Session Six: The Return of the Old Ones...?
[2024/06/10 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... we don't have -very- long, but, we up to die rolling?
[2024/06/10 15:51] Alicia Frakture: Yes :)
[2024/06/10 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: as I recall it, we are ready to leave the city - at last! - and Debben has her deal with the devil.
[2024/06/10 15:51] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: /me stretches. "Maybe. Got limited sleep but also snuck some naps in."
[2024/06/10 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me changes the music being streamed... and with that...
[2024/06/10 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: GGGGGGGGggggggrrrrrrrrrrrreeetings, Adventurers, some players leave cities easily and quickly.... you get a battle and a half with some very shady characters before you can leave.
[2024/06/10 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Over to Debben, I believe
[2024/06/10 15:55] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben, last night (possibly early in the morning) spent some time preparing a set of backup plans depending on when the gnome meets up with their wagon, and a few quiet spots in the town to stop for a few minutes, as well as plotting out which gate to attempt to leave town at.
[2024/06/10 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: This should be good.
[2024/06/10 15:57] Alicia Frakture: *Does Leesha know what this gnome did?*
[2024/06/10 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: I am not sure that's been made widely known?
[2024/06/10 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana is obviously aware
[2024/06/10 15:59] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: But Leesha and Dhalia need to be read in, so Debben will meet up in one of their rooms for a quiet conversation.
[2024/06/10 15:59] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Alright, so leaving the city might be a bit more chaotic than ideal."
[2024/06/10 16:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "The um, gnome that'd been going after kids in this town is planning to hitch a ride out on our wagon." She keeps her voice low, more than a little embarrassed.
[2024/06/10 16:02] Alicia Frakture: The same situation the cops questioned us about?
[2024/06/10 16:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: She pauses, checking her memory. "I... think that was a different situation? Which time are you talking about?"
[2024/06/10 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: (The very very first one? Yes)
[2024/06/10 16:04] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): "So the gnome is expecting to ride with us?"
[2024/06/10 16:04] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Yeah. Probably under the wagon or hidden under some cargo. The second if we can."
[2024/06/10 16:05] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "It'll make it harder for him to jump out when he realizes the guards or maybe Katana are about to find him."
[2024/06/10 16:05] Alicia Frakture: well I hope he is comfortable because I figure I'm gonna have to stomp around to make sure everything is comfy for when we rest.
[2024/06/10 16:08] Alicia Frakture: Also that first one when we arrived and the cops wanted to take us into an alley
[2024/06/10 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: so.... got a Plan ready?
[2024/06/10 16:08] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Ugh, that. They were really ready to blame things on a dwarf they'd met the first time that day."
[2024/06/10 16:09] Alicia Frakture: Yeah as well as the rest of us.
[2024/06/10 16:09] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Sure. I know there's a lot of things I'll let slide but stealing kids is more than even I can tolerate. But." She sighs. "This only works if we can keep it cool long enough for him to get into a boxed in position, and then we turn on him together. We all need to be ready to act as soon as someone else does."
[2024/06/10 16:10] Alicia Frakture: Leesha sighs."Fine, I'll follow your lead. How about you Dahlia?"
[2024/06/10 16:11] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): "I will help too. Just let me know what you need me to do."
[2024/06/10 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ready for the Day of Departure, the day we've waited for?
[2024/06/10 16:13] Alicia Frakture: Yep. Wrench is polished and shiny, food is loaded for my part gear is packed in.
[2024/06/10 16:14] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: All my magical gear is packed to waterproof containers, yep
[2024/06/10 16:14] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: and Dragons Sigh Wand is pre-loaded and on my back, pointed skywards.
[2024/06/10 16:14] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): everything my character has is packed in her different bags
[2024/06/10 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana has spent the night alternately furiously grooming the horse and praying to Gordelphus
[2024/06/10 16:15] Alicia Frakture: Oh one thing, the night before I try to have a private word with the butler.
