AoP 020

[6:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, where were we?

[6:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ah yes, leaving zombie island.

[6:09 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Leaving with your first prize, the necromancer's ring, you are now journeying to find your next target...the item held by the evil Doctor!

[6:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Cracks Knuckles))

[6:10 PM] Coppelia: ((Does not crack knuckles because porcelain ))

[6:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph currently holds the ring, which has been examined by Ephrim.  You have taken the zombie warrior you befriended on the island with you as she now seeks a "good death".

[6:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And the Conductor has gone...for now.

[6:11 PM] Coppelia: ((Aww bye Thanatos))

[6:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You set sail, with ArCi having planned a new route.

[6:13 PM] Coppelia: ((Have we had a long rest?))

[6:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As of now, yes.

[6:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You are able to take several hours on ship to recoup.

[6:15 PM] Coppelia: ((Yay welcome back spell slots))

[6:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And it is recommended you rest now...as you have been put on Night Watch duty.

[6:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So @everyone refill what you need and then we shall skip ahead to the night.

[6:17 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((all good!))

[6:17 PM] Coppelia: ((Coppelia standing in a corner during her sentry’s rest like 👁👄👁))

[6:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The night is unusually warm, causing a mist to form atop the sea as you sail.

[6:18 PM] Coppelia: ((Actually probably more like ⚫️👄⚫️))

[6:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Do her eyes close, or are they painted?

[6:19 PM] Coppelia: ((I believe they are painted black. Her face is static, no moving parts there))

[6:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.  So, the evening is quiet and the mist creates an odd effect.  The sea below is covered by clouds, but the sky above is clear and bright with stars.

[6:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ArCi, do you have an idea how far off they are?

[6:20 PM] Olenna: sticks with Saiph.

6:21 PM] Coppelia: Attempts to draw the scene in her notebook

[6:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "Hard to say with a moving target.  Hope is to overtake them in a day and a half."

[6:22 PM] Saiph: is sitting on the deck with his astrolabe and fiddling with it, studying the stars.  Little stars float around him, which are actually Druidcraft-created fireflies.

[6:22 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Makes sense,  not sure how fast an Reanimated Creature moves as a vehicle

[6:23 PM] Olenna: I hope it works.

[6:23 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: The Ring?

[6:24 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I hope so

[6:25 PM] Olenna: Yes.

[6:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "I love the stars.  It's so nice when it's all clear, you can see them all there."

[6:25 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Are the stars different here to your homes, Olenna, Saiph?

[6:25 PM] Saiph: Yep.

[6:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Sorry guys, need to take Gizmo out.  Keep talking amongst yourselves.  I'll return with plot.))

[6:26 PM] Saiph: I don't even know what your constellations are supposed to be.  I've calling this one 'the Big Thing.'

[6:26 PM] Olenna: peers.

[6:27 PM] Saiph: indicates a grouping of stars.

[6:27 PM] Olenna: It looks like a Flumph.

[6:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Sailors navigate via the stars at night when all else fails.

[6:27 PM] Saiph: Well, sure.

[6:27 PM] Saiph: Stars don't really lie.

[6:28 PM] Coppelia: writes out and shows the others My master had a machine that projected constellations. He told me about some of them

[6:29 PM] Saiph: What's this one?

[6:31 PM] Olenna: Bird of paradise?

6:31 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I think the Flumph is wearing a hat?

[6:31 PM] Coppelia: ((Josh when you get back should I roll nature to identify the constellation?))

[6:31 PM] Saiph: I dub thee, Flumph with a Hat.

[6:32 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Memorable

[6:34 PM] Olenna: Cute!

[6:35 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: You ever get lost you just go "We are South of Flumph with a hat".

[6:36 PM] Pip: Pip seems content to sit and quietly watch the stars.

[6:36 PM] Saiph: The stars still move.  But in ways that can be understood.

[6:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Like the Sun?

[6:37 PM] Saiph: moves the fireflies around him.

[6:37 PM] Saiph: nods.

[6:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: So what kind of Constellations do you guys have back home?

[6:38 PM] Olenna: Well, a lot of ours are plants.

[6:39 PM] Olenna: It's sort of a skygarden.

[6:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: oh

[6:39 PM] Saiph: Where she’s from, they don’t move too much.

[6:39 PM] Saiph: Where Im from, they move every night.

