[2026/05/10 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: and I'm up in 7 hrs so... let's not hang about
[2026/05/10 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: FFS I never put the log up
[2026/05/10 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: one of those weeks, sorry
[2026/05/10 14:06] Mecha: This one gets it.
[2026/05/10 14:06] Sapphire: it is Mothers day
[2026/05/10 14:06] Sapphire: in the us at least
[2026/05/10 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, so, you met Sonja y Ddraig Aurs' parents in their lair in the Plane of Air
[2026/05/10 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: and you discovered that gold dragons can breathe water, from hatching
[2026/05/10 14:07] Sapphire: they didn't want to take us seriously, yeah
[2026/05/10 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: i suppose that begs the question "So what is she doing down there all this time"
[2026/05/10 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Maybe you'll find out.
[2026/05/10 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: You certainly read a lot of correspondence about her banishment from the realm
[2026/05/10 14:08] Sapphire: we haven't been brave enough to actually ask about it though
[2026/05/10 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure that's just flavour and not relevant
[2026/05/10 14:09] Sapphire: and leads into why siding with Sonja has made us enemies of the king
[2026/05/10 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way GGGRRREETTTIIINNGGSSS Adventurers! Other players get to meet in smokey taverns, but you... better pack your trunks, you may be going for a little swim....
[2026/05/10 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...at which point exactly was there a king?
[2026/05/10 14:09] Sapphire: SoF1 ?
[2026/05/10 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: this is SoF2.
[2026/05/10 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, let's start with you :-)
[2026/05/10 14:10] Second Life: Mecha gave you Snapshot : Le Mont - *XO* XTRA ORDINARI - NEON CLUB, Miracle Ba.
[2026/05/10 14:10] Joe: ok
[2026/05/10 14:10] Joe: where are we ?
[2026/05/10 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: in what is apparantly Sonja y Ddraig Aurs' bedroom, her familial lair, Plane of Air
[2026/05/10 14:11] Sapphire: there were some notes for us there
[2026/05/10 14:12] Joe: is there anything in the lair which might help us on our next journey? Even gold coins to buy a ship with would be useful.
[2026/05/10 14:13] Sapphire: i caution against stealing gold from a dragon, even it is with plans to support her
[2026/05/10 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's Sonjas' hoard, which probably contains a million gold coins of treasure... are you seriously planning on stealing from a dragon?
[2026/05/10 14:14] Mecha: Talia has gold."we can go but we need to figure out where to go and what we will need for the trip down into the depths
[2026/05/10 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably some means of sub aquatic survival might help
[2026/05/10 14:14] Joe: phew. We need to find that captain to return us to the same bit of ocean.
[2026/05/10 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: He will be pleased
[2026/05/10 14:15] Sapphire: "I'm going to inquire about water breathing spells with sonja's parents.
[2026/05/10 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Aurelis: "I'm afraid we don't have such magic, to us it's quite useless."
[2026/05/10 14:16] Sapphire: "Do you have ideas on who would?"
[2026/05/10 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Aurelis: "Have you asked Merlin?"
[2026/05/10 14:17] Jassie: i have some gold to help with as well
[2026/05/10 14:17] Mecha: Good point we should go ask Merlin.
[2026/05/10 14:17] Joe: That does seem a wise plan
[2026/05/10 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me agrees with the party (for once)
[2026/05/10 14:18] Sapphire: "Not yet, we can make a trip after this."
[2026/05/10 14:18] Sapphire: would the hatchlings be interested in seeing us?
[2026/05/10 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: after what?
[2026/05/10 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: They're in the Plane of Water, probably due back in a few days when they get bored
[2026/05/10 14:19] Sapphire: it's not like merlin is just around here in the plane of air is he?
[2026/05/10 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: You could try his cottage.
[2026/05/10 14:19] Mecha: No we have to go back to the island he lives on
[2026/05/10 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie?
[2026/05/10 14:21] Jassie: hmm?
[2026/05/10 14:21] Jassie: i'm just following along for now
[2026/05/10 14:21] Jassie: since i just came on haha
[2026/05/10 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... Mecha
[2026/05/10 14:23] Mecha: Talia is ready to head out. She bows respectfully to Sonjas parents."Let's go we need to get to Merlin so we can get to Sonja."
