AOP 002

July 7, 2021

[7:02 PM] The Blue Scale: So, previously.

[7:04 PM] The Blue Scale: After arriving in the oceanside town of Wittlewick in the nation of Obu, you all met up in a tavern and took a job with one Ephrim Cinderwood.  Ephrim was in need of folks to help him find a particular artifact on an expedition he set out on and offered you all recompense of the treasure when you found it.

[7:05 PM] The Blue Scale: After gathering some provision at The Arcane Archway, a sentient store that may have flirted with Coppelia, you all made your way to the ship, the Blue Scale, a repurposed draconic ship.

[7:06 PM] The Blue Scale: You all went on a night early to help the crew prepare for shipping out tomorrow.

[7:06 PM] The Blue Scale: So, first question...did you all stay there?

[7:06 PM] Saiph: (was there space?))

[7:06 PM] Olenna: was promised a room!

[7:06 PM] The Blue Scale: ((There would have been by the time prep was done, yes))

[7:06 PM] Jaden: probably did

[7:07 PM] Olenna: stuck with Saiph.

[7:07 PM] Coppelia: took a sentrys rest in the kitchen

[7:08 PM] Entropy: would have found somewhere off the ship, unless she coud find somewhere quiet on the ship.

[7:08 PM] The Blue Scale: Ok, I will say that you all awake the next morn to...music.  And those who can smell will sniff out some cinnamon, apple and sugary scents wafting through the ship.

@Entropy

would have found somewhere off the ship, unless she coud find somewhere quiet on the ship.

[7:08 PM] The Blue Scale: You were probably able to find a spot in the hold.

[7:09 PM] Coppelia: Repositions the hood of her cloak and goes to follow the music

[7:09 PM] Olenna: will get cleaned up and ready and see if Saiph wants food.

[7:09 PM] The Blue Scale: Coppelia, what languages do you speak?

[7:09 PM] The Blue Scale: Actually, what languages does everyone speak?

[7:09 PM] Entropy: will also follow the music.

[7:10 PM] Coppelia: ((Common elvish and halfling))

[7:10 PM] Jaden: looks for Entropy then follows the smells

[7:10 PM] Jaden: ((Common and Primordial))

[7:10 PM] Entropy: ((infernal, Draconic, Primordial, Common))(edited)

[7:11 PM] The Blue Scale: None of you make out the words, but you all hear dwarven singing.

[7:11 PM] Coppelia: looks for the source of the singing

[7:11 PM] Pip: [common, elven]

[7:12 PM] Olenna: That smells good, let's go and find the food.

[7:12 PM] Saiph: ((Celestial, Primordial, Abyssal.))

[7:12 PM] The Blue Scale: As you all enter a sort of crew's dining hall, you see the crew sitting around tables stacked high with griddle cakes, a sort of jam, some porkbelly and tankards of rum.

[7:13 PM] Jaden: ((Is there a line for food?))

[7:13 PM] Saiph: sniffs.

[7:13 PM] Olenna: 's clothes are spotless again.

[7:13 PM] The Blue Scale: ((There is a line towards the kitchen, but it seems to be more a suggestion than a rule, as people are tossing the plates back down the line.))

[7:14 PM] Jaden: upon seeing the people just passing plates along, tries to get one for himself and find a seat

[7:15 PM] Saiph: goes for some meat.

[7:15 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin, the halfling first mate you met before sees you enter and cheers.  "Hail and rise!"

[7:15 PM] Saiph: waves.

[7:15 PM] Olenna: takes rather small portions of everything, if she can.

[7:15 PM] The Blue Scale: The plates are tossed to you.

[7:15 PM] Saiph: ... is the meat all cooked?

[7:15 PM] Coppelia: Finds a spot to sit without taking food

[7:15 PM] Entropy: will get a plate and sit near Jaden.

[7:16 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "Seems t' be."(edited)

[7:16 PM] Saiph: Ah well.

[7:16 PM] Coppelia: looks around for the music source

[7:16 PM] Olenna: There might be some rats, if the cat hasn't gotten to them first.(edited)

[7:17 PM] Entropy: will eat a couple things on the plate , giving what she doesnt like to Boredom.

[7:17 PM] The Blue Scale: Coppelia, you'll see the crew is singing and the music is coming from a chimpanzee up in the rafters playing an accordian.

[7:17 PM] Jaden: looks at Entropy out of the corner of his eye, eating food.  "Good Morning"  He is wearing, rather than his full armor, a simple white short sleeved shirt and pants, though still has his hammer tucked to his side

[7:17 PM] Saiph: It's her territory, I'm not going to poach.

[7:18 PM] Saiph: only eats meat and sweet things.

[7:19 PM] Olenna: Oh, that makes sense.

[7:19 PM] Coppelia: looks up, holding her hood so it doesn’t fall down. Tilts her head slightly, then rummages in her cloak. She pulls out a small flute, and begins to play along. The sound is soft and reedy, measured almost like it’s automated

[7:19 PM] The Blue Scale: At this point, a blue-scaled dragonborn woman in a very worn dress exits.  "Alright, settle down!  And don't get used to this.  Once we sail, it'll be beefside and potatoes for three days straight."

[7:20 PM] Olenna: Beefside?

