[2026/05/17 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: alright... apologies AGAIN that I got no logs up... works' been wild.
[2026/05/17 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: but as I recall it, you'd learnt of why Sonja y Ddraig Aur got banished in the past
[2026/05/17 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure that won't come up again
[2026/05/17 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're all well rested with full spells and hp
[2026/05/17 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin has told you you might want to seek out the nixies at Lake Avalon
[2026/05/17 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with that recap out of the way GGGGRRRREEEEETTTTIIINNGGSSSS Adventurers! Other players get to go to the Plane of Water and battle audacious aboleth, you get to play splashies in a paddling pool.
[2026/05/17 14:09] Sapphire: Something about getting too much interferance with the humans or something?
[2026/05/17 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...what?
[2026/05/17 14:09] Mecha: okay now we need to figure transport to lake avalon since we rode Sonja to here from there.
[2026/05/17 14:10] Joe: does Merlin have a boat?
[2026/05/17 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: who you asking?
[2026/05/17 14:11] Joe: If Merlin is here then I'll ask him
[2026/05/17 14:11] Sapphire: trying to recall what the reason was
[2026/05/17 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: tell me you haven't kept notes without telling me you haven't kept notes
[2026/05/17 14:12] Mecha: wait we were supposed to keep notes?!?!
[2026/05/17 14:12] Mecha: and pay attention?!
[2026/05/17 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: exactly what do you ask Merlin?
[2026/05/17 14:15] Joe: "Hey Merlin, do you have a boat or ship or any other watergoing vessel which may help us to discover the wherabouts of Sonja y Ddraig Aur ? "
[2026/05/17 14:15] Joe: "and get us there"
[2026/05/17 14:16] Jassie: heya all
[2026/05/17 14:16] Jassie: sorry sorry
[2026/05/17 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin (chuckles) "Nay."
[2026/05/17 14:16] Sapphire: heya jassie
[2026/05/17 14:16] Joe: hihi
[2026/05/17 14:16] Sapphire: darn last sessions logs aren't up yet
[2026/05/17 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me literally just said that
[2026/05/17 14:17] Joe: contemplates the suelessness of famous druids
[2026/05/17 14:17] Joe: *uselessness
[2026/05/17 14:17] Mecha: Talia looks around before asking Merlin. I know this might be a big ask but maybe a portal spell or something that can get us there? or an idea for how we can get there?"
[2026/05/17 14:18] Sapphire: "Or a way for us to breath underwater long enough to assist with whatever has happened down there."
[2026/05/17 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin frowns. "That is not minor magic to be casting willy nilly. I think I can help you there, though."
[2026/05/17 14:19] Sapphire: "I'm very happy to learn though, if you're willing to teach?" Emily asks hopefully.
[2026/05/17 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me clarifies: he can cast it, but, even for him it is not easy
[2026/05/17 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: All ready to make the trip? Anything you might require first?
[2026/05/17 14:22] Jassie: oops
[2026/05/17 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me guesses "no"?
[2026/05/17 14:24] Joe: fill my waterskin with drinkable water
[2026/05/17 14:24] Sapphire: "do we have tools to break chains?"
[2026/05/17 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... Ah. Good question.
[2026/05/17 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: How do you plan breaking unbreakable chains?
[2026/05/17 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you going to delay to find out, or, shall we cross that bridge when we get to it?
[2026/05/17 14:25] Joe: Oh and I ask Merlin if he can heal my severed tendons before we go too. Swimming is going to be tricky.
[2026/05/17 14:25] Mecha: Talia has a plan for that already
[2026/05/17 14:25] Sapphire: we should bring a few options, brute force and something to take apart magic
[2026/05/17 14:26] Sapphire: fortunately we only need to break the weakest link... or tear up the boat she's tied too
[2026/05/17 14:26] Sapphire: so axes, crowbars at a minimum
[2026/05/17 14:26] Joe: battle-axe :)
[2026/05/17 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me checks Notes... throws a bread crumb and removes Joes' injury
[2026/05/17 14:26] Joe: ooh thank you so much!
[2026/05/17 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: you think axes and crowbars will trump dragon strength?