[6:40 PM] Coppelia: Tilts her head curiously as she looks at the sky, thinking of a place where the stars move

[6:41 PM] Olenna: It's peaceful.

[6:41 PM] Olenna: But your stars dance.

[6:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Thats an interesting way of thinking about it

[6:42 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: The Stars kind of feel like a constant to me.  They are almost always there when i look at them

[6:42 PM] Olenna: They're always there, even when you can't see them.

[6:43 PM] Saiph: reconfigures the fireflies into a strange constellation.

[6:43 PM] Saiph: This is the Fire Breathing Space Goat.

[6:43 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Is that real?

[6:43 PM] Saiph: From back home.

[6:44 PM] Coppelia: Leans forward to get a better look

[6:44 PM] Saiph: You sound like my dad.

[6:44 PM] Saiph: Maybe don’t tell your 8 year old son to come up with the constellations.

[6:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sure

[6:45 PM] Olenna: I think it's perfectly sensible.

[6:45 PM] Coppelia: ((12))

[6:46 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I don't see the problem.  You have your own markers to keep track of that way

[6:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Coppelia You recognize three constellations instantly.  Ioun's Eye, which is pretty self-explanatory (it looks like an eye).  Mamtos, a Dragon Knight of great renown.  And the one he called "Flumph with a Hat" is, in fact, Empanel, the Pious.  Empanel is said to be a martyr among Bahamut worshippers.

[6:48 PM] Saiph: ((Okay, goin mg afk, I’ll be quick!))

[6:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Ok, sorry))

[6:48 PM] Coppelia: Thinks about sharing the true names, but the others are enjoying making up names so much she sits back and listens

[6:49 PM] Coppelia: ((I gotta make an iv I’ll be back shortly))

[6:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.

[6:49 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: You see any Pip?

[6:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Pip roll me perception.

[6:50 PM] Pip: "Huh? Oh, let me see..."

[6:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus: "Ah, the stars.  Or as my dad called them...the annoying little buggers I can't swat away!"

[6:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus: "Dad was a character."

[6:54 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Why would he want to swat the stars away?

[6:55 PM] Olenna: Were they that close?

[6:56 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus: "I never got that.  Something about the secret orc conspiracy to rule the multiverse.  He just really hated those stars, especially those from Woods of Holly."

8 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Pip It's strange, you never realized before that...you know all the stars.  Like...by heart.  It's like you feel a deep connection with the sky as well as the ocean, like they're a single being in harmony.  Maybe this is why your patron appears as light.  And that's when you notice that a fine tissue of skin has form under your arms, making for gliding wings.

[6:58 PM] Coppelia: takes out her flute and begins to play softly

[6:58 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus bops to the music.

[6:59 PM] Olenna: Hmm.

[7:02 PM] Olenna: I wonder if he had a history of head wounds.

[7:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((...I may have lost Pip.))

[7:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Oh, there she is.))

[7:05 PM] Pip: "Ah, well Yeenoghu's Teeth are over there, and-"

As she goes to point out a series of stars, she stops, staring down at her own arm. Or rather, at something behind it.

"Um."

[7:06 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: What is it?

[7:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Looking down, you guys can now all see that there is a new slab of skin connecting her arms to her torso.

[7:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It looks vaguely similar to manta ray fins.

[7:08 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Those are new

[7:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus: "Oh, fascinating."

[7:09 PM] Saiph: Oh,  neat!

[7:10 PM] Olenna: You're going to need wider sleeves.

[7:11 PM] Coppelia: Signs Lovely! prestidigitates spectral manta rays to fly around

7:15 PM] Pip: Pip's skin is just gradually getting brighter. Those close enough can hear her breathing quicken, and see her hands shake.

"aaaaaaaaaaaa"

As she very quietly screms, the flaps come up and encircle her, perhaps acting on some unconscious desire to hide. This also muffles her cry, turning into more of a comical "mmmmmmm"

[7:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Pip,  piiiip its going to be okay Pip,  just stay calm

[7:16 PM] Olenna: hugs her.

[7:16 PM] Olenna: Oh, it's all right! Don't worry about it. People change all the time.

[7:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus: "Ah.  So this is how puberty works for your kind.  Fascinating.  And actually less embarrassing than most I have experienced."

[7:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "Whoa...uh...so...sorry to bother you guys but...we've got something coming up."

