Frostbite (IC)

[qube]

Eviscerator

"That is a good idea: since we don't know our way here, we can do a basic exploration, by searching for food." the big robot replays the worg.

[sun_tzu]

Spade

"That works, I suppose."

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

Well then let's go. A standing target is rather easy to hit after all. Let's just be alert for more ambushes.

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Agreed! Let's go!

And Jinx goes skipping off.

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC:I'm really sorry guys, I've been really freakin' busy...
Ugh.....

IC:As you walk down the streets of Union, you find many, many different kinds of food, and hundreds of restaurants, and possibly thousands of stands.

The buildings are almost all light purples, azures, blues, and a few dark reds interspersed here and there. Thousands of different races walk the streets, selling strange and fantastic wares.

But the foods are possibly the most interesting of all. The aromas fill the streets, with meats, fruits, vegetables, grains, and several things you can't classify all taking up part of the delicious palate that is Union.

The choices between so many different foods.... Which will you try?

OOC:You can think of anything you want, they'll have it. I'm just asking because of cost and the like.

[Psionic Dog]

Gnaf

The worg ignores the vegtables and focus on the fruits, grains, and meats.

"Well would you look at that, hafling ground-steak chilli. I think I'll pass though. That exotic gormet stuff is way too expense and I prefer larger heartier meals anyway."

In the end Gnaf orders a half a loaf of bread and a small chunk of cheese (both medium quality) he also looks for a bowl of hot pike, alligator, or emu stew, but if those are pricey he'll take something cheaper so long as it has chunks of meat that isn't chicken, snake, rodent, bovine, venison, amphibian, canine, or humanoid.

After all, if you're extraplaner don't order what you ate back home.

[sun_tzu]

Spade

Spade checks out a somewhat surprising delicatessen: "Black dragon meat? Ew. As the saying goes, 'food that talks isn't food'. I guess I'll try the owlbear ribs..."

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

Eyes wide, Ki took in her surroundings. Foods she'd only ever heard of were all around her. It would have easily been possible to eat for a year and never have the same thing twice. She hones in on a variety of fruits from distant lands, eager to taste their diverse sweetness

[Halna LeGavilk]

As you buy the foods, none of them are pricey, but they add up to 50 gp.

The "sun", or the brightness of Union, whichever, seems to be barely midday. What else do you want to do?

[qube]

Eviscerator

the big robot watis until his compagnions have eaten, and then asks
"when were we supposed to meat the others again ? ... my memory is still a little rusty ..."

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx looks up at Big E.

I think we are supposed to meet at the Planar Carto-something-or-other..... I wasn't really paying attention.... But that is supposed to be tomorrow. So what should we do for the rest of today?

[Psionic Dog]

Gnaf

"I suppose we ought find this place where we are expected to meet our employers. It's probably we look for it now than close to the deadline." The worg suggests.

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

"I agree," Ki comments, "and in a place this big there must be a map somewhere."

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Take 10 on a spot check to see if there if there is a big tree or signpost with a map, 14. If not, look around to see if there is an information area at all, failing that look for the nearest temple of a good god.

[Halna LeGavilk]

You see three or four information kiosks, presumably set up by the government. You see many signposts, and a man selling maps on the street corner.

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

As the adrenaline of the former encounter wears off combined with good food, Ki'Zanne suddenly realizes that she is still injured and murmers a lyrical prayer to Xan Yee.

Walk over to one of the information kiosks. Is there a large map anywhere on it? If so, check that for the planar cartographic society. If it's not there, look to see if all the scholarly-type places are in one part of the city or if they're all spread out.

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((If none of that is good, we'll go with plan B. Or is that C? Or X?))

Cast heal on myself: takes me back to full hp

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC: It's plan Q.9.

IC: The map does show where the Planar Cartographic Society is; several miles to the north, and one level up.

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

"Ah, here it is," Ki says quietly as she walks back to the others. "It's some miles north and one level up from here. I guess we can either go find it now, or hope that the directions are good enough tomorrow."