[7:20 PM] The Blue Scale: The chimp looks at you Coppelia and raises an eyebrow.

[7:20 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "Roast beef."

[7:21 PM] Olenna: Ohhh. That's cow, right?

[7:21 PM] Saiph: nods.

[7:21 PM] Jaden: Yup

[7:21 PM] Coppelia: continues to play, but let’s her hood fall slightly to the side to reveal the smallest sliver of porcelain and a tiny line of gold

[7:22 PM] Olenna: smiles at Coppelia. "That's beautiful."

[7:23 PM] Coppelia: Ducks her head slightly, but lets out a small happy trill from the flute

[7:23 PM] Entropy: will look around how does the crew seem to be looking at our group?

[7:24 PM] Entropy: ((13 insight.))

[7:24 PM] The Blue Scale: Entropy They don't seem to be paying you mind, mostly.

[7:24 PM] The Blue Scale: The blue dragonborn comes over.  "Ah, met one of you last night.  Name's Lirial, I'm the cook here."

[7:25 PM] Jaden: ((how was the food?))

[7:25 PM] Coppelia: Trills again in greeting to Lirial

[7:25 PM] Olenna: I'm Olenna, this is Saiph.

[7:25 PM] Saiph: waves.  "Good food."

[7:25 PM] Jaden: waves his hand "Jaden"

[7:26 PM] Entropy: My name is Entropy, this is Boredom.

[7:26 PM] Olenna: It's sweet, isn't it?

[7:27 PM] The Blue Scale: Boredom sits on Entropy's shoulder.  "...hi."

[7:28 PM] The Blue Scale: The chimp lands in front of you guys and will snatch bacon off of Coppelia's plate.  "If you're not hungry."

[7:28 PM] Coppelia: Trills again, nodding

[7:28 PM] Saiph: ((The chimp says this?))

[7:29 PM] Jaden: ((Oh right you guys didn't meet them))

[7:29 PM] Olenna: Did everyone have a good rest?

[7:29 PM] The Blue Scale: ((The chimp says this.))

[7:29 PM] Saiph: Hello.

[7:29 PM] Saiph: is not fussed by animals talking.

[7:30 PM] The Blue Scale: Chimp: "Howdy.  Name's Gail."

[7:30 PM] Saiph: Hi Gail.

[7:30 PM] Jaden: Sorry for blocking you yesterday

[7:30 PM] Jaden: says to GAil

[7:30 PM] Coppelia: finally stops playing, pulls out her notebook and writes in her usual flourish Hello I am Coppelia

[7:31 PM] The Blue Scale: Gail: "It's ok.  I may have been a bit...grumpy."

[7:32 PM] Olenna: Blocking?

[7:32 PM] Entropy: I rested somewhat well the constant motion was not comfortable.

[7:32 PM] Entropy: We ran into Gail while doing the ropes.

[7:32 PM] Jaden: points his thumb at Entropy  "What she said"

[7:33 PM] Olenna: Oh, I see. How were the, er, ropes?

[7:34 PM] Jaden: Taken Care of, we should be good to go

[7:34 PM] Saiph: Has anyone seen our employer yet?

[7:35 PM] The Blue Scale: Diman: "Wi should be setting sail right afta breakfast assuming di captain an yuh employa satisfy."

[7:35 PM] Coppelia: ((By the way irrelevant but I imagined Coppelia slept standing up in a corner of the kitchen, looking incredibly ominous))

[7:36 PM] Jaden: (( I was thinking Bender in his "Apartment"))

[7:36 PM] The Blue Scale: Diman: "Last I saw, they were talkin' in the captain's chambers."

[7:36 PM] Coppelia: ((Exactly lol))

[7:36 PM] Jaden: Oh good hes here then,  we should be able to go soon then

[7:37 PM] Coppelia: ((Are there any windows here?))

[7:37 PM] Entropy: Eager to set off are you?

[7:37 PM] Saiph: ((How big is the crew, does it seem?))

[7:37 PM] Olenna: How do you know when you can go, in a waterboat?

[7:38 PM] The Blue Scale: ((There are no windows here, you'd guess, based on what you saw, somewhere around 30 people in the crew.))

[7:38 PM] The Blue Scale: Diman: "Captain says set off."

[7:39 PM] Saiph: I assume you need good wind and all that.

[7:39 PM] Jaden: Defnitely helps,

[7:39 PM] Olenna: You do on airships.

[7:40 PM] Jaden: wind fills the sails, helps push the ship forward

[7:40 PM] The Blue Scale: You guys here a shout from back in the kitchen.

[7:41 PM] Coppelia: ((Is the voice recognizable?))

[7:41 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Not familiar to you, no.  Sounds like a man screaming THE FUCK?))

[7:42 PM] Saiph: Is that normal?

[7:42 PM] Entropy: will head to the kitchen out of curiosity.

[7:42 PM] Jaden: follows after Entropy, hand on hammer

[7:42 PM] Coppelia: follows the other two

[7:42 PM] Olenna: Maybe they like surprising food here?

[7:43 PM] The Blue Scale: Approaching, you see one of the sailors looking in on...something in a supply room.  @Pip What do they see?

