AoP 021

6:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So...it's been a minute. 🙂

[6:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: I am gonna start off the day after Sid Rat, if people do not mind.

[6:26 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((kk))

[6:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, it's about midday on a very hot, dry day at sea.  You're sleeping in your cabins (as here's when you'd have the opportunity), when you hear the faint sounds of angry voices drifting into the cabin.  The voices sound like Thurgood and Ephrim.

[6:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Olenna Something you notice is that Goldie is not in your cot with you.  She must've walked out at some point.

[6:28 PM] Olenna: doesn't sleep. She does wake Saiph up, though.

[6:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Oh right, no sleep.

[6:28 PM] Saiph: Mrphl.

[6:28 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: wipes some sweat away and follows the noise

[6:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "Time is...can't stop...imminent danger..."

[6:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "Supplies....docks....crew..."

[6:29 PM] Olenna: Ephrim and Thurgood are arguing, and I'm not sure where the captain's gone.

[6:29 PM] Olenna: We should go and find out what's going on.

[6:30 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: walks up to the Thurgood and Ephrim  "Whats going on?"

[6:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((They're not in the room.  You head up to deck where they are?))

[6:30 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Yes))

[6:30 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((got confused, my bad))

[6:31 PM] Saiph: goes too.

[6:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You head up and you will see the two of them arguing while ArCi tries to keep the peace.

[6:31 PM] Olenna: does too.

[6:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "If we leave course now, we may never find him again."

[6:31 PM] Olenna: What's going on?

[6:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "This course will take us out into--Ah.  First Mate Olenna.  Good day."

[6:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "We're just having a little navigational dispute."

[6:32 PM] Olenna: What's it about?

6:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "We've been tracking this Doctor and the transmutation stone he possesses.  We could soon be set to overtake him!"

[6:33 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Good

[6:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "Aye, but your "Doctor" is out in the middle of open ocean.  We pursue and fail to overtake him in time without a supply stop and we'll be out of rations before we can make it back to shore."

[6:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "But if we move fast, it won't matter."

[6:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "You don't go sailing without proper preparations!"

[6:34 PM] Olenna: ... how many people are on board again?

[6:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "I believe at last count we had roughly thirty.  Not counting you lot."

[6:35 PM] Olenna: Saiph, how many goodberries can you make in a day?

[6:36 PM] Saiph: thinks.

[6:36 PM] Saiph: LIke.... 30 or 40.

[6:36 PM] Saiph: More than that if I use up all my magic.

[6:36 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "...we're down to 17, Thurgood...we've lost a few since you last counted."

[6:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: But we also need Water,  Tools, REpair equipment.   If ArCi gets damaged we need to be able to patch him up

[6:37 PM] Olenna: Water could be a problem. Can anybody purify water?

[6:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I can in a Pinch

[6:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "I can ritual cast it...so long as my components don't run out."

[6:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: it sounds like we are talking about stopgaps, instead of proper resupply.  There is not point in catching up to the Doctor if we die out in the middle of the ocean anyway

[6:38 PM] Saiph: I can create water too.

[6:38 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "Indeed."

[6:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "If we have these stop gaps, they can last us from when we overtake him to when we reach shore again."

0 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "We'd be leaving ourselves open to chance should anything go wrong."

[6:41 PM] Pip: \*Pip wanders up to the deck. She rubs her eyes and asks"

"Are you guys alright? I heard shouting."

[6:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: How about this?  ArCi are we near any ports close by?

[6:42 PM] Saiph: There's a disagreement.  Do we resupply and and risk losing the Doctor, or so we push forward, potentially undersupplied?

[6:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "By my estimate we are one full and one half day from our nearest non-zombie port."

[6:44 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Hmmm....Question ArCi,  has the Doctor been going in a consistant direction?

[6:45 PM] Olenna: I'm positive we have more supplies than that, don't we?

[6:45 PM] Pip: "The longer he's out there, the longer he can cause pain, or create more of his... well, yeah. On the other hand, I don't want us going into this potentially not fully ready."

[6:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "By my check, with what crew we have left, we have roughly a week's worth of rations.  The Doctor is, by the ship's estimate 2 days travel away at full speed, if he doesn't change course or increase his speed.  Assuming all that goes well, we'd reach land again with a half-day's worth of rations and supplies."

[6:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "IF!"

