: "This is all very new. I wasn't entirely sure I could do that."

[8:21 PM] Olenna: ((Oh shoot, sorry, I missed that.))

[8:21 PM] The Blue Scale: ((S'ok.))

[8:21 PM] Olenna: Magic? All my life. Guild?

[8:21 PM] Pip: "Speaking of things I'm not entirely sure I can do, Would you allow me to look at your hand? That slash looked pretty deep."

[8:22 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "The Mage's Guild.  Not sure how many people they have right now, but I know membership's becoming a thing."

[8:22 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Folks are feeling a bit...less safe around roaming magicians after The Fiend King."

[8:23 PM] Entropy: Fiend King?

[8:25 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "The warlock who started the Fiend War.  He made some sort of pact that allowed him to summon all those devils up as his army."

[8:25 PM] Pip: "Oh. I can't say I like how it sounds. Some regulation seems prudent, but at the same time I can see it leading to bad places."

[8:25 PM] Olenna: Well, I'm not a fiend. Or even a warlock.

[8:25 PM] Entropy: Oh the original contractee on this plane , got it.(edited)

[8:26 PM] Coppelia: Looks between those talking, her head tilts looking even more confused

[8:26 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Not exactly a fan of guilds and regulation myself but...I get people's uneasiness."

[8:27 PM] Entropy: Regulation is important, more contracts, you know precisely where you stand.

[8:27 PM] Entropy: Lots of contracts and deals and regulations back home.

[8:28 PM] Olenna: It doesn't sound like a good place to live.

[8:28 PM] Coppelia: ((Is there any identification guild members would have to carry?))

[8:29 PM] The Blue Scale: ((They'd have a sort of carrying card that'd mark them as a member.))

[8:30 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia’s head pops up and she reaches into a pouch under her cloak. After a moment she pulls out a small card and holds it up. It’s a guild member card displaying the name “Gregorio Wellsmith”

[8:32 PM] Pip: "Oh is that the card of the person you're looking for?"

[8:32 PM] Coppelia: Her head dips as she holds the card in both hands tenderly, and shakes her head

[8:33 PM] Entropy: “The card of your master?”

[8:33 PM] Olenna: Your creator. What happened to him?

[8:34 PM] Coppelia: She nods and pulls her notebook over I went to help him one morning. He’d fallen. He didn’t get up

[8:35 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial gets a very solemn look.

[8:35 PM] Olenna: Oh... he died. Accidentally. I'm so sorry.

[8:36 PM] Coppelia: Her grip tightens on her quill Accident

[8:36 PM] Entropy: Someone did something to him?

[8:37 PM] Coppelia: She hesitates I don’t know. He was a toy maker. He made lovely things. Some people want lovely things and don’t like hearing no

[8:38 PM] Olenna: ... did someone try to steal you? As if you were property and not a person?

[8:38 PM] Entropy: You know who he may have said no to?

[8:39 PM] Pip: "So I can have their back measured for a dagger?"

[8:39 PM] Entropy: will turn to Olenna “People kind of are property , back homegrown me at least.”(edited)

[8:40 PM] Coppelia: At Pips comment her shoulders shake as if laughing. Her shoulders steady then, and her hands raise to her hood. She hesitates, then pulls it down

[8:40 PM] Olenna: They aren't. Definitely not.

[8:40 PM] Entropy: “Tell that to an arch devil or pit fiend sometime.”(edited)

[8:41 PM] Pip: "Good thing you don't live there any more. It sounds like a terrible place."

[8:42 PM] Olenna: If one asks, I will.

[8:42 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia’s face is made of polished white porcelain with small blue patterns, made into the face of a lovely serene young woman. She has long black hair with half of it pulled into two braids and tied into a simple knot. There is a crack along her cheek that is sealed with what appears to be gold, and her eyes are black. Between her joints can be glimpsed gleaming copper gears

[8:43 PM] Olenna: Oh, you're very beautiful.

