Craben leaves The Thundering Lizard and dashes across the Red Bazaar under the extraordinarily heavy rain. He manages to only get drenched in his fording of the market, meanwhile many wares and drinks are thrust in his face as he passes through. It is still quite shocking how these Chultans do not even mind this amount of rain at all! Eventually, he finds himself at the door of the Kaya's House of Repose. Two huge Chultans stand, barring the way, virtually motionless as the minuscule droplets of water splash upon their faces. They both look you over and eventually bring their spear-like-weapons away from the doors, granting you entrance. As you do so it is almost like you've stepped into a wonderland. Immediately you find virtually all of your cold and wet clothes taken off by servants as a Chultan man dressed in a tuxedo bows deeply. "Why hello there good sir. I am Rindawan Sahandi, but you can just call me your maitre'd. Come in come in! You must be freezing from the rain outside. Come we shall set you up with a nice bubble bath... So how long will you be staying with us?" As you look around you see that this place is of direct contrast to The Thundering Lizard, here the wallpaper perfectly complements the floor and ceiling, and pleasant music can be heard coming down from the level above through a half-spiral staircase placed in the center of the room. Meanwhile a notice board sits in the back of this area, along with several patrons relaxing in front of a fireplace with gowns and an information/host desk of some kind. There's even a small area with many tropical juices and dark wooden cups beside them. The juice containers seem to have some kind of valve on them so that pressing on the valve will release it allowing for juice to flow. Truly, this place is indeed a house of repose.
Meanwhile, I would like for MightyLemur to narrate Gwen and her bar fight escapades. As well as for RangerBob to narrate exactly what Yosben sees in the dinosaur fights. He would make it for several fights (four), with each round bigger and better than the last. For a list of dinosaurs available here you go (feel free to google-fu for pictures and descriptions): Ankylosaurus, Triceratops, Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, Deinonychus, Hadrosaurus, Velociraptor. For the final round, you gain access to using the following monster: Young T-Rex. Do not do the fourth round, simply choose the competitors. These two scenes should be around two hours long, ending at 1830 hours.
First of all, Gwen decides to ask about where she could find any good fights, ignoring the mischievous smiles on their faces, because she was quite drunk. They soon find her the largest man she has ever seen. They all ended up very surprised after the fight, for Gwen lasted longer than just about anyone else against the man, but still took a huge blow to the face, falling unconscious for a few hours.
She woke up, was told by someone at the fight earlier that she had broke her nose, but it had been tended to by... she doesn't know who, nor does anyone else. She hopes it wasn't Craben. Or Yosben. If it was Yosben, it may be a prank. She wants to fight again, but a very strangely dressed woman tells her not to, that she will hurt much more during and after the next than it did during the last one.
She believes this may be the person who healed her wounds, feeling both relieved and unsettled. She decides to just get something to eat and drink, but as she does so, the woman says she already ordered food for the both of them. They sit down at a table, and the woman introduces herself as Azulia, but not much else. No one else seems to know much about her, and they do seem slightly unsettled around her. They have a quick talk, and Azulia abruptly stands up and leaves, leaving Gwen alone until Yosben returns.
Craben is truly blown away by the difference. He’ll ask “How much for one night?” Craben will then ask “Where can I sign up for Hadrien's Alternative Running Program Eats Real Swell?”
Yoeben dashes the short(ish) distance between The Thundering Lizard and the colliseum, he arrives panting. The arena is still somewhat crowded despite the rain, some makeshift tents are put up around the stands. As Yosben enters, he watches as one collapses, drenching the inhabitants below. They come out from under the canvas and attempt to stand it up again, it falls again before long, they give up and set it on the floor. It is relatively easy to find a seat, the arena is large and not completely packed. He takes a seat at the front, as you walk in, a man says something to you in what you believe is chultan. Yosben, waves at him, unsure of how to reply, and looks out into the stands. A second later, the same man who said something to you earlier says: "Looking for a good fight little man? Tonight's gonna be a good one!".
Before Yosben can reply, the crowd begins to roar as two portcilluses open, one side revealing a lizard with a large crest going along it's back (dimetrodon), the other revealing another large lizard with a large bony plate around it's head (triceratops). The dimetrodon, crazed at the sight of something to kill and eat, slinks twoards the triceratops, mouth open wide and hissing. The triceratops, spooked by the sight of the carnivore, lowers it's head and charges. The dimetrodon jumps out of the way of the triceratops and snaps at it's tail and misses. The triceratops turns around slowly, giving the dimetrodon time to pounce onto it's back and tears at the skin on the back of it's neck. The crowd roars at the sight of gore and violence. The triceratops bellows in pain and proceeds to roll over onto it's back then scrambles back onto it's feet, removing the dimetrodon from it's back. The crowd begins to roar with laughter, one of the men behind Yosben claps him on the back, doubling over with laughter. As the dimetrodon scrabbels back onto its feet, it is met by the bony plate and horns of the triceratops as it's gored by its horn and pinned to the wall. The attack was devestating, the dimetrodon falls limp to the floor, clearly dead. The crowd roars even louder than before, money is exchanged for bets, the crowd goes wild!