[6:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "And if not, we have arcane solutions to sustain us for the remaining time."

[6:47 PM] Saiph: He probably has stores, too.

[6:47 PM] Saiph: And we can still fish and stuff.

[6:47 PM] Saiph: We're not going to die because we run out of hardtack.

[6:47 PM] Pip: "I'm not sure we want his stores."

[6:48 PM] Olenna: Coppelia and I don't eat, so that helps.

[6:48 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: That is fair.  We have a 5 day buffer on Food if we are correct.  Saiph can make his berries, Me and Ephraim can purify water as needed....Maybe we book it

[6:48 PM] Saiph: And a goodberry provides a full day's sustenance.

[6:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ephrim: "So, we continue onward!"

9 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "...if you lot sign off on that plan, I will not argue with ya.  Just want you to understand the situation."

[6:49 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Pip is right, the longer he is out there, the worse things he could be doing

[6:50 PM] Olenna: We should consult the captain, of course.

[6:50 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: makes a face

[6:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood groans.  "She says she's hunting.  I think she's up by the mast."

[6:51 PM] Olenna: goes and checks.

[6:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Going up, you do find Goldie gazing up at the sky, extremely focused.

[6:53 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "...do you hear it?"

[6:53 PM] Olenna: ... hear what, captain?

[6:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "The cry.  The loud, angered cry of something far above us.  ...either the dangerous caw of a predator...or the appetizing scream of prey."

[6:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Is only Olenna up here?))

[6:55 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Jaden doesn't want to deal with Goldie XD ))

[6:55 PM] Olenna: ... how far?

[6:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "...I'm not sure.  Far.  But getting closer."

[6:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Anyone who desires may give me a perception check.

[6:56 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((10))

[6:57 PM] Olenna: ((21!))

[6:57 PM] Saiph: ((20))

[6:57 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden You don't hear anything like that right now.

[6:57 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Olenna and Saiph You guys focusing in and...you do hear it.  A loud cry of fear that sounds...oddly familiar to you both.  And getting closer.

[6:58 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I don't hear anything

[6:58 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eventually, you guys see a dot forming in the sky.

[6:58 PM] Olenna: ... it sounds afraid. and it's getting closer.

[6:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eventually, as it gets closer, you do hear a scream and you see an odd green and red blur.  Something small flying towards you.  Hurtling through the sky and--SPLASH!

[6:59 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ....Huh

[7:00 PM] Olenna: Oh dear, is it Entropy's little friend?

[7:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You guys watch the figure hit the ocean and float up.  And you see what appears to be a frog in a red and brown suit with a tiny rapier hilted at his side.

[7:00 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: oh

[7:00 PM] Saiph: goes to the edge of the boat.

[7:00 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: does as well

[7:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ....Is that a Frog?

[7:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph and Olenna Looking closely...you recognize this frog.  It is a knight of Saiph's family kingdom and person guard to you both.  Eduardo!

[7:01 PM] Olenna: Oh! Hullo, Eduardo.

[7:01 PM] Saiph: I wondered where you got to.

[7:01 PM] Pip: Pip is caught entirely off guard, and hides. She does reappear and approach the side of the ship with the others, though.

[7:02 PM] Olenna: Are you all right?

[7:02 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: He a friend of yours Olenna?

[7:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As the frog is lying face down in the ocean, you see bubbles form around his head and hear some tiny moans.

[7:02 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: will go to try and get him on the boat

[7:02 PM] Saiph: climbs down on a rope to try and reach him.

[7:03 PM] Olenna: Sort of.

[7:03 PM] Saiph: Part of the wedding party.

[7:03 PM] Olenna: One of our guards.

[7:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You scoop him up easily.  He's literally a frog.  Not heavy at all.

[7:03 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((like Frog sized, not a Humanoid frog?))

[7:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Frog sized frog in a suit.))

[7:04 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: holds the frog up in a gloved hand, which then glows ((he gains 5 hp))

[7:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The frog jolts back to life.  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

[7:05 PM] Olenna: winces.

[7:05 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: drops the frog in surprise  "Ah!"

[7:07 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: looks to Olenna  "Is this normal for it?"

[7:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "...your highness!  You are alive!  ...and your clothes are different.  WHAT WERE YOU THINKING BRINGING YOUR BETROTHED HERE?!?"