[8:43 PM] Entropy: “You are very pretty.”

[8:44 PM] Pip: "Oh wow! You're like a work of art!"

[8:45 PM] Coppelia: She lifts a hand to her face, then goes back to writing My master said I was his greatest work. That I was a companion, not a product

[8:45 PM] Entropy: “He sounds like a decent individual.”(edited)

[8:45 PM] Coppelia: He was a kind and honest man

[8:47 PM] Entropy: How long ago did this happen?

[8:47 PM] Coppelia: She touches his card again A few days before he fell, he showed me a pack and some weapons. Told me after he was gone to use them and make my own life

[8:47 PM] Coppelia: She thinks for a moment 6 days ago

[8:49 PM] Pip: Pip seems lost in her thoughts. Likely not happy ones, if her dark expression is any indication.

[8:49 PM] Entropy: So he thought something might happen to him?

[8:50 PM] The Blue Scale: I'd say, about this point, @Jaden and @Saiph come in dragging the carcasses of two dead kuo-toa and one dead large trout.

[8:50 PM] Entropy: I didn’t know you were killing humanoids?

[8:50 PM] Olenna: Those are very large fish.

[8:51 PM] Saiph: Fishing is fun.

[8:51 PM] Jaden: jaden drops the fish near whatever looks like a place to break down meats  "It was something all right"

[8:51 PM] Coppelia: She turns to them, tilting her head, her hair falling over her shoulder

[8:52 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "...we're eating aberrations?"

[8:52 PM] Saiph: See, I figured Primes might be a bit twitchy about it.

[8:52 PM] Jaden: sees Coppelia with her hood down for the first time  "You look nice"

[8:52 PM] Olenna: They're not people, are they?

[8:52 PM] Entropy: “I have eaten worse.”

[8:52 PM] Saiph: shrugs.

[8:52 PM] Coppelia: She nods to him(edited)

[8:53 PM] Saiph: shrugs like someone who has turned into a bear and eaten people.

[8:53 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Not technically speaking.  They don't have higher brain functionality."

[8:53 PM] Jaden: I'll stick with the Trout, if that is all right

[8:54 PM] Saiph: Anyway, they stuck Jaden a lot with spears so it seems only fair.  I'm sure they would have eaten him.

[8:54 PM] Entropy: “Makes sense.”(edited)

[8:54 PM] Jaden: finds a chair and sits down, letting out a bit of a relieved Sigh

[8:55 PM] Entropy: “Next time you should take Boredom with you.”

[8:55 PM] Pip: "Oh those are... well they're something."

Pip says, quite obviously finding the fishmen unappealing.

[8:55 PM] Jaden: Can't believe i let them get a net on me

[8:55 PM] Entropy: You seem to have survived the indignity.

[8:56 PM] Pip: "Can I, uh, go to one of our rooms? I feel unwell."

[8:56 PM] Jaden: you can use my room, i think its just me in there right now

[8:56 PM] Pip: "Not like, contagious disease unwell. More like, out of spoons unwell."

[8:57 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "...understood."

[8:57 PM] Olenna: ... spoons?

[8:57 PM] Entropy: I do not think we ever picked rooms.

[8:57 PM] Olenna: I'm glad fishing went all right.

[8:57 PM] Saiph: Sorry.  Didn't mean to upset you, Pip.

[8:57 PM] Olenna: Saiph and I will stay together.

[8:57 PM] Pip: "I have had a very eventful day and I am very small."

[8:58 PM] Jaden: ((OH right this is still Pips first day XD))

[8:58 PM] Pip: "not your fault. Sorry."

[8:58 PM] Pip: "aaa."

[8:58 PM] Jaden: Take it easy alright?

[8:58 PM] Entropy: Go , have a rest.

[8:59 PM] Pip: "I'll try. I might be back in a bit."

With that, Pip heads off to the rooms we were shown earlier.

