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Post by DM Bob on Aug 31, 2023 12:54:18 GMT -12
Hurk manages to awake Efurth. He comes to slowly, and looks at the group of you with abject horror. He let's out a sigh of relief. "Take it easy, you're safe and among friends from the city of New Kurn on the surface of Athas. You killed that monster with your lightning rod before it killed you unfortunately. We raised you from the dead and brought you back inside your ship. I'm HurK..." He says slowly and reassuredly as he sees the PTSD on the little man. The tongues spell may take place prior to this being spoken, in order to keep you from needing to repeat yourself needlessly. The spell only affects the caster though, so this needs to be translated through that medium. I will assume that this is translated back and forth with no alterations this time. The tiny man responds in a musical lilt while crying from his one remaining eye. "Am I the only survivor? Alas! Perchance our mission hath failed after all these years! Have yeh checked the rest of the Seed? Are there more of the Strange aboard?" Sobbing. He crosses his legs as he sits before the brains and odd jars. "And what pray tell are yeh? I see the kreen and a wildling," He points to Eslyk after wiping his eye. "Much hath changed on our World after the Tide it seems." Coden can tell that a high level of mastery was involved in the metal and glasswork. |
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Post by Niachi on Aug 31, 2023 13:01:51 GMT -12
To Quila’s question, the elf shakes his head.
“No. Unless a Nap or somesuch spell can restore. What do your Agent’s skills whisper of this …laboratory?”
He gets quiet as the halfling returns to the Prime.
“Niachi Stormblade, The Spiderspeaker, here to protect you with these able companions.”
He dances back as if his bones are leather, giving the wee one some space. Seeing Ande ready her bow, he reaches instinctively to his back for his emotional support weapon. But in the confinement, he returns the large sword and instead slowly draws a 5 foot doublebladed spear with a fat bladed center hand guard. He points one speartip towards the membrane of the Thing’s hasty exit. He does check behind him so nothing is in danger of getting skewered. The center blade guards his flank.
He seems to freeze in this position, breathing shallow and still, waiting.
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Post by Attilius on Aug 31, 2023 13:05:11 GMT -12
The tiny man responds in a musical lilt while crying from his one remaining eye. "Am I the only survivor? " Alas! Perchance our mission hath failed after all these years! Have yeh checked the rest of the Seed? Are there more of the Strange aboard?" Sobbing. He crosses his legs as he sits before the brains and odd jars. "And what pray tell are yeh? I see the kreen and a wildling," He points to Eslyk after wiping his eye. "Much hath changed on our World after the Tide it seems." he says with a sad smile |
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Aug 31, 2023 13:41:01 GMT -12
Ande keeps a watch on both membranes, scanning between them with a steady pace "I am called Ande and I am an Aarakocra. I have long been told stories about The Messenger and it is an honor and a pleasure to meet you. I have so very many questions for you, but they shall wait for later"
Ande would take a moment to adjust her wimple and attempt to secure her continual light stone in a forward facing before positioning herself to be able to peer through the membrane that we didn't come in from, without being directly in front of it. She is maintaining a steady attention to through the membrane if possible.
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Post by Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] on Aug 31, 2023 18:38:40 GMT -12
- As everyone is talking, Eslyk will go to the still opened exits, looking for any track (fluids, mud, scratches) in the floor after she attempts to listening for sounds that could echo within the corridors,returning back to where everyone is when done
[OOC: DN succeded 43% out of 75%, Tracking 11 out of 11 without other applied modifiers]
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Aug 31, 2023 21:09:33 GMT -12
Quila has cast her Tongues scroll to assist in communication with Efurth. She relays the inquiry by HurK, the corresponding responses by the maimed and despondent halfling, and back again.
She will also quickly but hurriedly introduce those who do but will fast come to the heart of the matter as far as she is concerned.
"Your presence here has attracted quite some attention. You have been a periodic feature in our skies for the last 14.000 or so years and failed to turn up at the preordained time recently. That would seem to coincide with what happened here on what you call the Seed." Quila pauses, then looks directly at the halfling and sizing him up, before continuing, "Now please tell us if what is onboard the Seed, either what you have brought yourselves, or what these 'Strange' are that you mention, is a danger for life on Athas, on this planet. You also mentioned a mission, pray, tell us, what would that mission have been? And how have you been alive for so long?"
(OOC: Quila will use her Spymaster ability of Probing Conversation to see whether Erfurth is honest and all that.)
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Post by DM Bob on Sept 1, 2023 3:55:23 GMT -12
"Twenty crew under stasis. Did I hear 14,000 sun cycles? Oh my."
He shakes his head in disbelief.
After introductions to the others, he finally seems to calm.
"A half large?" He says to Hurk. "How can you be a half large? You look big enough to me."
