[2025/05/15 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: So! Trolls & Tribulations
[2025/05/15 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina, roll a d4
[2025/05/15 14:11] D4: Martina rolls 2
[2025/05/15 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're Level 3, and now have 11 hit points.
[2025/05/15 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: need to get you some new spells. I take it you got Shield and Light ready
[2025/05/15 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me opens NCs and things
[2025/05/15 14:13] Mecha: While that is being taken care of I am gonna go microwave me some dinner
[2025/05/15 14:13] Mecha: Er this one is
[2025/05/15 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, after last weeks' encounter with the Troll Army, you TPK'd...
[2025/05/15 14:13] Sapphire: /me checks notes
[2025/05/15 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...wait, no, that's next week.
[2025/05/15 14:14] Sapphire: Was gonna say, i must have been -hammered- to not recall that
[2025/05/15 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: You met the Grateful Dead and learnt a bit (not all) of their history and backstory, the lead singer, a banshee, suggested you take their song book and show it to the clerics, to try and sway their minds about letting the concert go ahead
[2025/05/15 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Reminder: the clerics object to Change, and want things done in line with tradition.
[2025/05/15 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: One backstory you did get: Melody Wraith, the banshee, was freed from her curse when she forgave the one who lead to her death.
[2025/05/15 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that... over to you, you're still at the barn with the Grateful Dead. What now?
[2025/05/15 14:17] Sapphire: Te'ala ponders where in her life she went wrong to find herself needing to convince opposing clerics to do something for her.
[2025/05/15 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question.
[2025/05/15 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anyone else?
[2025/05/15 14:20] Sapphire: Probably agreeing to get on a boat with a bunch of rookies
[2025/05/15 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: that was certainly the start of your trials
[2025/05/15 14:20] Sapphire: "What god do those clerics even worship?
[2025/05/15 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me fines Sapphire 500 XP for finding one of the many plot holes that exist because the DM never bothered to specify
[2025/05/15 14:21] Mecha: They worship Arnold Judas Rimmer. So they're total smegheads
[2025/05/15 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Let's just say the sun god.
[2025/05/15 14:22] Martina: are we in Rimmer World now then?
[2025/05/15 14:22] Sapphire: ( I mean, when I asked last session and they just sneered at me I definately drew conclusions about them not wanting to admit to it despite sticking their nose in other peoples beeswax )
[2025/05/15 14:22] Mecha: Scary thought Martina
[2025/05/15 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, what do you think you should do next?
[2025/05/15 14:23] Mecha: Well the Traveler did give some information so Lahli is going to share what se was told.
[2025/05/15 14:25] Mecha: So, the traveler is not behind this whole thing but he did warn me someone is messing with us. Starting to think it has to do with whoever the deity they have a statue of in the center of town.
[2025/05/15 14:25] Martina: maybe we need to go see who the statue is of and that might help
[2025/05/15 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Don't forget: {current quest: bring songbook to clerics}
[2025/05/15 14:27] Martina: it is a copy, right?
[2025/05/15 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yep.
[2025/05/15 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, any suggestions?
[2025/05/15 14:28] Sapphire: Decent excuse to talk to them and poke around their ediface of worship
[2025/05/15 14:29] Martina: we could tell them the songbook was our holy bible and our Deity wants them to understand the way to worship is to sing the words
[2025/05/15 14:29] Andreas: /me "we should find out where the clerics are and look around and find out if they are crazy or dangerously crazy" smirks
[2025/05/15 14:29] Sapphire: "I will not bismirch the wisdom of the forest by holding a mere songbook ahead of them."
[2025/05/15 14:31] Andreas: /me "there is possibility we will end up on the stake or worse, don't forget we're bringing something they hate ... crazy people are acting crazy ... but maybe we can tell them we've found it and thought they want to have a look or so?" ... wondering
[2025/05/15 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's pretty much what Melody Wraith suggested. What could go right - I mean, wrong?
[2025/05/15 14:32] Mecha: Wont know until we try
[2025/05/15 14:32] Andreas: /me looks at Lahli, Te'ala and Martina .... "should I get a BBQ sauce?"
