FE 31

[11/16/2018 10:01:39 PM] DM: When last we left, you and a new elven friend, Dela, were in the realm of the Three Face King of Liars.

[11/16/2018 10:02:27 PM] DM: You met a kobold named Eerling, who claims to have been the one opening doors to the realm.  He took you to his home, filled with gold and jewels and other treasures.

[11/16/2018 10:03:12 PM] DM: He gets the wealth through what Vashti-Possessed-By-Li called the 'Dead Moth Doors'.  When asked how he opened them, he presented a rod.

[11/16/2018 10:04:26 PM] Ander: "Ok, so this should be simple.  We use the rod to get back."

[11/16/2018 10:04:42 PM] DM: Eerling:  Does not work that way!

[11/16/2018 10:04:54 PM] Ander: "Why can't it ever work that way?"

[11/16/2018 10:05:18 PM] DM: He shrugs, and brandishes the rod.  "Are you hungry?  I'm hungry."

[11/16/2018 10:05:31 PM] DM: The rod glows as he activates it.  "Food!"

[11/16/2018 10:05:58 PM] DM: Nothing happens.

[11/16/2018 10:06:06 PM] DM: Well, the rod stops glowing, that's it.

[11/16/2018 10:06:14 PM] Ander: ".....does that usually work?"

[11/16/2018 10:06:33 PM] DM: He nods! "Usually!  Practically all the time, sometimes."

[11/16/2018 10:06:55 PM] Ander: "...when has it not worked?"

[11/16/2018 10:07:38 PM] DM: "I once asked for someone to tell me a story and it brought a monster with tentacles who shrieked in my brain."

[11/16/2018 10:07:52 PM | Edited 10:08:07 PM] DM: Eerling thinks.  ".... it might have been telling me a story."

[11/16/2018 10:07:57 PM] Kite: Most likely.

[11/16/2018 10:08:23 PM] Kite: ... does that rod grant wishes?

[11/16/2018 10:08:59 PM | Edited 10:09:08 PM] DM: Eerling:  It only can bring things.  So... kind of.  You have to name the thing, and it brings it.  It has been here a long time, like me.

[11/16/2018 10:09:15 PM] Ander: "Things and people."

[11/16/2018 10:09:23 PM] Ander: "What did you say that brought us?"

[11/16/2018 10:09:34 PM] Kite: Perhaps a portal scroll for Daneel to cast?

[11/16/2018 10:09:37 PM] DM: Eerling:  I don't remember.  I ask for a lot of things.

[11/16/2018 10:09:53 PM] DM: Eerling:  And things dont' always show up quickly.

[11/16/2018 10:10:05 PM] DM: Eerling:  Not for weeks sometimes.

[11/16/2018 10:10:14 PM] Ander: "We don't have weeks."

[11/16/2018 10:10:29 PM] Daneel: how do you tell how much time passes here?

[11/16/2018 10:10:47 PM] DM: Eerling:  YEs!  I have clocks.

[11/16/2018 10:11:03 PM] Ander: "It brings clocks?"

[11/16/2018 10:11:12 PM] DM: He pulls a gold chain out of his pile of wealth and there are clocks hanging from it.  about seven.

[11/16/2018 10:11:18 PM] DM: Eerling:  I asked for clocks.

[11/16/2018 10:12:01 PM] Ander: "Have you tried asking for someone who would know how to escape?"

[11/16/2018 10:12:48 PM] DM: Eerling:  … huh?

[11/16/2018 10:12:57 PM] DM: Eerling is now studying Daneel's hat intently.

[11/16/2018 10:13:22 PM] Ander: "...Eerling?  You with me?"

[11/16/2018 10:13:36 PM] DM: Eerling:  Oh!  Yes, generally.

[11/16/2018 10:13:43 PM] DM: Eerling:  Repeat everything you just said.

[11/16/2018 10:13:56 PM] Ander: "What's with you and Daneel's hat?"

[11/16/2018 10:14:08 PM] DM: Eerling:  I think I asked for a hat.

[11/16/2018 10:14:19 PM] DM: Eerling:  Two days ago.  And now you're here!

[11/16/2018 10:14:21 PM] Daneel: you must have plenty of hats already?

[11/16/2018 10:14:32 PM] Ander: ".........................................."

[11/16/2018 10:15:23 PM] Kite: I do not think a hat would be particularly helpful.

[11/16/2018 10:15:34 PM] Ander: "...ok, let me repeat the question.  Have you ever asked for someone to come and help you get out of here?"