"The ship is the Seed, and one of our greatest creations."
The wee man holds out his arms wide.
"Very few of our growths ever became this complex, this big." He smiles beaming with pride and a hint of sorrow. Erfurth pets the ground lovingly.
"When the Tide came and destroyed our workings, our living gardens and pens. We volunteered to serve as a last hope for life on Athas. The Seed was to observe and return only when the land healed so we could repopulate our World."
"Every so often, the Seed awakens us and tells us stories of the Void, the Moons and the Heavens themselves. We partook in our rituals and slept once more."
"One such time, the Seed spoke to us of the Strange. She passed through something that made her feel ill. At this time, she saw something pass her in the Void. We discussed it, sang our concerns and rested once more."
"Every so often she'd pass another. Or a pair. She awoke us more often and sang her own fears. To scare the Seed was to scare us. We knew what they looked like, the Seed can reveal that much."
"Then the other day, I was awakened once more, and told to arm myself. We were about to land unexpectedly. There was danger. After leaving my life pod, I saw this." The ancient gestures about the room. "A Strange was there, removing the brains and Kah of my friends, family & loves. So I bolted for the corridor, baited the beast and hunted once more. Then I remember awakening to you and your strange company."
No lies are detected.
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Post by DM Bob on Sept 1, 2023 4:45:41 GMT -12
A slight blood trail is seen going back to where the Strange and Ancient fought... as Eslyk covers your rear.
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Post by Attilius on Sept 1, 2023 4:58:09 GMT -12
At the beginning of this hallway exploration HurK was like:
 10 minutes later he's like:
 "A half large?" He says to Hurk. "How can you be a half large? You look big enough to me." he says wiping his brow with his toga sleeve
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Post by Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] on Sept 1, 2023 5:28:44 GMT -12
- Eslyk returns - "I found a slight trail of blood, going back where the battle happened" - she discloses in common, then looking at the awakened - <"Good moon to you grand life-shaper, my name is Eslyk. Are you able to understand me?"> - in halfling language. She tries to keep calm, but not everyday is possible to speak with a living slab of history
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Post by DM Bob on Sept 1, 2023 5:49:06 GMT -12
Eslyk: No. He cannot understand, but can be translated between the Tongues and you. The language is just too far removed for anything to align properly.
Hurk: He shakes his head. "This chamber is about equal to any of the other chambers within the Seed. There is a central organ there," He gestures to where the lightning weapon ran. "Beyond that another chamber that matches this one, that we should investigate soon... I need to know if they're alright. An ocular chamber towards the front, he gestures to the other exit forward... and to the rear? The Conduit."
He closes his eyes for a second.
"The Seed is tired; healing. It does not deem it time to speak with me at the Present."
Worry crosses his face.
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Post by Attilius on Sept 1, 2023 5:58:42 GMT -12
HurK nods quickly
"I can hang on another 3 minutes guys, let's go check on your family! Erfurth lead the way"
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Sept 1, 2023 7:11:40 GMT -12
Looking worriedly at little big HurK, Quila remarks "If need be I can teleport us both outside while you are this small. When you grow big again I cannot initiate that anymore as there will be too much mass. What if we find one of those other rooms. Can you not grow and still fit and rest and rejuvenate until you once more can shrink yourself, is that an option?"
At the mention of the tiredness of the seed, Quila kneels down and touches her sigil of Kurn and whispers a prayer "To heal the originators is an honor." as she lays her hands on the floor and cast a Cure Moderate Wounds on the Messenger. She looks at Erfurth, nodding slightly, and asks him "does this help the Seed, can you tell?"
Continuing she says, "I am not sure what Tide you are speaking of master Erfurth, but what I can tell you is that world is populated. It's mostly a desert though and greater bodies of water have dried up into silt, but a lot of that is due to defiling magic."
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Post by Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] on Sept 1, 2023 7:19:35 GMT -12
- Eslyk taps HurK's arm - "Teach him some basic words in our language so we may have some connection, like follow me, danger, stop, left, right, hide, open, friend, enemy.. So even without your skills we could keep move on and get some basic understanding and communicate the basics"
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Post by Attilius on Sept 1, 2023 7:27:26 GMT -12
Looking worriedly at little big HurK, Quila remarks "If need be I can teleport us both outside while you are this small. When you grow big again I cannot initiate that anymore as there will be too much mass...he says nervously " What if we find one of those other rooms. Can you not grow and still fit and rest and rejuvenate until you once more can shrink yourself, is that an option?"- Eslyk taps HurK's arm - "Teach him some basic words in our language so we may have some connection, like follow me, danger, stop, left, right, Hide, open, friend, enemy.. So even without your skills we could keep move on and get some basic understanding and communicate basics" |
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