[2025/05/15 14:33] Martina: or if we could find out WHO their deity is, we could say the words in it are his/hers and they should follow the beat
[2025/05/15 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me likewise fines Martina 500XP for dwelling on a plot hole
[2025/05/15 14:33] Mecha: oooohhhh what is BBQ sauce
[2025/05/15 14:34] Mecha: *WB*
[2025/05/15 14:34] Martina: its probably to ake us taste better when they burn us at the stake for heresy
[2025/05/15 14:34] Martina: to make us even^^
[2025/05/15 14:34] Andreas: /me "Well, we could find one and I can take his cloths and look around, while you try to bring them songbook, in case something gonna go wrong, they won't know I'm with you" grins
[2025/05/15 14:35] Andreas: /me nods at Martina
[2025/05/15 14:35] Sapphire: ack
[2025/05/15 14:35] Mecha: Oooohhh now I wanna try BBQ sauce
[2025/05/15 14:35] Sapphire: what'd I miss over the last 10 when I crashed?
[2025/05/15 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits stoically
[2025/05/15 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nothing.
[2025/05/15 14:36] Sapphire: ah
[2025/05/15 14:36] Sapphire: anything stopping us from heading back to town?
[2025/05/15 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nope.
[2025/05/15 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: just waitin' fer you to say...
[2025/05/15 14:37] Martina: lets head back to town
[2025/05/15 14:37] Andreas: /me "let's move, if we spot a cleric who is alone, I take his cloths"
[2025/05/15 14:37] Mecha: Lahli raises an eyebrow.
[2025/05/15 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Back to town! It's the same half hour back. I take it you go to the temple and show someone the song book?
[2025/05/15 14:38] Andreas: /me not to the temple, we can have a break before we move in
[2025/05/15 14:38] Andreas: *into
[2025/05/15 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: A break where?
[2025/05/15 14:38] Martina: of course, the temple is nearer, lets go there then
[2025/05/15 14:39] Sapphire: Te'ala heads to the temple before Andreas decides their clothes look too tempting.
[2025/05/15 14:39] Mecha: Temple is good, can see the statue
[2025/05/15 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: *GIGGLES*
[2025/05/15 14:40] Martina: statue is in town though
[2025/05/15 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, to the temple! It's a large ornate building, you've seen plenty of others. A few guys in robes stand inside, hands in sleeves, looking pious and smiling benevolently.
[2025/05/15 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: The statue is outside the temple. it's a water feature with a statue of a mother with a newborn baby.
[2025/05/15 14:40] Martina: who has teh songbook at this point?
[2025/05/15 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Eh... you.
[2025/05/15 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waves a hand vaguely, to include everyone
[2025/05/15 14:42] Martina: we're gonna look weird, each with a hand on it
[2025/05/15 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: just roll with it. What do you say?
[2025/05/15 14:42] Martina: do the Red dwarf shuffle :)
[2025/05/15 14:42] Sapphire: Look, if Te'ala can't even trust the humans to manage holding onto a book without supervision, she should split from the party
[2025/05/15 14:43] Sapphire: so I'm presuming you are able to manage
[2025/05/15 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2025/05/15 14:43] Mecha: Lahli is going to check with the cleric smiling benevolently."Excuse me. I'm a cleric, but there are so many gods and goddesses that I don't know about. Could you help me learn a bit. Like that statue. Who is that? Looks amazing."
[2025/05/15 14:44] Sapphire: Te'ala looks behind Lahli, weapons stowed but shield stuck on her arm still.
[2025/05/15 14:45] Andreas: /me looking around for a single cleric who he could stun and borrow his cloths
[2025/05/15 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: The cleric nods and smiles, and goes into a long and highly detailed explanation. Unfortunately the DM never bothered to specify this, so we'll just say 1d6 hours pass by and Lahli needs to make a Wisdom Save or lose 1 point of wisdom for hearing about how someone gave birth to god or something.
[2025/05/15 14:45] Sapphire: What, in broad daylight?
[2025/05/15 14:46] D20: Mecha 16
[2025/05/15 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Violence in a temple is a -very- bad idea!
[2025/05/15 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli: drained 1pt Wisdom, gains proficiency in Religion (Dulyn Deities).
[2025/05/15 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: j/k! j/k!
[2025/05/15 14:47] D20: Sapphire rolls 6
[2025/05/15 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: While Lahli is having that insightful instruction, what's Martina doing?
[2025/05/15 14:47] Andreas: /me "wars solved many issues, nothing wrong with violence and I want to stun him, not anything else..... unless it's gonna be a self-defense" shrugs
[2025/05/15 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me sighs.... how the frick is -this- leading to a TPK...
