Rees gives Alten a confused look. He's never asked her opinion on this sort of thing before, so it seems strange to have him deferring to her now. "Wherever seems safest, I suppose. The most defensible without locking us in a corner? You know, like usual."
(I can't get the map to open at work, so I'm not sure which room number is best, sorry...)
Corkie chimes in, “Perhaps the room where we found the dragon? It had two entrances and no giant hole in the ground from which who knows what evil may arise.”
that sounds like a plan, grom will usher everyone back to the room.. "This way everyone lets get settled in, and get some rest we could all use it" he will light a fire and offer a sip from his flask that should be getting low i assume now lol **he will alarm both doors to the room**
if we are pairing up for watches he would try and get paired with rees if she doesnt volunteer to watch with someone else
Rees will happily take watch with Grom, partially because she'd rather explain to just him while everyone else is sleeping and partially because she doesn't want to be paired with Talien and have him ask more questions about what she's feeling.
You make your way back to the Trophy Room [#37] and secure the doors -- Grom sets his magical silent alarms and Talien sets up his bells. You have a few hours before the first watch begins which you spend eating, drinking, and tending to your equipment. The room remains relatively quiet as you all go about your individual business avoiding any confrontation for the moment.
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Grom will walk around the room again and try to just check everything out again.. as well as checking the doors. perception check :8
He will light up a pipe.. take a few long tokes, look around make sure all the others are asleep. he will walk to the other side of the room away from Talien and motion for Rees to come over. "Sooooo about today....."
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Rees will follow Grom and sit, rubbing the back of her neck. "Right. Yeah. So... you probably have some questions about that. Chatra...that was a surprise, huh?"
And to avoid looking at him, she'll take another look around the room. Perception: 17
Edit: CLEARLY Rees is very distracted by this conversation lol
Grom will reach out and put a hand on her shoulder sensing her nervous nature... "hey calm down, im not going to tell anyone and actually i could care less.. you have proved yourself as an ally and im not going to judge you. we all have skeletons in the closest and have a past.. but none of that matters now." "yea right... the nine hells was that i mean i seriously didnt see that coming with him.. that was a total back stab litterly.." as grom rubs the back of his head...
"I'm not a doppelganger," she says, looking over at him. "But...I'm not human either. Don't freak out, okay? I'm...a changeling. Arxius knows, obviously, and some people where I'm from, but I tend to keep that information secret because, well, people get a bit murderous when they find out. I was getting comfortable, figured this group probably wouldn't mind and that's why I showed you, but then Chatra... and then the dragon and Alten's been weird all day and Talien...I can't figure out if he'd be fine with it or try to rip my face off. He's a hard one to predict. And I know nothing of Trick or Corkie, but I imagine she at least would not be a fan seeing as how she's been replaced in town... It got so complicated so fast. I'm telling you now because-" she laughs dryly "-because what choice do I have? But also because I guess it's sort of a test run. So... how ya doing?"
"I'm not a doppelganger," she says, looking over at him. "But...I'm not human either. Don't freak out, okay? I'm...a changeling. Arxius knows, obviously, and some people where I'm from, but I tend to keep that information secret because, well, people get a bit murderous when they find out. I was getting comfortable, figured this group probably wouldn't mind and that's why I showed you, but then Chatra... and then the dragon and Alten's been weird all day and Talien...I can't figure out if he'd be fine with it or try to rip my face off. He's a hard one to predict. And I know nothing of Trick or Corkie, but I imagine she at least would not be a fan seeing as how she's been replaced in town... It got so complicated so fast. I'm telling you now because-" she laughs dryly "-because what choice do I have? But also because I guess it's sort of a test run. So... how ya doing?"
"Trust me pretty lil lady im the least of your worries here" "After you have been alive for a Century you kinda get used to weird shit happening and i have read books about changelings before but i have never meet one in person.. So this is a treat.. i have questions... But for the sake of not being Talien i will with hold those for later" "I agree and i wouldnt really tell anyone else untill later this is all alot for most of us. especially with Corkie still having a copy out there and what not lets take care of this and get thru this ordeal and then we will deal with our personal demons" Grom will take another toke of his pipe and offer it to Rees "this might help calm your nerves" and with Alten i wouldnt worry too much about him.. i have been around those ultra religous types before they can be extra moody and they often have internal struggles.. im sure like most of us he is dealing with his own problems."
