NJO 15

September 18, 2020

[7:21 PM] Caleb: So previously you all went and climbed a mountain on iktotch looking for a force vergence to remove a holocron from Zubis head

[7:23 PM] Caleb: After that was done you all swam in the pool Esren heard a voice then Coil and Zubi swam down and found weird crystal town acquiring a crystal each upon resurfacing you found Esren missing((Vella you can jump in with the main group in this channel))

[7:23 PM] Caleb: Coil your voice echoes and is swallowed by the water no response from Esren

[7:24 PM] Zubi: ... where is he?

[7:24 PM] Coil: looks around, trying to figure out where he could have gone, besides the way we came in.

[7:25 PM] Caleb: ((Perception check coil))

[7:26 PM] Zubi: He didn't say anything.

[7:27 PM] Coil: ((14))

[7:28 PM] Caleb: You see two doorways you didn’t notice before on the other side of the pool

[7:28 PM] Coil: points them out.  "Over there, there's some doors."

[7:29 PM] Zubi: Oh! ... why would he go off alone?

[7:29 PM] Zubi: heads for the doors.

[7:31 PM] Coil: Because... Esren?

[7:31 PM] Zubi: What if he picks up another bad thing?

[7:32 PM] Coil: I think he's learned, mostly, but still, he gets impulsive.

[7:32 PM] Coil: goes over to the doors and opens them.

[7:34 PM] Caleb: They are separated one on the left and one in the right which do you open first?

[7:37 PM] Coil: Left.

[7:37 PM] Coil: nods, and opens the left door.

[7:39 PM] Zubi: sticks with him.

[7:40 PM] Caleb: As you go for the left door the crystal you collected spins out of your hand onto your shoulder same thing with your crystal Zubi.

[7:40 PM] Zubi: yelps.

[7:40 PM] Coil: looks.  "Okay."

[7:40 PM] Zubi: ... how funny.

[7:41 PM] Coil: They're very strange.

[7:41 PM] Caleb: Opening the door you see a dark room inside looks to be large and you think you see movement in there but it is hard to make out detail.

[7:41 PM] Zubi: ... Ezzie?

[7:42 PM] Coil: ((Are the crystals giving off light?))

[7:44 PM] Caleb: They are emitting a colorless light it doesn’t go that far but they are emitting a dim glow

[7:44 PM] Caleb: ((Zubi perception check))

[7:45 PM] Coil: pulls out his lightsaber to brighten the room.

[7:45 PM] Zubi: ((19.))

[7:47 PM] Caleb: Zubi you hear some sounds from the back but it is hard to make them out it doesn’t sound like Esren though

[7:47 PM] Zubi: whispers to Coil, "I hear something! I don't think it's Ezzie, though..."

[7:48 PM] Coil: moves toward one of the walls.

[7:49 PM] Caleb: Coil you light up the room you see a massive hall with pillars

[7:49 PM] Coil: Big room.

[7:49 PM] Zubi: Maybe it's for dances!

[7:50 PM] Coil: That makes sense.

[7:50 PM] Caleb: You make it to one of the walls Coil it is very smooth and you don’t recognize the material

[7:51 PM] Vella: That's probably a lot nicer than what it was actually meant for.

Types Vella.

[7:52 PM] Coil: walks forward, following the wall.

[7:52 PM] Zubi: ... banquets?

[7:52 PM] Caleb: ((Roll me perception everyone))

[7:53 PM] Coil: ((19))

[7:55 PM] Zubi: ((6.))

[7:58 PM] Caleb: Coil you see two tall bipedal figures at the end of the hall they don’t seem to have noticed you they appear to be incredibly pale and thin

[8:01 PM] Coil: stops, and points out the figures to Zubi, quietly.

[8:01 PM] Zubi: strains a bit to look.

[8:03 PM] Caleb: You see two pale tall bipedal figures in the distance they appear to have not noticed you and are slowly moving towards the other side of the room

[8:04 PM] Zubi: Who are they?

[8:05 PM] Coil: No idea.

[8:06 PM] Coil: Maybe locals?

[8:06 PM] Zubi: ... should we say hello?

[8:06 PM] Caleb: They do not look like Iktotchi you can tell that from this distance

[8:08 PM] Coil: If we're going to continue down this way, yeah.  (Which way do they seem to be moving?)

8:08 PM] Caleb: Towards the opposite wall than the one you are on

[8:09 PM] Coil: Let's try and move past them, see what's at the end of the hall.

[8:12 PM] Caleb: Roll me stealth

[8:12 PM] Caleb: At advantage

[8:13 PM] Coil: ((22))

[8:14 PM] Zubi: ((7.))

[8:19 PM] Caleb: You all bead towards the back Zubi you step on something that snaps with a loud sickening crack noise

[8:20 PM] Zubi: ... oops, sorry!

