The vision of the plushed doll didn't scare Ree'lyn so much as it annoyed him. That is a display of threat he laughs at, justifiably so or not. Did he have anything to fear for offering the two who were engaged in a conversation one bit of extra joy?
When Ashryn approaches him, her passive-aggressive attitude might as well have been another display by the plushed doll. Do they come in two now?
With a sigh, the drow takes the bottle and cups back, thinking he will have a sip of it later.
"Here. Take this back to your lady friend." - he hands her the Umbra/doll. "Too bad you didn't take the chance of tasting this."
Duke moves over to Amara. "Inquisition: What is the source of your healing power? I have observed multiple arcane practitioners who do not possess healing capabilities. And yet you simultaneously show proficiency with arcane magic and healing magic."
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
That day of travel, Svana had been quiet and lost in thought. Thankfully, there were no random encounters that day, so there was no need for her to speak. After doing her usual alarming ritual around the perimeter of the camp, Svana moved herself somewhat away from the group. Anyone who looked could now see her sitting down, brushing her long burgundy hair, lost in her mind again.
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Ash takes the Doll from Ree'yn and smiles to SST. "Oh! Um... Sure of course. One moment SST." She moves to give the doll back to Jezz and smiles. "Seems like Umbra is terrorizing the others again. Looks like we'll need to keep a better eye on you eh?" She looks at the doll before giving it to Jezz with a smile. "Another reading. Excuse me." She nods to SST before smiling at Jezz. After a minute she moves back to SST. "Alright. What kind of reading would you two like? Destiny or Love? Would you like just one or one for you both?"
She moves to sit down with SST and his slime friend, moving to shuffle her cards.
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
All throughout the entire hike the following day, Huey was quiet and restless, sticking to the rear end of the marching order. His usual joyous demeanor was replaced with a somber, almost scared mien. His eyes were constantly shifting side to side, like he was seeing things that just weren't there. No coherent words came out of his mouth the entire day...merely unintelligible babbling. Almost as if he was suddenly possessed?
After breaking camp the next morning, Huey appeared even worse. Waving you hands in front of his face, he didn't show any signs of reacting at all. His mind and spirit appeared to have left his body? Strangely, he'll follow commands and keep up with the group, but you can get no reaction out of him.
I mentioned this to the group before we began, but I'm going to be AWOL for the next week. I'll be hiking up in the mountains, and I bet there will be no cell service up there. Huey has received a second point of madness, and is now just going to be a walking zombie for the next week. There are so many people in our adventuring group, I don't think there will be a need to bot him for anything, but if you wish to use him in combat, go right ahead (https://ddb.ac/characters/14688164/StnK4D).
I will likely be back online next week Friday or Saturday! Good luck!
“Oh! Thanks!” Jezzika said to Ash as she was gathering her things for the day. “Umbra! Did you wander off again? I told you thats not very nice.”
Jezzika cleaned herself up before they left and stretched out a bit for the long walk. While she was used to a military upbringing, she wasn’t sore but was hungrier than usual and her stomach growled loudly. She patted her stomach lovingly and promised it food as soon as possible. She looked forward to the day where she could return to wear normal sexier clothing instead of full on armor but that day would have to wait.
She dressed up back into her armor, checked her short sword, and joined up with everyone else, scanning the landscape for any trouble.
Amara nods. "An angel is a being from another plane," she explains. "They are emissaries of good and protectors of the innocent, as well as great hunters of evil. My family has long had a standing connection with an angel by the name of Sarastriel. A few weeks ago, Sarastriel reached out to me and elected to give me the power to continue fulfilling the terms of my family's relationship with her, despite my injury." She nods at her limp left arm. "She bestowed upon me a much greater connection to her, which allows me to channel some of her power myself, both for smiting enemies and healing and protecting others."