[11/16/2018 10:16:18 PM] DM: Eerling blinks and looks at Ander, head cocked to one side like he's a dog mystified at how a human can just open the door whenever they like.

[11/16/2018 10:16:26 PM] DM: Eerling:  That's a good idea.

[11/16/2018 10:16:54 PM] DM: Eerling activates the rod!  "Bring me someone who can  get me home!"

[11/16/2018 10:17:01 PM] DM: Eerling:  Wait, do you want to leave too?

[11/16/2018 10:17:08 PM] Ander: "YES!"

[11/16/2018 10:17:11 PM] Kite: Yes, please.

[11/16/2018 10:17:16 PM] DM: Eerling:  US home.

[11/16/2018 10:17:22 PM] Ander: "Thank you."

[11/16/2018 10:17:34 PM] Ander: "Now we just have to hope that doesn't take two days."

[11/16/2018 10:17:53 PM] Daneel: well the food should turn up at some point.

[11/16/2018 10:19:57 PM] Ander: "Well, while we wait for food, help, or a giant face to come and kill us, I am gonna go talk to our other new friend, and get some answers."

[11/16/2018 10:20:15 PM] Kite: ... perhaps I should join you.

[11/16/2018 10:20:45 PM] DM: Eerling:  Who likes harpsichord music?

[11/16/2018 10:21:13 PM] \*\*\* Ander gets up and goes out of the tent to find Dela. \*\*\*

[11/16/2018 10:21:31 PM] Kite: I do.

[11/16/2018 10:21:36 PM] \*\*\* Kite follows. \*\*\*

[11/16/2018 10:21:49 PM] DM: She is just outside, poking at a crystal pillar.

[11/16/2018 10:22:04 PM] Ander: "Careful, sometimes those are full of monsters."

[11/16/2018 10:22:14 PM] \*\*\* Daneel follows them keeping a firm grip on his hat. \*\*\*

[11/16/2018 10:23:14 PM] DM: Eerling uncovers a standing harpsicord and starts playing it very skillfully, but his eyes just watch Daneel like a snake as he leaves while he plays.

[11/16/2018 10:23:50 PM] Ander: "...so...did you kill your brother?"

[11/16/2018 10:24:13 PM] Kite: ... I would not call Barrad a monster, Ander.

[11/16/2018 10:24:26 PM] DM: Dela: … jumping right to that?  Oooh, who's Barrad?

[11/16/2018 10:24:48 PM] Ander: "Wasn't there a monster in a different one?"

[11/16/2018 10:24:56 PM] Kite: One of my paramours. Who we rescued from a crystal pillar.

[11/16/2018 10:25:15 PM] DM: Dela looks at the pillar closely.  "They keep paramours in those?"

[11/16/2018 10:25:58 PM] Kite: Not typically.

[11/16/2018 10:25:59 PM | Edited 10:26:17 PM] DM: Dela knocks on the pillar.  "Hello, I'm looking for something in a Goliath lady with a pretty face who can crush iron golems with her thighs."

[11/16/2018 10:26:31 PM] Ander: "I'm sorry, this is kind of a sticking point for me.  Did you kill your brother?"

[11/16/2018 10:27:22 PM] DM: Dela sighs.  "Kind of.  He's fine though.  What do you know about Eralayn?  Do you know how everything is just.... stupidly, endlessly complicated there?"

[11/16/2018 10:27:48 PM] Kite: I am unfortunately familiar with the duelling culture. Primarily due to my other paramour being from Erelayn.

[11/16/2018 10:28:01 PM] Ander: "What do you mean kind of?"

[11/16/2018 10:28:39 PM] DM: "I killed him, then I paid to have him resurrected later so he could go off free and clear."

[11/16/2018 10:29:06 PM] DM: Dela:  And if that sounds like a bad idea, keep in mind it was his.

[11/16/2018 10:29:23 PM] Ander: "It still does."

[11/16/2018 10:29:41 PM] Kite: ... what were the circumstances?

[11/16/2018 10:29:47 PM] Daneel: It actually sounds genius, you dont have to fake being dead if you actually are.

[11/16/2018 10:29:50 PM] Kite: I would find it difficult to murder someone I knew socially.

[11/16/2018 10:30:26 PM | Edited 10:30:38 PM] DM: Dela:  He met a girl over in Misrule on one of his trips that he fell for.

