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on the ground, the big imposing body, flames coming off my shoulders,
looking up ready, bloodthirsty eyes. I stand to those in front of my
body, ready to kill members of the committee who are sort of cleaning up
after this fight with this black pudding gar steel Flair has ordered them to clean
up the mess, and you can see them just kind of trying to throw
things into the canvas sack and they look as they see this charging teethling.
I'll stand up to my full height, broa on my chest and broader my
muscles as the horns and scales start to grow across my face and back one
of you off first. I'll pull my hand and pull back Yara and then
slide the armor over to our say, and then unbuckle start unbuckle my weapon
that I'm just standing by the pudding, pointing down at it. Summoner sharmon,
No, no, this is what hurt her. It's dead. Were
they They're taking care of it. There have no consequence at this point,
right They did not hurt you. No, no, you are Are you
fine? Let's see we are alive. It is all right. We can
How about we go and we we talk in private? Mm no, slowly
back away and bucalo them. The members of the Committee of Moral Rectitude,
again led by guard our Steel Flair, are sort of looking around a bit
wildly. It was just on that was one of them. He came into
town. Hold on, hold on, what's going on? Lads? I
kind of motion towards anyone but me to talk. As we mentioned earlier,
we should make a meeting later tonight. We have wounds to tend to because
of your inquiry. All of them see that I'm quite badly bruised. All
of them are staring, you know, with like hands on weapons towards Malvic.
He's one of us. He's with us. Are you sure? Yes?
I believe you have caused enough issues today. Good sir, he's our
friend. I will limp over to Malvik and gently put a hand on his
chest. It's all right, it's been taken care of. Yeah, nothing
permanent. Shrug my shoulders, Karuma. These people telling the truth. If
the Dwarf can be known to tell the truth, then sure, I don't
even care anymore. Now, look I I'll say you again, and I'll
look back at the companions. Don't put my hands have been walked back.
Fine, sorry, lads, put it away, put the weapons away,
get back to cleaning. They all sort of look over their shoulders here and
there, being in a weary eye on Malvic. Did you see the tensions
die down a little bit? I broke the window. I didn't stand a
chance against you. Sorry, I should have contained myself. Got a flash
of emotions. It felt hopeless. Yes, the screaming shot in my mind.
Apologize, I've probably made things worse. I will reach over and squeeze
your arm. It gives me great hope that you came. Hm. I
don't know what to be in these streets. Shall we ask when we are
to meet with them or where we should meet our steal for that audience.
I believe we determined his armory. It was the armory, yes, yes,
all right, Well how about we head back to the inn and take
care of our wounds and inform ALVIC of what is transpired. Yes, mm
hmmm. We also should likely talk to Soakawachi if we can find the time.
I think that's a good idea. M h. We'll let there and
keep know what I've done. Actually, yeah, you know, people have
zero issues, darling. And I glance over at our celia. I pulled
this scarf out of the way. Mm hm ah, I understand now,
and I don't make my way back to the end mhm I follow m h.
Indeed, i'd go to your head into the end. Uh. The
Sword and Shield in simply named for a simple place. You can smell the
smells of the evening meal. The place is uh hustling quite a bit.
Actually, this place is fairly active. Who's in? Who's walks in first?
I believe I will hang but with ace. Yeah, there's as soon
as you make your way through the door, I mean, all eyes are
kind of on you. There's definitely like a few people watching through windows towards
the town squares. All that was transpired immediately. You can hear people sort
of chatting and whispering. I turned my eyes to the ground and turning to
make my way up to the rooms. I will join Malovic and say,
jingling the armor in my hands, I need you to help me put this
on. M I'll take into the room and do that. Listen, what
are you doing? What you mean, what are you planning on doing?
Are you going out to the room with them? I have no need to
m do I? Oh no, I'm just going to stay with you.
I'm just going to have some tea. I think I'll join you. It's
so cold, carny, quite beat up, darling. Oh this does just
a scratch. Karoon is bleeding. How can't we take the tea up to
the rooms and I'll take care of you all right? Oh yes, I
can bring some uh and keep Might I get a picture of hot water?
Please? You can see the inn keep Harlan hard, Harlan hard meaty pause?
Name uh who's like a middle aged human innkeeper sort of like sees you
and is obviously like looking for the green one? Right? Yes, what
can I do you for? It's just a pitcher of hot water? Please
to bring up to the room, jos, thank you. Yeah, the
other one returning a bit, should be should be down in a bit.
Yes, we'll need to eat soon. Yes, indeed, very well.
I have I have a fine stew for the evening. Ah ah, warm
in the cold. Thank you. Right, I'll be bringing out water.
Then just give me a moment, m I'll bring it up in just a
moment. Then when he's ready, if you'd like to start treating the wounds,
certainly, I'll just be right behind you. Right, someone can barely
hear out of one ear, and it's just like, yeah, humans are
so so I'll rotate to the so stupid, so stupidly and beef beefy,
so beef. I'm going to pull the other ear so that its attention is
towards me. Groa. Yeah, yeah, I'll stay starting all right,
all right, I'll go ahead and we will rejoin them, and I'll join
the moment they have the tea, the water. Sure thing, you have
two rooms. I'm not sure what the breakup Wasn't this one room tonight?
There was two rooms the first night, and we were moved into a double
the second, I believe, yes, oh yeah, because it's cheaper excellent.
Yes, of a little tight there. Sorry, it's all right.
I can see that you've taken care of the big hole there. Yeah,
so try to shine in up a bit and your lover's need a curative.
I was thinking, there's a rumor there's a thing that so one of my
blood can do. It erases the tail, the clause actually the class day.
It's a spell of some sort, some kind of incantation that I can
put on. But it makes me look humans as much as I could.
But I think you want to explore. I don't know. I don't think
I'll be me. But if I get lost in the idea of being normal,
is it normal? It's something else. The thing is is that,
just like anything it's if it's of my blood, it comes with some kind
of consequence of price. I won't be able to use some of my abilities.
I don't know how to do it. If I do use this,
if I figure out a way to do it, but I know the worns
will go away. My eyes colors would say the same. The fangs will
probably sort of be there. But I was told of this a long time
ago. If I was really not wanting to feel, I'll be looking like
a monster that this is a possibility. But who am I to do that?
What would I be saying to myself if I get rid of what I
guess a part of me? I don't know. It's been been thinking about
this ever since I was in this inn and you were out there. Oh.
I've come to appreciate all the parts of you that make you you and
what's on the outside it matters, But I don't think you would be changed
in the ways that really matter. But what is it that you want?
I just want people to start looking at me as if I'm normal you,
not a monster. I have my times, I understand, I have my
ways, But at the end of the day, I just want to be
treated like everyone else. Maybe find someone that appreciates me for me. I
don't even know anymore. I think you will always be too special to be
seen as just anyone else. H But now I'll place it in the back
of my mind. M Well, he's the last piece of your armor.
Thank you. Feels good to around, start doing some squats, feels good.
Thank you, very welcome. Is it all right if we come in?
Yes? Of course, right you are coming mm hmm ah, back
in your armor. Yes, Hopefully we don't run into more trouble, but
if we do, I'm ready now. Mhm, very good. Well,
I'll just be off to the site. I'm going to be working on Karoon's
wounds. If you need anything, just come on over as well. Right,
yeah, sounds good. But what if tea? Does anyone want tea?
Yes? Please? I do a lizard folk to your not yes,
take the lizard one. Uh, I'll be re rolling that natural one.
Thank you. It's a little bit better, tiny bit. I make a
bunch of tea too, lizard folk, which is that numbing tea? Get
a little bit of numb tongue so flammable it's likely has far too much nettle
in it that hasn't been boiled long enough. My favorite. M hm.
That was an interesting moment. We just said I could use a look at
this particular bruise here on the side. It's a little nasty. Excellent of
course for the twenty minute mark, now, that was a critical So that's
going to be thirty all points of healing or both Karun and Aarsilia name fact
of full health thirty four points of healing to three twenty three at first.
Oh wow, all right, so you are at thirty nine, and now
you add no, no, no, I was at sixteen. I'll hang
it like well, No, I healed you the first ten minutes, so
that would be plus twenty three and then plus the twenty five plus nine thirty
nine, twenty three, thirty nine plus plus the thirty four thirty four.
Oh, a full health and this heals the wounded condition. Correct. Indeed
it does good to a nasty fall there, But it looks like the virus
will heel quite nice. See, very good. I'm not hurting either one
of you, am I. You are right. You have a very gentle
touch sometimes so malevik I believe we should fill you in. Yes, probably
will be best. Right. Well, we were taking a look around town
and it just so happened that that dwarf and fellow you saw by the name
of gar Steel, him and his associates with this committee that we learned about.
They're a bit radical in their religious views, so they decided to put
us through a test, so to speak, which almost killed us. So
I should have leaved them into when I saw them. No, no,
no, no. They are still important to our goal here in the city,
and they were very apologetic. It would have been fine. Actually,
I think, well, there are other members of the committee are they're not.