Ash nods and smiles at SST, shuffling the cards for a moment before setting the top card to the side. "Alright. Destiny first... Let's see here..." Ash puts the rest of the deck into her lap and flips the line card. "Swords card. The five of swords. Interesting... typically signifies self interest. Mainly meaning the person in question is about themselves and their goals. Reversed, it symbolizes a solution to this self interest. Whether that is through peace of harmony with others. Coming to a mutual understanding." Ash gives SST and the slime to think this over for a minute as she shuffles the card back into the deck. After a few more shuffles, she smiles at SST. "And the love reading for you..." She sets the top card to the side and puts the rest of the deck in their case. She moves to flip the card and raises an eyebrow with slight surprise. "Another swords card. The four this time. In a love meaning, it means to connect or reconnect with someone. It typically signifies finding compromise and peace with your partner in a relationship, or to find what you want in a partner." Ash smiles at SST as she puts the card back into the rest of the deck. "I hope that was what you were looking for. Do you need anything else SST? Or is that all?"
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Step Step Thud raises an eyebrow at the mention of peace, but doesn’t interrupt. Once Ashryn finishes, he ponders for a moment before leaning in to whisper, “Get wine? Please?”
"Declaration: Thank you for sharing this information. Secondary Declaration: You have used your arcane abilities to assist me on multiple occasions. Should you require my assistance in return on a later occasion, a verbal request is all that is required to obtain it." And with that, Duke leaves Amara and heads over to Svana, kneeling down in front of her so that they can be at eye level.
"Declaration: I do not intend to disturb your mental processes and I apologize if I inadvertently did that. Secondary Declaration: My intention was to return this to you."Duke pulls out the dagger Svana lent him and gives it to her hilt-first. "You temporarily loaned this to me during the conflicts against the ooze so that neither my fists nor my axe would suffer structural damage as a result of coming into contact with their acid. Thank you. Tertiary Declaration: I would have returned this to you yesterday, but multiple items were in my memory banks and I had to address those items before addressing this one. I apologize if the delay caused you any inconvenience. Quaternary Declaration: This dagger has suffered slight structural damage as a result of coming into contact with ooze-based acids, but the Dwarf known as Ronnal should be able to repair it with his divine magic."
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
Ash tilts her head slightly. "Do you want the wine? I gave it back to Ree'lyn. But I can see if he will give you some." If the answer is yes, Ash will put her cards away, stand, and head over to Ree'lyn. She steps infront of him and locks eyes with him to get his attention, whispering in undercommon with a friendly smile.
"Hey Ree'lyn. SST seems to want some of that wine you have. Perhaps you could share some with him and ask him some questions? I told him I'd ask if you could share"
She then nods, giving Ree'lyn a slight wave and mini bow before she turns to head over to Jezzika, sitting down beside her with a smile. "Who knew SST would want a love reading? Interesting. Nonetheless. So what's up with Umbra lately? He seems to be very... Adventurous?" She leans back a little and floods her hair slightly with her fingers as she smiles at Jezzika.
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Jezzika smiled warmly at Ash and scootched in a bit closer to her.
”Oh, Umbra has this habit of..moving..when i’m asleep. It’s like he’s staring at you, peering into your soul. Studying you, analyzing you, exploring your most private thoughts. It’ll do that for hours. I told it it shouldn’t do that, it’s rude and intrusive. Plus it’s creepy, but it doesn’t listen to me.”
Ash can't help but chuckle a little and look at the bear. "Intrusive aren't we? So does he move on his own? Is it only when you sleep? Or whenever you're not paying attention? He's very curious." She looks Umbra over, locking eyes with his bear eyes for a moment before looking back to Jezz.
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
"You see," - Ree'lyn starts saying with a casual shrug and a disappointment look. -"I never waste good wine. It is meant for bonding." - he licks his lips as he looks around, glancing over the Darklake, the rocky walls, until finally meeting Ashryn's eyes. - "I drank the leftoverthat was meant for bonding with someone else. Maybe next time."
