HF 032

[10/28/16, 7:11:22 PM] Josh: Alright, Creed and I have stopped tinkering with dj for now.

[10/28/16, 7:11:32 PM] Josh: While Quill is gone, I will do the...

[10/28/16, 7:11:36 PM] Josh: Previously on.

[10/28/16, 7:12:43 PM] Josh: Following a very abnormal day of vampire attacks, hallucinogenics and escaping convicts, you guys met with Eva as you left food for your new dragon "friend".

[10/28/16, 7:12:53 PM] Josh: There was cryptic goodies for all.

[10/28/16, 7:12:58 PM] Josh: Then, DRAGONFEST!

[10/28/16, 7:13:31 PM] Josh: Awaking to the march of the storytellers, you ran to the marketplace where you found games, races, and treats.

[10/28/16, 7:14:19 PM] Josh: Hank won some gold at the "Zhaan di Darastrixi", the race of dragons.

[10/28/16, 7:15:14 PM] Josh: Creed tried her luck at a knife throwing contest and was sadly beaten, first to a no one in the match proper, then to the despicable Zoryax in a little one on one.

[10/28/16, 7:15:35 PM] Quill: ((Back.))

[10/28/16, 7:16:07 PM] Josh: Hank and Quill tried admirably, but sadly lost out in the Arm Wrestling competition, although the true champion reclaimed his trophy afterwards.

[10/28/16, 7:16:19 PM] Josh: And you guys tried Fusaka to...less than favorable results.

[10/28/16, 7:16:43 PM] Quill: ((We spiced.))

[10/28/16, 7:16:52 PM] Josh: So...where are you off to now?

[10/28/16, 7:17:22 PM] Rune: Rune thinks they were going to check for magical displays and things like that. Performances?

[10/28/16, 7:17:36 PM] Quill: Quill wanted to see if there were any kind of cool magical displays since we still had a bit of time before the dance.

[10/28/16, 7:17:48 PM] Josh: Ok, roll me some investigation checks.

[10/28/16, 7:18:12 PM] Quill: Quill was just gonna ask someone!

[10/28/16, 7:18:16 PM] Creed: ((21))

[10/28/16, 7:18:38 PM] Josh: ((That's what investigation is for, Quill))

[10/28/16, 7:18:41 PM] Rune: Rune keeps getting distracted by food and probably ends up with like, six things on a stick to nibble.

[10/28/16, 7:19:45 PM] Josh: Creed, you are the first to spot a gathering around some street performers.  They seem to be gathering around a tavern called "The Silver Scale".

[10/28/16, 7:20:13 PM] Creed: (( Weren't we just there? Or is that another one? ))

[10/28/16, 7:20:28 PM] Quill: ((We were at the Scaled Stallion.))

[10/28/16, 7:20:34 PM] Creed: (( Oh they all sound the same! ))

[10/28/16, 7:20:38 PM] Josh: ((This one is a different one))

[10/28/16, 7:20:54 PM] Creed: "There's something going on over there, at... The Silver Scale?"

[10/28/16, 7:21:12 PM] Quill: Quill nods, and starts heading in that direction.

[10/28/16, 7:21:12 PM] Josh: As you approach you see a sign below "The Silver Scale" reading "The 5-In-1".  ...You don't know what that means.

[10/28/16, 7:21:40 PM] Rune: Does anyone want this .... oh, it must be a reference to Bahamut? Or the other one, but probably not her.

[10/28/16, 7:21:51 PM] Creed: "You mean Tiamat?"

[10/28/16, 7:22:11 PM] Rune: ... anyway, does anyone want this fried dragonsear? It's really good but I think I've had too much sugar.

[10/28/16, 7:22:27 PM] Rune: Yes.

[10/28/16, 7:22:43 PM] Quill: Quill will take the food.

[10/28/16, 7:22:44 PM] Rune: This one's got cinnamon on it.

[10/28/16, 7:22:52 PM] Rune: Rune shares with Quill, and anyone else who wants some.

[10/28/16, 7:24:30 PM] Josh: As you approach the crowd, you see a small group of musicians on the stage, including a dark haired elf playing a mandolin, two gnomes, a man and a younger woman, each with a fiddle, and a human woman with a sort of snare drum.

[10/28/16, 7:24:53 PM] Rune: ... oh, they put that fusaka in the frozen lemonade... not much, thankfully....

[10/28/16, 7:25:19 PM] Josh: As you watch, you see some mist forming in the center, swirling into a small tornado of smoke.

[10/28/16, 7:25:31 PM] Rune: Rune watches, nibbling!

[10/28/16, 7:25:31 PM] Josh: From inside it, you see figures of green flame.

[10/28/16, 7:25:43 PM] Quill: Hmmm.  Not bad.

[10/28/16, 7:25:50 PM] Josh: Suddenly, a fifth figure is behind them, on a piano.

[10/28/16, 7:26:11 PM] Josh: He's a big, burly half-orc fellow.

[10/28/16, 7:26:28 PM] Josh: Cap at a jaunty angle on his head, and a nice purple vest.

[10/28/16, 7:26:58 PM] Josh: The green flame figures seem to be running.

[10/28/16, 7:27:29 PM] Josh: And then you see they, running from these horrible green flaming hooded figures, floating above them.

[10/28/16, 7:28:07 PM] Josh: As the song continues, the tone takes a somber tone, as the figures fall below them.

[10/28/16, 7:28:33 PM] Josh: As the wraiths are about to pounce on them, one of the two figures throws the other at them and takes off, leaving his friend to die.

[10/28/16, 7:29:16 PM] Rune: Rune watches raptly! But still munching.

[10/28/16, 7:29:38 PM] Josh: The song ends with the living figure years later, as an old man.  He is curled over and crying.

[10/28/16, 7:29:54 PM] Josh: The robed men come from all sides now.  And, at last, they take him.

[10/28/16, 7:29:56 PM] Quill: Quill watches, trying to figure out if they're telling a specific story he knows.

[10/28/16, 7:30:25 PM] Josh: Roll history.

[10/28/16, 7:30:48 PM] Josh: Just Quill.

[10/28/16, 7:30:56 PM] Quill: ((16.))

[10/28/16, 7:33:19 PM] Josh: The crowd cheers as the song ends and the smoke evaporates.

[10/28/16, 7:33:44 PM] Quill: Quill makes a semi-critical Hmmm, mouth crooked.

[10/28/16, 7:33:45 PM] Rune: ... that was so sad.

[10/28/16, 7:34:54 PM] Josh: The half-orc steps forward as the crowd settles.

[10/28/16, 7:35:03 PM] Anna: Hm. If you throw potential allies to the dogs in exchange for time, eventually you will have no-one to help you but yourself.

[10/28/16, 7:35:22 PM] Anna: ...If I am interpreting correctly.

[10/28/16, 7:35:29 PM] Quill: Reapers.  They were servants of death.

[10/28/16, 7:35:44 PM] Quill: The two people were a younger brother and and older brother.

[10/28/16, 7:35:55 PM] Quill: The older brother sacrificed the younger.

[10/28/16, 7:36:12 PM] Quill: And then at the end, the younger brother came back as a revenant to take the older.

[10/28/16, 7:36:25 PM] Josh: He speaks with a jolly, hearty voice.

"Thank you.  Thank you."

[10/28/16, 7:36:35 PM] Rune: Oh... even sadder, then.

[10/28/16, 7:36:46 PM] Creed: "Only fair."

[10/28/16, 7:37:14 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "We would like to play one more song, but, sadly, our flutist is not with us tonight.  Can anyone out there play?"