It's not a real religion. They didn't give us a discount of merchants
because we caused them religious mental stress, crisis of faith, so to speak.
I said he wasn't good because he'd called us good in the attacked us,
which makes them evil in his brain. I saw the gears begin to
lock up. I'm beginner. Don't not like this toile. I already don't
like the looks and the whispers, and now we have religious tests. Are
we here for long? I hope not. No, hopefully not. I'm
ready to trouble whenever you are well. We are going to need a little
bit more rest and perhaps some time to sell some things now that we're not
being ripped off. I have these paintings that I don't want, Yes,
the paintings. Still love them? And lost your lawyer, and I wouldn't.
Didn't you sell them to the store? Keep there? He didn't like
me, He sang a lot, and then he didn't like the prices that
I wanted. Yeah, I didn't think he liked me as a lizard's right.
Maybe he was off key. I don't know. M hmm. Well,
hopefully we can unverurden ourselves with anything smaller here. Yes, what a
lot of junk that could use some new items myself, but I don't know
if it's smart of me to walk the streets. Have you got any vibes
from the people around here? I could ask around, but have already seen
something that I don't like. Don't assume the people here are awful and quite
cruel towards teeflings. Of course, they gave the rest of some of us
and not look as well if we are not looking. Yeah, I noticed
they did not entirely look at Arcilia myself. Will either h understood. Let's
make our way through here as fast as we can, then move on.
Let them be and their hate the squabble themselves. We will stick together,
so that's the very minimum, you know, we'll have each other. Yes,
that's about this time now, before we end up setting out for the
evening, before the shops close for the afternoon. I suppose what time of
day is it looking out the window, dusk dusk, all right, most
of the day, basically exploring we may be able to catch some shops,
but maybe not. I think you probably imagine aside from Garu suggesting that you
meet up, most shops would probably close around now. All right, at
least that's been your experience. You know, most most cities actually don't stay
open after dark. Actually it's a little darker than at first, so perhaps
we won't be able to get any shopping done today. So how about we
talk to Sakawachie. We want to try and see how she's doing before we
head out and speak with these people. Are we going to see the dwarf
tonight? Is that the idea? How are we just going another evening?
I look to you, ask Celia, tonight we should keep a finger on
the pulse. Oh well, very good. Are we getting a single room
this night where we paying more for two? We had disgusted but not made
a final decision. We'll need to evacuate this room if we have one,
and it is quite tight in here, is it not? Yeah? But
this isn't the double though, mm hmm, So perhaps we do get the
double. M I can always sleep in the corner of the wall. Double
is probably not much not much bigger, I mean if you I mean,
it's like the difference between a single and a double, like at a hotel.
You know, it's just kind of like one has a bigger bed and
the other has two beds. It's like slightly bigger, but you're five people.
You know, it's not it's not that bad, but it's probably not
that comfortable. So we would have to get multiple rooms essentially most likely comfort
for comfort. So then keep it to you. If space is a concern,
one of you can sleep on top of me. That would be I
would like to do it out conserving long things while in the gold Arecilia.
I'm a lord. I'm a large person, so so is Cilia. M
I am too, Yeah, Hello, would you like to share warmth and
malevic? I could be in the corner of the room and allow those that
want comfort to be comfortable. I'm a light sleeper. Hum, I've spent
many nice sleeping in caves dangerous outside the door. We're in a warm,
established, ministreet journey. We're we're fine. I mean I could always remove
my armor and shrink down a bit. We're fine, So what to one
room? Then I'm not seeing a decision. I'm so above above board in
terms of like the conditions, does it affect our sleep depending on how muchy
so let's so, let's just get the double the two rooms then, M
very well, it should be fine with two rooms. All right, let's
move our stuff around and then go seek out Saquachie. Mm hmmm. I'll
return some of my stuff to the other room. Then we had to the
first night, so this was the time if we wanted to change. M
hmm. Excellent that it is not good at their own room. Oh yeah,
they did for sure. Yes, so I suppose after we get our
living arrangements sorted, we would go and see if we could seek out Soakawachie
at their room. Yeah. Absolutely, who knows. I'm just thinking drinking
my tea in the other room. I'm not seeing anyone else do it'll knock.
I'm with you. I saw they looked at me on the boat.
On that Nuggachi Daniki. Mm hmmm. Door opens. You can see the
group inside, all of them, all four there. It looks like you
might have interrupted a conversation. Ina is the one who opens the door.
Oh hello, hello Numa. Apologies if we are interrupting. We can come
back at another time if you'd like. Sakawachi holds up a hand. It
is fine in Uma, please, I mean We just wanted to check in
on you make sure things are right. Thank you. We are resting well,
what about you? And look Tiara, Well, we had a bit
of an experience today which hopefully the locals will be made aware that you are
also exempt from the ridiculous notions. When we were in the town square earlier
in this day, we were forced to do some sort of morality test in
the form of being attacked by a giant monster that could have easily killed us.
That is very strange. I see you are all right barely. We've
had some time to recover, but just be wary locals. They were overcharging
us as well. I don't know how much you've gotten out of your room
today, but it was a little expensive. Yes, hopefully things are cleared
up, otherwise we will make sure they are cleared up most of the day
to rest ourselves because of our long journeys and how little rest we have had.
We plan on speaking with one of the city officials later tonight, try
to get some more answers and see how our appearance fits with everything, if
you wouldn't mind, before we are to move on, I was hoping that
we might stay here for a few days. At least much like what you
have told us. We haven't had much time to rest. Of course,
we can't do that. We will start looking for a potential way to suck
chorus. Next, there are caravans. I think you will search for one
that is leaving in the next few days. Mhmm, you're right. What
do you all right if we come with you? Danigi speaks up and says,
I think it might be better if we get the lay of the land
as well. Mhm of course. Well, is there anything that we can
get you while we're out on the town tonight. Thank you for the considerations,
but we will we will do fine. H They have some local food
here that is similar to some of the food that we prepare where we are
from. Thank good. Looking around the room and kind of throughout the whole
conversation, is it possible for me to try and get a little bit of
a read on the energy that they're kind of portraying? Sure, give me
a perception check fourteen. I think with the fourteen you'd be able to see
like, I mean, they've been through a lot, you know, like
they look pretty tired, look pretty exhausted. Well, if there is nothing
that you need from us. We're going to probably get some food in us
and make our way to this meeting. Any of you wanted to come,
you are more than welcome to you, but otherwise we'll let you get some
rest and perhaps we'll talk tomorrow. All right, thank you, and if
you need us, we've changed rooms. Ours are down the hall to the
left there the fourth and fifth room. Numa kind of like looks out the
down the hallway. As just said, thank you, m very well.
All right, we shall leave you to your to apologies again for interrupting.
We just wanted to check in. Good night, good next night. No,
I'll lead Yara down back towards our rooms. They don't seem well,
no now, they seem very exhausted, very short with their answers. Mmm.
I hope that they can find some peace one way or another. They've
been through a lot. Certainly, I will open the door for you.
Oh, thank you, it's curtsy and go on in food everyone. M
oh, yes, how did you like the tea? Araviic mm hmmm,
still getting used to it. Perhaps it's some of your heritage that makes it
so you do not go numb like most humans. M hm. Tastes like
hot water to me, I like the way it makes my mouth numb.
That is an odd side effect that had drone as I had found out.
I did not know existed. Thinglues. It does nice calming feeling on the
guts. It's not just that water, but food downstairs. And Keep said
there was stew the Innkeep. You say, m hm, he is still
there. The schmelly human what is his name? Hardman, strong, daddy?
What did they call him? Some stupid human name? Innkeeper? That's
what I called him. And he responded, yeah, of course. What
is the plan? What about the others? Kay? Look to you,
Uh, well, they are quite tired. We've asked to spend a few
days here so that they might gather some information on how to get to our
next location, which is our chorus and from there. Well, they're just
going to be sticking to the room for now, I think, taking care
of themselves, getting rest. Mm hmm. Oh psychology, uma aniki.
We're not going to adjust. We're just going to ignore the fact that they
were looking at us like we would treat it. No, we're not ignoring
that fact. But they need their space for now. It is very apparent,
So perhaps tomorrow we will talk to them planted that seat while we were
in there is just now what's up land for the day? That night,
go to God and then sleep. M hmm. Indeed, will we go
into Garstile's armory and having that discussion whatever it entails, and just be honest.
I was, we're wanting to scout this place out at night, stick
to the shadows, on to the rooftops, see what we're really dealing with
here. I was going to do that while you slept, but I felt
like it was a good idea to discuss it first. I think that it's
a great idea, and I am glad that you spoke of it with us
that way. If you don't come back, we know where you went.
I wish I could join you, but my gesture to my large shrame heavily
armored, I'm not meant for crawling on rooftops. Hmm. Your company would
have been a pleasure, but I will I could take this task on my
own if need be. Oh, perhaps myself Wi Karoon could accompany you.