[2026/05/10 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: decisive action
[2026/05/10 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: all going along?
[2026/05/10 14:24] Jassie: question is does anyone have an idea whats the easiest way to get to merlin
[2026/05/10 14:24] Sapphire: Emily will follow Talia
[2026/05/10 14:24] Joe: 'It has been a great honour to meet you. Now we will attend the rescuing of your daughter." Follows Talia
[2026/05/10 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: easiest way is to fly like you did with Sonj... Oh.
[2026/05/10 14:24] Sapphire: ah, yes, since where we left the material plane...isn't quite where we wish to get back
[2026/05/10 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Aurelia nods at Joe. "Such a nice young human."
[2026/05/10 14:25] Jassie: yup, wel,, we can try and just see where we end up first
[2026/05/10 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: The return to the Prime Plane is back via the basement to Sonjas' lair. Nothing much seems to have changed and time has passed.
[2026/05/10 14:26] Jassie: /me gives a bow to the 2 elder dragons, "It was an absolute pleasure to meet you two, and I wish you all the best of times."
[2026/05/10 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Aurelis nods to Jassie. "Such a charming lady."
[2026/05/10 14:26] Jassie: /me I say before following Talia back towards the basement?
[2026/05/10 14:27] Sapphire: Emily similarly bows and gives thanks before they make their way back out
[2026/05/10 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's probably a two day trip to Merlins' place
[2026/05/10 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: and, of course, you got the slight issue that he lives on an island
[2026/05/10 14:28] Joe: we need a ship. Sooner or later,
[2026/05/10 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: slightly more worryingly, though.... is... you get a strange sensation of some headache starting in your heads
[2026/05/10 14:28] Sapphire: before or after the transit to the prime material?
[2026/05/10 14:28] Mecha: Preferably not the ship we rode earlier as it is currently broken.
[2026/05/10 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: After you've arrived, after a few hours.
[2026/05/10 14:29] Jassie: /me pops myself some paracetemols
[2026/05/10 14:29] Jassie: 👍
[2026/05/10 14:29] Sapphire: in 1300?
[2026/05/10 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: paracetemols won't help. It's some presence trying to contact your brains.
[2026/05/10 14:30] Sapphire: oh the ship we rode earlier is driftwood now
[2026/05/10 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Something is trying to contact your brains!!!
[2026/05/10 14:30] Sapphire: hmmmm, i'm being reminded i have insufficiently warded my brain
[2026/05/10 14:30] Mecha: Talia holds her head in pain
[2026/05/10 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait, they'll never manage to hit such small targets
[2026/05/10 14:30] Jassie: you all getting a major headache there?
[2026/05/10 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: You all get the same contact.
[2026/05/10 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: {wheezy cackling} Heh heh heh! {scratchy voice} The pretty ones' friends are back.
[2026/05/10 14:32] Jassie: who's the pretty one?
[2026/05/10 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll WIS check
[2026/05/10 14:32] Jassie: its me right? hehe
[2026/05/10 14:32] D20: Jassie rolls 2
[2026/05/10 14:32] D20: Sapphire rolls 1
[2026/05/10 14:32] Sapphire: a natural 1 on the wisdom check
[2026/05/10 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: You both know it's not you.
[2026/05/10 14:33] Mecha: Oh, it's you." Talia growls."And stop calling me pretty!"
[2026/05/10 14:33] Sapphire: { How'd you find this connection? } she thinks really loud
[2026/05/10 14:33] Joe: whispers: politically stays out of this
[2026/05/10 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: {scratchy voice} My, my, you are a feisty one... how the pretty one was -sure- you'd come... for the first two weeks... heh... heh... heh...
[2026/05/10 14:34] Jassie: /me looks around at Emily, a little disappointed
[2026/05/10 14:35] Mecha: I look at the others. "This is the voice that offered me a deal if i could make Joe believe a lie."
[2026/05/10 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: {scratchy voice} And offered you a deal to return the pretty one, alive and well to you.