The two dinosuars are cleared from the arena, two more are brought out, one of them has a bird-like beak (hadrosaurus) , the other, a small, slender lizard with skinny arms and legs (velociraptor). The velociraptor immediately charges at the hadrosaurus. It appears spooked by the velociraptor, it turns around to run back to where it came from, the palisade clangs shut before it. It turns around and cowers at the sight of the ferocious pretador. The crowd boos and jeers at it, a couple throwing food and bottles and anything else worth throwing at it. The thing is a pretty miserable, sad sight. The velociraptor dashes up to the hadrosaurus, and rips at the flesh of the dying animal below it. The crowd is not very happy at this fight, quick and not very fun to watch. There is a short half hour intermission between this fight and the next. A vendor selling tej comes by and hands a bottle to Yosben, not even asking him to pay.
The next fight consists of a large dinosuar with a bony hide covered in blunt spikes (ankylosaurus), and a pack of five small lizards with bird like feet (deinonychuses). The five small pretadors charge up twoards the ankylosuarus, spreading out to attempt to surround and subdue it. Crazed by hunger, the pack does not move in sync, one reaches the anklysuarus before the other. The ankylosaurus proceeds to swat at the deinonychus with its tail, the deinonychus's neck snaps as it hits the ground after a short flight through the air. The next one that arrives recieves the same fate as the first. The other three arrive at the ankylosaurus at the same time one arrives at the front, the ankylasuarus bashes it with its bony head. the other two jump onto it's back, as have all of the other pretadors. The ankylasuarus snaps at one of the deinonychuses with its mouth, the deinonychus is caught by suprise as it is snatched from the ankylosuarus's back and slammed onto the ground, also dead. The ankylasuarus spins in a quick circle, throwing off the deinonychus off of it's back and proceeds to stomp on it, killing the final one. The crowd is going crazy, this one was a very entertaining fight, money is being exchanged, pats on the back given, and loud cheers abound!
The final match up consists of two very similar looking animals, both look exteemely fearsome and dangerous, but one has longer arms (allosuarus) than the other (t-rex).
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"The hero sought to save the world.
"If I keep trying, I'll be able to win," the hero thought.
But the harder the hero fought, the further the world seemed to tumble away.
Drowning in doubt, the hero could not even save themselves.
Hero, if you still believe in a brighter future, hold in your heart a thorn that can pierce all doubt."
Rindawan Sahandi eagerly pushes Craben along, saying as he does so (in response to both queries): "Do not worry about that now. Come come! You have a bath to partake in. If you only stay for one night, you must get Kaya's full experience!" Craben is pushed up and up the stairs as eventually he finds himself on the second floor without acutally moving himself. He gazes in and he sees the second floor of Kaya's House of Repose is essentially a dining room. Eight square tables with four chairs of satin plush and hardwood surface, topped with a beautiful crystal it allows for both sturdiness and elegance. Three private booths with enough room for six people dot the sides of the room. Each one has a curtain that covers it, and as he gazes inside he sees dim candlelights that exude the sweetest of scents set the atmosphere of these private booths. There's are a couple people who are dining and drinking fine wine, while eating small round shaped balls that are topped with an artisan salad of jungle fruits and vegetables and several exotic looking meats.
Nevertheless, Craben is forced to continue. As he is pushed through several doors at the end of the dining he finds himself in a new steaming bathroom of sorts. Four doors lead out of this communal chamber with stations to wash ones hands as well as lots of soap. Glass panneling accompanies all of the walls in this chamber, while a purple lamp above emnates a soothing aura of light. Craben does not have much time to consider this, either as he finds himself shoved into one of the adjacent rooms. Inside is probably one of the largest baths that he's ever seen (at least, inside of a single private room). Every kind of bathing product that he could ever imagine is there. From "Elminsters Rugged Wizard Beard, For Real Rugged Randos!" to "You've heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of fair in your hair?" a product that seems to be some kind of strange hair dieye with a sleek looking blonde elf on its cover. As Craben is considering this, it is only a second later that he realizes that he is fully naked! The servants seem to have completely stripped him down. He is then carried and placed into the bath without a word in edgewise. The maitre'd then notes: "Good! I shall see you in one hour. Then your meal shall begin!"
So... the servants are now going to force Craben to have the best bath that he's ever had. What exactly does this entail Jac (essentially what exactly do they do and how does he respond, and mind you, this is an hour long bath)?