I'm light on my feet. What's that? How are you feeling? I'm
well rested. I have been able to rest while you are all out.
M I can I can come with you. She used to be a part
of the shadows, as we were told many times. Yes, just the
used to part that scares me. I'm still quite the sneaky to be a
bonding time for you both to be wonderful. Do you like minded wonderful individuals
like yourselves? Like I mean, we're all in a group together. We've
both eaten dragon hearts scenes Karouna. Have you jumped out of the window.
We're basically the same person without the jumping out of window. I think is
that when you built the step ladder with the winder you jumped out of.
No, you brow the window. That's what you have broken many windows.
You're going to have to be more specific similarities window breaking. I will come
with you. That's settled. Perhaps we get food while you discuss the intricacies
of your plan. Yes, I don't know if it's smart for me to
be seen down there. Yeah, they can deal with it. Oh in
that case, so I moved my cloak aside. Again, I'll bring dinner
to us. You're a boat another problem? Yeah, I point to the
window. Either we fix it or we pay for it. So I could
fix the window, or I could make a ill like a head for you
to hide your horns. Yeah, the window would be nice. How long
does it take you to fix a window? How long does it take me
to fix a window? Assuming you have a decent carpenter work. We have
a couple of days. It doesn't have to be right now, although it's
going to be quite cold at night. I absolutely fixed that window. If
you want, I could make it better. Yes, WoT you do that
now? Human downstairs would like it though, and I can't do that.
Maybe I should go ask first when we start banging on wood. Yeah,
I'll go ask or not, I'll just stay here. Apparently there's a delicious
stew tonight. So how long would it take me to fix a window?
Mm hmmm probably several hours? Mm hmm. You can always work on that
if the window was big enough for Alvic to jump out of. Probably several
hours. Yeah, all right, that settle thing. I don't want to
make things awkward, and I will go down with you. If I feel
that my emotions are starting to take over, I will walk away and come
back up here. You can get ready for the night. They're good.
I will just go down and grab a bunch of food for us. Discounted.
I put my head on and I'll say, if I keep running from
my problems, then I'll never solve them. That's true. But if you
aren't ready, you don't have to push yourself. Do you want to come
with me? We should all go down to show the camaraderie between a lot
of different beings being together. Yeah, and we should make the amends of
the slap men strong hands men garstil flare. No the Harlan hearthwood, Harlan
hard hardwood heart like like home where the all right, well, start pushing
the other room and following right before you, brother pushed me out, I
turned to rash talk. So hard wood can sometimes be used as a uph
reser, I don't. I mean it's usually a better thing for carpentry,
like men's you know, or no oak. Yes, wood is rather I
am very hungry. Yes, okay, stay here then and fix the window.
Yes, I would fix the window. They did mention they were going
to check with aland to see if that was all right. But I don't
see why it would be a problem. You're doing them as service. I'll
just keep fixing the window. I have some extra drift wood if you need
wood. To work with. Oh yeah, the hard wood, it might
be a little light. It's a small driftwoode. I pull out one of
the largest drift wood pieces from my bag, removing it. Finally. Sure,
yeah, uh, wood's not gonna do too much in this case.
The glass is broken. I've got a lot of goo that I can smear
if that helps. Again, that still glass could be transparent if stretched dry
goo on it. I've got so much goo. Great, still not glass?
Can I not? Can I not make a kind of adhesive with this
goo? You probably can? Then I will do that. That would be
good. Do you have any glass? Do I have any I'm going to
use the glass that's on the ground that just glue it back together. Sure,
all right, I'll leave you to that. Did you want me to
bring you your meal? No, it's sure. I'll just be here.
Don't worry about me. Glass piece one class piss two us. I'm looking
to take Karun's meal up to Okay, as you all sort of like go
down for some food together. This place is significantly busier than when you went
upstairs. There's a lot of people in here. Now when you come down
the stairs, there's lots of like people pointing and whispering and stuff, and
you can see lots of like smiles on people's faces. Somebody give me a
perception check. I can do that. I have a plus ten. Mm,
wow, fourteen, I can't have a plus Sure you should have higher
than me. Yeah, you should have thirteen at this point. Or I
have a plus fourteen. Yeah it was plus twelve, so you're you're like
plus fourteen by now. Maybe I broke it. Actually you have no dbuffs
on. That's probably what's happening in temporary. Uh it is fester. It
would have been sixteen. Yeah, okay, oh that's enough. So you
notice that you see a few people with some like vestments on. You might
have seen similar sort of iconography on some of the garb that was being worn
by the members of the committee. Hmmm, I will lower my breath as
we are slowly making our way in and nudge my companions. Looks like we
have some special company tonight. Don't look so directly, but three o'clock I
completely turned in that direction. The iconography is a sword backed by a sort
of looks like a shining light several pointed star stars. Is that the same
symbol we would have seen on the fountain statue of the goddess. Goddess is
symbol from before, isn't Tidiara yoma da mm hmm hmm. None of the
moralists perhaps, and if they're not attacking us, and perhaps they've been informed
by their superior m h perhaps we are being watched in a different way now
m we are honored guests. I think now still very unsettling. There's a
lot of chatter things about all about this place. Many people sort of pointing,
and conversations are obviously about you all. It looks friendlier than it used
to though, hm hmm. Interesting. Let's give it a bit of a
test, and I will walk over to whatever table seems most unoccupied, and
if there's one person sitting there, I'll say to them, hello, my
companions and I are hungry. Do you mind if we join you at your
table? It's quite fact in here tonight. There's one fairly like androgynous looking
person that's there. They they look I'm just eating by mice. Oh oh
please please have the table. Good, thank you. I will gesture my
companions to come now sit down. Yeah mm hm. They sort of like
get up like a bit excitedly smiling you have a have a good night.
Thank you. Why are you smiling? Why are they leaving? It's it's
just a it's it's nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too.
Don't have to get up. We weren't trying to get you to leave.
No, no, it's quite all right. I was. I was just
finishing up. Hm hm hm hm. Why is it nice to meet us?
Well? Excuse me for saying so. But you are the chosen,
aren't you? What the chosen for us? But do they mean you your
no? No, no, no no no. What do you mean by
the chosen? What? What does that mean? Make either a diplomacy or
a society check? Do diplomacy? Do I get any sort of assistance since
the rastrok and arslio, we're hoping I can assist with a society role.
Yes, it helps. I'm sitting back in my chair with my legs spread,
and I look really badass. I'm wearing pants. I'm wearing pants.
Don't look at me like that, Celia, that's the basic instinct, like
grass, okay, uh, thirty society or with the thirty. Yes,
that was my assistant twenty two for my diplomacy. Ceentina probably didn't help much.
Okay, Well it's it's it's spreading like wildfire all over town. What
happened in the in the town square? You can you're obviously you're obviously here
to urge in evils that are laking egged. At least that's what our steel
flare was shouting. H And what evils does? Do those entail precisely?
I mean I didn't know any specifics, but he said you overcome, You
overcame some great evil and must have been sent by Yomi day. No,
I was sent by Forasthma. What what? Mm hmm? She is an
orcle of Forasthma had I am demon travelers, but not evil. No,
we overcame a trial. Yes, I'm a te fling, I mean have
a dragon origin. Mm hmm. You seem to treat other teeflings around this
place quite nicely. I said that was a very distasteful yes in my voice.
Um, all right, Uh, perhaps I should leave. Thank you
for the information, Yes, thank you, you've been very kind. And
what what was your name? Mh? Sorry, yes, Dago? What
is their name? Please? We need their backstory here in a second.
Where do you come from? I should just have a list of like throw
away NPC characters. My name is Tobias. Lovely to meet you, Tobias
Yarra, your a stable h it's nice to meet you. Chosen for asthma.
Mm hmmm mmmm has a ring to it, doesn't it? Excuse me?
It does? Toby sort of like is bowing repeatedly as he acts away.
So nice. Seems we are seeing as some sort of heroes. You're
not anymore. But I couldn't help myself. It was the wrong deity.
So what if you know you expected you to play a lot? Why would
you play along with blasphemy? No? Because I could probably get her more
information. Doesn't heard how this stuff works? Well, then perhaps the person
who was resurrected by Frasmas, so to speak, should not be the one
having these conversations that didn't mean any behind my tom No, it is all
right, I'm joking d I didn't know ended, but that's okay. I
food. I will go get some food from us. Thank you an extra
bowl. I will bring it up to Karun sure thing who is picking up
the food? I am okay. For Celia, please give me a perception
check. I'm sorry it's weird that you see out of your Boobs nineteen.
Okay, uh, you swear you heard Karun's voice coming from the kitchen.
That's not good. I try to lean over so that I can get a
better look into the kitchen from where I am Karune. What do you think
our Cilia sees? Celia probably sees Karun in in what looks to be an
embrace from a hard cast in McCormick. Ah. I shall step away,
smiling and make my way back over to the table. You will you the
sounds of bones cracking, listen. I'm so glad that I was the one
to go see that and hear that our Cilia does not king shame. Okay,
I get back to the table. Kitchen's a bit busy right now.
