The silver double doors open before you as you enter.
A metal humanoid with many appendages stands behind a semicircle counter with stools in front. On its chest in red letters it reads, "OTTO MK2"
Pleasant easy listening music emanates from the walls that are lined with back lit windows. In the windows you can all manor of adventuring gear, household items, and tools. What is on display shifts every 45 seconds.
Oox turns to Tink, "Oh, hello. Of course you may join us. I didn't attend well to your presence in my voracious desire to be closer to Celestian." Oox extends a pseudopod and points toward the departing Yuri. "Tell me, Tink, have you heard the good word of Celestian?"
Upon entering, Oox sits at the counter with Yuri. "Please make that two sake and fried tofu, barkeep."
Oox turns to Tink, "Don't be shy. The big city waits for no one."
Oox turns to OTTO MK2, "Have you, perhaps, seen a missing cat that looks like this?" Oox then shapes itself into a rough approximation of the cat on the poster.
“I do not remember if I have met this Celestian. I know I have journeyed far, but the details are no longer part of my data banks. Thank you for inviting me. Does this mean we are family now?”
”I do not need food as nourishment but I will join you just the same.”
Tink, please make either a Perception Check or an Investigation check.
If you are on a computer, click on dice icon in the formatting bar (black square with 3 diagonal dots). Where it says "Add to result" put your skill modifier to the roll, so if it is +3, enter 3. It will drop a bit of code inline that will roll the result when you post. If you are on mobile, I'd roll in the DnDBeyond app. Formatting is hard on mobile.
As you sit, the stools adjust to your height. Two of Otto's many arms polish a glass with a cloth mostly for show as the glass, like everything else in the shop, is meticulously clean, polished, and new.
Otto says, "I have not seen it. Have you displaced your cat?".
"One order of sake and fried tofu coming up". It turns to Yuri as a set of arms with finger like digits enters some command into an interface behind the bar. "Yuri, you are not allowed on the premise. Please exit of your own accord while you are still able".
A panel opens on counter top and little cubes of tofu rise the surface as flat top grill descends from the ceiling.
The wall of liquor fades to show a translucent magical wall. Tools hang from hooks and sit on shelves against the walls all the way back in to a long work shop. Half finished projects cover all counter space running under the shelves. At the threshold, an elf with an iridescent skin moves slightly and the light shifts in colors. She has a tool belt around her hips and a wide silver chain around her neck. On it is a pendant that looks like a miniature hand that was wrapped in bandages then mummified.
"Yuri, you owe me 300 gold".
He retorts, "Etheria! You know I'm good for it." with a foxy smile.
"Just because your mother has money, it doesn't mean that you do.".
Very contritely, he continues, "I am very sorry about the counterfeited gold coins. I had no idea those goblin traders would be so untrustworthy. I'll have it back to you at the end of the week. Besides, he is paying" pointing at Oox.
"I want my gold, Yuri. I don't care if the metal it was melted with is previously unknown. You still owe me 300 gold. And I'm keeping the new metal for testing.".
The wall fades back into the shelves of expensive looking spirits.
A second plate of tofu surfaces to the counter dusted with starch and pepper. Otto's long spatula ended arm deftly slide the next batch onto the grill as the first order is platted and served to Oox. It places a small pot of warmed sake before him and Yuri.
Yuri says, "She is a really good friend of mine... and she can fix anything!".
After pouring sake for you and him in tiny earthen cups, He raises his glass in salute,
Oox raises a glass in return. "Kanpai." As Oox drinks, you all see the sake enter his ooze membrane in the area that would approximate a face. The liquid travels a short distance and then dissipates uniformly throughout the amorphous body. Oox then takes a piece of tofu and absorbs it directly into its pseudopod... the small cube slowly glides toward Oox's center, dissolving like an Alka Seltzer tablet as it goes.
"This food and drink is quite luxurious." Oox takes a small handful of gold pieces from its backpack."Barkeep, what do I owe you?"
Oox drops 2 gold pieces on the bar, presumptively.
"Your friend should be proud of her product," Oox says to Yuri. "Are you in need of assistance in paying your debt? Perhaps there is a way that I, as a vessel of Celestian, might be of service? Or perhaps Tink here could use... Penis, was it... to help as well?"
Oox turns to Tink. "Tell me, Tink, is this Penis your maker, or your god?"
Ooxrecognizes the mummified hand as a symbol of the god Ptah. The temple of Ptah is a well know rival of the College of Celestian. It is the much older of the two religions on the Rock of Bral.