[qube]

Eviscerator / Big E

"In concurent with my programming, it would be best if we took a look throughout the city, casualy passing the building. that way, if you are followed, we do not necceraly lead them to it; while we already know the route to it. not to mention a few streets in the area ... "

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Sounds good Big E! I think we should go see it but not too close. That would spoil the surprise for tomorrow?

[Psionic Dog]

Gnaf

Sounds good, but what is this 'One level up?' The worg repeats uncertainly as he reexamines his surroundings, particularly the 'sky.'

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

"Planar cities such as this are so vast they have multiple levels in three dimensions, otherwise it would be as big as some countries. There should be portals at strategic locations that allow travel between these 'levels'."

She looks around, and if necessary goes back to the map to find one. "There's one..."

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Fill in the blank with the location depending on if we can see one or if we have to find one. Also, if I'm wrong with what you're thinking Halna, let me know and I'll change this post.

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC:No, that's right. It's just stairs, more, than portals. Just make sure not to go up a level while your going up a level.

IC:You travel for several miles, and come to a large, winding staircase. Hundreds, if not thousands of people come up and down the staircase at one time.

After a time of climbing, you come to another level of the city. Vast, majestic temples soar in the sky, grand halls made of marble, and other, more vast monoliths (OOC: Not sure if that's a good word, but it sounds cool.) soar into the sky.

The Planar Cartographic Society is a large, marble building. A crowd seems to have gathered around, watching an event.

Pushing your way to the front, you see many armed warriors, spellcasters, and archers. Some, in the middle of the two other groups, seem to be guards of Union, and some seem to be coming from the PCS, and the rest are wearing red-striped mail.

"They are ours by right!" Shouted one of the red-stripes.
"They belong to us. We found them, by the rules of Planar Exploration, they are ours." Shouted one of the soldiers from the PCS.

What do you do?

[qube]

Eviscerator/Big E

As by programming, the huge warforged reaches for his scythe. Then he remembers he's in union, and thus should not incite armed conflict.

He crowches himself to be on the same height as one of the bigger bystanders, and asks the man/woman/thing/non-of-the-above in his by default monotone voice.
"Excuse me ... What is going on here?"

[sun_tzu]

Spade

Seeing the warforged stepping in, Spade stands right next to him, arms crossed.

[Halna LeGavilk]

"Well, the explorers from the PCS just got back from a successful trip from one of the elemental planes, and were just about to go into their building, when these lads in red showed up. Now, I'm guessing, I don't know, I don't think anybody does. Except of course, for the people involved. Anyway, someone called the Sentinals, and now there's this huge standoff." The man looks up at Eviscerator and chuckles, and looks back. "Good thing you aren't in the fight, huh big boy? You'd be a winner there." He says, tapping your leg.

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx hides behind the leg of Big E. Listening to everything being said.

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC: Um... the Sentinals are in the middle of the standoff, preventing them from attacking each other. The leader would have no idea what you are talking about.

[Zimmia]

((OOC I totally read it wrong. I'll delete my above post and replace it with this one - it's really only a couple of words))

Ki'Zanne

"Surely there's a way to have this discussion without causing a disturbance outside," Ki says as she comes around the side of Eviscerator with her hands tucked into the opposite sleeves of her robes as usual, and looks for whoever appears to be the leader of the group of red-striped inviduals and addresses him/her. "Are those facts relatively correct?"

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx step out next to Ki.

"Yea what she said. We have seen enough people fighting and we haven't even been here very long. So what can we do to help you gusy settles your problems here?"

Jinx looks up at both sides.

[Halna LeGavilk]

The leader growls and looks you two over. "Look, all we know is that those bozos stole our armor. We wonder the Planes, and that armor protects us from the elements. We NEED that armor. And those idiots say they 'found' the armor. He growls again. "We keep it locked up in our base. There's no way they could have 'found' it.". The leader looks up with a bright idea on his face. "Say, could you guys go get that armor? If you do, I'm sure we have a couple of extra suits we can spare."