We might have to try again later, busy all day. I pull out
my rash, my lasting rations bag, pulling out dried foods. Yeah you
can eat this swow. We wait. They never taste good, by the
way, like it's so bland, Like the food is just meant for nutrition.
Nutrition. Yes, I could warm it if anyone would like. Someone,
I would like to have a word with the cook. Like everyone else,
you can dip the hard tack in the team. It softens it.
You who need more chewing. Perhaps you could just get their attention. I
mean, if we're so popular here, she's falling at the mouth to feed
us, right, I'll look around at other tables. Is anybody near us
having a nice hearty meal? No, I won't make a joke. I
won't do it. Yeah, there's plenty of people eating stew and stuff.
I look at the one that just got the hot steaming plate, like,
hey you no, no, no, I'll just go to the front,
would you mine giving me your We are the chosen ones, and I choose
you to help us fill our bellies so we can rid the world of this
evil is making intimidation, Jack Melbourne, I'm intimidating fine with me. That
is deceiving. I don't want to rebrull that good one, baby. Oh
yeah, con and your drinks too, mm hmmm. I'll just pass it
around the table you too. They will get plenty of food. Were the
chosen ones? You have a blessed day, turn and run, invigorator,
inspired to go out in the world. A few of the people that are
like watching, like point to the empty seats. Oh yeah, mm hmmm,
eat up, let's go. It's like I just start eating as soon
as the tables clean. In a restaurant, people swooping in. Mm hmm,
okay, help included in the cost of the inn. Reg it is
they didn't even steal your just reappropriated? Is that a man kissed himself?
Basically? Is that? How? Is that what a drone is called?
It? Reappropriate? What drons have fed you just now? Yes, but
they wouldn't have known they it was taken from them. Mm hmm. That
seems like I'm the better companion. Then don't let it get cold. Come
on, he's not here anymore. Yare the moral adronation? Do you want
to feed him as well as head is in your bag? Is he not?
No? I meant the man you's scared away and oh egs fine,
but next time we just ask for their attention in the kitchen. I could
have easily done that. We could still do that. This is quite good.
You could still do that. If she's like, hmm, does it
look like the food was eating it all? Because that would be something I
feel like I would not eat the food. Really, No, I said,
they look the freshly put down. They hadn't even taken a bite yet.
It looks like they were going to but they dropped it right back in.
It seems fine to me. Still hot, very hot. Actually right,
it is good with it? Come on right, digging? I eat
very sounds on the table, the stuff like jumps in the area. You
know, do you want me to feed you, Yara? Maybe she's not
satisfied with this too. I'm eating sort fish, they said stew today.
I think these there's many where it came from, yours, any of the
meadles around and no, no, no, no, I'm fine, We're
all fine. There are birds that rather be fed with regurgitation meat. Are
you insinuating? I would like to have our celia throw up in my mouth.
I didn't say for you and pass it down if it's too much for
you. That seems like a risk of illness. So did I just hear
karoon? Maybe that's right? I need to bring a meal. Yes,
why are we hearing her? If she's making him? Was that here?
I am grinning ear to ear, just eating, Charlie. I'm reading and
I'm pretty much feeling. Yes, she is hiding something from us. No,
no, she knows something. What do you know? I will put
my elbow on the table and look Malevich dead in the eye. Now try
to telepathically send him the image that I saw for a sweit second mm hmm,
oh god, no? What else? Please? Is it? Is
it another psychic attack that we got you quite well? I feel his forehead.
I don't want to eat anymore. Don't eat it, don't need it.
Why you wouldn't wolfing it down? You were? I would wolf it
up? Then? Can I have that bread? You're not in anything else?
Here's the bread? Here you go, Thank you? But back to
that ceo. What do you know? Bye? Human? Go see for
yourself. You check and let me know if this is I'm going? I
want I want to go. I want to retire. Where is that coming
from? Sound? Kitchen? I guess he's not working on the window.
Do you want to talk? Are you rave? Alrea? I need to
eat a hammering of a different breed? What m just go look and please
tell me it's not true? H as you all are I guess trying to
figure out what's going on. You catch a sneak peek of Karun exiting the
kitchen. Karun, what does that look like? Kriane is leaving the kitchen,
but it's completely disheveled and is thoroughly under the impression that nobody can see
her, perhaps even doing a little theme song. She is squaking along the
wall, back up the stairs. What's that the innkeeper? The cook?
Oh? Also Korean's clothing is the is the French made outfit? Where did
she get that? The Janet's outfit? Oh, she's pretending to be Jannis
Dane Jet Janet Janet Janet the human. Why would she be pretending at this
moment, We're not in the disguise. She was asking about the Maybe she
didn't want the window to be locked back up? Confused, maybe asking about
the window. Why is the costume so messed up? Traveling a while?
Perhaps it had no dime to lay out and de wrinkle. Ah, it
looked like there were some tears. Hm hmmm, Wait why was she in
the kitchen? Harlan wobbles over to the table, puts down a bowl of
stew in front of each of you. There you go, mm hmmm.
He's he looks very disheveled. You can see, uh is the the his
shirt is on backwards? Uh? He is uh a bit. You can
see like there's like, I think, like a red handprint across his face.
You can see like, right there, are you injured? It looks
like he was crying maybe a little bit. I'm meeting the stew so the
window is it? It's okay? Have you been harmed? He stares at
you for a pretty long time, turns and walks away. Is he limping
a little bit? Mmm? I don't think I wanted to. I'll love
scout the city out by myself. It's now. Karoon said she wished to
go with you. No, no, Karun fucked a human. What you
put it like that? It seems so wrong? How wrong is that?
No, it's not. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just monumental because
she always talks about how stupid the humans are, you know, don't hate
them quite a girl. She fucked a human just now. She took her
aggression on him. Hate fucking is a thing that you've mentioned that before.
Yes, that was a little strange discussion. She's a monster, understand it?
Oh my start a demon. I slowly pushed away from the table and
to get ready for my night out. Didn't in her any time to think.
Isn't that how it works? Yara? What do you mean? How?
What was? Yeah? It's in her? Oh, not tell mind
your diamond that I didn't realize that she had, Well, it was in
her I suppose, unless it wasn't and it wasn't here anyway, that's very
good rash talk. What is someone would say what you just said was a
joke? Oh I didn't, Ah did so? And perhaps we finish up
and we go to our meeting. Hmmm, whyse I grab a plate and
I put some food on it, and I hold it out to you.
Perhaps you should take this up to our very hungry friend. M m,
yes, I can do that. I'll bring this STI karoon er mix.
Your Malevic doesn't actually leave. He seemed he was ready to, but he
should be in the meeting with us. Yes, all right, I think
he went back up to the room. If I see him there, I
mixed so he he doesn't leave, but I'll I'll bring this THEI karoon Let's
meet outside once everyone's ready. Very good. I will go upstairs and make
sure Karoun is able to get ready and not all disheveled while we go have
this meeting. I linger there for a moment and I'm just watching you just
I've seem so amused by you flustered. Oh my yarra, I'll see you
in a moment. He see you soon, accompanish. She sucked a humans.
I will continue eating and then eventually make my way back upstairs. Sure,
let's see who should be Who should we join first? Here? Ye?
Uh, I don't know how the rooms were broken up. Uh,
because I don't know if Malvic is walking into the room where Karun was or
not. Probably probably unfortunately Okay, Yeah, then i'd be behind him by
about thirty seconds or so. Uh, Karen, what's going on when they
get there? Nothing is going on? Yeah? Are you already changed?
Could have doing this whistling just to herself, and she's working on the window.
That was the window coming along? The window is so good? Yes,
it looks good, just the way it was when I left here.
No, it's are we ready to go? Or brought your stew? I
have brought your stew? Yes, Coron, Are you decent? Darling?
Why wouldn't type be decent? Because you're yes? It's not well, Oh
maybe I was wrong, I was. I see it was not that.
No, you definitely came out of the kitchen, did you not? Well,
yes, we don't know what she's done to that human was engaged very
distinct and dire negotiations with the office of the human who runs this place.
So did you fix our window problem? And it's no longer an issue?
No, I was. It was for the food that you were all having
to consume all the time. Hm. Hm. Anyway, I'm working on
the window and I'm ready to go for the scouting. You and malvik n
that's that's after the meeting meeting first, all right, Kooran, let me
fix your hair a little, darling. Thank you. Here we go.
You're all right, okay, very beautiful girl. So we're all ready escapad
in the kitchen. Wasn't where the food was prepared? Was? What's the
what? Okay? As we begin to file out, I will give a
little nudge of karoun and thumbs up. Mho. Okay. Everyone is going
yes, yeah, all right, So yeah, you all head downstairs.