Even if she couldn't understand a word out of Shuushar's mouth (assuming he spoke and not mindmeld at all during his excitement), the Kuo-Toa's exuberance throughout much of the day's journey left the fire genasi looking more drained than usual for some odd reason. Thus distracted, Huey's predicament -- for the time being at least -- went unnoticed by the usually watchful cleric.
Evening... Camp time...?
After taking up her customary position of camp overwatch, she folds in her legs, and rest head against knees in a foolhardy bid to rest. Then something set her off. An unfamiliar pattern of now familiar footsteps. Looking up in time to see Svana sitting down towards another edge of the group, the fire genasi frowned and started scowling at the others, seeming to say in expression 'Okay, which one of you did it?' Seeing Duke once more move to console(?) the wizard, she smirks, and then goes back to burying her face against her knees; leaving her thoughts to wonder free for a while. If anyone looked to her in the moment, it looks as if she even fell asleep sitting like so. The fire of her ponytail having dimmed to little more than a few embers.
Approaching the fire genasi as she has just stopped to rest, Ree'lyn takes this opportunity to reiterate his apologies; "Back there, during the mess, I had miscalculated your positioning." - he starts saying and quickly thinks of how to add some kind of praise to that. - "You fight very well. I must yet learn the way you deal with your weapons and your moves in the field, so I can be better prepared to be a good combat partner to you.
Ree'lyn | Drow | Warlock | Level 2 | AC 15 | HP 14/14 | Temporary HP 8/8 | Cantrips Known 2 | Spells Known 3 | Spell Slots 2/2 | Slot Level 1 | Innate spells 1| Eldritch Invocations 2
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The vision of the plushed doll didn't scare Ree'lyn so much as it annoyed him. That is a display of threat he laughs at, justifiably so or not. Did he have anything to fear for offering the two who were engaged in a conversation one bit of extra joy?
When Ashryn approaches him, her passive-aggressive attitude might as well have been another display by the plushed doll. Do they come in two now?
With a sigh, the drow takes the bottle and cups back, thinking he will have a sip of it later.
"Here. Take this back to your lady friend." - he hands her the Umbra/doll. "Too bad you didn't take the chance of tasting this."
Duke moves over to Amara. "Inquisition: What is the source of your healing power? I have observed multiple arcane practitioners who do not possess healing capabilities. And yet you simultaneously show proficiency with arcane magic and healing magic."
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That day of travel, Svana had been quiet and lost in thought. Thankfully, there were no random encounters that day, so there was no need for her to speak. After doing her usual alarming ritual around the perimeter of the camp, Svana moved herself somewhat away from the group. Anyone who looked could now see her sitting down, brushing her long burgundy hair, lost in her mind again.
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
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Amara gives Duke a small smile. "My power is given to me by an angel, dear," she explains. "As angels possess restorative magic, so too do I."
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Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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"Inquisition: What is an angel? Secondary inquisition: How did you come in contact with this being who gave you power?"
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Ash takes the Doll from Ree'yn and smiles to SST. "Oh! Um... Sure of course. One moment SST." She moves to give the doll back to Jezz and smiles. "Seems like Umbra is terrorizing the others again. Looks like we'll need to keep a better eye on you eh?" She looks at the doll before giving it to Jezz with a smile. "Another reading. Excuse me." She nods to SST before smiling at Jezz. After a minute she moves back to SST. "Alright. What kind of reading would you two like? Destiny or Love? Would you like just one or one for you both?"
She moves to sit down with SST and his slime friend, moving to shuffle her cards.
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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
Step Step Thud pauses for a moment before pointing at the jar, “Destiny,” and then at himself, “Love.”
All throughout the entire hike the following day, Huey was quiet and restless, sticking to the rear end of the marching order. His usual joyous demeanor was replaced with a somber, almost scared mien. His eyes were constantly shifting side to side, like he was seeing things that just weren't there. No coherent words came out of his mouth the entire day...merely unintelligible babbling. Almost as if he was suddenly possessed?
After breaking camp the next morning, Huey appeared even worse. Waving you hands in front of his face, he didn't show any signs of reacting at all. His mind and spirit appeared to have left his body? Strangely, he'll follow commands and keep up with the group, but you can get no reaction out of him.