[2025/05/15 14:48] Mecha: *Can Lahli bypass the wisdom loss by taking notes?*
[2025/05/15 14:48] Martina: looks around trying to find clues as to what these clerics value
[2025/05/15 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me taps the "j/k! j/k!" line
[2025/05/15 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Candles, Martina?
[2025/05/15 14:49] Sapphire: ....do we not take wisdom damage from this explanation?
[2025/05/15 14:49] Andreas: /me "I don't wanna be spotted that's for sure, so I take my time to find the right one at a right place in a right time"
[2025/05/15 14:49] Mecha: Also Lahli is in no way pranking this temple."Say have you seen some of those gentlemen around seem rather stick in the mud-ish?"
[2025/05/15 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Only Lahli was foolhardy enough to ask.
[2025/05/15 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: The cleric just stares at Lahli.
[2025/05/15 14:50] Mecha: They don't seem friendly so I didn't think they would be with your temple
[2025/05/15 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric: "I have no idea who you refer to."
[2025/05/15 14:52] Martina: spots a metal structure with lots of candles on, just over half are lit so goes over and takes the first unlit one, lights it from the one next to it and replaces it in its holder
[2025/05/15 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's now slightly brighter in that area
[2025/05/15 14:52] Sapphire: Te'ala looks around at the people for some she recognizes from earlier
[2025/05/15 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala: One of the clerics "on duty" is indeed from earlier.
[2025/05/15 14:53] Martina: looks to the others and whispers ... "mother and Baby, maybe like some branch of catholicism, Mary"
[2025/05/15 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2025/05/15 14:55] Mecha: Lahli nods and tries to describe the guys she saw earlier
[2025/05/15 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric: "You mean Father Ted?" *points at one of the "on duty" clerics*
[2025/05/15 14:57] Martina: laughs "more like Father Jack"
[2025/05/15 14:57] Mecha: Lahli looked over and her jaw drops
[2025/05/15 14:58] Andreas: /me keeps walking further from other deeper into the temple looking for a door to private areas
[2025/05/15 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "You? From Allie Cohols' bar? How can we help you?"
[2025/05/15 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: A few clerics come out of the back and stand in front of Andreas. "Can we help you, son?"
[2025/05/15 14:59] Sapphire: ( back, sorry, had to biobreak )
[2025/05/15 15:00] Martina (martina.knickers): ((I need to as well... brb))
[2025/05/15 15:00] Andreas: /me "I think I need to confess brothers, can you help me?"
[2025/05/15 15:00] Sapphire: "It was a bar, yes. Though mostly I use the inn upstairs."
[2025/05/15 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: The clerics nod, and point to what looks like a small cupboard
[2025/05/15 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala: Father Ted: "And how can I help you, child?"
[2025/05/15 15:02] Andreas: /me "thank you brothers" walks int into the cupboard and looks what's inside
[2025/05/15 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: The cupboard is completely bare. You hear someone enter the cupboard next door, and a small hatch slides open. "What sins do you wish to confess, son?"
[2025/05/15 15:04] Mecha: LAhli looks at the cleric." You told me about the deity but what do you do here, like rules and stuff. Would love to hear more."
[2025/05/15 15:04] Andreas: /me "There are so many brother, I'm looking for redemption or at least forgiveness. What should I do to join your brotherhood?"
[2025/05/15 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli: you haven't lost enough Wisdom points?
[2025/05/15 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: The cleric pauses. "First you would need to show a desire for redemption, then you'd need to prove your commitment. After a few months of fasting, prayer and abstinence, we would commune with the gods and hopefully the signs would be favourable"
[2025/05/15 15:06] Sapphire: "we overheard a discussion about a band that was scheduled to play there, actually," she starts.
[2025/05/15 15:06] Mecha: *If these clerics are keeping with tradition then fine but if they are running their own spin. it is good to know*
[2025/05/15 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala: Father Ted: "We've heard of this band... the Grateful Dead? The name alone seems insulting, but we'll overlook that as the rashness of youthfulness. Nay, it is the music we object to! It represents Change, and we adhere to the traditional ways, the ways things have always been done."
[2025/05/15 15:08] Andreas: /me "Understood, my heart is heavy and my sins are many, I'm currently without a place to stay, is there a way how I could work for brotherhood to start my healing journey and work on myself and in return have a place to sleep and little to eat?"
[2025/05/15 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli: Good question. You're from across the sea, how would you know?
[2025/05/15 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "Perhaps some of the townsfolk have gainful employment you could take part in."
