[2025/09/28 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe :)
[2025/09/28 14:00] Joe: good evneing all
[2025/09/28 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: think that's us all here tonight :)
[2025/09/28 14:01] Andreas: mhmm looks like full pack
[2025/09/28 14:01] Andreas: hi everyone, I mean creatures and kittens
[2025/09/28 14:01] Christina: Christina, do you go by a shorter version of your name? I can go by "Tina" if that helps things be clearer.
[2025/09/28 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well, grab a seat, we'll begin... everyone roll a D20
[2025/09/28 14:02] D20: Mecha rolls 5
[2025/09/28 14:02] D20: Joe rolls 19
[2025/09/28 14:03] D20: Christina rolls 2
[2025/09/28 14:03] Sapphire: alright then, we.... this is second session?
[2025/09/28 14:03] Christina: Ugh.... bad start!
[2025/09/28 14:03] D20: Sapphire rolls 4
[2025/09/28 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: and let's just meditate with Mao, the D&D Kitten who will answer all your questions with plenty of catitude:

Mao, the Kitty with Catitude

[2025/09/28 14:03] D20: Andreas rolls 4
[2025/09/28 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: so. Last time you had an, er, "interesting" time as you went to various places about the village and decided "Things ain't right here..." and now you're at the village temple, where the cleric, Hoffman, is telling you the problem....
[2025/09/28 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...is DEMONS!
[2025/09/28 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way, GRRREEEEEEEETTINGS, Adventurers!
[2025/09/28 14:05] Sapphire: the wizard had something curious to say too...
[2025/09/28 14:05] Joe: (OoC apologies to miss last weeks session - a paladin is busy in prayer in the temple, so intent on his ritual he's been all but invisible until this moment...)
[2025/09/28 14:06] Christina: Do we know whether Fr/Br/Sr/whatever Hoffman thinks ALL problems are the result of demons?
[2025/09/28 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman: "Demons, my children! That's the cause of all the strangeness going on."
[2025/09/28 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: what are you going to say/do?
[2025/09/28 14:07] Sapphire: "All the strangeness?" The parties warrior ponders this. "You can still punch a demon in the throat, right?"
[2025/09/28 14:08] Christina: Might need a magical gauntlet or glove, maybe...
[2025/09/28 14:08] Mecha: Demons you say? Do you know what may have brought them?
[2025/09/28 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman looks at Sapphire. "My child, can you punch a screaming demon of fire that hurtles across the heavens?"
[2025/09/28 14:09] Andreas: /me "can demons posses some of us?" ... looks around suspiciously
[2025/09/28 14:09] Sapphire: She tilts her head. "If it's still in the air? I'd need to use my bow."
[2025/09/28 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman to Mecha: "They are here to tempt, to beguile, to corrupt. They're demons, it's what they do."
[2025/09/28 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, what might you say?
[2025/09/28 14:11] Mecha: Indeed they do, but they could do that anywhere. What brought them to focus on here? This whole town can't be pure enough to warrant that kind of corruption. Remember, I am from the temple on the outskirts of town.
[2025/09/28 14:11] Joe: "They must die." Says the Paladin simply, looking up at the group and pushing himself to his feet.
[2025/09/28 14:12] Andreas: /me "well if demons tempt, beguile, corrupt .... sounds like every other human" smirks ... "what if the demon posses one of us, what would you recommend us to do" ... looks at Hoffman.
[2025/09/28 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman nods to Joe. "Indeed they must, but first, we must understand this evil. It fell to ground a few miles south of town - I need you to do and investigate this thing."
[2025/09/28 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman: "I recommend you to be wary, and to remain in good standing with the gods. Your faith shall shield you."
[2025/09/28 14:13] Sapphire: ( What would my character know of what the gods want? )
[2025/09/28 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're a warrior, gods are not something you tend to care about too much, unless it's the aid of a god of war or healing after combat
[2025/09/28 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: how about you :)
[2025/09/28 14:15] Christina: My general rule has been to keep my head down and stay out of their notice. Deities tend to either not care, or meddle too much, from stories I hear. But I think invesitagting the site is a good idea. But as we do, let's look for tracks -- both directions -- as we go.
[2025/09/28 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Also: Joe, roll 2D6
[2025/09/28 14:15] D6: Joe rolls 1
[2025/09/28 14:16] D6: Joe rolls 5
[2025/09/28 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh my.
[2025/09/28 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: anything to say/ask the cleric?
[2025/09/28 14:16] Andreas: /me "I believe in gold, weapons and death. I call it Holy trinity".
[2025/09/28 14:17] Joe: Joe asks the Cleric: "Is there anything else we should know?"
[2025/09/28 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman: "The demon went down a few miles south in a pillar of flame. More than that, no, you must investigate, carefully, and report back what you find. You'll gain favour with the gods."
[2025/09/28 14:18] Sapphire: "Very well. I'll help see what happened there."
[2025/09/28 14:19] Christina: Do you know of anyone in town who has already been to the site?
[2025/09/28 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: If they have, you've not met them.
[2025/09/28 14:19] Christina: (I'm asking the cleric if he knows of any.)
[2025/09/28 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman: "I give you one warning, my children - please be very careful, I had a vision, of you fighting a demon in a tunnel. Please take no risks!"
[2025/09/28 14:20] Christina: (Just wondering if any of those with.. memory issues... have been there and back.)
[2025/09/28 14:20] Joe: "How has this evil affected the locals?" (I missed the last session, busy in prayer)
[2025/09/28 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric Hoffman: "Only the mage (sniffs dismissively) and the blacksmith, who I am sure has had truck with things that the demon dropped as it descended."
[2025/09/28 14:21] Christina: (AHAH!)
[2025/09/28 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric to Joe: "My flock are very unsettled, we're good, god-fearing folk here."
[2025/09/28 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: so.... off to investigate this anomaly south of the village?
[2025/09/28 14:24] Andreas: /me nods
[2025/09/28 14:24] Mecha: Sounds good
[2025/09/28 14:24] Christina: Standard field recon kit, then.... inconspicuous cloaks?
[2025/09/28 14:24] Joe: whispers: nods
[2025/09/28 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, as you go.... something catches Joes' eye.
[2025/09/28 14:25] Joe: (looks curiously)
[2025/09/28 14:25] Andreas: /me I'm going to walk about 50ft behind the rest of the group
[2025/09/28 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe notices a large book on the altar - a prayer book - it's open and a cat is looking at the page as if reading it. This is strangely inspirational for Joe.
[2025/09/28 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mao allows you to recast any ONE spell
[2025/09/28 14:25] Sapphire: Sapphire will stop by the altar to offer their well wishes before the group heads out.
[2025/09/28 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Joe my pass this boon on, if he wishes.)
[2025/09/28 14:26] Christina: I'll take point, all the better to search for tracks to or from the landing site.