[2026/05/17 14:27] Jassie: warhammer might be able, but let me look at spells
[2026/05/17 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia has a plan. Good enough.
[2026/05/17 14:27] Sapphire: pound for pound, no. With better leverage? maybe
[2026/05/17 14:27] Sapphire: or saws to tear apart the wood
[2026/05/17 14:27] Sapphire: i guess axes does that too
[2026/05/17 14:27] Mecha: It's the same plan, because Sonja was also injured and weakened
[2026/05/17 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Merlin waves his hands and chants.... and your vision goes wibbley and wobbley... and you are standing at the small shrine near Lake Avalon.
[2026/05/17 14:28] Sapphire: above water?
[2026/05/17 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: I really hope so.
[2026/05/17 14:29] Jassie: hahaha
[2026/05/17 14:29] Mecha: All right, we are near lake avalon. Let's go the rest of the way to find what we need
[2026/05/17 14:29] Sapphire: um
[2026/05/17 14:29] Joe: ah perfect time to make a quick prayer as per my knightly duties. I leave an offering of ... apparently breadcrumbs... at the shrine
[2026/05/17 14:29] Jassie: looks at all, we definitely gonna need water breathing right
[2026/05/17 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The path from the shrine leads to the village square; the lake is more to the left of you
[2026/05/17 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: and Joe just made a crumby offering
[2026/05/17 14:30] Jassie: even just a bit of the bread we have might be good
[2026/05/17 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: I doughn't know.
[2026/05/17 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: To the village? Or to the lake?
[2026/05/17 14:32] Sapphire: i notice I'm confused
[2026/05/17 14:32] Joe: Nixies would live in the lake?
[2026/05/17 14:32] Sapphire: we're getting *prep* for rescueing Sonja here?
[2026/05/17 14:32] Mecha: Direct action says lake. Smart money says village to resupply and then lake
[2026/05/17 14:32] Sapphire: or Sonja is actually at the bottom of this lake?
[2026/05/17 14:32] Mecha: Sonja is at the bottom of the sea this is where we find exactly where in the sea she is
[2026/05/17 14:34] Jassie: might be imperative to prep for it then
[2026/05/17 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: might be, as I've said repeatedly, "a hundred feet down"
[2026/05/17 14:35] Jassie: I may have a way to find
[2026/05/17 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, if you jump in the sea and drown.... you'll know you should've prepared better
[2026/05/17 14:35] Joe: not an expert on this ... something about animal intestines as breathing apparatus
[2026/05/17 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits for your chosen direction.
[2026/05/17 14:36] Sapphire: ...does Lake Avalon have a pearl diving community?
[2026/05/17 14:36] Sapphire: who we could inquire with?
[2026/05/17 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: who are you asking?
[2026/05/17 14:36] Mecha: village first
[2026/05/17 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's nixies... villagers... no Merlin now, though.
[2026/05/17 14:36] Jassie: (but i do need to reprep my spells)
[2026/05/17 14:37] Sapphire: nixies...
[2026/05/17 14:37] Sapphire: they can help us breath underwater!
[2026/05/17 14:37] Sapphire: we should chat up the nixies
[2026/05/17 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: that would seem to be a good idea
[2026/05/17 14:39] Jassie: oh very well then, that makes it easier
[2026/05/17 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, what you going to do?
[2026/05/17 14:41] Mecha: Ignore after school specials and follow the crowd
[2026/05/17 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits stoically
[2026/05/17 14:41] Joe: I want to watch Sapphgire chat up the Nixies
[2026/05/17 14:41] Joe: sorry typos
[2026/05/17 14:41] Joe: whispers: turns a light on so i can see what i am doing
[2026/05/17 14:41] Sapphire: Emily will start making her way to the lake then. I know anything about how to get nixies to talk to me?
[2026/05/17 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk... do you?
[2026/05/17 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's a bright idea, Joe
[2026/05/17 14:42] Sapphire: int?
