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Thread: Seaside 3: A load of carp
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2017-04-27, 11:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Willa's Cove
Willa smiles and leads the girl to a secluded little cove on the side of an island, hauling herself onto the beach and letting the tide lap against her scales.
"So, this is my place. If you want my sister Willow to help you have to make a circle and call her. It's how it works." she explains.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2017-04-27, 11:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
Willa's Cove
Jeane nods and says, "Yeah. Hold on." She looks around and finds a lump of limestone, then uses it to scratch a circle in the ground. She looks at it expectantly and asks Willa, "Well...What's meant to happen?"
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2017-04-27, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
Willa's Cove
Willa laughs.
"Willow is a goddess. Call her name or pray." are says, crossing her arms under her unseen breasts.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2017-04-27, 12:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
Willa's Cove
Jeane frowns as Willa mentions goddess and says, "O-oh. I...In that case I'd rather not. Sorry."
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2017-04-27, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Willa's Cove
Willa shrugs.
"Aw, don't be afraid. God-like is honestly more accurate. She helps farmers. With cows. And I think this time of month she is a cow. She wouldn't hurt you. Unless you're hurt by someone staring at your chest." she says with a grin.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2017-04-27, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Willa's Cove
Jeane shakes her head and says, "Still...She'd probably be jealous. I'd...Better not." The way Jeane says 'she', it might be apparent that she's not referring to Willow, rather, someone else.
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2017-04-27, 09:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
[Dungeonside]
Tina, at least, is prepared for little things like the clinging brambles. Her grey skinsuit would be pretty useless if it could be breached right away, and it repels the poking things as admirably as armor. She doesn't take notice of the bird or the ship, though... she's much too enamored with her savage surroundings. They don't even intimidate her really, she finds...
"Kinda nice out here, being away from all the people," Tina murmurs. Though upon coming to the blocked way, she stops. "Now this is weird... last I heard, the path into the middle was clear..."
Oh well. She came prepared! She extracts a small device from her belt... a little sky-blue pistol with a wide, cupped barrel that deepens to a racecar red. The thing could probably be laughed off as a toy if it weren't for what follows: conical emission of whirling prismatic light, and a rather novel 'FZZT' sound. In the span of an instant, a large swathe of the thorns blocking their way will be - barring supernatural intervention or particularly durable flora - reduced to a clean grey ash.
Tina tugs her goggles down over her eyes and grins, stepping forward to do so as much as is needed. Or till she runs out of charge. Hopefully there isn't too much bramble between them and their objective.My avatar was done by Gullara. Thanks again!
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2017-04-28, 02:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Willa's Cove
Willa raises an eyebrow.
"She? You got someone who gets jealous when you talk to girls?" she asks incredulously.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2017-04-28, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Willa's Cove
Jeane rubs her forehead and says, "I...Think so? I can't...Can't really remember. It's kinda hazy. All...All I can really remember is being deeply loved...And a woman in a black dress."
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2017-05-02, 12:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Dungeonside]
"What kind of lies were they feeding you, Tina? Is anything even he-" Kirk was busy looking at the boat off in the distance with some suspicion. Isn't this place supposed to be abandoned? What are other people doing here? His thoughts and words are both interrupted by the bright flash. "What are you doing?" He hisses. "Now whoever's in that boat knows exactly where we are."
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2017-05-02, 04:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Dungeonside]
The path is easily cleared as the thorns are reduced to ash. The cover wasn't even especially thick, it was more like a thin wall, which if they really consider it, seemed unlikely to have simply grown into such a shape naturally.
However, once the wall of thorns has been cleared, they can indeed see what appears to be a hole in the ground deeper inside the giant bramble of thorns. If they look closer, they can see that there is triangular hatch that seems to have been dug out, just like the information Tina was given suggested. It looks ancient, yet oddly free of dirt, like it just had been dug up. This is how far Tina's informants got however. They never got past this hatch as it was supposedly reinforced by magic.
Meanwhile, the boat comes ever closer. There is no doubt that it is either heading towards the island, or one very close to it.
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2017-05-03, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Demonside]
Well, far be it for Kal to ignore an opportunity to jump dramatically on to a beach - fortunately the boots he's wearing right now are waterproof.
*insert dramatic beach jumping here*
"Anyway, I think it's customary for the distraction to go first. So... off you go." Go be distracting!
Kal starts to jog down the length of the beach, so he can find a different angle to come in on to avoid being part of the distraction.Originally Posted by Lord Magtok
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2017-05-04, 06:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Demonside - Season (The two location tags are too similar!)]
As they are about to hit land, they might note how a three-headed serpentine creature emerges at the left side of the boat. it doesn't even seem to pay them attention though, continuously marching towards the mainland on its four legs.
