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Re: [IC] Exploration of Yrannia [Pathfinder 1E] [E6]
Aella
After picking up her bec-de-corbin and sheathing her sword, and after inspecting the kicking wounds the alpaca zombie left on her leg, Aella walks up to the survivors of the attack. She offers them a curt nod. "I'm sorry about your brother. We will give him the honor a true orc deserves." Aella turns to Vaughn. "We should send him to Lakra by cleansing fire, as our steppe ancestors did. That way, he can travel to there unharmed by wild beasts." She turns back to the people they just saved. "Before we do that though, I'd like to know where you were headed. Do you have a plan to get to safety?"
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Edit: Hilariously, Felhammer ninja'd me. It seems we had the same idea about orcs burning their dead.
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Evelyn
Evelyn is, undoubtedly, quite relieved when the final beast of burden is felled. She had left her knife behind in the chaos so there hadn't been much she could do to contribute. Hence, it raises her spirits immeasurably to know that she would be traveling with capable company, for the immediate future at least.
She meets back up with the group, though the sight of the orc's corpse doesn't affect her as much as the others. How could it after the carnage she had witnessed not an hour past? She acknowledges the other man, who seems quite distraught, but as she watches Vaughn set the body into repose, the young woman pipes up, "Um, you might want to hold off on that for now."
She points first to the head and then to the body as she declares, "We're going to want to separate that from that before it starts moving again."
The scholar pauses a moment, realizing that she had completely talked over Aella's suggestion. She nods, perhaps obliviously, "Oh, well, I was going to suggest decapitation but incineration works as well!"
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Aella
The orc looks at Evelyn and arches a brow. "What are you getting at? You want me to cut off his head with my polearm?" She looks incredulously at her bec de corbin. Neither the spike nor the hammer part would prove useful in decapitating a corpse. "How? Also, why? He deserves proper honors." She looks at the group. "We should gather some dry wood and create a small pyre. Quickly, as we don't want to waste too much time here."
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After a few moments of sitting in relative silence, watching the others, Daedalia feels a squirming at his hip. With a sigh, the tiefling reaches into the pouch there and pulls out his tiny rat companion, petting the creature's back a few times before giving a playful tug of the rat's tail. Ferris nipped at Daedalia's finger in response, which made the tiefling smile despite the situation they'd found themselves in.
After a couple moment's thought, Daedalia scooped the rat into his palm and carried it over to the young girl. If Ferris could make him smile after all this, maybe he'd bring some comfort to the girl as well. Daedalia knelt down to be more on the girl's level, and held out the rat gingerly. "Would you like to pet him?" he asked. "He's rather soft, and doesn't bite. I call him Ferris."
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Vaughn
Vaughn nods at Aella's suggestion. "Agreed.The sooner we're out of here, the better." Pulling himself to his feet, he goes to retrieve the axe he'd thrown at the other creature, and starts scavenging for wood to burn the orc's body. The undead creatures could be left to rot, for all he cares.
As he passes Daedalia:
Vaughn gently puts a hand on Daedalia's shoulder as the tiefling speaks with the girl. "Thank you for the help there. You're handy with that dagger, no doubt about that. Might've been hairier if you hadn't had my back."
As he collects/stacks wood with Aella:
"Apologies for running off like that. I'm glad you were able to deal with the other beasts. It didn't look like Finin would have been able to handle those four on his own."
If he has a chance to speak with Evelyn:
"Those... creatures..." he motions toward the bodies of the zombie alpacas. "Do we need to do anything to them to keep them from... coming back?" She seemed to be the most knowledgeable about what the creatures were.
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Eorann looks to her mother for permission to pet the rat. With a kind nod from Ainfean, the girl eagerly touches the rat. She giggles and smiles. The encounter seems to put her mind at ease and lets her escape from the horrors around her, even if the moment passes all too quickly.