I mentioned this to the group before we began, but I'm going to be AWOL for the next week. I'll be hiking up in the mountains, and I bet there will be no cell service up there. Huey has received a second point of madness, and is now just going to be a walking zombie for the next week. There are so many people in our adventuring group, I don't think there will be a need to bot him for anything, but if you wish to use him in combat, go right ahead (https://ddb.ac/characters/14688164/StnK4D).
I will likely be back online next week Friday or Saturday! Good luck!
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
“Oh! Thanks!” Jezzika said to Ash as she was gathering her things for the day. “Umbra! Did you wander off again? I told you thats not very nice.”
Jezzika cleaned herself up before they left and stretched out a bit for the long walk. While she was used to a military upbringing, she wasn’t sore but was hungrier than usual and her stomach growled loudly. She patted her stomach lovingly and promised it food as soon as possible. She looked forward to the day where she could return to wear normal sexier clothing instead of full on armor but that day would have to wait.
She dressed up back into her armor, checked her short sword, and joined up with everyone else, scanning the landscape for any trouble.
Amara nods. "An angel is a being from another plane," she explains. "They are emissaries of good and protectors of the innocent, as well as great hunters of evil. My family has long had a standing connection with an angel by the name of Sarastriel. A few weeks ago, Sarastriel reached out to me and elected to give me the power to continue fulfilling the terms of my family's relationship with her, despite my injury." She nods at her limp left arm. "She bestowed upon me a much greater connection to her, which allows me to channel some of her power myself, both for smiting enemies and healing and protecting others."
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DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Ash nods and smiles at SST, shuffling the cards for a moment before setting the top card to the side. "Alright. Destiny first... Let's see here..." Ash puts the rest of the deck into her lap and flips the line card. "Swords card. The five of swords. Interesting... typically signifies self interest. Mainly meaning the person in question is about themselves and their goals. Reversed, it symbolizes a solution to this self interest. Whether that is through peace of harmony with others. Coming to a mutual understanding." Ash gives SST and the slime to think this over for a minute as she shuffles the card back into the deck. After a few more shuffles, she smiles at SST. "And the love reading for you..." She sets the top card to the side and puts the rest of the deck in their case. She moves to flip the card and raises an eyebrow with slight surprise. "Another swords card. The four this time. In a love meaning, it means to connect or reconnect with someone. It typically signifies finding compromise and peace with your partner in a relationship, or to find what you want in a partner." Ash smiles at SST as she puts the card back into the rest of the deck. "I hope that was what you were looking for. Do you need anything else SST? Or is that all?"
Nina Wildvale|Changeling|Wild Magic Sorcerer|Rise of The Reunelords|Active
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
Step Step Thud raises an eyebrow at the mention of peace, but doesn’t interrupt. Once Ashryn finishes, he ponders for a moment before leaning in to whisper, “Get wine? Please?”
"Declaration: Thank you for sharing this information. Secondary Declaration: You have used your arcane abilities to assist me on multiple occasions. Should you require my assistance in return on a later occasion, a verbal request is all that is required to obtain it." And with that, Duke leaves Amara and heads over to Svana, kneeling down in front of her so that they can be at eye level.
"Declaration: I do not intend to disturb your mental processes and I apologize if I inadvertently did that. Secondary Declaration: My intention was to return this to you." Duke pulls out the dagger Svana lent him and gives it to her hilt-first. "You temporarily loaned this to me during the conflicts against the ooze so that neither my fists nor my axe would suffer structural damage as a result of coming into contact with their acid. Thank you. Tertiary Declaration: I would have returned this to you yesterday, but multiple items were in my memory banks and I had to address those items before addressing this one. I apologize if the delay caused you any inconvenience. Quaternary Declaration: This dagger has suffered slight structural damage as a result of coming into contact with ooze-based acids, but the Dwarf known as Ronnal should be able to repair it with his divine magic."