[2026/05/17 14:43] Mecha: *What you do is stand at the edge of the lake and yell "OI You watery tarts I wanna ask ya something!" As loud as you can.*
[2026/05/17 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you're trying to recall a fact, yes, roll INT
[2026/05/17 14:43] Mecha: *Kidding*
[2026/05/17 14:43] Jassie: /me follows along for now and giggles and what Talia says hehe
[2026/05/17 14:43] Mecha: *Nope Mecha said that Talia did no such thing hence the asterisks*
[2026/05/17 14:44] Jassie: (awwww)
[2026/05/17 14:46] D20: Sapphire rolls 19
[2026/05/17 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily does not recall anything.
[2026/05/17 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: (useful to the question of how to talk to nixies, to clarify)
[2026/05/17 14:47] Sapphire: Well, they live by the water. Walking around by the edge seems as promising as anything
[2026/05/17 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily walks round the edge of the lake, or, the shore as it is occasionally named.
[2026/05/17 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Like gophers, the occasional head pops up, watches, then ducks down again.
[2026/05/17 14:48] Jassie: well, while you do that I will sit down near the area we are at, close my eyes and cast Divination
[2026/05/17 14:48] Joe: points excitedly "Nixies!" like a child enchanted by the magic of it all
[2026/05/17 14:49] Jassie: "the question i'm asking is, "Do we currently have the required tools and ability to find and release Sonja."
[2026/05/17 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's your deity, again?
[2026/05/17 14:50] Sapphire: Emily follows the indication, walking about knee deep into the water after slipping her shoes off, pocketing them. "Hello?"
[2026/05/17 14:50] Jassie: Sehanine Moonbow
[2026/05/17 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily: the nearest nixies shift back away, but still pop up to watch you.
[2026/05/17 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: "The moonlight caresses the Earth, with about as much effect as your current required tools and ability."
[2026/05/17 14:53] Sapphire: She pauses, kneeling down a bit. "Hi. We were hoping to ask you for some advice, if you're willing to share."
[2026/05/17 14:53] Mecha: Talia sits on the edge of the lake and waves hi to one of the nixies
[2026/05/17 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nearest nixie to Sapphire: "Aren't you the ones who came to help when those horrid greenskins attacked?"
[2026/05/17 14:55] Jassie: finishes her divination and sits back up sighing to herself
[2026/05/17 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: now what?
[2026/05/17 14:57] Jassie: well, divination didn't really bear any fruit
[2026/05/17 14:57] Jassie: says to others
[2026/05/17 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: it kinda did.
[2026/05/17 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: you now know you currently do not have the tools or abilities you need
[2026/05/17 14:58] Jassie: fair enough haha
[2026/05/17 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe? Mecha? Sapphire?
[2026/05/17 14:59] Sapphire: "I remember that, yeah." she nods. "I was pretty stressed out at the time."
[2026/05/17 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nixie: "Did you get the Daikatana back again from that horrid white thing?"
[2026/05/17 15:00] Sapphire: ( We did, right? )
[2026/05/17 15:00] Mecha: Mecha is watching. Emily has got thid\
[2026/05/17 15:00] Mecha: this even
[2026/05/17 15:00] Sapphire: ( or no... we didn't, did we? )
[2026/05/17 15:01] Jassie: (nah we didnt)
[2026/05/17 15:02] Joe: (watching in amazement. Nixies quite clearly are not Demonic. They're something wonderful to behold.)
[2026/05/17 15:02] Sapphire: "Unfortunately no. They got away from us before we could get it out of their hands. I fired some magic missiles at them while they were flying away with it."
[2026/05/17 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: (How do you know they're not water demons?)
[2026/05/17 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nixie: "Oh. But... you'll get it back...? You must, it's vital."
[2026/05/17 15:04] Jassie: "Well we are definitely trying to, but we might need some help"
[2026/05/17 15:04] Mecha: We're working on that actually
[2026/05/17 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: This gets a round of polite nods
[2026/05/17 15:06] Jassie: looks at the others, "So who's gonna ask them?"
[2026/05/17 15:07] Sapphire: "We know. We're trying to get to Sonja first though. She's under the ocean right now."
[2026/05/17 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nearest nixie: "Your friend is under the ocean? That's terrible. What can be done about that?"
[2026/05/17 15:09] Mecha: Talia looks at Jassie."I think Emily is doing that through this talk. She seems the more diplomatic type."