Finin replies Aella, "We are just as lost as you are. We had heard tell of a great kingdom once ruled by aasimar far to the south. We thought it best to try looking for sanctuary there, although I am sure such a place was overrun by the undead just as much as anywhere else. Tell me, where are you headed?"
Finin then helps gather shrubs for tinder and the small, spindly pine trees that grow in along the sides of these mostly barren cliffs.
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Evelyn
Evelyn frowns and sits by the side of the road, muttering to her companion, "I was only trying to help."
She again cradles the figure in her arms as she watches the firewood procession. It looks up at her and grunts, but says nothing. She smiles, "Don't worry, I think I might be in more danger out here than you, for once."
Her eyes widen as Vaughn approaches her, perhaps in suspicion, but she beams when he asks her his question. She nods, "Oh yes! There are plenty of ways! However, there are two core approaches to keep in mind, that most are variations of or otherwise build off of. That is, you'll either want to destroy the brain or sever its connection with the rest of the body. The simplest way is to do the latter, hence why I suggested it earlier. Burning the corpse can work as well, but it certainly takes a bit longer, and if most of the brain survives, then it may just get up and start walking anyway."
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Daedalia's smile as the girl interacts with Ferris is swept away by a flinch as Vaugh's hand lands on his shoulder. Gentle as the touch is, the tiefling wasn't expecting it. "Oh," is the only reply to the orc's words, as Daedalia moves Ferris to his shoulder, letting the rat sit there as he straightens up once again.
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After the last zombie falls, Charlie slings the crossbow back across her back and walks over to the family with her cat cradled in her arms. "No plans yet," she says in response to Finin. "Heading towards water. Hopefully meet other surivivors there."
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Aella
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After the last zombie falls, Charlie slings the crossbow back across her back and walks over to the family with her cat cradled in her arms. "No plans yet," she says in response to Finin. "Heading towards water. Hopefully meet other surivivors there."
Aella nods. "We have something of a plan, but for now it's get out of here and find water and other survivors." She looks at the others. "I'll go gather wood for a pyre. Vaughn, can you help me out? We should do this quickly." She turns around to go and gather dry wood to build a small pyre for Sid.
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Vaughn
"Apologies for running off like that. I'm glad you were able to deal with the other beasts. It didn't look like Finin would have been able to handle those four on his own."
She shakes her head in response. "Don't apologize. You made a tactical call, and it was the right one. I would've done the same." She picks up some dry twigs before continuing. "You're not just any Vaughn, are you? You're the Vaughn. The green terror from the pits. Never seen you fight in person, but you're a bit of a celebrity among the rowdier parts of the King's Guard." Another short pause. "Well, you were, before they got all... eaten. *sigh* It's an honor to meet you."
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Vaughn
Vaughn lets out a short, bitter laugh. "Is that what they were calling me? Figures that'd be the kind of thing Duhallan would come up with. Yeah, that's me. Vaughn, toughest pit fighter this side of Dun Danachad." He lets a little growl into his voice, slipping into his old stage persona for a moment, then shakes his head. "That was all an act. Most of it, at least. Sure, you hear about the occasional death in the pits, but once you get into the big-name fights, things don't get that far--accidents happen, but they try and keep a lid on that kind of thing. Too much gold tied up in the famous ones. Never been in a fight where... you know..." He motions toward Sid's lifeless body, and the rest of the surviving family. He closes his eyes for a moment. "I appreciate it, but I'm afraid stage fights won't count for much out here." Quietly, he goes back to collecting wood for the pyre.
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After the tumultuous morning with the dragon, the terrifying flight for safety in the outside world, and the dire battle with the zombies, the party finally has a chance - fleeting though it may be - to relax. The the adrenaline simmers as the party gathers wood and tinder, for the forthcoming funeral. As they do so, the light in the sky shifts slightly. The first thing to be noticed are the double shadows, as if there are two sources of light... When the party members look up into the sky, they see something strange, perhaps even horrifying! There is the golden sun, created by Yrian (King of the Gods) at the dawn of creation. It is more majestic and more beautiful than you had ever imagined. But, there is a second sun... Much smaller. Unlike its perfectly round companion, this second sun is... Misshapen. The sun looks like a roiling, inferno tempest, with streaks of roaring fire bursting out of it at random, chaotic angles. The second sun is more like a massive floating ball of fire than it is a proper sun...
