Then rejoice!
The TL:DR is that we might get some cultists over here so we can beat the info we want out of their squishy bodies ^^
Yay!
Uh...thats gonna be a no for me, please.
Considering, you know, I'm the agent from the cultists, sent to spy on the witch for Greeley.
Not that I ever planned on giving them any useable information.
Plus my squishy body would not provide a lot of other intel...but, you know, Kestrel will show me the way to Greeleys hideout so I can give him my report...I'm certain we'd find someone there to extract info from their squishy mortal hulls-.
Eh I was sorta assuming they would also send someone to deal with the witch, just not look if she is there or not. And that doesn't sound like a job for a newly met street urchin :P
Oh, they will send someone, after they get intel from the street urchin, because that was Kestral's job but she outsourced it to me.
So yeah, I can tell them some BS, and we intercept the hit squad.
Just saying if they requested intel on the security of the place, they probably won't blindly storm in without hearing back from their "spy".
I can also imagine that this would mean a pretty hilarious defence in court.
Judge: So... how did you know X?
Accused: A dream told me so!
Random theory: shivver is actually magical/powerful enough connect people to the dimension of dreams. So causing widespread addiction might make enough real - dream world bridges that the veil is wearing thin. So dreamstuff can poke over and grab some tasty morels. And eventually some eldritch abomination can make the jump too!
Or the increased/abnormal frequency is simply attracting more lurking stuff? But that wouldn't pave the way for something bigger and scarier ...
All I really know is that Ophelia is getting this strange urge to start collecting clue tokens and finding that darn shotgun!
Once again, plans in real-life simply don't work out.
I was to attent a training workshop most of this week, and expected to have plenty of time to post during the nights at the hotel, so was a bit lazy last weekend and spend time preparing for the trip.
Little did I know that we only met up at the hotel, then moved by bus to a cabin in the mountains for teambuilding purposes. No phone, no Wi-Fi, and even if we had, no time to post.
It was a very interesting experience, but yeah, sorry for going MIA/AWOL, I'm back and will make sure to catch up on all my games and post ASAP.
To be honest, I don't think it's your mistake so much as a aspect of pbp - there's been quite some real-life time since our talk with the magistrate, so the association would not be as automatic as it would be on a table game, where it's the same session or a week previously that one met.
so don't feel bad :) it's the framework that messed up the delivery, not you ;)
Mm it is still cool (and dramatic!) : )
Yeah, I was in a game once where there were word puzzles... But because the original hint had been dropped like, six months ago, we failed over and over again.
I am going on a vacation for a week starting tomorrow! I think I will be able to keep up with a once a day pace but maybe not!
Once a day?
And so the keen minded detectives finally had the evidence they needed to prove that Isama was, in fact, an infiltrating alien from mercury!
:P
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A bit late over here but I'll look over the IC post tomorrow* :)
*earth-tomorrow :P
Well nothing much to do for Isama at the moment! Should be back up to speed Tuesday.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I wonder what we are missing then : )
I admit I was puzzled by that newest word since it had no meaning to me, and thought to look up if maybe it's incomplete and my english was simply not good enough to grasp it.
In other words, I googled it. As a result, I have a question. Can I take 10 on my Knowledge(Planes) to know about it? Or research it in a library? I was unsure on how to reply/proceed since I wondered if someone else knew more than me.
Hmm do we really need a trip to Azerbaijan?
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Though more seriously I seem to recall some manner of foul creatures with a similar name from Conquest of Elysium; but that's some big clubby thug (IIRC?) so probably not ...
Hehe, THAT Baku, I remembered from school.
I may have appended a 'pathfinder' to the search inquiry. The creature does not seem that foul(yeah, I was nosy - so what, I'll tick off my "take 20" for the knowledge check). That said, I still wonder, now that OOC i know what that was about, wether I have a way of making the connection in-game - wouldn't want to tire the dear madame out more. Plus I think with all the talking, Diene fell asleep.