[2026/05/17 15:09] Sapphire: "we plan to sail out to her, drive down and free her from the shipwreck. But we can't breath udnerwater."
[2026/05/17 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nearest nixie: "That's unfortunate. We'd help, but, we can't leave the waters of our lake for long - and our magic won't last long for a trip to the ocean."
[2026/05/17 15:10] Jassie: /me giggles and Talia, "yup diplomacy isn't really my strongest suit." nods to herself
[2026/05/17 15:10] Jassie: "Might you all have some form of transport maybe?
[2026/05/17 15:11] Sapphire: "How does your magic work?"
[2026/05/17 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nixie: "We have no need of such a thing in our lake, so, no."
[2026/05/17 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's a surprisingly rude question.
[2026/05/17 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not even sure it's answerable.
[2026/05/17 15:14] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/05/17 15:14] Jassie: I guess, water breathing really might be the way
[2026/05/17 15:14] Sapphire: "sorry, I'm trained as a wizard, so... we discuss our magic rather a lot where I'm from."
[2026/05/17 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: it might... but they can't leave their water... and it won't last long enough from here.
[2026/05/17 15:15] Mecha: Talia:Is there a spell you can teach Emily here so she can cast it where we need to go?
[2026/05/17 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Perhaps the wizards of the party might want to go to the local tavern and have a smoke and a think of how to deal with this mind-mangling dilemna
[2026/05/17 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me pretends she didn't hear that, almost ruder, question
[2026/05/17 15:17] Joe: "Sheep bladders. I heard about this thing. We can fill them with air and breathe from them while we are under the water. We will need quite a few sheep. A herd. And somebody who knows how to extract their bladders."
[2026/05/17 15:18] Sapphire: "Well, if you have any suggestions on things we should try, i'd love to hear them. Thank you already for what you've been able to share."
[2026/05/17 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: The laws of physics are a harsh Mistress, Joe.
[2026/05/17 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nixies: watery apologetic shrug emojis
[2026/05/17 15:18] Joe: Nixies are bloody useless.
[2026/05/17 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, Joe finally joined the rude crowd.
[2026/05/17 15:19] Joe: Who suggested asking the Nixies? Was that Merlin? He's bloody useless too.
[2026/05/17 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are you going to do now?
[2026/05/17 15:20] Joe: The enchantment has worn off. I'm hungry and pissed off at the futility of it all.
[2026/05/17 15:20] Mecha: Talia stands up."thank you very much for your time Nixies and apologies if I came off as rude. that was not my intent."
[2026/05/17 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe
[probably should go to the nearest tavern for some victuals
[2026/05/17 15:20] Joe: Lets go to the tavern and drink.
[2026/05/17 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: can't think when you're hangry.
[2026/05/17 15:21] Jassie: hahaha!!
[2026/05/17 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: To the tavern?
[2026/05/17 15:21] Jassie: all we've had is bread after all
[2026/05/17 15:21] Jassie: probably stale one too
[2026/05/17 15:21] Joe: whispers: counts my 20 silver coins and 10 copper pieces
[2026/05/17 15:21] Sapphire: Emily curties, and then stands back up to wade up onto shore again.
[2026/05/17 15:22] Mecha: /me throws a snickers at Joe."You're not you when you're hungry."
[2026/05/17 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits, stoically as ever
[2026/05/17 15:23] Joe: "At this rate I'll be catching fish in the Nixie lake."
[2026/05/17 15:23] Joe: "Hey Nixies! THROW US UP SOME FISH FOR THE CAUSE?"
[2026/05/17 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: o_o
[2026/05/17 15:24] Sapphire: Emily walks up to joe and smacks him on the back of the head. "We can get fish at the tavern."
[2026/05/17 15:24] Jassie: /me looks at Joe, do u not take money from the temple before, giggles, "passes him some gold." (here's 10)
[2026/05/17 15:24] Jassie: (for now)
[2026/05/17 15:24] Joe: "Its surely the same fish?"
[2026/05/17 15:25] Joe: Swallows my stubborn pride. "Alright, thank you." Accepts the 10 gold. "I owe you, friend. I swear I will repay you."
