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Post by Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) on Sept 20, 2023 9:43:47 GMT -12
"Burning down the barn to keep the kank from getting out?"
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Sept 20, 2023 9:49:13 GMT -12
Quila looks apprehensively at the pocket dimension Ande creates. Then she eyes her squeaking and cackling friend in high spirits, sighs, and mumbles, "I knew someday it would come to this, riding the Ande coach."
When she has stepped into the pocket and has her head out so she can keep sensing for danger psionically while they travel, she says, "Can we please land at a smart distance from Nirik-Tohr. I would like to enter walking instead of being a disembodied head on the back of a bird. I think the Tohr have seen enough crazy for some time to come. Let's not make it harder for our host J'lact in the possibly near future when we has to contend with the kreen empire influences in his pack.".
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Post by Attilius on Sept 20, 2023 10:11:09 GMT -12
"Burning down the barn to keep the kank from getting out?" the half giant utters in agreement |
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Post by DM Bob on Sept 20, 2023 10:41:03 GMT -12
It does not take long for the party to once again regroup near Nirik. No other foes or monsters attack, it is close to 9 in the evening as Guthay rises another slight span higher into the night. The clouds have long passed and there's a humid warmth to the air. The hum of insect life, both large and small dominates the early evening. Even with your magical naps, there is a subtle call to rest.
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Post by Attilius on Sept 20, 2023 10:46:47 GMT -12
HurK waits for the duo to explain what happened...
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Post by Quila Oris (John M.) on Sept 20, 2023 11:06:24 GMT -12
”What?” Quila quizzically asks if she sees the half-giant look at her and Ande.
”I had to act! She,” repeatedly and sharply pointing to the probably delightedly smirking Ande, “was singed and knock-out face down from a blast due to a wormhole gulping up that mobat elf, and who could have know that elf to carry a bag or other interdimensional item of some sort.”
Quila makes eye contact with Ande, who can see Quila’s eyes glitter a bit too, then tries very hard to hide a smile herself as she moves her hands outward whilst mouthing, “Ka-booooom”
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Sept 20, 2023 11:07:34 GMT -12
Ande replies to Quila "You do know how the Tohr first saw Chat'cho yes? She was in the very same passenger Pocket, but if you insist, I will land us in a clearing just outside Nirik"
On seeing the party, Ande lands, looking disheveled and singed "The mobat will not be bothering us any longer <Ande's proud demeanor turns dejected>, but the bad news is that I couldn't find any pieces of the elf to interrogate. Last time that mobat mistakes me for prey though" she announces before sighing and looking around at the party barely able to contain her glee.
Ande snickers as she mimics an explosion with her wings "Crashed and burnt to nearly nothing!" she declares as she produces her new cloacawipe
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Post by Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) on Sept 20, 2023 11:07:47 GMT -12
"Everyone came out all right, which is what matters in the end," says Coden, but taking on a stern and fatherly mein he continues, "but you could have also been injured or killed and there was no way for us to reach you! We all need to be careful about staying together so that we can support each other. This problem is larger than any one person."
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Post by Attilius on Sept 20, 2023 11:19:40 GMT -12
"WHAT IF THE ELF MERC WOULD'VE HAD BACKUP? You guys would've been in a tight jam low on spells. I know he works with a magiks caster partner that can turn things invisible. HE may still be out there..." HurK trails off looking into the direction they came from
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Sept 20, 2023 11:54:19 GMT -12
"I was not the aggressor, the elf attacked me with some spiced, burning missiles that seemed they'd have struck me no matter how I had maneuvered" Ande points out on herself where the bad elf shot her before continuing "I made to retreat and he gave pursuit, so I did what I knew would ground the mobat, I <chuckle> didn't expect the mist <she bare enunciates these words through the chortle that grows into a full-body, doubled over cackle>
Once she regains her composure she completes her thought "I was expecting there to be a likely dead mobat with severe head trauma and their rider, also likely dead from head trauma. I was going off my prior experience grounding other flying predators and failed to account for rider equipment, I assure you that next time I ground a mount, I will not be landing with them. I don't imagine that the elf is anything other than moisture in that blast zone over there" Ande says as she points to the west
Ande steps towards HurK "I can see you're very concerned so if you'll use those healing hands of yours on me, I will watch all night for him, otherwise I need to go find a roost"
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Post by Coden Rokos (Jesse H.) on Sept 20, 2023 12:40:29 GMT -12
"Wonder what the elf was doing that precipitated the explosion?" muses Coden.
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Post by Attilius on Sept 20, 2023 12:59:09 GMT -12
The half giant places his palm on her head and focuses upon his Nexus
[Cell Adjustment 19, rolled 3
Power Manipulation 17, rolled 16
Heal 27 HP, -15 Psp's ]
"It's not you, it's that Q teleported ALONE to your position. You guys could have been in a bad spot all alone WITHOUT backup."
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Post by Niachi on Sept 20, 2023 13:20:44 GMT -12
As if remonstrating unruly cadets:
"Standard Teleportation allows for another traveler to be brought along, even a gith knows that... no potential prisoner to ...work on... valuable information lost, some interesting trinkets gone in collateral damage. Announced loud enough for his companions to track back here... Aside from these tactical fails, you eliminated one known enemy. I am glad you both made it out alive, interdimensional collisions are not to be messed with. (yawn) 2nd watch for me, after a bit of replenishment."
He sits, closes his eyes, fishes a small whetstone out, and begins honing his steel arrows ever sharper with a meditational devotion, humming along in Elvish as his fingers absorb the spells written in the stone. The humming turns into a muttering argument with ? his arrows? his shadow? the universe? You get the sense he does not want to be interrupted.
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Post by AthasianLaborer on Sept 20, 2023 13:57:20 GMT -12
"I am also curious what he had on him that made the explosion, I know well the dangers of Wormholes and created extradimensional spaces but I was very surprised by that" Ande replies to Coden as HurK heals her and elaborates. "I will not begrudge Quila's haste, it wasn't undue" she gestures at herself, soot blackened in areas with fresh growth of plumage under HurK's psionic palm "though my opinion may be biased. Thank you, again."
Once Ande is healed she will take up position, roosting _in_ the entryway of the chamber/structure the party is bunking in. She will stay there Meditating (per Iron Vigil) for the full nights watch. In the morning, she would ask Quila for a Nap (18 hours by then correct?) and Niachi to watch over her while she did so.
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Post by Attilius on Sept 20, 2023 14:05:29 GMT -12
"...she gestures at herself, soot blackened in areas with fresh growth of plumage under HurK's psionic palm " though my opinion may be biased. Thank you, again." HurK nods his 'your welcome' then says aloud "Let's just do things in pairs from now on at the very least. I can do aerial recon with Ande in the future. For now, I'll take first watch..." |
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