[2025/05/14 14:15] Sapphire: /me cracks open books, does last minute prep while waiting to see who makes it in
[2025/05/14 14:33] Sapphire: --- + --- + ---
[2025/05/14 14:33] Sapphire: Previous Logs: http://81.133.27.194/Dungeons&Kittens/logs-2025shr/20250430.html
[2025/05/14 14:33] Sapphire: Last time, our shiny rubies managed to make their way down from the Obelisk that is their home, on the backs of the winged serpents used by the invaders. The obelisk is now hovering along the inside edge of a vast mountain range, the name of which no one has yet asked.
[2025/05/14 14:33] Sapphire: The local town watch indicated to you that a nearby barn was currently vacant, a sort of spherical metal structure a bit over a kilometer from town.
[2025/05/14 14:50] Sapphire: The local town watch indicated to you that a nearby barn was currently vacant, a sort of spherical metal structure a bit over a kilometer from town.
[2025/05/14 14:50] Sapphire: Said watch have lowered their weapons but as is the nature of guards, their over-complicated pikes with power capacitors on the haft are ever at the ready.
[2025/05/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Do you people know anything at all about that?" *points to the big ship*
[2025/05/14 14:53] Mecha: Robin goes to the flying snakes and gives them pets."Would you two like that? A place to rest?"
[2025/05/14 14:54] Sapphire: "The obelisk?" They shrug. "Can't tell if it's attacking the mountain or what. Doesn't seem to be making any headway. The Priest might know more about them."
[2025/05/14 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Is the mountain holy, or something?"
[2025/05/14 14:55] Sapphire: The snakes bat their wings at Robin softly, while Horizon works on trying to keep them calm and corraled.
[2025/05/14 14:55] Sapphire: "Does the big one in the middle count?" One of the other guards says, prompting a chuckle from the group.
[2025/05/14 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me doesn't understand this, but just nods politely
[2025/05/14 14:58] Sapphire: Heading to the barn, the town, or some other location?
[2025/05/14 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: guess the barn was mentioned?
[2025/05/14 14:58] Mecha: I say the barn we can get the flying snakes settled, maybe there are some mice or something for them to eat
[2025/05/14 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: they'd have to be bloody big mice.
[2025/05/14 15:01] Sapphire: the groups get underway to the spherical structure of dull metal, perhaps ten body length in diameter. A patch job of wood and rib bones as long as your arms has been erected to cover a large gash in the material. Drafty but probably keeps most of the rain out.
[2025/05/14 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Where'd you get those bones from?"
[2025/05/14 15:03] Mecha: Robin shrugs
[2025/05/14 15:07] Sapphire: "Chased off a pack of Esculants last year, managed to get hold of their bones from a few," they answer. "People see them in the distance sometimes, but they've stayed away for now."
[2025/05/14 15:07] Mecha: So we get the snakes in and find a space for them. Checking pouches on the snakes for any food that they may eat.. or we can eat for that matter
[2025/05/14 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: "uhm... these Esculants.... what are they?"
[2025/05/14 15:09] Sapphire: Robin, an Intellect difficulty 6 roll to get the snakes in without incident
[2025/05/14 15:10] Sapphire: "Big blobby beasts, eat nearly anything they can catch. Good thing they're slow."
[2025/05/14 15:10] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2025/05/14 15:12] Sapphire: Getting them in through the door proves doable enough, the inside of the building a floor of hard packed dirt shot through with head-sized holes. The wing-snakes soon dart down into them, presumably hunting after whatever critter lives within.
[2025/05/14 15:13] Sapphire: The pouches seem to have compressed blocks in paper wrappers, each the size of a thumb. They crumble when pressed, smelling of honey and salt.
[2025/05/14 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: these are edible?
[2025/05/14 15:16] Mecha: Robin looks at them and sniffs again. INteresting smell
[2025/05/14 15:16] Sapphire: They seem like they're probably durable and at least partially edible.
[2025/05/14 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll try one
[2025/05/14 15:19] Sapphire: Sweet, salty, chalky. Also, this is probably the first thing you've actually eaten in like three days so they taste far more delicious than they should
[2025/05/14 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: awesome.
[2025/05/14 15:21] Mecha: How is it?
[2025/05/14 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: "uhm. Nice. It's edible. You might want to try one?"