[2026/05/17 15:25] Mecha: Talia is going for a grapple on Joe and if successful throws him over her shoulder and begins the walk to the village.
[2026/05/17 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...I gotta be fair. Roll D20
[2026/05/17 15:25] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/05/17 15:26] Mecha: *With a +3 on strength that becomes a 12
[2026/05/17 15:26] Jassie: /me says, "no worries, its taken from the temple." chuckles to herself
[2026/05/17 15:26] D20: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/05/17 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Successful hit (it's +1)
[2026/05/17 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: save vs death.
[2026/05/17 15:26] Joe: "What you robbed a temple? I cannot accept this. I must return the coin to the temple."
[2026/05/17 15:26] Joe: glurk
[2026/05/17 15:26] D20: Joe rolls 12
[2026/05/17 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Successfully evades the grapple.
[2026/05/17 15:27] Mecha: Then Talia puts Joe over her shoulder and begins walking."I'll buy you food and you can point out demons on the way."
[2026/05/17 15:27] Mecha: *Aw damn never mind then*
[2026/05/17 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: perception check.
[2026/05/17 15:27] D20: Mecha rolls 2
[2026/05/17 15:28] Mecha: *Can never actually remember if perception rolls need to be low or high*
[2026/05/17 15:28] Joe: snuggles into Talia enjoying the experience, the Paladin's grim mood lifts
[2026/05/17 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you walk to the tavern, you notice a huge wagon with a big iron bath bolted to the back. Four horses snuffle as they stand there.
[2026/05/17 15:28] Mecha: *Mecha laughs*
[2026/05/17 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: If your wisdom is high, your chance of success is high, so you need to roll under.
[2026/05/17 15:29] Sapphire: "Those nixies looked like they were about to wrap you in kelp and pull you into the lake, Joe."
[2026/05/17 15:29] Mecha: Talia: And now I have an idea
[2026/05/17 15:30] Joe: whispers: smiles sheepishly
[2026/05/17 15:30] Jassie: /me "oh what is it?"
[2026/05/17 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits again.
[2026/05/17 15:32] Mecha: We get a Nixie that doesn't want to drown Joe, see if we can fill a tub like that one with water from her lake and she can travel with us."
[2026/05/17 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, you actually going to go IN the tavern?
[2026/05/17 15:34] Mecha: Yeah but talia can tell them this as we do.
[2026/05/17 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: shall I wait, or, you want to hear what happens?
[2026/05/17 15:34] Sapphire: Emily walks up to this big iron bath tub. "Who's the owner of this?" she's not seen someone... haul around such tubs before, but it gives her an idea.
[2026/05/17 15:35] Jassie: "oh boy, isnt that basically kidnapping?"
[2026/05/17 15:35] Mecha: Not if we get consent.
[2026/05/17 15:35] Mecha: We're not just grabbing. we're asking politely.
[2026/05/17 15:36] Jassie: sureeee
[2026/05/17 15:36] Jassie: chuckles to herself
[2026/05/17 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me can see it's going to be a long night.
[2026/05/17 15:38] Mecha: let's hear what happens. figure the owner is in the tavern anyway
[2026/05/17 15:38] Joe: It's a really good plan.
[2026/05/17 15:38] Jassie: just in case, let me get a water breathing spell up
[2026/05/17 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you enter the tavern, it's obvious there is some merriment going on. The barkeeper is looking at a man in a big black coat, looking increduluous as he absent-mindedly polishes a glass
[2026/05/17 15:39] Sapphire: Is it a big black coat we recognize?
[2026/05/17 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Man in black coat: "I'm telling ya! This is gonna make me RICH! There's riches under the sea, just got to get down there. I'm telling ya, I'll be set fer life!"
[2026/05/17 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: roll WIS.
[2026/05/17 15:40] D20: Sapphire rolls 4
[2026/05/17 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Minus four penalty applies.
[2026/05/17 15:40] Sapphire: i still have a wis higher than 8
[2026/05/17 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Even with the penalty... you think you've seen the back of someone similiar to this guy.
