Nirik-Tohr worries

[Attilius]

Sept 19, 2023 13:58:06 GMT -12 Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) said:

Coden winces.

"It seems that this mistake will be repeated until the consequences are irreversible."

"Preach brother! Though I can tell you from personal experience, the side effects of being resurrected are almost not worth it..." he shutters remembering being a decomposing putrid smelling zombie by the end of every night for over a year.

Sept 19, 2023 13:58:06 GMT -12 Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) said:

"So what do we do now, old friend? I have no way to get to them. Frankly I feel rather helpless here."

"I COULD fly us there but they're MINUTES away and I have no idea where they are..."

Sept 19, 2023 15:47:58 GMT -12 Niachi said:

Niachi rubs his ears, opening his jaw wide a few times. Something popped.

"We ready the mounts and go to their aid. That is something we can do. Better than sitting here spinning."

He looks to the remaining team for their consent, but it is clear he is going. He secures his gear with practiced efficiency.

"We can't take them Niachi, they're covered in spores, remember? If you're hell bent on going, I'll fly us though I'll need directions AND I'll be tired so if shit goes down I'll be severely lacking..." he says looking for the groups concensus

[64/161 PsP's]

[Niachi]

Niachi halts mid stride and angrily swipes his hair out of his eyes. It has been a long arsing time since he can remember running hard and fast and silent in the night with blades tasting the wind. He resumes pacing, a kirre in a cage:

"Guthay's shining cratered pucker!! Split up, no clear plan, and the templars looking out for their own, yeah some things never change, no matter how clean and shiny the city. If I could track them, I'd be halfway there by now. Bah! SO we wait for our hosts to auger the mud for answers, for all the bug nations to leap forth and purge this stuff away?! For our mental reserves to refill and regroup..."

Mimicking Akos in a most unflattering exaggerated Kurn accent:

"Guard the Messenger, report back if anything significant develops..."

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- "This mold must be a creature.. " - Eslyk looks around for any depression in the landscape - "Maybe I could try to make it, if behaves as a unique mind, to direct it to a specific point if some food is there. Once piled, then someone could get rid of it?" - looking at Niachi

[OOC: Thinking of using Attraction devotion to bring it up to a point and then a fireball or something to get rid of it. 57/99 PSPs]

[Attilius]

Sept 19, 2023 18:07:08 GMT -12 Niachi said:

...Mimicking Akos in a most unflattering exaggerated Kurn accent:

"Guard the Messenger, report back if anything significant develops..."

Listening to the tirade, the half-giant's frustration disolves into a smirk. "That's not half bad... But yes: hurry up and wait. Hopefully Bossman's Templars know what they're doing against who knows what out there in the darkness." he stares out into the night sky.

[Attilius]

Sept 19, 2023 19:05:05 GMT -12 Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP] said:

- "This mold must be a creature.. " - Eslyk looks around for any depression in the landscape - "Maybe I could try to make it, if behaves as a unique mind, to direct it to a specific point if some food is there. Once piled, then someone could get rid of it?" - looking at Niachi

[OOC: Thinking of using Attraction devotion to bring it up to a point and then a fireball or something to get rid of it]

"Try it!" HurK shrugs. "I can burn anything that grows."

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

Sept 19, 2023 12:47:32 GMT -12 DM Bob said:

Quila stands in the mud, surrounded by grass and dark. It smells like burnt hair and charred ozone. Ande lies face, er, beak down in the dirt, half de-feathered, bloodied, bruised, battered and...

...breathing.

Quila bends over Ande and rolls her friend over to make sure she’s not drowning in the mud accidentally and casts a Cure Moderate Wounds. 

Then, while Ande slowly gets her bearings she will
intently listen and scan the area. She’s high on alertness and uses her Danger Sense and has her weapon at hand. 

(OOC: rolled for HP healed, 10 hp back for Ande.

PS roll for Danger Sense, 20 on 20, powerscore result! PsP: 38/122) 

[AthasianLaborer]

Ande hops up immediately "Where's my trophy!" she bellows while scanning the area for mobat wreckage or even a puddle of elf remains.  After a few steps, she idly utters some brief comments to Oronis directly and lays a wing talon across her wounds as she casts Cure Light Wounds (IIRC, she can get one out before she is spent except for 1-2 3rd level slots) healing 7 hit points of her wounds (17/45).  "You saw what happened, he had something on him that exploded on impact!  I was only trying for the mobat, only the mobat was my prey.  I just wanted to collect the elf for questioning"  She says as she keeps scanning between the horizon and the blast zone searching for any signs of evidence, bone scraps, debris, ichor, anything that obviously belongs to someone (and isn't Ande or Quila's).