"So you and Arxius have been together for awhile huh?"
Rees visibly relaxes when Grom doesn't seem to mind her admission. "You can ask whatever you'd like," she says, taking the pipe and trying it. She coughs and hands it back, shaking her head. "The difference between you and Talien is that you understand a bit more than he does. He's sort of childlike, which is an interesting contrast to the giant warrior thing. But hey, who am I to judge a person for being contradictory, right?" She smiles softly. "Yeah...we've been together for a while now. She saved my life."
I rolled to see whether or not Rees would have smoked a pipe before...got a 7 so apparently not :)
Rees visibly relaxes when Grom doesn't seem to mind her admission. "You can ask whatever you'd like," she says, taking the pipe and trying it. She coughs and hands it back, shaking her head. "The difference between you and Talien is that you understand a bit more than he does. He's sort of childlike, which is an interesting contrast to the giant warrior thing. But hey, who am I to judge a person for being contradictory, right?" She smiles softly. "Yeah...we've been together for a while now. She saved my life."
I rolled to see whether or not Rees would have smoked a pipe before...got a 7 so apparently not :)
History check: 14
"The thing with Religions people that you have to remember is they teach you how to feel.. your taught to believe this and that.. and when you get out into the real world and find out life isnt black and white... well its a shock to the system" "Alten will be okay.. Talien on the other hand lol he is a Weird thing.. i dont really know how to go about him yet."
Rees visibly relaxes when Grom doesn't seem to mind her admission. "You can ask whatever you'd like," she says, taking the pipe and trying it. She coughs and hands it back, shaking her head. "The difference between you and Talien is that you understand a bit more than he does. He's sort of childlike, which is an interesting contrast to the giant warrior thing. But hey, who am I to judge a person for being contradictory, right?" She smiles softly. "Yeah...we've been together for a while now. She saved my life."
I rolled to see whether or not Rees would have smoked a pipe before...got a 7 so apparently not :)
History check: 14
"The thing with Religions people that you have to remember is they teach you how to feel.. your taught to believe this and that.. and when you get out into the real world and find out life isnt black and white... well its a shock to the system" "Alten will be okay.. Talien on the other hand lol he is a Weird thing.. i dont really know how to go about him yet."
Where you trying to recall something specific with the history check?
Rees visibly relaxes when Grom doesn't seem to mind her admission. "You can ask whatever you'd like," she says, taking the pipe and trying it. She coughs and hands it back, shaking her head. "The difference between you and Talien is that you understand a bit more than he does. He's sort of childlike, which is an interesting contrast to the giant warrior thing. But hey, who am I to judge a person for being contradictory, right?" She smiles softly. "Yeah...we've been together for a while now. She saved my life."
I rolled to see whether or not Rees would have smoked a pipe before...got a 7 so apparently not :)
History check: 14
"The thing with Religions people that you have to remember is they teach you how to feel.. your taught to believe this and that.. and when you get out into the real world and find out life isnt black and white... well its a shock to the system" "Alten will be okay.. Talien on the other hand lol he is a Weird thing.. i dont really know how to go about him yet."
Where you trying to recall something specific with the history check?
just to see how much he would/wouldnt know about religon if it was low i wasnt gonna say much, with a 14 i thought it was acceptable
"I suppose... but I have to admit, it seems like the religion should do a better job preparing its followers for the real world. Things are rarely black and white. Seems like Torm should maybe have told him that. The Traveler certainly never made it seem like things would be easy or simple all the time -- honestly, that seems a little boring."She shrugs, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees. "I think Talien has a good heart, he's just a bit behind on how the world works, too. In a different way than Alten, though. They'll figure it out." She pats Grom's arm as if she's reassuring him instead of the other way around, mostly because it makes her feel better to do so. "Enough about them -- if you want to ask me something, now's the time. So, what do you want to know?"