"At times, I say colorful words in an uncontrollable manner. It seems to be an error that manifested after my memory banks were adjusted. I apologize if I make any offense."
"I take no offense, Tink," Oox says. "I am uncertain that I am capable of it. Though the sight of that Hand of Ptah raises a distant concern in me... perhaps my progenitor of a generation or two past had negative experience."
Oox notices the mummified hand symbol and turns to Yuri, "What is the meaning of this? Are you and your business acquaintance in cahoots with worshippers of Ptah?"
Oox flings a pseudopod toward the illusory wall of liquor and waves it around. "Elf, have you been sent to test me? Is this a challenge from Celestian or from Ptah!?"
Oox oozes up onto the bar and reconstitutes. "It is as I feared! This wicked place stands to challenge my righteous path!"
Otto is unphased and expressionless, if expression where possible.
Yuri attempts to defuse, "Oox, the Temple of Ptah is right across Temple Square from Pantheistic College of Celestian!. They are rivals as they both have gods look after those who wander and travel. And both produce excellent Spelljamming pilots, but they are not enemies... at least not openly".
Oox grabs the map from earlier and unfolds it, pointing to two separate buildings. Temple District
70. Temple of Ptah
79. Pantheistic College of Celestian
"Here on Bral, we have a saying, 'check your vendettas at the docks'. We all have a truce. It is neutral ground. Violence is bad for business, and what is bad for business is bad for Bral. Even the Mind Flayers and Beholders mind the truce, at least on the surface to keep access to the markets. But the Underdark is a whole other story....".
Yuri leans into whispering overly loud to you two, "Hey, let's get out of here. Maybe you can help me out... we can help each other out!".
“Oox, this Yuri seems to be an untrustworthy character. I would not like him in my family. However, if you are willing, I will accompany you both as I search for family.”
The silver double doors open before you as you enter.
A metal humanoid with many appendages stands behind a semicircle counter with stools in front. On its chest in red letters it reads, "OTTO MK2"
Pleasant easy listening music emanates from the walls that are lined with back lit windows. In the windows you can all manor of adventuring gear, household items, and tools. What is on display shifts every 45 seconds.
Yuri shouts,
"Sake and fried tofu, please".
Oox turns to Tink, "Oh, hello. Of course you may join us. I didn't attend well to your presence in my voracious desire to be closer to Celestian." Oox extends a pseudopod and points toward the departing Yuri. "Tell me, Tink, have you heard the good word of Celestian?"
Perception: 5 (oof)
Upon entering, Oox sits at the counter with Yuri. "Please make that two sake and fried tofu, barkeep."
Oox turns to Tink, "Don't be shy. The big city waits for no one."
Oox turns to OTTO MK2, "Have you, perhaps, seen a missing cat that looks like this?" Oox then shapes itself into a rough approximation of the cat on the poster.
“I do not remember if I have met this Celestian. I know I have journeyed far, but the details are no longer part of my data banks. Thank you for inviting me. Does this mean we are family now?”
”I do not need food as nourishment but I will join you just the same.”
“Also, according to my database the cat you describe resembles what is known as a displaced beast. They can be quite dangerous and fiercely loyal.”
“Penis”
Tink, please make either a Perception Check or an Investigation check.
If you are on a computer, click on dice icon in the formatting bar (black square with 3 diagonal dots). Where it says "Add to result" put your skill modifier to the roll, so if it is +3, enter 3. It will drop a bit of code inline that will roll the result when you post. If you are on mobile, I'd roll in the DnDBeyond app. Formatting is hard on mobile.
"Penis"
As you sit, the stools adjust to your height. Two of Otto's many arms polish a glass with a cloth mostly for show as the glass, like everything else in the shop, is meticulously clean, polished, and new.
Otto says, "I have not seen it. Have you displaced your cat?".
"One order of sake and fried tofu coming up". It turns to Yuri as a set of arms with finger like digits enters some command into an interface behind the bar. "Yuri, you are not allowed on the premise. Please exit of your own accord while you are still able".
A panel opens on counter top and little cubes of tofu rise the surface as flat top grill descends from the ceiling.
Investigation: 8
Tink notices that under Yuri's trench coat, he has two tails.
Also, that back wall showing a display of fine liquors in ornate bottles, is probably an illusion.
The wall of liquor fades to show a translucent magical wall. Tools hang from hooks and sit on shelves against the walls all the way back in to a long work shop. Half finished projects cover all counter space running under the shelves. At the threshold, an elf with an iridescent skin moves slightly and the light shifts in colors. She has a tool belt around her hips and a wide silver chain around her neck. On it is a pendant that looks like a miniature hand that was wrapped in bandages then mummified.
"Yuri, you owe me 300 gold".
He retorts, "Etheria! You know I'm good for it." with a foxy smile.
"Just because your mother has money, it doesn't mean that you do.".
Very contritely, he continues, "I am very sorry about the counterfeited gold coins. I had no idea those goblin traders would be so untrustworthy. I'll have it back to you at the end of the week. Besides, he is paying" pointing at Oox.
"I want my gold, Yuri. I don't care if the metal it was melted with is previously unknown. You still owe me 300 gold. And I'm keeping the new metal for testing.".
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The wall fades back into the shelves of expensive looking spirits.
A second plate of tofu surfaces to the counter dusted with starch and pepper. Otto's long spatula ended arm deftly slide the next batch onto the grill as the first order is platted and served to Oox. It places a small pot of warmed sake before him and Yuri.
Yuri says, "She is a really good friend of mine... and she can fix anything!".
After pouring sake for you and him in tiny earthen cups, He raises his glass in salute,
"Kanpai".
Oox raises a glass in return. "Kanpai." As Oox drinks, you all see the sake enter his ooze membrane in the area that would approximate a face. The liquid travels a short distance and then dissipates uniformly throughout the amorphous body. Oox then takes a piece of tofu and absorbs it directly into its pseudopod... the small cube slowly glides toward Oox's center, dissolving like an Alka Seltzer tablet as it goes.
"This food and drink is quite luxurious." Oox takes a small handful of gold pieces from its backpack. "Barkeep, what do I owe you?"
Oox drops 2 gold pieces on the bar, presumptively.
"Your friend should be proud of her product," Oox says to Yuri. "Are you in need of assistance in paying your debt? Perhaps there is a way that I, as a vessel of Celestian, might be of service? Or perhaps Tink here could use... Penis, was it... to help as well?"
Oox turns to Tink. "Tell me, Tink, is this Penis your maker, or your god?"
Please make a Knowledge Religion check.
Religion: 13
Oox recognizes the mummified hand as a symbol of the god Ptah. The temple of Ptah is a well know rival of the College of Celestian. It is the much older of the two religions on the Rock of Bral.
"Not my god, no. Data suggests the idea of a primary being unlikely. As for what I said, it's a bit embarrassing."
"Mother****er."
"At times, I say colorful words in an uncontrollable manner. It seems to be an error that manifested after my memory banks were adjusted. I apologize if I make any offense."
"********er."
"I take no offense, Tink," Oox says. "I am uncertain that I am capable of it. Though the sight of that Hand of Ptah raises a distant concern in me... perhaps my progenitor of a generation or two past had negative experience."
Oox notices the mummified hand symbol and turns to Yuri, "What is the meaning of this? Are you and your business acquaintance in cahoots with worshippers of Ptah?"
Oox flings a pseudopod toward the illusory wall of liquor and waves it around. "Elf, have you been sent to test me? Is this a challenge from Celestian or from Ptah!?"
Oox oozes up onto the bar and reconstitutes. "It is as I feared! This wicked place stands to challenge my righteous path!"
Bits of tofu go flying.
Otto is unphased and expressionless, if expression where possible.
Yuri attempts to defuse, "Oox, the Temple of Ptah is right across Temple Square from Pantheistic College of Celestian!. They are rivals as they both have gods look after those who wander and travel. And both produce excellent Spelljamming pilots, but they are not enemies... at least not openly".
Oox grabs the map from earlier and unfolds it, pointing to two separate buildings.
Temple District
70. Temple of Ptah
79. Pantheistic College of Celestian
"Here on Bral, we have a saying, 'check your vendettas at the docks'. We all have a truce. It is neutral ground. Violence is bad for business, and what is bad for business is bad for Bral. Even the Mind Flayers and Beholders mind the truce, at least on the surface to keep access to the markets. But the Underdark is a whole other story....".
Yuri leans into whispering overly loud to you two, "Hey, let's get out of here. Maybe you can help me out... we can help each other out!".
“Oox, this Yuri seems to be an untrustworthy character. I would not like him in my family. However, if you are willing, I will accompany you both as I search for family.”
”*** dumpster”