[8:21 PM] Coil: looks down.

[8:23 PM] Caleb: Both figures stop moving and rather than turn around the torso bit spins 360 degrees to face you they are tall and pale incredibly faint and unnatural looking shocks of hair or fur and long clawed thin hands they let out an  ear splitting screech and meld into the shadows on the other wall

[8:23 PM] Caleb: Esren you bump into Zubi and Coil as you are trying to sneak in

[8:23 PM] Esren'nilos: "Oh hey.  I found you guys."

[8:23 PM] Caleb: Coil it looks like a bone

[8:24 PM] Coil: .... well, okay, this place is haunted.  Where did you go?

[8:24 PM] Esren'nilos: "Long story."

[8:24 PM] Zubi: Well we have time now, so tell us!

[8:24 PM] Caleb: Your crystals are pulsing orange at this point Zubi and Coil

[8:25 PM] Zubi: Ooh, pretty.

[8:25 PM] Caleb: Reaching the end you see a lot of scattered things on the ground and a couple large stone tables or altars and behind that a doorway

[8:26 PM] Caleb: A much louder screech comes echoing I need wisdom saves

[8:26 PM] Caleb: ((Zubi and coil you have advantage))

[8:26 PM] Zubi: ((22.))

[8:27 PM] Coil: ((Oh, thank god, 18.))

[8:27 PM] Esren'nilos: ((21))

[8:28 PM] Esren'nilos: "...it doesn't really seem like we do have time right now."

[8:28 PM] Caleb: You all are shaken butt feel fine for now

[8:29 PM] Zubi: Oh, okay. Let's go!

[8:30 PM] Caleb: As you all head to the doorway you all hear another screech and see the figures approaching ((saves one last time same advantage for Zubi and Coil))

[8:30 PM] Coil: (20 that time.)

[8:31 PM] Zubi: ((27.))

[8:31 PM] Zubi: ((Crit.))

[8:31 PM] Esren'nilos: ((9))

[8:32 PM] Caleb: Esren I need a con save

[8:32 PM] Esren'nilos: ((12))

[8:37 PM] Caleb: Esren you stumble and feel faint but keep moving if either of you are looking you see Esren pale severely and start to shrivel ((you lose 5 h.p.  And gain one level of exhaustion ))

[8:38 PM] Coil: pulls him up and and tries to move him with us.

[8:38 PM] Caleb: You all make it through the door which opens and closes for you the chamber beyond is well lit and you see stairs heading down

[8:38 PM] Zubi: Ezzie! What happened? Are you all right?

[8:38 PM] Esren'nilos: "...I um...I don't feel so good...but I think I can keep going."

[8:39 PM] Caleb: It appears to be lit by the light of the planet which is coming through holes in the ceiling

[8:39 PM] Zubi: Let's get somewhere safer... oh, there's the sky.

[8:40 PM] Coil: Is this the way you came, Esren?

[8:40 PM] Esren'nilos: ((Is it?))

[8:41 PM] Caleb: ((No you entered the same door they did))

[8:41 PM] Esren'nilos: "No.  I've never been here before."

[8:41 PM] Esren'nilos: "There was a maze."

[8:41 PM] Coil: Huh.

[8:41 PM] Coil: Maybe we should just head back to the speeder?

[8:42 PM] Zubi: Aww.... but you're probably right, they didn't seem very nice.

[8:43 PM] Esren'nilos: "...there was a voice...my voice."

[8:43 PM] Coil: Your voice?

[8:43 PM] Zubi: What'd you say?

[8:44 PM] Esren'nilos: "...it asked me a question.  Or...it told me to ask a question."

[8:44 PM] Esren'nilos: "Are the Jedi better than my previous masters?"

[8:45 PM] Zubi: Oh. Are they?

[8:45 PM] Coil: You mean our teachers?  Or the Jedi in general?

[8:45 PM] Zubi: I mean... they haven't not given you cake on your birthday.

[8:45 PM] Esren'nilos: "It didn't specify."

[8:46 PM] Esren'nilos: "It seemed suspicious of the Jedi and the Sith equally."

[8:48 PM] Zubi: Well, if they don't let you choose your own cake we'll know.

[8:49 PM] Esren'nilos: "I don't think that was the metric it was using.  I am sorry.  I should've waited for you to come back before I went to investigate."

[8:50 PM] Zubi: Well, at least nothing got you. ... while we weren't here to help, anyway.

[8:50 PM] Coil: We swam down and found a crystal cavern.

[8:51 PM] Caleb: The crystals are now fading from orange to a pale green and lightly glowing not pulsing

[8:52 PM] Esren'nilos: "...mood crystals?"

[8:52 PM] Coil: They seem to be alive.

[8:52 PM] Zubi: It was amazing!

8:55 PM] Esren'nilos: "...there was a cool mask room, too.  Masks."