[10/28/16, 7:37:30 PM] Creed: Creed gives Quill a slight nudge

[10/28/16, 7:37:48 PM] Quill: Quill looks at his friends.  "Should I?"

[10/28/16, 7:37:50 PM] Rune: Flautist.

[10/28/16, 7:37:57 PM] Creed: "You are our bard."

[10/28/16, 7:37:58 PM] Rune: Of course!

[10/28/16, 7:38:15 PM] Quill: Quill shrugs and steps forward.

[10/28/16, 7:38:25 PM] Josh: There's a cheer from the audience.

[10/28/16, 7:38:45 PM] Josh: The half-orc takes you by the shoulders and pulls you to his side.

[10/28/16, 7:39:24 PM] Quill: Quill smiles at the rest of the band.  "So where's your regular flautist?"

[10/28/16, 7:41:09 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "She's still in Waterbend, lucky for you.  Feeling a little ill, she was.  So, usually, we like to end our sets with The Song of the Silver Seraph."

[10/28/16, 7:41:16 PM] Quill: Because if you say the last three flautists have been assassinated, I'll just bow out now.

[10/28/16, 7:41:24 PM] Quill: Quill glances at Anna.

[10/28/16, 7:41:27 PM] Rune: Oh, I definitely want to hear that one.

[10/28/16, 7:41:33 PM] Quill: ((Do I know that one?))

[10/28/16, 7:41:52 PM] Josh: The crowd cheers.  The Half-Orc stops them.  "But..."

[10/28/16, 7:41:56 PM] Creed: (( Can I roll a history check on Silver Seraph? ))

[10/28/16, 7:42:09 PM] Quill: Oh yeah.  Been awhile, but I know it, of course.

[10/28/16, 7:42:36 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "In light of the festival, we thought we'd do a song about one of the legendary dragon riders."

[10/28/16, 7:44:29 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "So, instead, we shall be performing a new number.  A piece honoring the great rider Jessira, and her dragon, the Beast of the Night, Mirianth!"

[10/28/16, 7:44:58 PM] Josh: The crowd cheers again, the dragonborn especially.

[10/28/16, 7:46:08 PM] Josh: The bards all take their places.

[10/28/16, 7:46:32 PM] Quill: I assume you got music for this, otherwise you'll be really disappointed in my performance.

[10/28/16, 7:47:22 PM] Rune: That must be where the little lizard got its name from.

[10/28/16, 7:47:41 PM] Creed: "That, or it's just a common name."

[10/28/16, 7:48:48 PM] Josh: As the song starts, the cloud forms again, and the figures appear once more.

[10/28/16, 7:49:14 PM] Josh: A young woman, dragonborn is shown climbing atop a dragon, only to be thrown off.

[10/28/16, 7:49:27 PM] Josh: From the ground, she is forced to watch others take flight without her.

[10/28/16, 7:49:53 PM] Josh: A mountain forms and we see, not a green flame this time, but a shadow, fly up to it.

[10/28/16, 7:49:59 PM] Josh: The shadow is a large dragon.

[10/28/16, 7:50:27 PM] Josh: Jessira sees the mountain and climbs to the top.

[10/28/16, 7:50:42 PM] Josh: She waits outside a cave.

[10/28/16, 7:51:03 PM] Josh: The dragon leaves the cave, sees her, passes her and flies on.

[10/28/16, 7:51:12 PM] Josh: She continues to sit outside the cave.

[10/28/16, 7:51:15 PM] Josh: It rains.

[10/28/16, 7:51:20 PM] Josh: It snows.

[10/28/16, 7:51:25 PM] Josh: It hails.

[10/28/16, 7:51:54 PM] Josh: The sun rises.

[10/28/16, 7:51:57 PM] Josh: The moon rises.

[10/28/16, 7:52:16 PM] Josh: The woman sleeps, and, finally, the dragon picks her up and takes her inside.

[10/28/16, 7:52:25 PM] Josh: Inside the cave, we see her sitting still.

[10/28/16, 7:52:30 PM] Josh: She watches the dragon eat.

[10/28/16, 7:52:35 PM] Josh: She watches him sleep.

[10/28/16, 7:52:43 PM] Josh: She begins to cook and feed him.

[10/28/16, 7:52:49 PM] Josh: She creates a bed for him.

[10/28/16, 7:53:11 PM] Josh: Monsters come and he scares them away.

[10/28/16, 7:53:28 PM] Rune: Rune whispers, "I hope it doesn't take us that long."

[10/28/16, 7:53:45 PM] Josh: The dragon limps in one day.

[10/28/16, 7:53:48 PM] Creed: Creed whispers back "It might, but we can wait."

[10/28/16, 7:54:00 PM] Josh: The woman pets him, and bandages him.

[10/28/16, 7:55:13 PM] Josh: As the song ends, we see the dragon bow to the woman and she climbs him.

[10/28/16, 7:55:17 PM] Josh: And together, they fly off.

[10/28/16, 7:55:42 PM] Josh: The song stops, the cloud disappears.

[10/28/16, 7:56:00 PM] Rune: ... and ours is a baby, too.

[10/28/16, 7:56:11 PM] Creed: "That can't speak."

[10/28/16, 7:56:49 PM] Josh: The crowd seems...unimpressed, somehow.

[10/28/16, 7:56:59 PM] Josh: There's polite clapping, but that's it.

[10/28/16, 7:57:23 PM] Rune: Rune claps! She thought it was very interesting.

[10/28/16, 7:57:41 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "...well...thank you all for your time.  Enjoy the festival."

[10/28/16, 7:58:02 PM] Creed: Creed gets up to the stage near Quill and whispers to him

[10/28/16, 7:58:20 PM] Creed: "These people want a show, and we have stories from the underworld, how about we show them?"

[10/28/16, 7:58:27 PM] Josh: Quill is whispering to the half-orc.  Angrily.

[10/28/16, 7:58:53 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "Do you now?  That seems like a jolly good idea."

[10/28/16, 7:58:55 PM] Rune: ... I don't know what's going on.

[10/28/16, 7:59:12 PM] Anna: Anna is similarly clueless.

[10/28/16, 7:59:26 PM] Creed: Creed raises an eyebrow to Quill

[10/28/16, 7:59:37 PM] Creed: "What do you say, story teller?"

[10/28/16, 7:59:59 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "Well...I'd need to know the story first.  Unless...do you sing?"

[10/28/16, 8:00:24 PM] Quill: I got something I've been working on.

[10/28/16, 8:01:00 PM] Creed: "I'm sure Nessoth would be quite pleased."

[10/28/16, 8:01:17 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "Well, then play it."

[10/28/16, 8:01:37 PM] Josh: The other musicians seem to prepare themselves.

[10/28/16, 8:01:42 PM] Quill: All right.

[10/28/16, 8:02:08 PM] Creed: "Before you start, musicians, let me show you how he looks."

[10/28/16, 8:02:20 PM] Creed: Creed casts Minor Illusion to produce a smaller Nessoth

[10/28/16, 8:02:29 PM] Quill: That song's not ready yet.

[10/28/16, 8:02:32 PM] Anna: [afk]

[10/28/16, 8:02:41 PM] Quill: I mean, unless you have one.

[10/28/16, 8:02:53 PM] Creed: "Less of a song, more of a story, I'd say."

[10/28/16, 8:03:37 PM] Josh: Half-Orc (low so the crowd doesn't really hear): "Look, not to state the obvious, but we play songs here."