"I suppose... but I have to admit, it seems like the religion should do a better job preparing its followers for the real world. Things are rarely black and white. Seems like Torm should maybe have told him that. The Traveler certainly never made it seem like things would be easy or simple all the time -- honestly, that seems a little boring."She shrugs, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees. "I think Talien has a good heart, he's just a bit behind on how the world works, too. In a different way than Alten, though. They'll figure it out." She pats Grom's arm as if she's reassuring him instead of the other way around, mostly because it makes her feel better to do so. "Enough about them -- if you want to ask me something, now's the time. So, what do you want to know?"
Grom strokes his beard.. ponders things for a min. you can visually see he is really torn what to ask. "soo its just a natural thing that you can just change your appearance" "is it just the face? is it all physical.. like everything changes?"
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"It's natural. This isn't my true face, just the one I'm most comfortable with. And yeah, it's everything. I spent nearly a year when I left the orphanage going about as a boy -- just felt safer. I can change everything about myself, height, weight, hair, gender, and it would appear normal."She'll glance around to make sure everyone else is truly asleep (Perception: 21 ) And since it seems safe, she'll go ahead and change her appearance, keeping the weight about the same so her clothes will still fit, but otherwise changing to look like Alten.
"It's natural. This isn't my true face, just the one I'm most comfortable with. And yeah, it's everything. I spent nearly a year when I left the orphanage going about as a boy -- just felt safer. I can change everything about myself, height, weight, hair, gender, and it would appear normal."She'll glance around to make sure everyone else is truly asleep (Perception: 21 ) And since it seems safe, she'll go ahead and change her appearance, keeping the weight about the same so her clothes will still fit, but otherwise changing to look like Alten.
She laughs, her voice far deeper now. Holding out her arm to him, she nods. "Go ahead, you can feel it's not an illusion. You're familiar with magic, you've probably seen how people who know spells can disguise themselves. I worked with one who could back in the city, but it failed if someone tried to touch them because the illusion had no weight, no substance. This is different."
Hey Arxius, Rees, where are we bedding down for the night?
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Rees gives Alten a confused look. He's never asked her opinion on this sort of thing before, so it seems strange to have him deferring to her now. "Wherever seems safest, I suppose. The most defensible without locking us in a corner? You know, like usual."
(I can't get the map to open at work, so I'm not sure which room number is best, sorry...)
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Corkie chimes in, “Perhaps the room where we found the dragon? It had two entrances and no giant hole in the ground from which who knows what evil may arise.”
that sounds like a plan, grom will usher everyone back to the room.. "This way everyone lets get settled in, and get some rest we could all use it"
he will light a fire and offer a sip from his flask that should be getting low i assume now lol
**he will alarm both doors to the room**
if we are pairing up for watches he would try and get paired with rees if she doesnt volunteer to watch with someone else
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Rees will happily take watch with Grom, partially because she'd rather explain to just him while everyone else is sleeping and partially because she doesn't want to be paired with Talien and have him ask more questions about what she's feeling.
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You make your way back to the Trophy Room [#37] and secure the doors -- Grom sets his magical silent alarms and Talien sets up his bells. You have a few hours before the first watch begins which you spend eating, drinking, and tending to your equipment. The room remains relatively quiet as you all go about your individual business avoiding any confrontation for the moment.
Watch Order:
Rees & Grom
Arxius & Meepo
Trick & Corkie
Talien & Alten
....Rees & Grom please make perception checks and RP anything you would like to discuss.
Grom will walk around the room again and try to just check everything out again.. as well as checking the doors.
perception check :8
He will light up a pipe.. take a few long tokes, look around make sure all the others are asleep. he will walk to the other side of the room away from Talien and motion for Rees to come over. "Sooooo about today....."
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Rees will follow Grom and sit, rubbing the back of her neck. "Right. Yeah. So... you probably have some questions about that. Chatra...that was a surprise, huh?"
And to avoid looking at him, she'll take another look around the room. Perception: 17
Edit: CLEARLY Rees is very distracted by this conversation lol
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Grom will reach out and put a hand on her shoulder sensing her nervous nature...
"hey calm down, im not going to tell anyone and actually i could care less.. you have proved yourself as an ally and im not going to judge you. we all have skeletons in the closest and have a past.. but none of that matters now." "yea right... the nine hells was that i mean i seriously didnt see that coming with him.. that was a total back stab litterly.." as grom rubs the back of his head...