Yosben at first cannot believe his eyes when the two huge beasts emerge. A couple seconds later he cannot believe his ears when the two beasts collide. It sounds like thunder. Huh, maybe that where the name The Thundering Lizard comes from Yosben thinks for a second before the action really starts to heat up. The allosaurus makes the first real strike at the T-Rex slashing into it with its claws. However, the T-Rex counters with a nasty bite to its neck. This bite was particularly nasty Yosben hears a loud amount cheers around him at the blood being spilled. The allosaurus definitely looks weaker and slower after that bite with its neck couple of attacks completely missing before it finally lands a bite of its own. The entire time Yosben cannot keep his eyes off of the gore and finds himself getting quite into it and cheering loudly with the crowd. The T-Rex continues to wail on the allosaurus smashing it into the wall then with its tail. The allosaurus attempts a new technique against the T-rex it will run in a circle before attacking again with its claws. When it circles around the T-Rex is able to get its own hit in but the allosaurus is also able to get a swipe with its claws in as well. At this point, the entire crowd is on the edge of their seats to see what happens next. It was spectacular. The T-Rex let out the loudest roar imaginable before biting into the allosaurus once again and begins shaking it back and forth. This was the killing blow. The Allosaurus was nothing more than a rag doll in the T-Rex's mouth. The entire crowd explodes in cheers, with some cries from the loser of money. With the final event done the crowd begins to disperse and go home. Yosben cannot wait to return to the Thundering Lizard and tell Gwen of what he witnessed. Unfortunately, she was already passed out when Yosben returned. Unable to go to bed due to all the excitement he stayed up late just remembering the epic fight and wanting to retell it to his friends. Eventually, though the tiny gnome passes out as well into a deep sleep.
"Be careful with my stuff; I have precious books there; and my holy symbol," Craben yells before he is set into the water. Once the matrie'd leave three beautiful women come in and begin to see to Craben. One starts by scrubbing his feet and legs; the other his chest, which has no muscle definition, and the other gets his hair wet before scrubbing some shampoo into his head.
At first, Craben is complaining and fighting back a little. Not used to having someone bath him and wanting to experience the public bathhouse this was not what he wanted. However, all complaints seem to leave his mind when they begin scrubbing his head. For as long as Craben remembers he loved having his head scratched and hair played with. He doesn't know why; it just feels good. Maybe its why dogs like it so much. Anyways they give him a bath for about half an hour. During that time the three women laugh and giggle at whatever Craben says. He suspects that they don't speak common and will laugh at whatever. They only leave when another man enters the room.
He is a tall dark Chultan man with a chiseled chest and far more abs then Craben will ever have along with some kind of tattoo of one of the lizards on his bicep. He tells Craben that he is here to give him his facial and shoulder massage. Craben gets really shy around the man and just nods his head slightly. If Yosben was there he would point out that Craben is blushing and tease him about it. The man simply smiles before putting some sort of green cream made out of some jungle plants on Craben face along with some sort of fruit over his eyes. He then proceeds to rub Craben shoulders; getting all the tension he can out of them. Craben loves it but says nothing to man; too scared to say the wrong thing to him. Just as the massage ends the matrie'd comes back into the room and tells him that it is time to eat.
The Maitre'd returns, a glass of champagne on a silver platter in his hands: "I hope that you enjoyed your bath fair sir. Now come, drink up! We have a wonderful evening planned for you." He then claps his hands as the burly Chultan leaves the room and the many Chultan woman return, giggling as they give you a very fluffy bath-robe to wear and drag you out into the dining room. As you leave you see steam pouring out from several other bathrooms. However, at that point, you find yourself in the dining room, which has almost entirely changed. A stage has been set up at the far end of the room, although nobody is standing on it. In addition, almost all of the tables have been filled by Chultans in exquisite gowns or plush bath-robes. They sit at the tables making conversation with their language of clicks, intonations, and laughter that seems to exist throughout their tongue. With so many here it seems an obvious contrast to The Thundering Lizard with a far more refined atmosphere. His attention is immediately drawn to the maitre'd pulling out a chair for him. "For you my friend! Come, dine with us!" As you plop down into the seat you see a beautifully crafted menu.
Caviar de Minceroot Salad Roasted Allosaurus with a Dancing Monkey Fruit Infusion Snapping Turtle Stew Topped with Giant Shark Fin Triceratops Steak Wag-an with a Side of Lightgrain
Craben having never had anything on this menu before will look at it then at someone else at his table. He’ll try to get there attention and then ask (In Common)
”I’ve never been here before. What do you recommend?”
The man turns around. He is a Chultan whose head constantly swings around in an obvious state of drunkeness. He then spits out with an extraordinarily long slur: "Jusgottagetssssthereallgooooodstufya'know. 'Ere'why'onchahaveeeanicccedrink!" He then sticks a very large bottle partially filled with liquid into Craben's face. "Jussssasip'llllldoya'gooood..."