[8:55 PM] Zubi: Ooh. Have you ever been to a masquerade party? They're amazing!

[8:55 PM] Esren'nilos: "Not really, no."

[8:56 PM] Coil: ... a couple.

[8:56 PM] Zubi: We should put that on our to-do list!

[8:56 PM] Coil: They're pretty much ideal for assassinations.

[8:56 PM] Zubi: ... but that's not fun, Coil!

[8:56 PM] Esren'nilos: "Makes sense, though."

[8:57 PM] Coil: I never actually went to parties for fun, I'm afraid.

[8:57 PM] Zubi: Then it's on our list!

[8:57 PM] Zubi: sticks her tongue out at him.

[8:59 PM] Esren'nilos: "Sounds good."

[8:59 PM] Esren'nilos: "I am very tired, all of a sudden."

[8:59 PM] Coil: You look.... great.

[9:00 PM] Zubi: You look awful.

[9:00 PM] Coil: Let's get you out of here.

[9:00 PM] Zubi: I'll heal you up when we get back.

[9:00 PM] Caleb: ((You all head down the stairs?))

[9:00 PM] Esren'nilos: "Thanks, Zubi."

[9:01 PM] Esren'nilos: will.

[9:01 PM] Coil: was thinking of going back the way we came.

[9:01 PM] Zubi: sticks with the boys.

[9:01 PM] Esren'nilos: goes where Coil helps him.

[9:02 PM] Caleb: ((You can go back the way you came you would have to go back through the hall again.))

[9:03 PM] Esren'nilos: "...I really don't want to go back to the creatures.  Can we try the stairs?"

[9:03 PM] Coil: nods.  "All right."

[9:04 PM] Esren'nilos: will begin down the stairs.

[9:04 PM] Zubi: follows them.

[9:07 PM] Caleb: You all head down the stairs you come to the end and see a landing but just walls of rock surrounding you

[9:07 PM] Coil: (What color is the crystal?)

[9:08 PM] Zubi: ... a stairway that doesn't lead anywhere? Is it a puzzle?

[9:08 PM] Zubi: looks for a secret door.

[9:09 PM] Esren'nilos: "Ugh.  I hate this planet."

[9:09 PM] Coil: It hasn't been that bad so far.

[9:10 PM] Caleb: ((Investigation Zubi))

[9:10 PM] Caleb: The crystals are wiggling a little but clear

[9:10 PM] Zubi: ((4. I rolled a 1.))

[9:11 PM] Zubi: The swimming was nice!

[9:12 PM] Coil: AS with anything, everything was nice until the monster showed up.

[9:12 PM] Coil: looks.

[9:12 PM] Caleb: ((Investigation  Coil))

[9:15 PM] Esren'nilos: "What if we cut through the wall?"

[9:16 PM] Coil: ((11.))

[9:17 PM] Zubi: ... cut through it?

[9:18 PM] Caleb: Coil  after seeing where Zubi searches you find one small area that seems to be a different material

[9:18 PM] Esren'nilos: "We have lightsabers."

[9:19 PM] Esren'nilos: "Just...cut through it."

[9:20 PM] Coil: presses on a section of the wall.

[9:21 PM] Caleb: Part of the wall slides open and you see the overhang where you parked your speeder.

[9:21 PM] Coil: ...

[9:21 PM] Esren'nilos: "..............of course."

[9:21 PM] Coil: Well.

[9:21 PM] Coil: Perfect.

[9:21 PM] Zubi: Wow! This planet is weird. ... and kind of cool. Okay, let's go!

[9:22 PM] Coil: nods.

[9:22 PM] Esren'nilos: looks around, suspicious.

[9:23 PM] Caleb: ((Roll me perception Esren at disadvantage))

[9:24 PM] Caleb: The sand and rock storm is still going on as you all board the speeder

[9:24 PM] Esren'nilos: ((12))

[9:26 PM] Caleb: Esren you don’t see anything immediately around you but you see some large object in the storm coming from the base of the mountain and heading towards the sky

[9:26 PM] Esren'nilos: "...something's coming up.  In the storm."

[9:28 PM] Zubi: Coming up what?

[9:35 PM] Esren'nilos: "An object's being carried up the mountain by the storm."

[9:35 PM] Zubi: ... what is it?

[9:36 PM] Esren'nilos: "I don't know."

[9:36 PM] Coil: Let's get inside the speeder.

[9:36 PM] Zubi: hops in.

[9:37 PM] Esren'nilos: gets in.

[9:37 PM] Coil: takes us up!

[9:39 PM] Caleb: As you all head down the mountain you do see that the object Esren saw appears to have been a ship as you see it rise above your visibility and the  mountains

[9:39 PM] Coil: You think that was the ghouls' ship?

[9:40 PM] Zubi: Maybe!