[2026/05/10 14:36] Sapphire: "And you turned him down?"
[2026/05/10 14:36] Sapphire: { So, are you here to demand a ransom payment? }
[2026/05/10 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: {scratchy voice} Oh no, no no. Nothing so crass.
[2026/05/10 14:38] Mecha: turned them down. not sure if male or female and I dont assume, but i will use the word cunt as gender neutral.. especially in this case.'
[2026/05/10 14:39] Jassie: "thats very fair" giggles
[2026/05/10 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: {scratchy voice} Feisty, but not very respectful. Oh dear. The pretty one screamed for such a long time, poor thing. Oh dear.
[2026/05/10 14:40] Sapphire: Emily is going to listen carefully for what direction the voice is coming from, turning her head a bit.
[2026/05/10 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say. Seems to be coming from somewhere between your ears, a few inches behind your eyes
[2026/05/10 14:41] Mecha: Can Talia roll an intelligence check to try and figure something out?
[2026/05/10 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...I don't know what you're trying to figure out, so, I don't even know if that's the right thing to roll
[2026/05/10 14:43] Mecha: sent it in IM
[2026/05/10 14:43] Sapphire: a compass direction towards the voices position
[2026/05/10 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: technically that was two questions
[2026/05/10 14:43] Sapphire: though if it's apparently coming from our corpus collossom that's not great for mapping.
[2026/05/10 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: you can roll INT, that seems best for this
[2026/05/10 14:44] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2026/05/10 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: You recall that Umberlee is not known for subtle; she's the "tsunami in the face" kind. She definitely is known for cruel torments, but usually of the physical kind, like being eaten alive by a shark or being drowned deep underwater by monstrous squid.
[2026/05/10 14:46] Joe: please don't mention sharks before we go diving
[2026/05/10 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me won't mention piranhas, either
[2026/05/10 14:47] D20: Sapphire rolls 19
[2026/05/10 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: No one going to respond to that last point of conversation?
[2026/05/10 14:48] Sapphire: { You enjoy the screaming, I take it? }
[2026/05/10 14:48] Mecha: I smile as I speak."Umberlee, tell you what. you can show us what you did or are doing, and if you hurt Sonja I'm gonna make a knew sandwich, filet o bitch."
[2026/05/10 14:48] Jassie: i have thalassophobia
[2026/05/10 14:48] Jassie: stays on land
[2026/05/10 14:48] Jassie: good luck u guys
[2026/05/10 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: {scratchy voice} Just saying, it was so unfortunate. I never touched the pretty one, oh no. But I'm sure you will be able to retrieve what's left.... if you get there.... heh heh heh {fades out}
[2026/05/10 14:49] Second Life: Joe gave you Good Session poster.
[2026/05/10 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, you did take that conversation well.
[2026/05/10 14:50] Mecha: I sigh."Let's go."Before Looking at Jassie."You wanna stay on land with dragons flying overhead? that's your call."
[2026/05/10 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: And it's two days to Merlins' place.
[2026/05/10 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: So! Moving on? :-)
[2026/05/10 14:52] Mecha: yep
[2026/05/10 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Two days
[2026/05/10 14:52] Joe: we need a boat
[2026/05/10 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's very apparant the kingdom is going to Avernus in a handcart
[2026/05/10 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: you pass burnt out settlements, trails of hordes of creatures that have marched by
[2026/05/10 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Columns of smoke suggest desperate battles are being fought, between who, you can only guess
[2026/05/10 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll allow that you find a fisherman who ferries you across to Merlins' island for a few gold. He stays at the jetty, though, wringing his cap and looking nervous, as Merlin stands there to meet you.
[2026/05/10 14:55] Jassie: follows along, wearily, as she thinks nervously about the water...
[2026/05/10 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin looks at each one of you in turn, then says: "Sonja y Ddraig Aurs' friends. But where is Sonja y Ddraig Aur?"
[2026/05/10 14:55] Joe: observes Jassie being nervous, asks whats up ?
[2026/05/10 14:56] Mecha: She is at the bottom of the sea and it would seem Umberlee has got her."
