[2026/03/17 14:09] Sapphire: now then, where'd we leave off?
[2026/03/17 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: We were about to start having s... wait, what are you referring to?
[2026/03/17 14:10] Mecha: We had just saved the king. He was about to give us gold, land and tacos
[2026/03/17 14:10] Sapphire: /me eyes you both
[2026/03/17 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...what?
[2026/03/17 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: true story, that
[2026/03/17 14:12] Sapphire: and what was the name of this king?
[2026/03/17 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Baldric.
[2026/03/17 14:13] Mecha: He was the king, behold the king. The king of kings. His name was Triple H.
[2026/03/17 14:13] Sapphire: neither of those sound very french
[2026/03/17 14:13] Mecha: Paul Michael Levesque
[2026/03/17 14:14] Mecha: Triple Hs real name
[2026/03/17 14:15] Sapphire: found the logs
[2026/03/17 14:15] Sapphire: --☾-- --☿-- --☾--
[2026/03/17 14:15] Sapphire: Previous Session Logs: http://81.133.27.194/Dungeons&Kittens/logs-2025arm/20260310.html
[2026/03/17 14:15] Sapphire: >
[2026/03/10 16:30] Sapphire: Pythagora has been swinging by in between her own adventures... and has been talking with that blacksmith you've been gathering tubes and hooks from
[2026/03/17 14:15] Sapphire: >
[2026/03/10 16:32] Sapphire: and with that bit of news... for next session do you two have particular adventures you wish to seek out before a larger one shows up anyhow?
[2026/03/17 14:15] Sapphire: --☼-- --☿-- --☼--
[2026/03/17 14:15] Mecha: Who are you gonna believe? Your own eyes? Or us? *Tries to look super cute*
[2026/03/17 14:16] Sapphire: You *did* help out the Redcaps I suppose...
[2026/03/17 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: the who?
[2026/03/17 14:17] Sapphire: the messenger who got attacked earlier
[2026/03/17 14:17] Sapphire: like, three sessions ago
[2026/03/17 14:19] Sapphire: that said, more urgent is what, if anything, you plan to do about Pythagora snooping around in your business
[2026/03/17 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: hope the bitch gets pregnant
[2026/03/17 14:19] Sapphire: what a highly specific wish
[2026/03/17 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait! No... go to the blacksmith, to buy some tubes for more experiments
[2026/03/17 14:20] Mecha: Sarah doesn't care if Pythagora is snooping
[2026/03/17 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: and while there... "Oh, such a tragic story about that young, *ahem* 'lady'... I won't disparage... but after all those suitors.... Oh, I shouldn't spread rumours about her, or that dose of the clap she got. Not our business, is it."
[2026/03/17 14:22] Sapphire: Spreading Rumors! That sounds like an Intrigue + Communication roll
[2026/03/17 14:23] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/03/17 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: 10.
[2026/03/17 14:23] Sapphire: The blacksmith listens in curiously, torn between a general interest in gossip and the concern about getting embroiled in the affairs of wizards. You certainly have his attention!
[2026/03/17 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra smiles at the man. "Really, nothing to worry about, I'm sure. They'll clear that infection up for the little trollop... I mean, LADY. How much did you say for those tubes?"
[2026/03/17 14:27] Sapphire: "Oh my, I'll... well I hope for her sake that clears up too! Ah hem," he focuses his attention back on the matter of blacksmithing. "Ah, a small handful of silver, really. Half that if you don't mind making sure the forge stays hot without spending so much wood in there."
[2026/03/17 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Of course, of course." Slips him a few extra coins. "A little something for your discretion, we don't want to spread secrets, do we?" *Taps the side of her nose, smiling and winking*
[2026/03/17 14:30] Sapphire: "Ah, yes of course, ma'm!" He accepts the coin and nods agreeably. It's a risk, of course, for him. "Discretion is the word to watch of course."
[2026/03/17 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me smirks. There's ways and ways... she just nods and leaves with the tubes, snickering.
[2026/03/17 14:32] Sapphire: Ok, freshly re-equipped, and launching a rude rumor about your rival, nicely done. We'll see how long it takes the triangle witch to react to that one.
[2026/03/17 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me knows nothing, she is from Barcelona.
[2026/03/17 14:36] Sapphire: So, speaking of rumors, there is also one bouncing around the castle of several bright lights flying around above the woods to the south.
