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Phineas, Eldreth and DUKE: Phineas, the drow guards, at the moment, are none the wiser. The drow observe and lazily watch over you all. Upon seeing the DUKE did a very good job, one of the drow claws up some mud, soils the garment, and says, "Do it again, trash can!" Before Eldreth can answer Phineas, she visibly clenches up in anger, about to do something very stupid that might get you all in deep trouble.
Huey, Ree'lin, and Enkindle: Ree'lin, you feel a swift kick in your side, the Drow warrior very unhappy with your work. "Come on, put your back into it, filth! Afraid to get dirty!?" he barks.
Buppido, Amara, and Talike: Buppido is amazingly calm during the labor day, filling the buckets carefully. Talike, you don't find anything of note, but one time you almost dropped one of the buckets, so you received a solid punch to the cheek by one of the Elites. By the words she shouted at you, you can tell it was plenty of swear words, and was literally begging you to strike her back.
Ront, Jezzika, and Svana: 17 Jezzika's grabbed one of the crates and put her back into lifting it, her arm and back muscles visibly straining as Ront bumped a crate roughly into her. "Ouch."She said, annoyed, rubbing her shoulder. "You bumped into me. Be more careful, and watch where you're going, please."she said. Ront put down the crate and yelled, "Why not watch where YOU doing, me Ront!! YOU be careful, puny elf thing."The drow guards at the entrance of the cave turned to look at them. Jezzika had an idea. "Or else what?"she whispered to the Orc. "You don't have the stones to do anything, do you? You coward. Go on. Do something."
It worked. Ront roared, picked up a crate, and used it to smash it upon Jezzika's sweaty form. She took the blow and crumpled like a leaf to the ground and didn't move. Enraged from the insult, Ront saw the guards approach and attacked them, mindlessly. He was wild, almost feral, but the guards soon overpowered him, and beat him roughly. Jorlan came by and made motions towards the edge of the compound, where Ront's unconscious body was tossed over the edge to be made a meal for the giant spiders. "Get back to work! No more fighting or you're next!!" he threatened. Jezzika moaned, got up, and smiled to herself, rubbed her back and picking herself clean of a few splinters.
EXCELLENT WORK, MY CHILD soothed an ancient evil to her, in her mind. It was pleased. And, so was she.
Duke sees Eldreth getting angrier as the Drow tosses mud at it. "Striking out at the Drow has a 99.9% chance of failure. It is also unnecessary. This unit is unaffected by the attempted provocation." It simply gets back to cleaning and hopes that the previously rolled Perception finds something.
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Being caught by surprise, Ree'lyn pretends the hit was harder than it really was, just so he can take a good look at that one's face. - "Marked. " - the Drow thinks to himself as he gets to work.
Enkindle actually looked shamefaced for a moment. But just as it looks as if she might rekindle some passion and say something to Shuushar, the sound of guards approaching has her clam up, and quietly securing her gem to a safer place while others were distracted in the moment.
Later...
A scowl initially answers Ree'lyn's statement. Just as the wick that was her hair started to go up, Enkindle catches her seeing the drow warriors. "... ****... Whatever. Gods' damn knife ear." She said to Ree'lyn aloud at first before muttering setting to work. Despite her detesting the whole process, she works with the efficiency of some used to mucking stables for a living, or damn near close to that: 12.
Seeing Ree'lyn get kicked "hard" brings a small smile to her face.
DUKE: There is something more to this river than meets the eye. While you can't find anything of note other than soap and buckets..it's like something is living in the river. Your optic sensors can't exactly pinpoint it, though.
ASH: Shoor approaches the cave with a convoy of guards. "You!" he says, "The red haired woman. Take her to the guard tower! The men are tired from their night watch and wish to have their feet massaged. YOU will do nicely." Ash, you are escorted to AREA 10, the stalactite opposite the Slave Pen, where you have the pleasure of rubbing the feet of four Elite warriors who look at you hungrily, and i'm not talking about food. Shoor stands by the door, waiting for any sign of rebellion and disobedience. At any moments notice, they are aching to slap you around, treat you poorly, or perhaps worse. Much worse.