[2025/05/15 15:09] Sapphire: "Have you read their actual songs?"
[2025/05/15 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala: "We've heard that this... band... will play various instruments. That is Change. We've heard some of the songs, and these represent Change."
[2025/05/15 15:11] Andreas: /me "Thank you brother, I will ask for work in town, what about a place to sleep? Can you help me with it?"
[2025/05/15 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "Aren't you one of the shipwreck survivors, staying with Allie Cohol?"
[2025/05/15 15:12] Sapphire: "Is Change not an inherent part of life? Does the child not change as they become an adult? Does the blossom of the vine not change into the very fruit that nourishes us?"
[2025/05/15 15:12] Mecha: Lahli: Exactly and it would be only fair to learn more of the world around me.
[2025/05/15 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "These Changes are ordained by the gods themselves. It is humans who are Changing the songs - not the gods! And this cannot be permitted. Now, I must ask you all to leave, if that is all you are here for."
[2025/05/15 15:13] Andreas: /me "I know who are you talking about, I've seen them, but no, I'm not one of them brother. I'm an alcoholic and not a good person, maybe they are. I just need help to find my path and fix few things. Is there anything I could do for you brother?"
[2025/05/15 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "We are here only to discuss your sins, my son. If you look for aid from the Temple, then you'll have to apply in writing and allow seven days for the paperwork to be processed."
[2025/05/15 15:15] Martina: chips in with Te'ala's conversation "is there any instruments that wouldn't represent change then?"
[2025/05/15 15:15] Mecha: *Please tell me Lahli heard the Cleric who spoke to Andreas.*
[2025/05/15 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: Only if you're eavesdropping the confessionals
[2025/05/15 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "A musician should consult the traditional texts for the musical notation and suitable instruments. Now if that's all? We got Temple matters to attend to."
[2025/05/15 15:18] Mecha: Lahli isn't she is still talking to the cleric at the front.
[2025/05/15 15:18] Martina: "I mean, if the words are not offensive, is there any way they could be heard by the general population that would not offend your ways?"
[2025/05/15 15:18] Andreas: /me "well my sins, there are many, when I was an orphan I've learn to steal to survive, than to fight to not get robbed and you know, sometimes you have to make choices brother, many choices, maybe too many choices. What paperwork I should fill brother?"
[2025/05/15 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "The ONLY way the songs may be heard is the traditional way. Now if you'll excuse us - we have matters to attend to."
[2025/05/15 15:20] Martina: "and what exactly is the traditional way?" she asks trying to keep the conversation going
[2025/05/15 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "That is much to atone for, my son. It would be wise to take care of that sooner rather than later. And the paperwork - it's a scroll we call 51B."
[2025/05/15 15:20] Sapphire: Te'ala moves to one side, but doesn't actually leave just yet
[2025/05/15 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "It's in the books. Now, if you'll excuse us - " *you see a bunch of clerics lining up, frowning slightly, as if you are delaying them in some important business.
[2025/05/15 15:21] Mecha: Lahli sighs and pauses a moment."Question if I may."
[2025/05/15 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "Come back tomorrow."
[2025/05/15 15:22] Mecha: Just one question and I will go. You have been so kind to me so far. I ask just one more moment
[2025/05/15 15:22] Martina: looks around trying to find the books the Cleric refered to
[2025/05/15 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Father Ted: "We've answered your questions, I'm sure."
[2025/05/15 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina: you might want to try a library or bookshop or bard
[2025/05/15 15:23] Andreas: /me "Than I will need the 51B, I hope the bureaucracy is not too complicated brother. Do you believe your diety would forgive me? How powerful is the diety anyway, I'm not religious, well I know few things, but somehow my steps led here. Tell me about the temple and books so I can fulfill the requirements well and hopefully soon brother."
[2025/05/15 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "After you have atoned and set yourself on the path of righteousness, then all will be revealed. Now if that's all? I have other duties to perform."
[2025/05/15 15:25] Mecha: Not in this case."She pauses a brief moment."Your story is about giving birth to a god, essentially giving birth to the divine. Wouldn't the singers style be along the same lines? they are attempting to do the same as your religion says. but in a different style. wouldn't giving birth to a deity also be a little bit new to many other churches? Not needing an answer now... Just something to think about." With that Lahli bows politely and walks away
[2025/05/15 15:25] Andreas: /me "do you have a book where I can read about your diety or god? brother."