[7:48 PM] Pip: Squinting and trying to shield their eyes from the light is what appears, at first glance, to be an odd drow. Looking for a bit longer, you realize their skin is more dark blue than coal black, their eyes appear to be solid black, and... drow do not have tails. More differences make themselves apparent as what you may have thought were standard elven ears unfold like fans, and myriad freckly dots begin to glow along the surface of their skin.

"AAA! Sorry. Aaa."

[7:49 PM] Olenna: It's a blue person!

[7:49 PM] Jaden: ......Huh

[7:49 PM] Coppelia: tilts head, holds up notebook and points to Hello I am Coppelia

[7:49 PM] Saiph: Oh, huh.

[7:49 PM] Olenna: Or is that normal here.

[7:50 PM] Saiph: ((Saiph is blue.))

[7:50 PM] Saiph: Not that I've been able to tell.

[7:50 PM] Entropy: I do not know, what is normal here.(edited)

[7:50 PM] Olenna: ((Yep!))

[7:50 PM] Jaden: Sooooo......is this one part of the crew as well?

[7:51 PM] Olenna: They could be looking at your ears? Those are different.

[7:51 PM] The Blue Scale: Man: "Not seen someone like them before."

[7:51 PM] Entropy: Do you need assistance?

[7:51 PM] Saiph: Maybe they were hungry?

[7:53 PM] Jaden: ((How Old does Pip look?))

[7:53 PM] Pip: "I'm not entirely sure how I got here, but I'm sure it's a ship. Where am I?"

[Young adult]

[7:53 PM] Coppelia: scribbles, holds up notebook A ship

[7:54 PM] Jaden: You are on the Blue Scale, a ship about to go on a job

[7:54 PM] The Blue Scale: Man: "This is The Blue Scale...docked at Wittlewick."

[7:54 PM] Saiph: It's definitely a ship.

[7:54 PM] Olenna: whispers something to Saiph.

[7:56 PM] The Blue Scale: Man: "...I should go tell the captain."

[7:56 PM] Entropy: Tell the captain what?

[7:56 PM] The Blue Scale: Man: "That we have a stowaway."

[7:57 PM] Saiph: What's a stowaway?

[7:57 PM] Jaden: Someone on a ship without approval

[7:58 PM] The Blue Scale: Man: "Yeah, that."

[7:58 PM] Pip: "Oh that's bad. I know it's probably hard to believe, but I didn't mean to be here."

[7:58 PM] Olenna: We haven't left yet, we could put them ashore.

[7:59 PM] Saiph: Unless they have useful skills.

[7:59 PM] Saiph: Do you have useful skills?  We're going after treasure.

[8:03 PM] Pip: "Well I- I can sew fairly well. I think, ehm, well I can heal? I can do some magic. I'm- well, I was a scout of sorts."

[8:03 PM] Pip: "I'm sorry, this is all rather a lot."

[8:03 PM] Saiph: Where'd you come from?

[8:04 PM] Olenna: smiles.

[8:04 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "T'ings alrigh' back 'ere?"

[8:05 PM] Saiph: Yep!

[8:05 PM] Jaden: Yeah i think so

[8:05 PM] Saiph: The last member of our party showed up.

[8:05 PM] Entropy: They got a little lost getting on board that is all.

[8:06 PM] Pip: "Oh the North. Too cold, so- Ah, sorry. That's the canned ans- uh, yes."

[8:06 PM] Entropy: ((23 deception.))

[8:07 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "...ok.  Seems legit."

[8:07 PM] Jaden: ((Hell Yeah @Entropy ))

[8:08 PM] Coppelia: writes in small print and holds up to Pip you can have my rations I don’t need them

[8:08 PM] Olenna: smiles.

[8:08 PM] Olenna: Thanks!

[8:08 PM] The Blue Scale: Man: "...uh...yeah."

[8:09 PM] The Blue Scale: They both set about their business while Lirial comes back in.  "Ah, this is nice.  Won't be the only blue girl here."

[8:09 PM] Olenna: Well, Saiph's a boy.

[8:09 PM] Olenna: But he IS blue.

[8:10 PM] Pip: A subtle thumbs-up and a little smile to Coppelia. "Oh um, hi."

[8:11 PM] The Blue Scale: Damin: "Captain says we're shipping off.  We need all hands on deck."

[8:12 PM] Jaden: says "Aye",  pats Pip on the back  "Glad you made it" and walks onto the deck

[8:12 PM] Saiph: I was worried I would draw a lot of attention.

[8:12 PM] Olenna: A lot of people in town did stare at us.

[8:12 PM] Saiph: Not sure why, apparently there's plenty of blue people around.

[8:13 PM] Entropy: I do not know why they stared at me so much.

[8:13 PM] Entropy: will follow Jaden.

[8:13 PM] Olenna: ((They didn't, they just burned out their retinas and couldn't focus on anything else for a sec.))

[8:14 PM] Coppelia: goes to follow the others, then turns back and gestures for Pip to come along

[8:14 PM] Pip: "Well, you are every color. Not many can hold so much color."

Pip says, shakily following along.

[8:15 PM] Olenna: Like a rainbow.(edited)

[8:15 PM] The Blue Scale: Heading up, you see Captain Thurgood overseeing what can only be called the controlled chaos of shipping out.  Beside him is Ephrim, who seems to be pointing his attention towards his journal.