[10/28/16, 8:03:53 PM] Quill: No worries, Creed, I got one I've been working on.

[10/28/16, 8:03:57 PM] Creed: "I'm sorry, but you also said you were finished for the night."

[10/28/16, 8:04:11 PM] Rune: Rune stays out of it!

[10/28/16, 8:04:44 PM] Creed: "Go ahead with Quill's song, I'm sure the crowd will like it."

[10/28/16, 8:05:00 PM] Quill: ((And that's how Creed took a level in Bard.))

[10/28/16, 8:05:17 PM] Creed: (( lool ))

[10/28/16, 8:05:17 PM] Josh: The half-orc is looking impatient.

[10/28/16, 8:05:44 PM] Quill: Quill starts in with an early version of "Captain Black and the Kenku."

[10/28/16, 8:06:04 PM] Quill: ((24 performance.))

[10/28/16, 8:06:24 PM] Josh: As you start playing, the band comes in, seemingly knowing all of the notes, and the cloud forms again.

[10/28/16, 8:06:41 PM] Josh: Creed, are you still on stage?

[10/28/16, 8:07:21 PM] Creed: Yes, she'll be helping with the illusion if she can.

[10/28/16, 8:07:46 PM] Josh: Ok, roll an arcana check.

[10/28/16, 8:07:50 PM] Rune: Rune just watches!

[10/28/16, 8:08:09 PM] Creed: ((...9, but she knows what the characters look like ))

[10/28/16, 8:08:48 PM] Quill: ((For the record, it's pretty exaggerated.  No real events involved here.))

[10/28/16, 8:08:52 PM] Josh: The music seems to create the images well on their own.  Now...roll me a WIS save.

[10/28/16, 8:09:04 PM] Josh: ((This is a comedy song, I assume))

[10/28/16, 8:09:06 PM] Creed: (( 9 ))

[10/28/16, 8:09:31 PM] Quill: ((No, he's not making fun of him.  Just making him seem cool.  But it is lighthearted.))

[10/28/16, 8:09:38 PM] Josh: Creed, half-way through your spell, you stop, your body ceases to move as you want it, and instead, you sing.

[10/28/16, 8:09:51 PM] Creed: wh--

[10/28/16, 8:10:00 PM] Josh: Not in your voice, but a fantastic sweet voice you've never heard before, nor the rest of you.

[10/28/16, 8:10:35 PM] Josh: The crowd is loving it though, the song affects everyone, and, if everyone but Creed and Quill could roll a wisdom save.

[10/28/16, 8:11:33 PM] Quill: ((Bards, man.))

[10/28/16, 8:12:02 PM] Rune: ((Would you roll mine for me? I can't right now.))

[10/28/16, 8:12:51 PM] Josh: Hank, you feel happy, but your body is still your own.

[10/28/16, 8:12:56 PM] Josh: Rune, you are lost to the dance.

[10/28/16, 8:13:03 PM] Josh: You.  Cannot.  Stop.

[10/28/16, 8:13:23 PM] Rune: Rune doesn't wanna anyway!

[10/28/16, 8:13:30 PM] Josh: This message has been removed.

[10/28/16, 8:13:40 PM] Quill: ((can I tell tehre's Enchanment magic going on?))

[10/28/16, 8:14:03 PM] Josh: Roll an arcana check.

[10/28/16, 8:16:34 PM] Josh: Once the song is done, it stops, and all who are enchanted reclaim their bodies.

[10/28/16, 8:16:54 PM] Quill: ((What's the general crowd's reaction?))

[10/28/16, 8:17:04 PM] Josh: Overjoyed.  They loved it.

[10/28/16, 8:17:20 PM] Rune: ((Do we know what happened or not?))

[10/28/16, 8:17:22 PM] Josh: Rune, you don't even really know you were enchanted.  It was just so overpowering.

[10/28/16, 8:17:34 PM] Josh: Creed...you probably know something was up.

[10/28/16, 8:17:39 PM] Quill: Quill will walk over to the Half Orc.

[10/28/16, 8:17:46 PM] Rune: ... oh...

[10/28/16, 8:17:54 PM] Rune: Rune still has starry eyes, a little bit.

[10/28/16, 8:17:55 PM] Josh: The Half-Orc: "Thank you!  Good night!"

[10/28/16, 8:18:07 PM] Josh: Gnome (w): "Day, sir."

[10/28/16, 8:18:14 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "Good day!"

[10/28/16, 8:18:18 PM] Creed: "Was I always able to sing like that??" Creed says to herself

[10/28/16, 8:18:51 PM] Josh: The crowd begins to disperse and the band collects their instruments.

[10/28/16, 8:19:31 PM] Rune: Rune is still a bit wobbly.

[10/28/16, 8:19:39 PM] Josh: The elf turns to Quill.  "Nice playing kid.  But be careful next time you take the stage with me, the greatest lutist in the world."

[10/28/16, 8:20:19 PM] Rune: Rune snaps out of it a little bit.

[10/28/16, 8:20:25 PM] Rune: Quill is great too.

[10/28/16, 8:20:41 PM] Quill: So what the fzck was that?

[10/28/16, 8:20:49 PM] Quill: Quill is asking the band.

[10/28/16, 8:21:03 PM] Quill: ((Fzck.  Drow swear.))

[10/28/16, 8:21:11 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "Damn good music, I must say.  You'll make a great bard, some day."

[10/28/16, 8:21:29 PM] Josh: Half-Orc: "Maybe you'll find a spot in my troupe."

[10/28/16, 8:21:31 PM] Rune: He is a bard.

[10/28/16, 8:21:47 PM] Quill: Quill twitches.  "You know what I mean."

[10/28/16, 8:22:58 PM] Josh: The Half-Orc turns to the others: "Tandem, Scanlan, Kay, Skald, take five."

[10/28/16, 8:23:07 PM] Josh: Anyone who wants may roll history.

[10/28/16, 8:23:19 PM] Creed: (( 15 ))

[10/28/16, 8:23:40 PM] Hank: (( 14 ))

[10/28/16, 8:23:44 PM] Rune: ((If someone would roll it for me I'd appreciate it. ugh, I'm sorry, I'm just cooking pasta upstairs and I don't want to have two logins in the room. >.<))

[10/28/16, 8:23:56 PM] Rune: Isn't a skald just another word for "bard"?

[10/28/16, 8:24:01 PM] Quill: ((21))

[10/28/16, 8:24:35 PM] Anna: [7]

[10/28/16, 8:24:57 PM] Rune: That's like calling me Mage.

[10/28/16, 8:25:16 PM] Creed: "Or letter."

[10/28/16, 8:25:46 PM] Rune: Well, letter would kind of make sense.

[10/28/16, 8:26:01 PM] Quill: Quill blinks.

[10/28/16, 8:26:18 PM] Rune: But all of them should answer to "skald" really.

[10/28/16, 8:26:19 PM] Creed: "You okay Quill?"

[10/28/16, 8:26:26 PM] Josh: The Half-Orc extends a hand to Quill.  "My name's Ollie."

[10/28/16, 8:26:57 PM] Quill: Quill shakes it, suspciously.  "So what's the deal, then."

[10/28/16, 8:27:05 PM] Quill: ((Do I know Ollie?))

[10/28/16, 8:27:20 PM] Josh: ((Roll either insight or history, your choice.))

[10/28/16, 8:27:34 PM] Quill: ((12))

[10/28/16, 8:28:21 PM] Josh: "Let me finish.  My name's Ollie Dam-Ra."