[2024/06/10 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me notes this on the sheets
[2024/06/10 16:16] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): oh , except amulet , wearing that
[2024/06/10 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Josh meets you to remind: "Don't forget, you got to meet Ragnar, and get the Iron Masks of Vintiem. He has a secondary mission, he might need some help. Be careful out there, it's a LONG trip... and help Joan get to her village, Arc."
[2024/06/10 16:18] Alicia Frakture: *So we are helping.. Joan of Arc?*
[2024/06/10 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me chuckles, you caught on to that quick
[2024/06/10 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: The nun is there, nice and early, ready to go, wearing her white clerical robes, carrying a walking staff and a small satchel.
[2024/06/10 16:19] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Oh yeah... a second hangers on...
[2024/06/10 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana leads the horse out.... we all together and all remembered everything? Too late on the road...
[2024/06/10 16:20] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "All rations topped off?"
[2024/06/10 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: As far as I'm aware
[2024/06/10 16:20] Alicia Frakture: I'm good, I offer Joan my seat on the cart and start walking along side."Yep, we are well stocked."
[2024/06/10 16:22] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Alright, let's head out."
[2024/06/10 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: If we're all good... the cart rattles along the cobbled streets loudly. It's early, the sun not long risen and the streets are fairly empty. Various houses and intersections are passed, and about halfway to the city gates... there's a surly, shadey gnome of rather unfriendly and uncooth aspect, watching and waiting.
[2024/06/10 16:22] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (Ragnar is way out in the wilds, not in town, right?
[2024/06/10 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Ragnar is at least a weeks' march up north.)
[2024/06/10 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: (you are going on a looooooooong journey....)
[2024/06/10 16:23] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben will pretend she doesn't see him, slowing down the wagon to not quite a stop, so that he has time to hop on without seeming suspicious
[2024/06/10 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: The gnome quickly comes close, and gives everyone a suspicious look. He leans in close to mutter something to Debben. "Not fixing ta double cross old Neb, are ya?"
[2024/06/10 16:26] Alicia Frakture: Keeps looking forward."Don't even know who little Ned is."
[2024/06/10 16:28] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: *so that's his name*. "Not as long as the money's solid," she lies cooly, keeping her gaze watchful.
[2024/06/10 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Gnome: "Aye, and I'm an elven lord. I figured a bunch of goody goody two shoes would figure out a double cross... well, Neb has double double crossed ye! There be a young slip of a girl in a sewer connected to the docks. I get out of the city, ye get the gold - and the exact location of the sewer. I hear high tide is a candle before noon, ye might want to make good time..."
[2024/06/10 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb: Grips the side of the cart tightly and hangs on.
[2024/06/10 16:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben considers the comparative morality of sacrificing one person to successfully capture the person who has and will continue to hurt people.
[2024/06/10 16:32] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: The wagon does get back up to speed, however, on the originally planned course.
[2024/06/10 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana of course doesn't move much, but right now, she's sitting like, well, a rigid statue.
[2024/06/10 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, Dina?
[2024/06/10 16:33] Alicia Frakture: I'm just looking forward but really wanting to draw the wrench
[2024/06/10 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joan passes Neb a frown of vague dislike, but quickly looks away, not understanding much of this.
[2024/06/10 16:34] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): Waits to see what the party will choose to do about the rotten gnome
[2024/06/10 16:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: The city gates are now in sight. Two guards are at the gate, they watch as you approach, one steps into the way, waiting for you to stop.
[2024/06/10 16:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: What now?
[2024/06/10 16:36] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: She'll come to a stop. Blowing past would be even more suspicious.
[2024/06/10 16:36] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: To check
[2024/06/10 16:37] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: where's Katana at the moment?
[2024/06/10 16:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Beside you.
[2024/06/10 16:37] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Is her facial expression interpretable?
[2024/06/10 16:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: The other guard wanders about the cart, the one in the road steps closer. "Hail, good people. Where might you be going?"
[2024/06/10 16:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: (She has a ... stoney expression...)
[2024/06/10 16:39] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "North. We have business in Arc. Some speculative trade."