[7:20 PM] Coppelia: Pats Pip comfortingly as she waves the manta rays away

[7:23 PM] Olenna: What is it?

[7:23 PM] Olenna: lets Pip go, but doesn't get too far away.

[7:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi: "I'm not sure...I think it's coming up from below us."

[7:25 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: tries to look through the mist

[7:25 PM] Olenna: The kraken.

[7:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, roll me perception.

[7:26 PM] Pip: Pip is unfortunately quite a ways from calm. Her head pops out from the top of the wings, giving the effect of her being wrapped in a blanket.

"I thought I was done with all this once I escaped that madman, and now my body just starts changing? I already went through puberty and it was horrible! And now I gotta go through puberty part two: now with spines and flaps and god knows what else. Am I done or is it going to keep going? What's next? Am I gonna lose my limbs? My eyes?"

Perhaps an overreaction, Pip is well-nigh hysterical at this point, despite the situation.

[7:26 PM] Coppelia: ((Can I assist him by using Prestidigitation to blow some of the mist away?))

7:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((12, unless Coppellia helping me did anything))

[7:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Sure, take adv.))

[7:28 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((22 then!))

[7:28 PM] Coppelia: ((Woo! Teamwork!))

[7:28 PM] Olenna: strokes Pip's back.

[7:28 PM] Olenna: It's all right. You're not going to lose your limbs or your eyes.

[7:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As Coppelia blows the mist away, you see what appears to be a small, stone tower coming rising out of the ocean.  Like from a castle.

[7:29 PM] Coppelia: ((That’s normal))

[7:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: HARD TURN ARCI

[7:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi turns the ship sharply as a large stone tower shoots from the ocean, then falls over on its side and floats there.

[7:31 PM] Coppelia: Stares for a moment, then signs I don’t think that’s supposed to be there

[7:31 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((How big of a tower are we talking about?))

[7:31 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Towers don't usually shot out of the ocean....and then float

[7:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((I'd say...at least three stories tall.))

[7:33 PM] Olenna: ... oh good, I was worried that was normal here.

[7:34 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: what could have done that?

[7:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ArCi pulls the ship up beside the tower.

[7:35 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: tries to reach out and touch the tower as we get close

[7:36 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, give me a DEX save.

[7:36 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((18!))

[7:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, you reach out and you feel a bit of energy begin to form beneath your hand.  You pull back before it can...do whatever it would have done.

[7:38 PM] Pip: A stone tower shooting up from the ocean floor is enough to startle Pip out of her loop. Probably not great for her heart, but that's between her and whichever healthcare provider works with chimerae.

[7:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Probably should have tried to Detect magic before doing that shakes his hand

[7:38 PM] Coppelia: ((Can I try to cast Identify?))

[7:38 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sure.

[7:38 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You cast it ritually?

[7:39 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia reaches out to try to touch it to cast identify ((sure))

[7:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Coppelia Ok, after a few minutes, you recognize that, around the tower is a powerful abjuration spell called "Antilife Shell".  A spell that targets and repels all living, organic beings.  Undead and constructs are not generally effected.  You see the rune inside to switch it off, but it has to be triggered around the tower's door.

[7:43 PM] Coppelia: She turns to Jaden and goes I can fix it and jumps onto the tower

[7:43 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Whoa!

[7:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Coppelia goes onto the tower with no problems.

[7:44 PM] Olenna: Coppelia!

[7:45 PM] Coppelia: She lands gracefully and holds up a hand to say “stay there” as she looks for the tune switch

[7:45 PM] Olenna: ... be careful!

[7:45 PM] Pip: "O-oh. Be ca-ehm, stay safe!"

[7:45 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Need one of us to come over?

[7:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Coppelia, if you can...make me an acrobatics, check.

[7:47 PM] Coppelia: ((27 BAYBEE))

[7:47 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((DAYUM))

[7:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Yeah, you're fine.

[7:47 PM] Pip: [Yee]

[7:47 PM] Coppelia: ((COPPELIA ACROBATIC AF))

7:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Olenna, Al, your living cape shakes a bit in fear for Coppelia.

[7:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ...or he might just be cold.  Hard to tell.

[7:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Coppelia Do you flip the field's switch off?

[7:49 PM] Olenna: pats Al reassuringly.

[7:49 PM] Coppelia: ((I do))

[7:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As she pushes a stone back into place, you guys see a magical shine vanish from the tower...but it remains floating.