And somehow there's more people that are down here. Uh, since you've left
several people as soon as you descend the stairs pointing and uh, that's them
chosen. It isn't being liked instead of actively hated? Yeah, I guess
sir. Where we have it as a meeting? Yes, lead the way
you open the door and head out into the night. Now, Uh,
somebody give me a I will take a survival check here, I think,
Oh, yes, I can do that. I can reroll that from the
crit failed. Okay twenty three. Yeah, you think you've got enough of
a lay of the land to know which way it is? A rash talk.
It was off on the left side of the square, near the pudding,
not next to it, but near it. It's probably how he got
to it so quickly. Mm hmm, yester, see there's sign mm hmm
mm hmm. What is the streets? Are the streets busy outside the end?
Yeah? I will try to shrink down as much as possible. Are
we being followed at all? Yep, you don't even have to make a
roll. Why are they following so closely behind us? Because we're popular.
I could always scare them off a little reminiscent of astravel. I will squeeze
Malvick's elbow and say to him, lowering my voice, do not make yourself
small, my friend. Mm hmm, fine, no, stand up,
toll. I'm proud of you, thank you for being here, and I'm
continue to walk with the others. It's not far to the steel forge.
Armory. It is a lot like the rest of Agada. You know,
to anybody that hasn't lived here for for a long time, this is a
pretty impressive place. It's a metropolis, so I don't know how many of
you have been to cities this large, but this is most likely one of
the bigger ones. It has that city smell, you know, of hiss
and shit probably out in the streets, which is unpleasant, but it's fairly
well taken care of. I don't think any of you would notice that.
It's definitely depreciated in the last few years. But the outside of the Steel
Forge Armory has some iconography for Iomi Day, and you can see that there's
a sign in both dwarven and in common uh indicating the Steel Forge Armory.
There's a probably like a the equivalent of like an a frame, a something
outside to let people know, you know, any any deals or anything along
those lines. And see that it says close for the night. I bang
on the door. There's a little peopole at what you would consider to be
a dwarf in height. You see a little now I peers out rose her
eyes, I stare back at it, and my usual warmth is not on
my face. It's more reserved and professional. Sure, Parcelia's like gotta bend
over to like look through the outside of to the other side of the sliding
people. Uh oh, you hear like a exclamation as you as you look
down. What's Joseph m hm h just opened the door. How many looks
do they have? He's just pretending he has three. He's just locking them
back and forth because he's a dwarf. Mm hmm. The door opens.
Uh, you can see some of the that you haven't seen before. It
is a another dwarf that bows as you as you uh wait outside, Hello
there, m hm hm. Gar is expecting you. Would you like to
come in? Please? I'll told us his doorframe. Is it something we
have a duck in? Oh, no, it's a normal sized door.
It's just like there's the the Lord of the Rings. It's like the Lord
of the Rings people. You know, there's like a normal like an average
height one and then there's the doorven hype one. Yeah, and yeah.
There's like inside there's like a little step stool next to the inside of the
door, and you can see that there's torches that are lit up. It's
got that you know that firelight dancing around inside you can see that there's shields
and things that are all sort of hung in a line along the inner wall
kind of like a long hallway, and there's wooden beams with bracers connecting them
on one side and the other side is like a stone wall, and you
can see the it kind of like opens up a little ways in that are
waiting for you if you just make your way in m hm, who do
so? As you enter the Seal Forge armor, you can see some pretty
impressive work put up in various places. Some weapons, some like warhammers and
the occasional swords here and there, and some uh, some male you know,
you see some some various kinds of suits of armor basically that are put
up. I would like to keep an eye out to try to count how
many people we've passed by, trying to determine if things go badly, okay,
how what the threat might be up against. It's just the one that
you've seen. And as you make your way towards the larger area down the
hall that opens up on your right, there will be kind of like a
more open area. There's a lot of heat that comes from this area.
You can hear like no sounds of hammering or anything, and they're probably like
letting the forges die down for the night, so that heat is still ratating
here. It's still hits you a little bit. You know, I'm guessing
a lot of you might expect it, but it's still pretty intense. You
can see the shop has kind of like been cleaned up. This is obviously
where they do most of their work. They have forged, They've got like
a smithy, several anvils. You can see that they've got various work tables
and things, but they've got like projects that are kind of put in various
vice grips and whatnot all around the place. Uh. There is a there
is a female dwarf that is probably just tending to one of the workbenches.
Looks like the person who's cast with cleaning up this shop for the night.
Are there any other exit points than the door we came through and that you
see no windows? Uh? So there was a window. Uh, there
was a window probably like where the door was, but you haven't there's none
in this room. There's there are skylights in this room m hm. And
you can see there's like long um uh, probably like a rope or a
police system to uh to close them. M hm hm. Well, I
suppose I will stride forward and say hello, we have arrived. Oh hello
there. You must be easy, that's that's chosen, if that's what you'd
like to call us. Yes, uh uh, I was told to did
to take you to the committee if you would follow me? Mm hmmmm.
I'd lean over and I really like it's already I joined the club. We
have the upper hand here. They're just in the back room back here.
All we have to do is play nice for a little bit on the right.
Mm hmm. Whatever great evil that we found managed to wrestle it inside
of the ah and they are now, Oh good evening Koreans. French made
out that just melts off of her body and it's now just a normal armor.
You do this like in front of everybody, like on purpose or no,
no, no, it's just it's just happened. I don't know if
like an autonomic response. Right, okay, and the you can you can
see that there's two other people with gar steel flair there here. M hmm.
It's two uh, two women with gar uh. Somebody give me let's
call it a perception check. I'll throw an author twenty. Okay, you
recognize this person, well, Karen, I assume is trying to assist.
Sorry, yeah, okay. The twenty allows you to recognize one of these
people you met. You might have I don't know if you talk to this
person or not when you were exploring the city today, but you recognize this
person as one of the store owners, the general store owner that's here as
well, Becca. I believe her name was Yeah, I'm just trying to
mine er. Yes, it is a human and a half elf. Becca
is the human, the shopkeeper that you remember. The other one, the
half elf, is wearing vestments. Hello. Becca motions to you all,
please have a seat. I take a seat without thinking. That's about it.
I'll stand ill with this odded disgust at the half a half elf.
I'll pull a seat out for Yara and sit down next to it. We'll
go ahead and sit down as well. Let's have you come by chosen.
I'm very pleased to see that you've all made it here safely. That's so
expectation. We weren't going to make any safely. As I said, Becca,
these folks managed to well. I have never never seen anything like it.
They they defeated this. This is evil that we that I've found,
and it's most impressive. I think the only way that anything like that could
happen would be if they were, in fact, as I have said here,
to remove any of this evil that has been plaguing Ego. Does it
seem like he is will fully attempting to withhold the fact that Key sprung it
on us perception check twenty eight. I think it's more the suspension of disbelief.
Really, like he's ease. He doesn't think what he did is his
doing. He just thinks he was facilitating what was happening. Oh Becca,
if if these fine people are here and they are doing the good work,
I think think we should in fact give them the honor of receiving blessings from
all of the merchants, including yourself and of course the Steel Flair Armory.
Yes, it has been It has in fact been seen by many of the
townspeople. I've heard them talking at least for the last few hours since this
happened. What do you think, after all Gar has said, here's Levely.
I think it is evident that Iomi Dae has sent them here. I
think that they are much like gar says, here to do good things for
Agada. They all sort of turned towards you, smiles on their face as
they bow. I'm tapping my finger on the table and looking at os Celia.
You call us chosen. What is the expectation that comes along with this?
We are not from here. This word does not mean anything to us.
Could you perhaps enlighten us? They sort of look at each other.
Well, what we were hoping that you might tell us? Well, we
haven't been here long, but I can say without any reservation that I have
seen some evil. You have people mistreated out on the streets, especially those
of Tiefling kind. They all kind of like glance towards malvic in unison.
I hold my stare m M. You are aware of what has gone on
in saw chorus? Of course? Question is it's the chorus different from the
world wound? It is where the world wound was located. Okay, yes,
I am well aware of what happened, but evident enough of our own
arrival. You've thought us to be evil without any information, not prejudice blinded
you. Now after your test, we've proven ourselves. I see some of
the same prejudice and being applied to the people on your streets. Please make
a diplomacy check thirty two. Wey'll sort of look at each other. Becca
hasn't really taking her eyes off of malavik Uh what you can see that like
uh Zolavelli is doing some serious consideration. Well, if the Chosen of Iyomi
Days say that we are to give the teethlings a fair that's a fair shake,
I suppose, and I think that is what we should do. Becca,
do not remember what has happened in mendev all of the demons. I
remember quite well, Becca, But the chosen of Iyomi Day are year.
Are we to say that they and Iomi Day herself are wrong? If I
might correct you, Iomi Day's teachings they are also about rising above your lineage,
regardless of what it is. They are just kind people on the streets.
Becca has her arms crossed and she says, I understand what it is
that you say and what you suggest. However, you're talking about many years
of being overrun, people from the outer rifts made their way to our world.