[2025/09/28 14:26] Joe: (OoC: can my character read? I have no skill in it) I approach the cat and attempt to pet it
[2025/09/28 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: (not greatly, beyond basic ability)
[2025/09/28 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a long hike south.... and you see....
[2025/09/28 14:27] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/09/28 14:27] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2025/09/28 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmm. As you leave the village, you spot a rabbit, hopping backwards. And, you hear in the distance, a dog barking - abruptly stopping mid-bark.
[2025/09/28 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: You pass a local point of interest: Old Barrow Hill: Perched atop a gentle, wind-buffed hill stands a ring of ancient stones, their weathered surfaces whispering stories of ages long past. Once part of a grand monument or perhaps a forgotten ritual site, these massive blocks now lie in jagged disarray, their surfaces scarred by time and neglect. Moss and lichen cling to their crevices, merging the stones with the surrounding earth, while shards of broken sculpture hint at a lost civilization's craftsmanship. It's a place of mystery, a silent sentinel watching over the passing ages.
[2025/09/28 14:28] Christina: ::Whiskey Tango Foxtrot expression on her face::
[2025/09/28 14:29] Sapphire: WEird.... is anything else around the rabbit moving odd?
[2025/09/28 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: No, just one rabbit, hopping backwards, as if it was the most natural thing in the world to do.
[2025/09/28 14:29] Joe: Are they easier to catch when they hop backwards?
[2025/09/28 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say, do you plan trying to catch it?
[2025/09/28 14:30] Joe: I suggest it might be worth trying, since we have to eat sometime
[2025/09/28 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's a tavern with hot meals....
[2025/09/28 14:30] Christina: I can try to catch it... with an arrow....
[2025/09/28 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: but if you want to catch the rabbit... D20
[2025/09/28 14:31] Christina: "catch"*
[2025/09/28 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: must roll under 14
[2025/09/28 14:31] Joe: aw its probably cursed and infected
[2025/09/28 14:31] Christina: We can look for evidence of that.
[2025/09/28 14:31] Joe: the temptation which the Cleric mentioned
[2025/09/28 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: these are all good points.
[2025/09/28 14:31] Sapphire: "Are you really going to waste time catching a rabbit by hand?"
[2025/09/28 14:32] Mecha: While they debate this Beltadona is going to examine the pillars clear some plant matter and lichen to see if any words are still engraved and in tact
[2025/09/28 14:32] Joe: (OoC again, sorry... how often can i Detect Evil?)
[2025/09/28 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's something much more interesting than a rabbit on the way... in the trees, a collection of crude small tents.
[2025/09/28 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: As often as you like, but it takes a minute of concentration.
[2025/09/28 14:33] Christina: /me notches an arrow, and prepares to draw to shoot said rabbit...
[2025/09/28 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20, Mecha.
[2025/09/28 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20, Christina, must roll over 16
[2025/09/28 14:33] D20: Mecha rolls 11
[2025/09/28 14:33] D20: Christina rolls 18
[2025/09/28 14:33] Joe: thanks, i Detect Evil 60' radius, assuming the rabbit is within range of that
[2025/09/28 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: tell a lie, 7.
[2025/09/28 14:34] Sapphire: Sapphire moves to get a better look at these tents
[2025/09/28 14:34] D6: Christina rolls 5
[2025/09/28 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you can barely make out carvings
[2025/09/28 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: the rabbit isn't evil.
[2025/09/28 14:34] Christina: Quick kill on the bunny, I thnk.
[2025/09/28 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: you have 19 arrows left, and one skewered rabbit.
[2025/09/28 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: your way is blocked by two goblins. Roll D12
[2025/09/28 14:35] Christina: I examine its carcase, careful not to touch it or it's blood with my hands or equipment other than the arrow.
[2025/09/28 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a dead rabbit.
[2025/09/28 14:35] D12: Sapphire rolls 12
[2025/09/28 14:35] Christina: Anything visibly out of the ordinary?
[2025/09/28 14:36] Sapphire: when you say blocked, have the goblins noticed me?
[2025/09/28 14:36] Mecha: But does she understand what she can make out?
[2025/09/28 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: as you approached, two goblins with spears stepped out from the cover of a tree, one stands back, the other approaches, sniffing loudly
[2025/09/28 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: looks like some random tribal patterns
[2025/09/28 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2025/09/28 14:39] Mecha: gets a piece of paper *typical adventuring gear has to have some paper and charcoal for drawing or writing
[2025/09/28 14:40] Christina: /me guts rabbit carcase, looking for evidence of anything weird, before putting in a sack for meal later.
[2025/09/28 14:40] Andreas: /me stops and look around to see if there is a window into a tavern to peep in so I won't be suspicious and unnoticed, mainly unnoticed by the two goblins.
[2025/09/28 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: d20, minus 4 penalty
[2025/09/28 14:40] D20: Christina rolls 4
[2025/09/28 14:40] Sapphire: "Eh?" she puts a hand to her weapon's hilt, "What are you doing here? Did you hear about the big pillar of flame?"
[2025/09/28 14:40] Christina: (OUCH!)
[2025/09/28 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: Normal rabbit, as far as you can tell, all the expected bits in the right places.
[2025/09/28 14:41] Christina: 👍
[2025/09/28 14:41] Sapphire: ( Darn, i was hoping something interestingwould happen when Christina put their bare hands into the backwards rabbit. )
[2025/09/28 14:42] Christina: (I'll spare you how one can do that actually WITHOUT reaching into its innards... ;-) )
[2025/09/28 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: the goblin who stays back, warily holding his spear replies: "We're camping for the day, and you can find that big flame pillar over there (points with the spear)." Sniffing goblin comes up close, and *SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF* "Thass a nice coloured tunic you're wearing, missus."
[2025/09/28 14:44] Sapphire: "...Thank you," she eyes the sniggling one warily. "What are you sniffing for?"
[2025/09/28 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblin: *SNIFF SNIFF* "I can smell the colours, missus."
[2025/09/28 14:45] Christina: /me walks to a covering position about 20 yards from the interaction with the goblins, with a clear field of fire, but without aggressive body language.
[2025/09/28 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: who hasn't said anything in a while... Mecha?
[2025/09/28 14:46] Joe: (I pray quickly to the Holy Purity to try clear my mind of images of Christiana studying rabbit guts)
[2025/09/28 14:47] Sapphire: "But not see them?"
[2025/09/28 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Wise. Divination by studying entrails is some pagan, occult business, that no godfearing person would have truck with)
[2025/09/28 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblin: *SNIFF* "So better now I smell 'em, missus."
[2025/09/28 14:47] Mecha: Beltadona looks around the pillar she is working on to see what is going on. She sees people moving and shakes her head softly before stepping around."Greetings."
[2025/09/28 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: You mean the goblin interaction, Mecha?
[2025/09/28 14:48] Mecha: that and the the others as well.
[2025/09/28 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Also, for all of you: staying to deal with goblins, or moving on?
[2025/09/28 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: (No one else is here.)