[7:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: There is also a door you all can see.

[7:51 PM] Olenna: A door!

[7:51 PM] Coppelia: After flipping the switch she goes to the door and knocks

[7:51 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: cups his mouth "Is it safe Coppellia"

[7:51 PM] Coppelia: signs back I believe so!

[7:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As Coppy knocks, the door opens and you see another construct answer.  A metallic man with no visible mouth and two blinking lights for eyes.  He is standing as though the doorway were right side up and gravity were pointing down...instead of floating backwards on the ocean.

[7:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It cocks its head at you, Coppy and then signs.  "Hello."

[7:53 PM] Coppelia: Tilts her head back and signs Hello

[7:53 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You guys all see a mechanical head poke through the doorway.

[7:53 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Oh

[7:54 PM] Olenna: also signs hello.

[7:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Doorbot: (signs) "...we are not properly upward."

[7:54 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: akwardly tries to copy Olenna and Coppelia's signs to say "hello"

[7:54 PM] Coppelia: We are not. I am Coppelia. What is your name?

[7:56 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Doorbot: "I am Daniel.  I assume Irving has not properly coordinated the planetary alignment vector properly...again.  Are we stuck inside a wall?  Apologies for possible structural damage."

[7:57 PM] Coppelia: Actually we’re in the ocean. So no structural damage. It’s lovely to meet you Daniel

7:58 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Daniel nods and walks down into the tower...which seems to have a longer hallway than should be possible.

[7:59 PM] Coppelia: Pokes her head in

[8:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Coppelia At this point you see the markings on the front door.  "Sid Rat: Level 20 Wizard, GO AWAY!"  You remember Baba Yaga told you about a Sydney Rattigan, and as you recall that...you see a massive complex inside with various mechs and constructs all moving about.

[8:00 PM] Coppelia: ((Got an iv I’ll be right back))

[8:00 PM] Olenna: ((I'm not sure if I can follow sign that well yet.))

[8:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus: "Let's go in!"

[8:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cyrannus will take a running leap at the tower.

[8:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: makes a running jump to the tower

[8:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He nimbly lands on top. "Well, come on!"

[8:02 PM] Saiph: misty steps over.

[8:02 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: turns to help the others across

[8:03 PM] Olenna: needs help, probably.

[8:03 PM] Pip: Pip does her best to get over.

"Are we sure this is okay?"

[8:03 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Coppellia seems to think its alright

[8:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As you look inside you see a massive complex, far bigger than this tower should hold.  Around it are various constructs roaming hither and yon, completing different tasks.

[8:04 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: These arent more Modrons right?

[8:04 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: shudders in Beurocracy

[8:05 PM] Olenna: Oh, I don't think so.

[8:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: No.  They appear to be automatons.

[8:05 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Phew!))

[8:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: One of the automatons, who has a front decorated to look like a tuxedo jacket and a fancy mustache approaches.  Instead of speaking (as he has no mouth), he snaps his fingers and words appear.  "Do you have an appointment with the wizard?"

[8:07 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Which Wizard is that again?

[8:07 PM] Coppelia: jumps in and raises her hand before signing I need to see the wizard please

[8:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "Wizard Sydney Rattigan.  Do you have an appointment?  If not I can schedule one for you."

[8:08 PM] Coppelia: I would like to schedule an appointment

[8:09 PM] Coppelia: turns to the others and signs excitedly This is the one Baba Yaga told me to see!

[8:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: oh GOOD

[8:09 PM] Olenna: Really? That's a very interesting coincidence.

[8:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: frowns

[8:10 PM] Pip: "Oh! That's... well I hope that's good? I was very drunk at the time."

[8:10 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "Ok, going through his schedule, this week is out...as is next week...there's the tomato incident to sort out...we cannot bump the McGillicutties again...We can pencil you in for some time next century...late next century."

[8:11 PM] Coppelia: shoulders slump sadly Oh…that’s a bit later than I was hoping…

[8:11 PM] Olenna: Is there a way to expedite it?

[8:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: ".....hm...are you a part of the magic council that oversees time and space?"

[8:12 PM] Coppelia: I’m a doll. My names Coppelia

[8:12 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We have a member of the Mages Guild on our ship if that helps

[8:12 PM] Saiph: I'm the third son of the Sky Courts of Arborea, does that help?