Kal will find the beach similarly filled with tracks of demons, all heading into the jungle, and he can see more of them coming from the sea. Like the three-headed creature, they don't seem to pay them any heed though, mindlessly going up the beach. He will notice that while there are a lot of demons here, they are not moving in any structured formation, they're simply moving in a unorganized mass, emerging one by one from the sea all around the island to attack the gnolls.
The largest concentration of them are of course where they were fighting the gnoll's demons. He can see that there is still some fighting going on here, particularly with a larger demon that appears to be capable of teleporting around the battlefield, bashing in demonic skulls with its large sledgehammer. It must be covering the gnolls retreat, keeping the invading forces locked up in this area as they head towards some unknown location in the jungle.
In the distance, the group can suddenly see a terrifying creature rising up from the crater of the meteor. It is taller than even the still standing palm trees and is moving slowly towards the same location that all the invading forces are heading towards, somewhere in the middle of the island.
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2017-05-04, 02:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Lush Forest
TTN takes only a glance through the clearing, using her computing power to calculate how many combatants there had been and which direction the others had gone before she shoulders her rifle. "I will deal with these elves on my own. You may return now, but be warned. If William is injured at all, I will end your camp and your ship before burning this entire jungle to the ground." She threatens, her tone completely even through it all before she heads off without any concern for the noise her huge frame will make snapping branches.
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2017-05-05, 01:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
Ilpholin had expected Wenomir to leap out first, but figures he didn't want her watching his butt as they moved into the island. Or he wanted to watch hers. Either way, Kal's right, so she follows suit, leaping out of the boat.
Once on the beach, Ilpholin settles for making the same bee-line that all the demons are, towards the center of the island. Unlike the demons, however, she doesn't seem content to ignore them. Her right arm and left arm change form into a pair of lightly glowing katanas which she utilizes to slice any demon she happens to pass by. Those hit will be injected with small amounts of silver as if the weapons were coated in poison.
All of that is small fry though. It seems like their first real obstacle will be that teleporting demon. She finds it unlikely it will let them pass to catch up with the gnolls, regardless of the circumstances. Not for lack of trying of course. So long as neither her nor Wenomir get bogged down, she'll attempt to dart past and into the forest. She figures that either the sledgehammer guy will be too busy and let them or he'll teleport close enough to be dealt with.
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2017-05-05, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
Wenomir, whose motives don't involve butts in any way, leaps out of the boat after Ilpholin, and keeps up with her. He guards her flank and heads in the same direction. Any demons unfortunate enough to cross his path, or just get close, will be subject to scything cuts of the large greatsword.
Arms turning into katanas is a new one. Where did Ilpholin learn that trick? A question for after they're done here.
[Goblin Camp/Lush Forest]
The Blight Doctor extracts Will's blood with the syringe and puts it in a new sterile packaging. After pressing gauze to the pinprick, she takes the blood to a worktable, where she starts putting it in test tubes. Will is left alone for the moment.
Meanwhile, the goblin scout peers at TTN. She's not sure how seriously to take the threat.
"I'll just... hide somewhere around here and observe."
There was at least a dozen combatants on each side. Some of them went back in the direction of the goblin camp, dragging some wounded and dead. The others scattered into the forest. As TTN pushes through, her approach is definitely noticed. There are figures, moving through the foliage, circling her and observing.My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2017-05-05, 09:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Goblin Camp
Awkward silence.
"So...what sort of stuff do you guys make for these things? Got any cool features?" Will asks, trying to be conversational.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2017-05-06, 04:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
Kal skirts around the main host, using skills well honed over his time as a mercenary on Leirion and also scouting demon forces in the Nine Hells and the Abyss.
He'll try to stalk down the gnoll force, looking for the one carrying the staff.Originally Posted by Lord Magtok
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2017-05-06, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
"I'm clearing a path! See? Wasn't that easy?" Fettina turns around. Her bulging goggles and grin make her look a bit maniacal. "Boat? I didn't even see a boat." She turns around and peers, holstering her gun. "Huh. Look at that. If this place is popular, that means there's gotta be something here, right?"
She whips her gaze around to examine the hole she's made more closely. "Oh! The hatch!" She waves Kirk forward. "Come on! Supposedly there's some kind of spell to keep people out, so watch your step!"My avatar was done by Gullara. Thanks again!
"If you meet a spirit walking,
Incline your head.
Do not meet their gaze.
Do not follow after."
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2017-05-06, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
[Demon Season]
Incidentally, Wenomir, Ilpholin, the gnolls, the demons, are all heading towards exactly the same spot, as they will soon find out.
The demons, moving in such a disorganized order, barely paying attention to the three, are easily cut down. At least those who are humanoid-sized, there are a number of larger demons, the serpentine three-head one for instance, that would take far more than a single cut to take down. Then, as Ilpholin predicted, the sledgehammer demon is far too occupied to attack her, Kal or Wenomir.