[2025/09/28 14:49] Christina: (I don
[2025/09/28 14:49] Christina: ( I don
[2025/09/28 14:49] Andreas: /me sneaks to a tavern window and slowly peaks in. What do I see?
[2025/09/28 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're out of the village, Andreas, no tavern in sight - just a faint column of smoke to the south
[2025/09/28 14:50] Christina: (I don't see reason to bother the goblins, though "smelling colors" seems as weird as a backwards-hopping rabbit.)
[2025/09/28 14:50] Sapphire: ( So did everyone split up immediately? )
[2025/09/28 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Goblins are wierd, but yes, that's wierd even for goblins)
[2025/09/28 14:50] Andreas: /me ah omg, tents not tavern lol .... sry my bad, my brain is already fried, nvm. =X
[2025/09/28 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: You are all together.
[2025/09/28 14:51] Mecha: *BRain fart. the goblins are away from the pillars so Beltadona heads towards the fire and the goblins
[2025/09/28 14:51] Joe: Goblins are grime. I keep my distance from them
[2025/09/28 14:51] Sapphire: "alright then.... ok, I'm ready to head to the pillar of fire and look it over. Goblins, did you notice anything interesting about the fire?"
[2025/09/28 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: if by "fire" you mean "column of smoke"... you got a half hours' walk to get there.
[2025/09/28 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblin: "It was loud, screamed like a dragon." Sniffing goblin: *SNIFF* "It was bright red."
[2025/09/28 14:52] Mecha: *Not the fire, the tents. Sorry*
[2025/09/28 14:52] Andreas: /me sneaks behind the tents, pulls his dagger to cut a hole in the tent it if needed and check what's within
[2025/09/28 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you sure you want to do that, Andreas? You've already been warned to not do that
[2025/09/28 14:53] Christina: Better if we don't antagonize them, I should think.
[2025/09/28 14:54] Andreas: /me before I cut a hole, I listen if there is anybody else within the tent
[2025/09/28 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Although goblins won't be a threat.... there's probably a fair few.
[2025/09/28 14:54] Christina: The tents are the goblins' tents, right?
[2025/09/28 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: By the look of it: yes
[2025/09/28 14:54] Joe: "Let's hit the road, folks" I suggest positively
[2025/09/28 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... moving on, or, we gonna try to TPK by goblin?
[2025/09/28 14:55] Christina: /me nods in agreement, and resumes leading the group "on point".
[2025/09/28 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... onwards!
[2025/09/28 14:55] Mecha: Moving on
[2025/09/28 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's about half hour when you crest a rise and you see...
[2025/09/28 14:55] Sapphire: moving on, grabbing the back of Aandrea's collar so he doesn't start antagonizing goblins
[2025/09/28 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...something... that just can't be...
[2025/09/28 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone roll 2D10
[2025/09/28 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sanity check!
[2025/09/28 14:55] D10: Christina rolls 1
[2025/09/28 14:55] D10: Christina rolls 3
[2025/09/28 14:56] Andreas: /me "one can't work here even if trying" .... gives a grumpy look
[2025/09/28 14:56] Christina: I think I'm safe...
[2025/09/28 14:56] D10: Andreas rolls 3
[2025/09/28 14:56] Joe: for the next half hour Joe the Paladin contemplates the morality of whether Goblins are evil and if wiping them out might not have been better than leaving them alive
[2025/09/28 14:56] D10: Joe rolls 5
[2025/09/28 14:56] D10: Joe rolls 2
[2025/09/28 14:56] D10: Mecha rolls 5
[2025/09/28 14:56] D10: Mecha rolls 1
[2025/09/28 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: 2nd D10
[2025/09/28 14:56] D10: Andreas rolls 9
[2025/09/28 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: and Sapphire
[2025/09/28 14:57] Christina: (As we approached, I did intend to elt folks know let's try to see without being seen, if anything's still there...)
[2025/09/28 14:57] Christina: let*
[2025/09/28 14:58] D10: Sapphire rolls 2
[2025/09/28 14:58] D10: Sapphire rolls 2
[2025/09/28 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, that wasn't a good start... Sapphire, Andreas, Christina... the sight is... unsettling, scary.... it makes you ponder things best left un-pondered.... you get to roll a D4
[2025/09/28 14:59] D4: Christina rolls 4
[2025/09/28 14:59] D4: Andreas rolls 3
[2025/09/28 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha and Joe: The sight is... unusual, and erodes a little of what you think you know about the world (lose 1 sanity point)
[2025/09/28 14:59] Christina: So, 4 off or added to my (ni)sanity?
[2025/09/28 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Deducted
[2025/09/28 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: and Joe: D4
[2025/09/28 15:00] Christina: Even though I rolled well under?
[2025/09/28 15:00] D4: Joe rolls 2
[2025/09/28 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: no, Sapphire, sorry
[2025/09/28 15:00] D4: Sapphire rolls 4
[2025/09/28 15:01] Sapphire: So what;s it actually look like that's so stressful?
[2025/09/28 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: So... just what did you see.
[2025/09/28 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: The wreckage of a crashed vessel of some kind lies shattered in the middle of the field, its elongated, arrowhead shape stretching nearly three hundred feet long and half that wide. Jagged metal and twisted hull fragments protrude from the scorched ground, the once-mighty vessel now scarred and torn by the crash. The vessel's sleek design hints at advanced technology, with sections of glowing panels and fractured ducts and cables dangling here and there. Amidst the wreckage, scattered containers and strange alien artifacts hint at the mystery of the crew and of their fallen craft.
[2025/09/28 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: http://81.133.27.194/QuantumKittens/AlienArtifact/
[2025/09/28 15:02] Sapphire: "That.... what in the name of the sky is that?"
[2025/09/28 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question.
[2025/09/28 15:02] Joe: "oh my..." i Detect Evil - from a safe distance
[2025/09/28 15:02] Christina: Doesn't look like any tower I've ever seen.
[2025/09/28 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: The thing is too far away. You detect no evil within range.
[2025/09/28 15:03] Andreas: /me is near the vessel anything what looks valuable?
[2025/09/28 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say. There must be enough iron to equip an army with full plate mail, so.... there's that, if you can move it
[2025/09/28 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Going to approach?
[2025/09/28 15:04] Christina: Any dead bodies about?
[2025/09/28 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question... roll D20
[2025/09/28 15:05] D20: Christina rolls 4
[2025/09/28 15:05] Joe: Falling to my knees, praying openly to the Holy Purity for this site is truly accursed, the fell demon is not something we will find easy to slay
[2025/09/28 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: None in sight
[2025/09/28 15:05] Andreas: /me slowly moving towards the "arrow" with dagger in his hand, gets close and tries to tap the "arrow" with the dagger to test the consistency
[2025/09/28 15:05] Mecha: Says a short soft prayer as well, but does not approach. This is too unusual for her
[2025/09/28 15:06] Joe: "Beware, friends, we have seen already what the demon can do"
[2025/09/28 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you approach, Andreas, you become aware that it is warm. dagger goes *clink*
[2025/09/28 15:06] Sapphire: How many fragments are scattered around?