[8:15 PM] Entropy: Yes it is not the first time I have heard that.

[8:16 PM] Coppelia: looks out at the dock and anyone there ((does Coppelia recognize anyone on the dock?))

[8:17 PM] The Blue Scale: Coppelia, roll me perception

[8:18 PM] Coppelia: ((Nat 20, plus 5, so 25))

[8:18 PM] Jaden: ((WHOO))

[8:18 PM] Saiph: smells the air and looks at the sun, then takes out an astrolabe and adjusts it a bit.

[8:18 PM] Entropy: will look out at the dock does she see anyone that looks like a Tiefling?((14 perception))

[8:18 PM] Olenna: Are the stars different here?

[8:18 PM] The Blue Scale: Coppelia You see what seems to be two henchmen of your "buyers" amongst the crowd.  Looking for...well, you have an idea.  But they do not spot you.

[8:19 PM] Saiph: They're diffferent everywhere.

[8:19 PM] Jaden: What do you mean?

[8:19 PM] The Blue Scale: Entropy You see a tiefling here or there, but not many.

[8:19 PM] Saiph: Also kind of the same, though.  I came up on deck last night to figure them out.

[8:19 PM] Coppelia: backs up slightly, keeping herself hidden amongst the others and making sure her hood is up and shadowing her face

[8:19 PM] Saiph: What do you mean, what do you mean?

[8:20 PM] Olenna: puts up a parasol so that she doesn't burn her very pale skin.

[8:20 PM] Entropy: will transform into a normal looking human sailor and have Boredom shift into a parrot.(edited)

[8:20 PM] Saiph: ... oh, nice trick.

[8:21 PM] The Blue Scale: Boredom: "...ugh."

[8:21 PM] Pip: Pip also tries to catch a glimpse of those on the dock. Noting Coppelia's aversion to being seen, she braces herself and steps into a position of prominence. After all, what good is this ridiculous form, if not to distract?

[8:22 PM] Entropy: Stars?

[8:22 PM] Olenna: Saiph knows all sorts of things about stars.

[8:22 PM] Coppelia: ((I rolled a nat 1 on perception)) does not noticed Pips movement, focusing on keeping herself unseen

[8:23 PM] Entropy: No , what is a star?

[8:23 PM] Saiph: Those pinpricks of light you can see in the night sky.

[8:23 PM] Saiph: No matter what world you're in, they're there, the same but different.

[8:24 PM] Jaden: looks over at entropy, now noticing their disguise,  "you don't know what stars are?"(edited)

[8:24 PM] Entropy: Oh those, okay, we don’t have those where I come from.

[8:24 PM] Saiph: Where do you come from?

[8:25 PM] Entropy: Abriymoch.

[8:25 PM] Olenna: Even on different planes.

[8:26 PM] Saiph: Don't know that one.

[8:26 PM] Jaden: ((Rolled a 14 on history, do i know Abriymoch?))

[8:27 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Given your field, you do.  ...it's in the Hells.))

[8:29 PM] Olenna: It would be sad not to have stars.

[8:29 PM] Jaden: looks at entropy ".....that makes sense"

[8:29 PM] Saiph: A lot of times they have them, they just can't be seen.

[8:30 PM] The Blue Scale: At this point, the dock is just a blip on the horizon as you are out to sea.

[8:31 PM] Entropy: will drop mask of many faces and let Boredom turn back to an imp.

[8:31 PM] Coppelia: visibly relaxes

[8:31 PM] Entropy: Not much of a day night cycle in the hells.

[8:31 PM] The Blue Scale: Captain Thurgood approaches you all.  "I met most of you last night, but wanted a more formal greeting."

[8:31 PM] Olenna: bows. It's a fancy bow.

[8:31 PM] Coppelia: points to what is now her official introduction Hello I am Coppelia

[8:31 PM] Entropy: Hello Captain, the departure seemed to go well.

[8:32 PM] Jaden: starts to do a formal salute, but then remembers their first meeting and just does a quick salute  "Yes sir"

[8:33 PM] Saiph: nods.

[8:33 PM] The Blue Scale: Captain Thurgood: "I've spoken with your employer.  I can guarantee three rooms for you all to split...up to you how you do it."

[8:34 PM] Olenna: Saiph and I will take one.

[8:34 PM] Jaden: I am fine with whoever sir

[8:34 PM] Saiph: is leaning half off of the rail, nodding.

[8:34 PM] Pip: "Eh, hello. I'm Pip."

She seems somehow more worried than usual as she speaks that last word.

[8:35 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood nods at you.  "Pip.  Hi.  I'm Captain Thurgood.  This is my vessel."

[8:35 PM] Coppelia: writes out I don’t need a bed just somewhere I fit. I can stand

[8:37 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Not my business.  You all decide this.  Just don't bother me with it."

[8:37 PM] Olenna: Oh, are you a synthetic person?

[8:38 PM] Entropy: What is the relationship between you and our employer?

[8:38 PM] Coppelia: tilts her head

[8:38 PM] Olenna: You know, created. Usually by other humanoids, although I think modrons do that sort of thing too occasionally.