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Phineas follows up on Duke’s comments. “This one is right,” he says, giving an approving nod to Duke. “We must bide our time until we see opportunity.” Phineas looks for anything among the laundry or river bed that can be used as a weapon or tool. “Your calculations, my big friend, can they determine a way to help us free of this predicament?”
perception:8
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Phineas: Looking around as you talk, you get pushed, hard. "Less talk. More work. Speak again, and this dwarf ***** gets it." They laugh, hoping, Lolth willing, you speak up again. Eldreth looks like she's about to go bat shit nuts at the insult from a Drow.
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She does.
She roars and launches herself at the group, trying to rip the guard apart with her bare hands. Two guards each draw and point very sharp drow blade at Phineas and DUKE, hoping you make a move too. While the guard overpowers the dwarf and easily dispatches her and with a quick slash to her neck. She falls and doesn't move again. The guard kicks her into the river.
Duke goes about the rest of its shift without incident. However, its mental processors are unable to compute why the Dwarf did what it did, despite knowing of her low chances of survival.
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Ash moves from her spot to the bars, doing a slight curtsey of obedience. "Of course. Right away sir"
She will leave the pen with no issue, allowing the guards to lead her to the guards ward. Once there, she will obediently do what she is told, surveying the room while also trying to determine the most classy of the guards.
Perception: 3
Once she determines the the most Classy guard, she will put more effort into their foot massage, making herself look as attractive to him as possible and speak quietly in undercommon.
"I'm sure your job is very hard... You must be exhausted... I could do a better job if I was unshackled. Hell... I could do more than just a foot massage if I was unshackled. Although we'd have to be alone first."
She includes a flirty wink, biting her bottom lip slightly and tilting her head down slightly submissively.
(Would that be a Persuasion check? For flirtyness? )
Svana held her tongue when the drow told her to lift the more heavy crates, telling herself that it was just a way for her to build the muscles she lacked. There was no way she was going to show weakness to these people, and she kept a mostly stoic face throughout the whole process of moving boxes for no reason.
After taking a second to wipe the sweat from her brow (she managed to move two crates!) she glanced over to the one they called Jezzika and Ront, raising a brow at how easily the orc went into a rage and knocked the other drow to her feet. Was she meaning to do that? When they returned back to work, Ront beaten back into submission, Svana purposely got closer to the drow woman and when the guards weren’t paying attention to her struggle, she tossed the question, “Were you meaning to do that?”
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Ash: Your flirting attempt is interrupted by two things. The sudden appearance of Ilvara at the door, who looks furious, and the looks of the guards, whom you've clearly insulted with your attempt to be sexy. They took turns beating the stuffing out of you, and you woke up in the Slave Pen with two broken ribs, a swollen eye, and bruises all over your body. The only thing that saved your life was the fact that Shoor and Ilvara were arguing about the whole incident, too busy fighting to decide what should be done with you.
When Ash wakes back up in the cage, she let's out a soft groan of pain. "Well that didnt go as planned... Pigs..." She pushes herself to a slightly sitting position, leaning back against the wall. She seems to be contemplating something before she decides otherwise and remains leaning against the wall. If asked by anyone in the pen currently, she "doesn't want to talk about it."
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Phineas complies as he watches the dwarf’s body float on. He mentally makes note of the guard who slashed the throat. He continues to seek useful items to use while doing the laundry. He offers a glance at Duke, not knowing how to read the construct.
Talike: While deep in thought, you completely let go and drop on of the buckets. Laughing, and finally able to get some excitement, one of the Drow guards pushes you roughly off the edge, yelling, “Go get it, filth!!”
Phineas and DUKE: Talike comes crashing down into the river next to you all, apparently pushed from above. Two of the guards proceed to drag her from the water and beat her senseless, eventually throwing her back in her cell with Ash and the others.