The outer rifts. Are these people running amuck and slaughtering all of you?
Or have they remained where they stand? They are not the same.
I underscrict they carry within them the blood of these creatures. We never know
what may happen one day by not no like like when we entered dear peacefully
and we're attacked. Should we blame this whole city for your misgivings? Should
we consider all of what you do bad? As at Iaomi day would be
quite pissed off at that. I would assume we should blame the whole city
then, for the actions of these few. Yes, indeed, that is
the most balanced thing I can think of, if we are to act the
same correct and throw out all the whole rising above your lineage. You know,
Gar looks a little bit like a turtle trying to retreat into his beard.
As as you were speaking were I believe we should listen to these fine
people, and if they are in fact of the opinion that the taeflings are
a no threat, we should treat them as we would treat any others.
They are they all right? M Our sort of looks up out of the
corner of his eye towards Becca, seeing how she's going to respond. She
turns around, hands still crossed across her chest, and she is joined by
Zolavelli, who puts a hand on her shoulder, and she says, Becca,
who else are we to believe? Does Iomi day herself have to come
here very well? What you say makes sense, and from what the people
have said as well as are here. Perhaps you are worthy, Perhaps you
are chosen. I will say this, many of the feelings of our people
were hard fought and earned. You weren't simply born. Looking down upon teasings,
we've seen many Chambian make their way to our worlds to destroy cities.
It is difficult to forget that easily. I stand up and I pull my
clothes aside to show the many scars on my body. Know this, I
know what you mean about things being hard to forget. The history of my
people we rose up against the whispering tyrant. Evil find its way through every
corner of the world. Egada is not special. If you truly mean to
follow what it is that we say, chosen or not, I want you
to make action of it. Your word is not enough. I hail from
the Burning Sun Clans. It is our sole mission to go throughout the world
and work against prejudice, to dismantle it, to break it down. The
war in Uger was not gentle and it was not short. It cost us
many great lives. I want you to send a letter to my people,
ask them to dispatch an emissara unit here. They can help you take more
meaningful step, perhaps steps that your people might find easier to digest if the
pain runs so deep. H So la Velly says, burning sun, much
like Star of Iyomi day herself. See see Becca, they are the chosen.
I reach over and I just gently squeeze man of Eck's hand. You
could tell I'm very antsy. Just keep moving around a lot back. M
what what what do you think? Do you think that this is I?
I I will say that I think that this just seems something like something we
may be able to do. H What do you say? Becca? So
Lavelli and I seem to be in agreement on this. Becca looks you in
the eye one more time, or Celia, and then towards Malavik. Very
well, we will speak to the delegate here and Aga and we will make
it so yes, slowly, sit back down. Thank you. We were
not born by choice to be this, and unfortunately there's a the god we
were dealt. They're bad eggs, bad people in all shades, colors,
varieties, species. But if you continue with your aide, we always find
a way to rise above that form pacts riots. Then we start to get
angrier and realize that maybe what you become of us, what you make of
us, are these monsters demons. Maybe that's what we should lean into become,
because at least we'll be accepted in one way or another instead of just
looked at as trash. Your actions birth, what your fears are manifesting.
Keep that in mind next time you look at one of us. That's all
I am. Let's say mm hmm guards, steel flair bows again. Why
you can only speak from myself and my men. I say that we are
sorry, and we expect you to prove it m h actions or words.
Yes, But for what it is worth, I could retast tell that you're
making an attempt. I'll accept that from now. Just imagine the change that
you can make happen if you took the time to try to understand instead of
pre judge. There's being judged the woman I walked in here, Frankly,
as much as I wanted to rage out towards you, I thought about everyone
else around me first, because that's the right thing to do, at least
in your hands. It's not too late. Well, now that we've addressed
that, what do you know of these marks upon our necks and our chest
and everywhere in between. I say, showing my mark on my neck.
They all seem to have a look without being too overbearing, and they sort
of glanced at each other shake their heads. I've never seen anything like it.
It has nothing to do with any sort of well, any rooms or
anything that I've seen before. Do you know of ayudara? You mean elfgates?
Indeed, Korean cringes went to hear the way they pronounce elf. I
have heard of them. Have you heard of this phenomena that occurred called the
missing moment all over Glorian? No, I'm sorry. Look to my colleagues,
h scholars in town that may study ancient dart effects. There are scholars
in town. Yes, I can direct you to them. Perhaps that may
be a good way to go. Do you know anything about, since you
are religious, anything about a sacred creature, a whale of sort, sacred
whale? Mm hm, I am sorry, I've never heard of it.
Well, we come from all stretches of Glorian and we are on a quest
one to purge quite a large I told you what's evil. We do not
have all the answers yet. I look to a rash talk and Arsilia.
I will pull out my journal and begin to flip through the pages, showing
them very briefly the sketches that I've made of our visit to the first World
and the various worlds that we've been through. I will not let them linger
along on the pages and the words, but the pictures, the people.
The last sketch in the book is the hot pirate lady that I don't remember
her name, but our Celia definitely wrote down. Okay, this would be
Kaitari Limbosa hmm. So with that we could use your help. We need
gear m This evil as spoke of, could mean. You've been through a
lot here. Imagine what could happen and evil that we do not understand.
So any resources that you have, any anybody can point us towards, even
locations, would be helpful. We have quite a good team of comrades here
who specialized in different things, so any help is useful. Yes, we
will speak to the other merchant. We will make sure that they take care
of you. You'll be treated well on time, and the scholars will need
to know where they are. Potentially some that may know of the gates or
are of maybe ancient history. They could line things up with historical facts and
events that we know. I believe you can perhaps speak with someone at the
War Memorial Plaza. They might be able to help you. Otherwise, I
might be able to help you with some things, but from what you've told
me thus far, I don't know many ways that I could help you.
Well. We shall investigate into that. That being said, we did have
some friends who came here with us. We have Sakawachi, Di nigi Uma
and Ulikuk who are all with us. They braved quite the storms with us.
See to it that they are treated well as well. If you could,
I know of whom they speak, and my will I will do this
very well. There is nothing else. You are going to have our normal
meeting for the night. You require anything else, I will let them know
the name of the inn that we are staring at. If you would like
to send us a message, you can find us here. Shield and sword
in hmm. If you do find any thing you may deem as evil that
needs to be taken care of. We could potentially look into it while we're
here and see if it is indeed that or a misunderstanding. Very well,
thank you for your for clearing all of this up. Karun, male victor,
either of you have anything to ask. Karun is just looking around at
all of the weapons on the walls. Which one of these is the best
one for calling locals when you go out to strip mine all the resources of
the region. Excuse me? Well, nothing. I think what Karun was
trying to say is if you had anything to be able to gather resources outside
of this town and a local they're inquiring about a mining pipe, maybe maybe
something of the natures. Give Karun a big eye. Yeah, like,
which one is the best for putting down rebellions of resources? Never mind,
it's fine. Those rocks are rebellious. They come from the mountaintop, they
roll down without warning. Run here is quite fond of resources. And yes,
I'll be seeing her out now, and I'll grab Gruton's hand and pull
towards the door. Very well, thank you for speaking with this, and
I'll be sure to pass the word on as will I. I will take
a page from my journal and rip it out and I will write the directions
and of whom they can speak to. I write the name Draka of the
namath Kar tribe, Burning Sun Clan onto the sheet with directions and how they
can address them. I also draw the sigl of the Burning Sun Clan on
the page. They all take a look at it and are very impressed the
whole thing and see that guars kind of like holding it up to the symbology
of Iyomi day and sort of like comparing. Oh yes, I was just
the urge to roll my eyes. Here are the instructions. I hope you
have a good night. Karun has led the way with the Melevek and has
left the building. Then turned around the corner of the front doors. Just
Pelvic and Karun. Then it's just you are right. You can just see
like a thin layer of perspiration across Karoon's entire face. I despise them,
the spies who despise the dwarfs and their eleven assets. Eleven assets mm hmmm,
the collaborators accomplices. Do you despise the dwarfs just as much as you
just despised humans at one point? More even more? Then maybe you should
have relations to the dwarf. What it will make things easier for you,
get to know them. We spend time saying about judging. Maybe should spend
more time with a dwarf to understand how they tick, Maybe to change your
mind. I would sooner cut out my own eyes and eat them and puke
them back up and put them back in my head so I can cut them
out again and also eat them and then puke them. Who spend any more
time than I have to with a dwarf? And they have history of dwarves
a little bit? Is it? Those dwarves? Now? It is like
them? M we're assuming again. You understand that's what people do to me
and all the other chief things around here. Yes, I'm fine, I'm
fine. I'm fine. We're out of the environment. You don't have to
see them again. If you don't want to, let'll tell you what I
need fresh air. So I'm gonna go and scount a round. You stay
with the group. I'm gonna take to the streets so I won't be doing
anything a pie that I was planning to. It seems like we have some
kind of grace here, so I'm going to use it to my advantage and
just see what the condition of this place is, and I will come back
with the report. Will you be all right fine? Mm hmm, okay,
if you need to talk, I can be available all right. Did
your parents get eaten by a wolf? No? Oh okay? And I
was just kind of like walk away slowly with my eyes on the girl.