[2026/05/10 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "That... does not seem very likely."
[2026/05/10 14:57] Jassie: /me replies to Joe, "Don't like water, especially deep water."
[2026/05/10 14:58] Mecha: I look to Merlin."Sadly that what it seems like and we need to figure out how to get to the bottom of the sea to help Sonja out.
[2026/05/10 14:58] Mecha: well three of us do." I say as i motion to Jassie
[2026/05/10 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "Hmm. Seems you need either spells, or devices, or allies to aid you."
[2026/05/10 15:00] Mecha: /me nods."Yep and it was suggested by Sonjas parents we come speak to you about aid."
[2026/05/10 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "I have no power over water, but, it seems to me you were at Lake Avalon, yes? The water spirits that you aided are likely to be of greater help to you. Although, they are bound to the lake."
[2026/05/10 15:01] Jassie: "i will go along, it's what i should." she sighs
[2026/05/10 15:02] Joe: Joe ponders what can be done about Jassies fear of deep water. "Perhaps the water spirits at Lake Avalon can also help with your fear of deep water." He suggests.
[2026/05/10 15:05] Mecha: Lake Avalon?" Talia asks before getting a twitch in her eye."Ah yes. I remember now."
[2026/05/10 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2026/05/10 15:07] Jassie: i will bear with it.
[2026/05/10 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/05/10 15:08] Joe: Asking Merlin if there is any other advice and help he can give us, while we are here with him 7
[2026/05/10 15:09] Jassie: gd idea
[2026/05/10 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "Nothing I'm able to think of."
[2026/05/10 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie?
[2026/05/10 15:09] Joe: Thanks merlin
[2026/05/10 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/05/10 15:10] Mecha: Talia sighs and looks to the others. Guess this means we head back to lake avalon. If everyone is good with that."
[2026/05/10 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me plays the DM "Are you sure?" card
[2026/05/10 15:11] Jassie: I'm just mumbling to myself, "You're gonna be ok, everything is gonna be fine."
[2026/05/10 15:12] Mecha: unless someone has a better idea."Emily what do you think?"
[2026/05/10 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Or anyone else?
[2026/05/10 15:15] Jassie: hmmm maybe I can use a spell
[2026/05/10 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: to achieve what?
[2026/05/10 15:15] Jassie: breathing underwater
[2026/05/10 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: do you have such a spell?
[2026/05/10 15:16] Jassie: I can prep it
[2026/05/10 15:16] Jassie: but we still need a way to move underwater
[2026/05/10 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: I would say that'd be the least of your worries
[2026/05/10 15:17] Jassie: lets see how it works
[2026/05/10 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: not as well as you think
[2026/05/10 15:18] Jassie: so its like 8 hrs
[2026/05/10 15:18] Jassie: 4 of us
[2026/05/10 15:18] Jassie: 2hrs each
[2026/05/10 15:18] Jassie: not the longest...
[2026/05/10 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, if you can't get magical aid elsewhere, then, at least you've got a bare minimal spell to get you down there, maybe even back up, and then you got an area of several tens of square miles to search....
[2026/05/10 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha? Sapphire?
[2026/05/10 15:20] Jassie: my brain is too stupid hehe
[2026/05/10 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/05/10 15:20] Mecha: Seriously Talia is willing to go to the lake and ask them for help but it is a lot of travel and not sure how... Wait a second we have one of the gems right?"
[2026/05/10 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...did you actually read those letters you found dotted about?
[2026/05/10 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lake Avalon is just over a day away.
[2026/05/10 15:22] Joe: I remember an old story I once heard about a witch who used two bent bits of metal to find water
[2026/05/10 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, so, last I heard was "go to Lake Avalon"
[2026/05/10 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: that what you going with?
[2026/05/10 15:23] Joe: no, they drowned her for being a witch
[2026/05/10 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits stoically
[2026/05/10 15:23] Mecha: Don't know. Mecha is caught in the curse of are you sure
[2026/05/10 15:23] Jassie: hahaha
[2026/05/10 15:24] Jassie: i trust my leader hehe
[2026/05/10 15:24] Mecha: Same here but Emily is being quiet at the moment
[2026/05/10 15:25] Mecha: without the logs I can't remember what those notes said.