[2024/06/10 16:39] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is leaning on the cart
[2024/06/10 16:39] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ( Same side as Neb?
[2024/06/10 16:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Guard: "Arc! That's... that's... that's a long way!"
[2024/06/10 16:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Other side, I figure)
[2024/06/10 16:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guard looking over the cart shrugs, looks at the first and shakes his head.
[2024/06/10 16:40] Alicia Frakture: We got supplies to make it. I'm the cook going with them I can make a lot out of a little
[2024/06/10 16:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Guard: "You'd best be on your way, then. Safe journey." He steps aside.
[2024/06/10 16:41] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: She shrugs. "About a week, depending on the roads." Do the guards seem to have any apparent recognition of Neb?
[2024/06/10 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: He's out of sight - ducked under the cart.
[2024/06/10 16:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: what now?
[2024/06/10 16:45] Alicia Frakture: I would guess we move on. Honestly I figure Katana and Debben have a plan
[2024/06/10 16:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: unfortunately evil characters care little about the harm and chaos they sow; good characters suffer from ethics and morality
[2024/06/10 16:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: The cart rattles out of the city and Neb hauls himself up again. "About a mile or two out should do it."
[2024/06/10 16:47] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( Ah, darn it, i was typing too slow ))
[2024/06/10 16:47] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: What time of day is it?
[2024/06/10 16:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Very early still, a little before 10
[2024/06/10 16:48] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( Debben was about to announce to the guards to check under the wagon but it seems we froze up... ))
[2024/06/10 16:48] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( but doing the move out here could also work I suppose. ))
[2024/06/10 16:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Hardly surprising, the situation is unenviable from all sides)
[2024/06/10 16:49] Alicia Frakture: No, you get half mile to a mile. Gives us enough time to go back and save that person in the sewers.
[2024/06/10 16:50] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I see a decent turn behind the grass up ahead," she'll confirm. It's one fairly close.
[2024/06/10 16:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb just gives a particularly nasty grin. "No, we go a mile, or, I hope that girls' got gills."
[2024/06/10 16:51] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is trying very hard to reign in her anger at the moment
[2024/06/10 16:52] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben grits her teeth at this, continueing ahead and considering her options from here out and what she can actually manage to cast at the ranges that are about to be involved.
[2024/06/10 16:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ned just cackles. "There, just a bit past the forest, and you'll get to save that lass."
[2024/06/10 16:53] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Fine," she grits out, seeking to at least get to the required mile quickly. She glances to Katana meaningfully once they come to a full stop just past the forest.
[2024/06/10 16:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana just growls quietly. Having to escort a criminal out of the city is clearly fucking her right off - but there's a life at risk. She has to save that girl.
[2024/06/10 16:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb sees the trees coming close to the road and steps off the cart. "I'll take a stroll to the trees, you see that stump? And I'll leave the gold and the place you can find the girl at, and you can get it when I've gone."
[2024/06/10 16:57] Alicia Frakture: Why should we trust you?
[2024/06/10 16:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb: "Don't! what do I care?"
[2024/06/10 16:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana finally turns round to look at the gnome. "Neb, is it? I know what you look like, and I don't forget faces. I will bring you to justice."
[2024/06/10 16:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb just grins. "Not today!"
[2024/06/10 16:59] Alicia Frakture: I say do it now. He just said he has the gold and the information which he will leave. If we break his arms and legs it's a twofer.
[2024/06/10 17:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Except... he said he'll write it, he hasn't written it.
[2024/06/10 17:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben agrees with that. Time to put the dragonshooter to the test she thinks.
[2024/06/10 17:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb is clearly suspicious of anyone and anything. He backs up to the trees, watching for any signs of, well, anything.
[2024/06/10 17:01] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( So to check.