As Kal isn't focusing on cutting down demons as he goes, he will be the first one to find where the gnolls are going, there is a short stone wall encircling what appears to be the remains of what was once a building of some sort. It is difficult to see what it was as only a skeletal stone structure of it remains.
The gnolls appear to be using it as a stronghold of sort, big gnoll-like golems patrolling the walls. This is where the gnolls are heading scurrying to get behind those walls (which are short enough to jump over).
The golems are breathing what appears to be liquid silver on any incoming demons, essentially melting them. If Kal just charges forward, he is going to be sprayed as well as the gnolls just keep running, jumping over the wall, heading straight for the ruins. The others will no doubt eventually see the ruins as well, the golems ready to fight any incoming foes.
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2017-05-07, 01:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-05-07, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Dungeonside]
Around the triangular hatch, there is a floor (ceiling?) made out of stone, so there is definitely something buried underneath here. Like some kind of ancient bunker or underground vault. The question is how they're going to get inside. Tina better have brought something along to breach the hatch, or found some other way to get inside.
Meanwhile, the boat gets ever closer. It doesn't appear to be in any particular hurry, but it is slowly making its way towards the island.
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2017-05-07, 05:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Dungeonside]
"Like I said, Kirk, I didn't even know they were there. And it'd be just plain unlucky if there was someone out to get in on this the same day and same time I picked, you know?" Fettina eyes the hole and rubs at her chin. "Besides, this is, like, the only worthwhile thing on this rock. I'm pretty sure they would just end up here anyway."
Fettina stops. She's made a good point. "Oh, yeah. Huh." Tina looks at Kirk. "Should we get outta here? Or hide?"My avatar was done by Gullara. Thanks again!
"If you meet a spirit walking,
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Do not meet their gaze.
Do not follow after."
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2017-05-08, 02:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
Ilpholin sadly can't give the larger demons the time and damage they deserve, settling for passing wounds. She'll fully finish the job later of course, but one thing at a time.
As Wenomir and Ilpholin get in visual distance of the ruins, she'll slow down. "There." She states unnecessarily. "I doubt what they're spewing can hurt us, but the temperature it is at might." If Wenomir had any ideas now would be the time to speak. They ought to delay a round anyways since Kal got there ahead of them.
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2017-05-08, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
"The silver part won't. The 'molten' part will," Wenomir affirms, stopping. "They might not treat us as an enemy, but they might also not be smart enough to discriminate."
[Goblin Camp]
"The basic versions are pretty rudimentary, and inarticulate," the blight doctor explains. "We came here to change that. The boss has a long list of features that can be powered with the rocks from this volcano. Full range of motion, wrist-blades, flamethrowers, scanners..."My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2017-05-08, 01:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Seaside 3: A load of carp
Goblin Camp
"Oh, so I can't get a nice one until TTN comes back? That's...a lot of things though. I dunno about fire being in my arm but the rest sounds awesome." he ponders. Maybe he could even get a GRAPPLING HOOK!Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2017-05-17, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
Kal sticks to whatever remaining treeline or cover there is at the moment, and skirts around the edge of the encampment, looking for a spot that might be less defended than the others. Possibly on the opposite side from where the demons are attacking?Originally Posted by Lord Magtok
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2017-05-18, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
As Kal moves around the ruins, he can see that the golems have only been deployed at the northeast and north side, as that's where the demons are coming from. Yet there are gnolls paroling along the wall. They are carrying what appears to be enchanted spears and armor, as they glow light blue, something that is barely visible in the midday sun. The gnolls are visibly uneasy, keeping looking out in the jungle for demons.
Southwest of the ruins the gnolls are gathering, loading on supplies on some sort of large frog-like creature they're using as a beast of burden.
Kal can also see what appears to be green houses hidden inside the ruins, they are particularly noteworthy as the glass have been stained with some sort of black liquid, the ground around them also appear blackened, the vegetation seemingly infected by something.
Wenomir and Ilpholin can see two gnolls staying behind to direct the golems. One of them happen to be the hooded gnoll that visited VIGIL earlier. They seem too busy to notice Wenomir and Ilpholin right now, but that is likely to change if they come in closer.
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2017-05-18, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Dungeonside]
The level of caution chafes a bit, but he's here for the express purpose of keeping Tina in one piece. "Let's head back to the boat at least. We came here to poke around ruins, not fight over them." The timing is pretty damn suspicious, too. Was this all a setup? Unless Tina has anything else to add, he'll lead the way back to the boat at a brisk pace.
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2017-05-18, 07:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Demon Season]
"I recognize that gnoll," Wenomir says. "The robed one. She came to Vigil and argued for using the staff to control demons. Looks like it worked about as well as you'd expect. She should recognize me and call off the golems, if they see us. Do you think we should go to them?"My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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