[2025/09/28 15:06] Christina: I begin searchin for dead bodies NOT immediately in sight, staying within view of the group, and at least 40 meters from the weird construct's main hull.
[2025/09/28 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Quite a few, Sapphire, all wierd shapes and sizes and mostly warm and mostly jagged.
[2025/09/28 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina... d20
[2025/09/28 15:07] D20: Christina rolls 8
[2025/09/28 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nope, no dead bodies here either...
[2025/09/28 15:07] Sapphire: So nothing that looks sword-shaped?
[2025/09/28 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: No, mostly roughly big torn plate sized.
[2025/09/28 15:08] Andreas: /me "seems we could use it to grill the rabbit, it's maybe hot enough" grins ... continues around the "arrow" to see it all around and maybe find something valuable laying around.
[2025/09/28 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's warm, not hot.
[2025/09/28 15:08] Joe: I walk a full circle around the demon, staying 30' from it, and using Detect Evil
[2025/09/28 15:09] Christina: (Anyone remember just how long ago this cane down out of the sky?)
[2025/09/28 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: Interesting. There is a vague taint of evil.... -within- the thing.
[2025/09/28 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: It came down the day before, or before that.
[2025/09/28 15:09] Christina: Thanks.
[2025/09/28 15:10] Joe: announces; "The beasts armour seems impenetrable. Within its shell, the Demon lurks."
[2025/09/28 15:11] Christina: (Checking my knowledge of Ancient History, wondering if I've heard of anything like this ever happening before...)
[2025/09/28 15:11] Andreas: /me while walking around the object randomly taps the dagger over it if it makes same *clink*
[2025/09/28 15:11] D20: Christina rolls 2
[2025/09/28 15:11] Mecha: Looks at snake."What are you on about. Also didn't the cleric say be careful?"
[2025/09/28 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Success: but this is unprecedented.
[2025/09/28 15:11] Christina: ::nods::
[2025/09/28 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: the cleric also said to investigate.
[2025/09/28 15:12] Sapphire: Did the vessal hit anything interesting when it landed?
[2025/09/28 15:12] Mecha: Indeed but announcing things and tapping the outer walls seems off
[2025/09/28 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: the thing *clinks* all round. The only interesting thing is the huge funnels at the back, bigger than a person can stand - and what looks like a double doorway
[2025/09/28 15:13] Joe: At Mecha "I sense the presence of evil emanating from within the unholy giant."
[2025/09/28 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: How are you going to determine the answer to that, Sapphire?
[2025/09/28 15:14] Mecha: I believe it, but I don't think announcing our presence to whatever evil is in there is a good idea."
[2025/09/28 15:14] Christina: I second that!
[2025/09/28 15:14] Andreas: /me "hey everyone, here's something what looks like ehm a door?" ... looks around the door if there is anything where key or dagger could fit in
[2025/09/28 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: It looks tightly fitting, but there does seem to be a level in a recessed area, surrounded by yellow stripes and strange glyphs
[2025/09/28 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: a lever, even
[2025/09/28 15:15] Christina: Are there other openings into this... thing... from where sections cracked off?
[2025/09/28 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Possibly, but considering they've got jagged edges and clearly aren't intended as entry points, you really want to try them?
[2025/09/28 15:16] Christina: Intended entry points tend to get watched by those who don't want them used.
[2025/09/28 15:16] Sapphire: Only one double doorway?
[2025/09/28 15:17] Andreas: /me "any of you who can read, seems I've found some symbols here" taps around the symbols and the yellow strips with his dagger
[2025/09/28 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: and unintended entry points are incredibly dangerous, you might get trapped
[2025/09/28 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: As far as you can tell, Sapphire
[2025/09/28 15:17] Christina: Fair.
[2025/09/28 15:17] Joe: (How 'crashed' does the demon appear?)
[2025/09/28 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say. Roll d20
[2025/09/28 15:18] D12: Joe rolls 8
[2025/09/28 15:18] Joe: sorry wrong dice
[2025/09/28 15:18] D20: Joe rolls 18
[2025/09/28 15:18] Christina: (I'll take a look at the glyphs, though without high hopes of making sense of them...)
[2025/09/28 15:18] D10: Christina rolls 4
[2025/09/28 15:18] D10: Christina rolls 10
[2025/09/28 15:18] Christina: Nope...
[2025/09/28 15:18] Mecha: Gonna go and look to see if she can read the glyphs as well
[2025/09/28 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're sure it's completely as the designeers intended.
[2025/09/28 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20 to read the glyphs, Christina
[2025/09/28 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: & Mecha
[2025/09/28 15:18] D20: Christina rolls 16
[2025/09/28 15:18] Sapphire: Sapphire heads up to the double doorway, looking for what's keeping it closed, and trying to get it open.
[2025/09/28 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: no idea what they mean
[2025/09/28 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: d20
[2025/09/28 15:19] Joe: I heft my battle-axe in case anything bursts out from those doors
[2025/09/28 15:19] D20: Mecha rolls 5
[2025/09/28 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: they're alien glyphs that convey no information you can discern
[2025/09/28 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: must roll under 17.... easy
[2025/09/28 15:21] D20: Sapphire rolls 15
[2025/09/28 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You grasp the lever and pull. *clunk* the doors start to swing open *thunk* and *whirrr* a steel ramp slides out.
[2025/09/28 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You can now gain access to the interior.
[2025/09/28 15:23] Christina: lIstening...
[2025/09/28 15:23] Sapphire: "Wow....what powerful works... is this the power of demons?"
[2025/09/28 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...silence
[2025/09/28 15:23] Andreas: /me "mhmmm", holds tightly his dagger and steps in (is there light or dark)?
[2025/09/28 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: It more looks like the work of.... dwarves
[2025/09/28 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: except they'd be big dwarves.
[2025/09/28 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: it's brightly lit inside
[2025/09/28 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Behind the double doors is a sprawling, high-ceilinged chamber lined with reinforced metal walls, illuminated by flickering fluorescent panels that cast a cold, bluish glow. Various bays and specialized maintenance stations stretch along the sides, filled with tools, metalic arms, and machine parts. The scent of ozone, lubricants, and burnt circuitry lingers in the air. What look like a small and a large wagon are parked in the middle, with other contraptions on both sides, for uses that you cannot imagine. What look like hatches line the walls that converge on what look like double doors at the apex of the triangle."
[2025/09/28 15:25] Christina: I'll examine a hatch closely... near the door Sapphire just opened
[2025/09/28 15:25] Mecha: Beltadona shakes her head and follows the others in. they will need her healing if something goes wrong.
[2025/09/28 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hatches: These are reinforced, metallic portals with sleek, seamless surfaces, featuring glowing panels, adorned with strange symbols and several glyphs under images of skulls and crossed bones.