[11/16/2018 10:31:08 PM] DM: Dela:  But he was promised to be married to two others to make up for some holes in the diplomatic web.

[11/16/2018 10:31:17 PM] DM: Dela:  He didn't want to.

[11/16/2018 10:31:43 PM] DM: Dela:  Se we came up with a reason for me to challenge him to a duel.  I killed him.

[11/16/2018 10:32:03 PM] DM: While she tells this story, Eerling plays lovely harpsicord accompaniment.

[11/16/2018 10:32:57 PM] DM: Dela:  Un\*fortunately\*, they found out that I had him rezzed.  Which is a major breach of dueling law back home.

[11/16/2018 10:33:14 PM] DM: Dela:  Technically, I'm wanted for not killing my brother.

[11/16/2018 10:33:14 PM] Kite: ... I was not aware of that.

[11/16/2018 10:33:20 PM] Kite: I have been challenged to a duel myself.

[11/16/2018 10:33:23 PM] Ander: "Does kind of defeat the point of a duel."

[11/16/2018 10:33:30 PM] Daneel: So they are u[pset that you brought him back not that you killed him?

[11/16/2018 10:33:39 PM] DM: Dela nods.

[11/16/2018 10:33:58 PM] DM: Dela:  Also that I ran and abandoned the family and stole a whole bunch of stuff.

[11/16/2018 10:34:09 PM] Ander: ".............................wow."

[11/16/2018 10:34:48 PM] DM: Dela:  I was supposed to meet up with him in Misrule, but.  They chased me here.

[11/16/2018 10:35:17 PM] Kite: I do not think I would be content with a traditional Erelaynian family.

[11/16/2018 10:35:54 PM] DM: Dela:  To be fair, most are fine.  But my mother is the Third Lord of Vines to the King.

[11/16/2018 10:36:07 PM] DM: Dela:  There's a lot more complicated bullshit for us.

[11/16/2018 10:36:51 PM] Ander: ".......ok....that's......ok....yeah.....ok...sure.....yeah......ok....that's.....fine.....ok....fine.....ok."

[11/16/2018 10:37:49 PM] Ander: "...I need to go...meditate for a bit.  Thank you.  Call me when we get food or are attacked or something."

[11/16/2018 10:38:01 PM] Kite: I am not sure what that  means.

[11/16/2018 10:38:04 PM] DM: A shimmering door shaped object appears before you!

[11/16/2018 10:38:15 PM] Ander: "...oh that was fast."

[11/16/2018 10:38:43 PM] DM: Eerling runs out.  "Ooooh!  It's either home or food!  Yay!  Or one of the other things I've asked for that I haven't gotten yet."

[11/16/2018 10:39:00 PM] Ander: "...do we open it, or wait for it to open itself?"

[11/16/2018 10:39:09 PM] Daneel: and how many of those are there EErling?

[11/16/2018 10:39:32 PM | Edited 10:41:51 PM] DM: Dela:  The Lords of Vines handle intelligence for the Kingdom.

[11/16/2018 10:40:07 PM] Kite: Ah. Answorn is the only other Erelaynian I am familiar with.

[11/16/2018 10:40:11 PM | Edited 10:41:10 PM] DM: Eerling looks at Daneel and shrugs non-committally.  Eyes his hat again.  Then back to the door.  "Something will come out of it."

[11/16/2018 10:40:24 PM] Kite: Cedric Answorn.

[11/16/2018 10:40:44 PM] Ander: ((I thought Answorn was the detective))

[11/16/2018 10:40:58 PM] Kite: ((He is.))

[11/16/2018 10:41:07 PM] Ander: ((Ah.  Ok.))

[11/16/2018 10:41:53 PM] DM: Dela:  That your fella?  Name is vaguely familiar.  Answorn is at least.

[11/16/2018 10:42:09 PM] DM: A form comes out the shimmering door!  It's a cow.

[11/16/2018 10:42:12 PM] DM: A live cow.

[11/16/2018 10:42:22 PM] DM: Eerling:  ARE YOU HERE TO RESCUE US.

[11/16/2018 10:42:25 PM] Ander: "...food."

[11/16/2018 10:42:29 PM] DM: The shimmering door fades away.

[11/16/2018 10:42:29 PM] Ander: "...that's food."

[11/16/2018 10:42:29 PM] Kite: Yes.

[11/16/2018 10:42:35 PM] Daneel: yes I am sure it is Eerling.

[11/16/2018 10:42:41 PM] Kite: That is one of my two "fellas."