[8:59 PM] Saiph: Hmm.  Maybe I'll make her some Goodberries so she doesn't have to eat the fish.

[8:59 PM] Entropy: What is a good berry?

[9:00 PM] Jaden: Might be for the best,  i was worried she might now be into the idea of eating these

[9:00 PM] Olenna: Aren't some people vegetarians?

[9:00 PM] Saiph: Yep!

[9:01 PM] The Blue Scale: Lirial: "Some folk juggle geese, too."

[9:02 PM] Saiph: gestures, and a tiny sprig of berries grows in his gloved hand.  "They're good for long trips.  Each one can feed you for a day.  You just get kind of sick of them after awhile.

[9:02 PM] Olenna: I like them.

[9:02 PM] Coppelia: Moves her hands around and using Prestidigitation makes a circle of spinning geese

[9:02 PM] Jaden: Pretty useful

[9:03 PM] Saiph: We call people who juggle geese 'maniacs' back home.  Have you ever met a goose?

[9:03 PM] Olenna: smiles at the geese.

[9:03 PM] Saiph: Geese are awful people.

[9:03 PM] Entropy: Nope , never seen one before.

[9:03 PM] Jaden: I deal with Seagulls more,   Geese not as much

[9:03 PM] Saiph: Did you know that Geese are the only waterfowl that have 500 different vocalizations for 'murder'?

[9:04 PM] Entropy: Interesting.

[9:04 PM] Jaden: .......Good to know

[9:04 PM] Coppelia: Tilts her head, the geese keep spinning

[9:04 PM] Saiph: grins at the geese.

[9:05 PM] Olenna: ... that seems like a lot.

[9:05 PM] Saiph: uses Druidcraft to add geese honking noises to Coppelia's illusion.

[9:05 PM] Jaden: Maybe i should check on Pip, make sure shes okay

[9:06 PM] Saiph: hands over a couple of berries to Jaden.  "Here, tell her to try one of these."

[9:06 PM] Pip: As if on cue, there is a shriek from the direction of the rooms.

[9:06 PM] Saiph: Oh.

[9:06 PM] Saiph: Never mind, maybe.

[9:06 PM] Entropy: heads in that direction.

[9:06 PM] Jaden: grabs a berry and runs towards the sound

[9:06 PM] Saiph: runs toward the danger!

[9:06 PM] Olenna: does too.

[9:06 PM] The Blue Scale: You guys run in and see Pip in front of a now cracked mirror.

[9:06 PM] Jaden: What happened?

[9:07 PM] Coppelia: Follows behind, standing at the doorway

[9:09 PM] Pip: She is attempting to cast mending before someone found out she broke an expensive thing. No such luck.

"I'm sorry! aaa. I'm just-"

She stops for a moment, drawing in a steadying breath.

"This is, well, the first time I've seen my face. Sorry."

[9:09 PM] Jaden: The First time, Ever?

[9:09 PM] Olenna: ... oh. What does it normally look like? It looks fine to me?

[9:09 PM] Pip: "It's worse than I imagined. I don't look like me any more."

[9:09 PM] Jaden: ((IS Pip Injured?))

[9:10 PM] Pip: [not that I know]

[9:10 PM] Entropy: “You used to look different?”

[9:10 PM] Pip: "It looks like a nightmare face one of the others would take to spook me as a child, and even worse, I can't change back!"

[9:11 PM] Pip: "And now I'm causing trouble and I don't mean to and I'm so sorry!"

[9:12 PM] Saiph: Oh, it's not trouble at all.

[9:12 PM] Saiph: ((For reference, what does Pip's face look like right now?))

[9:12 PM] Olenna: I think it's a perfectly nice face. What do you think's wrong with it?

[9:14 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia makes the sign for “pretty”

[9:14 PM] Pip: [Pretty much what it has. Fish person. Big ol' ear fins. Skin very dark blue with a buncha glowy spots. Pretty much human in shape, but for the fins and her somewhat large, solid black eyes.](edited)

[9:15 PM] Saiph: ((She has glowy spots too?))

