"The coin man seems to have been killed. The stone found that monkey crap flying around above where he fell from, and destroyed it. But honestly, the Stone has no idea what happened."
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Melk
"He died as he lived, a giant hole that leaves a minor impression on the world."
Melk will then stare at the hole for a few seconds.
"Atlus, I summon you for a menial task!"
Once Atlus arrives,
"Fill up this hole for me if you please, and be sure not to leave your own hole behind once you're done. I do hope you are enjoying your moderate amount of freedom tunneling through this earth; probably not as much ground as your home, but should be substantial."
SHIVER
So we came here to shop for stuff. And in my and my sister's case, to have a party. We've done the second, lets take care of the first. And see about making that huge gem into shiny butler man.
I wonder if the shards that get carved off can be turned into some smaller pieces?
SHAKE
A bit more worried about an unexplained death and an unknown assailant than her sister is, Shake looks at the two marks of the incidents.
Can any of you finger-wigglers do whatever it is that you do and find out what that thing was...in its past life?
"I second that," Sgrag says as he finally decides to join the conversation.
"That's true. The stone doesn't suspect the little bigot's soul would be worth much... Hmm, the stone has a few copper. Should be enough..."
You all stand outside of the original cave... what do you do?
"So, now we have the money and supplies for new stuff, where do we go," Sgrag will address the party.
Melk
"Even with Vitis's enhancements, I don't really see the lava wall as a viable exit. I don't think we've checked the other end of this tunnel as of yet, so we might as well do that...
Hey Vitis, can a Earth Elemental Planeshift?"
Melk has a very curious expression as he directs his question towards Vitis, though it seems like he is looking for an answer from anyone.
"Can it cast plane shift? Or can it be the target of it? A very rare few Earth Elementals can use planeshift, but all of them can be planeshifted." Responds Vitis, while he slowly cycles through the different functions of the magitech cannon.
SHIVER, SHAKE
Both of the frost giant ladies check through their belongings to make sure everything is still where it should be...teleports and plane shifts seem safe, but you can never tell with finger wigglers.
Once they are sure they have all their stuff, Shiver looks around...
The other end of the tunnel? That sounds good enough for me. Lets go. By the way, who still has the big diamond. We wouldnt want that to get lost in our travels.
OOC: Aren't we in the forest or by the waterfall outside the tunnel?
"So, we know there is a human settlement nearby, now with no leader," Sgrag saysa s he scratches his chin.
"Step one, the Stone is gonna find his dragon. Step two, the Stone is gonna visit the gebroni's kingdom..."
The stone begins to shrink and take the shape of the human, wearing even the same clothing.
Using change shape, the stone makes a disguise check to look like Jon. [roll0]
"Can you smell what the Stone is cooking?"
Edit: The stone is cooking awesome sauce, with a taste of nat 20. NICE!
SHIVER, SHAKE
Shiver and Shake tire of the endless chatter and planning, and head off down the other end of the tunnel.
Who cares what we meet, sis and I are itching for some action
Melk
"I know you women are a bit rough, but I don't think young ladies should say such words. They can be taken out of context..."
Melk flutters slowly behind the two with a sulking appearance.
SHAKE
Shake turns to look at Melk, with a wink
Maybe we want them to be taken out of context...
Melk
Melk gets a little flustered by Shake's words and avoids eye constant as he floats from behind. Making himself a hermit to gain the strength necessary to beat his foes of the past has left Melk a bit awkward around others, especially women.
At the other end of the tunnel is a waterfall... a familiar waterfall...
(The stone tries his telepathy with his Dragon to see if she is within 1 mile of the waterfall).
"So the stone believes this is the part where we go take a kingdom as a prize, is it not?"
Melk
"Fine, just as long as we are not oppressive, I'm okay will the ideas of conquest. Because everyone knows what happens to oppressive rulers..."
Melk gives The Stone a strange glare.
"The stone is not a huge fan of oppression either. Legit fair governments that keep to themselves last longer. But just because he wants to get a little piece of the pie does not mean the Stone intends to make every human kiss his boot....Nazelia would never let me hear the end of it. Plus a castle would be nice, too bad most of you won't fit that well inside..."
SHAKE
The mechanics of ruling mean nothing to us. Run the government as you want. But we're all for the conquest part.
"Ruling is best left to people with nothing better to do. That does not fit my description," Sgrag will scoff as he looks at the others.
The stone has a long telepathic conversation with his dragon. While doing so, it becomes obvious the dragon has grown significantly bigger.... After doing so, the Stone mounts her (while in human form) and turns to the party.
"So this is Nazelia's Liar now. She took it over when it lost it's previous owner. No taking random treasure you find."
"Miniature Giant Kobold, would you care to join me? We now have a bit more room. One of you ladies could likely fit too... but not both"
Melk
"Still no idea where we might be heading, but okay. Onwards mighty lizard, and no offense for the death of the Red one. I think that one had it coming."
Melk will tail the dragon so he can keep up. Wind Resistance is a lot easier to deal with when a big creature is taking most of it away.
