07.25.2021 - Chaos Crew Caravan

In the morning, we went to meet with Mr. Steelmaul to get our things and give him our wagon to take to The Resistance. Then we went to meet with Klaub at the temple to Shadow Mother so we could go find him at the first temple. On our way there, we stopped by Rainbow's. There, we saw Stank sneak in to sit with a nice looking devil lady and a familiar human dude. Jerome led us over to talk to them and tell him the good news about the forest. Looking around the main room, there were more people than we had ever seen at Rainbow's before and there were more notices too. Once he had gotten bored of Stank, we watched as Jerome went over to the unfinished rainbow mural above the bar and used the purple paint to slide on the bar. Drop was very angry with us so we ran back to our room to hide. Inside, we noticed there was a nice looking tub in the corner we hadn't explored yet. Jerome climbed in and started to look at the different runes and it filled with water. We all climbed in to wash ourselves and were having a good time splashing each other when Klaub came in and told us that there were drips going through the ceiling downstairs, so we quickly emptied the tub because it was almost time to go to the caravan with Peyson Virith. At least, that's how the whispers told me it happened, it was very confusing doing all those things.

The whispers told me that Klaub had been busy finding the best cookware he could find and enjoying himself.

At the temple, Peyson Virith and the caravan driver were arguing about how far the caravan would be able to go to the temple and it didn't seem like it would go all the way. Klaub suggested that they also bring wagons to complete the end of the journey. By the middle of the day, all the fancy 'Saurens had climbed aboard the caravan with their many slaves and it was time to go. We rode behind the caravan in our wagon and Marko and Jerome argued about freeing the slaves while Klaub ignored them.

After about an hour, the caravan stopped and the slaves started to unload tents and setting up a camp for the 'Saurens. When Klaub asked why we were stopped, Peyson Virith said that was as far as we could go each day. Meanwhile, Jerome had disappeared from the wagon. A few moments later, a large tree holding weird fruits appeared under the caravan before a moment later the ground was shaking before a dragon appeared from under the ground! Then there was a snapping up on the caravan and Marko came running back down towards the wagon holding a lever. With the help of the magical 'Sauren, we killed the dragon and saved the slaves who ran away.

Shortly after, the slaves returned and it was discovered that several of the 'Saurens had fallen from the caravan and died during the battle. Klaub harvested the parts of the dragon before moving it away from the camp. Peyson Virith gave a speech about Shadow Mother being a special triceratops and how they knew a red cat person with the mark of Bast. That cat person spoke about how they should be allowed to eat meat, but Shadow Mother told them that they could but then they could never be Peysons. After that, many of the ‘Saurens disappeared with their slaves and only a few more were left.

We all went our own ways to sleep with Marko staying with me in a tent after he gave his to some of the slaves to help them feel safer. Klaub wanted to be very close to Peyson Virirth, and Jerome went to sleep in the large slave tent. However, before he settled down, the whispers told me that he went to speak to Peyson Virith. While there, he talked about guilt feeling vaguely responsible for things that had happened, without actually stating what thing he was talking about, and wanting to know what to do with those feelings. Peyson Virirth said it was a normal feeling and that adventuring must not be safe if something like that had happened and that Jerome could join his family when we all return from our peylgrimage if he wanted to.

While we were sleeping and taking our turns on watch, Jerome noticed there was something metal moving in the trees nearby. Then there was a bright flash of lightning towards Jerome!