[2025/09/18 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: All revved up and no players to TPK
[2025/09/18 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: but, we can do one thing quickly, if you like.
[2025/09/18 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits patiently
[2025/09/18 14:32] Sapphire: /me turns. "Mistress is suggesting a quickie?"
[2025/09/18 14:32] Mecha: one thing quickly is good
[2025/09/18 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me checks notes and shizz
[2025/09/18 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... Lahli got tarred and feathered
[2025/09/18 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: no
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli did not
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sapphire: Te'ala
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala got tarred and feathered
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sapphire: yes, for... unclear reasons
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: How you going to get that off...
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: the reason was clear
[2025/09/18 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: you entered the bar and a bucket of tar was over the door
[2025/09/18 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: (totally cracked up laughing, practically bent double)
[2025/09/18 14:36] Sapphire: Te'ala sighs, walking up to the laughing bartender.... and in a moment of inspiration pulls them into a tarry hug.
[2025/09/18 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh, sneaky!
[2025/09/18 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: em.... roll d20, attack AC 10
[2025/09/18 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: bonus +2
[2025/09/18 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: so literally 7+ to "hit"
[2025/09/18 14:37] D20: Sapphire rolls 4
[2025/09/18 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me just looks at Sapphire
[2025/09/18 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....I tried.. I did try...
[2025/09/18 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al evades the tarry embrace and stumbles into the kitchen, cackling. "I'll get the bath tub out... got plenty of hot water already.. and some soap... also oil."
[2025/09/18 14:39] Sapphire: "Soap, -and- oil?"
[2025/09/18 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oil will dilute and loosen the tar, soap will break it up and carry it away
[2025/09/18 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: It takes a while, though.... it takes... how long -does- it take...
[2025/09/18 14:40] Sapphire: (Al says that?)
[2025/09/18 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Words to that effect, yes, why not)
[2025/09/18 14:40] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/09/18 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Takes three hours.
[2025/09/18 14:41] Sapphire: "How... private will this bath be?"
[2025/09/18 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "In your room, of course... you wantin' ta put on a show?"
[2025/09/18 14:41] Mecha: Might make us some coin
[2025/09/18 14:42] Sapphire: "I'd really rather not put a show of any kind on," she adds.
[2025/09/18 14:43] Sapphire: "hot water already in my room?" she asks to confirm.... only then wondering.... how would al know it was te'ala who'd get tarred?
[2025/09/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well, after a few hours oiling/soaping/scrubbing you're finally back to -very- pink skin, and smelling faintly of pine and fried food.
[2025/09/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: She had water being heated. It's not that difficult to carry a bucket or three to your room.
[2025/09/18 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: After all the effort, no doubt you'd like some hard-earned rest.
[2025/09/18 14:45] Sapphire: ....Te'ala isn't naturally pink of skin, at least not all the way on her
[2025/09/18 14:45] Sapphire: but as long as no one else is seeing that... no big deal
[2025/09/18 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: After being tarred and then parboiled, you're definitely pink of hue.
[2025/09/18 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: And scrubbed.
[2025/09/18 14:46] Mecha: Lahli sits at the bar and has some food, and tells the story of barking at the undead guy
[2025/09/18 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: What do you do before sleeping?
[2025/09/18 14:46] Sapphire: get a fresh change of clothes on and haul the tarry stuff down to get laundered
[2025/09/18 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: And then?
[2025/09/18 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli: the bard, Gith’Ro Tull is -very- interested
[2025/09/18 14:49] Sapphire: grabbing some food at the bar, maybe a refill to the wineskins
[2025/09/18 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: (grinning at Te'ala): "Plate of lentils?"
[2025/09/18 14:51] Mecha: And she finishes with. Then i had to explain to my friends that it was all planned. once I found that it unnerved with the first silliness
[2025/09/18 14:51] Sapphire: "pan seared vegetables of whatever sort you have in today." she answers, having learned from last time
[2025/09/18 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al nods and goes into the kitchen. There's some clanks, clangs, a loud exclaimation, some more clattering then a WOOSH and a bright light dancing round the edges of the door. A few minutes later Al emerges, grinning, and places a plate down before Te'ala
[2025/09/18 14:55] Sapphire: curious, she inspects it!
[2025/09/18 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms - all perfectly done.
[2025/09/18 14:58] Sapphire: this is satisfactory, earning a pleased nod from Te'ala as she starts to eat. "Thank you, Al."
[2025/09/18 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: It even tastes good ;)
[2025/09/18 14:59] Mecha: * during the story Lahli actually imitates the barking she did, dropping to all fours*
[2025/09/18 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli gets some bemused looks, along with looks of concern as people realize that this might be all that stands between them and the Great Troll Army
[2025/09/18 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: meanwhile, time moves on and it gets closer to time to bed down for the night
[2025/09/18 15:01] Sapphire: Te'ala still finds it alarming these people look to a pack of idiots who aren't even from this coutnry to save them. such desperate times....
[2025/09/18 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed... such is life
[2025/09/18 15:02] Mecha: Agreed. these people are so doomed
[2025/09/18 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al starts blowing out lamps and putting chairs on tables, and various drinkers wander out into the night.
[2025/09/18 15:04] Mecha: Lahli heads to her room for some sleep
[2025/09/18 15:04] Sapphire: "So, Al, i've been meaning to ask something."