Craben will Justin politely refuse and then scan the room for anyone else that looks like they may not be from Chult and ask them. If he cannot find anyone he’ll just order the first thing on the menu. He will also mention Hadrien's Alternative Running Program Eats Real Swell again if he sees the maitre’d.
The man continues: "Wushoomeanyouaren’thirssy? *HICCUP*" while it would seem at first like he's being quite hostile (based on my text) he's actually saying this in a far more of a friendly/chummy way.
Craben, still a little on edge because of the drunken man, will just take a little sip of whatever it is he is offering. He rationalize that it’s easier to just agree with the man and do what it is he wants.
The drunkard grins from eye to eye and he then says: "WelllllthenI'lllsseYOU'nroomtwoooOsseeven. Ifffffyouusssscangettakeytha'isssss..." He then immediately gets up and leaves, only to cry out "Craben'llhaaavetha'turtle. N'ssssome'o'thaaaassooggyssssspecial." and just like that he heads down the stairs, swaying as he does so. The maitre'd then says quickly, almost standing at attention as he does so: "Why of course Soggy Wren!" He then goes over to Craben. "An interesting choice sir. The Soggy special is something that can only be undertaken by the most exquisite of drinkers. And I shall have your stew up quite soon." He then gives you a beaming smile and proceeds to head off to a waiter to inform him of the decision. Meanwhile, in a nearby booth there seems to be some kind of lovers quarrel going on, as immediately some servants go over to console them (and this will be continued in my next post, but I'll give a chance for you to respond).
Craben is immediately intrigued about the argument and will try to ease drop. He is however waiting for his food and when it arrives will ask about getting a key to room 207.
Suddenly several waiters immediately run over to the conflict as well. They quickly close the curtain and some kind of conversation can be heard from behind it. It sounds quite muffled, and at first it is heated, but eventually, it devolves into laughter. The waiters then leave, opening the curtain back up, as the quarell has most likely been resolved as the two are kissing each other. Suddenly your focus is interrupted by a waiter who practically dances over towards you. Carrying a bowl atop a silver platter he lays it out in front of you and says: "Enjoy, good sir." As you dig into the stew topped with a ginormous shark fin you cannot help but immediately perk up. This is a fantastic stew! You cannot recall ever having something as full of flavor as this is. So many different flavors exploding in your mouth all at the same time. It is almost indescribable (and yet here I am), the texture, the flavors, the heat, the presentation. All of it is perfect. Then a glass is placed in front of him filled with some kind of alcohol. Curious about he tries it, and as soon as he imbibes the glass he finds it quickly addictive, but managing to fight off the urge to buy the entire bar's stock he manages to resist to simply drinking one of the glasses. As he finishes he feels slightly dizzy, but at the same time more alive, more corageous, like he could sing a concert in front of an entire crowd of gnomes (why he thinks of gnomes he has no idea). Interested in the strange effects of this "Soggy Wren Special" he is carefully considering (in his tipsy state) what exactly this drink does when suddenly the maitre'd shows up and after Craben asks about room 207 he places a note of paper on his table that reads:
Receipt of Kaya Coat Fee -- Two Gold Rain Dry Fee -- Three Gold Happy Host Fee -- One Gold Platinum Bath Experience -- Twenty-Five Gold Hair Product Experience -- Three Gold, Four Silver Bath Girl Fee -- Ten Gold per -- Fourty Gold Gold Massage Fee -- Fifteen Gold Buff Fee -- Five Gold Courteous Service Fee -- Six Gold Snapping Turtle Stew -- Thirty-Seven Gold Soggy Wren Special -- Fifteen Gold Dancing Waiter Fee -- Six Gold Room -- Fourty Gold TOTAL -- One Hundred Ninety-Eight Gold, Four Silver
He then extends his arm in a gesture that expects payment. As he does so, you see several humongous Chultans step out from behind him. "Well good sir. I will be happy to give you your key. All you need to do is pay up!" He smiles that same wide grin from ear to ear.
“Sir, first of all, my coin is in the my possessions which you took while I was being bathed. I don’t have anything on my person in this bathrobe. Secondly you never answered my question about Hadrien's Alternative Running Program Eats Real Swell”
The maitre'd looks at you confused as you say the second part. "I have no idea what you are talking about. Anyway, Multra here shall escort you to your clothes. We don't want anyone dining and dashing now do we?" One of the burly Chultans then approaches you and begins to bring you below the stairs in the direction of a large clothing closet. Shall I continue?
Craben will grab his stuff and pray to Deneir (in the acts of casting guidance) that he can talk his way through this. When he gets to the boss he’ll say
“You know Syndra, a good friend of mine and Wakanga, recommended this place and said you can put it on her tab. So I don’t understand why you keep asking me for money.”