[2026/05/17 15:40] Sapphire: ....despite any behavior indicating the contrary...
[2026/05/17 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: The voice is certainly familiar.
[2026/05/17 15:41] Jassie: can I try?
[2026/05/17 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: why?
[2026/05/17 15:41] Jassie: idk, just thought to try hahaha
[2026/05/17 15:41] Jassie: (nvm then)
[2026/05/17 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, wis, -4 penalty
[2026/05/17 15:41] Sapphire: She walks up to the bar, and thus next to the man in black, rather distinctive in her blue skin tone and grey gauzy clothing.
[2026/05/17 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: must roll under 11
[2026/05/17 15:42] D20: Jassie rolls 14
[2026/05/17 15:42] Jassie: (LOL nvm)
[2026/05/17 15:43] Mecha: Talia is not sure who the guy is so approaches the first open table and sits down."We can find the tub guy as well as eat. I'll pay."
[2026/05/17 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: The man in black nods politely, and steps aside to make room, and goes back to his pitch on how to get rich. THEN he makes a huge double take and glares at Emily. "YOU AGAIN! I thought I told you - stay the fuck away and DON'T involve me in your hair-brained schemes again!"
[2026/05/17 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's Black Bart, his look of increduluousness marred by the eyepatch he now wears.
[2026/05/17 15:44] Joe: whispers: slides off from Talia's shoulders onto a bench and rights myself up. Smiles at Talia.
[2026/05/17 15:44] Sapphire: She smiles back at him. "What about supporting -your- hare-brained schemes?"
[2026/05/17 15:44] Jassie: (lol its him)
[2026/05/17 15:45] Mecha: Talia shakes her head."Just here for food and to find out who owns that tub outside. before she starts looking for a server *Doesn't want to say serving girl or wench because that's rude.*
[2026/05/17 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Never mind MY hairbrained schemes! You blew up my ship!"
[2026/05/17 15:46] Sapphire: "In my defense," she raises a hand, "It was our mutual enemy who blew up the ship. But yes, I'm deeply sorry about that."
[2026/05/17 15:47] Jassie: "also just a question... how much does a ship like that cost?"
[2026/05/17 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart gives you a one-eyed glare. "In YOUR defencse, it was YOUR mutual enemy that blew up MY ship!"
[2026/05/17 15:47] Mecha: Talia puts two and two together and begins looking around. her eyes narrowing looking for a certain bard.
[2026/05/17 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart pauses, thinking. "A lot."
[2026/05/17 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/05/17 15:50] Jassie: well is there a possible number of sorts?
[2026/05/17 15:50] Sapphire: "Well, least I can do is buy you a pitcher of stout."
[2026/05/17 15:50] Jassie: just curious
[2026/05/17 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "More gold than you have."
[2026/05/17 15:51] Jassie: pitcher? i'm gonna buy him the whole barrel
[2026/05/17 15:51] Joe: "Captain Bart!" I walk over to him, all friendly-like. "How are you, old friend?"
[2026/05/17 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart eyes Emily, which is very effective when one eye is covered by a patch. "If you're planning on buttering me up, little lady, bad luck, I ain't butter-up-able."
[2026/05/17 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: gets a one-eyed glare.
[2026/05/17 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/05/17 15:53] Mecha: talia looks over and doesn't give any pretense."Captain." She says nodding to him
[2026/05/17 15:53] Joe: "Fate being what she is, has bound our paths together again, it seems."
[2026/05/17 15:53] Sapphire: "Just wanting to apologize for getting you into a rough patch."
[2026/05/17 15:53] Mecha: Talia is also looking around to see if Meghan is around too.
[2026/05/17 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia gets a one-eyed glare and a grumble.
[2026/05/17 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: d20
[2026/05/17 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily gets a one-eyed look of surly hostility
[2026/05/17 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart to Joe: "And they can diverge fast, aye?"
[2026/05/17 15:55] D20: Mecha rolls 15
[2026/05/17 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: No sign of any bards here.
[2026/05/17 15:55] Joe: "You know how Fate is, she is like the sea. She shows us lows and she shows us highs, she sends the tide to remind us of life's ever changing nature."