[2026/05/10 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: The notes were clearly written to/from some entities, one of which was Merlin, and one of which mentioned Merlin, and all related to the banishment of Sonja y Ddraig Aur from the kingdom.
[2026/05/10 15:26] Sapphire: ( Back )
[2026/05/10 15:26] Jassie: (wb Sapph)
[2026/05/10 15:27] Mecha: *welcome back* :)
[2026/05/10 15:27] Mecha: Talia turns to merlin."Okay, please tell us everything you know and can tell us about Sonja, why does going to the lake seem like both a smart and incredibely dumb idea at teh same time
[2026/05/10 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin looks surprised. "You.... want a summary of the past five hundred years?"
[2026/05/10 15:29] Sapphire: "The disagreement has been that busy?"
[2026/05/10 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin stares at Sapphire as if she has three heads
[2026/05/10 15:30] Mecha: well feel free to shorten it and focus on the relevant parts.When I mentioned Umberlee you said that...doesn't seem very likely. so something that is in context to that."
[2026/05/10 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "I have -no- idea what you are talking about."
[2026/05/10 15:31] Sapphire: (( I might be misreading the backscroll
[2026/05/10 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is getting that tic again...
[2026/05/10 15:32] Mecha: I said "She is at the bottom of the sea and it would seem Umberlee has got her."
[2026/05/10 15:32] Mecha: and you replied."That... does not seem very likely."
[2026/05/10 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin nods. "Why would a shark fight a tiger?"
[2026/05/10 15:33] Mecha: *Starts getting that tic as well*
[2026/05/10 15:34] Jassie: because the tiger went into the water for a swim
[2026/05/10 15:35] Sapphire: (( to clarify she was referring to Merlin talking about summarizing the last 500 years
[2026/05/10 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: you realize that dragons, while not as powerful as gods, aren't -that- far behind in power, and dragons have a huge advantage gods don't - there's -thousands- of them. Suggesting a goddess of the ocean would pick a fight with a creature of the air or land is.... it's kinda pointless, at best, and even then, it won't go so well for the god, so, why would they do that?
[2026/05/10 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: A lot of things happen in five hundred years. Some specificity might help.
[2026/05/10 15:37] Sapphire: Emily might clarify that we meant with regards to what was happening between Sonja and the Realm
[2026/05/10 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now that's clarification
[2026/05/10 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "Hum. That. Yes, that. I suppose I should tell you."
[2026/05/10 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: And since I grew up in the 80s, imagine a sort of wibbly wobbly screen effect where we go back... about three hundred years
[2026/05/10 15:39] Jassie: 🤣
[2026/05/10 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're all local guards, wearing chain mail and carrying spears.
[2026/05/10 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've heard of some disturbance in the nearby village of Paws, so you're investigating....
[2026/05/10 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...it seems to involve.... dragons.
[2026/05/10 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Scene: A small settlement nestled between some hills. But, right now, a huge red dragon is casually sitting in the village square, smirking and looking quite satisfied. That'd be Emberclaw.
[2026/05/10 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: A gold dragon has just landed near, by the village blacksmith who managed to escape. That'd be Sonja y Ddraig Aur.
[2026/05/10 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anyone want to roll a perception check.... roll a D20, your wisdom is 11.
[2026/05/10 15:41] D20: Sapphire rolls 20
[2026/05/10 15:41] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/05/10 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everything is perfectly fine, nothing to see here. Why were you summoned? Pesky kids and crank messages.
[2026/05/10 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you can't help but notice a -lot- of barrels in various places
[2026/05/10 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Blacksmith: "Sonja y Ddraig Aur! Careful... that lunatic has been going on about a dragon shard or something."
[2026/05/10 15:42] Jassie: i might as well try
[2026/05/10 15:42] D20: Jassie rolls 2
[2026/05/10 15:42] Mecha: Damn kids crank calling about killer clowns.*
[2026/05/10 15:42] Mecha: Is there a barrel near me?"