[2026/03/17 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: probably willow the wisps, the tinheads can deal with that
[2026/03/17 14:38] Sapphire: noted. Sarah, how are things going on your mages side?
[2026/03/17 14:39] Mecha: Study, But hearing of the lights."That does sound curious." She mutters not sure if anyone is around."I would like to go see that at the very least."
[2026/03/17 14:40] Sapphire: heading out on your own or talking Syra into coming with?
[2026/03/17 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Don't be ridiculuous. You'll have to take your nose out of a book."
[2026/03/17 14:41] Mecha: I look at Syra."You do not have to come with, but sometimes seeing something new and unusual can beat a book."
[2026/03/17 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Yeah? I got tubes to deal with. I'm really close."
[2026/03/17 14:42] Mecha: Sarah shrugs."Okay, enjoy your tubes."
[2026/03/17 14:45] Mecha: Sarah goes off in search of the lights
[2026/03/17 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: places tubes in lab and checks reagents
[2026/03/17 14:46] Sapphire: Sarah, heading out on your own it sounds like? No particular backup?
[2026/03/17 14:47] Mecha: Sarah will ask around to see if anyone wishes to accompany her.
[2026/03/17 14:47] Sapphire: Syra, it seems like this batch of tubes are mostly straighter than the last set. Some of your reagents look smokier than they should but probably usable.
[2026/03/17 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra (after about five minutes): "...fuck it, that dumb bint will only get herself killed. Not like she was much use against that ... whatever it was. I better save her ass from getting killed."
[2026/03/17 14:49] Sapphire: ( Hah! And here I was about to suggest pulling up a companion sheet or a grog to switch to. But we can do two Maga this go around. )
[2026/03/17 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's what my character would do.
[2026/03/17 14:50] Sapphire: So Sarah, you make it down and out the castle gates, into the cultivated fields outside the castle. The road southwards is mostly a dirt road following along a stretch of creek.
[2026/03/17 14:51] Mecha: Continue walking, Can Sarah have taken some bread and cheese on this trip?"
[2026/03/17 14:51] Sapphire: Sure, you'd be familiar with travel enough to remember to do that. Some waterskins too.
[2026/03/17 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: is slightly delayed, since she stopped to get some victuals, as BookGirl would only bring a brick of paper to shield her face with
[2026/03/17 14:53] Sapphire: Syra, you catch up to Sarah near a small wooden bridge across the creek, still in sight of the castle, though I belive Sarah has quite long strides
[2026/03/17 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: "I see you're determined to take steps."
[2026/03/17 14:55] Mecha: Yes, many of them to get to our goal.Thank you for coming."
[2026/03/17 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Someone has to keep you from getting killed.
[2026/03/17 14:57] Mecha: Sarah nods as wel keep walking. Keeping an eye out for any trouble.
[2026/03/17 14:57] Mecha: "You understand this is just to study. I am not sure I wish to engage it."
[2026/03/17 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm glad you're discerning in your choices of possible spouses
[2026/03/17 14:59] Sapphire: It's a fairly warm autumn day. Winter is still a couple weeks off, and the land-working folk are out in force, cutting grain from the fields, laying it out to thresh the seeds into tarps for collection. You might have vague recall that Castra Solis has a windmill somewhere around here.
[2026/03/17 15:00] Sapphire: Both of you... roll a 1d10 stress die
[2026/03/17 15:00] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/03/17 15:00] Sapphire: what's your Awareness + Perception?
[2026/03/17 15:00] D10: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/03/17 15:00] Sapphire: Sarah, roll a 1d10 for botch check
[2026/03/17 15:01] D10: Mecha rolls 8
[2026/03/17 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: aware 3 in combat... per +1
[2026/03/17 15:03] Sapphire: nice nice. Sarah, you're looking ahead and mostly noticing the various workers of the land pulling in the wheat harvests. Syra, up ahead, you notice that the clouds in the sky have a strangely spiral pattern to them, despite being fluffy white.
[2026/03/17 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: hey, bookface... you ever read about spiraling clouds?
[2026/03/17 15:06] Mecha: "Not a lot usually if they swirl it means a tornado. Also I do not currently have my face in a book. Though you could use having yours in one."