[2025/05/15 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "Perhaps you should attend some Temple services, my son. Now, is that all?"
[2025/05/15 15:26] Andreas: /me "when are the Temple services? brother"
[2025/05/15 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Cleric: "An hour after sun up, an hour before sun down, each day."
[2025/05/15 15:27] Andreas: /me "thank you brother, wish you well"
[2025/05/15 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand you're all escorted/sheparded out of the Temple
[2025/05/15 15:28] Mecha: Lahli has already walked out
[2025/05/15 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what?
[2025/05/15 15:29] Sapphire: "As stubborn as boars, that crowd."
[2025/05/15 15:29] Martina: well that was informative, maybe we go find a bard to get further info
[2025/05/15 15:29] Mecha: head back to the inn to share information
[2025/05/15 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: back to the inn?
[2025/05/15 15:31] Sapphire: sure
[2025/05/15 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al is behind the bar, looking bored. She looks up as the PCs enter, and says: "Oh look, a party of adventurers walking into a bar." She rolls a d4.
[2025/05/15 15:31] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/05/15 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: "They all take 3 bludgeoning damage and are stunned for a round." She pauses and cackles loudly. "HA! HA HA! HA HA HA! That was good, wasn't it!"
[2025/05/15 15:32] Sapphire: "I find myself speechless," Te'ala deadpans .
[2025/05/15 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al grins. "Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field - just like our house ale! So, what'll you have? And, how did it go with the clerics?"
[2025/05/15 15:34] Andreas: /me looks at Al "clerics ... yeah If their diety is so patient as they are than they are defo crazy. They have services after sunrise and before sunset, maybe I could learn more there about their diety." ... looks at Te'ala .... "well somewhat you look dumber than before you've entered the Temple" smiles "maybe you should go to visit their Temple services" grins
[2025/05/15 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Als' eyes glaze slightly at this.
[2025/05/15 15:35] Mecha: I'll go for a house ale please and could I get a sandwich... and some... What was it called? BBQ sauce?"
[2025/05/15 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Closest I got is Blubber Baked Barnacles. 10cp, including the ale."
[2025/05/15 15:36] Martina: make that 2 please, didn't realize how hungry I was after that"
[2025/05/15 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al nods, and looks at Sapphire and Andreas.
[2025/05/15 15:36] Andreas: /me "rather 3 please including sandwitch" ... looks at Lahli "do you know how to consume the sauce?"
[2025/05/15 15:37] Sapphire: "You eat... barnacles?"
[2025/05/15 15:37] Martina: grins, anything tastes better when it's battered.... sausages, mars bars... barnacles even?
[2025/05/15 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al stares at Sapphire for a few moments before answering. "Local delicacy. What would you rather do with shellfish... second thoughts, maybe i don't want to know..."
[2025/05/15 15:38] Sapphire: "Hook them and use them as bait for something bigger, usually."
[2025/05/15 15:39] Martina: "sounds delightful Al, don't mind her, she will love it when she tastes it i'm sure"
[2025/05/15 15:39] Andreas: /me looks at Lahli "this BBQ sauce is special sauce, you just spread it over your face and after a while you will feel the sensation and if you feel it than you can taste it, otherwise it will have side effects, so be careful it's not for everyone Lahli"
[2025/05/15 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al quickly moves behind the bar with considerable grace and speed, to return with four plates and four ales. Three plates bear Blubber Baked Barnacles, the fourth for Te'ala, a rare steak, lightly cooked and oozing blood still.
[2025/05/15 15:40] Mecha: Lahli raises an eyebrow. If they have some I would love to see you show me how it works
[2025/05/15 15:40] Martina: tries not to giggle "and it works wonders for the bags under your eyes"
[2025/05/15 15:40] Sapphire: ".....right."
[2025/05/15 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "So, it didn't go so well with the clerics?"
[2025/05/15 15:42] Andreas: /me takes the ale and makes a cheers gesture ... than looks at Lahli "I barely can tell you how the fruit tastes until you taste it on your own Lahli, you should try, you will love it or hate it"
[2025/05/15 15:43] Martina: looks up to Al "No, they are very set in their ways and don't like change, how can we find out what they consider acceptable?"
[2025/05/15 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Hmm, that does sound a tricky problem. It sounds a bit like a dragon with a parasite it can't reach: the problem is on a different scale. If only you could find the original version of Greensleeves, by Edric Windstrider, the Balladeer. Nice guy, as I remember, used to live out at Mistwood Hollow. You might want to try there."