[8:39 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "He's paid for us to take him to this island of yours.  S'what I'm going to do.  After I made clear my limits."

[8:39 PM] Entropy: Limits?

[8:40 PM] Olenna: Safe words are very important.

[8:40 PM] Coppelia: stiffens a bit. Her right hand twitches toward her hip

[8:40 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood shoots Olenna a look.

[8:40 PM] Olenna: is apparently 100% sincere on that.

[8:40 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "We're only getting so close to this place.  We aren't as willing to throw our lives away as you apparently are."

[8:40 PM] Jaden: 's face flushes a little

[8:41 PM] Saiph: Sea monsters?

[8:41 PM] Olenna: I don't think we're planning on doing that, are we?

[8:42 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Tales say something guards that island."

[8:42 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Ships getting too close are dashed along the rocks."

[8:42 PM] Jaden: straightens up,  Land, Sea or Skies?

[8:42 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Something in the water guards the island...something on the island...should be even more dangerous."

[8:43 PM] Saiph: Oh, neat.

[8:43 PM] Olenna: Well, we can always run away.

[8:43 PM] Pip: Pip, who is just hearing of this, does not seem to be calming down.

[8:45 PM] Entropy: Something to deal with once we get there.

[8:46 PM] Olenna: It would be good to know more about it. Then we could come up with a strategy.

[8:46 PM] Entropy: And how long will you wait for us once we head for the island.

[8:47 PM] Jaden: ((Were we told what we were looking for on the island, i forget))

[8:48 PM] The Blue Scale: Thurgood: "Expected time is three days."

[8:48 PM] The Blue Scale: ((You were not specifically told what he wanted, just that it's probably magic.))

[8:48 PM] Jaden: ((Right))

[8:50 PM] Entropy: will look ,can I see our employer on deck still.

[8:50 PM] The Blue Scale: ((You can.  He's pouring over his journal on the upper deck.))

[8:50 PM] Olenna: ((Poring.))

[8:50 PM] Coppelia: ((Can I roll to see if Coppelia ever heard stories of sea monsters or threats from the shop patrons?))

[8:51 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Sure, roll history))

[8:51 PM] Coppelia: ((11))

[8:52 PM] The Blue Scale: ((It wasn't really a big topic in the store, apparently.  At least, not Scuttler's Isle in particular.))

[8:53 PM] Coppelia: goes over to the railing of the ship and faces out to the water

[8:53 PM] Saiph: Back home there were sea serpents in some of the bigger bodies of water.  They'd smash up the boats and send the petitioners every which way.

[8:53 PM] Jaden: I've been pretty lucky so far,  nothing big like that while i've been out

[8:54 PM] Olenna: Not very nice.

[8:54 PM] Entropy: Never seen this much water before now.

[8:54 PM] The Blue Scale: ((brb, guys.  Need bathroom.))

[8:54 PM] Saiph: I mean, it's not like the petitioners could die, so.

[8:54 PM] Coppelia: ((Not allowed))

[8:55 PM] Saiph: It was more for the excitement.

[8:55 PM] Olenna: Yes, but can you imagine sinking all the way to the bottom and having to try to walk out?

[8:55 PM] Jaden: Seems a bit cruel honestly

[8:56 PM] Entropy: Not that cruel honestly.

[8:56 PM] Saiph: Without some risk there's no reward.

[8:57 PM] Saiph: Even if the risk is just the tedium of walking out of the water.

[8:57 PM] Pip: "Oh that sounds utterly terrifying. The ocean is a lot deeper than you think it is."

[8:57 PM] Saiph: We didn't really have oceans.  Just rivers and lakes.

[8:57 PM] Jaden: looks over the side to the ocean  "Yeah....i can imagine"

[8:58 PM] Entropy: We don’t even have that where I am from,  unless you count the lava flows.

[8:59 PM] Jaden: Lava is just really hot melted rock right?

[8:59 PM] Saiph: nods.

[8:59 PM] Jaden: weird

[9:00 PM] Entropy: Lots of fire , I am still not used to how cold it is here.

[9:00 PM] Olenna: I really didn't get out much before.

[9:00 PM] Jaden: Notices the assumately warm weather  "....cold, right"

[9:01 PM] Entropy: Were you stuck somewhere?

[9:01 PM] Olenna: Well... not really.

[9:01 PM] Olenna: Sort of.

[9:01 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Ok, back.  Sorry guys.))

[9:02 PM] Jaden: ((You are good))

[9:02 PM] Olenna: ... there was always a lot to do and my parents said it wasn't safe.

[9:02 PM] Entropy: Interesting.

[9:02 PM] Saiph: I mostly lived outside.  Even our houses didn't have a lot of walls.

[9:03 PM] Jaden: .....I've been out and about for a while

[9:04 PM] Entropy: I…well there was home then the war… then I was stuck with Boredom for a while, and then I met you all.

[9:04 PM] Olenna: Doing work?

[9:05 PM] Jaden: Pretty much yeah

[9:06 PM] Olenna: What did you do? Well, what do you do, I ought to ask.

[9:07 PM] The Blue Scale: I'd say, by this point, the deck's mostly emptied out as the ship's now pretty much doing what it needs to be doing.