[2026/03/17 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me arches an eyebrow and *looks* at Sarah sternly
[2026/03/17 15:09] Mecha: I look back."You run around like someone who drinks too much coffee you are needlessly loud. In all complimentary ways I am amazed how you do it."
[2026/03/17 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Well! How about I take my needless noise back to the lab!"
[2026/03/17 15:11] Sapphire: The spirally clouds look to be another two or three hours walk away. It'll be quite late afternoon at that point.
[2026/03/17 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me heads in that direction, being pointedly silent.
[2026/03/17 15:12] Mecha: I stop."And this, everything is a fight and a challenge to you." Pauses."I like to think I am your friend but sometimes i wonder if I am wanted in that capacity."
[2026/03/17 15:12] Mecha: Sarah starts walking again.
[2026/03/17 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me doesn't answer, but after fifteen minutes: "Harumph."
[2026/03/17 15:13] Mecha: Sarah looks over at the harumph."If I am incorrect, I apologize."
[2026/03/17 15:16] Sapphire: The road gradually winds its way up a shallow hill towards an elevated ridge.
[2026/03/17 15:17] Sapphire: there's a faint whistling sound, getting stronger as you approach the top of the ridge
[2026/03/17 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: That better not be cat-calling.
[2026/03/17 15:17] Mecha: Sarah starts looking for the source of the sound
[2026/03/17 15:17] Mecha: *Wouldn't thae be meowing instead of whistling?*
[2026/03/17 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: &whistling
[2026/03/17 15:18] Mecha: *Fair enough*
[2026/03/17 15:19] Sapphire: As you crest the ridge, you can see a long valley rich in grapevine fields, with a cluster of wooden houses with thatch type rooves. Heavy gusts of wind are pushing through the valley, bowling people over, tossing buckets and farm tools around dramatically.
[2026/03/17 15:19] Sapphire: At this range, you can't quite make out what people are yelling, not over the whistling of wind through windows and fences.
[2026/03/17 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well. You don't see that every day.
[2026/03/17 15:20] Mecha: Can sarah look at this and try to discern if this is a tornado?
[2026/03/17 15:22] Sapphire: What Lore's do you have?
[2026/03/17 15:23] Mecha: mountain trails*
[2026/03/17 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: do they look like they're having fun? is this some sort of celebration?
[2026/03/17 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: lore: 0
[2026/03/17 15:25] Mecha: The lore is 3
[2026/03/17 15:25] Sapphire: seems less like they're having fun and more like some sort of spell or being is bowling them around with the power of wind gusts
[2026/03/17 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: probably an air bender, we should go find the mayor
[2026/03/17 15:27] Sapphire: Heading down to look for them?
[2026/03/17 15:27] Mecha: *Or the firelord, let them duke it out.*
[2026/03/17 15:27] Mecha: Sarah is going down to help collects thhe blown around people and stuff.
[2026/03/17 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: hang on, hang on, we should go find the local mayor or elder. He clearly isn't down -there-
[2026/03/17 15:30] Mecha: Sarah pauses."You're right. where might we find them? I am open to ideas."
[2026/03/17 15:30] Sapphire: if you're heading down, roll Athletics plus Strength plus Size to avoid getting blown around. Difficulty 6
[2026/03/17 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: must be a village nearby
[2026/03/17 15:32] Sapphire: the village appears to be down in the valley, being battered by wind gusts?
[2026/03/17 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Must be a bigger one near by. They'll need informing, they can send out the militia
[2026/03/17 15:34] Sapphire: Area Lore + Int to know where the next bigger village would be.
[2026/03/17 15:34] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/03/17 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: 9
[2026/03/17 15:34] Mecha: "If that's the full village, we must go. and help" before Sarah starts heading down into the valley
[2026/03/17 15:34] D10: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/03/17 15:34] D10: Mecha rolls 6
[2026/03/17 15:35] Mecha: *Coulda beaten the 6 limit without rolling but had to try.*
[2026/03/17 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: "There's no sense in going all half cocked and getting caught up."
[2026/03/17 15:36] Sapphire: Syra, you know that at the bottom of the valley is a moderately larger village with a basic shell keep. Sarah, you're able to walk down slowly, too big to be easily pushed around.
[2026/03/17 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Least we should do is report to authorities, scout out what we can see."
[2026/03/17 15:38] Mecha: "Agreed, but right now all we see is stuff and people blowing around."
