A-muck! A-muck! A-muck!

[DM Bob]

Enemy's Slumber, 11th of Fortuary, Early morning

Current Location: Is this the ruins???!!!

You thought you'd enter a scene of morning, a dark tower and ruins easily seen from your exodus near the markers of the buried city's ruins.

Instead?

You are all within sticky, cocoon-y muck-y silk. There is evidence of light above; dark below. Squelching noises are about. You aren't sure if the larvae are making that sound...

Or something else.

Only Attilius can see above this disgusting crap. He is stuck about chest high. The goliath can tell that they are on the outskirts of the ruins, and sees lumps wiggling below him. In the distance? He faces what he believes is the Tower... but it is completely encased in goo and likely the same cocooning that you are stuck in. Something slowly wraps or circles about the Tower, like a snake underneath the silken goop.

***

Thessik Stonebrow finally reaches the ruins he sought for House Azeth. There is but one issue. They seem to be wrapped about in silken, slimy gunk... to the tune of at least a mile square.

Even more strange? The upper torso of a half giant man appears to be stuck some 50 yards away from the edge of the alien gunk. He literally wasn't there a few seconds ago, the dwur can do nothing but rub his eyes to see if it is a trick of the light, but the goliath remains in his field of vision.

[DM Bob]

Also, Quila is probably going to have to take another bath.

[Attilius]

"Gods DAMN it! Chat, try opening the compass and using that burning earth I grabbed to burn us out of this tembo shit!" Attilius says into the silken muck as he attempts to stow his gouge. He'll then remove his shield and try reaching around him to grab and pull to the surface anyone he can.

[AthasianLaborer]

Disbelieve Attempt rolled a 10 needing a 10 or above.

If this mess is real:

"Gah, fuck, what bug shit have you walked me into Chat'cho!"

As he hears Attilius suggest fire "Do NOT!  You could incinerate us all!"

Assuming he can cast in safety, he will cast Polymorph Self and change into Gwin so he might get a Half-Giant's eye view of what's going on.

"Someone should ping Aman"

If not: "It's an illusion, quit fucking around!"

[DM Bob]

This is not an illusion.

Also, you need mindlink to contact him that way (assuming he replies).

[Attilius]

Mar 17, 2024 11:55:44 GMT -12 AthasianLaborer said:

As he hears Attilius suggest fire "Do NOT!  You could incinerate us all!"

The giant chuckles as he rummages his hands around searching for friendliness "Hmmmm? Oh SOME of you MAY die but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make..."

[Niachi]

Niachi will try to slice through the gunk clogging his movement with his forearm axe.

"Bleh! Are the larvae still with us!"

[AthasianLaborer]

If 'Muiko can see movement from other party members from his perspective as Gwin, he'll call out "Hey, someone is [describe placement within reach] stop moving and I will try to pull you out"

"When we see a community member in need, we help if we can, otherwise where's the community?" he enunciates in Attilius' general direction without taking his attention off trying to reach and extract who he can.

[Attilius]

"I'll make a path, follow me..."
Attilius lifts up his right leg and unsheaths his magical axe and begins cutting and hacking towards the nearest patch of dry earth/sand.

[Niachi]

Niachi tries to cut enough gunkweb away to let Kaw-Rawk fly up a few hundred feet and get a better view of things. He joins in the path-hacking with his sword, staying well behind the half-giant's slashes to hopefully widen the path.

[Elven: Isn't there a mental devotion of the Way that can calm these mood swings? Worth a later talk with our mindbenders."]

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- After Skrye measures how far the end of this muck and web is to the closest unaffected end, she uses her skinning obsidian shards to cut and rip it off around, getting a good grip on the shard as she does, and trying to listen what's around and underneath as she does so


[OOC: An unencumbered human (move 12) can walk 120 yards (360 feet), slightly more than a football field, in one minute.
Detect noise successful, 28% out of 60%]

[raddu/Thessik]

"Hey there! Half-giant, are you alive?", Thessik, a burly Dwur looks around wondering what made all of this. Thessik has a laden pack with all sorts of equipment attached as well as a bow and a shortsword quickly at hand.

Thessik reaches into his pack and pulls out a fire starting kit and a torch to find out if this burns. He'll take a stick or a rock and try to pull some off to test.

[AthasianLaborer]

"Yes, we are, and working to get free" 'Muiko says to the new face.

"Do you know what caused this?"

[Attilius]

"No I'm not alive, I'm an ILLOOSHUN, JUST LIKEN ALL DIS GAJ SHIT!" The angry giant says between axe slices

[Niachi]

The newcomer is greeted with inquisitive squawks from a circling wormish little thing, flapping above on stubby wings, a compliment of hooked chitin barbs crowning its head. It lands on the shoulder of an elf clad in black flexible armor who hacks the path wider with a gleaming bone 2-hand sword. The sword is dwur-crafted, plain but well-maintained.
He pauses his efforts. On his back are a longbow, a huge black club, and some kind of short spear. He wears twin arrow quivers on his thighs.

"Ayo! Welcome to the slime party! Careful not to scorch any big ugly grubs hidden under all this, they are with us. I am Niachi the Spidertalker, Unburnable Planes-Dancer, Envoy to the Tohr Kreen nations, and Witness to the Messenger's Message! This little fellow (nodding to the Xerichou preening its wings) is Kaw-Rawk.

Who comes to this little patch of paradise?"