[2025/05/15 15:45] Sapphire: "You think that'll actually convince them?"
[2025/05/15 15:45] Martina: continues "and how will the original version help?"
[2025/05/15 15:45] Andreas: /me looks at Martina "While you've been having a conversation, I've found out how to join their ranks, but it takes time, they seems very secretive .... I've got this form" ... waves with a paper ... "but I'm not sure I wanna try" .... looks again at Te'ala
[2025/05/15 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "hey, it's just a suggestion."
[2025/05/15 15:46] Martina: "and what exactly do you mean by 'used to'?"
[2025/05/15 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "...well, he died...?"
[2025/05/15 15:46] Andreas: /me "Al, how far away is the Mistwood Hollow?"
[2025/05/15 15:47] Martina: "Ahh, I see, and who lives there now?"
[2025/05/15 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: wanders off to tend to the bar. "I'm sure someone can give directions. SEE YOU later!"
[2025/05/15 15:47] Mecha: *Dont think we were given BBQ sauce so Lahli eats this*
[2025/05/15 15:48] Sapphire: ( Aren't BBQ sauces tomato based? )
[2025/05/15 15:48] Martina: finish eating and head out to Mistwood Hollow then?
[2025/05/15 15:48] Sapphire: As decent a plan as any
[2025/05/15 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: You just got to get directions...
[2025/05/15 15:49] Andreas: /me looks around the bar, sips an ale and bites a sandwich .... "well I should fill the stupid paper, maybe I can join them and figure out more" ... starts reading the 51B ...
[2025/05/15 15:49] Martina: unless Andreas wants to stay here and fill in that form....."
[2025/05/15 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mistwood Hollow is somewhat hard to get directions too; the first person they ask just shudders, makes holy gestures and turns quickly away. The second one asks "Are you mad!" and turns away. The third gives directions, then says, "But, wait, you're not going there, are you, it's a cursed place!" But, at least now, you know where to go... it's a few miles hiking.
[2025/05/15 15:50] Mecha: let's go to the cursed place
[2025/05/15 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: You have travelled about an hour, and are walking through a dense forest when....
[2025/05/15 15:51] Sapphire: "What sort of course?"
[2025/05/15 15:51] Sapphire: *Curse
[2025/05/15 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: out steps a mischievous gnome-like figure with vibrant green eyes that sparkle with mischief. Standing just over three feet tall, his curly auburn hair is topped with a tattered top hat adorned with a shamrock. Clad in a patchwork coat of green with gold frogging, he carries a small, intricately carved walking stick, and smokes a long-stemmed pipe. "Top o' the mornin' to ya!" he says.
[2025/05/15 15:51] Andreas: /me starts filling the form ... "such a ... I hate filing forms, can anybody help me with this? I mean am I becoming their property or so?" .... sips more ale.
[2025/05/15 15:53] Sapphire: "Good morning," she waves, touching the hem of her hood.
[2025/05/15 15:53] Martina: steps up to the Leprechaun "Well boi, you know yerself, that's it isn't it, look we're trying to find Mistwood Hollow, can ye help us Sir?"
[2025/05/15 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Going out for a dander round Mistwood Hollow? Not from around these parts, are ye?"
[2025/05/15 15:53] Mecha: Lahli looks around."Isn't it still night?"
[2025/05/15 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: (It's still barely 2pm)
[2025/05/15 15:55] Martina: "Aye, we're travellers trying to help the village and we think Mistwood Hollow might hold some answers for us, is it far and how would we get there?"
[2025/05/15 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: leprechaun: "Yer on the right road. Just a few miles on. Have ye got any 'baccy? Or a nip of spirits, maybe?"
[2025/05/15 15:56] Andreas: /me "seems I've filled everything, stupid form ... I should go back and pass them the form one hour before the sunset ... I'm not sure I can make it to the Mistwood Hollow and back in time" ... looks at Leprechaun
[2025/05/15 15:57] Martina: hunts in her backpack and brings out a noggin of Jameson's "There, for your assistance, a gift from the ol' country"
[2025/05/15 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechan takes a healthy swig. "Ah, that's good stuff, good stuff indeed, ye know yer spirits. But do you know yer riddles? Let's find out, shall we? I am not alive, but I can grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air to glow. What am I?"
[2025/05/15 15:59] Andreas: /me "few miles there and back, you said?" ... chews the sandwich fast and and chugs the ale ...