[9:07 PM] The Blue Scale: So, it's you guys, Damin, a couple sailors, and Ephrim.

[9:07 PM] Coppelia: pulls out her flute and begins playing quietly again

[9:08 PM] Jaden: Me?  Pretty much what we are doing now.  I take jobs on Ships that need extra hands.   Either more shipwrights,  or what we are doing now when they need a bit more muscle for something

[9:08 PM] Entropy: Boredom , can you go get our employers attention? Get him over here?

[9:09 PM] The Blue Scale: Boredom: "Depends.  Would a 'please' kill you?"

[9:09 PM] Saiph: And you're from here.

[9:09 PM] Saiph: Right?

[9:09 PM] Entropy: Is that what you were trained for Jaden?  A ship hand wouldn’t need a hammer like that?

[9:09 PM] Saiph: .... astronomically speaking.

[9:09 PM] Olenna: That must be enjoyable. I talked to a family who made barrels.

[9:10 PM] Jaden: to Saiph "I guess so?"  still not fully getting what hes asking

[9:10 PM] Saiph: Neat.

[9:10 PM] Olenna: It was so odd, just... barrels and barrels and barrels, every day. I can't imagine. But barrels are useful.

[9:10 PM] Entropy: I actually think it might Boredom, would you like to be a parrot again?

[9:11 PM] The Blue Scale: Boredom grumbles but goes off to bother Ephrim.

[9:11 PM] Saiph: Barrels are fun to smash.  There are whole rooms back home filled with them just so people can come and smash them.

[9:11 PM] Saiph: Sometimes they have gold coins in them.

[9:12 PM] Entropy: That seems rather pointless?

[9:12 PM] Jaden: ((....IS Saiph from a Zelda game? XD))

[9:13 PM] Olenna: ((Let's see if he's been murdered by chickens!))

[9:13 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim is half led/half dragged over by Boredom.  "...something the matter?"

[9:13 PM] Olenna: ... is it mandatory?

[9:14 PM] Jaden: ......lets not break any here,  they probably have our food and water in it

[9:15 PM] Saiph: of course not.  But some folks find it satisfying to break barrels and pots and vases and be rewarded.

[9:16 PM] Olenna: I think I'd feel guilty about it.

[9:16 PM] Entropy: The captain mentioned something about the area being so dangerous the ship refuses to go near it.

[9:16 PM] Olenna: The ship is alive?

[9:16 PM] Pip: "Hey uh, sorry I'm not particularly active in the conversation."

Pip says, seemingly calmed somewhat by the sea breeze.(edited)

[9:17 PM] Saiph: No problem.

[9:18 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I said it was dangerous.  That's why I hired you in the first place."

[9:18 PM] Olenna: If the ship is alive I probably ought to apologize.

[9:18 PM] Entropy: Do you have any more details now that we are heading there?

[9:19 PM] Saiph: And how it's dangerous?

[9:19 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim looks around to make sure no one is listening.  "...can we go somewhere private, if we're going to do this?"

[9:19 PM] Entropy: Why would you have to apologize to the ship?

[9:19 PM] Jaden: Yes of course

[9:20 PM] Olenna: Oh, for being rude and not asking permission to come aboard, or perhaps not offering a treat if they're nonsentient.

[9:20 PM] Pip: "That'd be great, yeah."

[9:20 PM] Coppelia: ((My passive perception is 15 would I hear that from the railing?))

[9:20 PM] The Blue Scale: ((You would.))

[9:21 PM] Coppelia: stops playing and turns slightly towards the others

[9:21 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I have...some details, but it is privileged information.  I can't share everything."

[9:22 PM] Saiph: Oh, this should be good.

[9:22 PM] Entropy: Let’s go to wherever you feel is more private then.

[9:23 PM] Pip: "Would you mind sharing the bits that increase our chances of survival, at least?"

[9:23 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim nods to both Entropy and Pip and leads you to a side room.

[9:25 PM] Olenna: follows.

[9:25 PM] Jaden: follows as well

[9:25 PM] Coppelia: follows after, but stays a few steps away from Olenna

[9:25 PM] Pip: Pip will follow, as well!

[9:25 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "Do you know of The Nine?  The founding wizards of the Mage's Guild?"

[9:26 PM] Entropy: follows as well with Boredom on her shoulder.

[9:26 PM] Entropy: Nope.

[9:26 PM] Jaden: Yes, i know

[9:26 PM] Olenna: Oh, they have a mages' guild here? That's nice.(edited)

[9:28 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "The guild formed quite a long time ago under nine master wizards, masters of different aspects of the arcane spectrum.  And, before disbanding to run their own separate branches of the guild...they met one last time...on Scuttler's Island.  In a place we believe to be The Lost Temple of Mystra, goddess of the arcane."(edited)

[9:29 PM] The Blue Scale: He opens up his journal, showing a sketch of a temple hidden away in a jungle.

[9:29 PM] Entropy: And you think they left something at this meeting?

[9:30 PM] Pip: "I think it's the temple itself he's excited about."

[9:30 PM] Jaden: "Could be Both" Jaden says, lookinng Very interestied at hte sketch(edited)

[9:31 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I believe so.  A compass.  A compass which can lead to each of their respective towers, wherein lies...their final tomes...their spellbooks...and a weapon of great and dangerous power."