[2025/09/28 15:26] Sapphire: Sapphire moves ahead to check out these wagons, the most... familiar-looking things in the room.
[2025/09/28 15:26] Andreas: /me looks around searching for any tool/weapon from that fine looking metal.
[2025/09/28 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Small cart: a sleek, aerodynamic design with a rounded, pod-like body with two seats and a sturdy, rugged chassis with large, prominent wheels and a smooth metallic exterior, coloured a dull grey, with stylized markings indicative of a creatures' head featuring a central horn rising just above the mouth.
[2025/09/28 15:26] Joe: observing the skull and bones symbols. "It is evil."
[2025/09/28 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Large cart: a large, rugged, utilitarian vehicle with a boxy, armored exterior painted in muted green and grey camouflage, featuring reinforced windows and large chunky wheels. Its design emphasizes functionality over aesthetics, with narrow slits and large coloured lamps about the vehicle.
[2025/09/28 15:26] Christina: Pirates?!? This doesn't look like any pirate lair I've ever heard of.
[2025/09/28 15:27] Joe: "demons. We must scourge the world of this horrible atrocity."
[2025/09/28 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: could be giant dwarf pirates
[2025/09/28 15:28] Sapphire: "....let us take the smaller one and show it to the Priest."
[2025/09/28 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: How?
[2025/09/28 15:28] Andreas: /me I'm searching for anything what looks like a weapon, valuable weapon and well anything valuable what I could later on sell.
[2025/09/28 15:28] Christina: Giant dwarf pirates? DEFINITELY something to be scourged!
[2025/09/28 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: looks like high quality precision tools, although for what, you've no idea
[2025/09/28 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile: the double doors at the other end are at least human sized
[2025/09/28 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Or, giant dwarf sized.
[2025/09/28 15:29] Christina: Are there similar levers by those doors?
[2025/09/28 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Doesn't seem to be... want to go close and check?
[2025/09/28 15:30] Christina: Sure.
[2025/09/28 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: You approach, and....
[2025/09/28 15:30] Andreas: /me I take all what looks like a weapon (sword, hammer, dagger, arrow, dart) and fit into my backpack, pocket or my belt. I don't want all, just some so I can carry them.
[2025/09/28 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: *ping* the doors slide open, revealing what looks like a large metal room
[2025/09/28 15:31] Sapphire: Sappffire will try to lift and sift it, testing how heavy and rollable it is. "These wheels shoudl make it easy to move..."
[2025/09/28 15:31] Joe: Joe observes 'demonic temptation' getting the better of Andreas, as the Cleric had warned us about
[2025/09/28 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20, Sapphire
[2025/09/28 15:31] Christina: I fling myself to the side in case something comes shooting out of the doors!
[2025/09/28 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: Nothing comes out, as far as you can tell.
[2025/09/28 15:32] Christina: Definitely magic here....
[2025/09/28 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you've still not really got anything tangible to report yet
[2025/09/28 15:32] Andreas: /me looks at Joe "or maybe it can be used against demons or at least sold, looks like a fine metal"
[2025/09/28 15:33] Joe: i Detect Evil again, hoping to pinpoint it - and to see if the metal is itself evil
[2025/09/28 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Again, there's a vague sensation of evil... but above you.
[2025/09/28 15:33] Christina: /me is peering through the magically-opened doors, from just around the doorframe.
[2025/09/28 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: The metal doesn't appear to be evil.
[2025/09/28 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: nothing much happens. It looks like an empty chamber.
[2025/09/28 15:34] Joe: "The metal is safe, the evil is... above us." I look slowly up
[2025/09/28 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: only way forwards.... is in the chamber...
[2025/09/28 15:34] Christina: Think we should jam this door open so it can't close behind us?
[2025/09/28 15:35] Andreas: /me what "weapons" I can pick from all the various shapes which I'm still looking astonished at? "Well I definitely don't want this hand or whatever it is"
[2025/09/28 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: what with?
[2025/09/28 15:35] Joe: Perhaps roll the cart half-way into the door, so it blocks it
[2025/09/28 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: the only thing vaguely recognizable is a few spanners
[2025/09/28 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20, Joe
[2025/09/28 15:35] D20: Joe rolls 8
[2025/09/28 15:35] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2025/09/28 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Must be heavier than it looks. Even with both of you pushing, it doesn't budge, and you're sure it should've.
[2025/09/28 15:36] Christina: Three ARE busted fragments outside... we could wedge the door open with one of those, maybe.
[2025/09/28 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sounds like a lot of work with dangerous scraps that aren't the right shape.
[2025/09/28 15:36] Andreas: /me "hmmm these spanners or hammers or whatever it is, looks good to me", takes the largest, put it behind a belt and rest into my backpack.
[2025/09/28 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: gains one spanner
[2025/09/28 15:37] Mecha: Okay, stop stop stop stop!
[2025/09/28 15:38] Andreas: /me pokes the palm of the weirdly looking arm with his dagger
[2025/09/28 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: It doesn't respond.
[2025/09/28 15:38] Christina: What is it, MEcha?
[2025/09/28 15:39] Mecha: This is not some dungeon we are working through. This is something brand new!" *Points to Andreas." He's grabbing what he can carry, not sure if it is cursed. According to Joe we have evil above us, and you are all trying to go deeper. At least with dungeons we would know some of what we are getting in to."
[2025/09/28 15:39] Andreas: /me takes it in his hand and tries to swing with it like with a sword and then like with hammer, hits the table with it as hard as he can.
[2025/09/28 15:40] Mecha: Not saying we should leave but can we go slower?
[2025/09/28 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Once again, Mecha: the voice of sanity :)
[2025/09/28 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: *clang*
[2025/09/28 15:40] Sapphire: "I'm not trying to go deeper! Just, this seems like the evidence we need for the priest. Once we figure out how to move it."
[2025/09/28 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... the cart ain't moving...
[2025/09/28 15:41] Joe: "The evil is here. It is above us. I cannot leave without destroying it. It goes against my oath."
[2025/09/28 15:41] Mecha: Since we can't move it. we get something easy to carry. Like what he is trying to snag. Maybe it's a metal we have never seen. Even the blacksmith said he's been working with something new from it.
[2025/09/28 15:41] Andreas: /me "hmmm seems it's good steal and I always want to have a 3rd hand" grins at Mecha.
[2025/09/28 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe makes a good point
[2025/09/28 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: and ... the only way forwards.... well, that'll be the metal; chamber.
[2025/09/28 15:42] Sapphire: What can we see of the metal chamber from here?"
[2025/09/28 15:42] Christina: Does your oath specifically say you have to destroy it IMMEDIATELY, without knowing anything about it? Or is there leeway to learn more, figure out the best way to destroy it, and THEN do so, rathyer than charging in blindly?
[2025/09/28 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: You can see the inside of a polished steel box, roughly 20' in a cube.
[2025/09/28 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: either way, that requires going further on....
[2025/09/28 15:43] Joe: "Suppose we first return to the cleric, giving the evil time to escape into the world to wreak its havoc."