[2026/03/17 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Then we go report that.
[2026/03/17 15:38] Sapphire: Syra, the wind is attempting to make off with your hat!
[2026/03/17 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: I wasn't walking down the valley?
[2026/03/17 15:39] Sapphire: oh!
[2026/03/17 15:39] Sapphire: sorry, rolls got done close togehter
[2026/03/17 15:39] Sapphire: So who's staying on the ridge, who'es heading down to the keep, and who's going into the village?
[2026/03/17 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm going to the keep, skirting the village
[2026/03/17 15:40] Mecha: I'm going to stop people from being blown into buildings
[2026/03/17 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: the buildings will be fine
[2026/03/17 15:42] Sapphire: Alright. Syra, it's another half hour walk to the keep, some fallow fields around it, and the gate bridge is currently raised. One person up on the walls peers down at the approaching.... how obvious does Syra make her wizardlyness?
[2026/03/17 15:43] Sapphire: Sarah, you get close enough to make out more of the shouting, sounds like 5 or 6 people outside being tumbled around, others currently in buildings. How do you intend to assist?
[2026/03/17 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not at all.
[2026/03/17 15:44] Sapphire: so Sarah is just person in slightly scorched robes?
[2026/03/17 15:44] Mecha: Catch and try to move them indoors
[2026/03/17 15:47] Sapphire: So the villagers are about to observe a small giant show up, attempting catch and carry them around? I suppose that's an Athletics + Quickness check against.... 7
[2026/03/17 15:47] D10: Mecha rolls 6
[2026/03/17 15:48] Mecha: Can I use grappling instead of athletics?
[2026/03/17 15:48] Sapphire: you can
[2026/03/17 15:49] Sapphire: "Aaaah!" the first one screams when a strange giant comes and grabs on. "Don't eat me!"
[2026/03/17 15:49] Mecha: Then 7 *Rolled 6, -2 for Quickness, +3 for grappling*
[2026/03/17 15:50] Sapphire: barely managing it
[2026/03/17 15:51] Sapphire: Syra, you saying anything to the man on the wall?
[2026/03/17 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Oi! You! You know there's some wind blowing people about over there?"
[2026/03/17 15:51] Mecha: Not eating you." I say before moving them to the nearest building."Get inside. I will try to get more people to you."
[2026/03/17 15:52] Sapphire: "Wind blowing people over?" the man on the wall calls down. "Serves them right after what they did," he starts, before clearing his throat. "Also, who goes there?"
[2026/03/17 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Yeah? Just what did they do?"
[2026/03/17 15:53] Sapphire: The villager frantically thanks Sarah as she pushes him through the door to whatever building is convient. The wind starts picking up buckets and hurling them at Sarahs' head and shoulders.
[2026/03/17 15:54] Mecha: Going to try and work through it to get the next person... How many are there?
[2026/03/17 15:56] Sapphire: "Stealing property that isn't theirs!" the man on the wall asserts. "Not even thankful for huddling in our walls when the northerners were raiding last year. And one of them had the gall to pilfer from mi'lord." He spits off the side of the wall. "So who're you?"
[2026/03/17 15:57] Sapphire: Sarah, there's another four or so left, one managed to work their way to a door on their own.
[2026/03/17 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Stealing, you say? Pilfering? What'd they steal?"
[2026/03/17 15:58] Mecha: Going for the next one.
[2026/03/17 15:58] D10: Sapphire rolls 10
[2026/03/17 15:58] D10: Sapphire rolls 2
[2026/03/17 15:58] D10: Mecha rolls 3
[2026/03/17 15:58] Mecha: *Missed*
[2026/03/17 15:59] Sapphire: but first, Sarah, Brawl + Agility to avoid a heavy bucket full of dirt coming towards your face.... ah, the bucket impacts a nearby fence instead. You manage to assist another one, this a fairly flimsy lady who'd been gripping the fence tightly.
[2026/03/17 16:01] Mecha: Sarah trudges along with her to get her to safety
[2026/03/17 16:02] Sapphire: Syra, the man is eyeing you increasingly suspiciously. "I don't know if I should tell that to a stranger who won't even offer a name. Who walks upon Sir Able's lands?"