[9:31 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "Also, yes, I am hoping to find many lost pages within the temple."

[9:32 PM] Saiph: And there is other treasure?

[9:32 PM] Olenna: ... I'm not sure a weapon of great and dangerous power is something we ought to remove from its place.

[9:32 PM] Entropy: Happens all the time back home.

[9:32 PM] Saiph: That does seem like how you start a cataclysm.

[9:32 PM] Jaden: .....But also leaving it in a place where Anyone could take it could ALSO be dangerous

[9:32 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "They're fortunes are left there, as are the offerings of gold and silver to the goddess."

[9:33 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "But the guild is especially interested in the weapons for...a particular reason.  ...we fear they are no longer safe."

[9:33 PM] Entropy: You want us to steal from a deity to get paid?

[9:33 PM] Pip: "Oh I know better than to touch offerings."

[9:34 PM] Jaden: As in Something has happened to the Weapons, or something is after them?

[9:34 PM] Saiph: ((18 Insight on all of this.))

[9:34 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...one of them has already gone missing."

[9:34 PM] Jaden: ......Which one?

[9:34 PM] The Blue Scale: Saiph He's...he's not lying.  But he is holding back.  He's being very cautious what he shares and how.

[9:35 PM] Saiph: eyes him.

[9:35 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "Maren Yphenae's Monocle of Power."

[9:36 PM] Saiph: Back home, people like to kick back and smoke cigars wrapped in poorly worded contracts.  There is a lot you're carefully omitting.

[9:36 PM] Jaden: ((9 on history on that Monacle?))

[9:36 PM] Olenna: What does that do?

[9:36 PM] Entropy: I hate poorly worded contracts, so much nicer to trap someone in a well written one.

[9:36 PM] The Blue Scale: ((You don't know anything about that monocle.))

[9:37 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I did say it was privileged information."

[9:37 PM] Jaden: Do you know who or what took it?

[9:37 PM] Saiph: Who are you working for?

[9:37 PM] Entropy: How do you know it is missing?

[9:37 PM] The Blue Scale: Are you guys intimidating him?

[9:37 PM] Saiph: is just asking.

[9:38 PM] Jaden: is not trying to intimidate him

[9:38 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I said I am working for the guild...and I know it is missing."

[9:39 PM] Jaden: ((18 insight,  does he seem to know more?))

[9:39 PM] Entropy: But you know more if you are going to employ us to maybe die you should give us something.

[9:39 PM] Entropy: ((17 persuasion))

[9:39 PM] The Blue Scale: Jaden He knows much more.

[9:40 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I can make good on my promises.  I can reimburse you, if not with what's in the temple, than what I make when...when it's over."

[9:40 PM] Pip: Pip is gonna try and discern whether he's actually working for the guild.

[9:40 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Insight?))

[9:41 PM] Olenna: I think we're mainly just concerned that you'll try to take over the world, or become a god, or remake the world in your image, or something like that.

[9:41 PM] Olenna: ((22.))

[9:41 PM] Saiph: We're not stealing from temples.

[9:41 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I promise you, I have no such goals in mind."

[9:42 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I...wish to destroy the items.  I...I think I know how."

[9:42 PM] Saiph: Do you want curses?  That's how you get curses.  You literally just talked about how much gold and silver there was in offerings.

[9:42 PM] Coppelia: ((13 insight))

[9:42 PM] Saiph: ((21 insight.))

[9:43 PM] The Blue Scale: Coppelia and Saiph He does seem to want to destroy them.

[9:43 PM] Coppelia: scribbles on a corner of a blank page, then hands the notebook to Ephrim Please Draw

[9:44 PM] Olenna: ((22 insight?))

[9:44 PM] Entropy: will insight check him is he holding anything back((15))

[9:45 PM] The Blue Scale: Olenna, read Coppelia and Saiph's spoiler.

[9:45 PM] The Blue Scale: Entropy He is.

[9:45 PM] Olenna: Hopefully they're not keeping the world intact or something.

[9:46 PM] The Blue Scale: He takes the page from Coppelia and begins drawing something. "It's a design I have been trying to perfect.  A means of disarming even epic level enchantments and magical qualities."

[9:46 PM] Entropy: will cast charm person at him.

[9:46 PM] Coppelia: leans forward slightly to watch him draw

[9:47 PM] The Blue Scale: @Entropy .........really?!?  NOW?!?

[9:47 PM] The Blue Scale: ((...what save does he have to make?))

[9:48 PM] Entropy: ((Wisdom 14.))

[9:48 PM] Saiph: ((Can I recognize the spell is being cast?))

[9:48 PM] The Blue Scale: ((Is it meets it/beats it on a save?  Cause he got a 14))

[9:49 PM] The Blue Scale: Saiph, you can.

[9:49 PM] Pip: "I mean, I'm pretty sure you're not up to anything nefarious, but I just wanna let you know that if something nefarious starts happening, I'm probably just gonna walk off the side. I can manage. I'm a fish people, right?"

[9:50 PM] Saiph: ((Can I stop her?))