[2025/09/28 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good point!
[2025/09/28 15:43] Andreas: /me puts his dagger back to his scabbard and swings with the hand again.
[2025/09/28 15:44] Christina: Tell you what: I'll go in, and if I don't come back out in 10 heartbeats, please one of you move closer to these doors to (I hope) re-open them again, if the doors closed on me.
[2025/09/28 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Is splitting the party up a good idea?
[2025/09/28 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: (DM speak for "no")
[2025/09/28 15:45] Joe: "We must place our faith in Goodness."
[2025/09/28 15:45] Christina: Safeguarding one's escape route often is...
[2025/09/28 15:45] Andreas: /me "I can put a hand between the doors, just in case" laughs "yeah go ahead, I'm gonna look around if there is anything valuable what I could hmmm use
[2025/09/28 15:45] Sapphire: "I vote we get our evidence and head back."
[2025/09/28 15:45] Christina: Okay. I'm metagamingly okay with our going in the room.
[2025/09/28 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, all in?
[2025/09/28 15:46] Christina: Or I could go with what Sapphire suggests. Either way.
[2025/09/28 15:46] Andreas: /me no, I wait here where I am, I'm not going in
[2025/09/28 15:46] Andreas: /me swings with the hand again
[2025/09/28 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Again: BAD idea to split the party up.
[2025/09/28 15:46] Mecha: Looks at Joe, but if it hasn't escaped by now because of the closed doors we can close them behind us, trap it and then come back to destroy it later.
[2025/09/28 15:47] Christina: Is there a lever inside that looks like it will close the outside doors?
[2025/09/28 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll a D20
[2025/09/28 15:47] D20: Christina rolls 1
[2025/09/28 15:47] Christina: /me facepalms...
[2025/09/28 15:47] Joe: At Mecha "We are dealing with Demons. We cannot trust it. We must kill it."
[2025/09/28 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: No, there's no lever, just a blinking set of lights
[2025/09/28 15:48] Joe: (a little fundamentalism in Joes worldview is quite apparent)
[2025/09/28 15:48] Sapphire: "-can- we kill it? WE barely know what this is."
[2025/09/28 15:48] Andreas: /me flips the hand in his hand and points finger of the metalic hand at Mecha "boo, this is a demon pointing at you" shakes the hand a bit so it looks more dramatic
[2025/09/28 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a *thunk!* that comes from above, very faintly.
[2025/09/28 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Only one way to find out what it is, Sapphire
[2025/09/28 15:49] Joe: "See what you did! Evil is not laughing matter!" Joe hisses at Andreas
[2025/09/28 15:50] Andreas: /me "well you can go first Joe, you're protected, aren't you?" grins and points the hand at Joe, shakes it again so it looks even more dramatic
[2025/09/28 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits stoically
[2025/09/28 15:51] Joe: Joe readies his axe and enters the chamber
[2025/09/28 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone following?
[2025/09/28 15:51] Christina: /me goes in, lightfooted...
[2025/09/28 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: one in, all in!
[2025/09/28 15:52] Andreas: /me "perhaps it's just rats" flips the metalic hand so ti can be used like a hammer and walks into the chamber behind Joe
[2025/09/28 15:52] Mecha: /me sighs and prays to Iallanis for a blessing before following them in.
[2025/09/28 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: *ping* the doors slide shut. Nothing happens.... for a second.... two....
[2025/09/28 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: A jerk, and you suddenly feel heavier.
[2025/09/28 15:53] Christina: /me tries walking up to the doors to reopen them
[2025/09/28 15:53] Sapphire: Alright.... guess I'm outvoted....
[2025/09/28 15:53] Sapphire: "Um, what was that?"
[2025/09/28 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: *ping* the doors open again.... but not to the chamber you were in with the carts
[2025/09/28 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: This looks almost like a tavern interior or feasting hall; it's a wide, sleek, metallic chamber illuminated by soft lights, with long tables and benches arranged as if for communal dining. At the side opposite the lift, a wide skylight window offers a view of the sky outside. There's what looks like a sturdy door towards the front, in the centre, opposite the lift, and on either side of the lift, two doors lead back.
[2025/09/28 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh, Sanity check, everyone roll 2d10
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Christina rolls 6
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Christina rolls 9
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Mecha rolls 3
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Mecha rolls 5
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Joe rolls 8
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Joe rolls 8
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Andreas rolls 10
[2025/09/28 15:54] Christina: Failed.
[2025/09/28 15:54] D10: Andreas rolls 2
[2025/09/28 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire? 2D10
[2025/09/28 15:55] Joe: Failed
[2025/09/28 15:55] Andreas: /me "hmmm look at that a tavern, maybe we could prepare the rabbit here" looks around if there is any ale around.
[2025/09/28 15:55] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2025/09/28 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina & Joe: sadly yes, roll d6
[2025/09/28 15:55] D10: Sapphire rolls 3
[2025/09/28 15:55] D6: Christina rolls 5
[2025/09/28 15:55] D6: Joe rolls 4
[2025/09/28 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: OHHH close save by Sapphire
[2025/09/28 15:56] Sapphire: "We've been teleported by the demon!"
[2025/09/28 15:56] Christina: I dunno.... my gut tells me we moved. I meana, literall: I felt my gut shift like we were moving.
[2025/09/28 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Laying on the table is a body; looks like a human woman in some sort of tunic, pants and blouse. Her body is soaked with blood from numerous stab wounds.
[2025/09/28 15:57] Joe: "It is playing tricks on our minds!" falls to my knees wailing "Get out demon, get out of my mind!" begins praying
[2025/09/28 15:57] Christina: /me goes to check body for a pulse.
[2025/09/28 15:57] Mecha: *Apologies all This one must go run a RL errand so will be silent for the rest of the game.*
[2025/09/28 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Definitely dead. That's a -lot- of stab wounds.
[2025/09/28 15:57] Joe: tc Mecha
[2025/09/28 15:57] Christina: BE well, MEcha!
[2025/09/28 15:58] Sapphire: "Oh no..... who is that?" does the woman seem familiar at all? do her clothes?
[2025/09/28 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not even remotely.
[2025/09/28 15:58] Christina: All visible wounds evidently from the same weapon? Similar size, at least?
[2025/09/28 15:58] Andreas: /me searching for anything valuable or anything what looks like a weapon or could be used like that
[2025/09/28 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20, Christina
[2025/09/28 15:58] Christina: Like blade stab wounds, or something else?
[2025/09/28 15:58] D20: Christina rolls 4
[2025/09/28 15:59] Christina: I can't roll to save my LIFE today!
[2025/09/28 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, things or roughly similar sizes were driven through her
[2025/09/28 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: While you're contemplating this....
[2025/09/28 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....something happens.
[2025/09/28 15:59] Christina: "MEanwhile, behind us..."