[8:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "Oh...that might.  What can you offer to bribe with?"

[8:13 PM] Coppelia: Perks up and signs Baba Yaga sent me! Does that help?

[8:13 PM] Coppelia: pulls out some gold nuggets from her pouch I have these too

[8:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "...one of the Baba Yagas.  Hmmmmmmm."

[8:14 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: 's eye twitches

[8:14 PM] Olenna: Bribery? Why would that be required?

[8:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "The Wizard Sid Rat is remarkably bored and anything that can help entertain him goes a long way to getting an audience with him.  Hence...bribes.  ...sadly, the gold is not very entertaining."

[8:16 PM] Coppelia: I’m a dancer. Could I bribe him with a performance?

[8:16 PM] Coppelia: I can also play many instruments

[8:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "...perhaps.  It'd have to be very good, though."

[8:17 PM] Coppelia: It’s all I was made to do

[8:17 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: she is VERY talented

[8:17 PM] Olenna: She's beautiful.

[8:18 PM] Pip: "She plays quite beautifully, or at least I think so."

[8:18 PM] Saiph: Has he been eaten by a bear?  I could offer that experience.

[8:19 PM] Coppelia: A dance and a bear devouring!

[8:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Robot: "Very well.  You may go through.  He is in the lounge.  Three doors down that way, on the right, then go IMMEDIATELY left and take the second door.  DO NOT GO INTO THE LAVENDER DOOR!  And it'll then be two more rights and a jump.  ...literal jump.  Thank you."

[8:20 PM] Olenna: frowns.

[8:20 PM] Olenna: All right.

[8:20 PM] Coppelia: curtsies and runs off excited

[8:20 PM] Pip: "O-oh."

[8:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: follows after Coppelia Grumbling about Baba Yagas

[8:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, can I get INT saves from everyone.

[8:21 PM] Saiph: (18).

[8:21 PM] Coppelia: ((I rolled a nat…1. So 2))

[8:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((13!))

[8:22 PM] Olenna: ((13.))

[8:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: (( @Pip your roll is d20 +2))

[8:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, that is a majority successes, so you pass.

[8:23 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((yay!))

8:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Coppelia, you almost get immediately lost, but Saiph manages to grab hold of you and correct your course.

[8:24 PM] Pip: [7] :Telmo:

[8:24 PM] Coppelia: ((She’s just excited))

[8:24 PM] Saiph: This way, Coppy.

[8:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ...Pip you are also almost lost, but save by Saiph.  Saiph, you're basically herding cats through this Escher-esque nightmare.

[8:25 PM] Coppelia: Nods but is practically bouncing in excitement

[8:26 PM] Olenna: sticks with the instructions!

[8:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You eventually find yourself in a small room, with a dartboard on one end with a rendering of a human man on it, a table with a series of beakers and a large recliner with a man sitting in it.  The man has a tall, bent blue hat, a fluffy blue bathrobe and slippers over a stained shirt and sweatpants.

[8:26 PM] Saiph: What is that smell?

[8:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He has a long, white chin beard and sunken eyes behind half-moon glasses.

[8:26 PM] Coppelia: shrugs

[8:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Probably the acid reflux.  ...who the fuck are you people and why are you in my house?"

[8:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Your house almost crashed into our boat

[8:27 PM] Saiph: Yeah.

[8:28 PM] Coppelia: jumps forward I’m Coppelia. Baba Yaga said you could help me find a voice!

[8:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...Baba Yag...wait, which one was this?  The green one?"

[8:28 PM] Coppelia: ((What color was she?))

[8:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((I think she was green.))

[8:29 PM] Olenna: Are you a god, or a fae?

[8:29 PM] Coppelia: I didn’t realize until today that there were more than one Baba Yaga but I believe she was green, yes

[8:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Fuck no.  I'm a wizard.  Jeez."

[8:29 PM] Saiph: I told you guys, it's a role.

[8:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: eye twitches again

[8:29 PM] Saiph: Not a person.

[8:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Ugh, that bitch.  ...wait...what is that?"

[8:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He points at Pip.

[8:30 PM] Saiph: .... ugh.  Rude.

[8:30 PM] Saiph: She's our friend.

[8:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...she's adorable."

[8:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "You talk?  You're very cute.  ...would you spit in a beaker for me?"