[10/28/16, 8:28:59 PM] Rune: Oh, like the god?

[10/28/16, 8:29:12 PM] Quill: .... really.

[10/28/16, 8:29:19 PM] Josh: Ollie: "Clever lass."

[10/28/16, 8:29:29 PM] Quill: Slumming?

[10/28/16, 8:29:38 PM] Rune: That must be very awkward at parties.

[10/28/16, 8:29:41 PM] Quill: I mean, I guess that explains all the enchantment.

[10/28/16, 8:30:08 PM] Rune: What enchantment?

[10/28/16, 8:30:13 PM] Rune: Rune has gotten it without getting it. At all.

[10/28/16, 8:30:28 PM] Josh: Ollie: "They weren'ta s'posed to do that.  You musta just got into the instruments."

[10/28/16, 8:30:57 PM] Josh: Ollie: "Like I said, a lot of talent there, kid.  But, you still need a bit more experience."

[10/28/16, 8:31:17 PM] Quill: Doesn't everyone?  I guess I won't Shatter your piano then.

[10/28/16, 8:31:32 PM] Josh: Ollie: "I'd appreciate that."

[10/28/16, 8:31:38 PM] Josh: He's smiling at you the whole time.

[10/28/16, 8:32:06 PM] Rune: What enchantment?

[10/28/16, 8:32:54 PM] Quill: There was an enchantment that washed over the crowd.  I would guess it has something to do with his presence.

[10/28/16, 8:33:09 PM] Creed: "It's probably why I sang so well."

[10/28/16, 8:33:35 PM] Josh: Ollie: "By the way, well done on that, Lady Thaldi."  He starts to clap.

[10/28/16, 8:33:38 PM] Quill: So.  I met death a couple days ago.  And now I met a god.  Huh.

[10/28/16, 8:33:46 PM] Quill: Weird week.

[10/28/16, 8:33:50 PM] Creed: "Please don't praise me for something I didn't develop on my own."

[10/28/16, 8:33:50 PM] Rune: He's not actually...

[10/28/16, 8:33:59 PM] Rune: ... is he?

[10/28/16, 8:34:04 PM] Josh: Ollie smiles at Rune.

[10/28/16, 8:34:10 PM] Quill: I think he is.

[10/28/16, 8:34:12 PM] Rune: Rune pokes him, because she has no sense of self-preservation at all.

[10/28/16, 8:34:24 PM] Hank: Why would a god be playing music at a festival?

[10/28/16, 8:34:27 PM] Creed: "He's not the first 'god' you've met, Rune."

[10/28/16, 8:35:04 PM] Quill: All those bards were.... major bards.  Skald is the FIRST Skald.  The Skald.  The Skald the other skalds were named after.

[10/28/16, 8:35:45 PM] Rune: ... oh. ... don't you want to run after them and ask them for tips or autographs or something?

[10/28/16, 8:36:22 PM] Josh: Ollie: "Just please don't do that with Tandem.  All of them have an ego the size of a city, but he's so much worse than any of them."

[10/28/16, 8:36:35 PM] Creed: "Seemed like it."

[10/28/16, 8:36:49 PM] Rune: Rune eyes Olidammara skeptically.

[10/28/16, 8:37:00 PM] Rune: Are you sure you're a god? You look awfully....

[10/28/16, 8:37:02 PM] Rune: .... elfy.

[10/28/16, 8:37:08 PM] Creed: "Don't be rude."

[10/28/16, 8:37:15 PM] Creed: "Gods can be any of the races."

[10/28/16, 8:37:28 PM] Quill: Pretty sure they can look however they want.

[10/28/16, 8:37:50 PM] Rune: I didn't mean... well, nevermind, I suppose.

[10/28/16, 8:38:09 PM] Josh: Ollie looks to make sure no one's watching, and then wipes his hand past his face.  The face vanishes to reveal a black and white mask, like this one:

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile\_images/2209596629/Olidammara\_s\_Mask2.jpg

[10/28/16, 8:38:16 PM] Rune: It was a beautiful song.

[10/28/16, 8:38:27 PM] Creed: "God of Entertainment, hmm?"

[10/28/16, 8:38:28 PM] Josh: He wipes again and his half-orc face is back.

[10/28/16, 8:38:35 PM] Quill: A promise is a promise.

[10/28/16, 8:39:11 PM] Rune: It makes sense you like festivals. Oh, you should try the coconut popsicles, they're very good.

[10/28/16, 8:39:15 PM] Creed: "You know, your actual mask looks better than the reiterations in the books."

[10/28/16, 8:39:17 PM] Rune: ... watch out for the fusaka.

[10/28/16, 8:39:25 PM] Josh: Ollie: "If you'll excuse me, I have a gig inside, and I'd hate to piss the owners off.  One of them will bite your head off, and the other will do far worse."

[10/28/16, 8:39:44 PM] Creed: Creed looks to Quill

[10/28/16, 8:39:53 PM] Quill: Enjoy the festival.

[10/28/16, 8:39:54 PM] Rune: Break a leg? That's the right phrase, right?

[10/28/16, 8:39:58 PM] Creed: "If you have the story about Nessoth ready, it'd be a perfect time to do it since it's the Dragon Festival."

[10/28/16, 8:40:11 PM] Creed: "Considering he is a dragon."

[10/28/16, 8:40:38 PM] Josh: Ollie turns as he walks away.  "Haha, I don't enjoy the festival, the festival enjoys me!"

[10/28/16, 8:40:47 PM] Josh: And with that, he enters the tavern behind him.

[10/28/16, 8:41:01 PM] Quill: Quill waits until he's out of sight then lets out a deep breath.

[10/28/16, 8:41:14 PM] Quill: I was seriously going to Shatter his piano.

[10/28/16, 8:41:14 PM] Rune: Rune does too.

[10/28/16, 8:41:24 PM] Creed: "Why?"

[10/28/16, 8:41:36 PM] Rune: ... I'm so glad he didn't change our genders or turn us into tadpoles or something.

[10/28/16, 8:41:48 PM] Quill: I thought it was enchanting everyone.

[10/28/16, 8:41:55 PM] Quill: And I was angry about it.

[10/28/16, 8:41:56 PM] Creed: "I don't think he's that kind of god, Rune."

[10/28/16, 8:42:06 PM] Rune: I've heard stories.

[10/28/16, 8:42:10 PM] Josh: Skald: "Oh yes he is."

[10/28/16, 8:42:24 PM] Quill: I think he'd do anything he thought would make a good story later.

[10/28/16, 8:42:25 PM] Rune: Rune nodnodnods.

[10/28/16, 8:42:25 PM] Josh: You turn and see her skulking just behind you.

[10/28/16, 8:42:34 PM] Creed: "Hello Skald."

[10/28/16, 8:42:34 PM] Rune: He definitely is.

[10/28/16, 8:43:12 PM] Josh: Skald holds the flute out to Quill.  "I know you guys didn't get along, but you might like her if you get to know her."

[10/28/16, 8:43:42 PM] Josh: Skald: "Your choice."

[10/28/16, 8:43:46 PM] Quill: Quill eyes the flute.  "You sure? I am out of practice."

[10/28/16, 8:43:50 PM] Rune: One time he made a magical genderswapping chest that only worked if you wanted to be the gender you already were. It was all very awkward.

[10/28/16, 8:44:17 PM] Creed: "Is that.. an intelligent flute?"

[10/28/16, 8:44:18 PM] Josh: Skald: "Tell me about it."

