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Nemi, quiet but pleased things are going well steps out of the burrow and surveys the garden looking for a likely spot to find Aphids. Tracking Aphids with bonus for favored terrain 26
(don't think she'd spotted tracks before, but if she did?)
Nemi you haven’t spotted any aphid tracks but you’re quite sure you can find them in the vegetable garden, especially on leafy green veggies such as lettuce, cabbage, kale, etc…
Nemi looks in the distance trying to spy the vegetable garden, then gazes up at the sun gauging the direction. "Yes, I believe the vegetable patch was that way." She starts marching off in a westerly direction in search of leafy greens.
Please award yourselves 25 exp for the spider encounter, and another 25 exp for the mouse encounter.
You spend several hours making your way west through the shady grassy lawn under the oak tree, over the stone walkway, and eventually into the strange environment of the vegetable patch. Here a wide variety of plants snake and twist upwards into the sky in odd shapes and angles, while bulbous vegetables of various shapes and sizes hang strangely in the air above you. Shadows are everywhere, and a hum of insect sounds indicates a more bustling ecosystem in this area.
The first thing you notice in the veggie patch are a pair of snails, big as elephants now, nonchalantly moving about on the ground, leaving shiny patches of slime. Their eyes blink curiously at you on their eyestalks but otherwise they do not alter their behavior as you spot them.
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Nemi continues forward steering clear of both slime and the snails hoping if left alone, they will continue on. She watches for any changes in their behavior as she walks. insight24
@dm
Did not double proficiency and used insight but if nature more appropriate it would be two less as only +3 instead of +5
Horkur walks closely behind Nemi also trying to avoid the slime. His eyes keep darting up into the underside of the canopy above looking for signs of aphid infestation while tightly gripping the handles on his hand axes.
Horkur, no sign of aphids yet, but you noticed the ground in this area looks oddly pebbled in clusters. It seems familiar to you, and then you realize the source as you spot the ground nearby shifting and crumbling away as a large earthworm surfaces. The brownish orange ringed flesh pulsates and there are no discernible eyes, but you're certain the worm is regarding you somehow.
Everyone in the party then has the odd sensation of words appearing directly in their minds. Friends, do not be alarmed. I am called Molder.
Nemi can't help but smile a little bit at the reality that she finds herself in. "We mean no intrusion pleasant Molder. We were shrunken by the man in the cottage who it seems had some nefarious intentions for our shrunken state should have expired long ago. Our mission is to seek out the aphids here for one of their hairs. An odd sort of quest, but I'm hoping that doing so will somehow end this state we find ourselves in."
Well, I try to avoid men if I can, especially that one in the cottage. But aphid hairs...? I suppose you'll find aphids enough in this garden. But what do you hope to do with them?
"Some sort of concoction he plans to make. Although I'm less and less likely to help him now." Nemi responds somewhat less confidently. "I don't wish to aid him in dooming others to this predicament."
Nemi, quiet but pleased things are going well steps out of the burrow and surveys the garden looking for a likely spot to find Aphids. Tracking Aphids with bonus for favored terrain 26
(don't think she'd spotted tracks before, but if she did?)
Nemi you haven’t spotted any aphid tracks but you’re quite sure you can find them in the vegetable garden, especially on leafy green veggies such as lettuce, cabbage, kale, etc…
"Veggies huh? Veggie patch was to the west, which is...that way?"
Elric Survival check to determine the way, unless it's obvious: 9 plus Guidance of 3
(sorry for delays)
Nemi looks in the distance trying to spy the vegetable garden, then gazes up at the sun gauging the direction. "Yes, I believe the vegetable patch was that way." She starts marching off in a westerly direction in search of leafy greens.
Please award yourselves 25 exp for the spider encounter, and another 25 exp for the mouse encounter.
You spend several hours making your way west through the shady grassy lawn under the oak tree, over the stone walkway, and eventually into the strange environment of the vegetable patch. Here a wide variety of plants snake and twist upwards into the sky in odd shapes and angles, while bulbous vegetables of various shapes and sizes hang strangely in the air above you. Shadows are everywhere, and a hum of insect sounds indicates a more bustling ecosystem in this area.
Everyone please make a survival check.
Survival Check: 13
Did we happen to pass by the unwrapped ration Horkur placed in the vegetable patch prior to being shrunk?
Horkur Beren in Tending the Garden
Geraine Lucineous in Onward Down
Elric survival 18
Nemi's survival check 25 (doubled proficiency as still in favored terrain - if doesn't apply -5)
I rolled for Algernon: 23
The first thing you notice in the veggie patch are a pair of snails, big as elephants now, nonchalantly moving about on the ground, leaving shiny patches of slime. Their eyes blink curiously at you on their eyestalks but otherwise they do not alter their behavior as you spot them.
Nemi continues forward steering clear of both slime and the snails hoping if left alone, they will continue on. She watches for any changes in their behavior as she walks. insight 24
@dm
Did not double proficiency and used insight but if nature more appropriate it would be two less as only +3 instead of +5
Horkur walks closely behind Nemi also trying to avoid the slime. His eyes keep darting up into the underside of the canopy above looking for signs of aphid infestation while tightly gripping the handles on his hand axes.
Investigation Check: 21 (nat 20)
Horkur Beren in Tending the Garden
Geraine Lucineous in Onward Down
Horkur, no sign of aphids yet, but you noticed the ground in this area looks oddly pebbled in clusters. It seems familiar to you, and then you realize the source as you spot the ground nearby shifting and crumbling away as a large earthworm surfaces. The brownish orange ringed flesh pulsates and there are no discernible eyes, but you're certain the worm is regarding you somehow.
Everyone in the party then has the odd sensation of words appearing directly in their minds. Friends, do not be alarmed. I am called Molder.
"Greetings Molder, I am Nemi' Nemi thinks back.
Horkur jumps a bit, and says outloud:
"Aaahhh! Oh, um, hello... I am Horkur and these are my friends. It is nice..to..meet..you?"
Horkur Beren in Tending the Garden
Geraine Lucineous in Onward Down
The earthworm sends to you a concept of pleased contentment. Well met. Tell me, strange little people, what are you doing in this garden??
Nemi can't help but smile a little bit at the reality that she finds herself in. "We mean no intrusion pleasant Molder. We were shrunken by the man in the cottage who it seems had some nefarious intentions for our shrunken state should have expired long ago. Our mission is to seek out the aphids here for one of their hairs. An odd sort of quest, but I'm hoping that doing so will somehow end this state we find ourselves in."
Well, I try to avoid men if I can, especially that one in the cottage. But aphid hairs...? I suppose you'll find aphids enough in this garden. But what do you hope to do with them?
"Some sort of concoction he plans to make. Although I'm less and less likely to help him now." Nemi responds somewhat less confidently. "I don't wish to aid him in dooming others to this predicament."
Hmmm, I wish there was something I could do to help…. You get a sense of kindness and concern emanating from the disgusting great worm.