[2025/09/28 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm
[2025/09/28 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Someone is backing out of the door they just opened, wearing a similiar outfit to the woman, holding... what looks like a crossbow, but, without the string or crossbar. He's watching intently the way he's come, moving slowly and deliberately.
[2025/09/28 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: As he backs out, he's saying: "...gur qrivy jbhyq V xabj? Onfgneq ngr guerr bs hf, ohg jr tbg vg ybpxrq naq fnsr abj!"
[2025/09/28 16:01] Christina: I take cover -- guessing it's a missle weapon.
[2025/09/28 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: What's everyone else doing?
[2025/09/28 16:01] Joe: "He's casting an evil spell!"
[2025/09/28 16:02] Christina: /me's quietly pulling an arrow and nocking it.
[2025/09/28 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: d20
[2025/09/28 16:02] D20: Joe rolls 9
[2025/09/28 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: He's not casting a spell.
[2025/09/28 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2025/09/28 16:02] Andreas: /me looking for a spot to take cover in a direction to get out of field of view of that demon
[2025/09/28 16:03] Sapphire: "What are you doing here?" Sapphire asks, lifting their shield up against whatever strange spell that wand might cast.
[2025/09/28 16:03] Christina: (Am I close enough to this individual that I could rush him after he fires, when he's eloading this weird crossbow?
[2025/09/28 16:03] Christina: reloading*
[2025/09/28 16:03] Joe: I stand up and prepare to charge it with my axe
[2025/09/28 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy practically SCREAMS as Sapphire speaks, and nearly jumps three feet in the air. He whirls around, wide eyed and white as a sheet, trying to point .... that thing he's holding.... at everyone at once.
[2025/09/28 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Jub gur uryy ner lbh? Jurer'q lbh pbzr sebz?"
[2025/09/28 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina: He's about ten feet away, but not reloading, as far as you can tell
[2025/09/28 16:05] Christina: HE hasn't fire it yuet, though, has he?
[2025/09/28 16:05] Christina: yet*
[2025/09/28 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nope.
[2025/09/28 16:05] Christina: /me bides her time.
[2025/09/28 16:05] Sapphire: "Calm down!" she announces, moving to keep herself in front of the party members she wishes to protect
[2025/09/28 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2025/09/28 16:05] Joe: "Charge!" raises axe, brings it down on the demons heads
[2025/09/28 16:05] Joe: *head
[2025/09/28 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: are you sure you want to do that?
[2025/09/28 16:06] Andreas: /me trying to sneak out of the field of view of the demon to get behind him.
[2025/09/28 16:06] Joe: yes, I trust my armour to protect me from a crossbow bolt
[2025/09/28 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh-kay...
[2025/09/28 16:07] Christina: /me gets ready to rush the person once he's fired and has to reload....
[2025/09/28 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: I mentioned there were other doors, as Joe raises his axe... they open, and other figures step out.
[2025/09/28 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: One is a guy, slightly older-looking, holding a similar device. "Jung qb lbh zrna, havivgrq thrfgf? Jubn, jub ner gurfr thlf?"
[2025/09/28 16:07] Sapphire: the figure looks -human-, right?
[2025/09/28 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: A rather older lady, in a white outfit with strange red designs on it, peers out from the doorway behind. "Jung jnf gung nobhg thrfgf? Jung gur!"
[2025/09/28 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: They look like humans. Admittedly so would demons.
[2025/09/28 16:08] Andreas: /me looks at the other demon and waves with the metalic hand "this is weird hell, innit?"
[2025/09/28 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Next to appear - literally - is a translucent blue female figure. "Ybbxf yvxr lbh yrsg gur qbbe bcra, thlf."
[2025/09/28 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: As in, she just -appears- from nowhere.
[2025/09/28 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what?
[2025/09/28 16:10] Joe: mid-charge, am i able to redirect the axe swing to land on the blue demon?
[2025/09/28 16:10] Andreas: /me looks at Joe and shouts "see that one is glowing blue, maybe it's and angel or so, seems you have some protection at the end"
[2025/09/28 16:10] Christina: Do any of the rest of them look armed?
[2025/09/28 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy is, the woman doesn't, the translucent blue woman, no
[2025/09/28 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: Yes.
[2025/09/28 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2025/09/28 16:12] Sapphire: "Everyone, stop pointing weapons around," she tries to de-escalate, lowering her shield a bit and keeping her weapn pointing to the floor.
[2025/09/28 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: While Joe is swinging at the blue figure, she speaks again. "V guvax V pna cvpx hc gurv-r brainwaves and translate. It won't be perfect and you'll need to stay in range, but you should understand them, and they should understand you now. I say... do you mind not doing that? Thank you."
[2025/09/28 16:13] Andreas: /me waving with the hand on the demons and grins
[2025/09/28 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: That last as the axe swings right through with no effect.
[2025/09/28 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "We come in peace."
[2025/09/28 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Woman wearing white: "That's right! We've no intention of harming anyone!"
[2025/09/28 16:14] Christina: /me comes out from under the table slowly, putting her bow on the table slowly, and tries to watch everyone in the room at once, hand on the hilt of her shortsword, but not drawing it.
[2025/09/28 16:14] Joe: I step back and re-evaluate, allowing the pull of the axe to reposition me as it runs out of oomf
[2025/09/28 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Scared-looking guy you saw first: "Yeah, peace, that's right."
[2025/09/28 16:15] Christina: So which of you did this to _her_? ::Indicating the body on the table.::
[2025/09/28 16:15] Sapphire: "Oh! So you can speak the Queens Speech!" She sighs. "That makes things easier."
[2025/09/28 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: The older guy speaks. "None of us, she died when she got attacked by an alien."
[2025/09/28 16:16] Christina: By a _what_?
[2025/09/28 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Younger guy pipes up: "Queens' what? We're speaking American."
[2025/09/28 16:17] Andreas: /me "Alien? you mean demon I guess." shrugs with the metalic hand in his hand
[2025/09/28 16:17] Christina: Doesn't need a demon to go stabity stabbity....
[2025/09/28 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Until two days ago I didn't believe in demons, now... well I've seen some crazy things. Pretty sure they're not demons, though."
[2025/09/28 16:18] Joe: Joe Detects Evil again
[2025/09/28 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: The humans aren't evil, but you do detect that faint aura of evil further back and up still.
[2025/09/28 16:19] Christina: What do you mean by "aleen"? Is that some kind of weapon?
[2025/09/28 16:19] Joe: I point directly to it. "There is something nasty, there."
[2025/09/28 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "I mean, some wierd creature. And, yes, there definitely is something nasty. We just lost three guys cornering it, it's contained and safe, now."
[2025/09/28 16:21] Sapphire: "How did you contain it?"
[2025/09/28 16:21] Joe: "Put an end to it. Demons can not be trusted to remain among the living."
[2025/09/28 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "With GREAT difficulty."
[2025/09/28 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Didn't you hear me? It just wiped three of my crew!"
[2025/09/28 16:22] Christina: Can you describe what this "aleen" looks like?