[10/28/16, 8:45:36 PM] Quill: Quill blushes a bit.  Or darkens.  Or whatever Drow do.  "Welll... just imagine the performance anxiety if I had known who you were at the start."

[10/28/16, 8:46:13 PM] Josh: Skald sighs and recites, half-heartedly: "This is the famed Doss Flute, which the famed Gozlon Featherbottom used to shatter the Glass Tower of Malavarious the Dark."

[10/28/16, 8:46:22 PM] Quill: Quill does take the flute.  "Thank you."

[10/28/16, 8:46:30 PM] Josh: Skald: "Yeah, whatever."

[10/28/16, 8:46:36 PM] Quill: .... really?

[10/28/16, 8:46:53 PM] Josh: Skald: "No.  It's just magic."

[10/28/16, 8:46:59 PM] Rune: By playing at the right frequency or hitting... oh.

[10/28/16, 8:47:00 PM] Quill: Oh thank the gods.

[10/28/16, 8:47:58 PM] Josh: Skald: "Play it the right way, it will protect you from fire or poison, or summon small animals to you."

[10/28/16, 8:48:07 PM] Creed: "And.. the wrong way?"

[10/28/16, 8:48:23 PM] Josh: Skald: "It will rend the flesh from your face."

[10/28/16, 8:48:30 PM] Creed: "How fun."

[10/28/16, 8:48:33 PM] Anna: Charming.

[10/28/16, 8:48:36 PM] Quill: I really like my face flesh.

[10/28/16, 8:48:37 PM] Rune: ... I think I like his face the way it is?

[10/28/16, 8:48:45 PM] Josh: Skald: "I'm lying.  You guys are gullible."

[10/28/16, 8:48:53 PM] Josh: Skald: "Play it wrong you get a sour note."

[10/28/16, 8:48:54 PM] Quill: We've had to deal with a lot of shit.

[10/28/16, 8:49:01 PM] Anna: Well, can you really blame us?

[10/28/16, 8:49:02 PM] Creed: "I never said I believed you, just sounded fun."

[10/28/16, 8:49:03 PM] Quill: In a very short period of time.

[10/28/16, 8:49:13 PM] Rune: That's the second god we've met. Third if you count Death.

[10/28/16, 8:49:17 PM] Anna: It's a huge, weird world.

[10/28/16, 8:49:18 PM] Rune: And we're up to three archfey as well.

[10/28/16, 8:49:31 PM] Quill: We tend to just assume the worst of everything.

[10/28/16, 8:49:32 PM] Josh: Skald's eyes bulge slightly.  "You actually met Death?"

[10/28/16, 8:49:35 PM] Creed: "I would count Death, yes."

[10/28/16, 8:49:39 PM] Quill: Yeah.

[10/28/16, 8:49:44 PM] Creed: "I've met her on several occasions myself."

[10/28/16, 8:49:55 PM] Quill: We ate with her.

[10/28/16, 8:50:02 PM] Creed: "I played chess with her, and beat her."

[10/28/16, 8:50:22 PM] Rune: She's nicer now.

[10/28/16, 8:50:35 PM] Anna: That was an odd day. The undead are awfully huggy.

[10/28/16, 8:51:03 PM] Josh: Skald: "...and I thought I was weird.  By the way, it wasn't actually a chest.  Don't take food from Ollie."

[10/28/16, 8:51:23 PM] Creed: "Technically a separate day for myself, when we went there as a group we met with Nessoth the undead dragon."

[10/28/16, 8:51:27 PM] Anna: Thanks for the heads-up.

[10/28/16, 8:51:42 PM] Rune: Rune boggles.

[10/28/16, 8:51:54 PM] Rune: ... yes. Thank you a lot. I don't want to be a boy at all.

[10/28/16, 8:52:38 PM] Quill: And thank you for this.

[10/28/16, 8:52:43 PM] Quill: Quill pockets the flute.

[10/28/16, 8:52:57 PM] Rune: And the playing. It was lovely.

[10/28/16, 8:53:17 PM] Josh: Skald: "Just be careful.  She gets uppity."

[10/28/16, 8:53:39 PM] Josh: Skald: "And thanks.  Although I play a better mandolin.  But nobody ever wants to play drums, so..."

[10/28/16, 8:54:32 PM] Josh: Skald: "Anyway, I'm also performing inside.  This is Tiamat's place, and I do not want her mad."

[10/28/16, 8:54:57 PM] Rune: Her?

[10/28/16, 8:55:04 PM] Creed: "Tiamat, Rune."

[10/28/16, 8:55:20 PM] Quill: I think she meant the flute.

[10/28/16, 8:55:21 PM] Creed: "Probably explains the name of the tavern."

[10/28/16, 8:55:47 PM] Josh: Skald enters the tavern.

[10/28/16, 8:55:53 PM] Creed: "Why would she be talking about the flute if you're the one keeping hold of it?"

[10/28/16, 8:56:08 PM] Rune: No, I meant the god.

[10/28/16, 8:56:11 PM] Rune: The scary god.

[10/28/16, 8:56:37 PM] Quill: Oh.  Well, yeah.  Let's move away from the tavern then.  I need some time to chew on all those things that just happened.

[10/28/16, 8:56:57 PM] Rune: Yes.

[10/28/16, 8:56:59 PM] Creed: "I'd like to see what's inside."

[10/28/16, 8:57:05 PM] Rune: I'd rather not.

[10/28/16, 8:57:42 PM] Quill: We survived one brush with Olidimaara unchanged.  Two is pushing your luck.

[10/28/16, 8:57:59 PM] Creed: "I don't care if my form is changed, it won't change anything that matters."

[10/28/16, 8:58:02 PM] Rune: I'm going to buy a whole cage full of hamsters just so I can feel more powerful than somebody.

[10/28/16, 8:58:39 PM] Josh: Taeral: "You probably could've fought the gnomes."

[10/28/16, 8:59:10 PM] Quill: They're all powerful bards, of course.  Who else would make up Olld.... Ollie's band?

[10/28/16, 8:59:28 PM] Quill: Still, Skald gave me a magic flute.  So that's a thing.

[10/28/16, 8:59:42 PM] Creed: "You should feel honored, I suppose."

[10/28/16, 9:00:11 PM] Quill: It's definitely not the kind of thing you say no to.

[10/28/16, 9:00:24 PM] Rune: Maybe she likes you.

[10/28/16, 9:00:44 PM] Creed: "I wouldn't push that notion, Rune."

[10/28/16, 9:01:00 PM] Hank: So what is our goal now other than avoiding any more divine or semidivine encounters?

[10/28/16, 9:01:28 PM] Anna: I don't think we'll be able to meet that goal.

[10/28/16, 9:01:31 PM] Quill: I say we push on to the Mage Guild, see if any one's doing anything magically impressive.

[10/28/16, 9:01:33 PM] Creed: "I don't know about you, but I welcome divine encounters. It's something that we might need to get used to as we do our work. Who knows when we will need to call upon their help."

[10/28/16, 9:02:10 PM] Rune: It's just that normally, you need to call for help to escape them, that's all.

[10/28/16, 9:02:20 PM] Anna: True enough, but first we have to prove that we deserve their attention, usually.

[10/28/16, 9:02:33 PM] Creed: "I think Quill had that covered with Ollie."

[10/28/16, 9:02:34 PM] Hank: You welcome them all you want I would prefer not to meet them face to face.

[10/28/16, 9:03:02 PM] Josh: So, are you guys gonna walk to the MG?

[10/28/16, 9:03:09 PM] Rune: He was awfully handsome. And terrifying.

