Finding SKIPPER

Torga'arr Benshi

Tara Dewlight

Xilvia Natters - (First appearance as PC)

**New Characters**

Maya Rosetree

**Finding SKIPPER** was a Brigade oneshot involving assisting an old man in finding his lost dog, who had "broken out" after getting "upset" about being put on a diet. The guild members, alongside friendly neighbor Maya Rosetree, discovered Skipper and her puppies being harassed by displacer beasts. Saving her from this assault, the group brought her, her 8 puppies, her mate Ouryos (oh-ree-ohs), and her owner Old Man Whatterman IV to Nadir's Zenith to ensure their safety while the puppies grew up.

## Prompt

LOST DOG

Reward: 5g, some scarfs, thanks, good deed

Skipper

Dear, Lighthouse People,

My dog, Skipper, has gone missing! She is normally a very good girl, but one morning, I woke up, and she wasn't there. I haven't seen her, in a couple of days, and she is my only friend left. Please help a poor, nearly blind, old man reunite with his dog. You can identify her by her brown coat, and the scarf my wife knitted her before she passed last year. She knows her name, and she usually comes, when I call her. Lately, she has, gained a lot of weight, so I think, she might be sick, but I don't know if she is, or not, because, I can't afford a vet. Sad face. Please, bring her home, to me.

Thanks,

Old Man Whatterman IV, who lives down, by the butcher, over near the new house, that replaced, the old, burned down, shed, for storing, tallow and such

## Character Developments

* First Appearances for
	+ Maya Rosetree
	+ NPCs
		- Old Man Whatterman IV moved into Brigade housing for the time being.
	+ Maya Rosetree joined the Brigade after receiving permission from her mother.

## Entry #1

The session begins with Maya knocking on the door of Old Man Whatterman IV, who lost his dog, Skipper. Skipper is a brown dog who wears one of the scarves made by the Old Man’s wife, now deceased. Maya finds that she’s not the only one who wanted to help, and meets Xilvia, Tangerine, Torg, and Tara. The party investigates the house for footprints and comes across tracks that lead up to the window and then appear outside. Tangerine is able to identify Skipper’s scent for later searching and the party follows the tracks into the woods. The tracks lead to a barking noise and the party finds a white dog with black specks; this is not Skipper. Upon finding this dog the party realizes that maybe it could help track Skipper, but realize that they left the coat with Skipper’s scent on it back at the Old Man’s house.

Tangerine retrieves the coat, though the old man doesn’t remember who she is or that the party is already looking for Skipper. Once Tangerine returns, Torg is able to coax the dog, named Ouryos by the party, to begin tracking Skipper’s scent. Ouryos leads the party to Skipper, and they find her defending her newborn pups from three hostile displacer beasts. The displacer beasts seem to be especially put off by Tara. Torg unsuccessfully attempts to persuade the displacer beasts to let them leave with Skipper and the puppies. Xilvia and Tara then come up with a plan to scare off and possibly restrain the displacer beasts, while Maya creates a sanctuary with rope trick for the puppies. The party is able to frighten the displacer beasts and they all flee, and the puppies are all safe.

At this point, Maya realizes that Skipper is a blinkdog and is quite intelligent. The party is able to gain the understanding that Skipper ran away because she wasn’t getting fed enough and needed nutrients for the puppies. It is also revealed that Ouryos is the father due to the coloring of the puppies.

The party then helps Skipper and the puppies get back home, where the Old Man is surprised to find that Skipper was pregnant instead of fat.

The brigade members, Xilvia, Torg, Tara, and Tangerine offer to take care of the Old Man and the puppies since he can’t see well and seems to have short term memory loss. The Old Man accepts, gathers his things, and rides Tangerine like a horse on the way back to base. Before leaving, Xilvia offers Maya an invitation to join the Brigade, and Maya says she’ll consider the invitation and ask her parents if she can join. Upon returning to the guild, the session ends, leaving the Brigade with a new family of pups for a couple of months while they grow up.

## Gallery

Oneshot banner. Crabmalique & LilgreenfoxWise words from Xilvia to Maya. LilgreenfoxOld Man Whatterman IVSkipper and her pups