[7:07 PM] Olenna: Him. Unfortunately, yes.

[7:07 PM] Olenna: He didn't, really.

[7:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He leaps up onto Saiph's shoulder and begins poking him in the face as he scolds.  "All you had to do was be still for one moment!  One hour!"

[7:08 PM] Olenna: It wasn't Saiph's fault.

[7:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: "Princess Olenna.  Do not tell me that you are behind this...this...delay!  Your mothers would be most displeased with you!"

[7:09 PM] Saiph: Hey, it definitely was not my fault.

[7:09 PM] Olenna: Of course not.

[7:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: They said their travel got interuppted

[7:09 PM] Olenna: We just showed up here.

[7:09 PM] Saiph: Literally woke up on a beach.

[7:09 PM] Saiph: We're on a Prime Material.  These are our friends.

[7:09 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "...what?"

[7:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: waves

[7:09 PM] Olenna: A prime material plane!

[7:10 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: The ocean part currently

[7:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "...how have you already made friends?  We were only separated a moment ago."

[7:11 PM] Saiph: It's been a few weeks.

[7:11 PM] Olenna: Time runs differently here.

[7:11 PM] Saiph: What's the last thing you remember?

[7:11 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Weve been with Olenna nad Saiph for at least 3 or so weeks

7:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "I was within your rear guard, monitoring the situation, as is my duty as royal knight to the king of Arborea.  All was going smoothly when the ground beneath your carriage...stopped existing.  Within moments your entire palanquin had vanished from sight.  While the Arcadia division was stuck gawking, I took action and dove into the vortex!  ...and then...I hit the ocean."

[7:15 PM] Olenna: Well, we do appreciate the thought.

[7:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: looks at Saiph and Olenna  "You guys landed here in a carriage?"

[7:15 PM] Saiph: That was pretty badass, Eduardo.

[7:15 PM] Pip: "O-oh. Well, I'm glad we were here to pull you from the water."

[7:15 PM] Saiph: The palanquin was gone by the time we woke up.

[7:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Huh

[7:16 PM] Saiph: I don't know what happened to it.

[7:16 PM] Olenna: And I've decided to wear a different dress.

[7:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: And you guys said traveling between planes is odd so the time difference is kind of normal

[7:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Hmmmmm, given the dramatic time displacement...any other soldiers who followed me through could wind up anywhere on this Earth at any time.  ...this will create some great confusion."

[7:18 PM] Olenna: I'm sure they'll find us eventually.

[7:18 PM] Saiph: Yeah, you seemed to home in on us pretty well.

[7:18 PM] Saiph: ..... more or less.

[7:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: especially if they land in the ocean near us

[7:18 PM] Saiph: It's a big ocean.

[7:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Maybe its locked onto you 2 somehow?

[7:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Oh, I forgot to mention, in addition to the suit, he also has a pencil mustache on his upper lip.))

[7:18 PM] Saiph: It could be.

[7:18 PM] Olenna: Maybe you should go back and let them know we're all right.

[7:19 PM] Saiph: We still have no idea why we're here.

19 PM] Saiph: It probably hasn't been as long for them.

[7:19 PM] Saiph: They probably haven't even started to worry yet.

[7:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "A brilliant idea, Princess Olenna.  I shall report back at once."

[7:19 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Wait you can just DO that?

[7:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He crouches down low and leaps up as high as he can...before faceplanting on the ship's deck.

[7:20 PM] Saiph: Yeah, I didn't think that would work.

[7:20 PM] Pip: "Are you alright?"

[7:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Nothing wounded but my pride...although, I may have gotten a splinter."

[7:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: So is he stuck here too?

[7:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "My shift gem does not appear to have made it through with me to this plane."

[7:21 PM] Olenna: Probably.

[7:21 PM] Olenna: Well, you'll just have to help us, then, I suppose.

[7:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo stands and bows.  "Indeed I shall!  Do not worry, my highnesses, I shall keep you safe as we find our way back!"

[7:22 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: is going to pull Saiph aside for a second "so this.....frog was like your bodyguard?"

[7:22 PM] Saiph: More like a chaperone.

[7:22 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: .....can he fight, because he kind of just looks like a frog

[7:23 PM] Saiph: .... you know, I'm not sure.

[7:24 PM] Olenna: I don't think we need a chaperone.