[10/28/16, 9:03:15 PM] Rune: Rune starts heading that way.

[10/28/16, 9:03:16 PM] Creed: Creed will check out the tavern, regardless

[10/28/16, 9:03:47 PM] Josh: Ok, as Rune starts to move, Creed wanders into the tavern.

[10/28/16, 9:03:51 PM] Hank: Hank will follow Creed

[10/28/16, 9:04:04 PM] Quill: Quill will continue to the MG.

[10/28/16, 9:04:46 PM] Anna: Anna sticks with Quill and Rune.

[10/28/16, 9:54:48 PM] Rune: That's very sad.

[10/28/16, 9:55:07 PM] Josh: As the three of you talk to Hubert the wizard, Anna, Rune, Quill, you look up to see Kai swoop down, in pegasus form...but with no riders, seemingly.

[10/28/16, 9:55:27 PM] Quill: Isn't that Hank's space-horse?

[10/28/16, 9:55:43 PM] Rune: .... I'm pretty sure it is. Oh dear.

[10/28/16, 9:56:21 PM] Anna: I'm not sure anyone else has a space-horse.

[10/28/16, 9:56:35 PM] Hank: Hey over here!

[10/28/16, 9:56:56 PM] Josh: You hear Hank's tiny, strangely high-pitched voice come from the horse.

[10/28/16, 9:57:06 PM] Quill: Quill casts Faerie fire over there.

[10/28/16, 9:57:06 PM] Hank: Hank is jumping on the back of the tiny horse.

[10/28/16, 9:57:25 PM] Hank: ((Large horse))

[10/28/16, 9:57:32 PM] Rune: ... oh dear.

[10/28/16, 9:57:32 PM] Anna: Anna walks closer to inspect him.

[10/28/16, 9:57:39 PM] Rune: Hank, are you a hamster again?

[10/28/16, 9:57:41 PM] Creed: "I'm disappearing here, Taeral, do you think you know anything that can help?"

[10/28/16, 9:57:42 PM] Anna: Well, that's new.

[10/28/16, 9:57:43 PM] Rune: Rune doesn't dare to even look.

[10/28/16, 9:57:48 PM] Hank: Call

[10/28/16, 9:58:02 PM] Quill: ((Did Faerie Fire show anything?))

[10/28/16, 9:58:21 PM] Josh: Anna, as you walk closer, you see a tiny green pixie woman flying over the horse.

[10/28/16, 9:58:34 PM] Josh: You cannot see Creed.

[10/28/16, 9:59:06 PM] Creed: Creed grumbles loudly

[10/28/16, 9:59:20 PM] Hank: Hey whats going on did someone grab me?

[10/28/16, 9:59:31 PM] Quill: ((Are my posts going through?))

[10/28/16, 9:59:31 PM] Josh: Says the fairy.

[10/28/16, 9:59:37 PM] Creed: "Hank you're, um.. A fairy?"

[10/28/16, 9:59:45 PM] Josh: On 10/28/16, at 9:58 PM, Quill wrote:

> ((Did Faerie Fire show anything?))

This is the last one I saw, Quill.

[10/28/16, 9:59:56 PM] Quill: ((Okay.  Did it?))

[10/28/16, 10:00:10 PM] Hank: Am I?

[10/28/16, 10:00:19 PM] Josh: Yes, sorry, you see a sparkly invisible tiefling.

[10/28/16, 10:00:24 PM] Creed: "Yes."

[10/28/16, 10:00:26 PM] Josh: On Kai's back.

[10/28/16, 10:00:28 PM] Hank: Creeds fading fast she needs help.

[10/28/16, 10:00:39 PM] Quill: .... so how did your second visit with Olidimaara go?

[10/28/16, 10:00:50 PM] Quill: Anna, can you Dispel?

[10/28/16, 10:00:58 PM] Creed: "It wasn't Olidimaara."

[10/28/16, 10:01:01 PM] Anna: I'll try.

[10/28/16, 10:01:24 PM] Hank: No it was Tiamat and the demonbar.

[10/28/16, 10:01:28 PM] Creed: Creed tries to stay on the horse, seemingly wobbling on it

[10/28/16, 10:01:40 PM] Creed: "Seriously it's getting harder to hold on to anything."

[10/28/16, 10:01:56 PM] Quill: Quill looks at Hubert.

[10/28/16, 10:02:00 PM] Quill: Can you do anything to help?

[10/28/16, 10:02:04 PM] Hank: Hank will hover by Creed.

[10/28/16, 10:02:10 PM] Josh: As you guys look, you see that the faerie fire sparks are falling through her, bit by bit.

[10/28/16, 10:02:29 PM] Creed: (( that crit ))

[10/28/16, 10:02:36 PM] Josh: Hubert: "I'm an illusionist!  This is beyond me!"

[10/28/16, 10:02:44 PM] Anna: Anna tries a Dispel [23!]

[10/28/16, 10:02:44 PM] Josh: Not how that works, Anna.

[10/28/16, 10:02:49 PM] Josh: But I'll take it.

[10/28/16, 10:02:59 PM] Quill: She's a member of the Guild, though.  Get some help.

[10/28/16, 10:03:12 PM] Josh: For the record, you dispel by rolling your Spell Ability.

[10/28/16, 10:03:17 PM] Quill: Also, our paladin is a Pixie now.

[10/28/16, 10:03:17 PM] Josh: Poof!  Poof!

[10/28/16, 10:03:30 PM] Anna: [yeh, I took out the prof bonus.]

[10/28/16, 10:03:51 PM] Josh: Hank and Creed are back to normal.  Kai whinnies in pain as Hank lands on his back, but is fine.

[10/28/16, 10:04:00 PM] Quill: Oh, never mind, Anna's got it.

[10/28/16, 10:04:07 PM] Creed: Creed pats the horse

[10/28/16, 10:04:24 PM] Quill: So how was the evil bar, then?

[10/28/16, 10:04:25 PM] Josh: Also, all three of you are sparkly from faerie fire.

[10/28/16, 10:04:39 PM] Quill: I bought a magic jug and didn't get turned into anything.

[10/28/16, 10:04:42 PM] Rune: Hank, you're always so adorable when tiny.

[10/28/16, 10:05:17 PM] Creed: "Full of demons and a mean ol' Tiamat."

[10/28/16, 10:05:48 PM] Anna: Good to know.

[10/28/16, 10:05:52 PM] Hank: Well we did order the drinks ourselves, we can't really blame her for that.

[10/28/16, 10:06:10 PM] Rune: ... this would be a good time to encourage you to rethink your quest to get to hell.

[10/28/16, 10:06:29 PM] Creed: "As if I would give up that easily, Rune ."

[10/28/16, 10:06:42 PM] Creed: "Tiamat isn't a hellish creature it's a dragon god."

[10/28/16, 10:06:58 PM] Quill: Doesn't she live in the Abyss?

[10/28/16, 10:07:04 PM] Rune: I think so?

[10/28/16, 10:07:09 PM] Josh: Hubert: "She does."

[10/28/16, 10:07:18 PM] Creed: "She owns the tavern, which is what Skald said. She wasn't wrong."

[10/28/16, 10:07:18 PM] Josh: Hubert: "Evil god and all that..."

[10/28/16, 10:07:45 PM] Quill: Anyway.  There's a guy selling books and scrolls on dragons that might be useful.

[10/28/16, 10:09:19 PM] Hank: Is he also a god because really at this point I am done for today with gods and demons.

[10/28/16, 10:09:34 PM] Quill: I don't think so.