Malvic walks off and we see probably Karun for a second, wiping her eyes
and tears away where they go head back to the inn. I know there's
Karen Halovic just left. He had the business to attend. Yes, oh,
he's doing the scouting. Were you not joining him? No? Hm,
I have a window to fix ah, yes, yes, mm hmm.
Right, well, perhaps we begin to uncle down for the night.
Yes, and if you sense anything else, Celiable, see if you can
find him. Sounds like a plan. Could you use little lie down very
wealthy and then yes, indeed I will lead the way very well. Uh,
you all kind of head back for the night. Malvic, Yes,
you are out and a balance mm hmmm. Say that this is kind of
an exploration mode kind of thing. What are you doing? I was going
to be very wrapping myself up and walking around the town just to see what
kind of condition things are in looking for other teeth things. But I decided
to not wrap myself up and after the talk I had with them and walk
around. I just wanted to see what the world was up to while I
was gone. I ort to see others like me, because I haven't seen
many ever since the accident with my brother. I also want to see how
people react and interact with each other. This is quite a shock for me
because I've been alone for so long and it's been in conditions that weren't quote
unquote normal. So I was just quite interested in seeing how the town worked
and reacted to my presence, and seeing how other teeflings are being treated,
or maybe even have a conversation with one if need be sure. Let's have
a perception check. Mm hmm twenty four. Okay, Uh, you spent
some time making your way through are you Are you headed towards busy streets?
Are you headed towards poorer areas? Or you headed towards Are you just kind
of making a like a walk through of every street or what are you doing?
I think I start on the busy streets, seeing that we were probably
living leaving an area that was quite busy with all the people until I noticed
maybe alleys or areas where it seemed like the quote unquote homeless population may have
upticked, and I wanted to kind of walk in that area as if I
noticed anyone that looks like me. Okay, especially children women. Yeah,
there's teeth flings around. I mean they're in various states. Some appear to
be homeless, some appear to be your average kind of member of town.
One thing that you do notice amongst all of them is they seem to keep
kind of quiet. HM. As you pass by, they probably each nod
to you, or they will definitely take notice of you. Hm. Is
there any in particular that seem to stand out more than most, or is
everybody kind of just keep it to themselves? Most of them are keeping themselves.
Yeah, I mean nobody really approaches you or anything. I think what
I would do. It's cold here, is it not? Yeah? I
think from the talk, especially since the night is yeah burning, and the
extra firs that I have on me from our trip from the really cold area,
I'm assuming it's not as cold as it was where we were right because
it was Yeah, because the lake itself was very cold. I mean,
you're still on the lake right right, some of the buildings are blocking some
of the wind, but you're getting that like arctic kind of blast of wind,
you know that's coming through here periodically. Yeah, I think I would
flurry is probably falling. Mm hmm. I would notice it. I would
see if there was anyone that was like in die need freezing or something,
I would I would give my extra furs to them, wrap them up.
Maybe to talk to the local tee flings to see if I can get any
information, because I do know that those that are put into some dire situations
may be more informative than the ones that we talked to we spoke to earlier,
Okay, uh, and this is you just kind of trying to find
out some information, Yeah, like about like how the teethlings are treated here
or t flings are treated. If there was somebody in general that if I
really wanted some good, juicy gossip information, who would that person be.
I would think they would know, since they would be the ones that were
more observative than most. Okay, I'll take a society role or a yeah,
diplomacy, I think I don't think there's really mm hmmm mmmm. Got
one peril point. Society sucks. All right, I'm gonna use aeropoint.
That's one, last one mm hmm mhm. Yeah. Uh. A lot
of distrust that's happening, Malvic. You know when you try to give your
your your furs to someone mm hmm. They probably pushed them off and say,
I don't need a handout, leave me be. It's it's cold.
You are crazy. I'll be fine. I've lived here sometime. It's always
cold. I'll slowly get up and shake my head in this relief. And
there's nothing I can do for them. We'll just continue to walk down the
alleyways and look at help or the buildings are and the structures that they possibly
made to try to survive. Maybe I'll ask one is like, if you
can be helped or what would you want? If there's anything that you need?
What would you want out of anything here? Why stay here? Where
else are we to go? If we all band together made a place of
your own where you're not judged and pushed aside in the streets against him,
proud you are something worthy to be standing, proud of these places old.
I know I know nothing of bending together. Hopefully there will be a change
soon. I'll be sure of it myself. I would not stand to see
our kind in the streets like this anymore. You know my words seem fast
to you, but believe me that I will take action. I'll find those
that will help me, and then I'll just take my furs and I'll lay
it beside them. You don't have to take it from me, but when
it does get golder, and it will, at least they'll be there for
you. I'll also take some coins for my purse. I'll take five gold
coins, and then I'll grab their hand and place it in their hand and
close their fist around it, and the grib a really tight grip. Do
with this as you will, whether you throw it and give it away,
it'll help someone. And that's where it starts. And I was hoping that
the heat for my body will eat their hands and I'll stand up slowly and
back away into the shadows. Wait, yeah, what's your name? I'll
stand tall and proud, and I'll end ova in front of them. Get
really close, malvic, oh, y'all, ancient red dragon blood, the
same that committed you thrown away by my own mother the way I look.
But I will stand strong and proud because I found others that believe in me
as I believe in you, there will be change. Now place my hand
on his shoulder, and I'll slowly stand up. What is your name?
I am Ragfa, Ragfa. I remember that name when I retired here to
see if you have witness changed. Do you have a last name, Radar,
I've long forgotten it. Then your last name shall be oh y'all,
and we are brothers. Stare at you confused, Oh y'all, mm hmm.
That's right. It's a very old name. Some says it has rumors
legends behind it. If anyone ever gives you a side eye and asks your
name, you tell them that last name. Don't think twice. If they
know, and if they don't, they will find out. I'll smirk.
The pirs of good quality, not because of what they were made out of,
not because of the cut of the fur. They were given to me
in kindness by people that did not judge me or took me for anything other
than what I wanted them to see. And I pass on these first to
you as such. Let that be the first sign of change. I'll slowly
get up, Oh y'all, that is your family name. Now, remember
we are brothers, and I'll feid into the shadows and walk away. The
rest of your search is more of the same. You're not really able to
find my through the rest of the cities as far as communicative or I guess
gossip mongering types. Place is cold and people are hurt in lots of different
ways. I'll take these notes in my heart as I walked back towards the
end, and I'll turn around and mumble, right, we'll return to this
place. I will see that it's may better, whether it's in the flesh
or not. I'll walk into the end enjoy the others. It's maybe been
like two hours or so since you set out, but you return back to
the rooms. No, I'm knocking the door. Ah, they're all asleep,
and I will sleep outside the door, watched on the wall and deep
thought about things that happened until I fell asleep. Everybody, please give me
a will save Oh shit, Still, I thought we were over there rerolling
that rerolling mine is well, I'm rerolling line. Well, mine's the same,
also the same, we both feel seventeen's twice Holy crap. All right,
then that's an interesting situation. M h, why is that interesting?
Whack yeah, whack. Why is it interesting? Because there are vague indications
of each of you are Celia and a rash Talk yes, and y are
a sorry. In this stream as you sleep, unsettling feeling occurs, this
feeling like something is watching you. You're inside the being downstairs eating. Everything's
distorted and muted and moving in strange ways. It's earlier, when you were
sharing some laughs, eating some stew. There's a moment where Yara Raschok and
ur Celia you maybe catch each other's eye and you know something's wrong. There's
a figure amongst the onlookers earlier but far more noticeable than everyone else. You
would have definitely seen them earlier if this was then. But as Malvic and
your group are talking, you all kind of glance towards this silhouetted figure.
Fur and horns the only things that you can make out in a book in
a hand Yaa, you think you've seen this before. Rash Talk, you
think you've seen this before. Our Celia, you think you've seen this before,
and you don't know where. As the groups that each of the tables
are talking and merriment is being had, the only thing you can feel is
this voyeuristic. Look, someone is watching and it's very interested in you.
You know this creature, You've seen it before. You think of Sakawachie,
you think of the cold outside the windows. You see snow falling, You
see spires rising from the lake, and just like that, the snow consumes
all and all you can hear. The three of you awaken at the same
time. Mhm mhm h. And look over to Karoon in this room.
This Karoon is still asleep. Sleep. No Karoon. Oh yeah, Karun
is asleep. Oh if you were up for whatever reason, Yes, you
do not appear to be in the same situation that they are in. No,
Karen is putting together the window still h m hm Karun yes, uh
along sleep a couple of hours. Oh okay, I've never seen a lizard
sweat, right, yeah, a figure of had the dream again. Crasure
watching. Explain it to me, A very beast watching wherever we go,
everywhere. Mm hmmm. Look you're and see the hour there too. You
are. But they think, sir, we are being watched on this journey.