[2025/09/28 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Which one...? There's quite a few."
[2025/09/28 16:23] Christina: You made it sound like there's just one.
[2025/09/28 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "I already mentioned two, lady."
[2025/09/28 16:23] Sapphire: "you captureed several?"
[2025/09/28 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: The woman in white speaks now. "More than several. We're a scientific mission, out to collect samples of alien life forms and materials. But we ran into trouble."
[2025/09/28 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Younger guy: "That's putting it f**king mildly."
[2025/09/28 16:25] Christina: ((Does our world understand what science is?))
[2025/09/28 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Roughly. You understand the term as some sort of sage mission of scholars)
[2025/09/28 16:25] Joe: "Demon taint. You must destroy them all. You have endangered the world with your foolishness."
[2025/09/28 16:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Dude... back down. If I were you, I'd be more concerned about those damn things that shot us down."
[2025/09/28 16:26] Joe: "It is part of the taint. I will pray for your path."
[2025/09/28 16:27] Christina: What do you mean, shot you down? You look uninjured to me.
[2025/09/28 16:27] Christina: Most of you, at least.
[2025/09/28 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Look, if you want to help us, we need to fix our ship, and find the specimens we lost coming down - and maybe warn the locals we aren't hostile."
[2025/09/28 16:28] Sapphire: "Specimens? What were they?"
[2025/09/28 16:28] Joe: "You have unleashed Demons into the world. Harbingers of destruction!"
[2025/09/28 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The woman speaks up again. "We dropped into space, near here, and these.... things... ships... the came straight at us. We tried to run, but they flung rocks at us - and we got caught by your planets' gravity well."
[2025/09/28 16:29] Andreas: /me looks at Joe "they talk like they are possessed or bit coocoo, one or another" grins
[2025/09/28 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Younger guy: "You want the full list?"
[2025/09/28 16:29] Christina: Hang on Joe.... Did these aleens show up AFTER you hit the ground, or before?
[2025/09/28 16:29] Joe: "They are warped by the demons they have allowed to live, and now we all must suffer the consequences."
[2025/09/28 16:30] Andreas: /me "do you realize you're not on the sea, nor nearby sea, where is your ship?"
[2025/09/28 16:30] Christina: This'll never float...
[2025/09/28 16:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Is this guy some sort of religious freak...?"
[2025/09/28 16:31] Sapphire: "So where did you come from?"
[2025/09/28 16:31] Christina: ::nods emphatically::
[2025/09/28 16:31] Joe: "This is demon trickery. They are playing with our minds. The cleric warned us to beware temptation."
[2025/09/28 16:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Woman in white: "It's a space ship... it sails in space."
[2025/09/28 16:31] Christina: Anything this big OBVIOUSLY takes up a lot of space.
[2025/09/28 16:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "We're from Earth. Not sure that means anything to you, though... it's a nice place, rather like your planet."
[2025/09/28 16:32] Andreas: /me laughs hard "sails in space ... hahahaa. You're all crazy that's obvious"
[2025/09/28 16:32] Joe: "We must purge this evil from the world."
[2025/09/28 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Look. As I said. We got shot down, that's the only reason we're here. Thanks to that, we lost some specimen containers, can you find them, and either bring them back or at least make sure the creatures aren't causing any harm? We're a little short-handed here, and we don't want to get lynched or burnt at the stake as sky demons or something."
[2025/09/28 16:34] Andreas: /me "I think they are just crazy, nothing else Joe. If they would be evil, they'd attack us, just bunch of fools with confused minds, perhaps they've met with some demon who cast a spell on them or so" ... looks at Joe and grins
[2025/09/28 16:34] Christina: Are these aleens among your spessmins?
[2025/09/28 16:34] Joe: "The sky demons are asking for our help to deal with the earth demons."
[2025/09/28 16:34] Andreas: /me "this is funny"
[2025/09/28 16:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Younger guy: "We'd have to check with which are still here."
[2025/09/28 16:35] Sapphire: "Oh! The village priest wanted us to investigate. Would you be willing to come explain things to him?"
[2025/09/28 16:35] Christina: So you brought these aleens HERE?
[2025/09/28 16:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: The translucent figure speaks next. "I'm afraid that won't work. The radio won't have the range, sorry."
[2025/09/28 16:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Oh for f**ks sake... I just told you, much bigger and rather more hostile aliens shot us down over your planet. That's the ONLY reason we are here."
[2025/09/28 16:37] Andreas: /me "hahaha, what riot won't have range. Seems they can't cast their spells of confusion"
[2025/09/28 16:37] Christina: ((Sonja, do you have to get to bed? I know it's late there...)) No, actually, you didn't... at least, not clearly.
[2025/09/28 16:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: (At some point, yes.)
[2025/09/28 16:38] Christina: /me sidles over to Sapphire and whispers in her ear.
[2025/09/28 16:38] Andreas: I'm little over my usual schedule and it's Monday tomorrow
[2025/09/28 16:38] Joe: lets resume next week
[2025/09/28 16:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Older guy: "Well once again, we need to fix our ship so we can go, and if you can find those few lost specimens and deal with them, and see to it we don't get some mob here, we'll be on our way."
[2025/09/28 16:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: hehehe sorry... having far too much fun here :)
[2025/09/28 16:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: but yes, let's call a close to it, until next week
[2025/09/28 16:39] Christina: WILD scenario idea, Sonja! Loving it!
[2025/09/28 16:39] Joe: thank you so much! Its been fun
[2025/09/28 16:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me just smiles the smile of one who knows you -barely- have scratched the surface.
[2025/09/28 16:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm glad you're liking it ;)
[2025/09/28 16:40] Christina: I've got a nasty feeling these allens are arthropoidal....
[2025/09/28 16:40] Sapphire: very surprised which directions you're going with this one, Mistress
[2025/09/28 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: you don't know the direction yet ;)
[2025/09/28 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: you may -think- you do ;D
[2025/09/28 16:41] Andreas: this part is very funny, I like it a lot, well done Sonja, I'm looking forward for next round
[2025/09/28 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Thank you all :)
[2025/09/28 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's a real hoot.... there's much more yet, but for now, we better say "goodnight"
[2025/09/28 16:41] Christina: Same time next week?
[2025/09/28 16:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: (If anyone wants to decypher the alien speech: it's simple ROT13)
[2025/09/28 16:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: https://www.cachesleuth.com/rot.html
[2025/09/28 16:42] Christina: I was working on that....
[2025/09/28 16:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yep, same time Sunday.
[2025/09/28 16:42] Christina: "Who the hell are you?" seemed easy enough to start with.
[2025/09/28 16:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... laters :)
[2025/09/28 16:43] Christina: hanks, Sonja!
[2025/09/28 16:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: thank you all for coming!
[2025/09/28 16:43] Joe: stay safe
[2025/09/28 16:43] Andreas: see you next time 👋🤖
[2025/09/28 16:43] Christina: You, too!