[2026/05/10 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: you also can't help but notice a surprising profusion of barrels
[2026/05/10 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're some distance from the village so, no
[2026/05/10 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: “Yes. I know what that is. I’ll deal with this.”
[2026/05/10 15:43] Sapphire: so this is a memory, yes?
[2026/05/10 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Blacksmith: “Don’t antagonize him! He’s made some hair-raising threats!”
[2026/05/10 15:43] D20: Joe Resident rolls 2
[2026/05/10 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Unless you were a guard three hundred years ago.... no.
[2026/05/10 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur (confidently): “I got this. Don't worry, humans.”
[2026/05/10 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw (smirking): “Ah, the pretty little dragon thinks she can play hero. How... adorable.” FLAMES in apparant boredom, dangerously close to a cottage.
[2026/05/10 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are the brave guards going to be doing?
[2026/05/10 15:44] Jassie: CHARGEEE
[2026/05/10 15:44] Jassie: kidding
[2026/05/10 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "Humans! Move out, quickly!"
[2026/05/10 15:45] Mecha: I'm following the dragons command.
[2026/05/10 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw (eyeing Sonja y Ddraig Aur): “You really think that spark breath of yours can stop me? Cute. I'm immune to fire, remember?”
[2026/05/10 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Where are you going?
[2026/05/10 15:45] Jassie: holds her spear up but follows along since we are working together as guards after all
[2026/05/10 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur (snaps): “You’re about to find out what I can do to stop you. Surrender, you can't win a fight with me, you can't escape, and you know it.”
[2026/05/10 15:46] Joe: is it our duty to confront wo dragons ?
[2026/05/10 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's a call for your concio.. conshe... listen to your heart on that one
[2026/05/10 15:46] Joe: more inclined to 'not getting paid enough for this' and retreat from the area to watch
[2026/05/10 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw: “Surrender? Sweetheart, I think not. The dragon-shard is mine.”
[2026/05/10 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe is clearly wise. You'll make a great paladin some day!
[2026/05/10 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur pounces toward Emberclaw, claws extended. Emberclaw smirks.
[2026/05/10 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Where is everyone, exactly, at this moment in time?
[2026/05/10 15:47] Mecha: Follow Joe but still check a barrell before retreating.
[2026/05/10 15:48] Joe: running quite fast to 'behind cover'
[2026/05/10 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: investigating a barrel
[2026/05/10 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: taking cover
[2026/05/10 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie, Sapphire?
[2026/05/10 15:48] Joe: whispers: peeks, watching in fascination
[2026/05/10 15:48] Sapphire: Emily will pilot her guard to a position where she can keep listening to everything going on.
[2026/05/10 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, standing in the open
[2026/05/10 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw: “Oh, a leap! How predictable. How... sad.”
[2026/05/10 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you look in a barrel. It's stuffed to the brim with a coarse black powder.
[2026/05/10 15:49] Mecha: ..."Oh shit."
[2026/05/10 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw flames a nearby barrel - it promptly explodes, sending flames and splinters far and wide. Other barrels burn and ignite in further explosions. Within mere seconds, smoke, debris, chaos and flames are everywhere.
[2026/05/10 15:49] Jassie: prays to Sehanine as she wacthes
[2026/05/10 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone except Joe: roll D20, must roll under 20
[2026/05/10 15:50] D20: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/05/10 15:50] D20: Jassie rolls 14
[2026/05/10 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you fling yourself flat as the barrel next to you erupts. You're engulfed in heat and light, but you're alive... and deafened
[2026/05/10 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: you're literally minced as fire and splinters of wood and stone fly through you
[2026/05/10 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: safe behind cover
[2026/05/10 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: D20 - or Mecha, for Sapphire
[2026/05/10 15:52] Joe: watches in horror as Jassie is minced by explosions. What a way to go!
[2026/05/10 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: At least it was over fast.
[2026/05/10 15:52] D20: Mecha rolls 11
[2026/05/10 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Unlike being et by a shark
[2026/05/10 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire narrowly dodges as a half of a roof flies past herr
[2026/05/10 15:53] Jassie: /me gets minced as she prays and doesnt feel a thing probably😝
[2026/05/10 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw (laughing as fire spreads): "It's always a BLAST when you're around, Sonja y Ddraig Aur!"