[8:31 PM] Saiph: I have never encountered the situation where one should answer 'yes' to that question.

[8:31 PM] Olenna: ... I don't like this, I think we should go.

[8:31 PM] Coppelia: Steps in front of Pip protectively

[8:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Yeesh, I was just asking.  You guys are the ones who broke in here."

[8:32 PM] Saiph: We were let in.

[8:32 PM] Pip: "Uh, I'm not sure I like where this is going."

Pip's manta wings start coming up to wrap around her again.

[8:32 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Daniel let us in

[8:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...I am gonna dismantle that one."

[8:32 PM] Coppelia: starts moving her hands nervously rather than in excitement Baba Yaga said…you could help…

[8:32 PM] Coppelia: No! Daniel was nice!

[8:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "I probably can help.  Haven't heard yet why I should."

[8:33 PM] Olenna: It would be interesting.

[8:33 PM] Saiph: .... because it's kind?

[8:33 PM] Saiph: Because you can?

[8:33 PM] Olenna: It would make someone happy.

[8:34 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: leans over t o Coppelia "the performance"

8:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He gets up and drinks something from one of the beakers.

[8:34 PM] Coppelia: I could perform for you

[8:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...hmmmmm...alright, we can try that."

[8:34 PM] Coppelia: perks up again

[8:35 PM] Pip: "I don't think 'being kind' enough of a reason for a lot of people, yeah."

[8:35 PM] Coppelia: begins shooing the others out of the way and making room to perform

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid leans back on the table and watches you curiously.

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Tell me what Coppy does and then roll a performance check.))

[8:36 PM] Saiph: watches Sid warily.

[8:36 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: pats Pip on the shoulder  "You don't need to spit in anything you don't want to"

[8:37 PM] Coppelia: after creating enough space she extinguishes all the lights before casting Prestidigitation to create floating candles for ambience. She then begins a fluid and obviously well rehearsed dance…as shimmering lights and patterns arise around her

[8:37 PM] Coppelia: I cast hypnotic pattern

[8:38 PM] Coppelia: ((Sid please make a wisdom saving throw))

[8:39 PM] Coppelia: ((Also soft 20 on performance))

[8:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ....so...given he rolled a nat 1....it somehow worked...on the level 20 wizard.

[8:39 PM] Coppelia: ((Her performance is…enchanting))

[8:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He first seems skeptical but then starts staring, giddily into the pattern.  He smiles broadly and a single tear rolls down his cheek.

[8:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...ok...I've gotta admit...that was pretty good, kid."

[8:41 PM] Coppelia: finishes in a dramatic flourish near the ground, ending on a deep bow

[8:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...you know what...I like you guys.  You got moxie and stuff.  That's endearing.  So...ok, I'll help you out.  You want a voice you said?"

[8:42 PM] Coppelia: gets up while nodding enthusiastically

[8:43 PM] Saiph: ((19 Insight.))

[8:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((He seems genuine...but you also know that this spell will end.  Getting something in writing is probably a good idea.))

[8:44 PM] Saiph: nudges Olenna.  ".... maybe get it in writing."

[8:45 PM] Pip: "So I gotta ask. Why exactly do you want my spit?"

[8:45 PM] Olenna: Right. Let's do ... a contract.

[8:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Huh.  Oh yeah.  Sure, contract.  No problem.  Uh, here."

[8:46 PM] Coppelia: is bouncing happily

[8:47 PM] Olenna: writes one out and hands it to him to sign.

[8:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Okie doke.  Just take this pen here and...oh, uh, one more thing.  I will need you guys to get me some of the ingredients for the spell.  Only like...three things.  Can I make you a list or something?"

[8:48 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((8 Insight?))

[8:48 PM] Olenna: They have to be things that are easy to get or we won't be able to get them.

[8:48 PM] Coppelia: pulls out her notebook, ready to write

[8:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "They're fairly easy.  One phoenix feather.  Residue from a gelatinous cube and one whisker from a dire beast."

[8:50 PM] Saiph: .... what dire beast?

[8:50 PM] Coppelia: creates a lovely calligraphied list with the title “Voice Ingredients”

[8:50 PM] Pip: "Any dire beast?"

[8:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Any dire beast will be fine."

[8:51 PM] Coppelia: makes a note next to -Dire Beast (any)

[8:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Oh, and I wasn't sure what I'd do with the spit yet.  You're just really different, Pip, so you might have arcane properties.  So I'd like...do magic at it and see what happened."