Jezzika and Svana: “Of course I did. He was getting on my nerves the last two days. It was worth getting smashed by a heavy crate for it.” she said, rubbing her shoulder and back. “Im Jezzika, by the way.”
Ash watches as Talike is also tossed into the pen again, looking over her new bruises. With a sympathetic raised eyebrow, she tilts her head. "You too? What did you do? I heard the message. Honestly I thought they were just the voices in my head again" Ash offers a light smile of comfort, lacking the actual happiness behind it.
Ash is noticeably not moving off of the wall she is leaned back against, letting her ribs get some rest, hoping they heal soon enough.
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When Talike eventually wakes up, she is slightly relieved to be free from work.
"I dropped a bucket," she says to Ash before pausing to think. "So you can hear him as well? What does he make you do? I thought I was the only one. Also, how are we talking through our minds? I don't think these drow people are the ones letting us do that."
“Svana Vatzwani,” The elf replies quietly, trying to ignore how tired her arms were from lifting the third crate and moved to the fourth. She passes a glance over to the edge Ront was thrown over then back over to Jezzika. “Ggn... He deserved it. Are you okay though?”
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Even if we don't, it might be preferable to being enslaved by the drow, Amara responds darkly.
Buckets: 21 Buckets: 16 Buckets: 12
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Phineas, Eldreth and DUKE: Phineas, the drow guards, at the moment, are none the wiser. The drow observe and lazily watch over you all. Upon seeing the DUKE did a very good job, one of the drow claws up some mud, soils the garment, and says, "Do it again, trash can!" Before Eldreth can answer Phineas, she visibly clenches up in anger, about to do something very stupid that might get you all in deep trouble.
Huey, Ree'lin, and Enkindle: Ree'lin, you feel a swift kick in your side, the Drow warrior very unhappy with your work. "Come on, put your back into it, filth! Afraid to get dirty!?" he barks.
Buppido, Amara, and Talike: Buppido is amazingly calm during the labor day, filling the buckets carefully. Talike, you don't find anything of note, but one time you almost dropped one of the buckets, so you received a solid punch to the cheek by one of the Elites. By the words she shouted at you, you can tell it was plenty of swear words, and was literally begging you to strike her back.
Ront, Jezzika, and Svana: 17 Jezzika's grabbed one of the crates and put her back into lifting it, her arm and back muscles visibly straining as Ront bumped a crate roughly into her. "Ouch." She said, annoyed, rubbing her shoulder. "You bumped into me. Be more careful, and watch where you're going, please." she said. Ront put down the crate and yelled, "Why not watch where YOU doing, me Ront!! YOU be careful, puny elf thing." The drow guards at the entrance of the cave turned to look at them. Jezzika had an idea. "Or else what?" she whispered to the Orc. "You don't have the stones to do anything, do you? You coward. Go on. Do something."
It worked. Ront roared, picked up a crate, and used it to smash it upon Jezzika's sweaty form. She took the blow and crumpled like a leaf to the ground and didn't move. Enraged from the insult, Ront saw the guards approach and attacked them, mindlessly. He was wild, almost feral, but the guards soon overpowered him, and beat him roughly. Jorlan came by and made motions towards the edge of the compound, where Ront's unconscious body was tossed over the edge to be made a meal for the giant spiders. "Get back to work! No more fighting or you're next!!" he threatened. Jezzika moaned, got up, and smiled to herself, rubbed her back and picking herself clean of a few splinters.
EXCELLENT WORK, MY CHILD soothed an ancient evil to her, in her mind. It was pleased. And, so was she.
Duke sees Eldreth getting angrier as the Drow tosses mud at it. "Striking out at the Drow has a 99.9% chance of failure. It is also unnecessary. This unit is unaffected by the attempted provocation." It simply gets back to cleaning and hopes that the previously rolled Perception finds something.