[9:50 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim finishes his drawing...of a tea kettle.  It has markings on the side and an extra valve, but it mostly looking like a tea kettle.  "...I believe I can use this to separate the magic from the artifacts."

[9:50 PM] Saiph: ((Probably not at this point.))

[9:50 PM] Olenna: That looks like a teakettle.

[9:50 PM] The Blue Scale: ((He passed it.  You don't need to stop it.))

[9:51 PM] Coppelia: \*looks down at the drawing, looks up, looks back down. Scribbles” you’re going to make artifact tea?

[9:51 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I had to start from something.  It'd...hypothetically...boil out the magic...if used right."

[9:51 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...kind of, actually."

[9:51 PM] Entropy: That is a strange idea.

[9:51 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I can't let him get the rest of them!"

[9:52 PM] Jaden: Him?

[9:52 PM] Olenna: Him who?

[9:52 PM] Entropy: Let who?

[9:52 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I wasn't supposed to say that."

[9:52 PM] Coppelia: cocks head to side

[9:53 PM] Entropy: So you do know who is after them.

[9:54 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...a pirate.  A pirate...took the monocle.  ...because I...loaned it to him...by mistake."

[9:54 PM] Jaden: You loaned a powerful artifact to a Pirate?

[9:54 PM] Olenna: Bad breakup?

[9:55 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "NO!"

[9:55 PM] Olenna: It's all right, everyone makes mistakes.

[9:55 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...it was...it's a long story.  But he invited me on an expedition of a ruin, I realized what it was, told him...let him see the artifact and....it went poorly from there."

[9:56 PM] Entropy: And that is how he found out about the rest of the artifacts?

[9:56 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim nods.

[9:56 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "And how I was...let go from the guild."

[9:57 PM] Entropy: Are you expecting him to be on the island?

[9:57 PM] Olenna: Oh, I'm so sorry!

[9:57 PM] Entropy: If you were let go from the guild are you just employing us on your own?

[9:58 PM] Olenna: pats him on the shoulder consolingly.

[9:58 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I am.  I have some resources left after being expulsed...but for the most part I am attempting this out of pocket."

[9:58 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "Making sure we have a means of correcting my mistake...and preventing similar ones in the future."

[9:59 PM] Saiph: Have you thought about crime?

[9:59 PM] Entropy: And maybe getting back into the guild?

[9:59 PM] Entropy: …how do you define crime?

[9:59 PM] Olenna: Saiph, we're not doing a crime. We don't need to do a crime.

[9:59 PM] Coppelia: ((Be gay. Do crime))

[10:00 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "How would crime help?"

[10:00 PM] Jaden: Back on Topic,  we are expecting to find one of the artifacts on the island we are approaching correct?

[10:01 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "A locator for the others.  This captain already knew of it being there...I must beat him to it."

[10:02 PM] Saiph: What’s the danger?

[10:02 PM] Entropy: Other than maybe a pirate ship.

[10:03 PM] Pip: "Ah. Pity- ...Pity none of us are changelings. Maybe then it'd allow us to sneak aboard his ship and steal it."

[10:03 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim goes back to his journal.  "A number of traps and guards are said to be at the temple.  Two great beasts circle the island, large as ships but made of flesh and teeth.  They should be the easy ones."

[10:03 PM] Olenna: ... does our captain know about the other ship? Don't pirates attack ships?

[10:04 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...it did not seem worth troubling the captain about."

[10:04 PM] Olenna: ... and aren't most humanoids made of flesh and teeth?

[10:04 PM] Jaden: pinches the bridge of his nose

[10:04 PM] Olenna: I think you'd better tell him, Ephrim. Or this breakup's going to be worse than the last one.

[10:04 PM] Entropy: Yeah.

[10:04 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...do you only see the world through romantic entanglements?"

[10:05 PM] Olenna: No, you just seem to have a type.

[10:05 PM] Entropy: How about if the Captain sees a pirate ship he might abandon us on the island did you think about that?

[10:05 PM] Coppelia: gives a distracted shrug, keeps studying the picture

[10:06 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I suspect if he sees the pirate ship...we'll be meeting them there."

[10:08 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...I am seeing your point."

[10:08 PM] Olenna: nods.

[10:09 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "I am sure there will be a means to pay you.  I promise."

[10:09 PM] Jaden: Regardless, we can't let this Pirate get this location device

[10:09 PM] Olenna: nods.

[10:09 PM] Olenna: It's the right thing to do. Of course we'll help.

[10:10 PM] Saiph: Sure.

[10:10 PM] Olenna: And it's all right, a lot of people have a type.

[10:10 PM] Entropy: blinks “ ok guess we will then. “

[10:11 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim is looking at Olenna and clearly decides "...fuck it".

[10:11 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim: "...so...I shall um...prepare us for the trials.  Maybe we can reconvene at night to discuss possible plans forward?"

[10:12 PM] Saiph: Plans?  Ugh.  Fine.

[10:13 PM] Entropy: I think we have enough of a plan for now as long as you clear the pirate with the captain.  But we can talk.

[10:13 PM] Olenna: Or at least ideas. They can just be ideas, Saiph.

[10:13 PM] Saiph: Okay.

[10:13 PM] The Blue Scale: Ephrim nods.