[10/28/16, 10:09:35 PM] Josh: ((I'd just like to say, I'm sad that worked.  I was looking forward to the adventure of Hank, the Pixie Woman.))

[10/28/16, 10:09:52 PM] Creed: (( What would have happened to Creed, then? ))

[10/28/16, 10:10:13 PM] Quill: ((They are only sparkly for a minute, unfortunately.))

[10/28/16, 10:10:15 PM] Josh: ((You don't know))

[10/28/16, 10:10:32 PM] Creed: (( Subtle. ))

[10/28/16, 10:10:46 PM] Josh: So, you guys go in to buy scrolls?

[10/28/16, 10:11:02 PM] Quill: Quill would like to find some good dragon info.

[10/28/16, 10:11:04 PM] Rune: There's always archfey.

[10/28/16, 10:11:27 PM] Creed: "They're worse, if you ask me."

[10/28/16, 10:11:50 PM] Hank: Not today, let us just deal with mortals for the rest of the day please?

[10/28/16, 10:12:39 PM] Josh: Ok, so you guys go inside and are guided to the library, where you meet a blue dragonborn wearing brown robes.

[10/28/16, 10:13:22 PM] Rune: Hullo.

[10/28/16, 10:13:35 PM] Josh: ((Sorry if I cut you off, Anna))

[10/28/16, 10:13:37 PM] Quill: Hi there.  We understand you're selling some literature about dragons?  I'm a Bard, looking to do some research on what it would be like to raise a dragon.

[10/28/16, 10:13:47 PM] Quill: For a story.

[10/28/16, 10:14:00 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Ah, yes, hello.  I am Qelbor."

[10/28/16, 10:14:20 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Let me see...dragon raising...in common, I assume."

[10/28/16, 10:15:02 PM] Rune: Common would be best. But if there's a more accurate book in another language that would be fine.

[10/28/16, 10:15:12 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "As luck would have it, I have been working on a translation of such a book.  A draconic guide from back in the days of the farms."

[10/28/16, 10:15:26 PM] Creed: "There were farms?"

[10/28/16, 10:15:31 PM] Quill: That sounds like it would be perfect.

[10/28/16, 10:16:11 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Oh yes.  Back when the riders were the gem of the Draconic army, the Empire felt it was prudent to make sure future generations were as content with us as their ancestors."

[10/28/16, 10:16:15 PM] Rune: I suppose dragons eat cows, they might as well farm them...

[10/28/16, 10:16:45 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Sadly, it never seemed to work with the chromatics.  Feral until the end, those ones."

[10/28/16, 10:17:19 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "But, anyway, I have only a handful of copies of my transcript, so, it will be costly, I fear."

[10/28/16, 10:17:36 PM] Anna: That is understandable.

[10/28/16, 10:18:02 PM] Rune: What about Jessira?

[10/28/16, 10:18:18 PM] Rune: And Mirianth?

[10/28/16, 10:18:45 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Ah, yes, Jessira, the tamer of night.  Seems to be the one exception to the rule.  Can't be done on a grand scale, they say."

[10/28/16, 10:19:23 PM] Rune: Probably not, no.

[10/28/16, 10:19:31 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "So, my price...is 52 gold fair for you?  40 for the rarity, 7 for my time, 5 for my used supplies."

[10/28/16, 10:20:05 PM] Quill: That's a bit out of my price range, I'm afraid.  ((I think.  I don't know how much money I acutally have on me.))

[10/28/16, 10:20:31 PM] Josh: ((Things to work out amongst yourselves))

[10/28/16, 10:20:55 PM] Anna: I could chip in, if you're alright with that.

[10/28/16, 10:21:19 PM] Creed: "If you're planning on making more though, won't the rarity drop?"

[10/28/16, 10:21:41 PM] Quill: In this case we're paying for getting it now rather than a few months or years when he's finished with it.

[10/28/16, 10:21:54 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Over time, yes, but I have to make each copy by hand.  So, that will take some time."

[10/28/16, 10:22:04 PM] Creed: "How many do you have done already?"

[10/28/16, 10:22:05 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Exactly."

[10/28/16, 10:22:10 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Three."

[10/28/16, 10:22:37 PM] Creed: "Hmm.. Do you have a high demand for it being sold?"

[10/28/16, 10:22:48 PM] Creed: "Not counting us, of course."

[10/28/16, 10:23:20 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "Well...scholars, maybe.  Empire enthusiasts.  Historians."

[10/28/16, 10:25:26 PM] Creed: "Well, how about we give you 50 gold, and we can spread the word so that the demand goes up?"

[10/28/16, 10:25:47 PM] Creed: "So you can raise the price, then"

[10/28/16, 10:26:09 PM] Quill: I am a Bard, and I am working on a story here.  I can definitely help in that regard.

[10/28/16, 10:26:18 PM] Josh: Qelbor: "...um...ok.  Sure."

[10/28/16, 10:26:29 PM] Quill: Seems fair.

[10/28/16, 10:26:33 PM] Quill: Quill will pony up the gold.

[10/28/16, 10:26:42 PM] Josh: He takes it and he hands you the book.

[10/28/16, 10:26:50 PM] Quill: Thanks, Qelbor.

[10/28/16, 10:26:50 PM] Creed: Creed will help with half

[10/28/16, 10:27:38 PM] Quill: ((What time is it now?  How close are we getting to nighttime?))

[10/28/16, 10:28:23 PM] Josh: ((Given the concert, the time it took to walk here, and all the conversation, it's about evening now.  You have probably an hour until the moon rises.))

[10/28/16, 10:29:03 PM] Quill: Let's get back to the festival center, the dance is probably gonna start soon.

[10/28/16, 10:29:35 PM] Anna: I suppose so.

[10/28/16, 10:30:10 PM] Josh: By the time you get back, it's sunset, you can see everyone standing, watching the sky in anticipation.

[10/28/16, 10:30:49 PM] Josh: Carts are closing up, the last bits of food are being sold, and players are taking to the stage.

[10/28/16, 10:31:44 PM] Josh: And then...it happens, a blood red moon can be seen just over the city walls.

[10/28/16, 10:31:52 PM] Josh: A cheer is called up and music plays.

[10/28/16, 10:32:03 PM] Rune: Oh, it's so pretty. And big.

[10/28/16, 10:32:22 PM] Rune: I don't think it actually gets closer, it just looks that way.

[10/28/16, 10:32:56 PM] Josh: People start to partner up for dancing, one, a high-elf gentleman in a fine gold and white suit approaches Rune.

[10/28/16, 10:33:05 PM] Josh: Elf: "Pardon me, Lady, care for a dance."

[10/28/16, 10:33:15 PM] Quill: Quill looks over at Rune.

[10/28/16, 10:33:54 PM] Anna: It's likely due to the fact that while it's still low in the sky, you can compare its size to that of recognizable structures on the skyline.

[10/28/16, 10:33:56 PM] Quill: Quill holds a hand up.  "Err."

[10/28/16, 10:34:31 PM] Josh: Elf: "Yes?"

[10/28/16, 10:34:51 PM] Rune: Rune looks at him and blinks.

[10/28/16, 10:34:57 PM] Rune: You're an incubus or something, aren't you.

[10/28/16, 10:35:02 PM] Josh: Another man, human, short blond hair approach Anna and asks her.

[10/28/16, 10:35:02 PM] Rune: Or maybe a kidnapper.

[10/28/16, 10:35:06 PM] Rune: I bet you're a kidnapper.