(OOC: I am fairly sure she's burnt all of her 2nd level spells, if she can't burn a 3rd level slot to cast it, please jump straight to the second sentence.) 
Ande pauses again momentarily before again calling out directly to Oronis and embracing herself in a hug as she casts Cure Moderate Wounds healing 4 more hit points of her wounds (21/45)

Ande turns to face Quila "I still feel weak and vulnerable <Ande chuckles as she surveys the surrounding blast zone>, please, if you can, Quila, minister to my wounds again"

After Quila's response (with or without the casting), Ande lets out a trill that Quila would recognize as a vocal signal of pride or self-satisfaction "I knew I'd get that fucking mobat, but we need to find a piece of the elf for questioning <she exhales as if concerned> oh, I know he knew things that we should know!" she says as continues her search for any signs of evidence that it was the elf and mobat in the blast zone.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

“Well, Ande,” Quila chuckles, “it would seem that besides some feathers and your bone cartilage your pride and mood are intact!”

Scanning the sky again not to miss anything incoming when she notices that Ande is mostly concerned about finding elf pickings, she addresses the implied concerns her friend might have concerning the morality of her actions given the shocking outcome.
”I know you meant well. And you could not have predicted they were carrying something that caused a dimensional rift, but ….. you are not a novice templar and it’s not your third aerial combat. Maybe, just maybe, when you have the goal of capturing a target next time think of an alternative to Wormholing them into the ground?”

Having ascertained there’s no direct danger, she ministers Ande’s wounds further and casts another Cure Moderate.

(OOC: Rolled for healing: 8 hp healed)

[AthasianLaborer]

Looking low and sheepish, Ande replies "But, but, it's easy and fun?  They think I am some simple bird brained kill until I introduce them to the ground, then they go-- BOOM" she begins cackling to relieve the tension of her near death experience.

Regaining her composure, she continues to examine the scorched clearing with her lower talons, being careful to avoid any remaining grass.

"You should let the others know we're not dead" she says to Quila without removing her attention from the evidence search.

Investigation Proficiency check: Rolled a 13, needed under a 15
Observation Proficiency check: Rolled a 3, needed under a 17

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

“Okay,” Quila says, “I’ve known you longer and know your temper and creativity often lead to amazing results. Please don’t change too much. But be just a bit more careful. I wouldn’t want to link with Akos and tell him about an accident.”

She then lets Ande scan, poke, and look for elf parts while she sets up a link with Nirik-Tohr to inform them about their status.

<“Hurk? Quila here. I want to let you know we are alright. We are looking for elf body parts, and then we will travel back.”>

(OOC: Rolled 15 on 20 for Contact, 13 on 18 for Mindlink)

[DM Bob]

I did a bit of reading and I want you to know that attraction won't work. But it was a good idea. We can chalk it up to an experiment that you try and have fail. It would only affect a singular "mind" and as these are plant/fungal spores, it wouldn't hit but a teeny tiny portion of the whole.

Current danger level is nil.

Investigation of the ground looking for trophies only yields a small chunk of golden rose quartz the size of a human's thumbnail and a burnt swath of mobat fur still attached to a tiny bit of bloodied flesh next to it.

[AthasianLaborer]

Ande gathers the mobat fur and bit of rose quartz, only then thinking to check and see if the rose quartz is an accessory of her lost in the blast. 

She'll take a moment to actually take inventory of herself regarding the full condition of her current circumstance, wimple charred (to nothing?), gold flash melted to feather and flesh, singed leather flight harness.  She straightens her appearance as best as she can and stuffs the mobat fur into her harness.

"Apolo-<chortle>, apologies for making him blow up <chuckles>, I didn't know that would happen <stifles more laughter>, shall we make our triumphant return?" she asks Quila

Assuming Quila agrees, Ande would open a Pocket for Quila (placed as usual so that Quila could view the world like a WWI ace from Ande's back) Rolled a 13 needing under a 20, PSP -14  8/112

She can afford 20 minutes of Travel time with Quila in the Pocket

[DM Bob]

It does look familiar... but the bulk of her loot was stashed in her nest with the other items she didn't carry with her.

Of course you can start going back. It hurts though, even after the healing, the recently regrown feathers feeling odd carrying her weight.

[AthasianLaborer]

Ande will climb only to her scanning height on the return trip.  If Detect Disease is no longer in effect (and her strength allows) she'll climb no higher than necessary to glide the majority of the way back.  Unless Quila gives word otherwise, we'll be heading back to where we were in Nirik when Ande originally took to scanning

[Niachi]

"Burning, yesss! There is another option..."

Niachi calms from 60 to zero in a hearbeat, showing mastery over his emotions. He continues with hands at rest behind his back.

"...though you and the Kreen will need some persuading, Chat'Cho.
But let's consider we establish a front line out there, between infected land and pure. This front line is threatening the nearest population, whether Kreen, herd animal, or biped. A line must be created where the pestilence cannot spread, at least by ground. Once this border is secured, we channel our focus into creating other borders, by alll of our other means, to deny the spread.

I do not want to bring discord to this pack. But it is worth experimenting if we discover one method of containment. I can create this border though it is NOT my nature or desire.

A border of defilement."