As you all approach Atilersberg, you see that it has tall walls, very tall walls... because of simplicity, I'm going to say the whole city looks like Ba Sing Se... except, that there is a massive tower in Atilersberg.
SHIVER, SHAKE
Shiver and Shake, winging along behind the big dragon, call out to the group.
Has anybody here ever been to Atilersberg? Are we going to have a problem here? Human cities tend to over-react when giants like me and my sister show up, its always, scream, run, fetch the boiling oil, its a maurading giant. Kill it, kill it, kill it.
Not that the battle puts me off or anything, but sometimes you just to talk first.
Ah, but if we are taking over the place, we wont be doing much talking right from the start anyway.
"Relax, their fearless leader will vouch for you. The giants have slain the horrible red dragon. I do believe that makes us the heroes..."
The dragon changes course to land on the big tower.
Melk
Melk cancels the 4-Arm enchantment given to him.
"No offense, but I think I look scary enough without the additional appendages... Either way, wouldn't the people be even more hesitant to allow a Dragon into their city? Let alone a bunch of... well us..."
Melk veers off towards the gate (Or entranceway) as the people of the city might not approve of people just flying in without permission.
"Hey Vitis, I'm borrowing 3 of those elemental gems okay?"
Melk says as he produces 3 gems out of nowhere.
SpoilerOOC: You said you didn't mind me taking one of each other gem if I remember correctly. I'll edit this away if you aren't cool about it...
"You mean these ones?" Asks Vitis, reaching into his pocket and pulling out the three gems Melk took. Then he says "Sure." and casually tosses them to Melk.
SpoilerYou aren't the only one with item teleportation trickery.
SpoilerYou win this round!
Melk
Melk knocks on the wall after landing.
"Hello? Anyone there?"
SHIVER, SHAKE
Shiver and Shake are content to let the others do the talking, for now. Besides, its likely being conducted in human (common) and while both of the frost giants understand it, they dont often speak it.
Melk
"No business, just Pleasure. We just wanted to hang out and spend some of our obscene amounts of wealth to promote your economy."
Melk
"Thanks."
Melk walks through the passageway, beckoning the others to follow suit.
SHIVER, SHAKE
Neither of these men have probably ever seen a frost giant lady walk with a saucy, sexy wiggle to their gait, but then again, theyve probably never seen a frost giant woman with a charisma of 27 or 25 either. Now, they can say theyve seen both, as Shiver and Shake stroll past them, each one winking at one of the guards as they do so.
After everyone gets through the wall... the wall closes, and you can see another wall some distance away, most of the land in this area is Farmland. A woman with a oddly large smile walks up to you... Hello! I am here to escort you around the city. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. she then begins to walk to the inner wall at quite a surprising pace.
Melk
"Now, now ladies, I don't want any spines or pelvises being shattered while we are here (Unless through actual combat). If you are going to behave in such a manner, I'd appreciate it if you flirt with people that can handle your-"
He stops himself short from completing that statement and follows behind the guide.
"So miss guide, where are you taking us? I guess my group would like to get ourselves situated in a nice area first."
SHIVER
Shattered pelvises, what makes you think that would happen?
SHIVER
We've never had a problem like that before. No one has ever said they couldnt handle our....
Upon landing, Nazelia takes the form of a elf in a nice gold dress, and takes the arm of the Stone, who remains disguised as Jon. He says nothing and quietly walks with the other giants, hoping that someone will recognize his face. They follow the guide, as I'm sure we all are.
The woman guiding all of you notices you... but, doesn't really care that your there. Nonetheless, she leads you through the second wall, where you can see the actual city. The city slopes up from all sides towards the centre where there is a large building and a huge tower. She leads you through the lower ring, which is the slums of the city, to a large warehouse. Here we are. Please feel free to make yourselves at home... but, stay out of trouble. Also, you must be indoors by sundown as that is the policy of the city.
SHAKE
Why must we be in by sundown? What sort of fun can you get into during the day? You do all your partying during the day? And what happens if you are not in by sundown?
After the woman is well out of earshot
"Well the Stone thought he would get a little more mileage out of this disguise, but as it stands it appears to be worth about it's weight in copper..."
"What say you giants, shall we party til sundown and see what comes for us then?"
Melk
"What do you consider fun? I personally enjoy honing my body through rigorous exercise... But at the moment, it doesn't feel like the time or the place to do that.
I even left my Training Weights back at my home... Didn't think I'd need them."
Melk mopes around in the corner of the warehouse, unable to think of something fun as he has always had trouble with that concept.
"I would like to try and find a mages guild or church of boccob. I need to do some research." Says Vitis, who seems somewhat lost in thought.
SpoilerScrying the other group won't work. However, Considering the epic spell cast in the dream had a name on it, I figure I might be able to learn a bit about Hallok in a more mundane fashion. :smallbiggrin:
Failing that, Vitis get's a discussion with some magic expert, which might help with fluff things.