[9:40 PM] Esren'nilos: "Ghouls?"

[9:40 PM] Caleb: Heading down you pass by the first cave you considered and you see the building near the base of the mountain which you see some lights on and a roof hatch finishing closing

[9:41 PM] Coil: Yeah.  The shrieking ones.

[9:42 PM] Esren'nilos: "Oh.  Yeah.  They were not good."

[9:43 PM] Zubi: Are you all right, Ezzie?

[9:44 PM] Esren'nilos: "I really want a nap."

[9:45 PM] Zubi: You can have one when we get back! Don't worry.

[9:45 PM] Esren'nilos: "But I'm not like...dying, I don't think."

[9:46 PM] Esren'nilos: "...also, the other me left me kind of existentially drained."

[9:47 PM] Zubi: ... existentially drained?

[9:47 PM] Caleb: As you all get off the mountain the lights on the building at the base all go dark the storm has let up a bit as well

[9:47 PM] Zubi: How does that work?

[9:48 PM] Esren'nilos: "I feel like I am unsure of the universe after finally believing I was beginning to understand.  I want to know more, but also don't want to learn anything right now.  ...I think the nap may help with that too, though."

[9:49 PM] Zubi: What do you want to know more about?

[9:51 PM] Esren'nilos: "What do the Jedi want?  Are our masters in league with the other Jedi, or are they all fractured?  What was actually in that cave with me and what did it want with me?  Why was there a maze?  Why did...I lost touch with the force, I think.  Or...it was like...I felt it slipping away."

[9:52 PM] Coil: Maybe you were being challenged.  Or tested.

[9:52 PM] Caleb: ((I assume this conversation is happening. As you head back to the ship?))

[9:53 PM] Esren'nilos: ((Yes))

[9:53 PM] Coil: is flying back, yeah.

[9:53 PM] Zubi: Harmony, I'm not sure it matters, I don't know but maybe it thought you were cute, mazes are fun and I don't know if you even can lose touch with the Force really.

[9:53 PM] Esren'nilos: "This maze was not fun."

[9:54 PM] Caleb: Zubi your crystal is kind of darting around strands of your hair glowing a bluish gray

[9:54 PM] Zubi: They usually are. Of course almost everyone is really lost and drunk and wandering around aimlessly, but that can be fun too!

9:54 PM] Caleb: Coil your crystal is around your hands as you pilot glowing a light green

[9:56 PM] Esren'nilos: "This maze was a metaphor."

[9:56 PM] Esren'nilos: "And not a good one.  I'm pretty sure."

[9:56 PM] Coil: Mazes in general are not terribly subtle metaphors.

[9:57 PM] Zubi: A metaphor for what?

[9:58 PM] Esren'nilos: "Not important.  The point is, the voice seemed...displeased with me.  Or questioning of me.  Or like...I don't know.  It knew a lot I didn't and I want to."

[9:59 PM] Zubi: I think you worry too much about knowing things and not enough about doing things.

[9:59 PM] Esren'nilos: "...what?"

[10:00 PM] Zubi: Well, no matter how much you know, someone might know more, and if you think too much you're not being in the moment.

[10:01 PM] Esren'nilos: "...is being in the moment good?"

[10:02 PM] Zubi: Of course it is!

[10:03 PM] Esren'nilos: "Why?"

[10:04 PM] Zubi: That's how you have fun.

[10:04 PM] Zubi: ... and feel the Force and really experience things.

[10:05 PM] Coil: When I was underwater with the crystals, it's the first time I really felt the force again, since I got the lightsaber crystals.

[10:05 PM] Esren'nilos: ".......I see."

[10:05 PM] Esren'nilos: closes his eyes and leans back.

[10:08 PM] Caleb: You all make it back to the ship (( Esren I will say you still feel stretched and weary but you no longer have a level of exhaustion))

[10:08 PM] Esren'nilos: opens one eye.  "...I don't think I am in the moment yet."

[10:09 PM] Zubi: You're still thinking. Here.

[10:09 PM] Zubi: snogs him.

[10:09 PM] Esren'nilos: is surprised, but goes with it.

[10:10 PM] Esren'nilos: ".......well, I'm definitely not thinking now."

[10:10 PM] Zubi: Right! Exactly!

[10:10 PM] Zubi: beams, and goes to check on the goats.

[10:10 PM] Coil: blinks.

[10:11 PM] Esren'nilos: "....what just happened?"

[10:11 PM] Coil: shrugs.  "I'd better get us flying."

[10:11 PM] Esren'nilos: "I'm gonna go nap."

[10:13 PM] Caleb: ((So it’s up to people we can keep going or stop here. I do need a quick break no matter which though ))

[10:13 PM] Esren'nilos: ((This seems an ok place to stop, if everyone is satisfied.))

[10:13 PM] Zubi: ((Sounds good to me!))

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