[2026/05/17 15:55] Jassie: "can we get this man some of your finest rum please?" looks around for a serving person
[2026/05/17 15:55] Sapphire: would half a gold coin buy a round for the house?
[2026/05/17 15:56] Mecha: Talia sees a swirling pattern here and looks at the captain."Is that tub in the wagon yours?"
[2026/05/17 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Aye, first clever thing ye've said... WENCH! An ale for this fool - she's paying." *Indicates Joe, then Jassie*
[2026/05/17 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Aye. That it is."
[2026/05/17 15:57] Joe: "And a mighty fine tub she be."
[2026/05/17 15:57] Jassie: /me looks at Talia as she gets the answer with a smile
[2026/05/17 15:57] Mecha: Talia can not help but laugh, "yeah we're screwed."
[2026/05/17 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "And ye ain't blowing it up!"
[2026/05/17 15:59] Joe: "An' neither did we blow up your previous boat."
[2026/05/17 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart ignores this obvious falsehood
[2026/05/17 16:00] Sapphire: "So, are you going around selling bathing services or?"
[2026/05/17 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "I had this bright idea. Lots of ships sink with their cargo, aye? So if I could get some nixies to come on a trip to the sea, I could dive down and get them. All those riches! there for the taking!"
[2026/05/17 16:02] Joe: Goes into a conspiratorial manner. "Ah so you know about the sunken gold?"
[2026/05/17 16:02] Jassie: now thats a great idea, one i can get behind, slides some rum for him
[2026/05/17 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: Looks like he knows what Joe is on about
[2026/05/17 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha? Sapphire?
[2026/05/17 16:03] Sapphire: "Huh. It really does sound like fate has brought us together again. Beer first though." She makes sure the bar tender is paid and gets a pitcher for this black bart.
[2026/05/17 16:04] Joe: whispers: "As it happens we, well Emily at least, is on quite favourable terms with some of the local Nixies."
[2026/05/17 16:04] Mecha: Talia orders a round of stew for the table. before looking at the captain.
[2026/05/17 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart gives Sapphire a one-eyed look of unfriendliness
[2026/05/17 16:05] Sapphire: She'll share drink?
[2026/05/17 16:05] Jassie: (rum and stout? hes gonna be drunk as hell hehe)
[2026/05/17 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...and then?
[2026/05/17 16:07] Sapphire: Keep him talking, perhaps ask him who he's working with.
[2026/05/17 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: what do you say?
[2026/05/17 16:08] Mecha: Talia looks at the captain." okay now that i am not feeling murder-y like i was back there. here's the deal we hired you back then because we thought were just dealing with the bard and saving our dragon friend. we did not expect the third asshole battalion out of nowhere. seriously it's like the spanish inquisition. If we could have saved your ship we would have, and I want to give you an honest apology. we never meant to trick you or anything we just didn't expect the second dragon
[2026/05/17 16:08] Jassie: /me bows her head as well
[2026/05/17 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart glares one-eyed-ly at Talia and mumbles something under his breath. You hear the word "barnacles" and you're reasonably sure not in relation to ship bottoms,
[2026/05/17 16:09] Joe: whispers: sits and eats hungrily .. and drinks thirstily
[2026/05/17 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Aye... so what did you do with that lass in the end?"
[2026/05/17 16:10] Sapphire: Emily sips some stout and lets Talia field that one
[2026/05/17 16:10] Mecha: I told her if i saw her again I would kill her. probably need to apologize to her too. I was overwhelmed with rage and grief."
[2026/05/17 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart huffs. "Aye. Understandable."
[2026/05/17 16:11] Mecha: Doubt I will see her again but if I do, I should make things right.
[2026/05/17 16:11] Jassie: and we definitely owe you a big apology
[2026/05/17 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Aye. You do."
[2026/05/17 16:13] Mecha: Talia."Now I'm gonna buy you a drink. not in place of an apology but because of what you went through it is the least I can do to say I'm sorry and thank you."
[2026/05/17 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart gives Talia a one-eyed look of suspicion
[2026/05/17 16:14] Mecha: "you saved my life even when I was too stubborn to save my own.