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Ash tilts her head slightly. "Do you want the wine? I gave it back to Ree'lyn. But I can see if he will give you some." If the answer is yes, Ash will put her cards away, stand, and head over to Ree'lyn. She steps infront of him and locks eyes with him to get his attention, whispering in undercommon with a friendly smile.
"Hey Ree'lyn. SST seems to want some of that wine you have. Perhaps you could share some with him and ask him some questions? I told him I'd ask if you could share"
She then nods, giving Ree'lyn a slight wave and mini bow before she turns to head over to Jezzika, sitting down beside her with a smile. "Who knew SST would want a love reading? Interesting. Nonetheless. So what's up with Umbra lately? He seems to be very... Adventurous?" She leans back a little and floods her hair slightly with her fingers as she smiles at Jezzika.
Nina Wildvale|Changeling|Wild Magic Sorcerer|Rise of The Reunelords|Active
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
"Thank you dear," Amara tells Duke with a warm smile.
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Jezzika smiled warmly at Ash and scootched in a bit closer to her.
”Oh, Umbra has this habit of..moving..when i’m asleep. It’s like he’s staring at you, peering into your soul. Studying you, analyzing you, exploring your most private thoughts. It’ll do that for hours. I told it it shouldn’t do that, it’s rude and intrusive. Plus it’s creepy, but it doesn’t listen to me.”
Ash can't help but chuckle a little and look at the bear. "Intrusive aren't we? So does he move on his own? Is it only when you sleep? Or whenever you're not paying attention? He's very curious." She looks Umbra over, locking eyes with his bear eyes for a moment before looking back to Jezz.
Nina Wildvale|Changeling|Wild Magic Sorcerer|Rise of The Reunelords|Active
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
Ree'lyn | Drow | Warlock | Level 2 | AC 15 | HP 14/14 | Temporary HP 8/8 | Cantrips Known 2 | Spells Known 3 | Spell Slots 2/2 | Slot Level 1 | Innate spells 1| Eldritch Invocations 2
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"You see," - Ree'lyn starts saying with a casual shrug and a disappointment look. - "I never waste good wine. It is meant for bonding." - he licks his lips as he looks around, glancing over the Darklake, the rocky walls, until finally meeting Ashryn's eyes. - "I drank the leftover that was meant for bonding with someone else. Maybe next time."
Even if she couldn't understand a word out of Shuushar's mouth (assuming he spoke and not mindmeld at all during his excitement), the Kuo-Toa's exuberance throughout much of the day's journey left the fire genasi looking more drained than usual for some odd reason. Thus distracted, Huey's predicament -- for the time being at least -- went unnoticed by the usually watchful cleric.
Evening... Camp time...?
After taking up her customary position of camp overwatch, she folds in her legs, and rest head against knees in a foolhardy bid to rest. Then something set her off. An unfamiliar pattern of now familiar footsteps. Looking up in time to see Svana sitting down towards another edge of the group, the fire genasi frowned and started scowling at the others, seeming to say in expression 'Okay, which one of you did it?' Seeing Duke once more move to console(?) the wizard, she smirks, and then goes back to burying her face against her knees; leaving her thoughts to wonder free for a while. If anyone looked to her in the moment, it looks as if she even fell asleep sitting like so. The fire of her ponytail having dimmed to little more than a few embers.
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Ree'lyn | Drow | Warlock | Level 2 | AC 15 | HP 14/14 | Temporary HP 8/8 | Cantrips Known 2 | Spells Known 3 | Spell Slots 2/2 | Slot Level 1 | Innate spells 1| Eldritch Invocations 2
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Approaching the fire genasi as she has just stopped to rest, Ree'lyn takes this opportunity to reiterate his apologies; "Back there, during the mess, I had miscalculated your positioning." - he starts saying and quickly thinks of how to add some kind of praise to that. - "You fight very well. I must yet learn the way you deal with your weapons and your moves in the field, so I can be better prepared to be a good combat partner to you.