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Craben leaves The Thundering Lizard and dashes across the Red Bazaar under the extraordinarily heavy rain. He manages to only get drenched in his fording of the market, meanwhile many wares and drinks are thrust in his face as he passes through. It is still quite shocking how these Chultans do not even mind this amount of rain at all! Eventually, he finds himself at the door of the Kaya's House of Repose. Two huge Chultans stand, barring the way, virtually motionless as the minuscule droplets of water splash upon their faces. They both look you over and eventually bring their spear-like-weapons away from the doors, granting you entrance. As you do so it is almost like you've stepped into a wonderland. Immediately you find virtually all of your cold and wet clothes taken off by servants as a Chultan man dressed in a tuxedo bows deeply. "Why hello there good sir. I am Rindawan Sahandi, but you can just call me your maitre'd. Come in come in! You must be freezing from the rain outside. Come we shall set you up with a nice bubble bath... So how long will you be staying with us?" As you look around you see that this place is of direct contrast to The Thundering Lizard, here the wallpaper perfectly complements the floor and ceiling, and pleasant music can be heard coming down from the level above through a half-spiral staircase placed in the center of the room. Meanwhile a notice board sits in the back of this area, along with several patrons relaxing in front of a fireplace with gowns and an information/host desk of some kind. There's even a small area with many tropical juices and dark wooden cups beside them. The juice containers seem to have some kind of valve on them so that pressing on the valve will release it allowing for juice to flow. Truly, this place is indeed a house of repose.
Meanwhile, I would like for MightyLemur to narrate Gwen and her bar fight escapades. As well as for RangerBob to narrate exactly what Yosben sees in the dinosaur fights. He would make it for several fights (four), with each round bigger and better than the last. For a list of dinosaurs available here you go (feel free to google-fu for pictures and descriptions): Ankylosaurus, Triceratops, Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, Deinonychus, Hadrosaurus, Velociraptor. For the final round, you gain access to using the following monster: Young T-Rex. Do not do the fourth round, simply choose the competitors. These two scenes should be around two hours long, ending at 1830 hours.
DM of Tomb of Annihilation (and more) Group 2 and Group 3
First of all, Gwen decides to ask about where she could find any good fights, ignoring the mischievous smiles on their faces, because she was quite drunk. They soon find her the largest man she has ever seen. They all ended up very surprised after the fight, for Gwen lasted longer than just about anyone else against the man, but still took a huge blow to the face, falling unconscious for a few hours.
She woke up, was told by someone at the fight earlier that she had broke her nose, but it had been tended to by... she doesn't know who, nor does anyone else. She hopes it wasn't Craben. Or Yosben. If it was Yosben, it may be a prank. She wants to fight again, but a very strangely dressed woman tells her not to, that she will hurt much more during and after the next than it did during the last one.
She believes this may be the person who healed her wounds, feeling both relieved and unsettled. She decides to just get something to eat and drink, but as she does so, the woman says she already ordered food for the both of them. They sit down at a table, and the woman introduces herself as Azulia, but not much else. No one else seems to know much about her, and they do seem slightly unsettled around her. They have a quick talk, and Azulia abruptly stands up and leaves, leaving Gwen alone until Yosben returns.
Craben is truly blown away by the difference. He’ll ask “How much for one night?” Craben will then ask “Where can I sign up for Hadrien's Alternative Running Program Eats Real Swell?”
Yoeben dashes the short(ish) distance between The Thundering Lizard and the colliseum, he arrives panting. The arena is still somewhat crowded despite the rain, some makeshift tents are put up around the stands. As Yosben enters, he watches as one collapses, drenching the inhabitants below. They come out from under the canvas and attempt to stand it up again, it falls again before long, they give up and set it on the floor. It is relatively easy to find a seat, the arena is large and not completely packed. He takes a seat at the front, as you walk in, a man says something to you in what you believe is chultan. Yosben, waves at him, unsure of how to reply, and looks out into the stands. A second later, the same man who said something to you earlier says: "Looking for a good fight little man? Tonight's gonna be a good one!".
Before Yosben can reply, the crowd begins to roar as two portcilluses open, one side revealing a lizard with a large crest going along it's back (dimetrodon), the other revealing another large lizard with a large bony plate around it's head (triceratops). The dimetrodon, crazed at the sight of something to kill and eat, slinks twoards the triceratops, mouth open wide and hissing. The triceratops, spooked by the sight of the carnivore, lowers it's head and charges. The dimetrodon jumps out of the way of the triceratops and snaps at it's tail and misses. The triceratops turns around slowly, giving the dimetrodon time to pounce onto it's back and tears at the skin on the back of it's neck. The crowd roars at the sight of gore and violence. The triceratops bellows in pain and proceeds to roll over onto it's back then scrambles back onto it's feet, removing the dimetrodon from it's back. The crowd begins to roar with laughter, one of the men behind Yosben claps him on the back, doubling over with laughter. As the dimetrodon scrabbels back onto its feet, it is met by the bony plate and horns of the triceratops as it's gored by its horn and pinned to the wall. The attack was devestating, the dimetrodon falls limp to the floor, clearly dead. The crowd roars even louder than before, money is exchanged for bets, the crowd goes wild!