[7:24 PM] Saiph: Olenna's familiy insisted on Arborea sending a delegation.  My parents natural instinct was to just send no one and expect everything to work out.  So Eduardo was the compromise.

[7:24 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: .....To be fair you guys DID get lost in another plain of existance, so maybe they had a point?

[7:26 PM] Olenna: We're not lost exactly.

7:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "I beg your pardon, Prince Saiph.  I am not simply lip service.  I have been trained in the three deadliest arts taught to my frog-kind.  Swordplay he puls out his sword and makes some practiced thrusts Mixed Martial Arts he does a series of karate chops and kicks and...the ways....of seduction."

[7:26 PM] Saiph: Everyone is right in hindsight.

[7:26 PM] Olenna: We definitely don't need that.

[7:26 PM] Saiph: I mean, we never know.

[7:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: looks incredulously as he shows off.

[7:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As Eduardo is talking, Goldie manages to successfully sneak up behind him and grab him by the head with her mouth.

[7:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Goldie we just saved his life please don't kill him

[7:28 PM] Olenna: Eek! Please, be careful!

[7:28 PM] Saiph: Eduardo!  Quick, try and seduce her!

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As she swings him about, like prey she suddenly stops and you see her entire self is vibrating and her eyes have a very distant look.  Eduardo is letting out a long, deep baritone of a croak.  "...now beast...drop me."

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie does so.

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "That is better.  Now roll over."

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie does so.

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo holds out a hand.  "Shake."

[7:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: .....I like this Frog

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie does so.

[7:30 PM] Pip: "Hmm, don't like that."

Pip enfolds herself in her wings

7:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Fear not, I only use the art of seduction...as a last recourse."

[7:31 PM] Olenna: ... are you mind controlling her?

[7:31 PM] Olenna: Stop it at once!

[7:31 PM] Saiph: That is definitely not seduction.  No mindcontrolling crewmates.

[7:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Very well, your majesties."

[7:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He croaks again, loudly and Goldie shakes her head.  "Ooooh...where am I?"

[7:32 PM] Saiph: Goldie, please do not eat Eduardo.

[7:32 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: is holding back a grin

[7:33 PM] Olenna: Please.

[7:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "...fair...but he shall respect the captain of this vessel."

[7:33 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: You Did try to eat him, i would consider it self defense

[7:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Oh, apologies Captain.  I was unaware of your title.  I shall show you respect in the future."

[7:34 PM] Olenna: True.

[7:35 PM] Olenna: Anyway, we're on a quest.

[7:36 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Oh?!?"

[7:37 PM] Olenna: Yes. Some very powerful magical items are in danger of being taken and used for nefarious purposes and we're trying to go and get them to keep them safe.

[7:37 PM] Saiph: Exactly!  We're adventurers now, until we can figure out why we're here.

[7:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We have one secure and on the track of a second.

[7:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Ah!  Grand adventure!  Dangerous artifacts!  A chance at derring-do...yes...you are right to call upon me.  I shall join the fellowship, your majesties."

[7:41 PM] Saiph: This is Jaden, and Pip, and Thurgood, and Ephrim, and ArCi.  He's the boat.

[7:41 PM] Olenna: And Captain Goldie.

[7:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: waves again

[7:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "Hi!  I enjoy friends!"

[7:41 PM] Saiph: Well, I figured they met.

7:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo bows to each of you in turn.

[7:42 PM] Olenna: I'm not sure if being nearly eaten counts as meeting someone socially, apart from in Arborea.

[7:42 PM] Saiph: That's where we're from, though.

[7:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "To be fair, my species does occasionally greet each other through play bites."

[7:43 PM] Olenna: True.

[7:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Thurgood: "So...captain...do we journey forward toward's the Doctor's vessel?"

[7:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "What?  Oh.  Yeah.  Sure.  Why not?  I'm gonna sunbathe."

[7:44 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: grumbles to himself about cats

[7:45 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Well if we are going to be rushing, i'll try to fish so we have food

[7:45 PM] Olenna: Right, let's do it.

[7:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So...fishing minigame? 🙂

[7:46 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Sure!))

[7:50 PM] Olenna: I'll help.

[7:50 PM] Saiph: will too.

[7:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, there is a harpoon option or a pole option, depending how you wanna continue.