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"What is that?" Daedalia says, looking up towards the sky with wide eyes. Even spending his entire life underground, he's been under the impression that there was one sun. Only one. What was this second one doing here? How long had it been there, and what sort of omen was it?
Unbidden, the tiefling's thoughts drift towards Hell. It was a place of fire and brimstone and things unclean - like undead, wasn't it? A shiver travels down the length of his spine, and he second guesses the act of the funeral pyre. Under a sky like this, it seemed... wrong.
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Evelyn
Evelyn stands up slowly, attempting to rationalize what has just appeared. She opens her mouth to respond, but after a few moments of stammering she quietly closes it again. This was all too much.
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Gonna attempt all four knowledge skills she has ranks in. :p
[roll0] Religion
[roll1] Arcana
[roll2] Nature
[roll3] History
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Your mind drifts towards the creation myths of the world, how Yrian - King of the Gods - had created the sun, the stars and the world. His brothers and Sisters - the Primordials - saw his creation and wished to emulate it; however their creations were lifeless and ill-formed for they had each become tied to one of the four elements, and thus did not possess the ability to combine all four to create a proper world, let alone true life. In a fit of jealousy and frustration, the primordials of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water began a deadly war to destroy Yrian's creation. At the end of the war, Yrian cast the primoridals into the gaping maw of the Elemental Chaos, sealing them away forevermore.
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Evelyn
The woman shakes off a bad feeling, finally saying to herself, "No, surely not, it... ha... it couldn't possibly be that."
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"Couldn't be what?" Charlie asks, glancing up at the sky. "Does the sun want to eat us as well as the wildlife?"
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Evelyn
She scratches her head, but doesn't take her eyes off the ball of fire as she replies, "Well, I just had this... uh... odd notion. Do you remember the story of creation? How the High One threw his siblings back into the old Chaos to trap them forevermore? I dunno, it's just a stupid thought, but... if it did exist... then I can't, um, I can't imagine that's not what it would look like."
Evelyn shivers again, finally breaking her gaze. She looks at the woman, and furrows her brow as she realizes something. She notes, "I'm sorry, I... don't think you ever gave your name."
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Vaughn
Vaughn looks at the ball of fire in the sky and shudders, looking away. It certainly didn't look like the old stories of what the sun used to be, and Evelyn's suggestion that it might be related to the primordials...
"Well, regardless, that's a problem for the future. Right now, we should make sure we have somewhere safe and supplied. Big glowing balls of fire can wait until afterwards." He hopes he sounds less nervous than he feels about the whole situation.
Once they make full camp for the night, he builds a little fire and pulls a small pot from his pack. I've got a little meat from my rations, if we can find some more fresh meat or some vegetables perhaps I can make a little stew. It won't be much, but it'll be hot."
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Profession (Cook) to make something that's more satisfying than cold rations: [roll0]
Survival to gather up some things to go into the stew, perhaps: [roll1]
Also using some of my spices to help... well, spice things up.
...and that's possibly the worst stew Vaughn has made in a while :smalltongue:
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Aella
While the strange ball of fire in the sky has the others seemingly rattled, Aella doesn't really pay it much mind. After all, things could've changed a lot while generations lived underground. It was probably harmless, and they had more pressing problems at hand. And when Vaughn gets up to gather some meat, she stands up as well. "I'll help out. Two can hunt better than one."
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Survival check to aid Vaughn's survival check: [roll0]
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Daedalia settles down near the fire once it's built, pulling Ferris from his little pouch and then digging in the sack he's been carrying with him for a loaf of bread to supplement the dinner Vaughn's making. He doesn't offer to share with the others because he's already sharing with his pet rat, taking a quarter of the loaf and giving it to the hungry little creature on his lap. While the stew simmers, Daedalia eats the rest of the loaf, watching the others like he expects them to try and steal his food.