[9:15 PM] Pip: [ye, like a deep-sea fish]

[9:15 PM] Olenna: Do people not... normally look like that?

[9:16 PM] Saiph: I mean, people look like all kinds of things.

[9:16 PM] Entropy: They do.

[9:16 PM] Jaden: true

[9:16 PM] Entropy: What did you use to look like?

[9:16 PM] Saiph: indicates his own blue skin and glowy star-and-line markings.

[9:16 PM] Pip: She seems unsure how to react to this.

"Well, no. Tritons are close, but not really the same."

[9:18 PM] Pip: She seems very reluctant to answer Entropy. After a moment, though, she does.

"I was a changeling before. I could look like whatever I wanted."

[9:18 PM] Saiph: Oh.  I'm so sorry.  That woudl be terrible, being locked in to one shape like that.  Did someone do this to you?

[9:18 PM] Olenna: Oh, that must have been very convenient.

[9:19 PM] Pip: "Yes. I don't really want to talk about him right now."

[9:20 PM] Entropy: “Someone else who needs a knife in their back?”

[9:20 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia pulls out her dagger

[9:20 PM] Saiph: Okay.

[9:20 PM] Saiph: Here.

[9:20 PM] The Blue Scale: At this point, there's a knock at the door.

[9:21 PM] Saiph: offers her a goodberry.

[9:21 PM] Entropy: “ Boredom answer the door.”

[9:21 PM] The Blue Scale: Boredom: "You want somethin'?"

[9:21 PM] The Blue Scale: At the door is the chimp, Gail.

[9:21 PM] Pip: Pip will gingerly reach out and take it.

"Thanks."

A little smile.

[9:21 PM] The Blue Scale: Gail: "Hey, captain says he wants to speak with you at dinner tonight.  In his office."

[9:21 PM] Coppelia: waves, still holding the dagger

[9:22 PM] Pip: "Oh. You probably heard. Sorr- well that's worrying."

[9:22 PM] Jaden: Understood

[9:22 PM] Entropy: “When is that?”

[9:22 PM] Saiph: Don't worry, when you're ready to talk abou tit, we'll listen, and then if you want to, go kill whoever did this.  Revenge solves everything.

[9:22 PM] The Blue Scale: Gail: "In a couple hours."

[9:23 PM] Jaden: We will be there

[9:23 PM] Olenna: bonks Saiph on the shoulder.

[9:23 PM] Olenna: It does not.

[9:23 PM] Entropy: Probably wants to talk about the pirate.

[9:23 PM] Jaden: Most likely

[9:23 PM] The Blue Scale: ((You guys ok if we skip ahead to that?))

[9:23 PM] Saiph: Fine.  But it does fix a bunch of stuff.

[9:25 PM] The Blue Scale: Ok, so we jump ahead to about dinner.  The captain's office is a very neat and orderly room below the main deck.  One large window along the side looks out at the sea.  He has meals brought up, that of potatoes and the trout.

[9:25 PM] Entropy: ((No kuotoa?))

[9:26 PM] Olenna: declines, politely.

[9:26 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Not here, no.))

[9:26 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "What do you know of this pirate captain Ephrim told me about?"

[9:27 PM] Jaden: ((Did Ephrim give us a name?))

[9:27 PM] Entropy: appears to be wearing a multicolored light dress the metal circlet /collar that is always around her neck appears to be missing.

[9:27 PM] The Blue Scale: ((I don't think he did.))

[9:27 PM] Jaden: Not much

[9:27 PM] Entropy: All we know is that they had a relationship and the pirate stole a thing.

[9:28 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "...relationship?"

[9:28 PM] Olenna: It might have just been a crush, I suppose.

[9:28 PM] Jaden: The others read into it, i don't think he confirmed a relationship happened

[9:28 PM] Coppelia: Looks at the food then up at the person who served her, now leaving her hood down to everyone

[9:29 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "I see...he gave me a name.  Do you know of a Captain Dandy?"