They think, But why is it that only some of us now to
citing m h. I'll have to compare notes and see this is the same.
The spires again, the snow, the overwhelming, the whale. Well
we should check on who did you say the other two? Oh? Yes,
uh, as Celia. All right, well let's go check on them.
In the meantime, I want you to just write down all of the
things that you saw and experienced. Yes, yes, I will get up
and check on them. Walk out of the room into the other room.
Knock, knock, room service. I will go over to the door and
open it. You will see me in my under things, and I am
drenched with sweat. Growth both are awake. If they're all having the same
dream, yes, you had the dream as well. No, not me,
but lizard. So let's go compare notes. All right, I'm taking
a it's a fabric and just wiping my brow. Goes back into the other
room and lights a candle for some light and begins writing. All right,
let's take it from the beginnings. As I'm leaving the room, I'll take
one of the blankets off of the bed and wrap myself in it. And
in the hallway where I see ralph Act sleeping, I'll reach down and try
to shake him. No, mh is the morning. No, something has
happened and our dreams again what hella standing attention, and they take me to
it. Okay, I will walk into the room with the others and close
the door behind Malevich. I wrapped myself in fairs and I am following everyone.
Okay, that's hoone, yes, but three I've all had the same
dream, and now we are corroborating the dream between all the three of them.
So from the beginning detail as much as I can of the inn and
the creature standing with the book, and as seeing the spiders burst from the
lake in the whale echo, and I looked at the other two to see
if that was what they saw. Indeed, yes, you too as well.
M hmm. Now my journal and started sketching some of this, and
then she'll remember any other detail that has not yet been said. Ah no,
no, not that I know of. I mean, I feel as
though we've we've seen this creature before, yes, yes, in the book.
Oh, I don't know where creature explain this creature for feign Claus,
I don't know. It's hard to make out, can't see her face.
It's obscured. Maybe it has been obscured in every dream. Yes, three
vision black figure a three creatures, a common occurrence in sleep paralysis among various
human heads. I didn't tell you this, but on NEOLASKI a Luo.
We were. We were camping out for the night, I believe in the
cave I took you two. I was on watch. It was a bit
drowsy, and I kept seeing some kind of shadow tiger in a distance,
piercing eyes, claws for he gets a little shiver up your spine. It
didn't look like it wanted to do anything, but it was watching intently.
The only thing I could really make out with his eyes was very intimidating,
piercing through me, touching something deep inside than I didn't expect. The first
I thought it was a creature of the forests we were near. But no,
this is different. What color were the eyes? Do you recall,
kay, Let's shut be red in the yellow nature ever changing. It was
just the eyes were unclear but yet clear at the same time, something of
something piercing through again. It was like it was seeing through me and at
me at the same time. I felt danger wasn't immediate, but it felt
like something scratching at a door, that invisible door in front of me that
I and I wanted to go in, and you were awake. It was
very much awake. I believe everything around me seemed to be in a standstill,
started out solid and became kind of void like or what's consistent was that
creature oriel in nature, but yet felt more ill than what I am looking
at in front of me right now with you. I thought my mind was
interricks on me. It's really light, so I failed to mention it.
Hearing your stories now worries me, bothers me. Do you believe is connected?
And look at everyone and still kind of hopefully they understand motion with my
eyes and then close them and squeeze them tight and look at all of you.
And then I hold my staff out and cast one of the charges of
a spell, and hopefully they understood. And if they don't know, the
cast glitter dust around us. Okay, I do believe that is correct for
the saving throw, as it uses the staff's not mine, I believe.
M Mmm, see nothing revealed. Now there's fucking glitter everywhere. Mm hmm.
There'll go away soon enough. Shit's never getting cleaned up. Just the
digitation times five hundred. After they're there, did anyone keep their eyes open.
How did they understand what I meant to do. My eyes were closed.
I was looking down anyway and then looking at around. How you may
open your eyes. I wanted to test and see that reveals invisibility. Have
any of you try to remove this mark? The implications of it are quite
frightening. I have not felt I wanted to cut away at my skin.
That's what bothers me. Is there none of us h well? I tried
to wash it away, but I did not feel like tearing at my scales.
Marks are significant to my people. We were them proudly, no matter
what shape they come in strange ideas. When I thought about doing it,
but when I got close to it, the feeling went away, almost like
it turned me away from wanting to do so. I believe that with the
visions we had before on the boat, there were visions right because they felt
real, like a memory, like we've been there, we've done that,
or when I was trying to feel for it magically, it seemed as though
it was a psychic attack. I don't know if it was meant to feel
like a memory or if it was, or if it was a vision of
the future. I know as it affected our minds, the snow, the
ropes, felt the bones in my hands. I was driven to continue to
do what we were doing. We were pulling something and I wanted to pull
it with all my might. Ah the sled, Yes, wasn't the sled
carrying a creature. It was a toss same one. We could not see
anyone know its heavy. It was the top of everything. But I can
tell you I was driven. Please, I do not want to or survival
Jack, Oh, you were rash talk. M hm, survival It is
a thirty rash talk. You're doing that thing in your mind where you're overlaying
potentially what you saw in the dream, what you saw on the sled.
They're not the same, but they're definitely similar doing that as well. How
similar were they to the creatures in the temple? The temple, the one
that ate Malevic? Those were also furry, not even a creatures. Okay,
just making sure one watching us and no one in the sled. There
different, I am certain, but a similar perhaps similar species that they were
not the same creature that they looked very I can't say that with certainty.
I was having dreams before we endeavored that involved this creature. H same we
were on our ride with doctor Riddleson. I was relaying all the information about
my dream. He did not seem to share this. I have a question
the dreams that you just heard. Are you there? Yes, you were
in with the air it felt head, almost felt. And this is an
assumption at at we are seeing what was more clearly in the dream that this
thing may have been watching us in when we were having the meal, and
only in our dreams can we see what was actually there. What about your
lost companion? No, there, he was there in the one that I
heard about a previously. The crowd, they are not here in this instant,
so they are not in these visions, as they are not the one
being watched. We are. And Mark, m Is it still on the
part of the body that you have Yes, I have my mark. No,
but you're a lost companion, you have a you have them still?
If you see them as a mark still there? This is me? Is
it going? If his mark was on his neck, if it would have
been removed with the head, if it's left with the body or not,
I don't know that. I'll leave that up to you all. I'm not
sure. So if the neck was there then yes, But we were the
ones who removed the head. M I will leave that too, m hm.
Droness. If we had the we would have seen the mark. If
we removed the head, it had the neck. I'll make a decision here.
Thank you say that the cut was probably right through it, right through
the mark. Mm hmmm, part of the mark, but it was bisected.
Interesting. Don't mean to open up old wounds, but I do remember
slightly seeing more individuals unlike ourselves and the vision. You were all there,
everyone and those of maybe the past, maybe the future in the present.
I do not know what your commandon looks like. But did you see them
in that vision? Not this one? He was in a previous one where
the masses were gathered. Oh he was okay. Interesting we might be if
they were there with us the sled, then it might be telling of what
time when it happened. I did not he was. I do not think
he was in that one. It was a separate vision that I had a
long time. Yes, so then it wasn't the past that we were pulling
this slide. Then future see would have been there right. Yes, I
think we are seeing a mix visions of the past with this creature watching and
that was a vision of the future, or this creature is dictating our past
and our present. We are lost. There was a book there was writing.
Could they be writing but we're going to be doing next? Or writing
what they see documenting it? Ah, you made me think of something malavik,
a removal attempt of our mark. It is easiest, probably for me
to attempt it, as my skills AH able to be pried off. And
if it's under your scales, then we will know that it runs steeper.
We do not know what sort of retaliation could occur from such a thing.
No, we don't, but I want to know. I think it could
help us understand it better. You are here. I trust your abilities.
You are you should remove the scales, since you are very surgical. I
can also remove them. I've done it so with my teeth. Perhaps I
should remove it for you so that it's not his rough. That is fair?
And you do malt Do you not seasonally? Once a year? This
is not the season for it. Have you molted before you had in the
mark? I have to we have not had it long enough though the season
is approaching. M hmmm, are you sure do you want to do this?
What if it takes your life. M if it will, if it
could help, I would trust in you. I don't think that will be
the case. I believe in the protection of you and my matron. Right.
I will fish through my supplies. I will clean the area, and
I will apply some numbing salve. I've got you there. I will create
an I will create a minor nummingtonic. Are you sure? Yes? I
am. I can contribute this way. This is good. Would you like
me to do it? Are you screaming? Miche Doyle? No? I
can handle it right, sweating m hmm, all right, just lean back
here, m hm. Now, pull my hood back and pull my own
necklace away, and you would see underneath it is the mark hidden originally.
It's there, right, and I will attempt you cut it with a scalpel.
See if I can move it. Let's fly Hello, this is why
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