[11/16/2018 10:43:42 PM] Ander: "...ok...this has been a long day and I'm pretty sure it's not even three yet.  So...again...meditate...and maybe throw up."

[11/16/2018 10:43:59 PM] DM: Eerling:  Oh!  Hold on.

[11/16/2018 10:44:06 PM] DM: Eerling disappears inside the tent.

[11/16/2018 10:44:35 PM] Kite: Are you feeling ill?

[11/16/2018 10:45:05 PM] Ander: "I am feeling guilt, nostalgia and disgust...and maybe some rage, but that's normal."

[11/16/2018 10:46:08 PM] Kite: Why?

[11/16/2018 10:46:26 PM] Ander: ((Dela's still around?))

[11/16/2018 10:48:54 PM] Ander: "...Dela's story struck insanely close to home."

[11/16/2018 10:49:44 PM] DM: Yep!  She's examining the cow.

[11/16/2018 10:50:44 PM] Ander: "...my brother was the one who killed me Kite.  And my other brother was the one who brought me back.  And I ran away from home and let my family down.  And there's a lot of stuff I haven't thought about in three years I'm now...thinking about."

[11/16/2018 10:51:03 PM] DM: Dela:  Ooof.  Sorry.

[11/16/2018 10:51:20 PM] Ander: "...yeah, sure."

[11/16/2018 10:51:35 PM] Ander: "Also, I used to be a goliath, so that was a weird wish you had earlier."

[11/16/2018 10:51:44 PM] Kite: .... oh.

[11/16/2018 10:52:12 PM] Kite: I had not been aware of the circumstances. I am extremely sorry.

[11/16/2018 10:52:23 PM] Ander: "Yep, everyone is."

[11/16/2018 10:53:03 PM] Ander: "...but hey, now we've got a cow...so that's something, I guess."

[11/16/2018 10:53:41 PM] Kite: ... I have not had to butcher an animal before.

[11/16/2018 10:53:49 PM] Daneel: there you go, live in the present, the past might be terrible but if you dont focus on it ever you are fine.

[11/16/2018 10:54:27 PM] Daneel: I havent butchered a large animal in years myself.

[11/16/2018 10:54:48 PM] Ander: "Doesn't matter.  We don't have a way to cook it."

[11/16/2018 10:54:48 PM] DM: Eerling comes back and hands Ander a jewel-studded bucket.

[11/16/2018 10:55:09 PM] DM: Eerling: Cook it?  Eww.  But if you need to, magic exists.

[11/16/2018 10:55:55 PM] Ander: ".......why....in the gods created realms.....would you need a jewel studded bucket?  ....who even had that made?"

[11/16/2018 10:56:15 PM] DM: Eerling shrugs!

[11/16/2018 10:56:27 PM] Daneel: havent you ever wanted a more shiny bucket?

[11/16/2018 10:57:41 PM] Kite: Perhaps it belonged to a very famous show animal.

[11/16/2018 10:58:21 PM] DM: Eerling shrugs.  "The current master of this place does not like it when you throw up all over the crystal."

[11/16/2018 10:58:36 PM] Daneel: Have you met the current master?

[11/16/2018 10:58:50 PM] DM: Eerling:  He yells at me sometimes.

[11/16/2018 10:59:05 PM] DM: Eerling:  He can't do much to me though.

[11/16/2018 10:59:10 PM] Daneel: why not?

[11/16/2018 10:59:38 PM] DM: Eerling:  I'm still protected by the former master.

[11/16/2018 11:00:08 PM] Daneel: do either of these beings have names that you know?

[11/16/2018 11:00:28 PM] DM: Eerling:  I call the current one 'Face Guy'.

[11/16/2018 11:00:37 PM] Ander: Yeah, we don't like him.

[11/16/2018 11:00:45 PM] DM: Eerling:  The former one was the Moth King.

[11/16/2018 11:01:01 PM] DM: Eerling:  He gave me the Rod of Doors.

[11/16/2018 11:01:21 PM] DM: Eerling:  Which is a name I just made up for it, so you can't steal it.

[11/16/2018 11:01:37 PM] Ander: "...seems legit."

[11/16/2018 11:01:57 PM] Daneel: so you cant steal named items?

[11/16/2018 11:02:12 PM] DM: Eerling:  You can't steal the name.

[11/16/2018 11:03:10 PM] Daneel: what happened to the moth king?