The two dinosuars are cleared from the arena, two more are brought out, one of them has a bird-like beak (hadrosaurus) , the other, a small, slender lizard with skinny arms and legs (velociraptor). The velociraptor immediately charges at the hadrosaurus. It appears spooked by the velociraptor, it turns around to run back to where it came from, the palisade clangs shut before it. It turns around and cowers at the sight of the ferocious pretador. The crowd boos and jeers at it, a couple throwing food and bottles and anything else worth throwing at it. The thing is a pretty miserable, sad sight. The velociraptor dashes up to the hadrosaurus, and rips at the flesh of the dying animal below it. The crowd is not very happy at this fight, quick and not very fun to watch. There is a short half hour intermission between this fight and the next. A vendor selling tej comes by and hands a bottle to Yosben, not even asking him to pay.
The next fight consists of a large dinosuar with a bony hide covered in blunt spikes (ankylosaurus), and a pack of five small lizards with bird like feet (deinonychuses). The five small pretadors charge up twoards the ankylosuarus, spreading out to attempt to surround and subdue it. Crazed by hunger, the pack does not move in sync, one reaches the anklysuarus before the other. The ankylosaurus proceeds to swat at the deinonychus with its tail, the deinonychus's neck snaps as it hits the ground after a short flight through the air. The next one that arrives recieves the same fate as the first. The other three arrive at the ankylosaurus at the same time one arrives at the front, the ankylasuarus bashes it with its bony head. the other two jump onto it's back, as have all of the other pretadors. The ankylasuarus snaps at one of the deinonychuses with its mouth, the deinonychus is caught by suprise as it is snatched from the ankylosuarus's back and slammed onto the ground, also dead. The ankylasuarus spins in a quick circle, throwing off the deinonychus off of it's back and proceeds to stomp on it, killing the final one. The crowd is going crazy, this one was a very entertaining fight, money is being exchanged, pats on the back given, and loud cheers abound!
The final match up consists of two very similar looking animals, both look exteemely fearsome and dangerous, but one has longer arms (allosuarus) than the other (t-rex).
"The hero sought to save the world.
"If I keep trying, I'll be able to win," the hero thought.
But the harder the hero fought, the further the world seemed to tumble away.
Drowning in doubt, the hero could not even save themselves.
Hero, if you still believe in a brighter future, hold in your heart a thorn that can pierce all doubt."
~ Guild Wars 2
Rindawan Sahandi eagerly pushes Craben along, saying as he does so (in response to both queries): "Do not worry about that now. Come come! You have a bath to partake in. If you only stay for one night, you must get Kaya's full experience!" Craben is pushed up and up the stairs as eventually he finds himself on the second floor without acutally moving himself. He gazes in and he sees the second floor of Kaya's House of Repose is essentially a dining room. Eight square tables with four chairs of satin plush and hardwood surface, topped with a beautiful crystal it allows for both sturdiness and elegance. Three private booths with enough room for six people dot the sides of the room. Each one has a curtain that covers it, and as he gazes inside he sees dim candlelights that exude the sweetest of scents set the atmosphere of these private booths. There's are a couple people who are dining and drinking fine wine, while eating small round shaped balls that are topped with an artisan salad of jungle fruits and vegetables and several exotic looking meats.
Nevertheless, Craben is forced to continue. As he is pushed through several doors at the end of the dining he finds himself in a new steaming bathroom of sorts. Four doors lead out of this communal chamber with stations to wash ones hands as well as lots of soap. Glass panneling accompanies all of the walls in this chamber, while a purple lamp above emnates a soothing aura of light. Craben does not have much time to consider this, either as he finds himself shoved into one of the adjacent rooms. Inside is probably one of the largest baths that he's ever seen (at least, inside of a single private room). Every kind of bathing product that he could ever imagine is there. From "Elminsters Rugged Wizard Beard, For Real Rugged Randos!" to "You've heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of fair in your hair?" a product that seems to be some kind of strange hair d
ieye with a sleek looking blonde elf on its cover. As Craben is considering this, it is only a second later that he realizes that he is fully naked! The servants seem to have completely stripped him down. He is then carried and placed into the bath without a word in edgewise. The maitre'd then notes: "Good! I shall see you in one hour. Then your meal shall begin!"So... the servants are now going to force Craben to have the best bath that he's ever had. What exactly does this entail Jac (essentially what exactly do they do and how does he respond, and mind you, this is an hour long bath)?