[10/28/16, 10:35:23 PM] Creed: Creed puts a hand up to her own face, sighing

[10/28/16, 10:35:24 PM] Rune: Or are you Darksbane in disguise?

[10/28/16, 10:35:26 PM] Rune: Is that it?

[10/28/16, 10:35:34 PM] Josh: Elf: "..."

[10/28/16, 10:35:46 PM] Anna: Alright, although I warn you, I'm rather rusty.

[10/28/16, 10:35:58 PM] Josh: The man takes Anna by the hand and goes.

[10/28/16, 10:35:59 PM] Quill: ((I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE))

[10/28/16, 10:36:08 PM] Rune: Rune eyes him.

[10/28/16, 10:36:30 PM] Quill: Quill looks at Rune.  "Well, it's up to you, Rune, but I was gonna ask you, too."

[10/28/16, 10:38:19 PM] Rune: Ha! I knew it.

[10/28/16, 10:38:23 PM] Rune: Rune pokes him in the chest.

[10/28/16, 10:38:33 PM] Josh: Elf: "How'd you know?  This is one of my better disguises."

[10/28/16, 10:38:43 PM] Rune: Because it's the sort of thing you would do.

[10/28/16, 10:38:47 PM] Quill: Is he an Incubus?  Should we smite?

[10/28/16, 10:39:05 PM] Rune: No, it is Darksbane.

[10/28/16, 10:39:15 PM] Quill: Oh.

[10/28/16, 10:39:38 PM] Hank: Wasn't it enough to deal with Tiamat do we have to deal with Darksbane in the same day.

[10/28/16, 10:40:15 PM] Rune: ... well, now that I know, that way Quill doesn't have to dance with me. ... it was really kind of you to offer.

[10/28/16, 10:40:53 PM] Quill: Oh, quit it.  I wanted to dance with you.  I was planning on asking you all day.

[10/28/16, 10:41:12 PM] Quill: But it's your choice.

[10/28/16, 10:41:54 PM] Rune: Rune blinks.

[10/28/16, 10:42:01 PM] Rune: Why?

[10/28/16, 10:42:34 PM] Josh: Darksbane turns to Creed.  "Well, if they're gonna dance, care to dance with me?"

[10/28/16, 10:42:47 PM] Creed: "I don't see why not."

[10/28/16, 10:43:14 PM] Rune: Oh, all right. You know I probably wouldn't've guessed if you just looked like you for a change.

[10/28/16, 10:43:24 PM] Quill: Quill takes Rune's hand.  "Because I want to.  Come on."

[10/28/16, 10:44:21 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "...well, now it seems like one of us has to be the odd man out, sorry Mr. Agosto."

[10/28/16, 10:44:57 PM] Rune: Oh, all right.

[10/28/16, 10:45:07 PM] Hank: No problem. Mr. Darksbane.

[10/28/16, 11:18:02 PM] Josh: It's about here that the music stops.  The moon is now high in the sky, and people are beginning to leave.

[10/28/16, 11:37:09 PM] Josh: About this point, is it fair to say most of you head back to the prison?

[10/28/16, 11:37:22 PM] Anna: [yeh]

[10/28/16, 11:37:49 PM] Josh: Ok.  Upon arriving there, you find Kai, standing out front, a note tied to his saddlebag.

[10/28/16, 11:38:23 PM] Quill: This message has been removed.

[10/28/16, 11:38:30 PM] Josh: Hank's not there.

[10/28/16, 11:38:42 PM] Rune: Rune checks the note.

[10/28/16, 11:38:49 PM] Quill: It's Hank's Spacehorse.

[10/28/16, 11:39:30 PM] Anna: What's it say?

[10/28/16, 11:39:41 PM] Rune: "Met someone, going out for the night, don't wait up, Hank."

[10/28/16, 11:39:51 PM] Rune: ... so I think we may need to save Hank from a succubus now.

[10/28/16, 11:40:08 PM] Quill: Maybe he just met someone?

[10/28/16, 11:40:36 PM] Rune: Normal people just meet someone.

[10/28/16, 11:40:54 PM] Rune: We meet gods and archfey and anthropomorphic personifications and archcriminals.

[10/28/16, 11:41:21 PM] Quill: Well, maybe he met a nice one of those.

[10/28/16, 11:41:39 PM] Quill: ((Is Creed here?))

[10/28/16, 11:41:43 PM] Josh: Yes.

[10/28/16, 11:42:43 PM] Quill: Anyway.  He knows us.  He'll show up or send some word before long just so we DON'T think he's gotten kidnapped by the God of Murder or something.

[10/28/16, 11:42:53 PM] Anna: I mean, I'd hate to be the person who assumes that the Weird has decided to take a break when the Weird has not, in fact, taken a break, but perhaps he did actually meet someone with, at very least, no malicious intent.

[10/28/16, 11:42:54 PM] Rune: It is his handwriting.

[10/28/16, 11:43:02 PM] Rune: He wrote it at a pub somewhere.

[10/28/16, 11:44:08 PM] Creed: (( I'm here ))

[10/28/16, 11:44:17 PM] Quill: And it's not like we haven't had weird today.  If this had been a normal day, I would worry, but he HAS already been turned into a Pixie today.

[10/28/16, 11:44:35 PM] Anna: True enough.

[10/28/16, 11:44:49 PM] Josh: Taeral: "A girl pixie...which probably doubles his weird counter for the day."

[10/28/16, 11:44:49 PM] Rune: Rune looks at the space horse.

[10/28/16, 11:44:55 PM] Rune: Is this legitimately from Hank?

[10/28/16, 11:44:59 PM] Josh: Kai nods at Rune.

[10/28/16, 11:45:26 PM] Rune: He didn't seem enchanted or off in any way?

[10/28/16, 11:45:47 PM] Josh: Kai shakes his head.

[10/28/16, 11:45:59 PM] Josh: Which is either a no...or he felt his mane was dirty.

[10/28/16, 11:46:34 PM] Quill: Are you linked with him?  Could you find him if you needed to?

[10/28/16, 11:46:47 PM] Josh: Kai nods.

[10/28/16, 11:47:25 PM] Quill: Okay.  So let's leave Hank alone, and if he's missing for too long without checking in, Kai can lead us to him.

[10/28/16, 11:48:16 PM] Rune: All right. Don't vanish on us, all right, Kai?

[10/28/16, 11:48:24 PM] Josh: Kai nods.

[10/28/16, 11:48:25 PM] Creed: "Too soon."

[10/28/16, 11:49:01 PM] Quill: Quill makes sure to get Kai set up with some feed and water.

[10/28/16, 11:49:04 PM] Rune: Too soon for what?

[10/28/16, 11:49:10 PM] Rune: Rune finds him an apple.

[10/28/16, 11:49:27 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Creed almost vanished earlier today."

[10/28/16, 11:49:50 PM] Rune: Oh, right. I just assumed she'd stop getting tinier after a while and turn into a bug or something.

[10/28/16, 11:50:07 PM] Creed: "I wasn't getting tiny, I was vanishing. The one getting tiny was Hank."

[10/28/16, 11:50:18 PM] Creed: "I remained the same size, Rune."

[10/28/16, 11:50:31 PM] Quill: SIlver Scale, right?  We know to avoid that place.

[10/28/16, 11:50:38 PM] Rune: Oh. Well, I couldn't tell, I couldn't see you.

[10/28/16, 11:51:03 PM] Josh: Ok.  I'm gonna end it here for tonight.

[10/28/16, 11:51:16 PM] Josh: Come back next week to find out if Hank was devoured by werebats.