[2024/06/10 17:01] Alicia Frakture: *No he said he would leave the gold and the place you can find the girl. Nothing about not writing it yet*
[2024/06/10 17:02] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( pause please
[2024/06/10 17:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: ((pawsed))
[2024/06/10 17:02] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( I need to actually ask questions, that is -not- me ceding my action economy
[2024/06/10 17:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( How much actual distance does he have to the treeline, and how quickly can I draw, aim, and fire my rifle?
[2024/06/10 17:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( does that go on surprise round time or does it trigger init?
[2024/06/10 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: (It's close. Not so close you can get from cart to trees in a round, though.)
[2024/06/10 17:04] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( I asked about *Neb*'s position, to be clear
[2024/06/10 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: (You can draw, aim, fire in time, however you won't get surprise, he's expecting -something-)
[2024/06/10 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: (As to -where- he is - halfway to the trees)
[2024/06/10 17:05] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( I had intended to act sooner than that but he also keeps yanking our chain
[2024/06/10 17:05] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( how far is "halfway"?
[2024/06/10 17:05] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( like, in terms of move actions and range penalties?
[2024/06/10 17:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: (( Probably 30-40 feet.))
[2024/06/10 17:06] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( ok.
[2024/06/10 17:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: ((Right now, you can get there - assuming he stays still. There's no penalties for range, on any attack I can think of, beyond throwing stones))
[2024/06/10 17:06] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( Debbens gonna do it, then, trying to put a bullet in his, probably legs.
[2024/06/10 17:06] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( what do you mean "get there" ? I plan to shoot him, not chase
[2024/06/10 17:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: ((things are about to esculate fast...))
[2024/06/10 17:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll initative, d20, highest goes first.
[2024/06/10 17:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dina, d20
[2024/06/10 17:12] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: So.... turn order is....
[2024/06/10 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb, Dahlia, Katana, Debben, Leesha
[2024/06/10 17:13] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): ((can my character tell what the rest of the party is doing, had to ask to make sure))
[2024/06/10 17:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neb realizes the jig is up. He yanks out a dagger, which looks particularly sharp and wicked in nature. "Children!" he shouts, "Protect me!"
[2024/06/10 17:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone gets to roll a sanity check. We haven't had one of those in a while.
[2024/06/10 17:14] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: d% or d20 ?
[2024/06/10 17:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: d%
[2024/06/10 17:15] Alicia Frakture: *92*
[2024/06/10 17:15] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: *88*
[2024/06/10 17:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh dear.
[2024/06/10 17:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: *95*
[2024/06/10 17:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dina?
[2024/06/10 17:16] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben. is -furious- at this turn of events
[2024/06/10 17:16] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): ((what dice do i roll))
[2024/06/10 17:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: d10, twice
[2024/06/10 17:16] Alicia Frakture: *D10 twice*
[2024/06/10 17:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia successfully passes, and is unfazed by what comes next.
[2024/06/10 17:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: The rest of us... get to roll a d4, because what we see is so shocking and scarey. Too much time spent in a city.
[2024/06/10 17:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben, d4....
[2024/06/10 17:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...and 3 ghostly figures seem to sprout from the dagger, clearly of children, clearly ghostly forms, with hands out stretched. "Waaaaaaa.... want mummy!" The form a "shield" between Neb and the party.
[2024/06/10 17:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Loss 2 sanity for Katana and Leesha)
[2024/06/10 17:21] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( Dhalia up?
[2024/06/10 17:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben roll d4 first
[2024/06/10 17:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: failed sanity check
[2024/06/10 17:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: ie., Sapphire, roll the orange die :P
[2024/06/10 17:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: only 1 sanity point lost
[2024/06/10 17:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, I hate to break things up in the middle of combat, but it's getting late as fuck
[2024/06/10 17:27] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: well
[2024/06/10 17:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm up in about five hours.. shall we pick this up next time?
[2024/06/10 17:28] Alicia Frakture: /me nods."Looking forward to it."
[2024/06/10 17:28] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: /me nods.
[2024/06/10 17:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: (it'll give you time to figure how to get round -this- sudden escalation!)
[2024/06/10 17:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: I hope this is working as an exciting start to... whatever comes next :)
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