[2025/05/15 15:59] Sapphire: Te'ala considers this, eyes closed and running through her memory. "Last word was 'glow' ?"
[2025/05/15 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Aye."
[2025/05/15 15:59] Martina: It is good stuff, the best for a riddle to test our mettle, and the answer is 'Fire'
[2025/05/15 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Och, yer doin' grand, ain't ye? One more. I have a face and two hands, but no arms or legs. I tell you the time, yet I cannot speak. What am I?"
[2025/05/15 16:00] Andreas: /me "speaking of fire, we will need the BBQ sauce" looking around if there is one nearby
[2025/05/15 16:01] Mecha: You're a clock
[2025/05/15 16:01] Martina: "Oh come now, that's way too easy, your a clock"
[2025/05/15 16:01] Sapphire: "Would this be the mechanical 'clock' the humans speak of from time to time?"
[2025/05/15 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Ah, I see yer all in fine fettle today! I'll thank ye for the nip of spirits and indulging in me riddles. I may bring ye important news later - but for now I offer ye a magic item i have, but fair warning, it may help, or hinder ye. Ye takes yer chances."
[2025/05/15 16:03] Martina: laughs "Let me try you with one.... What question can you never answer truthfully 'Yes'to?"
[2025/05/15 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina - if you want a magic item... roll a d6
[2025/05/15 16:03] D6: Martina rolls 5
[2025/05/15 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Och! Ye are mazing my poor brain. I have nay idea."
[2025/05/15 16:04] Martina: If I give you teh answer, will you tell us why the villagers think Mistwood is cursed?"
[2025/05/15 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina: "Now how would I know that? I'm no villager."
[2025/05/15 16:05] Martina: "Ahh but you know what they are afraid of, don't you?"
[2025/05/15 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Well... it -is- in the middle of Lough Fathom. It's a wee bit haunted, ye know?"
[2025/05/15 16:06] Martina: "I see, haunted by what (or who)?"
[2025/05/15 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: ( if anyone has kept notes: Kelly Ann Daerg and her army haunts Lough Fathom. )
[2025/05/15 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Nothing ye can't handle, yer got yer wits about ye, that's fer sure."
[2025/05/15 16:08] Martina: smiles kindly to the leprechaun "Thank you for your time, and the answer to the riddle is 'Are you asleep yet?' "
[2025/05/15 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leprechaun: "Och, that's a grand riddle, aye! well, time I went to the jacks. Have yersel's a grand day! Slán go fóill!"
[2025/05/15 16:09] Martina: Sláinte
[2025/05/15 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: as for the magic item, Martina gains Potion of Vitality, cures any affliction
[2025/05/15 16:10] Andreas: /me waves at Leprechaun ... and looks at others ... "during the day it shouldn't be too bad, but during the night I wouldn't be so sure" ... "so what are we waiting for?"
[2025/05/15 16:11] Martina: ok, so now we know whats ahead.... Kelly and her army, let's get going
[2025/05/15 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mistwood Hollow is in Lough Fathom, a place nearly always shrouded in mist. There's a signpost pointing in the right direction. It's a half hour hike through the bog; there was a trail but that has long since been lost to time. But there's another signpost... who wants to read that one
[2025/05/15 16:12] Andreas: /me "I've filled the 51B I don't want to read for the rest of the day" grins
[2025/05/15 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha? Sapphire?
[2025/05/15 16:13] Mecha: Walking through oohhing and Ahhh ing as she goes
[2025/05/15 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, you want to read the sign?
[2025/05/15 16:15] Andreas: /me "okay last thing I'm reading today, let me read it than"
[2025/05/15 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: It reads....
[2025/05/15 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: "CLIFFHANGER!"
[2025/05/15 16:15] Andreas: ^_^
[2025/05/15 16:15] Martina: rofl
[2025/05/15 16:16] Andreas: this was cool part, was fun ... well except the Temple of Boredom :P
[2025/05/15 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: I do hope you enjoyed that... there is much, much more to come yet, but, that's for next week!
[2025/05/15 16:16] Martina: yes, enjoyed that after the temple of doom
[2025/05/15 16:17] Andreas: 🤭
[2025/05/15 16:17] Andreas: I gtg kittens, thank you for fun
[2025/05/15 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me isn't sure why you didn't give 'em the book at the start :P
[2025/05/15 16:17] Sapphire: (( sorry, back ))
[2025/05/15 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Much fun!