[7:51 PM] Pip: "I'd like to help, too."

[7:51 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((ill try Harpoon))

[7:52 PM] Olenna: How do they do it here?

[7:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, to try harpoon make an attack with STR or DEX.

[7:53 PM] Pip: "O-or maybe I should focus on making new clothes? Mine don't really fit anymore, what with the flaps and all."

[7:53 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Me and Saiph fished back on the other boat,  Lines, Nets, Harpoons,  However it works

[7:53 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Goldie: "You can make clothes while fishing.  Or, make them nets, maybe."

7:53 PM] Olenna: Oh! No explosives? All right.

[7:54 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ....explosives might scare the fish off

[7:54 PM] Saiph: Yeah, there's nets.

[7:54 PM] Saiph: .... the explosives were when the kua toa attacked.

[7:54 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: True, but that was fighting, not Fishing, at least at that point.

[7:55 PM] Olenna: Oh! Hmm, too bad.

[7:55 PM] Saiph: There's really no difference back home.

[7:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "Most fishing on this plane doesn't use explosives...except ice fishing...but we're nowhere near any ice tundras."

[7:57 PM] Olenna: I remember a lot of explody fishing in Arborea.

[7:58 PM] Saiph: Yep!  You grab the explosives, toss them down the throat of a giant fish, boom!

[7:59 PM] Olenna: And then you have a fish fry.

[7:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Back home, most activities have the term "explosions optional" attached."

[7:59 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: How big are we talking about when you say "Giant fish"?

[7:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "...how big are your islands here, usually?"

[7:59 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: .......you have island sized fish?

[8:00 PM] Saiph: Sure.  You probably do too.

[8:00 PM] Olenna: Giant sized fauna is very common there.

[8:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: mumbles to himself "Explains the quickness for fire as an option"

[8:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "I mean...you have a very big ocean...I have to assume you also have some giant sized fish."

[8:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: i mean we have Whales and Sharks, I don't know if i've seen anything bigger then them in the water.....aside from that tower yesterday

[8:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Tower?"

[8:02 PM] Saiph: And a kraken.

[8:03 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Right, the Kraken, i forgot about that

[8:05 PM] Saiph: Anyway, we've had some adventures, Eduardo.  There was the undead island, the pirates.  Modron hell.

8:05 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We found ArCi here in a cave full of fake and real treasure

[8:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "I did not know Modrons had a hell."

[8:06 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: There was also the Library boat

[8:06 PM] Olenna: They don't, they seemed perfectly content.

[8:06 PM] Saiph: Well, it was hell for us.  Me.

[8:07 PM] Saiph: Yeah!  i have a library card now.

[8:07 PM] Saiph: And we met a Baba Yaga.

[8:07 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: glowers and aims the Harpoon at the water

[8:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Ok, now you're just pulling my leg, Prince.  There is no way you got a library card."

[8:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Libraries are quiet places."

[8:08 PM] Pip: "I think I blacked out just before the Baba Yaga. Probably for the best."

[8:08 PM] Saiph: brandishes the library card!

[8:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, roll dex.

[8:09 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: ".....let me see that."

[8:09 PM] Olenna: Not all libraries.

[8:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Could i try Athletics?))

[8:09 PM] Olenna: Some of them are more like community centers.

[8:09 PM] Saiph: shows off the card.

[8:09 PM] Olenna: They have illusion panels and cake pans and things.

[8:10 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((11 unless i can do athletics))

[8:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((It'll be an 11))

[8:11 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((ok))

[8:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The shot goes wide and you have to pull the harpoon back up.

[8:11 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Darn

[8:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo eyes Saiph, suspiciously "...let me see that."

[8:13 PM] Olenna: Oh! Good try, though.

[8:13 PM] Saiph: shows him, holding it so the frog can see.  "I get torn apart by owls if I wrong the library, so don't get grabby."

8:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo looks it over carefully before returning it.  "...how long has it been, did you say?  ...because the Saiph I know would not have sat still for this."

[8:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, would you like another attempt at fishing with the harpoon?

[8:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Sure))

[8:16 PM] Saiph: Only a few weeks.   And it's not my fault than you and my folks just see the kid that can't hold a shape for two minutes.

[8:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((.....Nat 1))

[8:16 PM] Olenna: We didn't really have to sit still.