And Isama wants to go chat with Spiders already :)
"Five more minutes..."
Hey if you guys want to treat with the unnatural undead then that's up to you :p.
Hrhm... I might do another summary but there is a large risk that it will turn into another wall full of barely plausible speculation instead. (And also it'd be interesting to see how the rest of you interpret all this : ))
But! I can say what we are doing now! We are all following Isama while she attempts to interview the local spiders too see if they know something : )
Hej. Feeling fine again. Got worse before it got better.
Plus, once I was feeling a bit less ill, I had the bright idea of working on updating my computer system while I was home anyway, which caused some further problems with being able to go online.
Either way, I'm back now and will catch up with all my games plus post today(within about 12 hours). Apologies for going missing. I did update some of my games when I originally fell ill, but not all - assuming I could post somewhat normally for those not moving at too fast a pace.
I'm just gonna slip by and drop a happy midsummer to you all : )
Beep-bop
*pokes GM lightly, then breathes on GM's ear*
When he doesn't respond, Mia turns to the others:"You think we should wake him? Would be a pity if the nightmare thingies got a hold of him..."
No worries, there are better times and worse ones - pbp is a year-long affair, a month or two of taking things slow has only a minor impact if people are dedicated.
Would just hate so see a game I cherish jump to inactive, so had to speak up. *smiles*
Mm I know that feeling. I usually try to put up something completely different or just random thoughts or something and that helps to get the ball rolling. A bit at least : )
Good job, Ophelia, you saw him take the bribe!
If he accepts it but does not do as asked, I can blackmail him for accepting a bribe and force him to do as asked(and then some)!
Also, illegal....pah...it's just a fee for extra-speedy handling of paperwork :)
I *hmm* I'm not sure how having Ophelia see the transaction actually helps. But I'm sure you have something figured out ("Hey! I'm going to tell the police-bot about that bribe!" or something ...?).
At least Ophelia is glad to be off duty; it would be sooo hard to have to pick between saving the world and following the rules thus arresting her friend :P
Oh, you're a witness, you saw it. And you are a Construct so completely impartial. You cannot make things up. If you say you saw that, it must be true.
No regular guard would doubt the testimony of one of your kind. Simply proofing to him that there's been a witness that is beyond doubt who saw him accepting bribes would probably suffice to scare him into cooperation. But lets hope it works out without blackmail(because I am afraid thats illegal, too) ;)
That said, we're operating in a legal void right there, being cut off and actually hiding from crooked cops...daria is simply holding on to working patterns from her previous life in that situation - gives her comfort to stick with things she knows. But you can gladly chew her out later ;)
Ah of course ...
But luckily Ophelia can't actually chew so there is that :P
Feel free to skip me this round.
.Even the construct considers her a loose cannon...a biological weapon...
Well Diene did say so :P
"Just giving my weapons their due maintenance and care." Diene said as she finished kissing her guns.
Unless she somehow have some firearms that are very well hidden! : )
@Gameplay: Flutter approves! +1 Much wing! Amaze!
Mkay : )
I should probably mention that I'm a bit under the weather with a cold, so everything that requires thought is going oh so slowly.
I'm sure there's something we could do to improve our odds in the coming challenge, but I'm not sure what atm ...
We have a decent entrance point right? So a way to get up there should be sufficient. Not sure if we have more prep to do - any idea?
Well. All we know is spiders for sure I think?
Hm...we did quite some information gathering before...or tried to :) I figure gathering some info at this place would be preferably.
So I'll go with Break&Enter.
Problem with 'go away and prep' is that our gear is guard-issue, and we are not currently in a position to go there and requisition a set of swarmbane clasps. What we have will probably need to do.
But since you do bring it up being prepared: I would welcome a chance for a one-time retraining of spells. I picked most of them out when Castor was around, who had plenty of scrolls and several regular spells I thus avoided, not wanting to double up on them - (Invisibility comes to mind). I would only swap out Timely Inspiration and Blood Biography, both of which I never used.