[9:29 PM] Olenna: No. Should we?

[9:29 PM] Entropy: Do not know that many people on this plane.

[9:30 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "I'm not sure.  Up til now...I'd assumed he was a joke."

[9:30 PM] Jaden: bit of an....odd name

[9:30 PM] Entropy: Why a joke?

[9:30 PM] Coppelia: ((Can I roll history?))

[9:30 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Sure))

[9:30 PM] Jaden: ((mind if i do too?))

[9:30 PM] Coppelia: ((12))

[9:31 PM] Jaden: ((17))

[9:31 PM] The Blue Scale: ((I don't think that's enough.  You don't know much of pirates.))

[9:33 PM] The Blue Scale: Jaden You have heard of Captain Dandy.  He's a sort of pirate legend.  People claim he got his start working in slaver vessels before slavery was outlawed.  He's reportedly aiming to gather together a fleet of pirate ships, but everyone thinks he's...like...a gag.  He claims to be starting a pirate nation.

[9:33 PM] Jaden: Wait a second.....THAT GUY?

[9:34 PM] Entropy: You have heard of him?

[9:34 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Allegedly.  Wants to become king of a new nation of pirates."

[9:34 PM] Entropy: So we could be heading into a bunch of pirate ships?(edited)

[9:35 PM] Coppelia: Prestidigitates a little pirate figure in a crown standing proudly on top of her potatoes

[9:35 PM] Pip: "Sounds like a logistical nightmare."

[9:35 PM] Jaden: nods a Thurgood, "But that guy is a Joke......right?"

[9:36 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Apparently not.  Cause your employer's met him."

[9:36 PM] Jaden: He lost it to HIM?!

[9:36 PM] Saiph: And seems to regard him as a threat.

[9:36 PM] Jaden: seems Gobsmacked

[9:36 PM] Olenna: Tell us about him.

[9:37 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "As the name would indicate, he apparently trots around in a fine dandy suit, wears some weird hat and monocle and has a cravot."

[9:37 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "He apparently used to work for slaver vessels."

[9:38 PM] Saiph: Slavery is the worst thing.

[9:38 PM] Jaden: its gross

[9:38 PM] Coppelia: Changes her pirate figure to reflect the description

[9:38 PM] Pip: "Hmm, don't like that."

[9:38 PM] Entropy: will once hearing the outfit use mask of many faces to give herself a colorful version of it.

[9:39 PM] Olenna: nods.

[9:39 PM] Jaden: When Slavery got banned he started up this fleet idea(edited)

[9:39 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Talking about a place all pirates could live free of laws, nations and guards."

[9:40 PM] Entropy: With him at the top?

[9:40 PM] Pip: "Again, sounds like a logistical nightmare."

[9:40 PM] Saiph: IT kind of is.

[9:40 PM] Jaden: .....and him trying to get these Artifacts would make this goal That much more attainable

[9:40 PM] Entropy: So does this change what you are doing ?

[9:41 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Well, I'm charging him more, now.  ...and I am asking for cooperation from you on something.  ...I need you to make sure my crew's all...trustworthy."

[9:42 PM] Entropy: You think he snuck people on your ship?

[9:43 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Or got to people I already had.  If he's gathering a big fleet, I now have to assume any of my people might be part of it.  You six are the only ones I can hypothetically trust as you are completely new to sailor circles."

[9:44 PM] Jaden: So, we keep what is going on between the people in this room and Ephraim?

[9:44 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Entirely in this room."

[9:45 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "You have the idea."

[9:45 PM] Entropy: You do not trust Ephrim?

[9:45 PM] Jaden: ......He DID try to do this mission without letting us know the true purpose

[9:45 PM] Olenna: I wonder how we could tell.(edited)

[9:46 PM] Entropy: I mean we do not even have a proper contract for any of This.