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"I'm not a doppelganger," she says, looking over at him. "But...I'm not human either. Don't freak out, okay? I'm...a changeling. Arxius knows, obviously, and some people where I'm from, but I tend to keep that information secret because, well, people get a bit murderous when they find out. I was getting comfortable, figured this group probably wouldn't mind and that's why I showed you, but then Chatra... and then the dragon and Alten's been weird all day and Talien...I can't figure out if he'd be fine with it or try to rip my face off. He's a hard one to predict. And I know nothing of Trick or Corkie, but I imagine she at least would not be a fan seeing as how she's been replaced in town... It got so complicated so fast. I'm telling you now because-" she laughs dryly "-because what choice do I have? But also because I guess it's sort of a test run. So... how ya doing?"
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"Trust me pretty lil lady im the least of your worries here" "After you have been alive for a Century you kinda get used to weird shit happening and i have read books about changelings before but i have never meet one in person.. So this is a treat.. i have questions... But for the sake of not being Talien i will with hold those for later" "I agree and i wouldnt really tell anyone else untill later this is all alot for most of us. especially with Corkie still having a copy out there and what not lets take care of this and get thru this ordeal and then we will deal with our personal demons"
Grom will take another toke of his pipe and offer it to Rees
"this might help calm your nerves" and with Alten i wouldnt worry too much about him.. i have been around those ultra religous types before they can be extra moody and they often have internal struggles.. im sure like most of us he is dealing with his own problems."
"So you and Arxius have been together for awhile huh?"
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Rees visibly relaxes when Grom doesn't seem to mind her admission. "You can ask whatever you'd like," she says, taking the pipe and trying it. She coughs and hands it back, shaking her head. "The difference between you and Talien is that you understand a bit more than he does. He's sort of childlike, which is an interesting contrast to the giant warrior thing. But hey, who am I to judge a person for being contradictory, right?" She smiles softly. "Yeah...we've been together for a while now. She saved my life."
I rolled to see whether or not Rees would have smoked a pipe before...got a 7 so apparently not :)
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History check: 14
"The thing with Religions people that you have to remember is they teach you how to feel.. your taught to believe this and that.. and when you get out into the real world and find out life isnt black and white... well its a shock to the system" "Alten will be okay.. Talien on the other hand lol he is a Weird thing.. i dont really know how to go about him yet."
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Where you trying to recall something specific with the history check?
just to see how much he would/wouldnt know about religon if it was low i wasnt gonna say much, with a 14 i thought it was acceptable
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"I suppose... but I have to admit, it seems like the religion should do a better job preparing its followers for the real world. Things are rarely black and white. Seems like Torm should maybe have told him that. The Traveler certainly never made it seem like things would be easy or simple all the time -- honestly, that seems a little boring." She shrugs, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees. "I think Talien has a good heart, he's just a bit behind on how the world works, too. In a different way than Alten, though. They'll figure it out." She pats Grom's arm as if she's reassuring him instead of the other way around, mostly because it makes her feel better to do so. "Enough about them -- if you want to ask me something, now's the time. So, what do you want to know?"
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Grom strokes his beard.. ponders things for a min. you can visually see he is really torn what to ask.
"soo its just a natural thing that you can just change your appearance" "is it just the face? is it all physical.. like everything changes?"
Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal
"It's natural. This isn't my true face, just the one I'm most comfortable with. And yeah, it's everything. I spent nearly a year when I left the orphanage going about as a boy -- just felt safer. I can change everything about myself, height, weight, hair, gender, and it would appear normal." She'll glance around to make sure everyone else is truly asleep (Perception: 21 ) And since it seems safe, she'll go ahead and change her appearance, keeping the weight about the same so her clothes will still fit, but otherwise changing to look like Alten.
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Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal
She laughs, her voice far deeper now. Holding out her arm to him, she nods. "Go ahead, you can feel it's not an illusion. You're familiar with magic, you've probably seen how people who know spells can disguise themselves. I worked with one who could back in the city, but it failed if someone tried to touch them because the illusion had no weight, no substance. This is different."
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot