Masters of Eothia 1-20

"You're beauty, of course, m'lady Cora-san!"

Cora snorted, smiled ever so slightly, and rolled her eyes. She softened a bit, and put her hand on her shoulder, appreciating the compliment.

The scratch marks, even with a Nat one are easily identifiable as drag marks made from the barrells.

What Yasei didn't notice as she complimented Crispy was the open trap door behind her.

A brief tumble left her with 5 damage- but her grace was probably more injured.

Area 5: Five barrels of ale sit along the Eastern and Southern walls of this small cellar, each full of a dark, heavily hoppy ale. More scratch marks pepper the rock floor.

Seeing and smelling the ale brings back fond memories of Crispy’s Chubby friend. As you reminiss, you feel a cool breeze draft from a... crack in the Western wall?? You find a secret passage way which leads to area 9!

Standing back up and dusting herself off, Yasei is a little embarrassed to say the least!  She peers around the barrels, looking for anything of interest (Perception: 4), and still is pretty oblivious to what's going on around her, apparently.  So, she'll walk down that hidden passageway to area 9!

While still rummaging through stuff "Well no I don't currently have a home, I don't think I can go back to the city where my home was. Where's your home, Cora?" stopping to ponder a little "I don't know why I steal but it's fun and I'm going to be the best at it. I'm also the champion at the the guild."

”Champion of what, trash collecting?”

"Well when I was young my master and I would steal water and when I was alone I'd steal water and stuff to make money to keep my house. Usually I steal stuff to survive or stuff for my friends." Glancing towards pack mule Yasei.

“They have this wonderful invention back home called MONEY. Maybe you’ve heard of it?” She says with a much sarcasm as possible.

Dropping what she's doing and rising to her full height Rosli will finally turn to face Cora "What do YOU think we're doing here... We came here on a job for YOU... We ended up saving YOU..." Hands starting to tremble and tail darting around wildly Rosli will start walking towards Cora "I came because YOU, YOU said we were FAMILY and this is what FAMILY does. I've never stolen from anyone who needed it and I always try and help those in need." Poking Cora in the shoulder/breast area a few time (Looking Rosli in the face it become obvious she's holding back tears) "I didn't ask for any of this I was fine running my masters shack as a temple in his absence. People need hope now a days, I only stole water for myself and the people who came to worship. I was dragged into this by Sledge and I lost everything because of it... I can't go back home." Turning to walk away she will pull her hood over her head and scarf over the lower half of her face muttering "And I'm not a stupid CAT I'm a Tabaxi named Rosli."

Rosli will go downstairs to explore there alone.

While the cat was poking her and trying not to cry, Crispy tuned out a bit. She couldnt’t help but think about Chubby when seeing the ale.

Chubby. 

Her heart sank as she remembered him and drifted off to another place, another time. A time when life was less complicated, with high adventure, with laughter, friendship, and ale. She tried to remember the last time she saw him, but it had been so long ago. 

When she snapped back to the present, the cat was gone and Crispy was once again alone in the room.

Getting to the bottom of the stairs Rosli will take a few minutes to calm herself before continuing on "What would master do in this situation. He always said that eventually the hangover will pass."

OOC: Rosli will search area 12 then 11 for traps, goods and money before carrying onto area 9. She will take her time in searching to buy herself more time away from Cora to calm down.

12 Perception

Yasei, scoldingly towards Cora: "My father once told me...'To find a retainer with a loyal heart one need look no further than the house of a warrior who is faithful to his parents. A warrior should remain devoted to his parents from the depths of his soul, or else after they have passed away he will be filled with regret for what he should have done.'  Take this to heart, Cora-san, before you fail to realize once again that those of us here, are here for YOU."

Crispy remained quiet for a moment listening to Yasei, looked blankly.

"I thought about him again, Yasei." she said softly. "Chubby. It's been so long. I can still feel the pain. But..the memories are leaving me. I can feel it. But..you're here. Maybe. This place? He will be here to? Where in the Planes are we..."

[Nice RP everyone, take a point of inspiration! Will Rosli take a swig of the ale?]

The secret door Crispy found leads thru to area 9. Room12 is locked, but a keyhole is evident. As Rosli pushes the door open to area 12, Yasei and Dani trail not too far behind.

Rosli pushes the heavy old wooden door open with a creeeee.. A number of tables with charcoal and ink are scattered around this dimly lit room. Numerous piles of parchment and maps are thrown across the tables with floor plans of The Guild, maps of hunting zones, travel paths and times noted down the side, and an accurate list of the bounty board monsters. It’s a safe bet it was someone from here who has been tracking Cora. Additionally, there is a list numbered 1-10. It looks like this:

1. ??? 2. Spider Sting Dagger 3. ??? 4. Decanter of Endless Water. 5. ??? 6. ??? 7. ??? 8.Onyx Eye 9. ??? 10. Coffin of death.

As Rosli pushes her way in to this room and looks around at all these plans, even your felime reflexes aren’t quick enough to avoid the incoming ambush!

Attack: Attack: 9 Damage: 13

A blade narrowly shaves off a few whiskers, millimetres from your nose, followed by a dull -thud- then a hissing whoosh sound as smoke fills the area you’re standing in which is now heavily obscured! Attacks are made at disadvantage.

Everyone is up!

"A trap!" Danica exclaimed, somewhat redundantly.

Initiative: 5

Danica closed her eyes and attempted to detect the direction of the attacker.

Perception: 12

Attacker stealth: 21

The silent footfalls are well trained...

Yasei's initiative: 4

OH FFS.....Again?!

22 Iniative

Rosli will get back to back with Yasei and try to sense where the assailants are in order to "help" Yasei.

14 Perception (ignore this roll, Help and Perception are both actions... not sure why I thought help was a bonus for me)

“What the...****!?” Crispy barked in surprise, drawing her blades. Her eyes narrowed, scanning the room. A hidden atttacker! 

Initiative: 18

Using “Eye for Detail” bonus action to see if I can spot it.

Perception: 25

Cmonnnn...