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Yosben at first cannot believe his eyes when the two huge beasts emerge. A couple seconds later he cannot believe his ears when the two beasts collide. It sounds like thunder. Huh, maybe that where the name The Thundering Lizard comes from Yosben thinks for a second before the action really starts to heat up. The allosaurus makes the first real strike at the T-Rex slashing into it with its claws. However, the T-Rex counters with a nasty bite to its neck. This bite was particularly nasty Yosben hears a loud amount cheers around him at the blood being spilled. The allosaurus definitely looks weaker and slower after that bite with its neck couple of attacks completely missing before it finally lands a bite of its own. The entire time Yosben cannot keep his eyes off of the gore and finds himself getting quite into it and cheering loudly with the crowd. The T-Rex continues to wail on the allosaurus smashing it into the wall then with its tail. The allosaurus attempts a new technique against the T-rex it will run in a circle before attacking again with its claws. When it circles around the T-Rex is able to get its own hit in but the allosaurus is also able to get a swipe with its claws in as well. At this point, the entire crowd is on the edge of their seats to see what happens next. It was spectacular. The T-Rex let out the loudest roar imaginable before biting into the allosaurus once again and begins shaking it back and forth. This was the killing blow. The Allosaurus was nothing more than a rag doll in the T-Rex's mouth. The entire crowd explodes in cheers, with some cries from the loser of money. With the final event done the crowd begins to disperse and go home. Yosben cannot wait to return to the Thundering Lizard and tell Gwen of what he witnessed. Unfortunately, she was already passed out when Yosben returned. Unable to go to bed due to all the excitement he stayed up late just remembering the epic fight and wanting to retell it to his friends. Eventually, though the tiny gnome passes out as well into a deep sleep.
"Be careful with my stuff; I have precious books there; and my holy symbol," Craben yells before he is set into the water. Once the matrie'd leave three beautiful women come in and begin to see to Craben. One starts by scrubbing his feet and legs; the other his chest, which has no muscle definition, and the other gets his hair wet before scrubbing some shampoo into his head.
At first, Craben is complaining and fighting back a little. Not used to having someone bath him and wanting to experience the public bathhouse this was not what he wanted. However, all complaints seem to leave his mind when they begin scrubbing his head. For as long as Craben remembers he loved having his head scratched and hair played with. He doesn't know why; it just feels good. Maybe its why dogs like it so much. Anyways they give him a bath for about half an hour. During that time the three women laugh and giggle at whatever Craben says. He suspects that they don't speak common and will laugh at whatever. They only leave when another man enters the room.
He is a tall dark Chultan man with a chiseled chest and far more abs then Craben will ever have along with some kind of tattoo of one of the lizards on his bicep. He tells Craben that he is here to give him his facial and shoulder massage. Craben gets really shy around the man and just nods his head slightly. If Yosben was there he would point out that Craben is blushing and tease him about it. The man simply smiles before putting some sort of green cream made out of some jungle plants on Craben face along with some sort of fruit over his eyes. He then proceeds to rub Craben shoulders; getting all the tension he can out of them. Craben loves it but says nothing to man; too scared to say the wrong thing to him. Just as the massage ends the matrie'd comes back into the room and tells him that it is time to eat.
The Maitre'd returns, a glass of champagne on a silver platter in his hands: "I hope that you enjoyed your bath fair sir. Now come, drink up! We have a wonderful evening planned for you." He then claps his hands as the burly Chultan leaves the room and the many Chultan woman return, giggling as they give you a very fluffy bath-robe to wear and drag you out into the dining room. As you leave you see steam pouring out from several other bathrooms. However, at that point, you find yourself in the dining room, which has almost entirely changed. A stage has been set up at the far end of the room, although nobody is standing on it. In addition, almost all of the tables have been filled by Chultans in exquisite gowns or plush bath-robes. They sit at the tables making conversation with their language of clicks, intonations, and laughter that seems to exist throughout their tongue. With so many here it seems an obvious contrast to The Thundering Lizard with a far more refined atmosphere. His attention is immediately drawn to the maitre'd pulling out a chair for him. "For you my friend! Come, dine with us!" As you plop down into the seat you see a beautifully crafted menu.
Caviar de Minceroot Salad
Roasted Allosaurus with a Dancing Monkey Fruit Infusion
Snapping Turtle Stew Topped with Giant Shark Fin
Triceratops Steak Wag-an with a Side of Lightgrain
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Craben having never had anything on this menu before will look at it then at someone else at his table. He’ll try to get there attention and then ask (In Common)
”I’ve never been here before. What do you recommend?”
He will then order whatever they recommend.
The man turns around. He is a Chultan whose head constantly swings around in an obvious state of drunkeness. He then spits out with an extraordinarily long slur: "Jusgottagetssssthereallgooooodstufya'know. 'Ere'why'onchahaveeeanicccedrink!" He then sticks a very large bottle partially filled with liquid into Craben's face. "Jussssasip'llllldoya'gooood..."