[8:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid signs the contract and hands it to Coppelia.

[8:52 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((This might be late, but could i roll history or something to see if i've ever heard of this guy?))

[8:52 PM] Coppelia: Signs her name with her usual flourish

[8:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Sure))

[8:53 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((4, NOPE))

8:53 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Nope.))

[8:54 PM] Saiph: becomes a Dire Badger right there.

[8:54 PM] Saiph: goes over to Coppy.

[8:55 PM] Coppelia: Jumps a little, then uses her rapier to carefully cut off a whisker

[8:55 PM] Pip: "I mean, it may just be about the same as changeling spit. That's what I used to be. But uh, as long as you don't make it weird, sure."

[8:55 PM] Olenna: How do we get a gelatinous cube and a phoenix feather?

[8:56 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I guess we keep an ear out at sea for any signs of those 2 creatures

[8:56 PM] Coppelia: Puts a single perfect check mark next to the dire beast

[8:57 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "You can buy gelatinous cube residue from a magic shop.  I'm just out."

[8:57 PM] Saiph: turns back.

[8:57 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We know a place then that should help.  Which leaves a pheonix feather to find.......If we leave is there an easy way to contact you again?

[8:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Yes.  Take a bowl.  Lick it.  Fill it with milk and Chuck it into the ocean.  Then quack three times.  In unison."

[9:00 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((14 Insight!))

[9:00 PM] Coppelia: hesitates, then writes those instructions down

[9:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Jaden Goldtooth he is fucking with you

[9:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: glares  "This is Very important to my friend, so please take this seriously"

[9:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Fine, tap my signature on the contract.  It will set off an alarm spell and I'll hear it."

[9:02 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: nods, thank you

[9:02 PM] Coppelia: scribbles out the quacking and writes the real instructions

[9:02 PM] Coppelia: Thank you Sid

[9:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Yeah yeah, thank me when it is done.  Now get outta my house.  I'm gonna go back to seeing what I can mix together to get the best high."

[9:04 PM] Olenna: Beat... high?

[9:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Best.  I am on my phone and walking a dog.))

9:05 PM] Pip: Pip indicates a beaker that looks empty.

"Is that one clean or is there something invisible in there?"

[9:05 PM] Coppelia: gives a curtsy then quickly signs please don’t punish Daniel. He seems very nice

[9:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "Daniel?  Oh, the robot.  Eh, he'll be fine.  No punishment.  You guys are cool."

[9:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "...I am 80% sure that is empty."

[9:07 PM] Coppelia: suddenly runs over and hugs him You’re going to help me be complete! then goes back to the group

[9:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid looks...very confused.

[9:09 PM] Pip: Pip shrugs and picks up the beaker to spit in it, before replacing the beaker where she got it from.

"Just don't make it weird."

She says, before rejoining the others.

[9:10 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia puts an arm around pips shoulders, signing with the other hand wizards are weird

[9:10 PM] Olenna: Right. Let's go.

[9:11 PM] Pip: Pip nods.

[9:11 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: does the "I'm watching you" thing with his fingers to Sid as he follows behind the others

[9:12 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "....I am going to regret all of this."

[9:12 PM] Saiph: Maybe!  LIfe is unpredictable!

[9:12 PM] Olenna: You shouldn't. Friends are very entertaining.

[9:12 PM] Olenna: You should make some, if you're bored. Befriend people. Do kind things.

[9:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid: "I spend all day making friends!  They're all over this tower."

[9:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sid goes back to the beakers and begins studying Pip's spit.

[9:15 PM] Saiph: That man is definitely going to make a Pip clone.

[9:15 PM] Saiph: tries to remember the way back.

[9:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The way back is...surprisingly easier.

[9:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I really hope they don't.  Clones sound complicated

9:16 PM] Olenna: It isn't really.

[9:16 PM] Olenna: It's just a fancy way to have twins.

[9:18 PM] Pip: "I can only hope they're just a changeling."

[9:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((And here's where I gotta end it.  Hope that was fun.))

[9:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((It was!))

[9:18 PM] Coppelia: ((That was AWESOME. Thanks Josh!!!))

[9:18 PM] Pip: [Ye!]

[9:19 PM] Olenna: ((Yeah!!))