Session Six: The Return of the Old Ones...?
[2024/11/14 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me cracks knuckles and opens NCs
[2024/11/14 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, last we had, we found a mound with giant ants wandering about, and goblins on guard, with yellow grease smeared on them
[2024/11/14 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: and for some reason Debben... Debben will lead, since apparently her sour mood is the best match for interfacing with.... snotlings. "Evening, smelly folk. How are you doing tonight? Was hoping to get some information."
[2024/11/14 14:51] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ;)
[2024/11/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with that recap out of the way, GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEETTTTIIIIINNGGGSSSSS Adventurers! Other players get to battle mighty dragons, you get to deal with an ant infestation
[2024/11/14 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay who's doing what?
[2024/11/14 14:52] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Leesha is going to watch Debben
[2024/11/14 14:53] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me staying close to Leesha and Debben flying around playfully while invisible
[2024/11/14 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana follows Debben. "Evildoers! This is your chance to repent of your ways! Confess your crimes and you may be forgiven!"
[2024/11/14 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Valyra hangs back, looking slightly increduluous
[2024/11/14 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: They freeze, and very slowly turn round to see Debben and Katana. "Eh? Whassat? What you called us? What's this information?"
[2024/11/14 14:56] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben slaps her forehead. "Katana, chill. At least give them the chance to show they can be calm first. You haven't even seen them doing any actual evil so far."
[2024/11/14 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: (to Debben) "These creatures are evil! That is all I need to know!"
[2024/11/14 14:57] Mecha (alicia.frakture): You know evil is not the default setting
[2024/11/14 14:57] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I am looking for a human. He owes us money," technically a lie but easier to explain to a gob, "Heard you'd encountered a human recently."
[2024/11/14 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: (to Leesha): "They're evil, I tell you!"
[2024/11/14 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: (look amongst each other): "Eh? Human? What human?"
[2024/11/14 15:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Leesha, what was the guys name again?"
[2024/11/14 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: An ant wanders over to examine Debben closely, mandibles clacking idly
[2024/11/14 15:01] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Also, why you hanging out with these giant ants?"
[2024/11/14 15:01] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Um, Ragnar I believe. How could you forget he owes you the money. Then again it has been a hell of a day. So I get it."
[2024/11/14 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "We guarding! make sure no do-gooders come and cause trouble."
[2024/11/14 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Confess, evil little ones! What have you done with Ragnar?"
[2024/11/14 15:03] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Woah easy there. Okay guys who are you guarding?
[2024/11/14 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "Ragnar safe. Annoying, but safe."
[2024/11/14 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "Not telling... who are you? You do-gooders?"
[2024/11/14 15:05] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Not usually," she replies.
[2024/11/14 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "What if we are? Didn't I just say you should repent of your evil ways?"
[2024/11/14 15:10] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Leesha just sighs.
[2024/11/14 15:11] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: As Katana makes a racket, Debben is again reminded how much she misses Megan
[2024/11/14 15:11] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Why are you looking to protect things from Do-gooders?
[2024/11/14 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Valya (leaning against a tree, examining her nails): "...crazy dar, full of she'lak..."
[2024/11/14 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Damn. Way to hurt a constructs' feelings.
[2024/11/14 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "Do-gooders always cause trouble, say don't do this, don't do that, always come stick swords in goblin heads!"
[2024/11/14 15:14] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I'm not interested in sword-sticking, had enough of that this week. We just want to talk to Ragnar. Might need him for a while."
[2024/11/14 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: The ant that is examining Debben goes on to look Leesha over.
[2024/11/14 15:14] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Oh that? Naw. As long as we get to talk to Ragnar. Don't care what ya do. And you havent attacked us, so we wont stick swords in your heads."
[2024/11/14 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "Not sure big boss hasn't got Ragnar in cook pot. He like eat, often."
[2024/11/14 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "This boss of yours is evil! He better be ready to repent his ways!"
[2024/11/14 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Valyra rolls her eyes. "T'rac!"
[2024/11/14 15:16] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Well let's go see your boss, maybe we can save Ragnar without being Do-gooders.
[2024/11/14 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins (raising spears): "Whoa! No can let you walk in on boss! Boss get mad!"
[2024/11/14 15:18] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "You could tell him some people are here to talk. Doesn't have to be a big surprise to him."