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Craben will Justin politely refuse and then scan the room for anyone else that looks like they may not be from Chult and ask them. If he cannot find anyone he’ll just order the first thing on the menu. He will also mention Hadrien's Alternative Running Program Eats Real Swell again if he sees the maitre’d.
The man continues: "Wushoomeanyouaren’thirssy? *HICCUP*" while it would seem at first like he's being quite hostile (based on my text) he's actually saying this in a far more of a friendly/chummy way.
(This is before the Maitre'd has come over)
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Craben, still a little on edge because of the drunken man, will just take a little sip of whatever it is he is offering. He rationalize that it’s easier to just agree with the man and do what it is he wants.
The drunkard grins from eye to eye and he then says: "WelllllthenI'lllsseYOU'nroomtwoooOsseeven. Ifffffyouusssscangettakeytha'isssss..." He then immediately gets up and leaves, only to cry out "Craben'llhaaavetha'turtle. N'ssssome'o'thaaaassooggyssssspecial." and just like that he heads down the stairs, swaying as he does so. The maitre'd then says quickly, almost standing at attention as he does so: "Why of course Soggy Wren!" He then goes over to Craben. "An interesting choice sir. The Soggy special is something that can only be undertaken by the most exquisite of drinkers. And I shall have your stew up quite soon." He then gives you a beaming smile and proceeds to head off to a waiter to inform him of the decision. Meanwhile, in a nearby booth there seems to be some kind of lovers quarrel going on, as immediately some servants go over to console them (and this will be continued in my next post, but I'll give a chance for you to respond).
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Craben is immediately intrigued about the argument and will try to ease drop. He is however waiting for his food and when it arrives will ask about getting a key to room 207.
Suddenly several waiters immediately run over to the conflict as well. They quickly close the curtain and some kind of conversation can be heard from behind it. It sounds quite muffled, and at first it is heated, but eventually, it devolves into laughter. The waiters then leave, opening the curtain back up, as the quarell has most likely been resolved as the two are kissing each other. Suddenly your focus is interrupted by a waiter who practically dances over towards you. Carrying a bowl atop a silver platter he lays it out in front of you and says: "Enjoy, good sir." As you dig into the stew topped with a ginormous shark fin you cannot help but immediately perk up. This is a fantastic stew! You cannot recall ever having something as full of flavor as this is. So many different flavors exploding in your mouth all at the same time. It is almost indescribable (and yet here I am), the texture, the flavors, the heat, the presentation. All of it is perfect. Then a glass is placed in front of him filled with some kind of alcohol. Curious about he tries it, and as soon as he imbibes the glass he finds it quickly addictive, but managing to fight off the urge to buy the entire bar's stock he manages to resist to simply drinking one of the glasses. As he finishes he feels slightly dizzy, but at the same time more alive, more corageous, like he could sing a concert in front of an entire crowd of gnomes (why he thinks of gnomes he has no idea). Interested in the strange effects of this "Soggy Wren Special" he is carefully considering (in his tipsy state) what exactly this drink does when suddenly the maitre'd shows up and after Craben asks about room 207 he places a note of paper on his table that reads:
Receipt of Kaya
Coat Fee -- Two Gold
Rain Dry Fee -- Three Gold
Happy Host Fee -- One Gold
Platinum Bath Experience -- Twenty-Five Gold
Hair Product Experience -- Three Gold, Four Silver
Bath Girl Fee -- Ten Gold per -- Fourty Gold
Gold Massage Fee -- Fifteen Gold
Buff Fee -- Five Gold
Courteous Service Fee -- Six Gold
Snapping Turtle Stew -- Thirty-Seven Gold
Soggy Wren Special -- Fifteen Gold
Dancing Waiter Fee -- Six Gold
Room -- Fourty Gold
TOTAL -- One Hundred Ninety-Eight Gold, Four Silver
He then extends his arm in a gesture that expects payment. As he does so, you see several humongous Chultans step out from behind him. "Well good sir. I will be happy to give you your key. All you need to do is pay up!" He smiles that same wide grin from ear to ear.
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“Sir, first of all, my coin is in the my possessions which you took while I was being bathed. I don’t have anything on my person in this bathrobe. Secondly you never answered my question about Hadrien's Alternative Running Program Eats Real Swell”
The maitre'd looks at you confused as you say the second part. "I have no idea what you are talking about. Anyway, Multra here shall escort you to your clothes. We don't want anyone dining and dashing now do we?" One of the burly Chultans then approaches you and begins to bring you below the stairs in the direction of a large clothing closet. Shall I continue?
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He then opens the closet and gestures to several hangers upon which your clothes hang from. He then says gruffly: "Get money. Pay boss."
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Craben will grab his stuff and pray to Deneir (in the acts of casting guidance) that he can talk his way through this. When he gets to the boss he’ll say
“You know Syndra, a good friend of mine and Wakanga, recommended this place and said you can put it on her tab. So I don’t understand why you keep asking me for money.”