[9:46 PM] Olenna: I don't think we need a contract to do the right thing.

[9:46 PM] Saiph: Yeah, without telling anyone this stuff, how do we figure out their loyalties?

[9:47 PM] Saiph: ... I am not good at fibbing.  I'm kind of an embrassment to my family.

[9:47 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia starts scribbling in her notebook Survey:

Question 1: Are you bad? Yes No

[9:47 PM] Entropy: turns to Olenna “You always need a contract for  anything, it is how things work.”

[9:47 PM] Pip: "Even then, they could just act as if they have different intentions."

[9:48 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "...be careful of how people speak, what questions they ask, and where they are.  For the duration of this mission, I am asking that your main job be to keep track of the whereabouts of as many crewmates as possible."

[9:48 PM] Jaden: ....I Can do that

[9:48 PM] Olenna: I don't think you need a contract for everything, do you?(edited)

[9:50 PM] Coppelia: Still scribbling Question 2: Are you lying about being bad? Yes No

[9:50 PM] Entropy: scratches at her neck “ I am used to having contracts for everything, and have only broken a few contracts in my life.”

[9:50 PM] Pip: "Well, uh, at least I've already established myself as weird but nonthreatening. I hope."

[9:50 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood looks at Coppelia.  "...maybe don't pass...any notes to them."

[9:51 PM] Coppelia: Tilts her face to him, turns back to her notebook. Slowly closes it

[9:52 PM] Jaden: We keep any eye on everyone for the rest of the trip and look out for anything suspicious.  You know your crew better than us, has anyone been acting odd recently?

[9:52 PM] Entropy: Or any new additions?

[9:53 PM] Entropy: Also what kind of contract does your crew sign?

[9:53 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Gail's been less chatty than usual.  Damin's...I don't know.  He seems fine.  Likely scared of how close he is to me."

[9:53 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Lirial and Kree are both new.  As are seven others."

[9:53 PM] Olenna: You must be a lawyer.

[9:56 PM] Entropy: No that is saved for those much closer to the Pit Fiends.

[9:57 PM] Olenna: Devil, then?

[9:57 PM] Pip: "Paralegal?"

[9:58 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Not the first devil I've worked with."

[9:58 PM] Saiph: I'll ask the cat.

[9:58 PM] Coppelia: Hands tense at the mention of the cat

[9:58 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "....ok, can he actually speak cat or is that some kind of prank on me?"

[9:58 PM] Jaden: he can

[9:59 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood nods.  "Ok...good then."

[9:59 PM] Entropy: turns to Thurgood “ interesting, lots of Devils on the ocean?”

[9:59 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Many."

[9:59 PM] Saiph: We're all magic weirdos, captain, haven't you figured that out?

[9:59 PM] Saiph: grows a little venus flytrap out of the wood of the table that grins at the captain toothily.

[10:00 PM] Entropy: tenses strongly at the captains response.

[10:00 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood looks very tired.  "...great...I hate magic."

[10:01 PM] Pip: "Sorry."

[10:01 PM] Jaden: shifts a bit at the Devil talk

[10:01 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood shrugs

[10:01 PM] Coppelia: Waves her hand and makes the little pirate figure disappear

[10:01 PM] Jaden: But Magic is good for fighting Magic,  so it will come in handy if we DO have to handle anything like that

[10:02 PM] Olenna: Are you all right, captain? Is there something we could do for you?

[10:03 PM] Saiph: looks at Entropy.  "So you're from the Hells?"

[10:03 PM] Entropy: Yes I think I said that earlier.

[10:03 PM] The Blue Scale: Captain: "Just keep an eye out and don't get anyone killed, please, Miss Olenna."

[10:04 PM] The Blue Scale: ((I think I'm gonna end here.))

[10:04 PM] Saiph: eyes Olenna.

[10:05 PM] Olenna: Of course.

[10:05 PM] Jaden: ((Ok))