[2025/05/14 15:21] Mecha: Robin nods and tries one
[2025/05/14 15:21] Sapphire: As previous description
[2025/05/14 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... we housed the flying snakes
[2025/05/14 15:24] Sapphire: Ah, yes indeed
[2025/05/14 15:25] Mecha: Maybe should head to town now?
[2025/05/14 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: sounds like a plan
[2025/05/14 15:26] Mecha: Then off we go
[2025/05/14 15:28] Sapphire: -- [] -- [] --
[2025/05/14 15:28] Sapphire: As you're walking along the grass uphill, your inner HUDs register updates. Firstly, a running distance tracker of how far you are from your Obelisk, currently reporting over 8 kilometers. Secondly, an informational mission:
[2025/05/14 15:28] Sapphire: > Retrieve novel supplies and power sources for your Focus Modules. Current options: 3
[2025/05/14 15:28] Sapphire: ( Ack, another work ping, one moment )
[2025/05/14 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmm
[2025/05/14 15:29] Mecha: Then find a monster rat and spider as companions yes yes
[2025/05/14 15:30] Sapphire: ( Looks like a false alarm, proceeding )
[2025/05/14 15:30] Mecha: examine the 3 options
[2025/05/14 15:33] Sapphire: Then the town itself comes into view, angled cubes of metal and triangles of wood holding things together. It's arranged in a sort of loose circle with arches and walls linking everything together defensively, with several brightly colored flags from some sort of event in the middle.
[2025/05/14 15:33] Sapphire: The populace appear to be of humanoid stock with bronzy skin, in the tanned sense rather than the mineral sense of your own ruby appearance. Their clothing is a mixture of soft fabrics in bright colors and durable metal plates serving as both armor and decoration.
[2025/05/14 15:33] Sapphire: On your way up, you passed by a few rows of planted crops and a fenced in area with several reptilian quadrulpeds.
[2025/05/14 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...what crops?
[2025/05/14 15:35] Sapphire: The three upgrade options appear to be "Extensive resinplast plating", "Invader-sourced electrical core", and "Sensor Package". There are also several -null- entries, presumably looking for supplies to enable them.
[2025/05/14 15:35] Sapphire: The crops look like tangled masses of vines with red spheres stretching their way out of the middle of each vine.
[2025/05/14 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Can we grab one or two and pocket them with no one noticing?
[2025/05/14 15:37] Sapphire: There do seem to be the guards you're following into town and a few people in the fields. Speed Difficulty 15 if you're still interested.
[2025/05/14 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmm. Let's just keep following the guards, no sense antagonizing them
[2025/05/14 15:38] Mecha: Agreed and as for upgrades Robin would think along the lines of the sensor package
[2025/05/14 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll go with that too
[2025/05/14 15:40] Sapphire: Installation of the upgrade package will need to happen in the medical bays of the Obelisk, currently 8 kilometers away. they also only have one instance of any given Focus Package
[2025/05/14 15:41] Mecha: Then we head to the obelisk
[2025/05/14 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait, did we find the package we need?
[2025/05/14 15:43] Sapphire: Those are the ones currently back at base. Finding *new* packages expands your options
[2025/05/14 15:43] Sapphire: or, potentially, something you could rewire into an upgrade package
[2025/05/14 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: where can we get such a thing?
[2025/05/14 15:44] Sapphire: lost artifacts, pulling them out of the bodies of creatures with power, assembling them from excess ciphers potentially.
[2025/05/14 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Shall we pause it here? I do have an early-ish start tomorrow and time is getting on
[2025/05/14 15:45] Mecha: was hoping to arrive at the obelisk before that, but it isn't that far, right
[2025/05/14 15:46] Sapphire: It's a long trip and you haven't even checked out town yet!
[2025/05/14 15:47] Mecha: Ah okay
[2025/05/14 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: we came from the obelisk
[2025/05/14 15:48] Sapphire: true, but it's also hovering and surrounded by lightning strikes
[2025/05/14 15:48] Sapphire: so not exactly a trivial trip to the pharmacy
[2025/05/14 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: getting in could be tricky
[2025/05/14 15:50] Mecha: looking forward to it
[2025/05/14 15:50] Sapphire: -- <> -- <>
[2025/05/14 15:50] Sapphire: Ok, we'll wrap things there