[11/16/2018 11:04:12 PM] DM: Eerling:  Face Guy ate him when he showed up.  Took all his power and stuff.  Put him into a pillar until he wasted away into nothing.

[11/16/2018 11:04:42 PM] Ander: "...again...we do not like this guy."

[11/16/2018 11:04:44 PM] Kite: Is he dead?

[11/16/2018 11:05:14 PM] DM: Eerling:  Most of him.

[11/16/2018 11:05:42 PM] Ander: "What do you mean most of him?"

[11/16/2018 11:06:29 PM] DM: Eerling taps on the crystal with a taloned toe.  "The Moth King made all of this construct.  IT still has some of his power.  Too useful to get rid of."

[11/16/2018 11:07:19 PM] Kite: But the... person? is dead?

[11/16/2018 11:07:44 PM] DM: Eerling:  If he isn't, I have some words for him.

[11/16/2018 11:07:58 PM] DM: Eerling laughs!  He actually has a very nice chiming laugh.

[11/16/2018 11:08:56 PM] Kite: Why are you here, Eerling?

[11/16/2018 11:09:35 PM] DM: Eerling:  I used to watch over this place for the Moth King.

[11/16/2018 11:09:59 PM] Ander: "Why?  I mean...why you?"

[11/16/2018 11:10:17 PM] DM: Eerling:  Why not me?

[11/16/2018 11:10:33 PM] Ander: "...fair enough."

[11/16/2018 11:11:52 PM] Kite: Are you a wizard or some other powerful being?

[11/16/2018 11:12:25 PM] DM: Eerling:  Oh, sure, Warlock of the Moth King.

[11/16/2018 11:12:49 PM] Ander: "...you have magic?"

[11/16/2018 11:12:56 PM] DM: Eerling:  Used to!

[11/16/2018 11:14:00 PM] Kite: The Moth King was your patron.

[11/16/2018 11:14:19 PM] DM: Eerling nods!

[11/16/2018 11:14:36 PM] Ander: "...I'm sorry."

[11/16/2018 11:17:06 PM] Ander: "...so...back to waiting for rescue, I guess."

[11/16/2018 11:17:34 PM] Daneel: What causes faceguy to yell at you?

[11/16/2018 11:17:43 PM] Kite: Why do we not ask for a scroll of sending or a scroll of portal, if Daneel could cast it?

[11/16/2018 11:18:41 PM] Ander: "We could try it.  Probably not gonna get it for a while at this rate, though."

[11/16/2018 11:22:31 PM] Kite: I would ask.

[11/16/2018 11:23:15 PM] DM: Eerling:  We can try!  Really specific things take longer.

[11/16/2018 11:23:44 PM] DM: Cow:  Moo.

[11/16/2018 11:24:09 PM] Kite: "A wizard willing to portal us to Song's Grace" would be an alternative.

[11/16/2018 11:24:19 PM] \*\*\* Kite pats the cow on the nose reassuringly. \*\*\*

[11/16/2018 11:24:46 PM] Ander: "We already asked for someone who could help us escape."

[11/16/2018 11:25:11 PM] Ander: "Also, we still have a whole dragon thing to handle, so we should really get back to the ship."

[11/16/2018 11:25:29 PM] Kite: True.

[11/16/2018 11:26:33 PM] Kite: I am not sure what else we should do.

[11/16/2018 11:26:49 PM] Kite: ... and I am reluctant to eat the cow. Perhaps it can be milked?

[11/16/2018 11:27:13 PM] DM: The cow moos.

[11/16/2018 11:27:30 PM] DM: Another door shimmers into existence.

[11/16/2018 11:27:56 PM] \*\*\* Kite puts a hand through it. \*\*\*

[11/16/2018 11:29:22 PM] DM: The hand just goes right through, like it's just an illusion to you.  But a moment later, a dining cart like you might get a high end hotel rolls through, laden with food. Once it's mostly through, the door disappears, cutting off the last inch or so of the cart.

[11/16/2018 11:29:30 PM] DM: Eerling:  Oh!  There's food.

[11/16/2018 11:29:48 PM] DM: Eerling:  I'm glad it didn't come with dismembered hands again.  Those never taste good.

[11/16/2018 11:30:26 PM] Kite: ... perhaps the cow is the escape after all.

[11/16/2018 11:30:36 PM] Ander: "...how?!?"

[11/16/2018 11:32:18 PM] DM: The cow moos.

[11/16/2018 11:32:30 PM] DM: And we can stop for now.  That seems a great cliffhanger.