[2026/03/17 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra narrows her eyes, and holds up a piece of paper quickly. "Leiutenant Kaelin, Warwick City Watch. Shall I have a word with your watch commander instead?"
[2026/03/17 16:05] Sapphire: What's written on the paper? also, Presence + Guile versus his own roll of Awareness + Guile
[2026/03/17 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's blank paper, but he won't notice that at this distance.
[2026/03/17 16:05] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/03/17 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: 7
[2026/03/17 16:05] D10: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/03/17 16:08] Sapphire: "Warwick City Watch, huh?" He puzzles over this, trying to remember where the heck Warwick is. "well, they made off with a relic that Sir Able's father came back from the crusade with. A silver orb, the idiots probably tried to melt it down for coins."
[2026/03/17 16:09] Sapphire: Sarah, one more brawl + agility. The wind has upgraded to trying to swing a pitch fork your way
[2026/03/17 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra snorts. "Idiots indeed. It's probably just retribution from the gods. Did Sir Abe recover the relic...? It sounds like he didn't. Perhaps it'd be helpful if I assisted you in it's return to its' rightful owner."
[2026/03/17 16:10] D10: Mecha rolls 4
[2026/03/17 16:11] Mecha: *Total of five hopefully enough to avoid the pitchfork.*
[2026/03/17 16:13] D10: Sapphire rolls 7
[2026/03/17 16:13] Sapphire: "Oh we beat them all black and blue but not a one fessed up to where it was! Oddly impressive, that. If you *did* find it I'm sure Sir Able would be willing to reward you quite well. Or, your city I suppose."
[2026/03/17 16:13] Sapphire: The sharp tine of the pitchfork catches the edge of Sarah's arm, causing a light wound.
[2026/03/17 16:15] Mecha: Sarah growls as she continues to try and catch the person. Starting to believe there is a magi behind this since she can't hear Syras discussion
[2026/03/17 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Very well. Then if I find it, you shall be first to know. Good day, good sir."
[2026/03/17 16:19] D10: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/03/17 16:19] D10: Mecha rolls 2
[2026/03/17 16:21] Sapphire: Alright, Sarah, you manage to body block the wind enough for the other two villagers to help each other into the house. The whistling of the wind sounds *angry* at this point, a mix of farm tools and bits of metal swirling around.
[2026/03/17 16:21] Sapphire: *checks time*
[2026/03/17 16:22] Sapphire: ( one or two more posts I think )
[2026/03/17 16:23] Mecha: Sarah stands defiantly."IF you are looking to hurt people you will need to go through me... or we can talk like grown ups."
[2026/03/17 16:25] Sapphire: There's a shimmer in the air around the cluster of tumbling tools.... the vauge outlines of something human-like, tall and angular
[2026/03/17 16:25] Sapphire: Syra, you intending to catch back up with Sarah?
[2026/03/17 16:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: if the guy won't reply to that... rood
[2026/03/17 16:26] Sapphire: oh! missed a line
[2026/03/17 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: but I'll head back, but stay out of the area of effect. "Oh, we have an intelligent entity here?"
[2026/03/17 16:27] Sapphire: "Yeah, good luck to you too, Kaelin."
[2026/03/17 16:27] Mecha: Sarah stands strong staring right at them."This is not necessary as they are unable to fight back, talking can go a long way."
[2026/03/17 16:28] Sapphire: The wind being hisses sharply. "Why should I care they cannot fight back? that's their problem, not mine."
[2026/03/17 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "So you CAN talk? How about we do just that."
[2026/03/17 16:30] Mecha: If that is the case then i am your problem."
[2026/03/17 16:30] Sapphire: And with that... we can pause here for tonight.
[2026/03/17 16:30] Sapphire: Will our mages resort to battle or convince the airy being to work with words? Will they remember they have magic?
[2026/03/17 16:30] Sapphire: We'll find out next time, in Ars Magica. Same time, same octangular table.
[2026/03/17 16:30] Sapphire: --☾-- --☿-- --☾--
[2026/03/17 16:31] Mecha: Oh Sarah remembers hence the, then I am your problem.
[2026/03/17 16:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: We may resort to PvP
[2026/03/17 16:32] Sapphire: PvP?
[2026/03/17 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: sure, why not. Pep things up a bit.
[2026/03/17 16:32] Mecha: Player vs player?
[2026/03/17 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is ruling nothing out in her investigations