[2024/11/14 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins (looking at each other): "No! Boss never happy to be interrupted! Boss get mad!"
[2024/11/14 15:20] Mecha (alicia.frakture): interrupted doing what?
[2024/11/14 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "We tell you! Cooking Ragnar, doing boss things!"
[2024/11/14 15:21] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Cooking? This is perfect. I'm a cook, I can help make Ragnar extra tasty
[2024/11/14 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "No, no, we keep everyone out!"
[2024/11/14 15:23] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me stays quiet while flying close to the party...watching the goblins curiously
[2024/11/14 15:26] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Well, if we are the ones who bother him... he'll only be mad at *us*, not at you."
[2024/11/14 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "He mad if we let you in. We keep you out!"
[2024/11/14 15:28] Mecha (alicia.frakture): ohh wait. I've got it
[2024/11/14 15:28] Mecha (alicia.frakture): You tell us where to find him. And we never saw you. You can't be in trouble if you never saw us. Say we came from a different direction
[2024/11/14 15:30] Mecha (alicia.frakture): We both win. We see Ragnar and your boss does not get mad at you
[2024/11/14 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "No no. We always get blame! No let you in."
[2024/11/14 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: *sparkles*
[2024/11/14 15:32] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Ah but if there is another group in a different direction we can say we got by them so they get in trouble
[2024/11/14 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "Wait... that boss... why boss leaving?" "Boss leaving? Where?" "There!" "Why boss not say anything?" "Maybe he in hurry." "Hurry where?" "Me not know!"
[2024/11/14 15:35] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Leesha looks where they are looking
[2024/11/14 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Never mind your boss! Repent of your ways!"
[2024/11/14 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha: You see a fading trail of sparkles.
[2024/11/14 15:36] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me ignores the zealotry and takes advantage of the fleeing goblins by flying towards the place they were keeping the party away from
[2024/11/14 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: "Wait, that was not boss!" "It look like boss." "It not boss, you stupid!" "It was boss! You go ask boss!" "Me not that stupid, you ask boss!"
[2024/11/14 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: The goblins start throwing punches.
[2024/11/14 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: One goblin falls flat on their face. Two knock each other out, the last one punches the fifth goblin out. At this point there's a soft "wooosh" and that goblin pauses, looks confused, then sits down with an idiotic grin on his face
[2024/11/14 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: From nowhere: *giggles*
[2024/11/14 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now who's doing what?
[2024/11/14 15:42] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Since the Goblins are no longer an issue, keep moving forward I guess."I have no idea what just happened but. I am not going to question it."
[2024/11/14 15:42] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben will keep up with the party member who seems like they most know whats going on
[2024/11/14 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: The goblin sitting down just nods and smiles, the goblin that fell down hauls himself up to his feet. "'Ere... what just happened....?"
[2024/11/14 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "I warned you to repent of your evil!"
[2024/11/14 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: It seems you have a huge mound with ants coming out of it to explore. Where do you plan going?
[2024/11/14 15:45] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Good question
[2024/11/14 15:45] Mecha (alicia.frakture): *UH oh.. Go on without this one. Leesha will walk with.*
[2024/11/14 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you going to take a look round?
[2024/11/14 15:48] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Might as well
[2024/11/14 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see... you find three potential entrances
[2024/11/14 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: 1. a series of badger-hole sized openings in the earth. Hot, stale air with a vinegar-like smell will be blowing up out of the holes.
[2024/11/14 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2. looks like a very typical ant mound kind of entrance. Seems to be a lot of gravel. A steady stream of ants is going to and from from here
[2024/11/14 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: 3. also comprises of a classic ant hill mound made of loose gravel. The tunnel leading down here is slightly curved, with LOTS of ants.
[2024/11/14 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: You can see a number of those big ants there, looking at each ant coming in
[2024/11/14 15:51] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: how tall are the openings for 2 and 3 ?
[2024/11/14 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big enough for a few giant ants to manage easily
[2024/11/14 15:53] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: and us?
[2024/11/14 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: the ants are certainly comparable in size to you, a dwarf. Leesha and Katan might have to stoop.
[2024/11/14 15:57] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: So traversable then
[2024/11/14 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: as far as you can tell, from outside
[2024/11/14 15:58] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "What's the yellow smear for, by the way?"
[2024/11/14 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who are you asking?