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"Charlotte Faber," Charlie says, sticking a hand out towards Evelyn. "Most call me Charlie instead. And don't worry, I didn't get yours either."
She looks back up at the chaotic star with her arm still extended and frowns. "So you think that's where the Primordials are imprisoned? It wouldn't be too far fetched to say it wants to eat us after all."
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Evelyn smiles for the first time, and shifts her grip on her charge in order to return the gesture, "Evelyn, uh, Kristeva. I'm a doctor at the College, or, I was, at least. It's nice to meet you."
She sets the figure down, who immediately scurries behind her in an attempt to hide from the second sun. The young scholar looks back up at the maw, light glinting off her enormous glasses. She seems more relaxed as she continues, "I dunno if that's what it is, but, it's just so horrible that now I can't imagine it to be anything else."
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Twilight comes and the party sets up camp. Vaughn makes some food. It is not the best food but, food is food. Finin makes a point to thank Vaughn for the meal.
With the existential dread caused by the second sun momentarily eased by it moving beneath the horizon, the party finishes constructing the pyre for the fallen orc. Finin and his family remain mostly quiet as they watch their beloved family member burn away. Finin tries to say a few words but they are muffled by soft whimpers and mournful tears. His wife and daughter hold the head of their household tight as the last flames of the pyre simmer to embers.
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If you guys want to set up a watch order, I would like to know who is awake during each shift :)
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After the long day, Daedalia feels like he could use some shut eye. It's warm enough here on the surface that he doesn't need his blanket for cover, so he just lays it out on the ground to serve as a makeshift mattress. "Wake me for a watch," he tells the others as he starts to settle in.
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Daedalia wants sleep. Not first watch, here, but he'll take one that's open.
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Aella
While the party gets ready to get some shut-eye, Aella doesn't seem to be readying herself to sleep just yet. "I'll take first watch. No doubt trouble'll find us soon." She picks up her bec de corbin she had leaned against a tree. "If it does, I'll be sure to bury this pike in its head. Now get some sleep. You all fought well, but that does mean you need rest. Anyone who really wants second watch?"
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Evelyn furrows her brow in contemplation and looks around at the others. It's clear to anyone observing that she doesn't quite understand the question being asked, but is also not quite willing to open her mouth to demonstrate her ignorance.
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Vaughn
"I'll take it, I suppose," he replies to Aella. "Doubt I'll get too much sleep out here anyway..."
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The party and the family bed down for the night. Aella has first watch, then second watch will be handled by Vaughn.
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Your long watch passes, mostly, without incident. Until right before you are going to wake Vaughn up for his watch. You spot a shadow of an owl flying in the sky. Suddenly a very large bat swoops up and out of a hole in the mountain side, races across the sky, latches onto the owl and dives its teeth deep into the bird's neck. The owl cries out in pain, then is suddenly silenced. The bat drops the owl and flies off. The owl falls out of the sky, slamming into the rocky earth near you with great force...
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Your long watch is fairly mundane and boring. Nothing of not really happens... But you cannot shake the feeling that you are being watched...
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Your dreams are haunted by the zombie alpacas eating your legs as you try to crawl away from them... You wake up with a moist face, as if you had been crying.
The party and the family are roused from their slumber by the first rays of the sun. As the adventurers clean up camp and steel themselves for the day to come, a second sun rises... Only, it is different than the one yesterday. In place of a misshapen ball of fire, there is spherical ball of... Wind...? With tornadoes and vortexes bursting out of it at random intervals. As the sun rises, the temperature drops noticeably and the wind blusters. Dark gray clouds gather on the horizon...
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"Skrios above," Charlie whispers as she watches the new sun rise. "Maybe that is the Primordials' prison."