[2026/05/17 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "What d'ye want...?"
[2026/05/17 16:14] Joe: "We want to get you a new ship, ultimately."
[2026/05/17 16:14] Mecha: I want to do business but that is a separate thing. the apology and the drink are genuine
[2026/05/17 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Aye...?"
[2026/05/17 16:16] Sapphire: "Has that tub seen cool things on the lake bottom yet?"
[2026/05/17 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart gives Emily a one-eyed look of incomprehension
[2026/05/17 16:17] Sapphire: ( Was it not meant to go under the water? )
[2026/05/17 16:17] Mecha: Basically you mentioned the gold hunting and bringing a Nixie to help with beain able to go underwater and we are in the same predicament. our dragon friend is alive at the bottom of the sea and we wish to rescue her. with no expected kobold or dragon attacks.
[2026/05/17 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...no.... wh... never mind
[2026/05/17 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart nods, takes a swig of beer, and sprays it over Talia
[2026/05/17 16:18] Sapphire: Emily leans away from the spray.
[2026/05/17 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "The golden one is still alive?? Under the sea all this time??"
[2026/05/17 16:18] Sapphire: ( Oh, did he instead of *float* the tub around? )
[2026/05/17 16:18] Jassie: /me opens her mouth to protest, "what in the??"
[2026/05/17 16:19] Mecha: Talia nods."that is what we have learned."as she wipes the drink from her face before the bartender hands her a towel.
[2026/05/17 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart opens his mouth and closes it again. "And let me guess, you need to get down there and rescue the golden one."
[2026/05/17 16:21] Mecha: Talia nods
[2026/05/17 16:21] Jassie: /me calms herself.. collecting herself
[2026/05/17 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart looks thoughtful. "The golden one... she's rich, right... got a huge hoard?"
[2026/05/17 16:23] Jassie: (and there's the pirate in im hehe)
[2026/05/17 16:23] Mecha: Talia shrugs."In all honesty I never asked, but I'm sure she would be inclined to help someone who helps her."
[2026/05/17 16:24] Sapphire: "Indeed. Seen it for myself." she answers. Arguably she's technically part of Sonja's horde...
[2026/05/17 16:24] Joe: "The dragons horde is not ours to use as payment. For helping to save her, well... the gold dragon has a golden heart also."
[2026/05/17 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart thinks briefly. "My fee for helping is ten grand in gold. One grand up front. Take it or you can go swim."
[2026/05/17 16:25] Mecha: Talia pays it
[2026/05/17 16:25] Jassie: /me pays half
[2026/05/17 16:25] Sapphire: Emily can contribute a third.
[2026/05/17 16:25] Joe: Chips in all I have, which is only 20SP and 10CP but also, it is all I have.
[2026/05/17 16:26] Jassie: no need Joe
[2026/05/17 16:26] Jassie: hehe
[2026/05/17 16:26] Jassie: keep it for yourself for now
[2026/05/17 16:26] Joe: whispers: Makes a silent prayer that Jassie did not also steal all her money from a temple
[2026/05/17 16:26] Jassie: (so... I'll do 340, u bouth do 330)
[2026/05/17 16:26] Jassie: whispers: that ok?
[2026/05/17 16:26] Sapphire: where did all of Joe's money go...
[2026/05/17 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart: "Alright. Looks like I *am* getting involved in another of your hare-brained schemes."
[2026/05/17 16:27] Joe: "It is the goddess of Fate, my friend." I reassure Captain Bart.
[2026/05/17 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: We'll pause it there, next time, we'll be at Pilton, ready to go for a little ail.
[2026/05/17 16:27] Joe: thank you DungeonMistress
[2026/05/17 16:28] Mecha: *okay*
[2026/05/17 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: or sail, even. I'm sure you won't ail, or fail.
[2026/05/17 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: social encounters really aren't your long suit are they *GIGGLES*
[2026/05/17 16:28] Jassie: okiee
[2026/05/17 16:28] Jassie: i need to clock off work soon
[2026/05/17 16:28] Jassie: wanna rest up
[2026/05/17 16:29] Jassie: definitely not
[2026/05/17 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: didn't even ask about his eyepatch.