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Being caught by surprise, Ree'lyn pretends the hit was harder than it really was, just so he can take a good look at that one's face. - "Marked. " - the Drow thinks to himself as he gets to work.
Although it is tempting, Talike decides that replying to Amara is wiser than fighting the drow
You're probably right. So how exactly did you get down here? I can't imagine that many people just run across these "drow" things.
Enkindle actually looked shamefaced for a moment. But just as it looks as if she might rekindle some passion and say something to Shuushar, the sound of guards approaching has her clam up, and quietly securing her gem to a safer place while others were distracted in the moment.
Later...
A scowl initially answers Ree'lyn's statement. Just as the wick that was her hair started to go up, Enkindle catches her seeing the drow warriors. "... ****... Whatever. Gods' damn knife ear." She said to Ree'lyn aloud at first before muttering setting to work. Despite her detesting the whole process, she works with the efficiency of some used to mucking stables for a living, or damn near close to that: 12.
Seeing Ree'lyn get kicked "hard" brings a small smile to her face.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
DUKE: There is something more to this river than meets the eye. While you can't find anything of note other than soap and buckets..it's like something is living in the river. Your optic sensors can't exactly pinpoint it, though.
ASH: Shoor approaches the cave with a convoy of guards. "You!" he says, "The red haired woman. Take her to the guard tower! The men are tired from their night watch and wish to have their feet massaged. YOU will do nicely." Ash, you are escorted to AREA 10, the stalactite opposite the Slave Pen, where you have the pleasure of rubbing the feet of four Elite warriors who look at you hungrily, and i'm not talking about food. Shoor stands by the door, waiting for any sign of rebellion and disobedience. At any moments notice, they are aching to slap you around, treat you poorly, or perhaps worse. Much worse.
Phineas follows up on Duke’s comments. “This one is right,” he says, giving an approving nod to Duke. “We must bide our time until we see opportunity.” Phineas looks for anything among the laundry or river bed that can be used as a weapon or tool. “Your calculations, my big friend, can they determine a way to help us free of this predicament?”
perception:8
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Phineas: Looking around as you talk, you get pushed, hard. "Less talk. More work. Speak again, and this dwarf ***** gets it." They laugh, hoping, Lolth willing, you speak up again. Eldreth looks like she's about to go bat shit nuts at the insult from a Drow.
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She does.
She roars and launches herself at the group, trying to rip the guard apart with her bare hands. Two guards each draw and point very sharp drow blade at Phineas and DUKE, hoping you make a move too. While the guard overpowers the dwarf and easily dispatches her and with a quick slash to her neck. She falls and doesn't move again. The guard kicks her into the river.
"Keep cleaning, trash cans!!" one of the yells.
Duke goes about the rest of its shift without incident. However, its mental processors are unable to compute why the Dwarf did what it did, despite knowing of her low chances of survival.
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Ash moves from her spot to the bars, doing a slight curtsey of obedience. "Of course. Right away sir"
She will leave the pen with no issue, allowing the guards to lead her to the guards ward. Once there, she will obediently do what she is told, surveying the room while also trying to determine the most classy of the guards.
Perception: 3
Once she determines the the most Classy guard, she will put more effort into their foot massage, making herself look as attractive to him as possible and speak quietly in undercommon.
"I'm sure your job is very hard... You must be exhausted... I could do a better job if I was unshackled. Hell... I could do more than just a foot massage if I was unshackled. Although we'd have to be alone first."
She includes a flirty wink, biting her bottom lip slightly and tilting her head down slightly submissively.
(Would that be a Persuasion check? For flirtyness? )
Flirty roll: 6
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Willow Twilight|Swiftstride Shifter|Blood Hunter|Ebberon|Retired
Meephylia Polliwog|Grung|Dragon Sorcerer|Descent To Avernus|Retired
Ashryn Rairs|Changeling|Hexblade Warlock|Out Of The Abyss|Dead
Svana held her tongue when the drow told her to lift the more heavy crates, telling herself that it was just a way for her to build the muscles she lacked. There was no way she was going to show weakness to these people, and she kept a mostly stoic face throughout the whole process of moving boxes for no reason.