[2026/05/10 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur (staggering, shocked by the blast): “By the stars... I... I didn’t expect...”
[2026/05/10 15:53] Jassie: (or iknowing Sonja, she felt everything LOL)
[2026/05/10 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emberclaw (laughing and taking flight as explosions continue to rock the settlement. Most cottages are now blasted apart or blazing merrily.) "Totally worth it!"
[2026/05/10 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Blacksmith (hands to head, shouting): “By the Gods...! There were fifty families in this village...!”
[2026/05/10 15:54] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2026/05/10 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anyone want to search for survivors.... besides Jassie?
[2026/05/10 15:55] Mecha: I slowly stagger to my feet, realizing this is a world of silence.
[2026/05/10 15:55] Sapphire: Sapphire will search the remains of the building that exploded
[2026/05/10 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll a D20
[2026/05/10 15:55] Joe: Where did the dragons go ?
[2026/05/10 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, the red one flew away
[2026/05/10 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: the gold one? still there, admist the flaming debris that is raining down
[2026/05/10 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anyone searching: D20
[2026/05/10 15:56] D20: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/05/10 15:56] D20: Joe Resident rolls 9
[2026/05/10 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: You find bodies. Burnt, blasted, often incomplete bodies.
[2026/05/10 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Blacksmith (furious, shouting): "FOR FUCK'S SAKE! THEY'RE ALL DEAD! I SAID NOT TO ANTAGONIZE HIM! THEIR DEATHS ARE ON YOU!
[2026/05/10 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Smoke and flames curl from buildings. Sonja y Ddraig Aur bows her head. "I offer no resistance to the forces of law and order. Arrest me, if you will."
[2026/05/10 15:57] D20: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/05/10 15:58] Sapphire: huh.... how to arrest a dragon.... that's going to take some impressive amounts of chains
[2026/05/10 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: And we get that wibbly wobbly screen effect as Merlins' retelling draws to a close.
[2026/05/10 15:58] Mecha: I'm looking at people yelling and just confused.
[2026/05/10 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "After that, the highest court in the land carefully considered the evidence. We deemed Sonja y Ddraig Aur to be culpable and responisable for the deaths of the villagers, mostly due to recklessness. The sentance was banishment, for one hundred years. She didn't try to argue or appeal."
[2026/05/10 15:58] Joe: Looking at the Blacksmith and the Dragon with the revelation it would be the job of the Guards to arrest said Dragon, decides I am definitely not getting paid enough for this
[2026/05/10 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin: "As it happened, it was not thirty years later that a warlord came ravaging from the East. He wielded the Daikatana, and was unstoppable, and laid waste to all who opposed him. We sent an adventurer - she came straight back, and saved the kingdom, and that was the end of her banishment, and the warlord, who was interred at Sutton Hoo - and the Daikatana was thrown in the Lake."
[2026/05/10 15:59] Jassie: /me decides that she died way too fast, and guesses that she didnt controbute much
[2026/05/10 16:00] Joe: collects minced Jassie for pie making
[2026/05/10 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with the explosive end of the story of Sonjas' banishment and the rivalry between Sonja y Ddraig Aur and Emberclaw concluded.... we shall leave it there
[2026/05/10 16:01] Sapphire: "A lake that was later raided by the remains of Blizzara to retreive the sword."
[2026/05/10 16:01] Jassie: (ooo meat pies hehehe)
[2026/05/10 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, I'm up in five hours so.... see you all soon!
[2026/05/10 16:02] Jassie: (was that the beginning of meat pies? sonja hehe)
[2026/05/10 16:02] Jassie: bye sonja, big hugss
[2026/05/10 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me has -no- idea what you're on about :-P
[2026/05/10 16:02] Jassie: hehehe
[2026/05/10 16:02] Mecha: Sleep well mistress. Hope you have a good day.
[2026/05/10 16:02] Joe: thank you DungeonMistress
[2026/05/10 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: should do, might have meat pie for lunch tomorrow