[2024/11/14 16:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: The goblin
[2024/11/14 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Which one? :P
[2024/11/14 16:02] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: the cogent one
[2024/11/14 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's one sitting smiling goofily... and one deep in an argument with Katana
[2024/11/14 16:04] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: let's start with goofy
[2024/11/14 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Yellow smear? That show big ants we friends. You see those swirly colours? Pretty!"
[2024/11/14 16:07] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Got any left over?
[2024/11/14 16:07] Mecha (alicia.frakture): *Back. Apologies*
[2024/11/14 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblin: "All have jars! Just in case. Look at that tree and the clouds!"
[2024/11/14 16:10] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: She looks over the tree.
[2024/11/14 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's... a tree....
[2024/11/14 16:11] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: And the jars?
[2024/11/14 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably in the goblins' clothes, if you fancy checking a few pockets?
[2024/11/14 16:15] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Sure, I can deal with that
[2024/11/14 16:15] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Leesha watches the interaction
[2024/11/14 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, roll d20, and, which one you checking?
[2024/11/14 16:16] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: the zonked out one
[2024/11/14 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh, nat 20! The grinning goblin just sits there, muttering about mushrooms. You find two jars of yellow salve.
[2024/11/14 16:19] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Here we are. The goop the gobs use to smell like ants."
[2024/11/14 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: So it would seem!
[2024/11/14 16:20] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me "Oh that could be useful" , still flying around unseen but close to the party
[2024/11/14 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: What's Leesha going to do?
[2024/11/14 16:23] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Not sure where to paint it, or if it matters."
[2024/11/14 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: The goblins just seem to have smeared it on themselves.
[2024/11/14 16:25] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: So we can be a bit creative with the look of it then.
[2024/11/14 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: I guess you could?
[2024/11/14 16:26] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Just smear it on us?
[2024/11/14 16:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: as far as you can tell, yes
[2024/11/14 16:28] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Okay, so let's do that
[2024/11/14 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... you smear the yellow stuff on you. You now smell slightly sweet
[2024/11/14 16:30] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Interesting
[2024/11/14 16:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what?
[2024/11/14 16:32] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Did we figure out where Boss went?
[2024/11/14 16:33] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Now we see how the ants react to it before we enter any opening
[2024/11/14 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: As far as you can tell, he never was there.
[2024/11/14 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are you going to do?
[2024/11/14 16:34] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Time to head downstairs?"
[2024/11/14 16:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Which way in do you plan trying?
[2024/11/14 16:35] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: what made 2 and 3 different?
[2024/11/14 16:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: 3 is bigger, slightly shallower; 2 is smaller, more gravelly
[2024/11/14 16:37] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I think deeper is more likely to get where we need."
[2024/11/14 16:38] Mecha (alicia.frakture): /me nods."Lead the way."
[2024/11/14 16:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm? Which one?
[2024/11/14 16:39] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Deeper would be my suggestion
[2024/11/14 16:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Door #2 or Door #3?
[2024/11/14 16:41] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Door 3, why not
[2024/11/14 16:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's the bigger entrance, shallow, with lots of ants coming and going. They totally ignore you, and the big ones too. It gets a bit steeper, but nothing you can't handle. It leads to...
[2024/11/14 16:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: A very large chamber with LOTS of ants. Now you see some ants hanging from the ceiling, workers coming and going, and soldier ants patrolling.
[2024/11/14 16:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a pathway leading further downwards; you can see ants, more ants, and... roll d20, someone.
[2024/11/14 16:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha notices nothing out of the ordinary... Debben notices there are footprints down that trail... not goblin ones, either, or, not ALL goblins
[2024/11/14 16:47] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Human?
[2024/11/14 16:47] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: or weirder?
[2024/11/14 16:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: humanoid and human sized
[2024/11/14 16:50] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Follow the tracks
[2024/11/14 16:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d4
[2024/11/14 16:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: In this room, ant pupae are stacked wall-to-wall, awaiting the emergence of the final, adult form of the young ants. This room is filled with a damp, earthy smell coming up. There's also seven goblins, barely bothering to guard, as they are busy trying to decide who's mother is the ugliest.
[2024/11/14 16:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: And, I think, it's getting late, so.... Cliffhanger!
[2024/11/14 16:54] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Ohhhhhh
[2024/11/14 16:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: nearly 1AM and I better be in bed soon
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