After taking a second to wipe the sweat from her brow (she managed to move two crates!) she glanced over to the one they called Jezzika and Ront, raising a brow at how easily the orc went into a rage and knocked the other drow to her feet. Was she meaning to do that? When they returned back to work, Ront beaten back into submission, Svana purposely got closer to the drow woman and when the guards weren’t paying attention to her struggle, she tossed the question, “Were you meaning to do that?”
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Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
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Ash: Your flirting attempt is interrupted by two things. The sudden appearance of Ilvara at the door, who looks furious, and the looks of the guards, whom you've clearly insulted with your attempt to be sexy. They took turns beating the stuffing out of you, and you woke up in the Slave Pen with two broken ribs, a swollen eye, and bruises all over your body. The only thing that saved your life was the fact that Shoor and Ilvara were arguing about the whole incident, too busy fighting to decide what should be done with you.
When Ash wakes back up in the cage, she let's out a soft groan of pain. "Well that didnt go as planned... Pigs..." She pushes herself to a slightly sitting position, leaning back against the wall. She seems to be contemplating something before she decides otherwise and remains leaning against the wall. If asked by anyone in the pen currently, she "doesn't want to talk about it."
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Willow Twilight|Swiftstride Shifter|Blood Hunter|Ebberon|Retired
Meephylia Polliwog|Grung|Dragon Sorcerer|Descent To Avernus|Retired
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Phineas complies as he watches the dwarf’s body float on. He mentally makes note of the guard who slashed the throat. He continues to seek useful items to use while doing the laundry. He offers a glance at Duke, not knowing how to read the construct.
Looking for crap that is useful: 15
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Talike tries to reach out through the mushroom's telepathic link and communicate with someone else.
Hello? Does this thinking thing work with anyone else? I might have found a way out of here. This is Talike
Talike continues to fill buckets to avoid being beaten.
Bucket: 21 Bucket: 5 Special Bucket: 16
Talike: While deep in thought, you completely let go and drop on of the buckets. Laughing, and finally able to get some excitement, one of the Drow guards pushes you roughly off the edge, yelling, “Go get it, filth!!”
Phineas and DUKE: Talike comes crashing down into the river next to you all, apparently pushed from above. Two of the guards proceed to drag her from the water and beat her senseless, eventually throwing her back in her cell with Ash and the others.
Jezzika and Svana: “Of course I did. He was getting on my nerves the last two days. It was worth getting smashed by a heavy crate for it.” she said, rubbing her shoulder and back. “Im Jezzika, by the way.”
Ash watches as Talike is also tossed into the pen again, looking over her new bruises. With a sympathetic raised eyebrow, she tilts her head. "You too? What did you do? I heard the message. Honestly I thought they were just the voices in my head again" Ash offers a light smile of comfort, lacking the actual happiness behind it.
Ash is noticeably not moving off of the wall she is leaned back against, letting her ribs get some rest, hoping they heal soon enough.
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Willow Twilight|Swiftstride Shifter|Blood Hunter|Ebberon|Retired
Meephylia Polliwog|Grung|Dragon Sorcerer|Descent To Avernus|Retired
Ashryn Rairs|Changeling|Hexblade Warlock|Out Of The Abyss|Dead
When Talike eventually wakes up, she is slightly relieved to be free from work.
"I dropped a bucket," she says to Ash before pausing to think. "So you can hear him as well? What does he make you do? I thought I was the only one. Also, how are we talking through our minds? I don't think these drow people are the ones letting us do that."
“Svana Vatzwani,” The elf replies quietly, trying to ignore how tired her arms were from lifting the third crate and moved to the fourth. She passes a glance over to the edge Ront was thrown over then back over to Jezzika. “Ggn... He deserved it. Are you okay though?”
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
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