[8:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, Saiph the harpoon goes wide...but it sticks in something.

[8:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "...I suppose you are right, Prince.  I apologize."

[8:17 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Sighs, rubs his eyes, and starts tugging to get the harpoon back

[8:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Roll STR again.

[8:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((19))

[8:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You feel the harpoon resisting as you pull, but you are overpowering whatever you caught on it.

[8:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It even begins swerving side to side, whatever you have, it's alive.

[8:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Oh i think i have something

[8:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: continues pulling

[8:20 PM] Pip: Pip will attempt to help!

[8:20 PM] Olenna: brightens.

[8:20 PM] Saiph: helps!

[8:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Pip, roll str too.

[8:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And Saiph.

[8:20 PM] Pip: [Oh no]

[8:20 PM] Saiph: (14)

[8:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You tug and pull and continue to bring whatever it is up...then you see a tentacle emerge, wrapped around the harpoon

[8:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: oh no

[8:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And up comes a large octopus.  Not pierced by the harpoon, but merely grabbing hold of it.

[8:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It then latches its suckers to the side of the boat and begins to ascend.  A far larger than average octopus.

[8:22 PM] Pip: "Uh"

[8:23 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Uh

[8:23 PM] Saiph: Speaks with Animals.

[8:23 PM] Saiph: Oh!  Sorry!

[8:23 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Thank you))

[8:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Pip, for the record, you got a 12.

[8:23 PM] Saiph: Did we interrupt a tea or something?

[8:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Octopus: Watch where you're throwing that!  You almost put my eye out!

[8:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph, roll persuasion.  Just so I can see what happens.

[8:25 PM] Saiph: ((Oh no. 4.)

[8:25 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((oh no))

[8:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Octopus: In fact...I think I should settle this more...permanently.

[8:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He begins moving up towards Jaden.

[8:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Saiph what is it saying?

[8:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: sweats as the Octopus approaches Menencingly "SAIPH?!"

[8:27 PM] Saiph: yells at the octopus!  "HEY.  It was an accident, you jerk."

[8:28 PM] Saiph: ..... he's mad about the harpoon.

[8:28 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: oh

[8:28 PM] Saiph: We could eat him.

[8:28 PM] Saiph: That would prove we were in the right.

[8:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: I'd like some initiative rolls, if that's the route we're going. 🙂

[8:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((12, Gonna tendorize some Octopus))

[8:29 PM] Saiph: Okay, look, it was an accident, but we are not above eating you if you don't back off!  We were fishing.

8:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, roll intimidation.

[8:31 PM] Saiph: ((okay, that was a 13.))

[8:31 PM] Olenna: I don't think I want to eat someone you've met socially.

[8:32 PM] Saiph: shrugs.  "People eat ducks they lure out with duck calls all the time!"

[8:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The octopus glowers....possibly, hard to tell, but it seems to glower...and then begins slinking back into the ocean.

[8:33 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Does he give back the Harpoon?))

[8:33 PM] Olenna: That's true, but the ducks are usually just confused about why they're talking about bidets. Ducks don't even have bidets.

[8:33 PM] Saiph: .... I think I might have made a new arch enemy.

[8:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He does let go of the harpoon.

[8:33 PM] Olenna: ((MUSCLE-HEADS? I HATE 'EM.))

[8:34 PM] Saiph: (YEP))

[8:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((The Octopus will turn out to be the real big bad.))

[8:34 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((And Jaden STILL won't get to fight it XD ))

[8:34 PM] Olenna: ((No, he's gonna become a secretary at a gladiatorial arena.))

[8:34 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((me or the octopus?))

[8:34 PM] Olenna: ((The octopus obviously!))

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Trust me, Jaden.  The fight is coming.

[8:37 PM] Olenna: Oh well.

[8:37 PM] Olenna: takes Saiph's hand.

[8:37 PM] Saiph: gives her hand a squeeze.

[8:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Eduardo: "Know this, Jaden.  Should the octopus return, I shall have your back."

[8:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I appreciate it

[8:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: throws the harpoon again to try to get fish

[8:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((19!))

[8:38 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You hit something.  Pulling it up, you find a massive catfish wriggling on the other end.

[8:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: There we go!

[8:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: holds up the big fish.  "Third times the charm"

[8:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((I think that's a good space to end on))

[8:40 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Ok 🙂 ))