[2025/09/18 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al nods and flashes Te'ala a toothy grin
[2025/09/18 15:05] Sapphire: "When the wizard Thargon's... emissary first came to this village... I got the impression they came to you first."
[2025/09/18 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli makes it to the bedroom without incidents, accidents, allegations or buckets of fluid.
[2025/09/18 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al nods. "I own the tavern here. It's the focal point of the village."
[2025/09/18 15:07] Sapphire: "And without a mayor... you're the one closest to that position?"
[2025/09/18 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Oh, there's a mayor. Usually tending his garden, when not here having a quiet drink or three."
[2025/09/18 15:09] Sapphire: "Where was he in all that? It seemed like people looked to Lahli and Andreas and I for help."
[2025/09/18 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al cackles. "Well duh! You're mercenaries washed up on our shores like a gift from the gods, with weapons and armour! What's the mayor going to do, throw bunting at the trolls, offer them the key to the city?"
[2025/09/18 15:11] Sapphire: "the second more or less was Thargon's opening offer."
[2025/09/18 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al shakes her head. "Ye must have some funny ways of dealing with invaders where ye are from. Here, we'd rather be left alone. Anyway, closing time!"
[2025/09/18 15:13] Sapphire: ( They never actually arranged a deal with us to save them, right? 0
[2025/09/18 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: (who, the mayor?)
[2025/09/18 15:13] Sapphire: ( and/or Al and/or the townfolk )
[2025/09/18 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: (well... you've been working towards that goal for a while, now!)
[2025/09/18 15:16] Sapphire: "Where I'm from? The scouting forces would notice them coming and then our council of elders would commune with the forests. the invaders would find their steps snarled in roots and mud, while archers flanked their sides. but i am but one lost druid, and the plants of your home are strange to me, then further altered besides. The fields and ditches of your village..." she drums her fingers. "Are not liable to answer my call should I make it. Though, perhaps I should have communed with the domestic nature earlier."
[2025/09/18 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: (blinks, then cackles): "You are one funny one! SEE YOU in the mornin'! Don't let the tar bugs bite!"
[2025/09/18 15:20] Mecha: Lahli comes down from her room." What are you two doing? Sleepy time... Think I scared some people earlier."
[2025/09/18 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: One, Al has exited stage left.
[2025/09/18 15:24] Mecha: Lahli walks to te'ana "Come on we can figure things out in the morning."
[2025/09/18 15:24] Mecha: Not entirely sure Andreas will help, he still thinks you wear Barbecue sauce
[2025/09/18 15:25] Sapphire: she nods, and heads ustairs to her bedroom
[2025/09/18 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, Lahli manages to get a good nights' rest. Te'ala on the other hand... just not her day, well, night, now
[2025/09/18 15:27] Mecha: ...
[2025/09/18 15:27] Sapphire: hard to recover after all that tar washing and then being suffused with thoughts of the local livestock and such
[2025/09/18 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Literally the moment your head is on the pillow and your eyes are closed, then: {emotions flood your mind: trapped, must escape!}
[2025/09/18 15:27] Sapphire: she moves a hand to open the top of her backpack
[2025/09/18 15:28] Mecha: *be right back*
[2025/09/18 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: A long whiskery snout pokes out. "Squeak?"
[2025/09/18 15:29] Sapphire: "were you feeling trapped in there?"
[2025/09/18 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The rat looks at you with beady eyes, and shakes its' head.
[2025/09/18 15:29] Sapphire: she nods, and sighs. "So that's someone else wanting assistance."
[2025/09/18 15:30] Sapphire: te'ala will focus on trying to determine the direction those emotions are coming from, and/or the range
[2025/09/18 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: So it would seem, but, what? And why you
[2025/09/18 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll D20
[2025/09/18 15:31] D20: Sapphire rolls 6
[2025/09/18 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Direction: down, range: 0
[2025/09/18 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...that would be the cracked ruby you're wearing.
[2025/09/18 15:32] Sapphire: Well, the 'why me' is easy. anyone else would ..... oh?
[2025/09/18 15:33] Sapphire: she lifts the ruby to inspect it more closely. the one she found in the old mages tower?
[2025/09/18 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's the one that the harpy had, in it's lair at the old mill. Inspecting the ruby reveals that it is rather scratched and cracked, it almost looks like it should be possible to break the ruby into pieces with the right squeeze in the right place.
[2025/09/18 15:35] Sapphire: "Hello? can you hear me?" she whispers to the ruby. cracking it all the way could hurt the entity inside just as likely as freeing it.... but which would be the correct move?
[2025/09/18 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Silence. The ruby looks... well, like a cracked ruby. Solid, but, with something shadowy within? And, a faint feeling of: {trapped!}
[2025/09/18 15:39] Sapphire: tap tap tap
[2025/09/18 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nothing much happens. The ruby isn't -that- fragile.
[2025/09/18 15:41] Sapphire: ah, but does the voice inside feel it?
[2025/09/18 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's no voice, just the emotion/feeling {trapped!}
[2025/09/18 15:44] Sapphire: "....I need a full nights sleep to deal with this one."
[2025/09/18 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: It keeps you tossing and turning, to the point where you gain no advantage from resting. But, that's a problem for tomorrow (next session)
[2025/09/18 15:47] Sapphire: yeah
[2025/09/18 15:47] Sapphire: somethint to have full armor and at least a mug of bitter to drink before we open it
[2025/09/18 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well! That's that then...